Philippa Stroud
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Philippa Stroud was appointed special adviser to Ian Duncan Smith in May 2010 at the Department for Work and Pensions.[1]
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Background
Stroud stood as a Conservative Party Parliamentary candidate for Birmingham Ladywood in 2005 and for Sutton and Cheam in 2010, but lost in both elections. She was expected to win the Sutton and Cheam seat from Liberal Democrat Paul Burstow, but Burstow held on to win with a majority of 1,608 votes (despite a 1.5% swing from the Liberal Democrats to the Tories).[2]
Stroud graduated from Birmingham University with a degree in French before spending a gap year working with recovering drug addicts in Hong Kong, where she met her husband David Stroud.[3]
Think tank involvement
Centre for Social Justice
Stroud was previously Executive Director of the Centre for Social Justice think tank, set up by Duncan Smith.[4]
Christian Action Research and Education
Religious beliefs
Accusations of homophobia
Salt, light... and "joyful female submission"
Philippa Stroud is married to David Stroud, a leader in the Newfrontiers Church.[5] He is a signatory to the Westminster Declaration[6], a statement backed by "socially conservative" Christians which has been criticised by other Christian organisations, such as the think-tank Ekklesia, the Christian Socialist Movement, the Conservative Christian Fellowship and the Liberal Democrat Christian Forum. The Declaration promotes "a particular interpretation of marriage", while also addressing issues such as abortion, euthanasia and the freedoms of Christians.[7]
Philippa Stroud also attends the Newfrontiers Church. Number 7 of the Church's Vision and Values affirms that:
- A Church where Biblical family life is highly valued, where husband and wife embrace male servant leadership and joyful female submission, where godly parenting is taught and practised, and where the special value of singleness and its unique opportunities are affirmed.[8]
Jonathan Bartley, co-director of Ekklesia, asks:
- Who would voters be electing in Sutton and Cheam - Philippa Stroud or her husband? The question must be asked whether, in the event she was elected to Parliament, she would on any occasion ‘submit’ to her husband's will and vote in a way that he thought was right, even if it contradicted her own position, the promises she had made to voters, or the manifesto on which she was elected?[9]
"God's Heart for the Poor" and demonic possessions
Scottish Centre fiasco
Contact, Resources, Notes
Resources
- Jamie Doward, Cal Flynn and Richard Rogers, Rising Tory star Philippa Stroud ran prayer sessions to 'cure' gay people, The Observer, 2 May 2010.
Notes
- ↑ Written Ministerial Statement on Special Adviser numbers, costs and revised model contract and code of conduct Cabinet Office, 11 June 2010, accessed 08.09.10
- ↑ Tom Phillips, "Controversial Tory Philippa Stroud loses in Sutton and Cheam", The Metro, accessed 17.09.10
- ↑ Sarah Richardson, "CANDIDATE OF THE DAY – Philippa Stroud – Sutton and Cheam", Edelman, accessed 17.09.10
- ↑ People, Centre for Social Justice, acccessed 2 May 2010.
- ↑ Staff writers, "Philippa Stroud's husband signs controversial Christian election declaration", Ekklesia, accessed 17.09.10
- ↑ "Westminster Declaration", Westminster2010, accessed 17.09.10
- ↑ Staff writers, "Westminster Declaration attacked by Christian political groups", Ekklesia, accessed 17.09.10
- ↑ Hope Community Church, "Newfrontiers Vision and Values", accessed 17.09.10
- ↑ Staff writers, "Philippa Stroud's husband signs controversial Christian election declaration", Ekklesia, accessed 17.09.10
