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'''Stewart James Jackson''' (born 31 January 1965) is a British politician who is the ] ] (MP) for ]. '''Stewart James Jackson, Baron Jackson of Peterborough''' (born 31 January 1965) is a British politician and adviser. Jackson served as a ] ] for ] from 2005 to 2017. After being ousted by Labour's ] at the ], he served as Chief of Staff, and Special Adviser to ], ], until July 2018 when Davis resigned his position. He was made a member of the ] as a ] in November 2022.


==Early life== ==Early life==
Jackson was born in ] and brought up in South East London. He attended the ] in ], and ] in ], Kent. He studied at ], where he was awarded a ] degree in Economics & Public Administration in 1988.<ref>, www.rhul.ac.uk</ref> He also earned an ] in Human Resource Management from ] in 2001, and is a Graduate Member of the ] (CIPD). Jackson was born in ], London, England, and was brought up in ]. He was educated at the ], an all-boys ] in ], and ], an all boys ] in ], ]. He then studied ] and ] at ], graduating with a ] (BA) degree in 1988.<ref> {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609085453/http://www.rhul.ac.uk/messages/press/message.asp?ref_no=2210 |date=9 June 2011}}, www.rhul.ac.uk</ref> He was elected president of the ] for the 1988–89 academic year. During his tenure as president, he faced a no-confidence motion in January 1989, and resigned before he was required to leave office.<ref>{{cite news |title=ULU President goes |url=http://felixonline.co.uk/issuearchive/issue/752/download/ |accessdate=27 September 2018 |work=Felix, the newspaper of Imperial College Union |issue=824 |publisher=Felix Imperial |date=20 January 1989 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150314064711/http://felixonline.co.uk/issuearchive/issue/752/download/ |archive-date=14 March 2015 |location=London |page=16 |format=PDF}}</ref> He later undertook a ] (MA) degree in ] at ].<ref name="WW 24">{{cite web |title=Jackson of Peterborough, Baron, (Stewart James Jackson) (born 31 Jan. 1965) |url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U45462 |website=] |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=1 July 2024 |language=en |date=1 December 2023}}</ref>


==Political career==
Before joining Business Link, Jackson worked for ] for nine years, and ran his own branch as a Branch Manager in London's West End, as well as being a small business manager. He was a board member and Trustee of the London City ] for five years.
Jackson served on ] in west London from 1990 to 1998, during which time he was ] spokesman on planning and housing. He is Vice-President of the ].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.local.gov.uk/vice-presidents;jsessionid=43136967DDB265FB091F79129933DED4 |title=LGA vice-presidents |work=Local Government Association |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120801234914/http://www.local.gov.uk/vice-presidents |archive-date=1 August 2012 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>


Jackson unsuccessfully contested the parliamentary constituency of ] at the ]. He was then selected as the Conservative candidate for the Peterborough seat in October 2000, and fought the ], where he reduced the ] majority in the constituency from 7,323 votes to 2,854 votes, but lost to the incumbent Labour MP ]. Jackson was re-adopted as the Conservative candidate for Peterborough in August 2002, and defeated Brinton at the ] to become the MP.
Prior to being elected, Jackson was a Business Services Manager with ] in London.


In the ], held on 6 May, Jackson increased his majority to 4,861 votes over the Labour candidate, Ed Murphy; he was appointed the following month as ] (PPS) to ], the ], but resigned as PPS on 24 October 2011, after voting against a three-line whip on an EU referendum.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/8840131/Tories-threaten-resignation-over-EU-vote-ban.html |location=London |work=The Daily Telegraph |first=James |last=Kirkup |title=Tories threaten resignation over EU vote ban |date=20 October 2011}}</ref>
==Political career==
Jackson served on ] in West London from 1990 to 1998, during which time he was Conservative Party spokesman on planning and housing, on which he served until his election to the ] for Peterborough. Jackson is widely regarded by colleagues{{citation needed|date=October 2010}} of all parties to be an expert on ], particularly on issues surrounding planning, urban regeneration and ]. He is Vice-President of the ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.local.gov.uk/vice-presidents;jsessionid=43136967DDB265FB091F79129933DED4 |title=LGA vice-presidents|work=Local Government Association}}</ref> He also sits on the ] of the local government think tank the ].


