Keir Starmer
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Deputy | Angela Rayner | ||||||||||||
Preceded by | Jeremy Corbyn | ||||||||||||
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Deputy | Angela Rayner | ||||||||||||
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Preceded by | Jeremy Corbyn | ||||||||||||
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Assumed office 7 May 2015 | |||||||||||||
Preceded by | Frank Dobson | ||||||||||||
Majority | 27,763 (48.9%) | ||||||||||||
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In office 1 November 2008 – 1 November 2013 | |||||||||||||
Appointed by | The Baroness Scotland of Asthal | ||||||||||||
Preceded by | Ken Macdonald | ||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Alison Saunders | ||||||||||||
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Born | Keir Rodney Starmer 2 September 1962 London, England | ||||||||||||
Political party | Labour | ||||||||||||
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Victoria Alexander (m. 2007) | ||||||||||||
Children | 2 | ||||||||||||
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Website | keirstarmer | ||||||||||||
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Sir Keir Rodney Starmer
Starmer was born in London and raised in
Elected to the
After Corbyn resigned following Labour's
Early life and education
Keir Rodney Starmer was born in
In his teenage years, Starmer was active in Labour politics; he was a member of the
Legal career
Barrister
Starmer became a
Starmer was appointed
Director of Public Prosecutions
In July 2008, Baroness Scotland of Asthal, Attorney General for England and Wales, named Starmer as the new head of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and Director of Public Prosecutions. He took over from Ken Macdonald on 1 November 2008.[9] Macdonald, himself a former defence lawyer, publicly welcomed the appointment.[10] Starmer was considered to be bringing a focus on human rights into the legal system.[9]
Within the first few months of his tenure, Starmer upheld the decision not to prosecute the police officers who had killed
In February 2010, Starmer announced the CPS's decision to prosecute three Labour MPs and a Conservative peer for offences relating to false accounting in the aftermath of the parliamentary expenses scandal.[29] They were all found guilty.[30] In the same year, he supported proposals to legally recognise different degrees of murder.[31] In 2010, and 2012, Starmer said that there was insufficient evidence to prosecute two members of the UK security services for their alleged role in torture overseas; he supported further investigation.[32][33][34] In July 2010, Starmer announced the decision not to prosecute the police officer Simon Harwood in relation to the death of Ian Tomlinson; this led to accusations by Tomlinson's family of a police cover-up.[35] After a subsequent inquest found that Tomlinson had been unlawfully killed, Starmer announced that Harwood would be prosecuted for manslaughter. The officer was acquitted by a jury in July 2012 but dismissed from the police that September.[36][37][38] In December 2010, Starmer changed the decision process, including requiring his personal approval, to prosecute women who withdraw accusations of rape after a woman was convicted for perverting the course of justice "despite judges' belief that her claim of long-term abuse, intimidation and rape at the hands of her husband was true".[39] He later produced guidelines to prevent women in similar circumstances from being unfairly prosecuted.[40] In 2011, thirteen serving and former police officers were prosecuted for perverting the course of justice in the 1988 murder of Lynette White. The prosecution were unable to provide documents which "could have helped" the defendants, that were claimed to have been destroyed by the police officer leading the case against them. The prosecution made the decision, approved by Starmer, not to offer any further evidence, and the trial collapsed.[41][42][43] Starmer ordered a review into the circumstances that had led to the decision and ordered a further review in 2012 when the missing documents were found.[44]
During the 2011 England riots, Starmer prioritised rapid prosecutions of rioters over long sentences, which he later thought had helped to bring "the situation back under control".[45][46] Later that year, after revelations concerning the undercover police infiltration of environmental campaigns, Starmer ordered a review of related convictions and invited protestors convicted of aggravated trespass to appeal their sentences.[47] Starmer declined to authorise a wider enquiry, after a report from the judge Christopher Rose found the issue to be a result of individual fault rather than a systemic problem.[48][49]
