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Keir StarmerPolitician, elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 2024
Date of Birth: 02.09.1962
Country:  Great Britain |
Content:
- Early Life and Education
- - Called to the bar in 1987 and specialized in human rights law.
- - Appointed Queen's Counsel in 2002.
- - Appointed Shadow Minister for Exiting the European Union in 2016.
- - Elected as leader in the first round of the election in April 2020.
- Local and Parliamentary Elections
- Personal Life
- - Identifies as an atheist but attends a synagogue with his family.
Early Life and Education
- Born in London on 2 September 1962 to a toolmaker father and a mother who worked in various jobs.
- Attended Reigate Grammar School and then the private Reigate Grammar School after it converted in 1976.
- Studied law at the University of Leeds and then at St. Edmund Hall, Oxford University.
- Called to the bar in 1987 and specialized in human rights law.
Professional Career- Worked with the Liberty human rights organization and the Doughty Street Chambers law firm.
- Appointed Queen's Counsel in 2002.
- Served as Director of Public Prosecutions from 2008 to 2013.Political Career
Shadow Cabinet Roles
- Elected to the House of Commons in 2015 as the MP for Holborn and St Pancras.
- Appointed Shadow Minister for Exiting the European Union in 2016.
- Campaigned for a remain position in the 2019 Brexit referendum.Leader of the Labour Party
- Announced his candidacy for the leadership of the Labour Party in 2020.
- Elected as leader in the first round of the election in April 2020.
- Formed a shadow cabinet that included all of his rivals from the leadership race.
Local and Parliamentary Elections
- Led the Labour Party to losses in the 2021 local elections and the Hartlepool by-election.
- Accused of lockdown rule violations during the 2021 Hartlepool by-election campaign, but these accusations were later dropped.
- Secured significant gains for Labour in the 2023 local elections, winning the highest number of council seats since 2002.
- Published the party's first six-step plan for government in May 2024, promising to address issues like the economy, healthcare, public safety, and education.
- Led Labour to a landslide victory in the 2024 local elections, winning control of 50 councils out of 107.
Personal Life
- Married to Victoria Alexander in 2007.- Has a son, Toby, and a daughter whose name has not been publicly disclosed.
- Lives in a £1.75 million townhouse in the Holborn and St Pancras constituency.
