John Whittingdale
John Whittingdale is the Conservative MP for Maldon.[1]
In May 2015 he was announced as the secretary of state in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and a member of the Cabinet Office.[2]
Whittingdale left government in July 2016 following new Prime Minister Theresa May's extensive cabinet reshuffle. [3]
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Dinner with lobbyists
Details of the attendees and seating plans of the Conservative's 2013 summer ball, an event where tickets cost up to £12,000 each and allows attendees to sit at the table with ministers, were leaked by the Guardian. It revealed that Whittingdale sat at a table hosted by David Burnside, which included Samantha and David Cameron and one of Vladimir Putin's aides Vasily Shestakov.[4]
Affiliations
- Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Intellectual Property Group 2010-2011.
Special advisers and aides
External resources
- Jane Merrick, Brian Brady, James Hanning and Andy McCorkell, Revealed: Senior MP's secret links to Murdoch, The Independent, 17 July 2011.
Notes
- ↑ John Whittingdale, www.parliament.uk, accessed 14 October 2011.
- ↑ BBC News John Whittingdale becomes UK culture secretary, 11 May 2015, accessed 11 May 2015.
- ↑ 'Whos in and whos out? May's new cabinet' 14 July 2016, BBC News, accessed 15 July 2016
- ↑ Melanie Newman Russian front: Cameron’s encounter with Putin friend at Tory party The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, 1 July 2014, accessed 17 October 2014
