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Keir Starmer is a British politician and barrister who has been Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2024 and Leader of the Labour Party since 2020. He has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Holborn and St Pancras since 2015, and was previously Leader of the Opposition from 2020 to 2024.
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Parliamentary elections
2015 general election, Holborn and St Pancras
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Keir Starmer | 29,062 | 52.9 | +6.8 | |
| Conservative | Will Blair | 12,014 | 21.9 | +1.5 | |
| Green | Natalie Bennett | 7,013 | 12.8 | +10.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jill Fraser | 3,555 | 6.5 | −21.4 | |
| UKIP | Maxine Spencer | 2,740 | 5.0 | +3.9 | |
| CISTA | Shane O'Donnell | 252 | 0.5 | N/A | |
| Animal Welfare | Vanessa Hudson | 173 | 0.3 | N/A | |
| Socialist Equality | David O'Sullivan | 108 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 17,048 | 31.0 | +13.2 | ||
| Turnout | 54,917 | 63.3 | +0.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 86,764 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | +2.6 | |||
2017 general election, Holborn and St Pancras
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Keir Starmer | 41,343 | 70.1 | +17.2 | |
| Conservative | Timothy Barnes | 10,834 | 18.4 | −3.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Crosher | 4,020 | 6.8 | +0.3 | |
| Green | Siân Berry | 1,980 | 3.4 | −9.4 | |
| UKIP | Giles Game | 727 | 1.2 | −3.8 | |
| English Democrat | Janus Polenceus | 93 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 30,509 | 51.7 | +20.7 | ||
| Turnout | 58,997 | 67.0 | +3.7 | ||
| Registered electors | 88,088 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | +10.3 | |||
2019 general election, Holborn and St Pancras
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Keir Starmer | 36,641 | 64.5 | −5.6 | |
| Conservative | Alexandra Hayward | 8,878 | 15.6 | −2.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Matthew Kirk | 7,314 | 12.9 | +6.1 | |
| Green | Kirsten De Keyser | 2,746 | 4.8 | +1.4 | |
| Brexit Party | Hector Birchwood | 1,032 | 1.8 | N/A | |
| UKIP | Mohammad Bhatti | 138 | 0.2 | −1.0 | |
| Socialist Equality | Thomas Scripps | 37 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 27,763 | 48.9 | −2.8 | ||
| Turnout | 56,786 | 65.1 | −1.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 87,236 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | -1.4 | |||
2024 general election, Holborn and St Pancras
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Keir Starmer | 18,884 | 48.9 | −17.4 | |
| Independent | Andrew Feinstein | 7,312 | 18.9 | New | |
| Green | David Stansell | 4,030 | 10.4 | 6.4 | |
| Conservative | Mehreen Malik | 2,776 | 7.2 | −8.0 | |
| Reform UK | David Roberts | 2,371 | 6.1 | 4.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Charlie Clinton | 2,236 | 5.8 | −6.5 | |
| Independent | Wais Islam | 636 | 1.6 | New | |
| Monster Raving Loony | Nick the Incredible Flying Brick | 162 | 0.4 | New | |
| UKIP | John Poynton | 75 | 0.2 | −0.1 | |
| Socialist Equality | Tom Scripps | 61 | 0.2 | 0.1 | |
| Independent | Senthil Kumar | 40 | 0.1 | New | |
| Give Me Back Elmo | Bobby Smith | 19 | 0.0 | New | |
| Turnout | 38,602 | ||||
2020 Labour Party leadership election
Keir Starmer won the Labour leadership election in the first round of voting.
| Candidate | Party members | Registered supporters | Affiliated supporters | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
| Keir Starmer | 225,135 | 56.1% | 10,228 | 76.6% | 40,417 | 53.1% | 275,780 | 56.2% | |
| Rebecca Long-Bailey | 117,598 | 29.3% | 650 | 5.0% | 16,970 | 22.3% | 135,218 | 27.6% | |
| Lisa Nandy | 58,788 | 14.6% | 2,128 | 17.4% | 18,681 | 24.6% | 79,597 | 16.2% | |
Turnout was 62.6 per cent. There were 490,731 returned ballots, from a total of 784,181 eligible voters. 136 ballot papers were spoiled.[8]
Endorsements
- Andrew Adonis, Labour peer[9]
- Gordon Brown, former Prime Minister[10]
- Jenny Chapman, former MP for Darlington[11]
- Vernon Coaker, former MP for Gedling and former minister[12]
- Nic Dakin, former MP for Scunthorpe[13]
- Alf Dubs, Labour peer and former MP for Battersea[14]
- Evening Standard, politically conservative London newspaper and online news service[15]
- David Hanson, former MP for Delyn and former minister[16]
- Lesley Laird, former Deputy Leader of Scottish Labour and former MP for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath[17]
- Emma Reynolds, former MP for Wolverhampton North East[18]
- Carwyn Jones, former First Minister of Wales[19]
- Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London[20]
- Doreen Lawrence, Labour peer, campaigner and mother of Stephen Lawrence[21]
- Paul Mason, journalist and broadcaster (second choice after his support for Lewis)[22]
- Jeremy Miles, Counsel General for Wales and AM for Neath[19]
- Sally Phillips, actress[23]
- Jack Sargeant, AM for Alyn and Deeside[19]
- Ricky Tomlinson, actor[24]
2024 United Kingdom general election
Starmer won a landslide general election victory for Labour.
