Mark Littlewood

Mark James Littlewood[1] (born 28 April 1972) is Director General of the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA). He has formerly been chief press spokesman for the Liberal Democrats and the Pro Euro Conservative Party.[2]

Early life

He attended The Forest School, Winnersh, off the A329 in the Borough of Wokingham, then in the county of Berkshire.

Littlewood studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Balliol College, Oxford from 1990–93 and was Campaigns Director of Liberty from June 2001 to April 2004. When on sabbatical, he became the chief spokesperson of NO2ID.[3]

Career

Littlewood was appointed as Head of Media for the Liberal Democrats in December 2004. He resigned from this position in May 2007, after saying that the introduction of proportional representation should not be a deal-breaker when negotiating for the Liberal Democrats' involvement in a coalition.[4][5]

He was Director of Liberal Vision from 2008 to 2009, a classical liberal group within the Liberal Democrats, before taking up his current position at the Institute of Economic Affairs in December 2009.

Littlewood has spoken extensively against regulation of the tobacco industry on behalf of the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), who currently refuse to acknowledge whether they still receive funding from interested groups.[6][7]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Companies House
  2. ↑ Bloch, Dan (10 December 2004). "Profile: Lib Dems' Danger Man – Mark Littlewood, Head Of Press, Liberal Democrats". PR Week. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
  3. ↑ Wheeler, Brian (11 February 2008). "The campaign group: No2ID". BBC News. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
  4. ↑ Russell, Ben (9 March 2007). "Lib Dem spin doctor resigns after policy gaffe". The Independent. Archived from the original on May 27, 2008. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  5. ↑ Oaten, Mark. Coalition: the Politics and Personalities of Coalition Government from 1850. London: Harriman House. p. 302. ISBN 978-1-905641-28-4.
  6. ↑ Steve Connor (13 March 2012). "The PM, his pro-smoking aide, and a dirty war over cigarette packaging". The Independent.
  7. ↑ "Australia's new plain packaging law for cigarettes may have got Andrew Lansley off the hook". Mail Online. 21 November 2011.

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