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{{short description|British Conservative politician and life peer}}
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| honorific_prefix    = [[The Right Honourable]]
| name                = The Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
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| caption             = Official portrait, 2024
| office              = [[Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Arts and Heritage]]
| term_start          = 29 October 2022
| term_end            = 5 July 2024
| primeminister       = [[Rishi Sunak]]
| predecessor         = [[Stuart Andrew]] (Sport, Arts and Ceremonials)<br>[[Syed Kamall|The Lord Kamall]] (Civil Society, Heritage, Tourism and Growth)
| successor           = [[Chris Bryant]]
| office1             = [[Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Arts]]
| primeminister1      = [[Boris Johnson]]<br>[[Liz Truss]]
| term_start1         = 30 September 2021
| term_end1           = 20 September 2022
| predecessor1        = [[Caroline Dinenage|Dame Caroline Dinenage]]
| successor1          = [[Stuart Andrew]] (Sport, Arts and Ceremonials)
| office2             = [[Lord-in-Waiting]]<br />[[Government Whip]]
| primeminister2      = [[Boris Johnson]]<br>[[Liz Truss]]
| term_start2         = 14 February 2020
| term_end2           = 20 September 2022
| predecessor2        = [[Carlyn Chisholm, Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen|The Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen]]
| successor2          =
| office4             = [[Political Secretary to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Political Secretary]] to the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]]
| term_start4         = 13 July 2016
| term_end4           = 24 July 2019
| primeminister4      = [[Theresa May]]
| successor4          = [[Danny Kruger]]
| predecessor4        = Laurence Mann
| office3             = [[Member of the House of Lords]]<br />[[Lords Temporal|Lord Temporal]]
| term_start3         = 22 October 2019<br />[[Life peer]]
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'''Stephen Parkinson, Baron Parkinson of Whitley Bay''' (born 30 June 1983)<ref>{{Who's Who | title=Parkinson of Whitley Bay | id = U293495 | volume = 2022 | edition = online}}</ref> is a British [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] [[member of the House of Lords]] who served as [[Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Arts and Heritage|Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Arts, Heritage]] and Libraries from March 2022 to July 2024.
Lord Parkinson was previously a [[Special advisers (UK government)|Special Adviser]] to [[Theresa May]] when she was [[Home Secretary]] and [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]], and previously a [[think tank]] researcher and lobbyist.<ref>https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/830278/Resignation-Peerages-2019.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>
==Education==
Parkinson was born in [[North Shields]], and attended [[Park House School]] in [[Newbury, Berkshire|Newbury]], [[Berkshire]], before reading History at [[Emmanuel College, Cambridge|Emmanuel College]], [[Cambridge University|Cambridge]], from 2001 to 2004, where he graduated with a [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] [[Master of Arts (Oxbridge and Dublin)|(proceeding MA)]]. During his time at Cambridge, Parkinson served as Chairman of the [[Cambridge University Conservative Association]] in the 2003 Lent term,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cuca.org.uk/join/alumni/chairmen/ |title=Former Chairmen of Cambridge University Conservative Association, CUCA website |access-date=19 March 2017 |archive-date=12 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150112200443/http://www.cuca.org.uk/join/alumni/chairmen/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> and President of the [[Cambridge Union Society|Cambridge Union]] in Lent 2004.<ref>'Appendix: List of former Union officers', Stephen Parkinson, ''Arena of Ambition: A History of the Cambridge Union'' (Icon Books, London, 2009)</ref> Parkinson subsequently wrote a history of the Cambridge Union, ''Arena of Ambition'', published in 2009.<ref>[https://www.amazon.co.uk/Arena-Ambition-History-Cambridge-Union/dp/1848310617 Arena of Ambition on Amazon website]</ref>
==Conservative politics - in opposition (2004–10)==
After graduating from Cambridge in 2004, Parkinson went to work on the Home Affairs desk at the [[Conservative Research Department]], including during the [[2005 United Kingdom general election|2005 general election]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.quillerconsultants.com/Our-People/Stephen-Parkinson.aspx |title=Stephen Parkinson biography, Quiller Consultants' website, accessed 19 October 2011 |access-date=19 March 2017 |archive-date=5 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905201433/http://www.quillerconsultants.com/Our-People/Stephen-Parkinson.