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| children = 2
| alma_mater = [[Cardiff University]] ([[LL.B.]])
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'''Victoria, Lady Starmer''' ({{nee|'''Alexander'''}}) is an English former solicitor and the wife of [[Keir Starmer]], the [[Leader of the Opposition (UK)|Leader of the Opposition]] and leader of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]. {{Asof|2024|July}}, she works for the [[National Health Service]] (NHS).
 
==Early life==
Starmer was born Victoria Alexander in London and raised in [[Gospel Oak]], north west London. Her father, an economics lecturer, is a practicing Jew who was born to Polish-Jewish immigrants who migrated to the United Kingdom before the Second World War. Her mother, who died in 2020, was a community doctor who converted to the faith.<ref name=strick/> Starmer has a sister.<ref name=fraser>{{cite news |last1=Fraser |first1=Tali |title=A future First Lady? With prime ministerial power in reach for Sir Keir Starmer, his wife Victoria could emerge from her north London cocoon into the global limelight. But who is she? |url=https://www.tatler.com/article/the-rising-starmer-who-is-lady-victoria-starmer-tatler-january-2023-issue |access-date=27 May 2024 |work=[[Tatler]] |date=22 May 2024}}</ref>
 
She was educated at [[Channing School]] in [[Highgate, London]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Baldwin |first1=Tom |title=The private life of Keir Starmer — his wife and family reveal all |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/keir-starmer-labour-leader-general-election-biography-v706kqcd2 |access-date=27 May 2024 |work=[[The Times]] |date=17 February 2024 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> and later graduated with degrees in law and sociology from [[Cardiff University]], where she was president of the [[Cardiff University Students' Union|student union]].<ref name=strick/>
 
==Career==
Starmer qualified as a solicitor four years after graduating, and worked for [[Hodge Jones & Allen]], a [[Soho]] law firm specialising in street crime.<ref name=strick/> Since getting married, she has worked in [[National Health Service|NHS]] occupational health.<ref name="New Statesman">{{cite news |date=31 March 2020 |title=Keir Starmer: The sensible radical |work=[[New Statesman]] |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2020/03/keir-starmer-sensible-radical |url-status=live |access-date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200405171214/https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2020/03/keir-starmer-sensible-radical |archive-date=5 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Pickard |first=Jim |date=7 May 2020 |title=Keir Starmer: 'The government has been slow in nearly all of the major decisions' |work=[[Financial Times]] |url=https://www.ft.com/content/35982886-8e77-11ea-a8ec-961a33ba80aa |url-status=live |access-date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615221650/https://www.ft.com/content/35982886-8e77-11ea-a8ec-961a33ba80aa |archive-date=15 June 2020}}</ref> She will reportedly continue in her role if her husband is elected Prime Minister.<ref name=meetvic>{{cite news |last1=Thomson |first1=Alice |title=Meet Victoria Starmer, Keir's wife and most trusted adviser |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/who-lady-victoria-keir-starmer-wife-job-children-5xqmp8539 |access-date=9 June 2024 |work=[[The Times]] |date=8 June 2024}}</ref>
 
==Personal life==
Victoria met [[Keir Starmer]], who was then a senior barrister with [[Doughty Street Chambers]], in the early 2000s, reportedly saying "Who the fuck does he think he is?" after their first conversation. The two eventually became close, getting engaged in 2004 and married on 6 May 2007 on the Fennes Estate in [[Essex]].<ref name=strick/><ref>{{Cite news |date=24 April 2020 |title=What do we know about Sir Keir Starmer's wife, Lady Starmer? |work=[[Tatler]] |url=https://www.tatler.com/article/who-is-keir-starmers-wife-victoria |url-status=live |access-date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818224913/https://www.tatler.com/article/who-is-keir-starmers-wife-victoria |archive-date=18 August 2020}}</ref> The couple have two children, a son, who was born a year after their wedding, and a daughter, born two years after that. Both are being brought up in the Jewish faith of their mother.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Harpin |first1=Lee |date=16 November 2020 |title=Starmer: Our kids are being brought up to know their Jewish backgrounds |work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]] |url=https://www.thejc.com/news/uk/starmer-our-kids-are-being-brought-up-to-know-their-jewish-backgrounds-1.508720 |access-date= |archive-date=25 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220925100146/http://thejc.com/news/uk/starmer-our-kids-are-being-brought-up-to-know-their-jewish-backgrounds-1.508720 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=grazia>{{cite news |last1=Hall |first1=Alice |title=Who Is Lady Victoria Starmer, Keir Starmer's Wife? |url=https://graziadaily.co.uk/life/in-the-news/lady-victoria-starmer/ |access-date=27 May 2024 |work=[[Grazia]] |date=23 May 2024}}</ref>▼
 
