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Philippa Stroud (born 1965[1]) is a co-founder and former Executive Director of the think tank the Centre for Social Justice. She is a member of the Conservative Party in the UK and in 2009, The Daily Telegraph named her as the 82nd most influential right-winger, ahead of the last Conservative leader Michael Howard.[2]
Life before politics
Stroud spent seventeen years in poverty-fighting projects and published a book on social injustice. In 1987-89 Philippa worked in Hong Kong and Macau amongst the addict community. From 1989-96 Philippa pioneered a four-stage residential support project in Bedford enabling homeless people to move off the streets and to become contributing members of the community. From 2001-2003 Philippa developed a project to care for addicts, the homeless and those in debt in Birmingham.[3]
In politics
In 2003, Stroud co-founded the Centre for Social Justice. She has twice been a Conservative candidate in a general election: she came third in Birmingham Ladywood in 2005;[4] and on 6 May 2010, as candidate for Sutton and Cheam, she came second to incumbent Liberal Democrat Paul Burstow.[5]
After the election, she was appointed as a Special Adviser to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Iain Duncan Smith[6]
Church controversy
It was claimed by The Observer, but denied by Stround, that in 1989, having returned from Hong Kong, she had founded the Kings Arms Trust[7] in Bedford, a church that claims it was in fact founded in 1992 [8] and that provided religiously-based social services to alcoholics and drug addicts. Twenty-one years later, the church attracted controversy when an article in The Observer of 2 May 2010 alleged they had tried to "cure" homosexuals and transgender individuals by driving out their 'demons' in the name of God.[9] Immediately after the allegations of the article, Stroud responded in a statement saying that it was "categorically untrue that I believe homosexuality to be an 'illness'".[10] David Cameron defended Stroud stating that "She believes in gay equality" and had made "a very clear statement to say she was completely misreported".[11]
References
- ^ Telegraph Sutton and Cheam candidate profile
- ^ Dale, Iain (4 October 2009), Top 100 most influential Right-wingers: 100-51, The Daily Telegraph, retrieved 3 May 2010
{{citation}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ Centre for Social Justice - People, Centre for Social Justice, retrieved 10 May 2010
- ^ "Philippa Stroud: Electoral history and profile". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
- ^ Election 2010 Constituency Sutton & Cheam, BBC News, 7 May 2010, retrieved 8 May 2010
- ^ http://www.tips-q.com/new/msm/212229-philippa-stroud-appointed-special-advisor-department-work-and-pensions
- ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/may/02/conservatives-philippa-stroud-gay-cure
- ^ http://www.kingsarms.org/cm/content/view/1/2/
- ^ Jamie Doward, Cal Flyn and Richard Rogers, "Rising Tory star Philippa Stroud ran prayer sessions to 'cure' gay people", The Observer, 2 May 2010
- ^ "General Election 2010: Tory candidate 'tried to 'cure' gay people through prayer'". The Daily Telegraph. 2 May 2010. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
- ^ "Election: Cameron backs Stroud after church claims". BBC News. 4 May 2010. Retrieved 4 May 2010.