Mark Littlewood

Mark James Littlewood (born 28 April 1972) is Director General of the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA). He has formerly been chief press spokesman for the Liberal Democrats and the Pro Euro Conservative Party. Littlewood advocated for a Leave vote in the 2017 Referendum on Membership of the European Union.

He attended The Forest School, Winnersh, off the A329 in the Borough of Wokingham, then in the county of Berkshire.

Littlewood studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Balliol College, Oxford from 1990–93 and was Campaigns Director of Liberty from June 2001 to April 2004. When on sabbatical, he became the chief spokesperson of NO2ID.

Littlewood was appointed as Head of Media for the Liberal Democrats in December 2004. He resigned from this position in May 2007, after saying that the introduction of proportional representation should not be a deal-breaker when negotiating for the Liberal Democrats' involvement in a coalition.

He was Director of Liberal Vision from 2008 to 2009, a classical liberal group within the Liberal Democrats, before taking up his current position at the Institute of Economic Affairs in December 2009.

Littlewood has spoken extensively against regulation of the tobacco industry on behalf of the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), who currently refuse to acknowledge whether they still receive funding from interested groups.

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