In February 2012, Starmer announced that
In 2013, Starmer announced changes to how sexual abuse investigations are handled in the wake of the Jimmy Savile sexual abuse scandal, including a panel to review historic complaints.[57][58] In the same year, he published a study showing that false reports of rape were rare, saying that the "devastating impact of false allegations" and the perception that they are more common than the data support mean that police forces might adopt what he called a cautious approach that can "lead to injustice for victims" of rape.[59] He also started an inquiry into the cause of a reduction in police reports of rape and domestic abuse.[60] In the same year, he altered guidelines for those improperly claiming benefits enabling them to face ten years in prison under the Fraud Act instead of a maximum of seven years under more specific legislation.[61]
Starmer left office in November 2013, and was replaced by
After stepping down as Director of Public Prosecutions, Starmer was granted a tax-unregistered pension.[67]
Early political career
Member of Parliament
Starmer was selected in December 2014 to be the Labour Party's prospective parliamentary candidate for the Labour
Corbyn appointed Starmer to the
Shadow Brexit Secretary
Following Corbyn's win in the 2016 Labour Party leadership election in September, Starmer accepted an appointment as Shadow Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, replacing Emily Thornberry who had held the role concurrently with her continuing position as Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs.[75] On taking up the role, Starmer resigned from a consultancy position with the law firm specialising in human rights, Mishcon de Reya, that had acted for Gina Miller in bringing legal proceedings against the government in R (Miller) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union.[76]
In his role as Shadow Brexit Secretary, Starmer questioned the government's destination for the UK outside of the
In January 2017, Starmer called for a reform to the
In May 2017, Starmer said that "free movement has to go" but that it was important to allow EU citizens to migrate to the UK once they had a job offer, given the importance of immigration for the UK's economy.
Leadership of the Labour Party
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In the 2019 general election, Labour suffered its worst election defeat since 1935, with the Conservative Party earning an 80-seat majority.[86][87] This was also the Labour Party's fourth consecutive general election defeat.[88] Following this defeat, Jeremy Corbyn announced that he would stand down as Leader of the Labour Party.[89] Starmer announced his candidacy in the ensuing leadership election on 4 January 2020, winning endorsements from MPs, as well as from the trade union Unison.[90] Starmer won the 2020 Labour leadership contest on 4 April 2020, beating Rebecca Long-Bailey and Lisa Nandy, with 56.2% of the vote in the first round,[91] and became Leader of the Opposition amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.[92]
His tenure has seen the party move closer towards the
In a speech on 23 February 2023, Starmer set out five "national missions" which would be the basis for Labour's manifesto for the next general election, whilst calling for "a decade of national renewal".[102] In the speech, Starmer aimed for the UK to obtain the highest sustained growth in the G7 by the end of his first term.[103] He also aimed for the UK to be a "clean energy superpower" with zero-carbon electricity by 2030.[103] Starmer also committed to health and care reform, improving the justice system and also to "break down the barriers to opportunity" with education and childcare reforms.[103]
Starmer's leadership has been controversial within the party; it has been charged by party members with the allegedly unfair treatment of
Following past allegations of
During the
Since the end of 2021, Labour have maintained a poll lead over the Conservatives, including the highest poll lead of any party in over 20 years amid the government crisis during the Premiership of Liz Truss.[119][120] During the 2023 local elections, the Labour Party gained more than 500 councillors and 22 councils, becoming the largest party in local government for the first time since 2002.[121]
In September 2023, he reshuffled his shadow cabinet.[122] Starmer was ranked number two in the New Statesman’s Left Power List 2023, below his Shadow Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, but still described as "the overwhelming favourite to be the next Prime Minister".[123] The reshuffle was seen as a promotion of Blairites and demotion of those on the soft left.[124][125][126][127]
During the