▲Victoria met [[Keir Starmer]], who was then a senior barrister with [[Doughty Street Chambers]], in the early 2000s, reportedly saying "Who the fuck does he think he is?" after their first conversation. The two eventually became close, getting engaged in 2004 and married on 6 May 2007 on the Fennes Estate in [[Essex]].<ref name=strick/><ref>{{Cite news |date=24 April 2020 |title=What do we know about Sir Keir Starmer's wife, Lady Starmer? |work=[[Tatler]] |url=https://www.tatler.com/article/who-is-keir-starmers-wife-victoria |url-status=live |access-date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818224913/https://www.tatler.com/article/who-is-keir-starmers-wife-victoria |archive-date=18 August 2020}}</ref> The couple have two children, a son, who was born a year after their wedding, and a daughter, born two years after that. Both are being brought up in the Jewish faith of their mother.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Harpin |first1=Lee |date=16 November 2020 |title=Starmer: Our kids are being brought up to know their Jewish backgrounds |work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]] |url=https://www.thejc.com/news/uk/starmer-our-kids-are-being-brought-up-to-know-their-jewish-backgrounds-1.508720 |access-date= |archive-date=25 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220925100146/http://thejc.com/news/uk/starmer-our-kids-are-being-brought-up-to-know-their-jewish-backgrounds-1.508720 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=grazia>{{cite news |last1=Hall |first1=Alice |title=Who Is Lady Victoria Starmer, Keir Starmer's Wife? |url=https://graziadaily.co.uk/life/in-the-news/lady-victoria-starmer/ |access-date=27 May 2024 |work=[[Grazia]] |date=23 May 2024}}</ref>
Starmer is a vegetarian. She and her husband raised their children as vegetarians until they were 10 years old, at which point they were given the option of eating meat.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Holl-Allen |first=Genevieve |date=26 July 2023 |title=Sir Keir Starmer: I didn't let my children eat meat until they were 10 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/07/26/sir-keir-starmer-labour-children-eat-meat-fish-until-age-10/ |access-date=13 September 2023 |archive-date=8 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008144358/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/07/26/sir-keir-starmer-labour-children-eat-meat-fish-until-age-10/ |url-status=live }}</ref> She has kept a relatively low profile during the [[2024 United Kingdom general election]], having chosen not to appear on the campaign trail.<ref name="strick">{{cite news |last1=Strick |first1=Katie |date=2 July 2024 |title=Victoria Starmer: the no-nonsense solicitor set to become Britain's next first lady |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/victoria-starmer-solicitor-keir-wife-first-lady-b1164846.html |access-date=2 July 2024 |work=[[London Evening Standard|The Standard]]}}</ref>▼
 
▲Starmer is a vegetarian. She and her husband raised their children as vegetarians until they were 10 years old, at which point they were given the option of eating meat.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Holl-Allen |first=Genevieve |date=26 July 2023 |title=Sir Keir Starmer: I didn't let my children eat meat until they were 10 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/07/26/sir-keir-starmer-labour-children-eat-meat-fish-until-age-10/ |access-date=13 September 2023 |archive-date=8 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008144358/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/07/26/sir-keir-starmer-labour-children-eat-meat-fish-until-age-10/ |url-status=live }}</ref> She has kept a relatively low profile during the [[2024 United Kingdom general election]], having chosen not to appear on the campaign trail.<ref name="strick">{{cite news |last1=Strick |first1=Katie |date=2 July 2024 |title=Victoria Starmer: the no-nonsense solicitor set to become Britain's next first lady |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/victoria-starmer-solicitor-keir-wife-first-lady-b1164846.html |access-date=2 July 2024 |work=[[London Evening Standard|The Standard]]}}</ref>
{{Asof|2024|June}}, the couple reside in [[Kentish Town]], north London.<ref name=meetvic/><ref>{{cite news |title=Keir Starmer's wife: Who is Lady Starmer? |url=https://news.sky.com/story/who-is-keir-starmers-wife-lady-victoria-starmer-12981688 |access-date=27 May 2024 |work=[[Sky News]] |date=10 October 2023}}</ref>
 
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