Will Tanner Explained

Will Tanner
Office1:Deputy Chief of Staff Number 10
Primeminister1:Rishi Sunak
Term Start1:November 2022
Term End1:July 2024
Office2:Director of Onward
Term Start2:May 2018
Term End2:November 2022
Party:Conservative
Spouse:Lizzie Loudon[1]

Will Tanner is 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 of Theresa May's special advisers from 2014 whilst she was Home Secretary and then when she was Prime Minister from 2016, until leaving in 2017 after the general election.[3] [4]

Tanner then worked for Portland Communications as a political adviser for a year,[5] before becoming in May 2018 the co-founder and initial director of the think tank Onward.[6]

When Rishi Sunak became Prime Minister, Tanner returned to Number 10 as Deputy Chief of Staff. In May 2024, during the 2024 general election campaign, Tanner was labelled by The Daily Telegraph as being the author of the Conservative Party's plan to bring in a new form of national service were 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 the prospective parliamentary candidate for the seat of Bury St. Edmunds & Stowmarket in the election,[9] alongside his party duties,[10] hoping to replace Jo Churchill,[11] but he was unsuccessful in his bid, losing the traditionally safe Conservative seat to the Labour candidate, Peter Prinsley by 1,452 votes.[12]

References

  1. News: Westminster power couples — Valentine’s Day 2020 edition . 24 June 2024 . POLITICO . 14 February 2020.
  2. News: Mason . Rowena . 2023-09-21 . Who’s who in No 10? The team shaping Sunak’s approach to next election . 2024-05-18 . The Guardian . en-GB . 0261-3077.
  3. Web site: Hayward . Freddie . 2023-09-30 . Inside Sunak’s No 10 . 2024-05-18 . New Statesman . en-US.
  4. Web site: 2020-06-24 . Leadership changes at Home Office & DfT as Mark Sedwill named Theresa May's top security adviser . 2024-05-18 . Civil Service World . en.
  5. Web site: Portland . 2017-09-01 . Portland appoints three former Downing Street advisers to its corporate team . 2024-05-18 . Portland . en.
  6. Web site: Eaton . George . 2018-05-18 . Onward – the Tory think tank on a mission to remake conservatism . 2020-10-14 . The New Statesman . London.
  7. News: Martin . Daniel . 2024-05-26 . Key figure behind National Service plans previously called for more policing . 2024-05-28 . The Telegraph . en-GB . 0307-1235.
  8. Web site: 2024-06-06 . Selected for greatness Parliament Square . 2024-06-25 . The Critic Magazine . en-GB.
  9. 1797718231710368002 . tomorrowsmps . BURY ST EDMUNDS & STOWMARKET: Will Tanner wins selection on first round "by a landslide". . Tomorrow's MPs.
  10. Web site: Derrick . Paul . 2024-06-04 . General Election: Conservative candidates chosen for two Suffolk seats . 2024-06-06 . Suffolk News . en.
  11. Web site: Geater . Paul . 2024-06-05 . Downing Street official hopes to become Suffolk MP after General Election . 2024-06-06 . East Anglian Daily Times . en.
  12. News: Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket - General election results 2024 . 2024-07-05 . BBC News . en-GB.

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