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>'About the author' flap on inside back cover, Stephen Parkinson, ''Arena of Ambition: A History of the Cambridge Union'' (Icon Books, London, 2009)</ref> Later that year, he transferred to the department's Political Section to engage in [[opposition research]] on other parties, briefing Shadow Ministers ahead of media appearances, and was part of [[David Cameron|David Cameron's]] briefing team as [[Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom)|Leader of HM Opposition]] ahead of [[Prime Minister’s Questions|Prime Minister's Questions]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.quillerconsultants.com/Our-People/Stephen-Parkinson.aspx |title=Stephen Parkinson biography, Quiller Consultants' website, accessed 19 October 2011 |access-date=19 March 2017 |archive-date=5 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905201433/http://www.quillerconsultants.com/Our-People/Stephen-Parkinson.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In 2006, Parkinson left the Conservative Research Department to take up a post as Director of Research at the Conservative think-tank, the [[Centre for Policy Studies]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.quillerconsultants.com/Our-People/Stephen-Parkinson.aspx |title=Stephen Parkinson biography, Quiller Consultants' website, accessed 19 October 2011 |access-date=19 March 2017 |archive-date=5 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905201433/http://www.quillerconsultants.com/Our-People/Stephen-Parkinson.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref> He remained there until late 2007, when he returned to [[Conservative Campaign Headquarters|Conservative Central Office]], focussing on the party's target seats campaign.<ref>'About the author' flap on inside back cover, Stephen Parkinson, ''Arena of Ambition: A History of the Cambridge Union'' (Icon Books, London, 2009)</ref> He continued working at Central Office until the [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010 general election]].
==Lobbying career (2010-2012)==
After the 2010 election, with the Conservative Party returned to [[government]], Parkinson left Central Office to become a lobbyist with [[Quiller Consultants]], remaining there for two years.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.quillerconsultants.com/Our-People/Stephen-Parkinson.aspx |title=Stephen Parkinson biography, Quiller Consultants' website, accessed 19 October 2011 |access-date=19 March 2017 |archive-date=5 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905201433/http://www.quillerconsultants.com/Our-People/Stephen-Parkinson.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref>
===2011 AV referendum campaign===
During his time at Quiller, Parkinson also played a key role in the victorious [[NOtoAV]] campaign in the [[2011 United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum]], serving as the Conservative Party's National Organiser in the cross-party campaign.<ref>[http://www.conservativehome.com/platform/2011/01/stephen-parkinson-ten-ways-to-help-no2av-in-the-next-hundred-days.html Stephen Parkinson, '10 Ways to Help No2AV in the Next Hundred Days', ConservativeHome, 25 January 2011]</ref>
==Government roles (2012-present)==
===Home Office Special Adviser===
In 2012 Parkinson was appointed a [[Special advisers (UK government)|Special Adviser]] to [[Theresa May]] when she was [[Home Secretary]]. He continued in this role until the autumn of 2015.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-36783185 Who's Who in Team Theresa May]</ref>
===2016 EU Referendum campaign===
In October 2015, Parkinson left his role as Special Adviser at the Home Office to become National Organiser of the ground operation for the successful [[Vote Leave]] campaign in the [[2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum]].<ref>[http://www.conservativehome.com/thetorydiary/2015/10/mays-closest-adviser-joins-the-vote-leave-campaign.html Mark Wallace, 'Does May’s closest adviser joining the Vote Leave campaign signal her intentions?', ConservativeHome, 22 October 2015]</ref><ref>[http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/199936/Vote-Leave-Ltd-designation-application-Appendix-A1.pdf Staff Directory for the designated lead campaign for Leave, published by the Electoral Commission, 2016]</ref>
===Downing Street Special Adviser===
In the aftermath of the June 2016 EU Referendum campaign, Theresa May became Prime Minister the following month, whereupon Parkinson rejoined her as a Special Adviser based in Downing Street, with the job title of [[Political Secretary to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Political Secretary to the Prime Minister]].<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-36783185 Who's Who in Team Theresa May]</ref>
==Parliamentary candidacies and selections (2010-2017)==
===First parliamentary candidature, 2010===
At the [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010 general election]], Parkinson stood as the Conservative [[Prospective parliamentary candidate|candidate]] for [[Newcastle upon Tyne North (UK Parliament constituency)|Newcastle upon Tyne North]], having been selected the previous year.<ref>[http://conservativehome.blogs.com/goldlist/2009/09/dominic-llewellyn-and-stephen-parkinson-adopted-for-newcastle-seats.html 'Dominic Llewellyn and Stephen Parkinson adopted for Newcastle seats', ConservativeHome, 26 September 2009]</ref> He came third, polling 7,966 votes (18.1%), although he managed to increase the Conservative vote by a third.
