Anti-Corbyn Labour party staffers (2015-2019) Featured in Corporate and political lobbying Subsequent roles
Name and role in Labour Party
Alec James, various roles, 2012-2018 Alec J. on Linkedin. Account Manager, Arden Strategies lobbying firm.
Alex Mitchell, Regional organiser, South East Regional Director, Labour Party, South West.
Alice Perry, Chair of the NEC H/Advisors Cicero, where Perry’s clients included Barclays, BlackRock and BNY Financial Services. Labour CAC, 2023. Currently Director of Political Advocacy at Aviva (The UK’s second largest private health insurer).
Ali Moussavi, Economic Advisor in the Leader’s Office Head of Payments Strategy, Bank of England, possibly. Can’t verify for sure.
Amy Fode, Regional Director, South East. Progress. Labour Party Regional Director, Interim (London).
Amy Fowler, Head of External Relations Director of External Relations, Ada College for Digital Skills (Scheme set up by David Cameron, curriculum by Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Deloitte, IBM and others). Currently Major Gifts Stewardship Manager, Wikimedia Foundation.
Anna Hutchinson, Regional Director, Labour Party (North West) Labour Party Treasurer. 2021, Labour Party, Executive Director of Elections and Field Delivery. 2024, Hutchinson was named in an employment tribunal brought by Halima Khan against the Labour Party NEC. Claims of “racialised harassment” and “islamophobia” were made against Ms Hutchinson. Ms Hutchinson denied the allegations.
Anna Phillips, Labour Events and Progress * Currently Digital Campaigns Officer, Prospect Union. Previously Membership Officer at Progress. Supported Liz Kendall in the 2015 Labour leadership contest and Lisa Nandy in 2020.
Anouska Gregorek, Head of Policy Development * Researcher/assisant to Jonathan Reynolds. Policy Manager, HSBC (financial services)
Ben Johnson, Senior Adviser to Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan and councillor,Wandsworth. * Director at Blakeney lobbying firm (clients: Disney, Virgin Mone…
Billy Christie, Regional Organiser (South East) Programme Manager, The Pipeline (gender equality charity set up by former Labour MP and BICOM CEO Lorna Fitzsimons and lynchpin of new Labour, Margaret McDonagh). Labour Cllr, Merton. Currently Labour Party Regional Director (South East).
Cameron Scott, Regional Director for Eastern Region * * Three PR lobbying firms: Newington Communications, Connect Group, now Partner at 5654 & Company , as Partner.
Carol Linforth, Director of Conference and Events * Still at the Labour Party as Director of Conference and Events.
Catherine Bramwell, South East Regional Communications Officer * * Adviser to Keir Starmer, joined Strand Partners in 2024, a PR firm not on the PRCA register. Strand is a new startup by founder of Portland Communications, Tim Allan (once deputy to Alastair Campbell) and Sam Ingleby (also Portland) and one-time Adviser to David Cameron, Nick Hargrave.
Chris Lee, Head of Comms for Greater London, also media relations for Starmer * Head of Media Strategy at Cavendish Consulting.
Ciaran Tully, Regional Manager (Yorkshire) * Conservative Party council candidate in 2023 and 2024. Currently External Affairs Manager, National Housing Federation.
Colette Collins-Walsh * Head of UK Affairs, 5Rights Foundation. Ofcom working group.
Dan Hogan, Investigations Officer in GLU * * * Account Director, Quatro PR. Public affairs, Aspectus Group. Director at Blakeney lobbying firm since 2023.
Danny Adilypour, Campaigns Officer * Deputy Leader, Lambeth Council.
Dominic Murphy, Research Officer * Account Director, Hanover Communications. Head of Public Affairs at The Association for UK Interactive Entertainment.
Ella Rose (aka Ella Rose-Jacobs), JLM Director * * * Associate Director at Atticus Partners. Labour Councillor for Whetstone, Barnet.
Ellie Buck, Regional Organiser * Labour Interim Regional Director (South East) until 2021. No subsequent information found.
Ellie Miller, Head of Business Rel…
![Francis Grove-White, International policy officer * Deputy Director, Peoples’ Vote. Senior Policy Advisor, Dept Health and Social Care since 2021.
