Keir Starmer

The Right Honourable Sir

Keir Starmer

KCB KC MP
The Right Honourable Sir; Keir Starmer; KCB KC MP
	Starmer in 2017
Leader of the Opposition
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 4 April 2020
Monarch	Elizabeth II; Charles III
Prime Minister	Boris Johnson; Liz Truss; Rishi Sunak
Deputy	Angela Rayner
Preceded by	Jeremy Corbyn
Leader of the Labour Party
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 4 April 2020
Deputy	Angela Rayner
Preceded by	Jeremy Corbyn
Shadow Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union
	In office; 6 October 2016 – 4 April 2020
Leader	Jeremy Corbyn
Preceded by	Emily Thornberry
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Member of Parliament; for Holborn and St Pancras
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 7 May 2015
Preceded by	Frank Dobson
Majority	27,763 (48.9%)
Director of Public Prosecutions
	In office; 1 November 2008 – 1 November 2013
Preceded by	Ken Macdonald
Succeeded by	Alison Saunders
Personal details
Born	Keir Rodney Starmer; 2 September 1962; Southwark, London, England
Political party	Labour
Spouse(s)	Victoria Alexander (m. 2007)
Children	2
Education	Reigate Grammar School
Alma mater	University of Leeds (LLB); St Edmund Hall, Oxford (BCL);
Website	Official website

Sir Keir Rodney Starmer KCB KC MP (born 2 September 1962) is a British politician who has served as leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition since 2020. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Holborn and St Pancras since 2015, having been re-elected in both 2017 and 2019.

Starmer was the Shadow Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union in Jeremy Corbyn's Shadow Cabinet. He was Director of Public Prosecutions and Head of the Crown Prosecution Service from 2008 to 2013.[1]

In January 2020, Starmer announced his candidacy for Labour Leader in the 2020 election.[2] On 4 April 2020, Starmer was elected as leader of the Labour Party and thus Leader of the Opposition.[3] He was elected in the first round of voting with 275,780 votes (56.2%).[4]

In May 2022, the British police announced the opening of an investigation into an alleged breach of the rules of sanitary confinement in force in 2021 in the United Kingdom.[5]

Starmer is an atheist[6] but has said that he "does believe in faith" and its power to bring people together. His wife is Jewish,[7] and his children are brought up in Jewish faith.

References

Bates, Stephen (31 July 2008). "Profile: Keir Starmer QC". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
"Labour leadership: Sir Keir Starmer enters race". BBC News. 4 January 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
"Keir Starmer Elected as new Labour leader". 4 April 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
"Leaderhip Elections 2020 Results". The Labour Party. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
"Royaume-Uni: le leader de l'opposition visé par une enquête pour violation du confinement" [United Kingdom: opposition leader under investigation for breach of containment]. Radio France International (in French). 6 May 2022. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
Williams, Rhiannon (2021-04-11). "Keir Starmer: I may not believe in god, but I do believe in faith". inews.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
www.thejc.com https://www.thejc.com/news/uk/starmer-our-kids-are-being-brought-up-to-know-their-jewish-backgrounds-1.508720. Retrieved 2023-01-23. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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[lawyer250708-1] Bates, Stephen (31 July 2008). "Profile: Keir Starmer QC". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 15 May 2019.

[2] "Labour leadership: Sir Keir Starmer enters race". BBC News. 4 January 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2020.

[3] "Keir Starmer Elected as new Labour leader". 4 April 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2020.

[Labour_Leader-4] "Leaderhip Elections 2020 Results". The Labour Party. Retrieved 2020-04-04.

[RFI-5] "Royaume-Uni: le leader de l'opposition visé par une enquête pour violation du confinement" [United Kingdom: opposition leader under investigation for breach of containment]. Radio France International (in French). 6 May 2022. Retrieved 2022-05-07.

[6] Williams, Rhiannon (2021-04-11). "Keir Starmer: I may not believe in god, but I do believe in faith". inews.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-01-23.

[7] www.thejc.com https://www.thejc.com/news/uk/starmer-our-kids-are-being-brought-up-to-know-their-jewish-backgrounds-1.508720. Retrieved 2023-01-23. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)