Philip Hammond (MP)
This page is about Philip Hammond, the Conservative MP. He is not to be confused with Philip Hammond, the author and academic.
Philip Hammond was appointed UK Foreign Secretary on 15 July 2014.[1]. He is the Conservative Party MP for Runnymede and Weybridge.
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Background
He was previously Secretary of State for Transport from May 2010, when he was appointed as a Privy Counsellor. Before this, he held a number of shadow portfolios. He was elected to Parliament in 1997 and was appointed Secretary of State for Defence in 2011. [2]
According to a Ministry of Defence bio:
- Mr Hammond was raised in Essex, attending school in Brentwood before going on to read Politics, Philosophy and Economics at University College, Oxford. Prior to his election to the House in 1997, he followed a business career in small and medium-sized companies in manufacturing, consultancy, property and construction and oil and gas, both in the UK and abroad.[3]
Cameron Government
Hammond was appointed the Secretary of State for Transport in the incoming Conservative Government in May 2010.[4] He was appointed Defence Secretary on 14 October 2011 following the resignation of Liam Fox.[5] He was appointed Foreign Secretary, replacing William Hague, in July 2014.[1]
Dinner with lobbyists
A seating plan of the Conservative Party's Black and White Ball, in February 2014, was leaked to the Bureau of Investigative Journalism in October 2014. The party, which guests pay between £450 and £1000 for a ticket, seats diners with the minister most relevant to them. Listed as being on Hammond's table was Kevin Lomax, who is chairman of two companies, including Ipsotek. [6]
Details of the Conservative's 2013 summer ball, where tickets cost up to £12,000 each, were also leaked. It revealed Hammond shared a table, paid for by Lord Clanwilliam, a PR adviser who works for the government of Bahrain, with Afnan Al-Shuaiby, the head of the Arab British Chamber of Commerce.[7]
Special advisers
- Graham Hook - January 2012
- Denzil Davidson - July 2014, Davidson was special adviser to William Hague prior to this
- Hayden Allan - July 2014
External resources
- Kim Sengupta, Hammond linked to millionaire backer behind Fox's charity, Independent, 17 October 2011.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ministerial appointments: July 2014, Prime Minister's Office, 15 July 2014.
- ↑ The Rt Hon Philip Hammond MP GOV.UK, accessed 1 October 2014
- ↑ Philip Hammond announced as new Defence Secretary, Ministry of Defence, 14 October 2011.
- ↑ Her Majesty’s Government, Number10.gov.uk, accessed 12 May 2010.
- ↑ Philip Hammond announced as new Defence Secretary, Ministry of Defence, 14 October 2011.
- ↑ Melanie Newman, Nick Mathiason and Tom Warren Doorstep lender and property moguls amongst guests worth £22bn at Tory fundraiser Bureau of Investigative Journalism, 12 October 2014, accessed 14 October 2014
- ↑ Robert Booth, Nick Mathiason, Luke Harding and Melanie Newman Tory summer party drew super-rich supporters with total wealth of £11bn The Guardian, 3 July 2014, accessed 14 October 2014
