Keir Starmer

Leader of HM Official Opposition

Labour MP for Holborn and St Pancras

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Keir Starmer’s voting in Parliament

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Recent appearances

  • Prime Minister: Engagements 13 Mar 2024

    May I welcome the legislation on the Post Office scandal? Mr Speaker, this week we lost the formidable Tommy McAvoy, who served his hometown of Rutherglen and the Labour Government with loyalty and good humour. We send our deepest sympathies to his wife, Eleanor, and their family. We also learnt that the right hon. Member for Maidenhead (Mrs May) will be taking her well-deserved retirement....
  • Prime Minister: Engagements 13 Mar 2024

    Mr Speaker, the man bankrolling the Prime Minister also said that the right hon. Member for Hackney North and Stoke Newington should be shot. How low would he have to sink, what racist, woman-hating threat of violence would he have to make, before the Prime Minister plucked up the courage to hand back the £10 million that he has taken from him?
  • Prime Minister: Engagements 13 Mar 2024

    The difference is that the Prime Minister is scared of his party; I have changed my party—[Interruption.]

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Labour MP for Holborn and St Pancras

Entered the House of Commons on 8 May 2015 — General election

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Topics of interest

Keir Starmer campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

  • Department for Transport
  • Home Office
  • Ministry of Justice
  • Department for Work and Pensions
  • HM Treasury
  • High Speed 2 Railway Line
  • Crime: Victims
  • High Speed 2 Railway Line: Compensation
  • Asylum
  • Asylum: Finance

Currently held offices

  • Leader of HM Official Opposition (since 4 Apr 2020)
  • Leader of the Labour Party (since 4 Apr 2020)

Other offices held in the past

  • Shadow Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union ( 6 Oct 2016 to 4 Apr 2020)
  • Shadow Minister (Home Office) (18 Sep 2015 to 27 Jun 2016)
  • Member, Home Affairs Committee ( 8 Jul 2015 to 26 Oct 2015)

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Register of Members’ Interests

Last updated: 4 Mar 2024.

