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I am Head of Digital at Mandate Communications (part of the Engine Group), having previously been Head of Innovations at the Liberal Democrats where I ran the party’s 2001 and 2005 internet general election campaigns. I am co-editor of Liberal Democrat Voice, the most widely-read Liberal Democrat blog in the UK.

I am a Fellow of the RSA and have a history PhD from the University of York, looking at nineteenth century elections. I’ve appeared on many media outlets, including BBC Breakfast, BBC2, BBC News 24, Newsnight, Sky News, The Westminster Hour, The World at One, Radio 5 Live and LBC, and spoken at many events and conferences on politics, electoral law and internet matters. I’ve had pieces published in The Guardian, The Independent, New Statesman and others, including academic journals.

I was a member of the Electoral Commission’s Political Parties Panel 2000-2009 and I edit The Election Law Channel, the only site covering UK electoral law. I am a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Liberal History.

After working in the university and then IT sectors, I started working for the Liberal Democrats in 2000. I’ve twice run the national Liberal Democrat general election internet campaign (2001 and 2005) and was the Campaign Manager in Hornsey & Wood Green 1998-2005, during which time we went from zero councillors to 16 and also gained the Parliamentary seat with the election of Lynne Featherstone in 2005 with a 15% swing from Labour.