Following ]'s selection as the new Conservative Prime Minister, following ]'s resignation, Stewart Jackson was appointed as Parliamentary Private Secretary to ], the ], in July 2016.<ref>{{cite web |title=Peterborough MP to work with new Brexit Minister |url=https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/update/2016-07-20/peterborough-mp-to-work-with-new-brexit-minister/ |website=ITV news |publisher=ITV |accessdate=8 November 2019}}</ref>
Jackson unsuccessfully contested the parliamentary constituency of ] at the ]. He was then selected as the Conservative candidate for the Peterborough seat in October 2000, and fought the ], where he reduced the ] majority in the constituency from 7323 votes to 2854 votes, but lost to the incumbent Labour MP ]. Jackson was re-adopted as the Conservative candidate for Peterborough in August 2002, and defeated Brinton at the ] to become the MP. He was re-elected at the ].


Following the loss of his seat at the ], Jackson was appointed Special Advisor and Chief of Staff to the Secretary of State at the ].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40726216 |title=Ex-MP Jackson hired as Brexit adviser |date=2017-07-26 |work=BBC News |access-date=2017-09-23 |language=en-GB}}</ref>
In the House of Commons, Jackson was a member of the ] and from 11 December 2006, the ] leaving it in July 2007 when he became an Opposition Whip. He was Chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group on ] from 2007–2010. In January 2008, he became Shadow ], with responsibility for the fire service, flooding, housing renewal areas and the ]. He was unanimously readopted as the Conservative candidate for the Peterborough constituency by the Executive Council of the ] in July 2007.
On 25 April 2022 Stewart Jackson was appointed to the role of ] Residents' Commissioner.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/department-for-transport-appoints-new-hs2-residents-commissioner |title=Department for Transport appoints new HS2 Residents' Commissioner |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=25 April 2022 |website= |publisher=] |access-date=6 June 2022 |quote=}}</ref>


It was announced on 14 October 2022, that as part of ]'s ], Jackson would be appointed a life peer.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Political Peerages 2022 |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/political-peerages-2022 |date=14 October 2022|access-date=15 October 2022|website=GOV.UK |language=en}}</ref> On 16 November 2022, Jackson was created '''Baron Jackson of Peterborough''', ''of ] in the County of Cambridgeshire''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/4971/career|title=Lord Jackson of Peterborough |website=MPs and Lords |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=16 November 2022}}</ref>
In the ] held on 6 May 2010, Stewart Jackson increased his majority to 4,861 votes over the Labour candidate, Ed Murphy and was appointed as ] (PPS) to Rt Hon ] MP, ] in June 2010, a position he resigned from on 24 October 2011, after he voted against a three-line whip on an EU referendum.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/8840131/Tories-threaten-resignation-over-EU-vote-ban.html | location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph | first=James | last=Kirkup | title=Tories threaten resignation over EU vote ban | date=20 October 2011}}</ref> He was elected to the Commons Public Accounts Committee in February 2012.


