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b. 1963
Born in London, Starmer, 60, studied law at the University of Leeds and became a barrister, specialising in human rights. He rose to become director of public prosecutions in 2008. In 2014, he was knighted for services to law and criminal justice. A year later, he entered parliament as Labour MP for Holborn and St Pancras. In 2015, he became shadow minister for immigration and then, in 2016, shadow secretary for exiting the EU. In 2020, he was elected leader of the Labour party. He is married with two children, and lives in London.
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Leader of the opposition. I worked with the police service in Northern Ireland and then ran the Crown Prosecution Service. In each of those jobs, if something needed fixing, I could fix it. As leader of the opposition, you are not in power and it’s the most frustrating job I’ve ever had, and a job I hope I don’t have for much longer.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 August 2023 source ↗
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