Keir Starmer


Keir Starmer

Official portrait, 2024
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Assumed office
5 July 2024
MonarchCharles III
DeputyAngela Rayner
Preceded byRishi Sunak
Leader of the Opposition
In office
4 April 2020 – 5 July 2024
Monarch
Prime Minister
DeputyAngela Rayner
Preceded byJeremy Corbyn
Succeeded byRishi Sunak
Leader of the Labour Party
Assumed office
4 April 2020
DeputyAngela Rayner
Preceded byJeremy Corbyn
Shadow portfolios
Shadow Secretary of State
2016–2020Exiting the European Union
Shadow Minister
2015–2016Immigration
Assumed office
7 May 2015
Preceded byFrank Dobson
Majority11,572 (30.0%)
Director of Public Prosecutions
In office
1 November 2008 – 1 November 2013
Appointed byPatricia Scotland
Preceded byKen Macdonald
Succeeded byAlison Saunders
Personal details
Born
Keir Rodney Starmer

(1962-09-02) 2 September 1962 (age 62)
London, England
Political partyLabour
Spouse(s)
(m. 2007)
Children2
Residence
Education
Occupation
  • Politician
  • barrister
Signature
Websitekeirstarmer.com

Sir Keir Rodney Starmer KCB KC MP (born 2 September 1962) is a British politician and barrister who has served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 5 July 2024, and has served as the leader of the Labour Party since 2020.[1] He was the Leader of the Opposition from 2020 until 2024. Since 2015, he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Holborn and St Pancras, a constituency of the UK Parliament in Inner London.

Starmer was the Shadow Brexit Secretary in Jeremy Corbyn's Shadow Cabinet. He was Director of Public Prosecutions and Head of the Crown Prosecution Service from 2008 to 2013.[2]

  1. "Starmer Is U.K.'s New Prime Minister". New York Times. 5 July 2024.
  2. Bates, Stephen (31 July 2008). Viner, Katharine (ed.). "Profile: Keir Starmer QC". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 15 May 2019.

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