Nick Thomas-Symonds
Nick Thomas-Symonds | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Official portrait, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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. A member of the Labour Party, he has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Torfaen since 2015.
Thomas-Symonds served as Shadow Home Secretary from 2020 to 2021, 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. He is also the author of books on Clement Attlee, Nye Bevan and Harold Wilson.