UK Leader of the Opposition: Sir Keir Starmer

Sir Keir Starmer has been Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party since April 2020.

Background

• MP for Holborn & St Pancras since 2015.
• Former Director of Public Prosecutions (2008–2013), Queen's Counsel (2002).
• Shadow Brexit Secretary (2016–2019) under Corbyn.
• Won 2020 Labour leadership election after 2019 general election defeat.

As Leader of the Opposition, he heads the Official Opposition, shadows the Prime Minister, and sets the alternative policy agenda.