===Attempts to stand in 2015, and temporary removal from the candidates' list===
Parkinson had declared his interest in standing for a winnable [[United Kingdom constituencies|constituency]] at the [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015 general election]], and had been tipped for the shortlist in [[safe seat]]s such as [[Richmond (Yorks) (UK Parliament constituency)|Richmond, Yorkshire]]; but in December 2014, he and another of May's Special Advisers, [[Nick Timothy]], became involved in a candidate selection row. Both were removed from the Conservative Party's list of approved candidates by Party Chairman [[Grant Shapps]], reportedly on the instructions of David Cameron, because of his growing alarm at having such key allies of a leadership rival such as Theresa May in the [[House of Commons]], and Parkinson and Timothy were given the pretext that neither had campaigned in the [[2014 Rochester and Strood by-election|Rochester and Strood by-election]] (with such campaigning being a requirement of candidates staying on the approved list). Both Parkinson and Timothy protested that as Special Advisers, they were bound by the Civil Service [[Code of Conduct]], which specifically forbids senior civil servants from engaging in political campaigning. The Conservative Party subsequently apologised to both Parkinson and Timothy, but by that time it was too late for either to apply for a seat.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-36783185 Who's Who in Team Theresa May]</ref><ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/dec/21/may-warned-tory-leadership-rift Nicholas Watt, 'Theresa May warned Tory leadership chances at risk from advisers’ infighting', The Guardian, 21 December 2014]</ref><ref>[https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/cameron-approved-removal-of-mays-aides-from-candidate-list-5zz53c9c25k Francis Elliott, 'Cameron approved removal of May’s aides from candidate list', The Times, 20 December 2014]</ref>
===Selection contest for Saffron Walden, 2017===
On 28 April 2017, with Prime Minister Theresa May having called a [[snap general election]] [[2017 United Kingdom general election|ten days earlier]], it was reported that Parkinson had been shortlisted for the "[[safe seat]]" of [[Saffron Walden (UK Parliament constituency)|Saffron Walden]], following veteran MP [[Alan Haselhurst|Sir Alan (now Lord) Haselhurst]] announcing his retirement from the [[House of Commons|Commons]].<ref>[http://www.conservativehome.com/parliament/2017/04/aldershot-chichester-and-chester-shortlists-the-man-up-against-farron-latest-selection-news.html Mark Wallace, 'Exclusive. Aldershot, Chichester and Chester shortlist details. The man up against Farron. Latest selection news.', Conservative Home, 28 April 2017]</ref>
Analysing the shortlist, former MP and [[ConservativeHome]] Executive Editor [[Paul Goodman]] noted that, "Nor to date have [[Special advisers (UK government)|SpAds]] been shoehorned into constituencies against weak opposition", but that, "The case of Saffron Walden is perhaps more suggestive.  Stephen Parkinson, the Prime Minister's Political Secretary and the former head of the ground campaign at Vote Leave, is up against Katherine Bennett, who hasn't fought a Parliamentary election previously, and [[Kemi Badenoch]], a member of the [[London Assembly]] who was beaten in the first round in [the Conservative selection contest for] [[Hampstead and Kilburn (UK Parliament constituency)|Hampstead and Kilburn]]."