1. Employment and earnings
Payments from the Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society, Fifth floor, Shackleton House, 4 Battle Bridge Lane, London SE1 2HX, as copyright payments for books written before my election to Parliament:
22 March 2023, received £660.89. Hours: none. (Registered 23 March 2023)
27 September 2023, received £57.99. Hours: none. (Registered 27 September 2023)
16 January 2024, received £927.96 from Birnberg Pierce, 14 Inverness Street, London NW1 7HJ, for legal services provided before my election to Parliament. Hours: none since my election. (Registered 23 January 2024)
2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
Name of donor: Lord Waheed Alli
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000 for the private office of the Leader of the Opposition
Date received: 9 October 2023
Date accepted: 9 October 2023
Donor status: individual
(Registered 19 October 2023)
Name of donor: Lord Waheed Alli
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £6,000 for the private office of the Leader of the Opposition
Date received: 21 February 2024
Date accepted: 21 February 2024
Donor status: individual
(Registered 26 February 2024)
3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
Name of donor: Mulalley & Co. Limited
Address of donor: Teresa Gavin House, Woodford Avenue, Woodford Green IG8 8FA
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets with hospitality for West Ham v Arsenal, value £700
Date received: 16 April 2023
Date accepted: 16 April 2023
Donor status: company, registration 01534913
(Registered 17 April 2023; updated 19 April 2023)
Name of donor: SJM Concerts
Address of donor: St Matthews, Liverpool Road, Manchester M3 4NQ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Four tickets with hospitality to a Coldplay Concert at the Etihad Stadium, Manchester, total value £698
Date received: 1 June 2023
Date accepted: 1 June 2023
Donor status: company, registration 2686954
(Registered 02 June 2023)
Name of donor: Jockey Club Racecourses
Address of donor: Sandown Park Racecourse, Portsmouth Road, Esher KT10 9AJ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Private box for four people at Epsom Downs Racecourse, including catering and admission tickets, total value £3,716
Date received: 3 June 2023
Date accepted: 3 June 2023
Donor status: company, registration 2909409
(Registered 05 June 2023)
Name of donor: Matthew Moulding
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Hotel accommodation for four people for one night, including breakfast, value £937
Date received: 1-2 June 2023
Date accepted: 1 June 2023
Donor status: individual
(Registered 26 June 2023)
Name of donor: Crystal Palace Football Club
Address of donor: Selhurst Park Stadium, Holmesdale Road, London SE25 6PU
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Three tickets with hospitality for Crystal Palace v Arsenal, value £2,142
Date received: 21 August 2023
Date accepted: 21 August 2023
Donor status: company, registration 07270793
(Registered 29 August 2023)
Name of donor: Crownhawk Properties (trading as the LCV Group)
Address of donor: Riverside House, Normandy Road, Morfa, Swansea SA1 2 JA
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Accommodation for four people in Gower, value £4,500
Date received: 24-31 August 2023
Date accepted: 24 August 2023
Donor status: company, registration 03830322
(Registered 11 September 2023)
Name of donor: Swansea City AFC
Address of donor: The Swansea.Com Stadium, Plasmarl, Swansea SA1 2FA
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Five tickets with hospitality for Swansea City v Bournemouth, value £800
Date received: 29 August 2023
Date accepted: 29 August 2023
Donor status: company, registration 04056708
(Registered 11 September 2023)
Name of donor: Cain International UK Services Ltd
Address of donor: 116 Upper Street, London N1 1QP
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets with hospitality to Chelsea vs Arsenal football match, total value £2,400
Date received: 21 October 2023
Date accepted: 21 October 2023
Donor status: company, registration 10929931
(Registered 23 October 2023)
Name of donor: Teescraft Engineering Ltd
Address of donor: Factory 1, South Church Enterprise Park, Bishop Auckland DL14 6XB
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Four tickets with hospitality for Newcastle United v Arsenal, value £1,000
Date received: 4 November 2023
Date accepted: 4 November 2023
Donor status: company, registration 01554968
(Registered 06 November 2023)
Name of donor: Global Media and Entertainment Ltd
Address of donor: 30 Leicester Square, London WC2H 7LA
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Four tickets to the Jingle Bell Ball with hospitality, value £800
Date received: 10 December 2023
Date accepted: 10 December 2023
Donor status: company, registration 06251684
(Registered 19 December 2023)
Name of donor: West Ham United Football Club
Address of donor: London Stadium E20 2ST
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets for pre-match hospitality in the Chairman’s Lounge and to the match, estimated value £2,000
Date received: 11 February 2024
Date accepted: 11 February 2024
Donor status: company, registration 66516
(Registered 12 February 2024)
Name of donor: Norwich City Football Club
Address of donor: Carrow Road, Norwich NR1 1JE
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Four match tickets and hospitality, value £820
Date received: 2 March 2024
Date accepted: 2 March 2024
Donor status: company, registration 00154044
(Registered 04 March 2024)
4. Visits outside the UK
Name of donor: Canada 20/20
Address of donor: 35 O’Connor Street, Suite 302 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1P 5M4
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Monetary contribution of £410.41 towards a flight, plus hotel (£588.86), principle car (£282.58) and staff car (£212.70), total value £1,494.55
Destination of visit: Montreal, Canada
Dates of visit: 15-17 September 2023
Purpose of visit: Speaking at Montreal Global Progress Conference.
(Registered 02 October 2023)
Name of donor: (1) Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar (2) COP28 Presidency Office
Address of donor: (1) Almirqab Tower, West Bay, Doha, Qatar (2) Capital Plaza, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): (1) Private jet provided for return flights between Dubai and Doha, plus transportation, for me and three members of staff, total value £25,508.83 (2) Airport transfer and daily travel by car during COP28, approximate value £765
Destination of visit: (1) Doha (2) Dubai
Date of visit: 30 November - 3 December 2023
Purpose of visit: (1) Meeting with the Emir of Qatar, travelling from COP28 in Dubai. (2) Attending COP28 as part of my frontbench role.
(Registered 13 December 2023; updated 18 December 2023)
8. Miscellaneous
Member of the Youth Justice Legal Centre’s advisory board. The centre was set up by Just for Kids Law. (Registered 05 June 2015)
Leeds University Law Faculty Advisory Board. (Registered 05 June 2015)
Director of The Death Penalty Project. (Registered 05 June 2015)
From 1 October 2015, Member of Advisory Board, European Institute, University College, London. (Registered 06 January 2016)
From 1 May 2015, Associate Tenant, Doughty Street Chambers. (Registered 06 January 2016)
On 20 December 2023, I returned an advance payment of £18,450 to Harper Collins because I am no longer writing the book for which the advance was received. This payment was originally registered on 18 May 2022. (Registered 05 January 2024)

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