Matt Carter | |
|---|---|
| General Secretary of the Labour Party | |
| In office January 2004 – September 2005 | |
| Leader | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | David Triesman |
| Succeeded by | Peter Watt |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1972-03-22)22 March 1972 (age 53) |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Academic, political operative, communications consultant |
Matthew John Carter (born 22 March 1972) is a formerGeneral Secretary of the British Labour Party, and now works in thepublic relations and communications consultancy industry.
Born nearGrimsby, Carter studied atSheffield University and theUniversity of York, and has aDPhil in Political History.
Carter was tutor in the Department of Politics at theUniversity of York from 1994. He subsequently held a number of jobs in theLabour Party, including head of policy, local organiser forTeesside andDurham and regional director inSouth West England during the2001 general election.[1] As Assistant General Secretary, he set up Forethought, a policythink tank within the Party.[2][3]
In 1997, Carter was a member of Labour'sNational Policy Forum and parliamentary candidate for theVale of York. Matt Carter is Labour's youngest General Secretary, appointed to the job aged 31 in December 2003.[2] He took up office on 1 January 2004 succeedingDavid Triesman,[2] and announced his resignation on 6 September 2005, following the2005 general election victory.[4]
Carter has writtenThe People's Party: the History of the Labour Party withTony Wright (1997) andT.H. Green and the Development of Ethical Socialism (2003).
In January 2010 Carter became CEO of B-M UK, a leading public relations and communications consultancy, part of Young & Rubicam Brands, a subsidiary of WPP.[5][6] He set up and ran the Europe Middle East and Africa (EMEA) office of Penn, Schoen and Berland.[7][8] In 2013 he founded Message House, a communications consultancy.[7]
Matt Carter married Erica Moffitt in 1997 and has three children.[1]
| Party political offices | ||
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| Preceded by | General Secretary of the Labour Party 2004–2005 | Succeeded by |