On 16 November 2023, Starmer suffered his largest defeat as leader when 56 of his MPs (including ten frontbenchers) defied a three-line whip in voting for an SNP motion to support an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.[134][135] Prior to the vote, Starmer stated that Labour MPs with positions in his Shadow Cabinet would be sacked if they voted in favour of the ceasefire vote.[134] This then led to the loss of ten frontbenchers, including eight shadow ministers.[134]
In December 2023, Keir Starmer followed Rishi Sunak in changing his stance by calling for a "sustainable ceasefire" in relation to the conflict in Gaza. This also came after the
Political positions
Starmer's politics have been described as unclear and "hard to define".[141][142][143] When he was elected as Labour leader, Starmer was widely believed to belong to the soft left of the Labour Party.[144] However, he has since moved to the political centre-ground.[145] By the September 2023 shadow cabinet reshuffle, most analysts concluded that Starmer had moved to the right of the party, and had demoted and marginalised those on the soft left, replacing them with Blairites.[146][147][148][127][126]
The term Starmerism has been coined to refer to Starmer's political ideology and his supporters have been called Starmerites.[149][150] In June 2023, Starmer gave an interview to Time where he was asked to define Starmerism:[151]
Recognizing that our economy needs to be fixed. Recognizing that [solving] climate change isn’t just an obligation; it’s the single biggest opportunity that we’ve got for our country going forward. Recognizing that public services need to be reformed, that every child and every place should have the best opportunities and that we need a safe environment, safe streets, et cetera.
In April 2023, Starmer gave an interview to
Relationship to socialism
Starmer wrote articles for the magazines
Gavin Millar, a former legal colleague of Starmer, has described his politics as "
In an interview with the
In 2023, Starmer removed the ten socialism-based pledges that he had made in the 2020 party leadership contest from his website, after having abandoned or rolled back on many of these, citing the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic situation as reasons for having to "adapt".[157][98]
Domestic issues
Starmer has repeatedly emphasised the reform of public institutions (against a so-called '
Starmer supports
Starmer has taken a strong line in favour of
On education, Starmer vowed in 2021 to strip independent schools of their VAT-exempt charitable status, a move that has been criticised by the Independent Schools Council,[173][13] and continues to pledge to do so.[174] During the 2020 Labour Party leadership election, Starmer pledged to scrap university tuition fees, however he dropped this pledge in May 2023 due to a "different financial situation" following Liz Truss' premiership, instead aiming to reform the tuition fee system, stating that "the current system is unfair, it doesn't really work for students, doesn't work for universities."[175] He is supportive of faith schools, stating: "I think it's good that we create strong bonds within schools, and therefore I wouldn't tinker with the way that we run our faith schools."[176] He has ruled out extending free school meals to all primary school pupils in England. Instead, Starmer has pledged to extend breakfast clubs including free breakfasts for every primary school in England.[177][178]
Starmer's position on public ownership over national infrastructure has changed over time. In the 2020 Labour Party leadership election, Starmer ran on a pledge to renationalise rail, mail, water, and energy back into common ownership; he dropped this pledge in July 2022, claiming he would instead take a "pragmatic approach" to public ownership.[179][180] As of September 2023, he remained committed to renationalising the railways as existing contracts expire, the creation of a publicly owned energy company, and stricter regulation of water companies.[181][182][183][184] Starmer favours partnership between government and business, having said: "A political party without a clear plan for making sure businesses are successful and growing ... which doesn't want them to do well and make a profit ... has no hope of being a successful government."[185]
Starmer has pledged to halve the rates of violence against women and girls, halve the rates of serious violent crime, halve the incidents of knife crime, increase confidence in the criminal justice system, and create a 'Charging Commission' which would be "tasked with coming up with reforms to reverse the decline in the number of offences being solved."[186] He has also committed to placing specialist domestic violence workers in the control rooms of every police force responding to 999 calls to support victims of abuse.[187]
