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Electoral history of Keir Starmer

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Official portrait, 2024

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.

Parliamentary elections

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2015 general election, Holborn and St Pancras

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General election 2015: Holborn and St Pancras[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 N/A
Animal Welfare Vanessa Hudson 173 0.3 N/A
Socialist Equality David O'Sullivan 108 0.2 N/A
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

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General election 2017: Holborn and St Pancras[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 N/A
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

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General election 2019: Holborn and St Pancras[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 N/A
UKIP Mohammad Bhatti 138 0.2 −1.0
Socialist Equality Thomas Scripps 37 0.1 N/A
Majority 27,763 48.9 −2.8
Turnout 56,786 65.1 −1.9
Registered electors 87,236
Labour hold Swing -1.4

2024 general election, Holborn and St Pancras

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General election 2024: Holborn and St Pancras[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Keir Starmer 18,884 48.9 −17.4
Independent Andrew Feinstein 7,312 18.9 New
Green David Stansell 4,030 10.4 +6.4
Conservative Mehreen Malik 2,776 7.2 −8.0
Reform UK David Roberts 2,371 6.1 4.2
Liberal Democrats Charlie Clinton 2,236 5.8 −6.5
Independent Wais Islam 636 1.6 New
Monster Raving Loony Nick the Incredible Flying Brick 162 0.4 New
UKIP John Poynton 75 0.2 −0.1
Socialist Equality Tom Scripps 61 0.2 +0.1
Independent Senthil Kumar 40 0.1 New
Give Me Back Elmo Bobby Smith 19 0.0 New
Turnout 38,602

2020 Labour Party leadership election

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

Full result[8]
Candidate Party members Registered supporters Affiliated supporters Total
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.[8]

Endorsements

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2024 United Kingdom general election

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Affiliate Leader MPs Aggregate votes
Of total Of total
Labour Party Keir Starmer 411[a] 63.2%
9,708,716 33.7%
Conservative Party Rishi Sunak 121 18.6%
6,828,925 23.7%
Liberal Democrats Ed Davey 72 11.1%
3,519,143 12.2%
Scottish National Party John Swinney 9 1.4%
724,758 2.5%
Sinn Féin Mary Lou McDonald 7 1.1%
210,891 0.7%
Independent 6 0.9%
564,243 2.0%
Reform UK Nigel Farage 5 0.8%
4,117,610 14.3%
Democratic Unionist Party Gavin Robinson 5 0.8%
172,058 0.6%
Green Party of England and Wales Carla Denyer
Adrian Ramsay
4 0.6%
1,944,501 6.7%
Plaid Cymru Rhun ap Iorwerth 4 0.6%
194,811 0.7%
Social Democratic and Labour Party Colum Eastwood 2 0.3%
86,861 0.3%
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland Naomi Long 1 0.2%
117,191 0.4%
Ulster Unionist Party Doug Beattie 1 0.2%
94,779 0.3%
Traditional Unionist Voice Jim Allister 1 0.2%
48,685 0.2%
Speaker Lindsay Hoyle 1 0.2%
25,238 0.1%

Notes

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

References

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