UK Government Special Advisers 2014 Conservatives
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Contents
- 1 List of Special Advisers 2014
- 2 Number 10 Policy Unit
- 3 Deputy Prime Minister's Office
- 4 HM Treasury
- 5 Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- 6 Department for Communities and Local Government
- 7 Foreign and Commonwealth Office
- 8 Department of Energy and Climate Change
- 9 Department for Transport
- 10 Northern Ireland Office
- 11 Home Office
- 12 Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
- 13 Leader of the House of Commons
- 14 Leader of the House of Lords
- 15 Scotland Office
- 16 Department for Work and Pensions
- 17 Department of Health
- 18 Cabinet Office
- 19 Department for International Development
- 20 Ministry of Justice
- 21 Department for Education
- 22 Notes
List of Special Advisers 2014
Downing Street 2014
Number 10 Policy Unit
- Ed Llewellyn - Chief of staff: he was appointed in 2005 following David Cameron's victory in the Conservative leadership election. Llewellyn was hired to be Cameron's personal Chief of Staff in his capacity as Leader of the Opposition. Llewellyn continued in this role until 2010. When Cameron became Prime Minister he appointed Llewellyn to the post of the Downing Street Chief of Staff.
- Catherine Fall - Deputy chief of staff: she worked with George Osborne at the Conservative Research Department. Fall also acted as Cameron's advisor for his first election campaign in 2001 in the parliamentary constituency of Witney. She also worked as a director of the think-tank The Atlantic Partnership before becoming Cameron's private office secretary.
- Oliver Dowden - Deputy chief of staff: previously worked for the Conservative Research Department. He left the Tories in 2007 however, to work for the PR company Hill & Knowlton but returned to the party to work alongside Andy Coulson in early 2009. He was appointed as deputy chief of staff in 2012.
- Craig Oliver - Director of communications: Oliver was appointed this role in 2011 to replace Andy Coulson as top media adviser. Previous jobs include working at the BBC where he was controller of English at BBC Global News as well as working at Channel 5 as their programme editor. [1]
- Graeme Wilson - Political press secretary: Wilson was appointed in August 2013. He previously worked as deputy political editor of The Sun. [2]
- Alan Sendorek - Head of press: was appointed in January 2011. Previously he worked at Tory HQ as head of media. Previous roles also include senior press officer to shadow education secretary Michael Gove (MP) and press officer to the shadow education team and therefore shadow home secretary to David Davis (MP).
- Michael Salter - Head of broadcasting
- Ameet Gill - Head of strategic communications
- Liz Sugg - Head of events and visits
- Gabby Bertin - Director of external relations
- Claire Foges - Speechwriter
- Jo Johnson - Head of policy unit
- Christopher Lockwood - Deputy head of policy unit
- Antonia Williams - Deputy head of policy unit
- Max Chambers - Policy unit
- Daniel Korski - Technology
- Nick Seddon - Health
- Tara Singh - Energy and Environment
- Andrew Dunlop - Scotland
- Ramsay Jones - Scotland
- Laura Trott - Education
- Conrad Bailey
- Emily Ackroyd
Deputy Prime Minister's Office
- James Sorene - Head of communications and spokesman
- Jonny Oates - Chief of staff
- Tim Colbourne - Deputy chief of staff
- Hollie Voyce - Head of office
- Ryan Coetzee - Director of strategy
- Stephen Lotinga - Director of communications
- Zena Elmahrouki - Chief speech writer
- James Holt - Head of government communications
- James McGrory - Head of political communications
- Owain Myrddin Edwards - Special adviser (media)
- John Foster - Director of policy innovation and implementation
- Chris Saunders - Chief economic and business adviser
- Matthew Hanney - Parliamentary liaison and constitutional affairs
- Shabnum Mustapha - Special adviser
- Monica Allen - Departmental adviser
- Emily Frith - Departmental adviser
- Alex Dziedzan - Departmental adviser
- Adam Pritchard - Departmental adviser
- Matt Sanders - Departmental adviser
HM Treasury
- Rupert Harrison
- Jennifer Donnellan
- Ramesh Chhabra
- Neil O'Brien
- Thea Rogers
- Eleanor Shawcross
- Will De Peyer
- John Foster
- Peter Carroll
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Department for Communities and Local Government
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Department of Energy and Climate Change
Department for Transport
Northern Ireland Office
Home Office
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Leader of the House of Commons
Leader of the House of Lords
Scotland Office
Department for Work and Pensions
Department of Health
Cabinet Office
Department for International Development
Ministry of Justice
Department for Education
Notes
- ↑ Craig Oliver’s first appearance on camera STV, 2 February 2011, accessed 9 October 2014
- ↑ James Forsyth, Graeme Wilson of The Sun to be new Downing Street press secretary", The Spectator, 27.08.2013, accessed 17 September 2014.