===Conservative Voice===
Together with other centre right Tory MPs such as ], Jackson assisted in establishing the "]" parliamentary grouping led by the former Defence Secretary ] and ]'s principal opponent to win the leadership of the Tory Party, ]. In explaining his decision to join the new right-wing grouping, Jackson said that he hoped it could "get Cameron back on election-winning ground" and away from the "current social liberal mush". He has stated that he will vote against the government's legislation to introduce ], and controversially accused his party leader of being "arrogant" for pressing ahead with it.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9730198/David-Cameron-warned-Lords-will-massacre-gay-marriage-laws.html | location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph | first= | last= | title=David Cameron warned Lords will 'massacre' gay marriage laws | date=7 December 2012 | first1=Rowena | last1=Mason | first2=John | last2=Bingham}}</ref>
Together with other MPs on the Conservative right wing, such as ], Jackson assisted in establishing the Conservative Voice parliamentary grouping led by David Davis (]'s principal opponent in the contest to win the leadership of the Conservative Party) and ] (former ]). In explaining his decision to join the new right-wing grouping, Jackson said that he hoped it could "get Cameron back on election-winning ground" and away from the "current social liberal mush". He stated that he would vote against the government's legislation to introduce ], and accused his party leader of being "arrogant" for pressing ahead with it.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9730198/David-Cameron-warned-Lords-will-massacre-gay-marriage-laws.html |location=London |work=The Daily Telegraph |title=David Cameron warned Lords will 'massacre' gay marriage laws |date=7 December 2012 |first1=Rowena |last1=Mason |first2=John |last2=Bingham}}</ref>


==Policy positions==
Jackson was unanimously readopted by the Peterborough Conservative Association at their Annual General Meeting on 8 March 2013 as the Parliamentary candidate for the seat to contest the 2015 General Election.
In 2013, he opposed ] plan to arm the Syrian rebels.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-06-07|title=Cameron's backbench battle over arming Syrian rebels|url=https://www.channel4.com/news/syria-civil-war-rebels-arm-weapons-david-cameron-backbench|access-date=2022-01-20|website=Channel 4 News|language=en-GB}}</ref>


In 2014, Jackson, along with six other Conservative Party MPs, voted against the Equal Pay (Transparency) Bill, which would have required all companies with more than 250 employees to declare the gap in pay between the average male and average female salaries.<ref name="Independent">{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/equal-pay-seven-male-tory-mps-vote-against-bill-to-make-big-companies-reveal-gender-pay-gap-9928964.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/equal-pay-seven-male-tory-mps-vote-against-bill-to-make-big-companies-reveal-gender-pay-gap-9928964.html |archive-date=25 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Equal Pay: Seven male Tory MPs vote against bill to make big companies reveal gender pay gap |work=independent.co.uk |date=16 December 2014|accessdate=18 April 2015}}</ref>
==Parliamentary expenses==
In May 2009, Jackson's Parliamentary expenses were scrutinised in the ]. Articles in the '']'' reported that Jackson had claimed more than £66,000 in three financial years for housing costs in his constituency: on 11 May 2009 the newspaper reported that he had claimed £11,000 in professional, legal and mortgage fees on buying a new constituency home. However, Jackson explained that there were legitimate 'one-off costs' relating to the purchasing of a home base in the constituency after his election as an MP, and until the house was purchased, he, his wife and infant daughter were renting one bedroomed accommodation in the constituency.<ref name="stewartjackson">{{cite news|url=http://www.stewartjackson.org.uk/news.html?bM=6&bD=2&bY=2009&bT=269|title=|date=6/2/2009|work=Stewart Jackson UK}}{{Dead link|date=July 2012}}</ref> On 12 May 2009, both BBC ], and a second article published by ] reported that Jackson had claimed £55,000 on housing costs for the constituency house, bringing the total sum to over £66,000.<ref>{{cite news|last=Swaine |first=Jon |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/5310312/MPs-expenses-Stewart-Jackson-admits-claim-for-pool-work-was-excessive.html |title=MPs' expenses: Stewart Jackson admits claim for pool work was 'excessive' |publisher=Telegraph |date=12 May 2009 |accessdate=3 September 2010 |location=London}}</ref> When asked about how MPs should be housed in their constituencies, Jackson was quoted in the Daily Telegraph as saying that any ban on the second home allowance would be "draconian and unfair".<ref>{{cite news|last=Sawer |first=Patrick |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/6112443/MPs-expenses-MPs-who-milked-the-expenses-system-now-complain-about-attempts-to-reform-it.html |title=MPs' expenses: MPs who milked the expenses system now complain about attempts to reform it |publisher=Telegraph |date=29 August 2009 |accessdate=3 September 2010 |location=London}}</ref> ], leader of Jackson's Conservative Party, declared himself appalled at the raft of revelations made by the Telegraph relating to claims submitted by some of his parliamentary party colleagues, and stated that disciplinary action could be taken against those who had acted illegally or outside of the rules.<ref>{{cite news|author=Andrew Sparrow and agencies |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/oct/13/party-leaders-threaten-mps-over-expenses |title=Gordon Brown and David Cameron threaten disciplinary action as MPs' anger mounts over expenses &#124; Politics &#124; guardian.co.uk |publisher=Guardian |date= 13 October 2009|accessdate=3 September 2010 | location=London}}</ref> However, no action was taken against Jackson by either his party or Parliamentary authorities, who deemed his expense claims to be legal and within the rules.<ref name="stewartjackson" />


