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Will Tanner

Will Tanner
Deputy Chief of Staff Number 10
In office
November 2022 – July 2024
Prime MinisterRishi Sunak
Director of Onward
In office
May 2018 – November 2022
Personal details
Political partyConservative
SpouseLizzie 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.[2] 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]

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


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