How many times has Keir Starmer been ejected from parliament?

Checked on January 16, 2026
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Executive summary

There is no evidence in the supplied reporting that Sir Keir Starmer has ever been physically ejected from the House of Commons or "thrown out of parliament"; the sources supplied discuss parliamentary rows and a separate old incident in a pub, but none report any formal ejection from Parliament [1] [2] [3]. The claim that he has been "ejected from parliament" appears to be unsupported by these sources; the closest documented episode in the materials provided is an old episode in which he was prevented from entering a pub, not removed from parliamentary proceedings [3].

1. Framing the question: what does "ejected from parliament" mean here?

If the question asks whether Starmer has ever been physically removed from the chamber by security, formally suspended from sitting by the Speaker, or expelled from the House, none of the supplied articles report such an event; BBC coverage recounts political humiliation and loss of control in Commons debates but does not describe any forcible ejection of the Prime Minister from parliamentary proceedings [1]. The supplied fact-check material deals with a viral video of a pub confrontation during the pandemic, which is a distinct setting and not a parliamentary ejection [3].

2. What the BBC reporting actually covers: row, humiliation and discipline — not removal

The BBC pieces focus on political damage to Starmer’s authority and disciplinary action within his party—episodes about loss of control in the Commons and suspension of Labour MPs for breaching party discipline—but they do not describe Sir Keir being ejected from the chamber or physically removed from Parliament [1] [2]. The July 2025 BBC analysis highlights humiliation and a government "shoved around humiliatingly by parliament" but frames that as political, not physical, defeat [1].

3. The pub incident often misrepresented as an "ejection" is separate and dated

A fact-check referenced here clarifies that an old clip from 2021 showing a publican preventing Starmer from entering a Bath pub has been recirculated out of context and presented as though recent or as if it were an expulsion; that incident involved confrontation and being blocked from entry to a private venue, not a parliamentary ejection [3]. The fact-check notes reports from the time that the publican shouted at Starmer over Covid restrictions and was restrained by another man believed to be a protection officer, underscoring the difference between a public altercation and any formal parliamentary sanction [3].

4. Absence of reporting is meaningful but has limits

The supplied sources do not document any case of Starmer being expelled, ejected, or physically removed from the House of Commons; that absence across BBC reporting and the fact-check is a strong indicator that the claim lacks corroboration in these materials [1] [2] [3]. That said, definitive denial would require a comprehensive search beyond the provided documents; the reporting here simply does not confirm any ejection from Parliament.

5. Competing narratives and how misinformation circulates

The fact-check highlights how old, out-of-context footage—such as the 2021 pub confrontation—can be repackaged to create a sensational but false narrative like being "thrown out" of official institutions, demonstrating an incentive for social-media actors to blur venues and dates for engagement [3]. Meanwhile, mainstream coverage (BBC) concentrates on political setbacks and internal discipline, which can be mischaracterized by others as physical humiliation or removal if one leaps from political defeat to bodily expulsion without evidence [1] [2].

6. Bottom line: based on supplied reporting, zero documented ejections from Parliament

Using only the provided sources, there is no documented instance of Keir Starmer being ejected from Parliament; the closest incident in the materials is a separate, older pub confrontation that has been misrepresented online, and BBC pieces describing political humiliation do not equate to physical removal from the Commons [1] [2] [3]. A conclusive rebuttal beyond these files would require checking parliamentary records and wider contemporary reporting, which are not included among the supplied documents.

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