Matt Carter (politician)
| Matt Carter | |
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| General Secretary of the Labour Party | |
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In office January 2004 – September 2005 |
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| Leader | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | David Triesman |
| Succeeded by | Peter Watt |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 March 1972 |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Academic, political operative, communications consultant |
Matthew John Carter (born 22 March 1972) is a former General Secretary of the British Labour Party, and now works in the public relations and communications consultancy industry.
Born near Grimsby, Carter studied at Sheffield University and the University of York, and has a DPhil in Political History.
Carter was tutor in the Department of Politics at the University of York from 1994. He subsequently held a number of jobs in the Labour Party, including head of policy, local organiser for Teesside and Durham and regional organiser in South West England during the 2001 general election. As Assistant General Secretary, he set up Forethought, a policy think tank within the Party.
In 1997, Carter was a member of Labour's National Policy Forum and parliamentary candidate for the Vale of York. Matt Carter is Labour’s youngest General Secretary, appointed to the job aged 31 in December 2003. He took up office on 1 January 2004 succeeding David Triesman, and announced his resignation on 6 September 2005, following the 2005 general election victory.
While General Secretary, Carter organised the legal aspects of large loans from individuals to the Labour Party that were central to the Cash for Honours political scandal, while the elected Treasurer, Jack Dromey, was not informed about them.
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