Keir Starmer was born on 2 September 1962 in Southwark, London, England, UK. He has been married to Victoria Alexander since 6 May 2007. They have two children.
He was a Queen's Counsel before being awarded the Knight Commander of the Order of Bath in the 2014 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to Law and Criminal Justice. He was the Director of the Public Prosecutions, Crown Prosecution Service.
[in his victory statement as newly elected Labour leader] Antisemitism has been a stain on our party. I have seen the grief that it's brought to so many Jewish communities. On behalf of the Labour Party, I am sorry. I will tear out this poison by its roots and judge success by the return of our Jewish members and those who felt that they could no longer support us. [April 2020]