Simon Nayyar
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Simon Nayyar is the 2015 General Election candidate for the Conservative Party in Feltham and Heston.
He is a former lobbyist at some of the top UK companies including: Westminster Strategy, Citigate Public Affairs, Edelman and Newgate Communications.
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Career
Nayyar starter his career working for Conservative MP Keith Speed.
His first lobbying role was at Westminster Strategy, before moving to Citigate Public Affairs, in 2006 he moved to Edelman but 18 months later moved to CDR Public Policy - a company under the Citigate Public Affairs umbrella.
He moved to Newgate Communications in 2011 as managing partner and the firm's top lobbyist.[1] However Nayyar left Newgate in April 2015 to concentrate on his bid to be selected as an MP in the 2015 General Election in the Feltham and Heston seat and overturn the 6,000 majority achieved by Labour’s Seema Malhotra in 2010. There have also been reports that Nayyar's departure is linked to PPS Group's merger with Newgate Communications.[2]
Nayyar also ran for parliament in the 2010 election. Despite Lee Martin being preferred to stand for Sunderland Central and missing out in his bid to become the Nottingham South candidate,[3] Nayyar came third in Hackney South and Shoreditch as Labour held what is traditionally a safe seat for them.[1][4]
Education
- University of York, 1985-1988. [5]
Affiliations
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a City liveryman. [6]
- Former board member of Conservative Friends of India
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 David Singleton Sharp suits and plans to blaze a trail in lobbying Public Affairs News, 1 March 2013, accessed 1 October 2014
- ↑ David Singleton Nayyar in shock exit from Newgate Public Affairs News, 17 April 2015, accessed 17 April 2015.
- ↑ Nayyar won't quit bid for Tory seat PR Week, 1 August 2007, 1 October 2014
- ↑ Simon Nayyar Guardian, accessed 17 April 2015.
- ↑ Simon Nayyar Linkedin undated, accessed 1 October 2014
- ↑ Our People Newgatecomms, undated, accessed 1 October 2014
