Keir Starmer replaced Rishi Sunak as prime minister of the United Kingdom on which of the following dates?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → July 5, 2024
The United Kingdom went to the polls on 4 July 2024. The Labour Party won a large majority, Rishi Sunak resigned, and Keir Starmer was appointed Prime Minister by King Charles III on 5 July 2024.
It ended fourteen years of Conservative government, and Starmer became the first Labour Prime Minister since Gordon Brown.