Claim c869c3f9Checked 21 Jul 2026
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“The hon. Gentleman brings up elections.”
—Keir StarmerLabourThe Prime Minister·Engagements·03 Jun 2026Factual · historical current chronological
Reasoning & Evidence21 Jul 2026
The claim "The hon. Gentleman brings up elections" is a procedural statement by the Prime Minister referencing what the questioner had just said. According to the Hansard record and Westminster Brief's archive of the 3 June 2026 debate, the questioner — Andrew Rosindell (Reform, Romford) — explicitly brought up election results in his question, specifically citing: "I wonder if the Prime Minister has had the chance to study the election results in Havering: zero Labour councillors were elected in Romford, zero Conservative councillors were elected across Havering for the first time since 1964 and it is the first Reform UK London borough."
So Starmer's statement that "the hon. Gentleman brings up elections" is an accurate factual reference to Rosindell's question, which did indeed discuss recent local election results in Havering.
Sources:
- Westminster Brief, "Engagements — 3 June 2026" — https://westminsterbrief.co.uk/archive/debate/3-june-2026/engagements-7cc0
- Hansard, UK Parliament, "Prime Minister - 3 June 2026" — https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2026-06-03/debates/0258B9EB-0744-4475-9B89-486CC9238A26/PrimeMinister
- Manchester Evening News, "Keir Starmer slates Reform's Makerfield candidate Robert Kenyon as 'self-professed sexist'" — https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/keir-starmer-slates-reforms-makerfield-34058336
From speech
We put record investment into the NHS to clear up the mess that the hon. Gentleman and others left behind. Since he brings up elections, I have studied the Reform candidate for Makerfield: a self-professed sexist who said women who get an abortion do it for “vanity purposes”, who encouraged people not to get the covid vaccine and who said Russia was “within its rights” to invade Crimea. Reform has nothing to offer but grievance and division yet again.
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| [6] | hansard.parliament.uk |
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