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Tristram Hunt became the Member of Parliament ([[Labour Party]]) for Stoke-on-Trent Central in May 2010. He is an historian, writer and broadcaster, who worked for [[Tony Blair]] and [[Peter Mandelson]] in a press office and Rapid Rebuttal capacity, as Special Adviser to [[David Sainsbury]] and has been linked to a number of pro-market ‘centre-left’ think tanks including [[Demos]], [[IPPR]].and the [[New Local Government Network]]. | Tristram Hunt became the Member of Parliament ([[Labour Party]]) for Stoke-on-Trent Central in May 2010. He is an historian, writer and broadcaster, who worked for [[Tony Blair]] and [[Peter Mandelson]] in a press office and Rapid Rebuttal capacity, as Special Adviser to [[David Sainsbury]] and has been linked to a number of pro-market ‘centre-left’ think tanks including [[Demos]], [[IPPR]].and the [[New Local Government Network]]. | ||
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| + | Hunt initially attended ‘a state primary school, [[Milton Road]] in Cambridge’<ref> Anna Bawden, [http://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/jun/17/tristram-hunt-interview-education Tristram Hunt: 'We've got to become the most interesting party'] The Guardian, Monday 17 June 2013 19.15 BST</ref> until his ‘family moved to North London’<ref> Eleanor Radford [http://feweek.co.uk/2013/05/17/tristram-hunt-his-story/ Profiles: Tristram Hunt ~ his story], FE Week, May 17, 2013</ref> at which point he attended the elite [[University College School]] in Hampstead.<ref>Andrew Pierce [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1325463/Its-bit-rich-Tristram-Hunt-play-posh-card.html It's a bit rich for Tristram Hunt to play the posh card] Daily Mail, UPDATED: 16:30, 2 November 2010</ref> Hunt gained a First Class degree in history from the [[University of Cambridge]] (1995), before serving as an Exchange Fellow a year-long scholarship at the [[University of Chicago]] (1995-9).<ref>Tristram Hunt [http://www.tristramhunt.com/web/about-tristram/ About Tristram], accessed 17 August 2013</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 19:35, 17 August 2013
Tristram Hunt became the Member of Parliament (Labour Party) for Stoke-on-Trent Central in May 2010. He is an historian, writer and broadcaster, who worked for Tony Blair and Peter Mandelson in a press office and Rapid Rebuttal capacity, as Special Adviser to David Sainsbury and has been linked to a number of pro-market ‘centre-left’ think tanks including Demos, IPPR.and the New Local Government Network.
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Education
Hunt initially attended ‘a state primary school, Milton Road in Cambridge’[1] until his ‘family moved to North London’[2] at which point he attended the elite University College School in Hampstead.[3] Hunt gained a First Class degree in history from the University of Cambridge (1995), before serving as an Exchange Fellow a year-long scholarship at the University of Chicago (1995-9).[4]
Affiliations
- Demos
- Associate Fellow at the Centre for History and Economics, King’s College, Cambridge
- Senior Fellow at the Institute for Public Policy Research
- Trustee of the National Heritage Memorial Fund
- Trustee of the Heritage Lottery Fund
- Trustee of the New Local Government Network from March 2004 - [5]
- Trustee of the Centre for Cities think-tank.
- Trustee of the History of Parliament Trust
- Fellow of the Royal Historical Society
- Science Media Centre, member of the Board, 2002-2005
Contact
- Website: tristramhunt.com
- Twitter: @TristramHuntMP
- Email: tristramhunt AT btopenworld.com | tristramhunt AT parliament.uk
- Guardian: Profile
Notes
- ↑ Anna Bawden, Tristram Hunt: 'We've got to become the most interesting party' The Guardian, Monday 17 June 2013 19.15 BST
- ↑ Eleanor Radford Profiles: Tristram Hunt ~ his story, FE Week, May 17, 2013
- ↑ Andrew Pierce It's a bit rich for Tristram Hunt to play the posh card Daily Mail, UPDATED: 16:30, 2 November 2010
- ↑ Tristram Hunt About Tristram, accessed 17 August 2013
- ↑ NLGN NEW LOCAL GOVERNMENT NETWORK ANNOUNCES NEW CHAIR AND KEY ADDITIONS TO BOARD OF TRUSTEES 18 March 2004, accessed 17 August 2013
