thinking politically
My thoughts on the issues I find interesting (yes that broad)
THINKING POLITICALLY
About me
My name is Ryan Stinger
For 13 years I worked at the Conservative Party, most recently as the longest serving Chief of Staff to the CEO and Chairman at the Conservative Campaign Headquarters (CCHQ).
I had an incredible front row seat of British politics having worked under five Conservative Prime Ministers and six Leaders of the Conservative Party. In my most recent role, I was the Chief of Staff to two Chief Executive Officers and nine Chairman of the Conservative Party. Since the age of 18 I have worked on every UK election campaign.
Before getting involved in politics, I grew up in Blackpool where I finished my A-Levels, but broke that traditional mould by not going to university and being raised by my grandparents who saved me from going into a foster home. Having had a brief stint working at Travis Perkins, I joined CCHQ as a Campaign Manager at the tender age of 18 and I have never looked back since.
Having led a varied career which saw me run campaigns, oversee huge literature prints before moving into people management and providing political and operational advice, I finally decided to leave my role which I did in December 2024. Having helped to oversee the 2024 leadership election and successful transition to the new leader, I left my role and I am now the Chief Operating Officer of the UK based Think Tank The Henry Jackson Society.
A lot of what I have been up to since leaving CCHQ has been volunteering and spending the time doing things which I have had not had the opportunity to do. So here, I want to share my thoughts on politics today, share insights on the considerations I believe leaders will be going through with their teams and share my thoughts on some issues which I am passionate about. I want to stress, this site is not an agony aunt site for me, not a place where I will try and make myself sound really important with overinflated stories and it is most certainly not a place where I will share stories from my time in politics.
