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Timothy is described as "Fiercely loyal", "Not popular in the Home Office" and as "rabid and an attack dog".<ref> Sue Cameron [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/10875282/Has-Theresa-May-the-mettle-to-follow-the-Iron-Lady.html Has Theresa May the Mettle for Follow the Iron-Lady] The Telegraph, Published 5 Jun 2014, Accessed 18 September 2014 </ref> | Timothy is described as "Fiercely loyal", "Not popular in the Home Office" and as "rabid and an attack dog".<ref> Sue Cameron [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/10875282/Has-Theresa-May-the-mettle-to-follow-the-Iron-Lady.html Has Theresa May the Mettle for Follow the Iron-Lady] The Telegraph, Published 5 Jun 2014, Accessed 18 September 2014 </ref> | ||
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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
Revision as of 12:11, 29 April 2015
Nick Timothy is special adviser to secretary of state for the home department and minister for women and equality Theresa May.[1] He is chief of staff and speechwriter to May, and since 2010 has served as part of the team that has helped her prosper in the post of Home secretary. [2]
Timothy is described as "Fiercely loyal", "Not popular in the Home Office" and as "rabid and an attack dog".[3]
For his special adviser role to Mrs May, Timothy is paid an annual salary of £74,000. [4]
Background
Timothy was previously Deputy Director of the Conservative Research Department and responsible for much of its day-to-day running. [5] Nick managed a team of up to 20 policy advisers. He oversaw the production of policy papers, briefing notes, rebuttals and media strategies (e.g. for the general election TV debates, the launch of rival parties’ manifestos and the Queen’s Speech); contributed to the 2010 general election manifesto and edited the 2010 edition of the ‘Campaign Guide’; and was a member of David Cameron’s PMQs team and the Party’s by-elections team. [6]
Earlier in his career he worked in the insurance industry.
Away from the day-job he acts as a volunteer mentor to sixth-form students, who hope to study at university, for the Social Mobility Foundation from under-privileged families. [6]
Education
Nick graduated with a first class degree in Politics from the University of Sheffield in 2001.
Contact, Resources, Notes
Notes
- ↑ Department of Information Services, "Parliamentary Information List", accessed 07.09.10
- ↑ Mark Wallace Exclusive: The longlist to succeed Hague in Richmond Conservative Home, 1 October 2014, accessed 16 October 2014
- ↑ Sue Cameron Has Theresa May the Mettle for Follow the Iron-Lady The Telegraph, Published 5 Jun 2014, Accessed 18 September 2014
- ↑ Special advisers in post, 30 November 2014 GOV.UK, accessed 29 April 2015
- ↑ Open Road, "Cameron's Conservatives: The ones to watch", accessed 12.09.10
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Nick Timothy University of Cambridge, accessed 9 October 2014
