Electoral history of Keir Starmer

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

2015 general election, Holborn and St Pancras

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

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

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

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

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

• Andrew Adonis, Labour peer[9]
• Gordon Brown, former Prime Minister[10]
• Jenny Chapman, former MP for Darlington[11]
• Vernon Coaker, former MP for Gedling and former minister[12]
• Nic Dakin, former MP for Scunthorpe[13]
• Alf Dubs, Labour peer and former MP for Battersea[14]
• Evening Standard, politically conservative London newspaper and online news service[15]
• David Hanson, former MP for Delyn and former minister[16]
• Lesley Laird, former Deputy Leader of Scottish Labour and former MP for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath[17]
• Emma Reynolds, former MP for Wolverhampton North East[18]
• Carwyn Jones, former First Minister of Wales[19]
• Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London[20]
• Doreen Lawrence, Labour peer, campaigner and mother of Stephen Lawrence[21]
• Paul Mason, journalist and broadcaster (second choice after his support for Clive Lewis)[22]
• Jeremy Miles, Counsel General for Wales and AM for Neath[19]
• Sally Phillips, actress[23]
• Jack Sargeant, AM for Alyn and Deeside[19]
• Ricky Tomlinson, actor[24]

2024 United Kingdom general election

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

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

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