Mark Pack
Mark Pack | |
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_speaking_at_the_launch_of_PX_report_%27Northern_Lights%27_(cropped).jpg) Mark Pack speaking at a Policy Exchange event in 2012 | |
| Alma mater | University of York |
| Home town | London |
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| Notable works | 101 Ways to Win an Election |
| Website | |
| markpack.org.uk | |
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Mark Pack is an author, political commentator, podcaster and Liberal Democrat political activist. He runs the popular newsletter Liberal Democrat Newswire and is the current President of the Liberal Democrats.
Public career
Author and columnist
Pack is the co-author of 101 Ways to Win an Election, a guide to campaigning informed by his political career and recommended by the London School of Economics Review of Books for "budding Merkels and Obamas"..[1]
Pack has written for The Guardian, Huffington Post UK, and the New Statesman, on polling as well as opinion pieces on the Lib Dems[2][3][4]. He also writes for Liberal History[5]
Consultant
Pack has worked at Mandate Communications from 2009 to 2010 and then as the Head of Digital for MHP Communications, the conglomerate that Mandate was absorbed into, from 2010 to 2013.[6][7] He went on to work for Teneo.[8]
Politics
Dr Mark Pack | |
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| President of the Liberal Democrats | |
| In office 1 January 2020 – 31 December 2023 | |
| Leader | Sir Ed Davey & Himself (Acting) |
| Preceded by | Sal Brinton |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Liberal Democrats |
Pack ran the Liberal Democrats' internet campaigns during the 2001 and 2005 general elections.[9][10][11] He is well known for his newsletter Liberal Democrat Newswire.
Liberal Democrat Presidential Campaign
On September 12th 2019, Pack announced he would be running for president of the Liberal Democrats[12], challenging Edinburgh West MP Christine Jardine.[13] He ran on the pledge to "make [the UK] more liberal and democratic".[14]
| Endorsements of Mark Pack during the 2019 Liberal Democrats presidential election | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | Position(s) held | Ref |
| Layla Moran | Member of Parliament for Oxford West and Abingdon. | [15] |
| Richard Kemp CBE | Leader of the Liberal Democrat opposition on Liverpool City Council | [16] |
He won with 14,381 of the 24,545 ballots that were cast, giving him 58.6% of the vote.[17]
References
- ↑ "Book Review: 101 Ways to Win an Election by Mark Pack and Edward Maxfield". LSE Review of Books. 2012-11-02. Retrieved 2019-10-11. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Mark Pack | The Guardian". the Guardian. Retrieved 2019-10-11.
- ↑ "Dr Mark Pack". HuffPost UK. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
- ↑ "Writers". www.newstatesman.com. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
- ↑ "Mark Pack · Liberal History". Retrieved 2019-10-11. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Chartered Institute of Public Relations (2012). Share This: The Social Media Handbook for PR Professionals. John Wiley & Sons. p. 211. ISBN 9781118404843. Retrieved 1 January 2020. Search this book on
- ↑ "Mark Pack". LinkedIn. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ↑ Norwood, Graham (31 May 2017). "Oops - Lib Dems open fake estate agency, but use name of real firm". Estate Agent Today. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ↑ "Who is Dr. Mark Pack?". Mark Pack blog. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ↑ Chartered Institute of Public Relations (2013). Brown, Rob; Waddington, Stephen, eds. Share This Too: More Social Media Solutions for PR Professionals. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781118676929. Retrieved 1 January 2020. Search this book on
- ↑ Wring, D; Green, J; Mortimore, R; Atkinson, S, eds. (2007). Political Communications: The General Election Campaign of 2005. Springer. p. 106. ISBN 9780230286306. Retrieved 1 January 2020. Search this book on
- ↑ "Why I'm running for Liberal Democrat Party President". Mark Pack. 2019-09-12. Retrieved 2019-10-11.
- ↑ "Thank you!". Mark Pack blog. 14 December 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ↑ Pack, Mark (12 October 2019). "What's the role of Party President?". libdems.org.uk. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ↑ Moran, Layla [@LaylaMoran] (2019-10-11). "Mark has been invaluable to so many campaigns across the country for decades. His on the ground experience, energy and breadth of knowledge is exactly what we need right now to build our inclusive movement. You'd be fantastic @markpack! #BackPack twitter.com/markpack/status/1182591950945431554 …" (Tweet). Retrieved 2019-10-12 – via Twitter.
- ↑ Kemp, Richard [@cllrkemp] (2019-10-10). "Mark will certainly get my vote as he's standing for the reasons with the right ideas" (Tweet). Retrieved 2019-10-12 – via Twitter.
- ↑ Dixon, Mike (14 December 2019). "Meet our new party president". libdems.org.uk. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
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