Jackson opposed the ]. In March 2015, he told a ] constituent: "The feeling's fully mutual. Please feel free to never bother me again" after she requested to be removed from his campaign mailing list because she disagreed with his position on the act.<ref>{{cite news |title=Peterborough candidate Stewart Jackson criticised over 'stupid' email exchange |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-32128877 |accessdate=15 April 2015 |work=BBC News |date=31 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Anti-gay marriage MP tells lesbian voter: 'Don't bother me again |date=31 March 2015 |url=http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2015/03/31/anti-gay-marriage-mp-tells-lesbian-voter-dont-bother-me-again/ |publisher=Pinknews |accessdate=26 July 2015}}</ref>
In May 2013, the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority issued a High Court action in an attempt to recover £54,000 in alleged Capital Gains arising from Jackson's Pererborough home, even though he continues to live in the home as his sole family residence and has not sold it and therefore made no profit.<ref>{{cite news|last=Swinford |first=Stephen |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/10046237/Expenses-watchdog-sues-Tory-MP-over-second-home.html |title=Expenses watchdog sues Tory MP over second home |publisher=Telegraph |date=9 May 2013 |accessdate=9 May 2013


==Use of social media==
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<!-- Deleted image removed: ] -->In March 2015, Jackson attracted media attention for his response to a constituent which was subsequently circulated on social media. Jackson's email told the constituent “The feeling’s fully mutual. Please feel free to never bother me again” after she requested to be removed from his campaign mailing list because she disagreed with his opposition to the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-32128877|title=Peterborough candidate Stewart Jackson criticised over 'stupid' email exchange|work=BBC News|date=31 March 2015|accessdate=29 January 2019}}</ref>
==Political funding==
The Peterborough Conservative Constituency Association has received £36,152.17 in donations since 2004, from sources including Lord Ashcroft’s now defunct Bearwood Corporate Services Ltd, and £4000 from private donors including Nadine Dorries . From 2011-2012, Jackson received £24,500 in remunerations for work he did for Tribune Business Systems Ltd, an IT company. <ref>http://searchthemoney.com/profile/320</ref>


On 26 June 2016, Rupert Myers, a political correspondent for '']'', tweeted about the outcome of the Referendum of the United Kingdom's membership of the European Union "I can't get over the fact that the winning side lied about a whole bunch of stuff & yet expect us to live cheerfully with the result". Stewart Jackson replied from his verified Twitter account "Suck it up whiner...".<ref name="Pro-Leave MP tells journalist to 'suck it up whiner' over Brexit concerns">{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/pro-leave-mp-tells-journalist-to-suck-it-up-whiner-over-brexit-concerns-a7105701.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/pro-leave-mp-tells-journalist-to-suck-it-up-whiner-over-brexit-concerns-a7105701.html |archive-date=25 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Pro-Leave MP tells journalist to 'suck it up whiner' over Brexit concerns |work=The Independent |date=27 June 2016 |accessdate=17 October 2016}}</ref>
==Personal life==
In July 1999, Jackson married Sarah O'Grady, Social Affairs and Property Correspondent with the '']'', at the College Chapel at ] in ], Surrey. The couple have one daughter (born 2005), and live in central Peterborough.


