At a glanceSir Keir Starmer is a Labour MP for Holborn and St Pancras, and has represented the seat for 11 years, 2 months. They have cast 39 votes in Commons divisions (7% attendance), tabled 73 written questions and registered 15 financial interests.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Sir Keir Starmer did not vote in 536.
Biography
He currently holds the Government post of Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury.
In addition, he is Leader of the Labour Party.
Current roles
- Holborn and St Pancras Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
- Labour Party since 7 May 2015
Voting record
Register of financial interests
From the official Register; shown as registered.
Employment and earnings2
- Legal services provided before my election to Parliament
- Copyright payments for books written before my election to Parliament - Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society
Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments2
- Payment received on 25 March 2026 - £668.46 (registered 30 Mar 2026)
- Payment received on 24 September 2025 - £290.34 (registered 9 Oct 2025)
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources10
- The Arsenal Football Club Limited - £1,000.00 (registered 8 May 2026)
- The Arsenal Football Club Limited - £1,000.00 (registered 13 Apr 2026)
- The Arsenal Football Club Limited - £1,000.00 (registered 17 Mar 2026)
- The Arsenal Football Club Limited - £1,000.00 (registered 18 Feb 2026)
- The Arsenal Football Club Limited - £1,000.00 (registered 26 Jan 2026)
- The Arsenal Football Club Limited - £1,000.00 (registered 5 Jan 2026)
- The Arsenal Football Club Limited - £1,000.00 (registered 19 Dec 2025)
- The Arsenal Football Club Limited - £1,000.00 (registered 4 Nov 2025)
- The Arsenal Football Club Limited - £1,000.00 (registered 22 Sep 2025)
- Ascot Authority (Holdings) Limited - £650.00 (registered 4 Aug 2025)
Miscellaneous1
- I remain a paid season ticket holder at Arsenal but, given security advice, the club has said it will find seats for my son and I in the Directors’ Box whenever practicable. (registered 30 Sep 2024)
Written questions
High Speed 2 Line: Compensation
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of payments to be made under the Prolonged Disturbance Compensation Scheme.
Answer · 20 May 2019
The scheme has been costed but we continue to refine our understanding of the number of properties likely to trigger the requirement for the Prolonged Disruption Compensation Scheme as the design of Phase One matures ahead of the main works contracts. Unt...
High Speed 2 Line: Compensation
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Prolonged Disturbance Compensation Scheme will make provision for compensation for residents affected by (a) lower air quality, (b) the generation of dust and pollution, (c) traffic disruption, (d)
Answer · 20 May 2019
The Prolonged Disruption Compensation Scheme uses noise as a proxy for disturbance arising from construction works. All other forms of disruption arising from construction works are prevented or minimised through best practicable means and through complia...
High Speed 2 Line: Compensation
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to paragraph 215 of the report of the House of Lords Select Committee on the High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Bill, whether the Prolonged Disturbance Compensation Scheme will include the
Answer · 20 May 2019
The provision of noise insulation for those affected by high levels of noise over prolonged periods as a result of construction follows well established practice on major projects and applies to dwellings in both rural and urban areas. That practice is in...
High Speed 2 Line: Compensation
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the timeframe is for the (a) announcement and (b) opening of applications for the Prolonged Disturbance Compensation Scheme.
Answer · 20 May 2019
The Government expects to make an announcement this summer, subject to final approval of the policy within government. The launch of the scheme is tied into the start of permanent construction works, which will trigger the requirements for the scheme.
High Speed 2 Line: Compensation
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish the results and conclusions of the consultation on the draft Prolonged Disturbance Compensation Scheme, which closed on 29 June 2018.
Answer · 20 May 2019
HS2 Ltd undertook a number of engagement events with local communities over the summer of 2018. The responses HS2 Ltd received from local people helped to inform the development of the Prolonged Disruption policy and the design of the scheme.
High Speed 2 Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that HS2 Ltd and his Department are working with the (a) local community and (b) Camden Council to maximise the movement of material by rail from (i) Euston Station and (ii) Ap
Answer · 7 May 2019
In accordance with the HS2 Phase One Environmental Statement and assurances provided to Camden Council, HS2 Ltd has identified an option to maximise the movement of material by rail. In developing proposals with its contractors, HS2 Ltd has a regular dial...
High Speed 2 Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what environmental impact assessment he has made of moving Euston approaches excavated material by HGV.
Answer · 7 May 2019
The environmental effects of moving all of the excavated materials arising from the construction of the HS2 Euston Station and Euston Approaches by road was assessed and published in the HS2 Environmental Statement (2015) Additional Provision 3 (AP3). Thi...
High Speed 2 Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many lorry movements would be required to move Euston approaches excavated material by HGV; and what estimate he has made of the cost of moving that material by (a) HGV and (b) rail.
Answer · 8 May 2019
The volume of lorry movements to move excavated material by HGV is detailed in the HS2 Phase One Environmental Statement and the cost is included within the HS2 budget. The cost of moving material by rail is more expensive than moving material by road bec...
Early day motions
| 22 Mar 2024 | Town and Country Planning | 10 sig. |
| 21 Mar 2024 | Town and Country Planning | 31 sig. |
| 20 Jul 2022 | Social Security | 15 sig. |
| 6 Jul 2022 | Trade Unions | 7 sig. |
| 21 Mar 2022 | Social Security | 19 sig. |
| 16 Nov 2021 | Town and Country Planning | 18 sig. |
Speeches in the chamber
15 Jul 2026 Engagements
I thank my hon. Friend for her question, her support and her friendship for me, Vic and the kids. Whatever the challenge, she has always been there for us, particularly Vic and the kids, and I really thank her for that. This will be my …
15 Jul 2026 Engagements
It is very important that we have all the resources we need to provide the energy we need, and to bring the price of energy down, and that is what we are doing.
