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| − | '''Jonathan Oates''' (also Jonny Oates) is a former lobbyist who is now Chief of Staff to [[Nick Clegg]], Deputy UK Prime Minister.
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| − | Oates was previously the Director of Policy and Communications at the [[Liberal Democrats]] and is a former director of PR and lobbying company [[Bell Pottinger Communications]].
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| − | ==Background==
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| − | According to a 2007 Liberal Democrats press release when he was appointed as their new policy and communications director, Oates is a former Deputy [Liberal Leader] Leader of Kingston Council and 'top public relations consultant'.
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| − | :Oates has extensive experience in the fields of media and political campaigning. He has worked with [[Mark Bolland]], former media adviser to the [[Prince of Wales]], and spent two years working in the South Africa Parliament advising the then Home Affairs Minister, Prince [[Mangosuthu Buthelezi]] and other Cabinet Ministers in the South African government as part of a democracy development project sponsored by the [[Westminster Foundation for Democracy]].<br>A former Deputy Leader of Kingston Council, Oates was the Election Agent for [[Edward Davey]] MP (now Chief of Staff to [[Menzies Campbell]]) at the 1997 General Election, resulting in a stunning victory overturning a substantial Conservative majority. He was election adviser to [[Jeremy Browne]] MP who took the seat of Taunton from the Conservatives in the 2005 election. <ref> [http://www.libdems.org.uk/news/liberal-democrats-appoint-jonathan-oates-as-new-director-of-policy-and-communications.11898.html Liberal Democrats appoint Jonathan Oates as new director of policy and communications], Liberal Democrats Press Release, 6 February 2007. </ref>
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| − | ==Affiliations==
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| − | *[[Bell Pottinger]] -former Director
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| − | *[[Liberal Democrats]]
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| − | *[[Luther Pendragon]]
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| − | *[[Westminster Foundation for Democracy]]
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| − | ==Notes==
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| − | [[Category:Lobbyists|Oates, Jonathan]][[Category:Revolving Door|Oates, Jonathan]][[Category:Special Advisers|Oates, Jonathan]]
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