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| | === Election to the House of Commons (2015-2020) === | | === Election to the House of Commons (2015-2020) === |
| − | [[File:Starmer4.PNG|right|300px|thumb|]] | + | [[File:Peter Mandelson and Jeffrey Epstein celebrating a birthday at Epstein’s Paris apt.PNG|right|300px|thumb|[[Keir Starmer]]'s Ambassador to the [[United States]] was particularly close to [[Jeffrey Epstein]].<ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jeffrey-epstein-peter-mandelson-jpmorgan-b2361580.html</ref>]] |
| | 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. |
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| | === Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2024-present) === | | === Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2024-present) === |
| | Keir Starmer led the Laboour Party to victory in the 2024 United Kingdom general election on 4 July that year, with his party winning 412 seats, the most by any party since [[Tony Blair]] led Labour to its historic 1997 election victory. The result marked the conclusion of 14 years of the Tories (or "Conservatives") in government, and 9 of them as the sole governing party. Despite the result being hailed as a "landslide", Labour actually won the election with one of the lowest shares of the popular vote on record, with around 34% of the vote, comparable to the 2005 performance of Tony Blair's New Labour. In this election, [[Nigel Farage]]'s [[Reform UK]] came third overall with 14.3% of the total vote, with the party returning 4 Members of Parliament overall coming second to Labour in many key constituencies. The result is generally agreed to have been a rejection of the inept Tory Party as opposed to a victory for Labour. | | Keir Starmer led the Laboour Party to victory in the 2024 United Kingdom general election on 4 July that year, with his party winning 412 seats, the most by any party since [[Tony Blair]] led Labour to its historic 1997 election victory. The result marked the conclusion of 14 years of the Tories (or "Conservatives") in government, and 9 of them as the sole governing party. Despite the result being hailed as a "landslide", Labour actually won the election with one of the lowest shares of the popular vote on record, with around 34% of the vote, comparable to the 2005 performance of Tony Blair's New Labour. In this election, [[Nigel Farage]]'s [[Reform UK]] came third overall with 14.3% of the total vote, with the party returning 4 Members of Parliament overall coming second to Labour in many key constituencies. The result is generally agreed to have been a rejection of the inept Tory Party as opposed to a victory for Labour. |
| − | [[File:Peter Mandelson and Jeffrey Epstein celebrating a birthday at Epstein’s Paris apt.PNG|right|300px|thumb|[[Keir Starmer]]'s Ambassador to the [[United States]] was particularly close to [[Jeffrey Epstein]].<ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jeffrey-epstein-peter-mandelson-jpmorgan-b2361580.html</ref>]] | + | [[File:Starmer4.PNG|right|300px|thumb|]] |
| | During this election, it is notable that Starmer regained his parliamentary seat of Holborn and St Pancras by his lowest margin yet, winning only 48.9% of the vote in that constituency.<ref>[https://www.camden.gov.uk/parliamentary-election-results#xkat General Election Results - Camden Council]</ref> | | During this election, it is notable that Starmer regained his parliamentary seat of Holborn and St Pancras by his lowest margin yet, winning only 48.9% of the vote in that constituency.<ref>[https://www.camden.gov.uk/parliamentary-election-results#xkat General Election Results - Camden Council]</ref> |
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