Some call it unusual — unsupportive, even: Keir Starmer’s wife’s decision to stay largely out of the limelight in the lead up to the election (aside from two rare couples appearances at a Taylor Swift concert and an election rally in June). Others call Victoria Starmer’s low public profile refreshing: a welcome step away from the wife-on-the-campaign-trail trope, where partners are often wheeled out in a bid to boost their husband’s family man image.
“She’s quite sassy in that she’s quite unbothered by what he’s doing,” Labour insiders have said of the former solicitor, 50, who’s been nicknamed a “reluctant First Lady” and has somehow managed to maintain such a private profile that she doesn’t even have her own Wikipedia page (even Liz Truss’ s “quiet”, Philip May-type husband Hugh O’Leary had one). Following Labour’s landslide victory, Keir Starmer has become the next Prime Minister, but Victoria, it’s said, is “going to be very much leading her own life.”
