Fiona Hill

This article is part of the Revolving Door project of Spinwatch.

Fiona Cunningham is a lobbyist who was special adviser to the UK secretary of state for the home department and minister for women and equality Theresa May from 2010 until she was forced to resign in June 2014.

Cunningham lost her job as part of the fallout over the Cabinet's 'very ugly public feud' about an alleged 'Trojan Horse' plot to Islamicise secular state schools in Birmingham, widely believed to be a hoax.

Cunningham was found to be 'the source of an acidic briefing' against education minister Michael Gove. Gove had briefed The Times newspaper — as an anonymous "source" — over the alleged plot and had accused the Home Office of failing to “drain the swamp” of extremists and criticised Charles Farr, Theresa May’s counter-terrorism adviser, who is in a relationship with Miss Cunningham.

Cunningham took up a lobbying role with Lexington Communications in 2015.

Background

Originally a press officer for shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley, Cunningham left her role at the Conservative Party to join business lobbyists the British Chambers of Commerce in June 2008. She returned to the Conservatives in March 2009 after less than a year in her previous role. According to Conservative media adviser Henry Macrory, "She couldn’t keep away".

Contact, Resources, Notes

Contact

Twitter: http://twitter.com/cunnersf