Rt Hon Sir Keir Starmer, MP for Holborn and St Pancras
Keir Starmer has been an MP since 2015.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury (Prime Minister) | 2024 to 2026 |
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Leader of HM Official Opposition (HM Official Opposition) | 2020 to 2024 | |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union (Department for Exiting the European Union ) | 2016 to 2020 | |
| Shadow Minister (Home Office) (Home Office) | 2015 to 2016 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Home Affairs Committee | 2015 |
Other posts
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Leader of the Labour Party | 2020 to 2026 |
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
No interests are currently registered for Keir Starmer.
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
Keir Starmer has not asked any written questions in the last 12 months. Government ministers cannot ask them, so this can simply reflect an MP’s role.
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
19 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
How they vote
In the last 12 months Keir Starmer took part in 20 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Keir Starmer voted the same way as their party in 20 of the 20 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 0.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Jul | Accountability of public officials: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 14 Jul | Accountability of public officials: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 14 Jul | Accountability of public officials: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 19 May | Reply to the King's Speech: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 28 Apr | Privilege | Against | Same as party |
| 27 Apr | Local government and devolution in England: changes from the House of Lords | For | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 99% |
Source: Commons Votes API
This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this