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=== Election to the House of Commons (2015-2020) ===
=== Election to the House of Commons (2015-2020) ===
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Keir Starmer was first elected to Parliament on 5 May 2015, as part of the 2015 United Kingdom general election, when he succeeded the retiring Frank Dobson of Labour as Member of Parliament for Holborn and St Pancras. Starmer won the seat with around 53% of the vote. This ensured that the seat remained in the hands of the Labour Party as it had been since inception in 1983.
Keir Starmer was first elected to Parliament on 5 May 2015, as part of the 2015 United Kingdom general election, when he succeeded the retiring Frank Dobson of Labour as Member of Parliament for Holborn and St Pancras. Starmer won the seat with around 53% of the vote. This ensured that the seat remained in the hands of the Labour Party as it had been since inception in 1983.
Keir Starmer was re-elected to the House of Commons in June 2017, as part of that year's general election in the UK, increasing his margin of victory significantly to 70%.
Keir Starmer was re-elected to the House of Commons in June 2017, as part of that year's general election in the UK, increasing his margin of victory significantly to 70%.
Keir Starmer's margin of victory decreased in 2019 when he regained the seat of Holborn and St Pancras that December by a margin of 64%, during the 2019 United Kingdom general election in which Boris Johnson's Tory Party won a landslide victory.
Keir Starmer's margin of victory decreased in 2019 when he regained the seat of Holborn and St Pancras that December by a margin of 64%, during the 2019 United Kingdom general election in which Boris Johnson's Tory Party won a landslide victory.
=== Leader of the opposition (2020-2024) ===
=== Leader of the opposition (2020-2024) ===