Nick Thomas-Symonds | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Minister for the Cabinet Office Paymaster General | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 8 July 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Keir Starmer | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | John Glen | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minister for the Constitution and European Union Relations | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 8 July 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Keir Starmer | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Esther McVey | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Member of Parliament for Torfaen | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 7 May 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Paul Murphy | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Majority | 7,322 (20.5%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 26 May 1980 Blaenavon, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Labour | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Rebecca Nelson | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | St Edmund Hall, Oxford | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Nicklaus Thomas-Symonds FRHistS (born 26 May 1980) is a British academic, barrister and politician who has been Paymaster General, Minister for the Cabinet Office and Minister for the Constitution and European Union Relations since July 2024.[1] A member of the Labour Party, he has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Torfaen since 2015.[2]
Thomas-Symonds served as Shadow Home Secretary from 2020 to 2021,[3] and held several junior shadow portfolios from 2015 to 2020. Prior to his election to Parliament, he was a chancery and commercial barrister at Civitas Law.[4][5] He is also the author of books on Clement Attlee, Nye Bevan and Harold Wilson.
- ^ "Minister for the Cabinet Office (Minister for the Constitution and European Union Relations) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ "Torfaen". BBC News.
- ^ Walker, Peter (5 April 2020). "Three key appointments: Keir Starmer fills top shadow cabinet roles". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ Simmons, Richard (10 April 2015). "City solicitors, a 22-year old UKIP law grad and a barrister standing for the Whigs: the legal profession's MP hopefuls". Lawyer 2B. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ "Profile: Nick Thomas-Symonds". Civitas Law. Retrieved 14 September 2015.