Biography

He was a Queen's Counsel before being awarded the Knight Commander of the Order of Bath in the 2014 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to Law and Criminal Justice. He was the Director of the Public Prosecutions, Crown Prosecution Service.

He was elected Leader of the Labour Party on 4 April 2020.

Elected Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on 5 July 2024.

He is older than four of his Prime Minister predecessors: David Cameron, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak.

He is the first sitting UK Prime Minister to visit Samoa (Thursday October 24, 2024).

[in his victory statement as newly elected Labour leader] Antisemitism has been a stain on our party. I have seen the grief that it's brought to so many Jewish communities. On behalf of the Labour Party, I am sorry. I will tear out this poison by its roots and judge success by the return of our Jewish members and those who felt that they could no longer support us. [April 2020]

[after Boris Johnson accused him of condoning the IRA by serving in Jeremy Corbyn's shadow cabinet] I prosecuted, as Director of Public Prosecutions, serious terrorists for five years... when the Prime Minister has worked with security and intelligence forces prosecuting criminals and terrorists, he can lecture me.

[3/11/21] Last week, the prime minister was pontificating on why the Roman empire collapsed. He notably failed to mention that one of the main factors was that the people grew tired of the arrogance and corruption of their rulers.

[When Liz Truss failed to show for a crucial parliamentary debate] The lady's not for turning up.

[on Gavin Williamson] Everyone in the country knows someone like the member for South Staffordshire: a sad middle-manager getting off on bullying those beneath him.