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For his special adviser role to May, Timothy is paid an annual salary of £74,000. <ref> [https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/388825/spad_data_november_2014.csv/preview Special advisers in post, 30 November 2014] ''GOV.UK'', accessed 29 April 2015 </ref> | For his special adviser role to May, Timothy is paid an annual salary of £74,000. <ref> [https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/388825/spad_data_november_2014.csv/preview Special advisers in post, 30 November 2014] ''GOV.UK'', accessed 29 April 2015 </ref> | ||
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| + | It was reported that Timothy had applied to run in the May 2015 election as prospective parliamentary candidate for the Conservative safe seat of Aldridge-Brownhills, <ref> [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2879899/War-No10-kills-bid-s-allies-MPs-Home-Office-s-senior-aide-blocked-running-safe-seat-adviser-removed-candidates-list.html War as No10 kills off bid by May's allies to be MPs: Home Office's most senior aide blocked from running in safe seat while another adviser is removed from candidates' list] Daily Mail Online, 18 December 2014, accessed 13 May 2015 </ref> but had his name, unbeknown to him, removed from the candidate list. The [[Public Administration Committee]] reported on the incident, concluding that it is unacceptable for ministers or civil servants to be “complicit” in the matter, and that the special advisers in question should not have been refused the ruling they asked for. <ref name="About"> [http://www.conservativehome.com/parliament/2015/03/the-party-should-apologise-to-timothy-and-parkinson-and-put-them-both-back-on-the-candidates-list.html The Party should apologise to Timothy and Parkinson – and put them both back on the Candidates’ List] ''Conservative Home'', 24 March 2015, accessed 13 May 2015 </ref> | ||
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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
Revision as of 06:13, 13 May 2015
Nick Timothy is special adviser to Theresa May in her role as secretary of state for the Home Office and minister for women and equality.[1] He is chief of staff and speechwriter to May, serving in her team since 2010. [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 May, Timothy is paid an annual salary of £74,000. [4]
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Home Office's most senior aide blocked from running in safe seat
It was reported that Timothy had applied to run in the May 2015 election as prospective parliamentary candidate for the Conservative safe seat of Aldridge-Brownhills, [5] but had his name, unbeknown to him, removed from the candidate list. The Public Administration Committee reported on the incident, concluding that it is unacceptable for ministers or civil servants to be “complicit” in the matter, and that the special advisers in question should not have been refused the ruling they asked for. [6]
Following the incident, the Conservative Party apologised to Timothy for not reinstating him on to the list. [6]
Background
Timothy was previously Deputy Director of the Conservative Research Department and responsible for much of its day-to-day running. [7] 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. [8]
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. [8]
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
- ↑ War as No10 kills off bid by May's allies to be MPs: Home Office's most senior aide blocked from running in safe seat while another adviser is removed from candidates' list Daily Mail Online, 18 December 2014, accessed 13 May 2015
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 The Party should apologise to Timothy and Parkinson – and put them both back on the Candidates’ List Conservative Home, 24 March 2015, accessed 13 May 2015
- ↑ Open Road, "Cameron's Conservatives: The ones to watch", accessed 12.09.10
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Nick Timothy University of Cambridge, accessed 9 October 2014