15 Jul 2026 Engagements
I pay tribute to the commission and its work. The work of strengthening our democracy will, and must, continue.
15 Jul 2026 Engagements
I have been careful not to tempt fate and jinx the result. I am a passionate Arsenal and England supporter and have watched many games with agonising moments; on the question of a bank holiday, the hon. Gentleman should ask again on Sunday.
15 Jul 2026 Engagements
I join my hon. Friend in paying tribute to Craig. I believe there is a famous Scottish song about walking 500 miles and then another 500, but to surpass that is an amazing achievement. We all pay tribute.
15 Jul 2026 Engagements
The hon. Lady is right to raise rural areas, and that is why we have put record investment into our local authorities and our NHS across the country, including in Shropshire.
15 Jul 2026 Engagements
I am very proud that we delivered the Hillsborough law yesterday. It is important to recognise that there has always been an initial injustice and then a further injustice when the state does not acknowledge and get to the truth. We are pu…
15 Jul 2026 Engagements
The economy has been stabilised, we have stronger public services, half a million children are being lifted out of poverty, we have got the biggest investment in defence and security since the 1980s and our international standing has been …
15 Jul 2026 Engagements
I am pleased that net migration is down 82%, small boat crossings are down 40%, the asylum backlog is down, we are closing asylum hotels and we deported 70,000 people with no right to be here. That is what this Government are delivering.
15 Jul 2026 Engagements
This incident is completely unacceptable. Every customer deserves reliable, resilient services, particularly during extreme heat, when there is a risk to public health. The Water Minister has met the company’s leadership to demand improvem…
15 Jul 2026 Engagements
I pay heartfelt tribute to my hon. Friend for everything that she has done to campaign on and draw attention to this issue and for the very powerful and personal way in which she argues it. When she spoke in the House earlier this year, it…
15 Jul 2026 Engagements
I know that Reform believes in recycling politicians, but I wonder whether spending the summer arguing with a bin was what the hon. Gentleman had in mind when he defected to the Reform Benches.
15 Jul 2026 Engagements
I am proud of the fact that, because the usual frameworks would not work—the UN; the EU, which was blocked by Hungary; and NATO, which Ukraine is not in—we pulled together a coalition of the willing, led by the French and the UK, and now t…
15 Jul 2026 Engagements
I thank the right hon. Gentleman for that really important question, and I will start by wishing him a very happy birthday. This issue is really important. I pay tribute to every volunteer; they show incredible bravery in putting their li…
15 Jul 2026 Engagements
I need to tread very carefully here. I got into a lot of trouble at a primary school when an eight-year-old encouraged me to do the “six-seven” thing, and the whole class joined in—it went viral. When I left, the headteacher told me sternl…
15 Jul 2026 Engagements
I remind the hon. Gentleman that when his party was in the coalition Government, they did not do anything about social care—they simply cut all our public services and we had to pick up the results of that. I do not know the details of the…
15 Jul 2026 Engagements
I know that the college in my hon. Friend’s constituency has made a bid to the post-16 and construction skills capacity fund to expand its provision. I have set a target of two thirds of young people either to go to university or to a gol…
15 Jul 2026 Engagements
I thank the hon. Gentleman, but I am a massive football fan so he will forgive me for being a nerd about this: the England team have won 22 out of 29 matches since I have been Prime Minister, and we have got to get that to 24 out of 31 mat…
15 Jul 2026 Engagements
I am not sure about a note for my successor. We left one in 2010 which did not work too well. [Laughter.] I am sure that my successor will look at my hon. Friend’s private Member’s Bill, and I am proud to have overseen the biggest boost to…
15 Jul 2026 Engagements
Yes. I thank the right hon. Gentleman for everything he has done in relation to social care and the importance of providing care. He does it with very real human experience, which we all know and we all respect, and no doubt he will contin…
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
Full parliamentary career
Government posts
- Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury · Prime Minister 5 Jul 2024 – 20 Jul 2026
Opposition posts
- Leader of HM Official Opposition · HM Official Opposition 4 Apr 2020 – 5 Jul 2024
- Shadow Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union · Department for Exiting the European Union 6 Oct 2016 – 4 Apr 2020
- Shadow Minister (Home Office) · Home Office 18 Sep 2015 – 27 Jun 2016
Other posts
- Leader of the Labour Party 4 Apr 2020 – 17 Jul 2026
Committee memberships
- Home Affairs Committee 8 Jul 2015 – 26 Oct 2015
Previous seats
- Holborn and St Pancras · Elected 3 times 7 May 2015 – 30 May 2024
Expenses
Contact & offices
Parliamentary office
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Constituency office
Constituency Office
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Sir Keir Starmer, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Sir Keir Starmer?
Sir Keir Starmer is a Member of Parliament representing Holborn and St Pancras in the House of Commons. See Sir Keir Starmer's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Sir Keir Starmer represent?
Sir Keir Starmer sits as Labour. See Sir Keir Starmer's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Sir Keir Starmer represent?
Sir Keir Starmer is the Member of Parliament for Holborn and St Pancras. See Sir Keir Starmer's official Parliament profile.
How long has Sir Keir Starmer been an MP?
Sir Keir Starmer has served in the House of Commons for 11 years, 2 months. See Sir Keir Starmer's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Sir Keir Starmer?
Sir Keir Starmer has 15 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Sir Keir Starmer's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.