H.E. Elsom: political CV

Achievements and objectives

Skills:

• Designing, writing and producing campaign literature (Focus, election addresses, other material)
• Web site design and maintenance
• Election agent

Achievements:

• Constituency campaign manager, Colchester North 1990-1992. I handled the PPC's campaign from soon after his selection to just before the General Election, when work commitments forced me to resign.
• Press and publicity, Cambridgeshire Alliance Group 1988-9.
• Liberal Democrat Women's Organisation Policity Committee, 1989-90

Areas of expertise:

• Information technology

I work in the IT industry and can advise on employment and education issues, and also on the use of computers in campaigning.
• Higher education

I previously taught humanities in higher education in England and the US, and have been a student in both education systems.
• Europe

I have lived in Greece, Germany and Ireland as well as in the UK, and am familiar with popular attitudes to the EU as well as the key issues in European integration.

Objectives:

My ideal position would be as election agent, policy adviser or literature specialist. I would also be willing to serve as a paper candidate at any level, although I am not yet on the list of approved Parliamentary or European candidates.

Education

• St Angela's Ursuline Convent, London E7. 10 GCE 0-levels, 3 GCE A-levels, S-level Latin, Use of English.
• Student, British School at Athens, 1975-6
• King's College, Cambridge

BA Honours (First Class) Classics 1979 PhD 1985
• Princeton University

MA in Comparative Literature
• GLOSCAT (now Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Eduation)

Diploma in Software Documentation 1990

Political activity

• Newham North East Liberals, 1972-4

Leafletting, canvassing (not a member of the party as too young)
• Cambridge University Liberal Association, 1976-9

Helped at 1976 Cambridge by-election and 1979 general election
• Helped Cambridge Alliance at 1987 general election (not a member of either party)
• Cambridgeshire Alliance Group, press and publicity autumn 1988 up to and including 1989 county elections.
• South East Cambridgeshire press and publicity, autumn 1988 to summer 1989.
• Cheltenham, College Ward 1989-91

Produced and delivered literature, canvassed.
• Colchester North, 1990-92

Campaign manager: prepared for general election
• Hemel Hempstead County (West Hertfordshire) 1993-8

Produced and delivered literature.
• Slough 1998

Executive.

Employment

• Clare College, Cambridge

Research Fellow, 1984-87
• Cornell University

Assistant Professor, Classics, 1987-88
• Self-employed writer, Cambridge, England, 1988-89
• ICL

Technical author, 1990-92
• LSS, Lindenberg, Germany. Contact Roger Grice for information.

Technical author, 1992
• Bull, Hemel Hempstead

Techical author 1993 (contract)
• Digital, Galway

Techical author 1993-94 (contract)
• LBMS, London

Information engineer 1994-95
• SCO, Watford
• Technical author 1995-8
• Sun Microsystems, Slough

Technical author 1998-9
• Micromuse, London

Technical author

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This page was last updated on 28 September 1999.