Keir Starmer is a British politician and barrister who has served as Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party since 2020. He has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Holborn and St Pancras since 2015.
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Parliamentary elections
2015 general election, Holborn and St Pancras (UK Parliament constituency)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Keir Starmer | 29,062 | 52.9 | +6.8 | |
| Conservative | Will Blair | 12,014 | 21.9 | +1.5 | |
| Green | Natalie Bennett | 7,013 | 12.8 | +10.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jill Fraser | 3,555 | 6.5 | -21.4 | |
| UKIP | Maxine Spencer | 2,740 | 5.0 | +3.9 | |
| CISTA | Shane O'Donnell | 252 | 0.5 | New | |
| Animal Welfare | Vanessa Hudson | 173 | 0.3 | New | |
| Socialist Equality | David O'Sullivan | 108 | 0.2 | New | |
| Majority | 17,048 | 31.0 | +13.2 | ||
| Turnout | 54,917 | 63.3 | +0.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 86,764 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | +2.6 | |||
2017 general election, Holborn and St Pancras (UK Parliament constituency)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Keir Starmer | 41,343 | 70.1 | +17.2 | |
| Conservative | Timothy Barnes | 10,834 | 18.4 | -3.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Crosher | 4,020 | 6.8 | +0.3 | |
| Green | Siân Berry | 1,980 | 3.4 | -9.4 | |
| UKIP | Giles Game | 727 | 1.2 | -3.8 | |
| English Democrat | Janus Polenceus | 93 | 0.2 | New | |
| Majority | 30,509 | 51.7 | +20.7 | ||
| Turnout | 58,997 | 67.0 | +3.7 | ||
| Registered electors | 88,088 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | +10.3 | |||
2019 general election, Holborn and St Pancras (UK Parliament constituency)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Keir Starmer | 36,641 | 64.5 | -5.6 | |
| Conservative | Alexandra Hayward | 8,878 | 15.6 | -2.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Matthew Kirk | 7,314 | 12.9 | +6.1 | |
| Green | Kirsten De Keyser | 2,746 | 4.8 | +1.4 | |
| Brexit Party | Hector Birchwood | 1,032 | 1.8 | New | |
| UKIP | Mohammad Bhatti | 138 | 0.2 | -1.0 | |
| Socialist Equality | Thomas Scripps | 37 | 0.1 | New | |
| Majority | 27,763 | 48.9 | -2.8 | ||
| Turnout | 56,786 | 65.1 | -1.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 87,236 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | -1.4 | |||
2020 Labour Party leadership election
Keir Starmer won the Labour leadership election in the first round of voting.
| Candidate | Party members | Registered supporters | Affiliated supporters | Total | |||||
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| Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
| Keir Starmer | 225,135 | 56.1% | 10,228 | 76.6% | 40,417 | 53.1% | 275,780 | 56.2% | |
| Rebecca Long-Bailey | 117,598 | 29.3% | 650 | 5.0% | 16,970 | 22.3% | 135,218 | 27.6% | |
| Lisa Nandy | 58,788 | 14.6% | 2,128 | 17.4% | 18,681 | 24.6% | 79,597 | 16.2% | |
Turnout was 62.6 per cent. There were 490,731 returned ballots, from a total of 784,181 eligible voters. 136 ballot papers were spoiled.[7]
References
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Parliamentary Election 2015 Results". camden.gov.uk.
- ^ "Holborn & St Pancras parliamentary constituency". BBC News.
- ^ "Commons Briefing Paper 7979. General Election 2017: results and analysis" (PDF) (Second ed.). House of Commons Library. 29 January 2019 [7 April 2018]. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 November 2019.
- ^ "Election of a Member of Parliament for the Holborn and St Pancras Parliamentary Constituency: Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll". London Borough of Camden. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
- ^ "Commons Briefing Paper 8749. General Election 2019: results and analysis" (PDF). London: House of Commons Library. 28 January 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 November 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
- ^ a b "Leadership and Deputy Leadership election 2020 – Results". Labour Party. 4 April 2020. Archived from the original on 4 April 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
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