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Sir Keir Starmer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assumed office 5 July 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Monarch | Charles III | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Rishi Sunak | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Director of Public Prosecutions | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 1 November 2008 – 1 November 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Appointed by | Patricia Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Ken Macdonald | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Alison Saunders | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Keir Rodney Starmer 2 September 1962 Southwark, London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Political party | Labour | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Children | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Early life and education: 1962–1985
[edit]Career
[edit]Legal career: 1987–2014
[edit]Director of Public Prosecutions: 2008–2013
[edit]Backbencher: May–July 2015
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Shadow cabinet: 2015–2020
[edit]Leadership election: January–April 2020
[edit]Leader of the Opposition: 2020–2024
[edit]Prime Minister: 2024–present
[edit]Political positions
[edit]Notes and references
[edit]Notes
References
Sources
[edit]Books and journals
[edit]- Baldwin, Tom (2024). Keir Starmer: The Biography. William Collins. ISBN 978-0008661021.
- Dale, Iain, ed. (2020). The Prime Ministers: Three Hundred Years of Political Leadership. Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN 978-1-529-31216-4.
- Payne, Sebastian (2022). The Fall of Boris Johnson: The Full Story. Macmillan Publishers. ISBN 978-1-03-501655-6.
- Riley-Smith, Ben (2023). The Right to Rule: Thirteen Years, Five Prime Ministers and the Implosion of the Tories. Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN 978-1-39-981029-6.
- Seldon, Anthony; Egerton, Tom, eds. (2024). The Conservative Effect 2010–2024: 14 Wasted Years?. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781009473101.
- Seldon, Anthony; Meakin, Jonathan; Thoms, Illias; Egerton, Tom (2024). The Impossible Office?: The History of the British Prime Minister—Revised and Updated. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-009-42977-1.
- Seldon, Anthony; Meakin, Jonathan (2024). Truss at 10: How Not to Be Prime Minister. Atlantic Books. ISBN 978-1-80-546213-2.
- Seldon, Anthony; Newell, Raymond (2023). Johnson at 10: The Inside Story. Atlantic Books. ISBN 978-1-83-895802-2.
- Seldon, Anthony; Snowdon, Peter (2016). Cameron at 10: The Verdict. William Collins. ISBN 978-0-00-757551-0.