Keir Starmer voted 48 times to overturn the will of the British people and take us back into the European Union.
This isn’t correct. The figure appears to be based on how Mr Starmer voted in 48 votes related to Brexit. But some of these votes were not about whether Britain should be part of the EU, and all but three took place before Britain left the EU. Mr Starmer has often opposed the Government in Brexit votes, but has also voted a number of times in support of Brexit.
He [Keir Starmer] talks about integrity—he voted 48 times to overturn the will of the British people and take us back into the European Union.
Boris Johnson claimed that Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer “voted 48 times to… take us back into the European Union” during Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday.
As we wrote in February after Boris Johnson made the same claim three times, this is not true. The claim appears to be based on an analysis of Mr Starmer’s participation in 48 votes in the House of Commons between 2017 and 2020. But while these votes were all related in some way to Brexit and saw Mr Starmer repeatedly oppose the Government, only a handful were directly about whether Britain should be part of the EU, and all but three took place before the UK even left the EU. Mr Starmer has also voted a number of times in support of Brexit, and on Monday 4 July, unveiling his “Make Brexit Work” plan, he pledged that “with Labour, Britain will not go back into the EU”.
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