Jackson attracted attention in October 2016, when he used Twitter to state that patriots should not subscribe to '']'', a liberal, free-market magazine, because of its arguments about the problems leaving the EU would entail.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/treason-brexit-petition_uk_58047bfbe4b0ee3352126b7a?ir=UK+Politics |title=Tory Councillor Christian Holliday Holds Petition To Make Supporting UK Membership Of EU Treason |work=Huffington Post |accessdate=17 October 2016}}</ref>
==Attack==

In July 2012 Jackson attempted to tackle a vandal in Peterborough. Jackson, who was shopping with his wife and daughter, tried to perform a ] after seeing a bus shelter being vandalised. His attacker got away, but only after kicking the MP. ] subsequently arrested a twenty-year-old man in connection with the incident who was subsequently found guilty of assault and criminal damage at Peterborough Magistrates Court.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-19026839 |title=Peterborough MP attacked by bus shelter vandal|publisher=BBC|date=28 July 2012|accessdate=29 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metro.co.uk/news/906654-tory-mp-stewart-jackson-kicked-as-he-tries-to-be-have-a-go-hero |title=Tory MP Stewart Jackson 'kicked' as he tries to be have-a-go-hero|publisher=Associated Newspapers Limited|work=Metro|date=28 July 2012|accessdate=29 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2180373/Stewart-Jackson-Tory-MP-injured-trying-stop-man-smashing-bus-shelter.html |title=Man, 20, due in court after Tory MP is injured trying to stop alleged vandal 'smashing up a bus shelter' |publisher=Associated Newspapers Limited|work=Mail Online|date=29 July 2012|accessdate=21 August 2012|location=London}}</ref>
After losing his seat in 2017, Jackson contacted a former constituent who had been critical of him on Facebook to call him a "thick chav", and also wrote: "If you print any shit about me on Facebook in the future you will regret it."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/stewart-jackson-tory-mps-facebook-messages-abuse-thick-chav-constituent-a7790296.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/stewart-jackson-tory-mps-facebook-messages-abuse-thick-chav-constituent-a7790296.html |archive-date=25 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Tory MP who lost seat messages former constituent on Facebook to call him a 'thick chav'|date=14 June 2017|work=The Independent}}</ref>

In October 2018, Jackson, who is known for his pro-] views, was again criticised after tweeting: "What a pathetic cretin" in response to a picture of an ill child with a duvet depicting the ] flag. The child was recovering from an operation at the ]. Jackson subsequently said, after deleting the initial tweet, that he was referring to the child's stepfather rather than the child himself.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/ex-tory-mp-and-brexit-adviser-stewart-jackson-calls-stepdad-of-sick-child-a-pathetic-cretin-on-twitter_uk_5bce4fb7e4b0a8f17eef84f4|title=Ex-Tory MP And Brexit Adviser Calls Stepdad Of Sick Child 'A Pathetic Cretin' On Twitter|date=23 October 2018|work=HuffPost}}</ref> The Science Minister, ], criticised the tweet, saying: "No one can take credibly or seriously people who use that language."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/oct/23/former-tory-mp-stewart-jackson-urged-to-apologise-for-cretin-jibe-at-boy-with-eu-flag|title=Stepfather of boy with EU flag tells ex-Tory MP to apologise for 'cretin' jibe|first=Jessica|last=Elgot|date=23 October 2018|work=The Guardian}}</ref> ], another Conservative MP, responded by describing Jackson as "a pathetic, unkind and nasty man."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-45951932|title=Stewart Jackson 'unkind and nasty' for child tweet says Heidi Allen|date=23 October 2018|work=BBC News}}</ref>

==Attempts at a political comeback==
Since losing his seat in 2017, Jackson has made several attempts at a political comeback, though has failed to be selected multiple times.

