UK Government Special Advisers 2016 Conservatives

List of special advisers to the Conservative government formed in July 2016 under prime minister Theresa May.

Number 10 Policy Unit

Prime minister: Theresa May

• Fiona Hill - PM's closest adviser, co-chief of staff
• Nick Timothy - Co-chief of staff
• James McLoughlin - Adviser on business relations
• Sheridan Westlake - Policy adviser
• Tim Smith - Head of political press
• John Godfrey - Director of policy
• Neil O'Brien - Policy adviser
• Alex Burghart - Policy unit lead on social justice
• Katie Perrior - Director of communications
• Richard Chew - Political adviser
• Georgia Berry - Policy unit lead on energy and climate change
• Nick Hargrave - Political adviser
• Jessica Cunliffe - Speech writer
• Lizzie Loudon - Press secretary
• Tom Swarbrick - Head of broadcast
• Denzil Davidson - EU adviser
• Will Tanner - Deputy head of policy
• Richard Jackson - Media operations manager
• Ben Mascall - Head of strategic communications
• Stephen Parkinson - Political secretary
• Alex Dawson - Political adviser
• Liz Sanderson - Head of features

HM Treasury

Chancellor of the exchequer: Philip Hammond

• Graham Hook -
• Hayden Allan -
• Duncan McCourt -
• Karen Ward -
• Poppy Trowbridge -

Home Office

Secretary of state: Amber Rudd

• Amy Fisher - : previously worked at Google and Policy Exchange.
• Mo Hussein -
• Simon Glasson -

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Secretary of state: Boris Johnson

• Ben Gasgoine - : previously worked for lobbying firm Crosby Textor.
• Will Walden - : former BBC Westminster news editor.
• David Blair - Chief speechwriter: former journalist for The Telegraph and the Financial Times.

Ministry of Defence

Secretary of state: Michael Fallon

• Ben Mascall -
• James Wild - : former lobbyist for UK firm Hanover Communications.

Ministry of Justice

Secretary of state: Liz Truss

• Ruth Porter -
• Tim Pitt - : worked for law firm Slaughter & May.

Department for Education

Secretary of state: Justine Greening

• Victoria Crawford - :formerly worked Lloyds as government affairs manager.
• Peter Wilson -

Department for Exiting the European Union

Secretary of state: David Davis

• Raoul Ruparel - : co-director at Open Europe.
• James Chapman - : former political editor at The Daily Mail.

Department for International Trade

Secretary of state: Liam Fox

• David Goss -

Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy

Secretary of state: Greg Clark

• Guy Newey -
• Jacob Willmer -
• Meg Powell-Chandler -

Department of Health

Secretary of state: Jeremy Hunt

• Ed Jones -
• Paul Harrison -
• Christina Robinson -

Department for Work and Pensions

Secretary of state: Damian Green

• Lottie Dexter -
• Flora Rose -

Department for Transport

Secretary of state: Chris Grayling

• Simon Jones -
• Emma Boon -

Department for Communities and Local Government

Secretary of state: Sajid Javid

• Nick King -
• Salma Shah - : previously a broadcast journalist at the BBC, and worked at Freelance PR, managing communications for Business in the Community's Olympic legacy project, and in the Conservative Party's press office.
• Carrie Symonds - :

Office of the Leader of the House of Commons

Secretary of state: David Lidington

• N/A

Office of the Leader of the House of Lords

Secretary of state: Natalie Evans

• Richard Holden
• Katharine Howell

Scotland Office

Secretary of state: David Mundell

• Keelan Carr -
• Mary Macleod -

Wales Office

Secretary of state: Alun Cairns

Northern Ireland Office

Secretary of state: James Brokenshire

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Secretary of state: Andrea Leadsom

Department for International Development

Secretary of state: Priti Patel

Department for Culture, Media & Sport

Secretary of state: Karen Bradley

Cabinet Office

Secretary of state: Patrick McLoughlin

Whips Office

Secretary of state: Gavin Williamson