
Following the retirement of current MP Frank Dobson, Starmer was chosen as the Labour Party’s probable parliamentary candidate for the safe Labour constituency of Holborn and St Pancras in December 2014.
Starmer was elected with a majority of 17,048 votes in the 2015 general election.
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Following the resignation of Ed Miliband, he was urged by a number of activists to run for Labour Party leader in the 2015 leadership election, but he declined, citing his lack of political experience.
Starmer backed Andy Burnham, who came in second to Jeremy Corbyn in the election.