Will Tanner
Will Tanner | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Deputy Chief of Staff Number 10 | |
| In office November 2022 – July 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Rishi Sunak |
| Director ofOnward | |
| In office May 2018 – November 2022 | |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse | Lizzie Loudon[1] |
Will Tanneris a former British political adviser who most recently served as Deputy Chief of Staff to the former Prime Minister,Rishi Sunak.[2]
Tanner served as one ofTheresa May'sspecial advisersfrom 2014 whilst she was Home Secretary and then when she was Prime Minister from 2016, until leaving in 2017 after thegeneral election.[3][4]
Tanner then worked forPortland Communicationsas a political adviser for a year,[5]before becoming in May 2018 the co-founder and initial director of thethink tankOnward.[6]
WhenRishi Sunakbecame Prime Minister, Tanner returned to Number 10 as Deputy Chief of Staff.[2]In May 2024, during the2024 general election campaign,Tanner was labelled byThe Daily Telegraphas being the author of the Conservative Party's plan to bring in a new form ofnational servicewere they to win the election.[7]He was criticised for his time in Government for "refus[ing] to suggest any number of immigrants as an upper limit".[8]
Tanner was selected as theprospective parliamentary candidatefor the seat ofBury St. Edmunds & Stowmarketin the election,[9]alongside his party duties,[10]hoping to replaceJo Churchill,[11]but he was unsuccessful in his bid, losing the traditionally safe Conservative seat to the Labour candidate,Peter Prinsleyby 1,452 votes.[12]
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- ^abMason, Rowena (21 September 2023)."Who's who in No 10? The team shaping Sunak's approach to next election".The Guardian.ISSN0261-3077.Retrieved18 May2024.
- ^Hayward, Freddie (30 September 2023)."Inside Sunak's No 10".New Statesman.Retrieved18 May2024.
- ^"Leadership changes at Home Office & DfT as Mark Sedwill named Theresa May's top security adviser".Civil Service World.24 June 2020.Retrieved18 May2024.
- ^Portland (1 September 2017)."Portland appoints three former Downing Street advisers to its corporate team".Portland.Retrieved18 May2024.
- ^Eaton, George (18 May 2018)."Onward – the Tory think tank on a mission to remake conservatism".The New Statesman.London.Retrieved14 October2020.
- ^Martin, Daniel (26 May 2024)."Key figure behind National Service plans previously called for more policing".The Telegraph.ISSN0307-1235.Retrieved28 May2024.
- ^"Selected for greatness | Parliament Square".The Critic Magazine.6 June 2024.Retrieved25 June2024.
- ^Tomorrow's MPs[@tomorrowsmps] (3 June 2024)."🔵 BURY ST EDMUNDS & STOWMARKET: Will Tanner wins selection on first round" by a landslide ""(Tweet) – viaTwitter.
- ^Derrick, Paul (4 June 2024)."General Election: Conservative candidates chosen for two Suffolk seats".Suffolk News.Retrieved6 June2024.
- ^Geater, Paul (5 June 2024)."Downing Street official hopes to become Suffolk MP after General Election".East Anglian Daily Times.Retrieved6 June2024.
- ^"Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket - General election results 2024".BBC News.Retrieved5 July2024.
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