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 | Nicklaus Thomas-Symonds 26 May 1980 Griffithstown, Torfaen, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Party | Labour | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse |
Rebecca Nelson (m. 2006) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | St Alban's R.C. High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | St Edmund Hall, Oxford (BA) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 the author of books on Clement Attlee, Nye Bevan and Harold Wilson.