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Can Keir Starmer become Prime Minister? Labour leader hopes conference vision will propel him to power

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Published date29 September 2021
The 59-year-old may have convinced those attending to back him -but he will need lots more support if the country is to vote his party in.

Recently, he told the BBC winning a General Election was more important to him than securing unity in his party.

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So, can Keir Starmer become Prime Minister We’ll take a look at how Sir Keir can come to power.

Can Keir Starmer become Prime Minister

Of course Keir Starmer can become Prime Minister. It’s just a case of whether he can get enough of the country’s backing.

Sir Keir was elected Labour leader in 2020 following the party's loss under Jeremy Corbyn at the 2019 General Election.

At that vote, the party lost 60 seats many of which had voted leave in the 2016 Brexit referendum.

Once considered a rising star in the movement, Laura Pidcock succumbed to defeat in her Durham North West seat, while the Shadow Environment Secretary, Sue Hayman, was also out.

If Sir Keir Starmer is to become Britain’s next Prime Minister he will have to win these seats and many of the so-called ‘Red Wall’ seats -those in the Midlands and northern England -back. If he can’t do that, he’ll have to find new constituencies to win.

Regardless, Labour need to find 124 constituencies to triumph in to get over the 326-seat majority needed in the House of Commons.

A report which came out at the end of last year looking at Labour’s latest General Election loss concluded that some of the seats they previously lost might be gone for good.

It also said the party had a ‘Northern problem’ and was seen to be too ‘London-centric’.

So, if Keir Starmer is going to get into power, he’s got a battle on his hands to convince voters of the merits of his party.

When can Keir Starmer become Prime Minister

Sir Keir Starmer can become Prime Minister if he wins a fresh General Election.

That is scheduled to take place by May 2, 2024, under the terms of the Fixed-term Parliament Act.

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