In 2023, the Byline Times wrote that Starmer "actively opposes a move to proportional representation for the House of Commons".[188]
After confirming he would not scrap the current two-child benefit cap, Starmer was criticised by many within his own party.[189]
Foreign affairs
Starmer voted remain in the
Starmer has advocated an end to "illegal wars" and a review of the
When speaking of the United States as it transitioned from the presidency of Donald Trump to that of Joe Biden, he said: "I'm anti-Trump but I'm pro-American. And I'm incredibly optimistic about the new relationship we can build with President Biden." He argued that "Britain is at its strongest" when it is "the bridge between the US and the rest of Europe."[169]
In 2021, Starmer said that Israel "must respect international law" and called on the Israeli government to work with leaders of
During the
Starmer supports maintaining the
According to Declassified UK, Starmer is a former member of the Trilateral Commission.[221]
Personal life
Starmer married Victoria Alexander in 2007.[222] She was previously a solicitor but now works in NHS occupational health.[5][223] The couple's two children are being brought up in the Jewish faith of their mother.[224] Starmer himself stated he does not believe in God but does believe in faith and its power to bring people together.[225] He is a pescatarian and his wife is a vegetarian. They raised their children as vegetarians until they were 10 years old, at which point they were given the option of eating meat.[226]
Starmer is a keen footballer, having played for Homerton Academicals, a north London amateur team,[10] and supports Premier League side Arsenal.[5]
Awards and honours
- Appointed Queen's Counsel (QC) in 2002.[227]
- Bar Council's Sydney Elland Goldsmith Award in 2005 for his outstanding contribution to pro bono work in challenging the death penalty in Uganda, Kenya, Malawi, and the Caribbean.[228]
- Honorary Fellow of St Edmund Hall, Oxford.[229]
- Appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 2014 New Year Honours for "services to law and criminal justice".[230][231]
- Sworn into the Privy Council of the United Kingdom on 19 July 2017.[232] This enabled him to be styled "The Right Honourable".[233]
Date | School | Degree |
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21 July 2011 | University of Essex | Doctor of university (D.U.)[234] |
16 July 2012 | University of Leeds | Doctor of Laws (LL.D.)[235]
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19 November 2013 | University of East London | Doctor of university (D.U.)[236] |
19 December 2013 | London School of Economics | |
14 July 2014 | University of Reading | Doctor of Laws (LL.D.)[239]
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18 November 2014 | University of Worcester | Doctor of university (D.U.)[240] |
Publications
Starmer is the author and editor of several books about criminal law and human rights, including:[1]
- Justice in Error (1993), edited with Clive Walker, London: Blackstone, ISBN 1-85431-234-0.
- The Three Pillars of Liberty: Political Rights and Freedoms in the United Kingdom (1996), with Francesca Klug and Stuart Weir, London: Routledge, ISBN 0-415-09641-3.
- Signing Up for Human Rights: The United Kingdom and International Standards (1998), with Conor Foley, London: Amnesty International United Kingdom, ISBN 1-873328-30-3.
- Miscarriages of Justice: A Review of Justice in Error (1999), edited with Clive Walker, London: Blackstone, ISBN 1-85431-687-7.
- European Human Rights Law: the Human Rights Act 1998 and the European Convention on Human Rights (1999), London: Legal Action Group, ISBN 0-905099-77-X.
- Criminal Justice, Police Powers and Human Rights (2001), with Anthony Jennings, Tim Owen, Michelle Strange, and Quincy Whitaker, London: Blackstone, ISBN 1-84174-138-8.
- Blackstone's Human Rights Digest (2001), with Iain Byrne, London: Blackstone, ISBN 1-84174-153-1.
- A Report on the Policing of the Ardoyne Parades 12 July 2004 (2004), with Jane Gordon, Belfast: Northern Ireland Policing Board.
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Further reading
- Baldwin, Tom (2024). Keir Starmer: The Biography. HarperCollins Publishers. ISBN 978-0008661021.
- Eagleton, Oliver (2022). ISBN 978-1-83976-464-6.
External links
- Keir Starmer on Twitter
- Official website
- Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Contributions in Parliament at Hansard
- Contributions in Parliament at Hansard 1803–2005
- Voting record at Public Whip
- Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou
- CPS Archived 14 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine
- Appearances on C-SPAN