UK General Elections: Who is new UK PM Keir Starmer?

UK General Elections: After the UK General Elections, exit polls indicated a landslide victory for Labour Party after 14 turbulent years of Conservative rule, putting the focus on its leader Keir Starmer.

The Labour Party under Keir Starmer is poised for a landslide win, potentially ending the 14-year Conservative reign led by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. Exit polls suggest a decisive Labour victory fueled by widespread anti-incumbent sentiment.

Keir Starmer’s pledge to champion change resonated strongly with UK voters, amid the Conservative Party’s dwindling credibility amidst post-Brexit economic challenges, numerous scandals, and political turbulence that witnessed five Conservative Prime Ministers in just eight years.

UK General Elections: UK Exit Polls suggest resounding victory of Labour Party

After the conclusion of UK General Elections voting, exit polls, on Thursday, indicated a landslide victory of the main opposition Labour Party.

The centre-left Labour would win 410 seats in the 650-seat House of Commons, marking its victory for the first time after 2010. The Keir Starmer-led party is likely grab power with a 170-seat majority, AFP reported.

Sunak’s Conservative Party is projected to secure only 131 seats, marking a historic low, as the right-wing vote appears divided by Nigel Farage’s anti-immigration Reform UK party, expected to claim 13 seats.

The official outcomes of the UK PM Elections are still pending. Here’s a comprehensive guide to Keir Starmer, poised to become the next Prime Minister of the UK.

Who is Keir Starmer?

Keir Starmer has spent four years as opposition leader and steered Labour’s ideological stance from the far left towards the political middle ground. Throughout the campaign, his message to voters has been that a Labour government will bring change. That probably reassured voters sceptical of Labour.

Starmer, who served as prosecutor for England and Wales between 2008 to 2013, was described by his political opponents as a“lefty London lawyer,” AP reported.

He was knighted for his role leading the Crown Prosecution Service, and Conservative opponents made use of the title Sir Keir Starmer to portray him as elite and out of touch.

Keir Starmer’s humble background

Born in 1963, Keir Starmer comes from a modest background. His parents, a toolmaker and a nurse, named him after Keir Hardie, the inaugural leader of the Labour Party. Growing up as one of four siblings in a financially constrained household in a small town near London, according to AFP.

A passionate supporter of Arsenal, he enjoys catching Premier League games with a beer at his neighborhood pub. Starmer values his family’s privacy and has two teenage children with his wife, who works in occupational health for the National Health Service.