<ref>[http://www.conservativehome.com/parliament/2017/04/the-tory-selections-so-far-and-mays-show-not-tell-drive-for-more-women-tory-mps.html Paul Goodman, 'May’s maids. Watch the Prime Minister’s show-not-tell drive for more women Conservative MPs.', ConservativeHome, 28 April 2017]</ref> It was subsequently reported by the ''[[Daily Telegraph]]'' that Saffron Walden was one of four seats where Conservative activists had complained of a "selection stitch-up" over a Special Adviser being shortlisted alongside little-known rivals on the shortlist (with other instances being [[Alex Burghart]], May's Social Justice Policy Adviser shortlisted in [[Brentwood and Ongar (UK Parliament constituency)|Brentwood and Ongar]]; Chris Brannigan, Director of Government Relations at No. 10 Downing Street shortlisted in [[Aldershot (UK Parliament constituency)|Aldershot]]; and [[Neil O'Brien]], May's Economy and Industrial Strategy Adviser who was reportedly putting his name forward for safe seats). The ''Telegraph'' cited these instances of how "the party's leadership has been accused of using a rule change because of the snap election to 'foist its own friends onto local parties'."<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/04/30/tory-grassroots-fury-selection-stitch-up-no10-allies-parachuted/ Ben Riley-Smith, 'Tory grassroots fury over selection stitch-up as Number 10 allies parachuted into safe seats', Daily Telegraph, 30 April 2017]</ref> ''[[Total Politics]]'' similarly asserted that "Theresa May now risks charges of election cronyism" after the shortlisting of so many Special Advisers, including Parkinson and Burghart, alongside [[James Wild (politician)|James Wild]] (Special Adviser to Defence Secretary [[Sir Michael Fallon]]) selected in [[Norfolk North (UK Parliament constituency)|Norfolk North]], Meg Powell-Chandler (former Special Adviser to Communities Secretary [[Greg Clark]]) selected in [[Birmingham Northfield (UK Parliament constituency)|Birmingham Northfield]], and Parkinson's university contemporary Will Gallagher (former Special Adviser to Justice Secretary [[Chris Grayling]]) selected in [[City of Chester (UK Parliament constituency)|City of Chester]].<ref>[https://www.totalpolitics.com/articles/news/tories-select-special-advisers-and-lobbyists-election-candidates David Singleton, 'Tories select special advisers and lobbyists as election candidates', TotalPolitics, 2 May 2017]</ref>
In the event, after a last-minute change in the final line-up on the shortlist of three, with Katherine Bennett being replaced by [[Laura Farris]], the Saffron Walden Conservative Association selected [[Kemi Badenoch]] for the seat rather than Farris or Parkinson, with Badenoch winning on the first ballot.<ref>[http://www.conservativehome.com/parliament/2017/05/exclusive-kemi-badenoch-selected-in-saffron-walden.html Mark Wallace, 'EXCLUSIVE: Kemi Badenoch selected in Saffron Walden', ConservativeHome, 2 May 2017]</ref><ref>[https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2017/05/first-nigel-lawson-then-boris-now-kemi-badenoch-moves-from-the-spectator-to-politics/# Fraser Nelson, 'First, Nigel Lawson. Then Boris. Now Kemi Badenoch moves from The Spectator to politics.', The Spectator, 2 May 2017]</ref>
Parkinson could not stand for election to the House of Commons at the following general election in 2019, having been elevated to the House of Lords just prior to the [[Dissolution of Parliament]].
==House of Lords (2019 to present)==
He was nominated for a [[life peerage]] in Theresa May's [[2019 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours|resignation honours]], being created '''''Baron Parkinson of Whitley Bay''', of Beyton in the County of Suffolk'' on 8 October 2019.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=62795|date=14 October 2019|page=18368}}</ref> He was introduced to the House of Lords to sit on the Conservative benches later that month.<ref>Imogen Spencer Dale, 'New Appointments this week in UK politics, the civil service and public affairs', Politics Home, 28 October 2019, https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/politics/public-affairs/opinion/dods-people/107528/new-appointments-week-uk-politics-civil</ref> Aged 36, Lord Parkinson became the [[Baby of the House#Youngest member of the House of Lords|Baby of the House]] (the youngest peer in the House of Lords) for 24 hours until the ennoblement the following day of his fellow Special Adviser to Theresa May, [[Joanna Penn, Baroness Penn|Jojo Penn]]. Baroness Penn being two years his junior succeeded him as the "Baby of the House".
