Nigel Fletcher

Dr Nigel Fletcher is a political historian and the co-founder of the Centre for Opposition Studies. He is the Ken Young Memorial Research Fellow at the Mile End Institute and a visiting fellow at King's College London, where he taught politics and contemporary history for seven years.

Born in Portsmouth, he graduated from Queen Mary, University of London, winning the Professor Lord Smith Prize for his final dissertation. He then worked in politics for many years, as a researcher in parliament and at the London Assembly, and as a Special Adviser to the Shadow Cabinet between 2004 and 2008, working for senior politicians including David Cameron and Boris Johnson. He also served as a Councillor in the Royal Borough of Greenwich for a total of 13 years, first being elected in 2005, and eventually rising to become Leader of the Opposition.

Alongside his academic writing and teaching, Nigel appears regularly in the media providing commentary and analysis on current and historic political and constitutional issues.