Keir Starmer is a British politician and barrister who was born in London and raised in Surrey. His father worked as a toolmaker in a factory, and his mother was a nurse for the NHS. He attended Reigate Grammar School, a selective state school that became private during his time as a student there. He graduated from the University of Leeds with a bachelor of law degree in 1985 and earned a postgraduate bachelor of civil law degree at St. Edmund Hall, Oxford. Starmer began practicing as a barrister in 1987. He was elected leader of the Labour Party in 2020. Starmer is married to Victoria Alexander, an attorney who has Jewish roots in Poland. They have two children whom they are raising to recognize their Jewish faith.