Fraser Welsh, Head of Internal Governance * Labour Party, Campaign Lead for West Midlands Mayoral Election
Greg Cook, Head of Political Strategy Associate Senior Counsel, Helm Partners Communications Consultancy
Hester Waterfield * Communications, GLA.
Hollie Ridley, Eastern Region Executive Director Nations and Regions, Labour Party. In 2024, appointed General Secretary to the Labour Party replacing David Evans. She was the only name on the list. She is reportedly close to Morgan McSweeney and Siobhain McDonagh. Married to Teddy Ryan, who featured in LabourLeaks.
Iain McNicol, General Secretary to Labour Party 2011-18 * Life peer since 2018. Appointed by Starmer as UK Trade Envoy to Jordan, Kuwait and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, 2024.
Jack Falkingham, Asst to Jon Ashworth, Adviser to Ben Bradshaw Project Manager, Metrobank. Programme Manger CMC Markets. Vice President & Chief of Staff at Goldman Sachs.
Jacob Tilley, Senior Campaign Manager * Director at Cavendish. Public affairs Lead, Heathrow Airport Limited. Pictured on a panel with Peter Mandelson and Kier Starmer
Jo Green, Head of Press and Broadcasting * Head of News at The Children's Commissioner's Office, then Director of Comms & Co Founder, Centre for Young Lives.
John Stolliday, Director of GLU (Governance & Legal Unit) * Director of the Executive Office at UNISON. At Unison since March 2019.
Julie Lawrence, Director of the General Secretary’s office * * MBE, June 2023. Freelance Consultant since Sept 2018 according to LinkedIn. Possibly a Manager at Consequitur Ltd, founded by ex Labour MP Douglas Alexander (can’t confirm, the company is quite secretive). Executive Committee Member, LME (Labour Movement for Europe) since 2022.
Katy Dillon, Head of Broadcast [trot sophie] * Broadcast Journalist BBC, now Snr News Editor (Pol…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vrjfpxtzjcfuccmw6dgpuvc3/bafkreid2wtf67x7jjnsdr5ut2zrcrf73dzdjm434ptpzyzqjg46lx22jp4)
Francis Grove-White, International policy officer * Deputy Director, Peoples’ Vote. Senior Policy Advisor, Dept Health and Social Care since 2021.
Fraser Welsh, Head of Internal Governance * Labour Party, Campaign Lead for West Midlands Mayoral Election
Greg Cook, Head of Political Strategy Associate Senior Counsel, Helm Partners Communications Consultancy
Hester Waterfield * Communications, GLA.
Hollie Ridley, Eastern Region Executive Director Nations and Regions, Labour Party. In 2024, appointed General Secretary to the Labour Party replacing David Evans. She was the only name on the list. She is reportedly close to Morgan McSweeney and Siobhain McDonagh. Married to Teddy Ryan, who featured in LabourLeaks.
Iain McNicol, General Secretary to Labour Party 2011-18 * Life peer since 2018. Appointed by Starmer as UK Trade Envoy to Jordan, Kuwait and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, 2024.
Jack Falkingham, Asst to Jon Ashworth, Adviser to Ben Bradshaw Project Manager, Metrobank. Programme Manger CMC Markets. Vice President & Chief of Staff at Goldman Sachs.
Jacob Tilley, Senior Campaign Manager * Director at Cavendish. Public affairs Lead, Heathrow Airport Limited. Pictured on a panel with Peter Mandelson and Kier Starmer
Jo Green, Head of Press and Broadcasting * Head of News at The Children's Commissioner's Office, then Director of Comms & Co Founder, Centre for Young Lives.
John Stolliday, Director of GLU (Governance & Legal Unit) * Director of the Executive Office at UNISON. At Unison since March 2019.
Julie Lawrence, Director of the General Secretary’s office * * MBE, June 2023. Freelance Consultant since Sept 2018 according to LinkedIn. Possibly a Manager at Consequitur Ltd, founded by ex Labour MP Douglas Alexander (can’t confirm, the company is quite secretive). Executive Committee Member, LME (Labour Movement for Europe) since 2022.
Katy Dillon, Head of Broadcast [trot sophie] * Broadcast Journalist BBC, now Snr News Editor (Pol…
This isn't totally finished yet, but here's my list of Labour Right staffers - where are they now? Includes those caught out in the #LabourLeaks report (working to lose the 2017 election) and the self-styled Panorama 'whistleblowers'.
