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Keir Starmer

UK Prime Minister, 2024 to 2026

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A former human-rights lawyer and chief prosecutor who led Labour to a large majority in 2024. He served as prime minister until 2026.

Keir Starmer sits in the left-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: slightly state-led and slightly authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly institutional on institutions, leaning interventionist on interventionism and leaning tech-optimist on technology.

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Where Keir Starmer sits on ten dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this person's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomySlightly state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authoritySlightly authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureSlightly progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationSlightly globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsStrongly institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning secular
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismLeaning interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like Keir Starmer

Jonas Gahr Støre Prime Minister of Norway, 2021 to present99%François Hollande President of France, 2012 to 201799%Jens Stoltenberg Prime Minister of Norway and NATO Secretary General99%Mark Carney Prime Minister of Canada, 2025 to present99%Bob Hawke Prime Minister of Australia, 1983 to 199199%Olaf Scholz Chancellor of Germany, 2021 to 202599%Chuck Schumer US Senate Democratic leader, 2017 to present99%Felipe González Prime Minister of Spain, 1982 to 199699%

People furthest from Keir Starmer

Leo Tolstoy Russian novelist and moral thinker, 1828 to 191012%Murray Rothbard American economist, 1926 to 199514%Dorothy Day American journalist and Catholic Worker founder, 1897 to 198016%Ron Paul US Representative from Texas, 1997 to 201318%

Political views closest to Keir Starmer

Third Way centrismCombines market economics with moderate social policy and pragmatic problem solving.99%KeynesianismSupports government spending and central bank action to smooth recessions and protect…97%Humanitarian interventionismHolds that outside powers may use force to stop genocide and mass atrocities, even…97%Realism in foreign policySees international politics as a contest of power and interests in which states act to…97%

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Percentages show how close two profiles are across all ten dimensions. Including a person here is for study and comparison, not approval. Portrait: Prime Minister's Office, OGL 3, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.