Three weeks after being ennobled, Lord Parkinson joined the Gambling Industry Committee.<ref>[https://members.parliament.uk/member/4728/career Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay Committee Memberships - Gambling Industry Committee, 29 October 2019-present]</ref>{{primary source inline|date=September 2023}} In his [[maiden speech]] in the Lords in January 2020, he opened by saying that he wished "to remind your Lordships of the large number of people who are concerned about the rapidly growing population and the contribution that net migration makes to that", before stressing "the sensible tradition of steering clear of contentious topics in one's maiden speech" as a caveat ahead of his then criticising the [[Supreme Court of the United Kingdom]].<ref>[https://hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2020-01-08/debates/85320472-1F49-424F-81FE-691B0D3BF1F3/details#contribution-8E2E96C7-6566-4D70-8739-C466C180DEB3 Maiden Speech, Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay, 8 January 2020]</ref>{{primary source inline|date=September 2023}}
In February 2020 Parkinson joined HM Government as a Lord-in-Waiting. In September 2021 he was promoted Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the [[Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport]] (DCMS), being designated Minister for Art.<ref name="GOV.UK">{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/people/lord-parkinson-of-whitley-bay|title=Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay}}</ref>
During an interview on [[Sky News]] on 31 May 2022, Lord Parkinson asserted that [[imperial measurements]], which the government was proposing to reintroduce, are "universally understood"; and, when questioned, that there are 14 ounces in a pound (the actual number is 16) and that one pound corresponds to 250g (the actual number is 454).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/lord-parkinson-fails-convert-metric-imperial-system-boris-johnson-conservatives-b1003387.html |title=Minister can't convert imperial measurements despite claim system is "universally understood" |newspaper=[[Evening Standard]] |first=Daniel |last=Keane |date=31 May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZRESVDQ_LY |title=Sky News Breakfast: Fighting 'street by street' in Severodonetsk |time=12:00 |publisher=[[Sky News]] |via=[[YouTube]] |date=31 May 2022 |access-date=20 September 2022}}</ref>
As a government minister, Parkinson has promoted the [[Online Safety Act 2023|Online Safety Bill]].<ref name="Yahoo OSB Sep 2020">{{cite web |title=Ministerial statement on UK's Online Safety Bill seen as steering out of encryption clash |url=https://uk.style.yahoo.com/ministerial-statement-uks-online-safety-191258022.html |website=uk.style.yahoo.com |access-date=2023-09-06 |date=6 September 2023}}</ref>
== Controversies ==
In March 2017, ''[[Channel 4 News]]'' reported that, according to a cache of leaked documents and emails, Parkinson was one of the Conservative Party's senior campaigns figures at the heart of the [[2015 United Kingdom general election party spending investigation|party election spending investigation]] relating to alleged over-spending during the 2015 general election campaign.<ref>[https://www.channel4.com/news/election-expenses-new-emails-show-more-members-of-pms-top-team-involved 'Election Expenses: New emails show more members of PM’s top team involved', Channel 4 News, 15 March 2017]</ref>
== See also ==
* [[Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport]]
==Writings==
===Book===
*''Arena of Ambition: A History of the Cambridge Union'' (Icon Books, London, 2009).
===Articles===
*[http://www.conservativehome.com/platform/2011/01/stephen-parkinson-ten-ways-to-help-no2av-in-the-next-hundred-days.html "Ten Ways to Help NO2AV in the Next Hundred Days"], ''[[ConservativeHome]]'', 25 January 2011.
*"No Alternative: the unhappy history of the Alternative Vote", ''Conservative History Journal'', Vol. I, Issue 10 (2011).
*[http://conservativehome.blogs.com/files/tory-olympians.pdf "Tory Olympians: Conservative Parliamentarians and the modern Olympic Games"], ''Conservative History Journal'', Vol. II, Issue 1 (2012).
*"The St. Stephen's Club, 1870-2012", ''Conservative History Journal'', Vol. II, Issue 1 (2012).
*[https://conservativehistory.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/parkinson-sir-geoffrey-butler-and-the-tory-tradition-conservative-history-journal-2014.pdf "Sir Geoffrey Butler and the Tory Tradition"], ''Conservative History Journal'', Vol. II, Issue 3 (2014).
*"Mavis Tate and the Horrors of Buchenwald", ''Conservative History Journal'', Vol. II, Issue 4 (2015).
*[https://thecritic.co.uk/issues/december-2019/a-flawed-first-draft-of-history/ "A flawed first draft of history: Theresa May's former political secretary on the biography that doesn't get her right - Anthony Seldon, May at 10"], ''The Critic'', December 2019.
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