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References
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Parliamentary Election 2015 Results". camden.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 10 May 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
- ^ "Holborn & St Pancras parliamentary constituency". BBC News.
- ^ "Commons Briefing Paper 7979. General Election 2017: results and analysis" (PDF) (Second ed.). House of Commons Library. 29 January 2019 [7 April 2018]. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 November 2019.
- ^ "Election of a Member of Parliament for the Holborn and St Pancras Parliamentary Constituency: Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll". London Borough of Camden. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
- ^ "Commons Briefing Paper 8749. General Election 2019: results and analysis" (PDF). London: House of Commons Library. 28 January 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 November 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
- ^ "Statement of Person Nominated and Notice of Poll: Holborn and St Pancras Constituency". Camden Council. 7 June 2024.
- ^ a b "Leadership and Deputy Leadership election 2020 – Results". Labour Party. 4 April 2020. Archived from the original on 4 April 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ^ MacShane, Denis (6 January 2020). "Every candidate for Labour leader must play to the hard left". The Times. Archived from the original on 11 January 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2020.(subscription required)
- ^ Mason, Rowena (5 March 2020). "Gordon Brown backs Keir Starmer for Labour leader". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 5 March 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ^ Heffer, Greg (19 December 2019). "'Voters don't care if Labour leader has ovaries or northern accent', says ex-MP Jenny Chapman". Sky News. Archived from the original on 1 January 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ^ Coaker, Vernon (24 January 2020). "Why I'm backing Keir Starmer to be Labour's next leader". LabourList. Archived from the original on 25 January 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- ^ Dakin, Nic (9 February 2020). "Why I'm backing Keir Starmer to be Labour's next leader". Labour List. Archived from the original on 28 February 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- ^ Sleigh, Sophie (11 February 2020). "Labour peer who fled the Holocaust says only Keir Starmer can save the party". Evening Standard. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
- ^ "Comment: Sir Keir Starmer can offer the opposition Britain needs". Evening Standard. 1 April 2020. Archived from the original on 4 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ Glaze, Ben (6 February 2020). "Labour must become a centre left party to ever win again, warns defeated MP". Mirror Online. Archived from the original on 6 February 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- ^ Paterson, Kirsteen (17 February 2020). "Lesley Laird backs Keir Starmer for Labour leader". The National. Archived from the original on 24 March 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
- ^ Madeley, Peter (11 February 2020). "Emma Reynolds: If we don't change it could be the end for the Labour Party". Express & Star. Archived from the original on 29 February 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- ^ a b c "Carwyn Jones am i Keir Starmer arwain Llafur" [Carwyn Jones wants Keir Starmer to lead Labour]. Golwg360 (in Welsh). Books Council of Wales. 30 January 2020. Archived from the original on 31 January 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- ^ "Sadiq Khan backs Starmer for Labour leadership". BBC News. 26 February 2020. Archived from the original on 27 February 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
- ^ Maguire, Patrick (4 January 2020). "Keir Starmer moves to dispel left criticism in leadership launch video". New Statesman. Archived from the original on 11 January 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- ^ Mason, Paul (8 January 2020). "Clive Lewis and Keir Starmer are the candidates who understand how Labour must change". New Statesman. Archived from the original on 10 January 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- ^ "Actress Sally Phillips hosts the leadership campaign rally for Labour leadership candidate Sir Keir Starmer..." Getty Images. 16 February 2020. Archived from the original on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
- ^ Thorp, Liam (17 January 2020). "Ricky Tomlinson slams 'Boris the buffoon' and backs Keir Starmer". Liverpool Echo. Archived from the original on 17 January 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
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