Ahead of the 2019 General Election, he attempted to be selected for the safe seat of ] in Kent, losing to ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.conservativehome.com/parliament/2019/11/new-shortlists-for-the-aberconwy-and-sevenoaks-candidate-selection-races.html|title=New: Shortlists for the Aberconwy and Sevenoaks candidate selection races|date=November 2019 }}</ref>

In 2020, he stood to be the Conservative candidate for ], losing to eventual winner Daryll Preston.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cambstimes.co.uk/news/stewart-jackson-hopeful-of-new-police-role-4912228|title=Former MP wants to become police and crime commissioner|date=26 February 2020}}</ref> He lost the selection by a margin of two votes despite the endorsement of Home Secretary ].

==Parliamentary expenses scandal==
{{Main|United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal}}
On 12 May 2009, both BBC '']'', and a second article published by '']'' reported that Jackson had claimed £55,000 on housing costs for the constituency house, bringing the total sum to over £66,000.<ref>{{cite news|last=Swaine |first=Jon |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/5310312/MPs-expenses-Stewart-Jackson-admits-claim-for-pool-work-was-excessive.html |title=MPs' expenses: Stewart Jackson admits claim for pool work was 'excessive' |newspaper=Telegraph |date=12 May 2009 |accessdate=3 September 2010 |location=London}}</ref> When asked about how MPs should be housed in their constituencies, Jackson was quoted in ''The Daily Telegraph'' as saying that any ban on the second home allowance would be "draconian and unfair".<ref>{{cite news|last=Sawer |first=Patrick |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/6112443/MPs-expenses-MPs-who-milked-the-expenses-system-now-complain-about-attempts-to-reform-it.html |title=MPs' expenses: MPs who milked the expenses system now complain about attempts to reform it |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=29 August 2009 |accessdate=3 September 2010 |location=London}}</ref>

In May 2013, the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) issued a ] action in an attempt to recover £54,000 in alleged notional Capital Gains arising from Jackson's Peterborough home.<ref>{{cite news|last=Swinford |first=Stephen |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/10046237/Expenses-watchdog-sues-Tory-MP-over-second-home.html |title=Expenses watchdog sues Tory MP over second home |newspaper=Telegraph |date=9 May 2013 |accessdate=9 May 2013}}</ref>

===Misplaced Pages biography===
]es from inside the ] have often edited the Misplaced Pages biographies of politicians including Jackson in an attempt to remove details on the parliamentary expenses scandal,<ref name=rileysmith>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/general-election-2015/11574217/Expenses-and-sex-scandal-deleted-from-MPs-Misplaced Pages-pages-by-computers-inside-Parliament.html|title=Expenses and sex scandal deleted from MPs' Misplaced Pages pages by computers inside Parliament|date=26 May 2015|work=Telegraph.co.uk}}</ref> and attempts have been made to remove details of Jackson's interaction with a lesbian constituent.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2015/07/25/tory-mps-wikipedia-entry-edited-from-parliament-to-remove-gay-rights-criticism/|title=Exclusive: Tory MP's Misplaced Pages entry 'edited from Parliament' to remove gay rights criticism|author=Nick Duffy|newspaper=PinkNews|accessdate=26 July 2015|date=25 July 2015}}</ref> Ben Riley-Smith, a correspondent for '']'', argues that it is impossible to prove that changes are made by staff of any particular MP.<ref name=rileysmith/>

==Citizen's arrest attempt==
In July 2012, Jackson attempted to tackle a vandal in Peterborough. Jackson, who was shopping with his wife and daughter, tried to perform a ] after seeing a bus shelter being vandalised. The vandal got away, but only after kicking the MP. ] subsequently arrested a twenty-year-old man in connection with the incident who was later found guilty of assault and criminal damage at Peterborough Magistrates Court.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-19026839 |title=Peterborough MP attacked by bus shelter vandal|work=BBC News|date=28 July 2012|accessdate=29 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metro.co.uk/news/906654-tory-mp-stewart-jackson-kicked-as-he-tries-to-be-have-a-go-hero |title=Tory MP Stewart Jackson 'kicked' as he tries to be have-a-go-hero|publisher=Associated Newspapers Limited|work=Metro|date=28 July 2012|accessdate=29 July 2012}}</ref>


