Morgan McSweeney

Morgan McSweeney
Morgan McSweeney ; (political activist);
	Morgan McSweeney with wife Imogen Walker MP
Born	Morgan James McSweeney; April 1977; Macroom, Ireland
Alma mater	Middlesex University
Spouse	Imogen Walker
Founder of	Center for Countering Digital Hate
Member of	Center for Countering Digital Hate
	Downing Street Chief of Staff
In office
	6 October 2024 - Present
Preceded by	Sue Gray
	Keir Starmer's Chief of Staff
In office
	April 2020 - 19 June 2021
Employer	Labour Party
	Director
In office
	19 October 2018 - 6 April 2020
Employer	Center for Countering Digital Hate
	Managing Director
In office
	June 2017 - Present
Employer	Labour Together
	Head of the Labour Group Office
In office
	November 2012 - June 2017
Employer	Local Government Association
	Political Adviser
In office
	November 2009 - November 2012
Employer	Local Government Association
	Director of Communities
In office
	October 2007 - November 2009
Employer	The Campaign Company
	Head of Leader's Office
In office
	May 2006 - October 2007
Employer	London Borough of Lambeth
	Campaign Organiser
In office
	June 2001 - May 2006
Employer	Labour Party

Morgan McSweeney is a Labour Party political activist who was appointed Downing Street Chief of Staff by Prime Minister Keir Starmer in October 2024 replacing Sue Gray. He was Chief of Staff for Starmer as Leader of the Opposition from 2020 to 2021.^[1]

McSweeney founded Brixton Endeavours Ltd in October 2018 (renamed the Center for Countering Digital Hate on 30 August 2019) and has been Managing Director at Labour Together since June 2017.^[2]

Campaign manager

Morgan McSweeney was Keir Starmer's campaign manager in the 2020 Labour Party leadership contest. He worked on Liz Kendall's leadership campaign in 2015, though that shouldn't be held against him as everyone who has worked with him says he is smart and highly able. He had also worked with Lisa Nandy in the Labour Together group, which carried out a review of the UK/2019 General Election loss.^[3]

From 2007 to 2009, McSweeney was employed as Director of Communities at The Campaign Company, founded and run by David Evans, General Secretary of the Labour Party.

On 1 December 2020, Andrew Feinstein tweeted:^[4]

For six months, SFFN had been trying to demonetise The Canary by lobbying companies to remove advertisements from its website.

The Canary can now reveal that Morgan McSweeney, Keir Starmer’s chief of staff, launched the organisation that now runs SFFN.^[5]

The Labour Party/Future Candidates Programme/2021 to 2022 will mould the Labour Party for many decades to come. Reporting that McSweeney had been put in charge of the process by Keir Starmer himself, The Times stated that "nobody without elected office wields as much power in British politics as McSweeney."^[6]

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