Electoral history of Keir Starmer

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Keir Starmer is a British politician and barrister who has been Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2024 and Leader of the Labour Party since 2020. He has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Holborn and St Pancras since 2015, and was previously Leader of the Opposition from 2020 to 2024.

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Parliamentary elections

2015 general election, Holborn and St Pancras

General election 2015: Holborn and St Pancras [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Keir Starmer 29,062 52.9 +6.8
Conservative Will Blair12,01421.9+1.5
Green Natalie Bennett 7,01312.8+10.1
Liberal Democrats Jill Fraser3,5556.5−21.4
UKIP Maxine Spencer2,7405.0+3.9
CISTA Shane O'Donnell2520.5N/A
Animal Welfare Vanessa Hudson1730.3N/A
Socialist Equality David O'Sullivan1080.2N/A
Majority17,04831.0+13.2
Turnout 54,91763.3+0.4
Registered electors 86,764
Labour hold Swing +2.6

2017 general election, Holborn and St Pancras

General election 2017: Holborn and St Pancras [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Keir Starmer 41,343 70.1 +17.2
Conservative Timothy Barnes10,83418.4−3.5
Liberal Democrats Stephen Crosher4,0206.8+0.3
Green Siân Berry 1,9803.4−9.4
UKIP Giles Game7271.2−3.8
English Democrat Janus Polenceus930.2N/A
Majority30,50951.7+20.7
Turnout 58,99767.0+3.7
Registered electors 88,088
Labour hold Swing +10.3

2019 general election, Holborn and St Pancras

General election 2019: Holborn and St Pancras [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Keir Starmer 36,641 64.5 −5.6
Conservative Alexandra Hayward8,87815.6−2.8
Liberal Democrats Matthew Kirk7,31412.9+6.1
Green Kirsten De Keyser2,7464.8+1.4
Brexit Party Hector Birchwood1,0321.8N/A
UKIP Mohammad Bhatti1380.2−1.0
Socialist Equality Thomas Scripps370.1N/A
Majority27,76348.9−2.8
Turnout 56,78665.1−1.9
Registered electors 87,236
Labour hold Swing -1.4

2024 general election, Holborn and St Pancras

General election 2024: Holborn and St Pancras [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Keir Starmer 18,884 48.9 −17.4
Independent Andrew Feinstein 7,31218.9New
Green David Stansell4,03010.4+6.4
Conservative Mehreen Malik2,7767.2−8.0
Reform UK David Roberts2,3716.14.2
Liberal Democrats Charlie Clinton2,2365.8−6.5
Independent Wais Islam6361.6New
Monster Raving Loony Nick the Incredible Flying Brick1620.4New
UKIP John Poynton750.2−0.1
Socialist Equality Tom Scripps610.2+0.1
Independent Senthil Kumar400.1New
Give Me Back Elmo Bobby Smith 190.0New
Turnout 38,602

2020 Labour Party leadership election

Keir Starmer won the Labour leadership election in the first round of voting.

Full result [8]
CandidateParty membersRegistered supportersAffiliated supportersTotal
Votes %Votes %Votes %Votes %
Keir Starmer 225,13556.1%10,22876.6%40,41753.1%275,780
56.2%
Rebecca Long-Bailey 117,59829.3%6505.0%16,97022.3%135,218
27.6%
Lisa Nandy 58,78814.6%2,12817.4%18,68124.6%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. [8]

Endorsements

2024 United Kingdom general election

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AffiliateLeaderMPsAggregate votes
Of totalOf total
Labour Party Keir Starmer 411 [lower-alpha 1] 63.2%
9,704,65533.7%
Conservative Party Rishi Sunak 12118.6%
6,827,31123.7%
Liberal Democrats Ed Davey 7211.1%
3,519,19912.2%
Scottish National Party John Swinney 91.4%
724,7582.5%
Sinn Féin Mary Lou McDonald 71.1%
210,8910.7%
Independent—60.9%
564,2432.0%
Reform UK Nigel Farage 50.8%
4,117,22114.3%
Democratic Unionist Party Gavin Robinson 50.8%
172,0580.6%
Green Party of England and Wales Carla Denyer
Adrian Ramsay 		40.6%
1,841,8886.4%
Plaid Cymru Rhun ap Iorwerth 40.6%
194,8110.7%
Social Democratic and Labour Party Colum Eastwood 20.3%
86,8610.3%
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland Naomi Long 10.2%
117,1910.4%
Ulster Unionist Party Doug Beattie 10.2%
94,7790.3%
Traditional Unionist Voice Jim Allister 10.2%
48,6850.2%
Speaker Lindsay Hoyle 10.2%
25,2380.1%

Notes

  1. ↑ Includes 43 MPs sponsored by the Co-operative Party, who are designated Labour and Co-operative. [25]

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