Nick Thomas-Symonds

Nick Thomas-Symonds
Official portrait, 2024
Minister for the Cabinet Office
Paymaster General
Assumed office
8 July 2024
Prime MinisterKeir Starmer
Preceded byJohn Glen
Minister for the Constitution and European Relations
Assumed office
8 July 2024
Prime MinisterKeir Starmer
Preceded byEsther McVey
Shadow Minister without Portfolio
In office
4 September 2023 – 5 July 2024
LeaderKeir Starmer
Preceded byConor McGinn
Shadow President of the Board of Trade
Shadow Secretary of State for International Trade
In office
29 November 2021 – 4 September 2023
LeaderKeir Starmer
Preceded byEmily Thornberry
Succeeded byJonathan Reynolds[a]
Shadow Home Secretary
In office
5 April 2020 – 29 November 2021
LeaderKeir Starmer
Preceded byDiane Abbott
Succeeded byYvette Cooper
Shadow Minister for Security
In office
5 July 2017 – 5 April 2020
LeaderJeremy Corbyn
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byConor McGinn
Shadow Solicitor General for England and Wales
In office
9 October 2016 – 5 April 2020
LeaderJeremy Corbyn
Preceded byJo Stevens
Succeeded byEllie Reeves
Shadow Minister for Employment
In office
11 January 2016 – 27 June 2016
LeaderJeremy Corbyn
Preceded byEmily Thornberry
Succeeded byMargaret Greenwood
Shadow Minister for Pensions
In office
17 September 2015 – 11 January 2016
LeaderJeremy Corbyn
Preceded byGregg McClymont
Succeeded byAngela Rayner
Member of Parliament
for Torfaen
Assumed office
7 May 2015
Preceded byPaul Murphy
Majority7,322 (20.5%)
Personal details
Born (1980-05-26) 26 May 1980 (age 44)
Blaenavon, Wales
Political partyLabour
SpouseRebecca Nelson
Alma materSt Edmund Hall, Oxford
WebsiteOfficial 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 Relations since July 2024. A member of the Labour Party, he has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Torfaen since 2015.[1]

Thomas-Symonds served as Shadow Home Secretary from 2020 to 2021,[2] 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.[3][4] He is also the author of books on Clement Attlee, Nye Bevan and Harold Wilson.


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  1. ^ "Torfaen". BBC News.
  2. ^ Walker, Peter (5 April 2020). "Three key appointments: Keir Starmer fills top shadow cabinet roles". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  3. ^ Simmons, Richard (10 April 2015). "City solicitors, a 22-year old UKIP law grad and a barrister standing for the Whigs: the legal profession's MP hopefuls". Lawyer 2B. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  4. ^ "Profile: Nick Thomas-Symonds". Civitas Law. Retrieved 14 September 2015.

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