Keir Starmer

Britain’s next prime minister Keir Starmer has been receiving congratulatory messages from world leaders on his victory at the UK’s general elections which took place yesterday

Starmer was victorious in the Britain’s parliamentary election, thus, putting an end to 14 years of the Conservative government headed which produced the now defeated Rishi Sunak.

Now felicitations have been pouring on Starmer in torrents.

Australian Prime Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, in an address to reporters, said,

“We have a strong relationship between our two countries, but in Sir Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner and so many others who I am very familiar with in the British Labour Party, I look forward very much to working with them.

“They have very similar views to us on a range of issues. I’m sure we’ll work closely on AUKUS, where we worked very closely as well with the former government.”

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau described Starmer’s win at the polls as a historic U.K. election victory.

Trudeau stated this in a post on X on Friday.

He stated, “Congratulations, @Keir_Starmer, on a historic U.K. election victory. Lots of work ahead to build a more progressive, fair future for people on both sides of the Atlantic. Let’s get to it, my friend.”

New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon in a post on his X handle, stated,

“Congratulations @Keir_Starmer on your election victory. New Zealand and the UK are great friends and can do so much more together.

Also, the European Union congratulated Starmer as European Council President Charles Michel called the victory it “historic’.

“I look forward to working with you and your government in this new cycle for the UK,” Michel said on X, formerly Twitter.

“The EU and Britain are crucial partners, cooperating in all areas of mutual interest for our citizens,” he said.

He added that he would see Starmer at a European Political Community summit to be held in Britain on July 18 “where we will discuss common challenges, including stability, security, energy and migration”.

The European Parliament’s president, Roberta Metsola, also sent congratulations to Starmer on X.

“As allies and partners, it is in our common interest to continue working closely together,” she said of Britain, a former European Union member country that left the bloc four years ago.

Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas — tapped to become the EU’s next foreign policy chief — echoed the congratulations and stressed “the UK’s commitment to our common security”.

Facts on Him

Sir Keir Rodney Starmer KCB, KC, a British politician and barrister who has served as Leader of the Labour Party since 2020, was born 2 September 1962. He has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Holborn and St Pancras since 2015, and previously served as Leader of the Opposition from 2020 to 2024 and as Director of Public Prosecutions from 2008 to 2013.

Born in London and raised in Surrey, Starmer, according to The London Guardian of 29 February 2020, attended the selective state Reigate Grammar School which became a private school while he was a student. He was politically active from an early age and joined the Labour Party Young Socialists at the age of 16. He graduated with a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Leeds in 1985 and gained a postgraduate Bachelor of Civil Law degree at St Edmund Hall at the University of Oxford in 1986. After being called to the bar, Starmer practised predominantly in criminal defence work, specialising in human rights. He served as a human rights adviser to the Northern Ireland Policing Board and was appointed a Queen’s Counsel in 2002, later citing his work on policing in Northern Ireland as being a key influence on his decision to pursue a political career. During his time as Director of Public Prosecutions, he dealt with a number of major cases including the Stephen Lawrence murder case. He was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 2014 New Year Honours for services to law and criminal justice.

Starmer was as presented in other biographical writings on him on the Internet, elected to the House of Commons at the 2015 general election. As a backbencher, he supported the unsuccessful Britain Stronger in Europe campaign in the 2016 European Union membership referendum. He was appointed Shadow Minister for Immigration by Jeremy Corbyn but resigned from this role in June 2016 as part of the wider shadow cabinet resignations in protest of Corbyn’s leadership. Accepting a new post under Corbyn that year as Shadow Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, Starmer advocated a proposed second referendum on Brexit. Following Corbyn’s resignation after Labour’s defeat at the 2019 general election, Starmer succeeded him as party leader by winning the 2020 leadership election on a left-wing platform.