Victoria Starmer

Victoria, Lady Starmer (née Alexander; born 1973 or 1974) is the wife of Keir Starmer, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. She worked as a solicitor and now works for the National Health Service (NHS) as an occupational health worker.

Victoria Starmer
Starmer in 2024
Spouse of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Assumed role 5 July 2024
Prime Minister	Keir Starmer
Preceded by	Akshata Murty
Personal details
Born	Victoria Alexander 1973/1974 (age 50–51) London, England
Political party	Labour
Spouse(s)	Keir Starmer ​ (m. 2007)​
Children	2
Education	Channing School
Alma mater	Cardiff University (LL.B.)
Occupation	Solicitor Occupational health worker

Even though she studied to be a lawyer, she stopped practising law and began working for the NHS.^[1][2]

Alexander met Keir Starmer, then a senior barrister with Doughty Street Chambers, while working on the same case.^[3] They got engaged in 2004 and married on 6 May 2007.^[4]

The couple have two children: a son (born 2008) and a daughter (born 2010).^[5]

References

1. "Keir Starmer: The sensible radical". New Statesman. 31 March 2020. Archived from the original on 5 April 2020.
2. Pickard, Jim (7 May 2020). "Keir Starmer: 'The government has been slow in nearly all of the major decisions'". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 15 June 2020.
3. Franks, Josephine. "Meet Victoria Starmer, the new prime minister's wife". Sky News. Archived from the original on 5 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
4. "What do we know about Sir Keir Starmer's wife, Lady Starmer?". Tatler. 24 April 2020. Archived from the original on 18 August 2020.
5. Harpin, Lee (16 November 2020). "Starmer: Our kids are being brought up to know their Jewish backgrounds". The Jewish Chronicle. Archived from the original on 25 September 2022.