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The Right HonourableThe Lord Jackson of Peterborough
Special Adviser and chief of staff to the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union
In office
26 July 2017 – 9 July 2018
SecretaryDavid Davis
Preceded byJames Chapman
Succeeded byNick de Bois
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union
In office
22 July 2016 – 8 June 2017
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byGareth Johnson
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office
16 November 2022
Life Peerage
Member of Parliament
for Peterborough
In office
5 May 2005 – 3 May 2017
Preceded byHelen Clark
Succeeded byFiona Onasanya
Personal details
BornStewart James Jackson
(1965-01-31) 31 January 1965 (age 59)
Woolwich, London, UK
Political partyConservative
SpouseSarah O'Grady
ChildrenIsabel Jackson
Alma materRoyal Holloway, University of London
Thames Valley University
WebsiteOfficial website

Stewart James Jackson, Baron Jackson of Peterborough (born 31 January 1965) is a British politician and adviser. Jackson served as a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Peterborough from 2005 to 2017. After being ousted by Labour's Fiona Onasanya at the 2017 general election, he served as Chief of Staff, and Special Adviser to David Davis, Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, until July 2018 when Davis resigned his position. He was made a member of the House of Lords as a life peer in November 2022.

Early life

Jackson was born in Woolwich, London, England, and was brought up in south-east London. He was educated at the London Nautical School, an all-boys comprehensive school in Lambeth, and Chatham House Grammar School, an all boys grammar school in Ramsgate, Kent. He then studied economics and public administration at Royal Holloway, University of London, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1988. He was elected president of the University of London Union for the 1988–89 academic year. During his tenure as president, he faced a no-confidence motion in January 1989, and resigned before he was required to leave office. He later undertook a Master of Arts (MA) degree in human resource management at Thames Valley University.

Political career

Jackson served on Ealing Borough Council in west London from 1990 to 1998, during which time he was Conservative Party spokesman on planning and housing. He is Vice-President of the Local Government Association.

Jackson unsuccessfully contested the parliamentary constituency of Brent South at the 1997 general election. He was then selected as the Conservative candidate for the Peterborough seat in October 2000, and fought the 2001 general election, where he reduced the Labour Party's majority in the constituency from 7,323 votes to 2,854 votes, but lost to the incumbent Labour MP Helen Brinton. Jackson was re-adopted as the Conservative candidate for Peterborough in August 2002, and defeated Brinton at the 2005 general election to become the MP.

In the 2010 general election, held on 6 May, Jackson increased his majority to 4,861 votes over the Labour candidate, Ed Murphy; he was appointed the following month as Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Owen Paterson, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, but resigned as PPS on 24 October 2011, after voting against a three-line whip on an EU referendum.

Following Theresa May's selection as the new Conservative Prime Minister, following David Cameron's resignation, Stewart Jackson was appointed as Parliamentary Private Secretary to David Davis, the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, in July 2016.

Following the loss of his seat at the 2017 general election, Jackson was appointed Special Advisor and Chief of Staff to the Secretary of State at the Department for Exiting the European Union. On 25 April 2022 Stewart Jackson was appointed to the role of High Speed 2 Residents' Commissioner.

It was announced on 14 October 2022, that as part of Boris Johnson's 2022 Political Honours, Jackson would be appointed a life peer. On 16 November 2022, Jackson was created Baron Jackson of Peterborough, of Peterborough in the County of Cambridgeshire.

Conservative Voice

Together with other MPs on the Conservative right wing, such as Nadine Dorries, Jackson assisted in establishing the Conservative Voice parliamentary grouping led by David Davis (David Cameron's principal opponent in the contest to win the leadership of the Conservative Party) and Liam Fox (former secretary of state for defence). In explaining his decision to join the new right-wing grouping, Jackson said that he hoped it could "get Cameron back on election-winning ground" and away from the "current social liberal mush". He stated that he would vote against the government's legislation to introduce same-sex marriage, and accused his party leader of being "arrogant" for pressing ahead with it.

