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His parents were both Labour Party supporters, and reputedly named him after the party's first parliamentary leader, Keir Hardie, [11] [12] although Starmer did not confirm this when asked in 2015. [13] Starmer passed the 11-plus examination and gained entry to Reigate Grammar School, which at the time was a voluntary-aided selective grammar ...
By the end of 2021, membership had fallen to 432,213, a drop of more than 21% since Starmer became leader, [170] but still more than double the membership of the Conservative Party. [171] Momentum, a left-wing campaign group, said Starmer's "factional" leadership was to blame as it alienated trade unions. [171]
As the leader of the majority party in the House of Commons, Starmer was appointed as prime minister by King Charles III on 5 July 2024, becoming the first Labour prime minister since Gordon Brown, the first one to win a general election since Tony Blair, and the first Labour government formed during the reign of Charles III. [20]
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Starmer represented Steel and Morris in the trial and appeal in English courts, also representing them at the European Court of Human Rights. [7] [8] Starmer was appointed Queen's Counsel on 9 April 2002, aged 39. [9] In the same year, he became joint head of Doughty Street Chambers.
LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 8: UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer departs 10 Downing Street to attend Prime Minister's Questions at the Houses of Parliament on January 8, 2025 in London, England.
Changes from Starmer's final Shadow Cabinet to Cabinet.. Thangam Debbonaire (Shadow Culture Secretary) lost her seat and Lisa Nandy was appointed in her place.; Nandy's role (Shadow International Development Cabinet Minister) was a full member of Shadow Cabinet despite the department having merged into the Foreign Office under the previous government and not reformed by Starmer.