The Baroness Shawcross–Wolfson | |
|---|---|
| Member of the House of Lords | |
| Assumed office 28 May 2025 Life peerage | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1983-07-09)July 9, 1983 (age 42) |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse | Simon Wolfson |
| Parent | William Shawcross (father) |
Eleanor Shawcross, Baroness Shawcross-Wolfson, Baroness Wolfson of Aspley (born 9 July 1983), is aBritish political advisor, who previously served as the Director of theNumber 10 Policy Unit under Prime MinisterRishi Sunak.[1] She is a life peer in theHouse of Lords as part of the2024 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours given by Rishi Sunak which were announced in April 2025.
The daughter ofSir William Shawcross, Shawcross has worked forBoston Consulting Group, theBill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and theBlavatnik School of Government atOxford, as well as several political and governmental roles.[2][3]
Shawcross worked onBoris Johnson's mayoral campaign,[4] and became a member of the Council of Economic Advisers to the then-shadow ChancellorGeorge Osborne from 2008, and served for 6 years as his deputy chief of staff when Osborne becameChancellor of the Exchequer.[5] After 2016, she served as chief of staff at theDepartment for Work and Pensions and was subsequently made a non-executive director for 2020–2022.[3]
Shawcross advisedRishi Sunak during his time as Chancellor, and donated £20,000 to hisleadership campaign.[6] Sunak appointed her the director of theNumber 10 Policy Unit when hebecame prime minister in October 2022,[7][8] leading to theNew Statesman naming her as the twelfth most powerful right-wing figure in the UK in 2023.[9]
In 2012, Shawcross marriedSimon Wolfson, Baron Wolfson of Aspley Guise, who is the son ofDavid Wolfson, respectively the current and former chairmen ofNext, and bothConservativelife peers.[10][11] They have two sons and a daughter together.[12][13] Shawcross herself received a life peerage as part of the2024 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours and was created as Baroness Shawcross–Wolfson,of Aspley Guise in the County of Bedfordshire on 28 May 2025. Prior to her own peerage, she used her husband's title and was known asLady Wolfson of Aspley Guise.[14]
