Victoria Starmer | |
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Born | Victoria Alexander 1973 or 1974 (age 49–50) London, England |
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Alma mater | Cardiff University ( LLB) |
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Known for | Spouse of the prime minister of the United Kingdom (2024–present) |
Political party | Labour |
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Children | 2 |
Victoria, Lady Starmer ( née Alexander; born 1973 or 1974) is the wife of Keir Starmer, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. She previously worked as a solicitor and currently works for the National Health Service (NHS) as an occupational health worker.
Starmer was born Victoria Alexander in London in 1973 or 1974, and raised in Gospel Oak, north west London. Her father Bernard, an economics lecturer and an observant Jew, was born in 1929 in Hackney to a Polish-Jewish family that migrated to the United Kingdom prior to World War II. [1] Her mother Barbara, who died in 2020, was a community doctor in the National Health Service (NHS) and converted to Judaism upon marriage. [2] [3] Starmer has an older sister. [4]
Starmer was educated at Channing School in Highgate, London, [5] and later graduated with degrees in law and sociology from Cardiff University, where she was president of the student union from 1994 to 1995. [1] She qualified as a solicitor four years after graduating, and worked for Hodge Jones & Allen, a law firm specialising in street crime. [1] Since her marriage, she has worked as an occupational health worker for the NHS. [6] [7]
After Labour's landslide victory in the 2024 general election, Starmer accompanied her husband to Buckingham Palace for his appointment as Prime Minister by King Charles III. Afterwards, she accompanied him to 10 Downing Street, where he made his first speech as PM. [8] She will reportedly continue in her role at the NHS, and is expected to keep a relatively low profile. [9]
Starmer has been a supporter of the Labour Party since at least her student years, notably protesting against the education reforms of the Conservative Education Secretary John Patten during her tenure as Cardiff University's education and welfare officer in 1993. [1]
Starmer met Keir Starmer, who was then a senior barrister with Doughty Street Chambers, in the early 2000s. [10] The two eventually became close, getting engaged in 2004 and married on 6 May 2007 on the Fennes Estate in Essex. [1] [11] The couple have two children: a son (born 2008) and a daughter (born 2010). Both are being brought up in the Jewish faith of their mother. [12] [13] She and her family occasionally attend a liberal synagogue. [14]
Starmer is a vegetarian. She and her husband raised their children as vegetarians until they were 10 years old, at which point they were given the option of eating meat. [15]
Until moving to 10 Downing Street, the couple resided in Kentish Town, north London. [16] [17] She kept a relatively low profile during the 2024 general election, choosing not to appear on the campaign trail. She did, however, make appearances at Labour events and state banquets which were held during the campaign. [18]
Media related to
Victoria Starmer at Wikimedia Commons
Victoria Starmer | |
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![]() Starmer in 2024 | |
Born | Victoria Alexander 1973 or 1974 (age 49–50) London, England |
Education | |
Alma mater | Cardiff University ( LLB) |
Occupations |
|
Known for | Spouse of the prime minister of the United Kingdom (2024–present) |
Political party | Labour |
Spouse | |
Children | 2 |
Victoria, Lady Starmer ( née Alexander; born 1973 or 1974) is the wife of Keir Starmer, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. She previously worked as a solicitor and currently works for the National Health Service (NHS) as an occupational health worker.
Starmer was born Victoria Alexander in London in 1973 or 1974, and raised in Gospel Oak, north west London. Her father Bernard, an economics lecturer and an observant Jew, was born in 1929 in Hackney to a Polish-Jewish family that migrated to the United Kingdom prior to World War II. [1] Her mother Barbara, who died in 2020, was a community doctor in the National Health Service (NHS) and converted to Judaism upon marriage. [2] [3] Starmer has an older sister. [4]
Starmer was educated at Channing School in Highgate, London, [5] and later graduated with degrees in law and sociology from Cardiff University, where she was president of the student union from 1994 to 1995. [1] She qualified as a solicitor four years after graduating, and worked for Hodge Jones & Allen, a law firm specialising in street crime. [1] Since her marriage, she has worked as an occupational health worker for the NHS. [6] [7]
After Labour's landslide victory in the 2024 general election, Starmer accompanied her husband to Buckingham Palace for his appointment as Prime Minister by King Charles III. Afterwards, she accompanied him to 10 Downing Street, where he made his first speech as PM. [8] She will reportedly continue in her role at the NHS, and is expected to keep a relatively low profile. [9]
Starmer has been a supporter of the Labour Party since at least her student years, notably protesting against the education reforms of the Conservative Education Secretary John Patten during her tenure as Cardiff University's education and welfare officer in 1993. [1]
Starmer met Keir Starmer, who was then a senior barrister with Doughty Street Chambers, in the early 2000s. [10] The two eventually became close, getting engaged in 2004 and married on 6 May 2007 on the Fennes Estate in Essex. [1] [11] The couple have two children: a son (born 2008) and a daughter (born 2010). Both are being brought up in the Jewish faith of their mother. [12] [13] She and her family occasionally attend a liberal synagogue. [14]
Starmer is a vegetarian. She and her husband raised their children as vegetarians until they were 10 years old, at which point they were given the option of eating meat. [15]
Until moving to 10 Downing Street, the couple resided in Kentish Town, north London. [16] [17] She kept a relatively low profile during the 2024 general election, choosing not to appear on the campaign trail. She did, however, make appearances at Labour events and state banquets which were held during the campaign. [18]
Media related to
Victoria Starmer at Wikimedia Commons