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Starmer was elected to the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] at the [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015 general election]]. As a [[backbencher]], he supported the unsuccessful [[Britain Stronger in Europe]] campaign in the [[2016 European Union membership referendum]]. He was appointed to [[Jeremy Corbyn]]'s shadow cabinet as [[Shadow Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union]], and advocated a [[Proposed referendum on the Brexit withdrawal agreement|proposed second referendum on Brexit]]. Following Corbyn's resignation after Labour's defeat at the [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019 general election]], Starmer succeeded him by winning the [[2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK)|2020 leadership election]] on a [[left-wing]] platform. During [[Keir Starmer's tenure as Leader of the Opposition|his tenure as opposition leader]], Starmer moved the party toward the [[centrist politics|political centre]], dropping multiple leftist pledges from his
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