Philip Gould
 Lord Gould of Brookwood    (political adviser, pollster) | |
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| Born | 30 March 1950 |
| Died | 6 November 2011 (Age 61) |
| Alma mater | London School of Economics |
| Member of | Georgetown Leadership Seminar/1986 |
Philip Gould, Baron Gould of Brookwood (30 March 1950 – 6 November 2011) was a British political consultant, and former advertising executive, closely linked to the Labour Party.[1][2]
Appointed by Director of Communications Peter Mandelson, he was strategy and polling adviser to the Labour Party in the General Elections of 1987, 1992, 1997, 2001 and 2005.[3]
Involved in 'modernising' the party's image, Gould was particularly connected with Tony Blair and New Labour. The Daily Telegraph said Gould’s expertise and influence “was his replacement of crude opinion polling with American-style political focus groups”.[4]
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- ↑ "Labour peer Philip Gould has died aged 61", BBC News, 7 November 2011.
- ↑ "Labour pollster and strategist Philip Gould dies"
