Background
Nick Thomas-Symonds was born in Panteg Hospital, Griffithstown, Torfaen, and was brought up in Blaenavon.
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Education
He attended Saint Felix Roman Catholic Primary School, Blaenavon, and Saint Alban’s Roman Catholic High School, Pontypool, before reading Politics, Philosophy and Economics at Saint Edmund Hall, Oxford, from 1998–2001.
Career
Before entering Parliament, he was a chancery and commercial barrister at Civitas Law. Author of "Attlee: A Life in Politics". Author of "Nye: The Political Life of Aneurin Bevan."
Barrister
Nick Thomas-Symonds was a barrister specialising in chancery and commercial law, and received numerous accolades for his work.
In December 2009, he was awarded a "Red Bag" by Leading Counsel for his work.
By 2011, he was already noted as "a great asset" as a junior in the Court of Appeal by the Legal 500. He regularly featured in Chambers and Partners as a “Leader in the Field” and was identified as a “rising star on the Wales and Chester circuit”.
In Chambers and Partners 2016 he was described as “absolutely brilliant”. Academic
Nick Thomas-Symonds was appointed a college tutor at Saint Edmund Hall, Oxford, at the age of 21 and became Lecturer in Politics at Street Edmund Hall, Oxford, teaching British Politics and Government since 1900.
Modern British Government and Politics.
Government and Politics of Europe. And Government and Politics of the United States. He taught for other Oxford colleges, including Harris Manchester College.
He also taught United States Politics on the Oxford Department of Continuing Education’s "Foundations of Diplomacy" course.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in 2012. He made his maiden speech on 28 May 2015, without notes.
Chris Bryant Member of Parliament said he had delivered the speech “with panache”. After a brief stint on the Justice Select Committee, he was appointed Shadow Pensions Minister on 17 September 2015 before being promoted to Shadow Employment Minister on 11 January 2016.
Nick Thomas-Symonds was drawn in the ballot for a Private Members’ Bill on 4 June 2015 and introduced the Office-Patent Drugs Bill.
This ran out of time at Second Reading on 6 November 2015, but substantial parts of the Bill were later incorporated into the Access to Medical Treatments (Innovation) Bill on 29 January 2016. On 8 December 2015, Nick Thomas-Symonds was chosen as “Member to Watch” at the Welsh Politician of the Year Awards.
Achievements
Membership
56th United Kingdom Parliament]
He has been the Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Torfaen since May 2015. Member of Parliament.
