Mark Pack

Mark Anthony Pack (born 27 July 1970) is a British politician who has served as the president of the Liberal Democrats since 1 January 2020. As the party's previous leader Jo Swinson lost her seat in the December 2019 United Kingdom general election, Pack and Ed Davey are also acting co-leaders of the Liberal Democrats.

Mark Pack
Leader of the Liberal Democrats
Assumed office
1 January 2020
Serving with Ed Davey
DeputyEd Davey
Preceded byEd Davey & Sal Brinton (acting)
President of the Liberal Democrats
Assumed office
1 January 2020
LeaderEd Davey & himself (acting)
Preceded bySal Brinton
Personal details
Born (1970-07-27) 27 July 1970
CitizenshipBritish
Political partyLiberal Democrats

Career

Pack read History and Economics at the University of York from 1988 to 1991. He then undertook a PhD in history, studying nineteenth-century elections, initially at the University of Exeter, before transferring back to the University of York to complete it, in 1994. He then worked as an IT administrator, before working for the Liberal Democrats from 2000 to 2009. He then worked in communications consultancy for MHP Communications, and then Teneo, from 2009 to 2019.[1]

He was on the editorial board for the Journal of Liberal History. He was a visiting lecturer at City University.[1]

Pack started working for the Liberal Democrats in 2000. He was Head of Innovations at the party, running the party's 2001 and 2005 Internet general election campaigns.[2] He was the Campaign Manager for the Hornsey & Wood Green constituency from 1998 to 2005.[1][3] Pack is a long-time Liberal Democrat blogger. He was co-editor of the blog Liberal Democrat Voice[4] until 2013. Since 2011, he has edited Liberal Democrat Newswire, his monthly email newsletter about the party.[1][5]

Pack stood to be the president of the Liberal Democrats in 2019, with his candidacy supported by MPs Layla Moran,[6] and Tom Brake and MEP Catherine Bearder among others.[7] The only other candidate was MP Christine Jardine. Pack was elected[8] by 14381 (58.6%) to 10164 votes (41.4%), with the result announced 14 December 2019.[9] He began his term on 1 January 2020. As Jo Swinson, previously the leader of the party, lost her seat in the 2019 United Kingdom general election, the deputy leader Ed Davey and the party president act as co-leaders until a new permanent leader can be elected. Pack thus assumed the acting co-leader role on starting his presidential term on 1 January 2020.[10]

Bibliography

Books
  • Bad News: What the Headlines Don't Tell Us (2020)[11]
  • 101 Ways To Win An Election, with Edward Maxfield (2012)[12][13]

Journal articles
  • With Darren Lilleker and Nigel Jackson, "Political Parties and Web 2.0: The Liberal Democrat Perspective", Politics, Volume 30(2), 2010, p. 105-112. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9256.2010.01373.x
  • "Obama: The marketing lessons", Journal of Direct, Data and Marketing Practice, Volume 12(1), 2010, p. 2-9. doi:10.1057/dddmp.2010.17
  • "The Victory Lab: Full of secrets, but can they swing an election?", Journal of Direct, Data and Marketing Practice, Volume 14(4), 2013, p. 3490353. doi:10.1057/dddmp.2013.17

References
  1. "Dr. Mark Pack: biography". Mark Pack. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  2. "Writers". www.newstatesman.com. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  3. https://www.libdemvoice.org/top-50-most-influential-lib-dems-2017-55281.html
  4. "You jeopardise future of the party, Lib Dems tell Nick Clegg; Grassroot activists vent their anger over threat to civil liberties posed by 'Big Brother' proposals", by Andrew Grice, The Independent, April 7, 2012. p. 6
  5. "Mark Pack | The Guardian". the Guardian.
  6. ""He would be absolutely brilliant" - why Layla Moran is backing Mark Pack". 22 October 2019 – via www.markpack.org.uk.
  7. "What do Tom Brake and Catherine Bearder have in common?". Mark Pack. 31 October 2019.
  8. "Who will be the next leader of the Liberal Democrats?" by Adam Payne, Business Insider US, December 21, 2019
  9. "Thank you!". Mark Pack. 14 December 2019.
  10. "Evening Call: What's on the news agenda for 2020?". www.newstatesman.com. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  11. "Bad News : What the Headlines Don't Tell Us". Mark Pack. 23 December 2019.
  12. "Book Review: 101 Ways to Win an Election by Mark Pack and Edward Maxfield". 2 November 2012.
  13. "101 Ways to Win An Election". www.bitebackpublishing.com.
Party political offices
Preceded by
Sal Brinton		 President of the Liberal Democrats
2020–present		 Incumbent
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