Paul Ovenden

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Paul Ovenden

Head of Political Strategy
In office 5 July 2024 –15 September 2025

v t e Keir Starmer
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2024–present) Leader of the Opposition (2020–2024) Leader of the Labour Party (2020–present) MP for Holborn and St Pancras (2015–present)
Premiership	Ministry International trips English Channel migrant crossings Border Security Command Cost-of-living crisis Industrial disputes postal workers strikes Great British Energy Railway Nationalisation 2024 State Opening of Parliament Freebies controversy October 2024 budget Winter fuel payment abolition backlash November 2024 farmers' protests Birmingham bin strike March 2025 spring statement Plan for Change War in Ukraine 2025 London Summit on Ukraine Coalition of the willing 2025 White House Multilateral Meeting on Ukraine War in Gaza US–UK airstrikes on Yemen Structural changes to local government Grooming gangs scandal 2025 British anti-immigration protests United Kingdom–France one in, one out plan Angela Rayner tax scandal 2025 British cabinet reshuffle Peter Mandelson Paul Ovenden 2025 state visit by Donald Trump to the United Kingdom
Leadership of the Opposition	Shadow Cabinet Opposition frontbench May 2021 reshuffle November 2021 reshuffle 2023 reshuffle Antisemitism in the Labour Party Dossier Beergate Vote of confidence in the Boris Johnson ministry Election date betting scandal 2024 Labour Party manifesto
Electoral history	2020 Labour Party leadership election 2021 local elections 2022 local elections 2023 local elections 2024 local elections 2024 general election 2025 local elections Next general election
Related	Legal career Political positions Victoria Starmer (wife) Spitting Image The Starmer Project "Freezing This Christmas"
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v t e Special advisers to the British government
First Wilson Ministry	Brian Abel-Smith Joe Haines John Harris
Heath Ministry	Tony Kerpel
Second Wilson Ministry	Brian Abel-Smith Joe Haines Jack Straw
Callaghan Ministry	Roger Liddle Tom McCaffrey Jack Straw
Thatcher Ministry	Guy Black Chris Butler Michael Dobbs Andrew Dunlop Brian Griffiths Jonathan Hill John Hoskyns Bernard Ingham Henry James Tony Kerpel Oliver Letwin Peter Levene David Lidington Warwick Lightfoot Ferdinand Mount The Lord Norton Michael Palliser Jack Peel John Redwood Norman Stone Sir Cyril Taylor Anthony Teasdale Nicholas True Alan Walters David Willetts John Whittingdale David Wolfson
Major Ministry	John Bercow Norman Blackwell Jonathan Caine David Cameron Judith Chaplin Greg Clark Sir Peter de la Billière Daniel Finkelstein Jonathan Hill Sarah Hogg Tony Kerpel Warwick Lightfoot Christopher Meyer Gus O'Donnell George Osborne Patrick Rock David Ruffley Sir Cyril Taylor Anthony Teasdale Nicholas True Gerald Warner Peter Wyman
Blair Ministry	Andrew Adonis Tim Allan Jonathan Ashworth Ed Balls Hilary Benn David Bennett Tom Bentley Andy Burnham Alastair Campbell Matt Cavanagh Paul Corrigan Patrick Diamond Jo Dipple Michael Dugher Stephen Hale The Lord Hart of Chilton David Hill Anji Hunter Tom Kelly Liz Kendall Peter Kyle Sophie Linden Spencer Livermore Liz Lloyd Blair McDougall Pat McFadden John McTernan David Miliband Ed Miliband Jo Moore Sally Morgan Geoff Mulgan Martin Narey Susan Nye Jonathan Powell Lance Price James Purnell Emma Reynolds Ed Richards Conor Ryan Godric Smith Owen Smith Simon Stevens Sir Cyril Taylor Matthew Taylor Shriti Vadera Charlie Whelan Sam White David Whitton Matthew Doyle
Brown Ministry	Jonathan Ashworth Polly Billington Nick Butler Stephen Carter Matt Cavanagh Dan Corry Tony Danker Jo Dipple Michael Dugher Michael Ellam Ayesha Hazarika Jeremy Heywood Joe Irvin Simon Lewis Blair McDougall Damian McBride John McTernan David Muir Martin Narey Maajid Nawaz Susan Nye Tom Scholar Geoffrey Spence Sam White Stewart Wood John Woodcock
Cameron Ministry	Shaun Bailey Gabby Bertin Helen Bower Jonathan Caine Camilla Cavendish Ryan Coetzee Andy Coulson Dominic Cummings Oliver Dowden Catherine Fall Simone Finn Sam Freedman Julian Glover Julia Goldsworthy Jean-Christophe Gray Rupert Harrison Arminka Helic Nick Hillman Steve Hilton Richard Holden Jo Johnson Daniel Korski Edward Llewellyn Poppy Mitchell-Rose Martin Narey Henry Newman Jonny Oates Neil O'Brien James O'Shaughnessy Craig Oliver Stephen Parkinson Richard Reeves Willie Rennie Patrick Rock Elizabeth Sanderson Nick Seddon Salma Shah Eleanor Shawcross Sarah Southern Philippa Stroud Liz Sugg Alison Suttie Carrie Symonds Nick Timothy James Wild Graeme Wilson Sean Worth
May Ministry	Helen Bower Jonathan, The Lord Caine Nick de Bois David Frost Robbie Gibb Paul Harrison Fiona Hill Richard Holden Paul Holmes Charlotte Ivers Stewart Jackson James Kent Danny Kruger Lizzie Loudon Anthony Mangnall James Marshall Jamie Njoku-Goodwin Stephen Parkinson Joanna Penn Katie Perrior John, The Lord Randall of Uxbridge Elizabeth Sanderson Salma Shah Carrie Symonds Will Tanner Nick Timothy Will Walden James Wild Craig Williams
Johnson Ministry	Steve Barclay John Bew Liam Booth-Smith Lee Cain David Canzini Peter Cardwell Henry Cook Dominic Cummings Nikki da Costa Jack Doyle Simone, The Baroness Finn Benjamin Gascoigne Andrew Griffith Guto Harri Andrew Hood Simon Jupp Ross Kempsell Katie Lam Oliver Lewis Edward Lister Munira Mirza Tim Montgomerie Henry Newman Jamie Njoku-Goodwin Ed Oldfield Charlotte Owen Rob Oxley Dan Rosenfield James Slack Patrick Spencer Allegra Stratton Cleo Watson Shelley Williams-Walker
Truss Ministry	John Bew David Canzini Mark Fullbrook Ross Kempsell Ruth Porter Adam Jones Charlotte Owen Matthew Sinclair Reuben Solomon Patrick Spencer
Sunak Ministry	John Bew Liam Booth-Smith Nerissa Chesterfield Amber de Botton James Forsyth Andrew Hood Henry Newman Eleanor Shawcross-Wolfson Patrick Spencer Will Tanner
Starmer Ministry	Sue Gray Morgan McSweeney Stuart Ingham Paul Ovenden

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