British Prime Minister Keir Starmer resigned from the top post on Monday, two years after his Labour Party brought an end to the Conservative Party's 14-year rule.
At 63, the former lawyer had previously said he would resist any move to remove him, but during a press briefing on Monday, he said he had 'heard the answer' from his party and 'accepts that answer with good grace.'
Starmer, who led the opposition for four years and moved the centre-left Labour Party away from the left and closer to the political centre, will resign as leader of the Labour Party.
He spent four years leading the opposition, moving the centre-left Labour Party away from the left and closer to the political centre before assuming power in 2024.
A trained lawyer, he headed prosecutions in England and Wales from 2008 to 2013 and received a knighthood for his work as head of the Crown Prosecution Service.
Starmer's resignation makes him the sixth UK prime minister to leave office in the past 10 years.
The nomination process for his replacement will begin on July 9 and end when Parliament starts its summer recess on July 16.
Candidates will be drawn from lawmakers belonging to the governing Labour Party, with former Manchester mayor Andy Burnham seen as the frontrunner to succeed Starmer.
