Keir Starmer

The Right Honourable Sir Keir Starmer KCB KC MP
Starmer in 2020
35th Leader of the Opposition
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 April 2020
Monarch	Elizabeth II Charles III
Prime Minister	Boris Johnson Liz Truss Rishi Sunak
Preceded by	Jeremy Corbyn
19th Leader of the Labour Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 April 2020
Deputy	Angela Rayner
General Secretary	Jennie Formby David Evans
Chair	Angela Rayner Anneliese Dodds
Preceded by	Jeremy Corbyn
2nd 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 (1962-09-02) 2 September 1962 (age 61) Southwark, London, England
Political party	Labour
Spouse(s)	Victoria Alexander (m. 2007)
Children	2
Education	Reigate Grammar School, Reigate, Surrey
Alma mater	University of Leeds (Bachelor of Laws) St Edmund Hall, Oxford (Bachelor of Civil Law)
Website	Official website

Sir Keir Rodney Starmer KCB KC MP (born 2 September 1962) is a British politician who has served as the 19th leader of the Labour Party and the 35th Leader of the Opposition since 2020. 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 has been re-elected as the constituency's MP in the 2017 general election, and 2019 general election.

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]

1. ↑ Bates, Stephen (31 July 2008). Viner, Katharine (ed.). "Profile: Keir Starmer QC". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 15 May 2019.