Keir Starmer — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2024
Leader of the Labour Party since 2020
Member of Parliament (MP) for Holborn and St Pancras since 2015
Served as Director of Public Prosecutions from 2008 to 2013
Appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in 2014 for services to law and criminal justice
Graduated with a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Leeds (1985) and a Bachelor of Civil Law from St Edmund Hall, Oxford (1986)
Handled the Stephen Lawrence murder case during his tenure as Director of Public Prosecutions

Biography

Sir Keir Rodney Starmer is a British politician and lawyer who has served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2024 and as Leader of the Labour Party since 2020. He has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Holborn and St Pancras since 2015. Born in Southwark, London, Starmer graduated with a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Leeds in 1985 and received a postgraduate Bachelor of Civil Law degree from St Edmund Hall, Oxford, in 1986.