Policy positions

In 2013, he opposed David Cameron's plan to arm the Syrian rebels.

In 2014, Jackson, along with six other Conservative Party MPs, voted against the Equal Pay (Transparency) Bill, which would have required all companies with more than 250 employees to declare the gap in pay between the average male and average female salaries.

Jackson opposed the 2013 bill to allow gay marriage. In March 2015, he told a lesbian constituent: "The feeling's fully mutual. Please feel free to never bother me again" after she requested to be removed from his campaign mailing list because she disagreed with his position on the act.

Use of social media

In March 2015, Jackson attracted media attention for his response to a constituent which was subsequently circulated on social media. Jackson's email told the constituent “The feeling’s fully mutual. Please feel free to never bother me again” after she requested to be removed from his campaign mailing list because she disagreed with his opposition to the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013.

On 26 June 2016, Rupert Myers, a political correspondent for The Times, tweeted about the outcome of the Referendum of the United Kingdom's membership of the European Union "I can't get over the fact that the winning side lied about a whole bunch of stuff & yet expect us to live cheerfully with the result". Stewart Jackson replied from his verified Twitter account "Suck it up whiner...".

Jackson attracted attention in October 2016, when he used Twitter to state that patriots should not subscribe to The Economist, a liberal, free-market magazine, because of its arguments about the problems leaving the EU would entail.

After losing his seat in 2017, Jackson contacted a former constituent who had been critical of him on Facebook to call him a "thick chav", and also wrote: "If you print any shit about me on Facebook in the future you will regret it."

In October 2018, Jackson, who is known for his pro-Brexit views, was again criticised after tweeting: "What a pathetic cretin" in response to a picture of an ill child with a duvet depicting the European Union flag. The child was recovering from an operation at the Great Ormond Street Hospital. Jackson subsequently said, after deleting the initial tweet, that he was referring to the child's stepfather rather than the child himself. The Science Minister, Sam Gyimah, criticised the tweet, saying: "No one can take credibly or seriously people who use that language." Heidi Allen, another Conservative MP, responded by describing Jackson as "a pathetic, unkind and nasty man."

Attempts at a political comeback

Since losing his seat in 2017, Jackson has made several attempts at a political comeback, though has failed to be selected multiple times.

Ahead of the 2019 General Election, he attempted to be selected for the safe seat of Sevenoaks in Kent, losing to Laura Trott.

In 2020, he stood to be the Conservative candidate for Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Commissioner, losing to eventual winner Daryll Preston. He lost the selection by a margin of two votes despite the endorsement of Home Secretary Priti Patel.

Parliamentary expenses scandal

Main article: United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal

On 12 May 2009, both BBC Newsnight, and a second article published by The Daily Telegraph reported that Jackson had claimed £55,000 on housing costs for the constituency house, bringing the total sum to over £66,000. When asked about how MPs should be housed in their constituencies, Jackson was quoted in The Daily Telegraph as saying that any ban on the second home allowance would be "draconian and unfair".

In May 2013, the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) issued a High Court action in an attempt to recover £54,000 in alleged notional Capital Gains arising from Jackson's Peterborough home.

Misplaced Pages biography

IP addresses from inside the Houses of Parliament have often edited the Misplaced Pages biographies of politicians including Jackson in an attempt to remove details on the parliamentary expenses scandal, and attempts have been made to remove details of Jackson's interaction with a lesbian constituent. Ben Riley-Smith, a correspondent for The Daily Telegraph, argues that it is impossible to prove that changes are made by staff of any particular MP.

Citizen's arrest attempt

In July 2012, Jackson attempted to tackle a vandal in Peterborough. Jackson, who was shopping with his wife and daughter, tried to perform a citizen's arrest after seeing a bus shelter being vandalised. The vandal got away, but only after kicking the MP. Cambridgeshire Constabulary subsequently arrested a twenty-year-old man in connection with the incident who was later found guilty of assault and criminal damage at Peterborough Magistrates Court.

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