Alex Thomson in the top 100 most influential in local government

Author: Rachel Dalton, LGC   |  

Localis’ Chief Executive, Alex Thomson, has been identified as the 54th most influential figure in local government in the LGC100.

The full list is as follows. Click here to read LGC’s full article detailing the list.

1. Sir Richard Leese & Sir Howard Bernstein, Manchester City Council

3. Simon Stevens, NHS England

4. Louise Casey, DCLG

5. Sharon White, Treasury

6. Cllr Jim McMahon, Oldham Council

7. Danny Alexander, Treasury

8. Carolyn Downs, LGA

9. Jules Pipe, mayor of Hackney

10. Joanna Killian, Essex County Council

11. Jeremy Hunt, health secretary

12. Barry Quirk, Lewisham LBC

13. Greg Clark MP, universities and science minister

14. Andy Burnham, shadow health secretary

15. Eric Pickles, communities secretary

16. Cllr Philippa Roe, Westminster City Council

17. Amyas Morse, National Audit Office

18. Norman Lamb, care minister

19. Chris Leslie, shadow chief secretary to the Treasury

20. Margaret Hodge, public accounts committee

21. Hilary Benn, shadow communities secretary

22. Duncan Selbie, Public Health England

23. Francis Maude, Cabinet Office minister

24. Lord Smith, Wigan MBC

25. Sir Michael Wilshaw, Ofsted

26. Lord Adonis, Labour peer

27. Jo Miller, Doncaster MBC

28. Cllr David Sparks, LGA

29. Sir Edward Lister, deputy mayor of London

30. Rob Whiteman, Cipfa

31. Geoff Alltimes, NHS England

32. Martin Reeves, Coventry City Council

33. David Behan, Care Quality Commission

34. Tony Travers, London School of Economics

35. Andrew Kerr, Cornwall CC

36. Mark Lloyd, Cambridgeshire CC

37. Mark Rogers, Birmingham City Council

38. Andrea Sutcliffe, Care Quality Commission

39. Tom Riordan, Leeds City Council

40. Ben Lucas, RSA

41. Cllr Gary Porter, South Holland DC

42. Cllr David Hodge, County Councils Network, & Cllr Neil Clarke, District Councils Network

44. Heather Wakefield, Unison

45. Catherine Staite, InLoGov

46. Sean Harriss, Bolton MBC

47. Ed Cox, IPPR North

48. Carl Haggerty, Devon CC

49. Sue Higgins, NAO

50. Sir Albert Bore, Birmingham City Council

51. Cllr Peter Fleming, Sevenoaks District Council

52. Darra Singh, EY

53. Charlie Parker, Westminster City Council

54. Alex Thomson, Localis

55. Donna Hall, Wigan MBC

56. Eamonn Boylan, Stockport MBC

57. Boris Johnson, Mayor of London

58. Nick Walkley, Haringey LBC

59. Pat Ritchie, Newcastle City Council

60. Sir Steve Bullock, mayor of Lewisham LBC

61. Matthew Taylor, RSA

62. Paul Johnson, Institute for Fiscal Studies

63. Joe Anderson, Mayor of Liverpool

64. Jon Cruddas, Labour

65. Clive Betts, communities and local government committee

66. Simon Parker, New Local Government Network

67. Sir Derek Myers, Service Transformation Challenge Panel

68. Jon Rouse, Department of Health

69. Lord Shipley

70. Sir Michael Lyons, author of Lyons Housing Review

71. Julian Le Grand, LSE

72. Cllr Sharon Taylor, Stevenage BC

73. John Kingman, Treasury

74. Deborah Cadman, Suffolk CC

75. Andrew Ridley, NHS England

76. Cllr Keith Wakefield, Leeds City Council

77. Gavin Jones, Swindon Borough Council

78. Martin Cresswell, iMPOWER

79. Patrick McLoughlin, transport secretary

80. Cllr Simon Henig, Durham CCl

81. Cllr Ruth Dombey, Sutton LBC

82. Jim O’Neill, City Growth Commission

83. Alex Jones, Centre for Cities

84. George Ferguson, mayor of Bristol

85. Sir Bob Kerslake, DCLG

86. Richard Vize, freelance journalist

87. Hugh Grover, London Councils

88. Paul O’Brien, Association for Public Service Excellence

89. Cllr David Finch, Essex CC

90. Peter Hay, Birmingham City Council

91. Brandon Lewis, housing and planning minister

92. Dorothy Thornhill, mayor of Watford

93. Kris Hopkins, local government minister

94. Richard Humphries, The King’s Fund

95. Nan Sloane, Centre for Women and Democracy

96. Tony Hunter, Social Care Institute for Excellence

97. Caroline Tapster, LGA

98. Dominic Campbell, FutureGov

99. David Freud, parliamentary undersecretary of state for work and pensions

100. Becky Shaw, East Sussex CC