Harold Elletson
Former Conservative MP for Blackpool North and Integrity Initiative cluster coordinator
| Harold Elletson
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| Occupation | Former politician; journalist |
| Known for | Conservative Party MP for Blackpool North, 1992–1997 |
Harold Elletson is a former Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Blackpool North, who sat from 1992 to 1997.[1] He coordinated the German and Austrian "clusters" of the Integrity Initiative, according to documents published by Anonymous.[2] He is also named in a list of members of the Specialist Group Military Intelligence (SGMI) published by Anonymous in January 2019, which gives only a private email address for him.[3]
Parliament
Elletson was elected for Blackpool North at the general election of 9 April 1992, and his membership ended at the dissolution of 1997.[1]
Integrity Initiative
The Institute for Statecraft expert team list describes him as "Former journalist and member of UK Parliament; expert in Russian military-political relations; Media and communications specialist; author of a major report for the Institute for Statecraft on Russian information warfare in Germany; development of the German and Austrian clusters".[4] Other documents published by Anonymous show:
- Elletson as "Coordinator" of the German and Austrian clusters, and "Germany Cluster Leader";[2]
- a 2016 production schedule planning a 10,000-word paper on "Russian penetration in Germany" by "Harold Elletson, Ben Nimmo et al";[5]
- a staff payments table with an entry "Researcher (H Elletson) £1900 pm", at 40 per cent of £50,000 a year;[6]
- a German cluster interim report of October 2018 by Hannes Adomeit, which states: "Harold Elletson: All activities have been and will be coordinated with him".[7]
Allegation of intelligence links
The Working Group on Syria, Propaganda and Media described Elletson in December 2018 as a "former MP and sometime MI6 agent who supervises the German Cluster". It cited a 2002 report that "when Elletson became an MP in 1992, John Major personally authorised the intelligence service to continue using him as a 'secret contact'".[8]
Affiliations
- Institute for Statecraft / Integrity Initiative
- Specialist Group Military Intelligence (named in the list published by Anonymous)
- Conservative Party
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 UK Parliament, Members API: Harold Elletson, accessed 5 November 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Institute for Statecraft, II cluster list – German and II cluster list – Austrian, undated, among Integrity Initiative documents published by Anonymous, November 2018.
- ↑ Anonymous, list of Specialist Group Military Intelligence members posted on CyberGuerrilla, 24 January 2019, archived copy, accessed 1 November 2026.
- ↑ Institute for Statecraft, The Institute for Statecraft Expert Team, version 3, among Integrity Initiative documents published by Anonymous, 2018.
- ↑ Institute for Statecraft, Production schedule, 5 April 2016, among Integrity Initiative documents published by Anonymous, 2018.
- ↑ Institute for Statecraft, Integrity staff payments, undated, among Integrity Initiative documents published by Anonymous, 2019.
- ↑ Hannes Adomeit, The German Cluster – Interim Report, 3 October 2018, among Integrity Initiative documents published by Anonymous, 29 November 2018.
- ↑ Working Group on Syria, Propaganda and Media, Briefing note on the Integrity Initiative, 21 December 2018, updated 29 December 2018, accessed 1 November 2026.