Electoral history of Keir Starmer

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Keir Starmer is a British politician and barrister who has been Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party since 2020. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Holborn and St Pancras from 2015 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'Donnell2520.5New
Animal Welfare Vanessa Hudson1730.3New
Socialist Equality David O'Sullivan1080.2New
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 Polenceus930.2New
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 Birchwood1,0321.8New
UKIP Mohammad Bhatti1380.2-1.0
Socialist Equality Thomas Scripps370.1New
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%±%
Monster Raving Loony Nick the Incredible Flying Brick
Liberal Democrats Charlie Clinton
Independent Andrew Feinstein
Independent Wais Islam
Independent Senthil Kumar
Conservative Mehreen Malik
UKIP John Poynton
Reform UK David Roberts
Socialist Equality Tom Scripps
No description Bobby Smith
Green David Stansell
Labour Keir Starmer

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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