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Matthew Elliott (born 12 February 1978) is the founder and former Chief Executive〔(Important news from Matthew Elliott, founder of the TaxPayers' Alliance ) ''The TaxPayers' Alliance'', 27 July 2012〕 of the TaxPayers' Alliance and Big Brother Watch. He also acted as Campaign Director for the successful NOtoAV campaign in the 2011 Alternative Vote referendum. He is currently the Chief Executive of Business for Britain. ==Biography== Elliott was born in Leeds and attended Leeds Grammar School. He studied government at the London School of Economics.〔 He served as press officer for the European Foundation from 2000, and political secretary to Timothy Kirkhope MEP from 2001,〔 before co-founding the TaxPayers’ Alliance in 2004〔(Our History ), ''The TaxPayers’ Alliance'', accessed 29 March 2012〕 as a “non-partisan, grassroots campaign for lower taxes”.〔(Matthew Elliott - Chief Executive ) ''The TaxPayers’ Alliance'', accessed 29 March 2012〕 In 2008, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.〔 Since 2014, he has been a trustee of the Social Affairs Unit, a right-leaning think-tank. In 2009, he founded the civil liberties and privacy pressure group Big Brother Watch, in response to “the prevailing climate of authoritarian and intrusive policies being pursued by the British state”.〔(Matthew Elliott - Chief Executive ) ''Big Brother Watch'', accessed 29 March 2012〕 In 2011, he took a sabbatical to act as Campaign Director for the NOtoAV campaign during the UK Alternative Vote referendum. NOtoAV were successful in maintaining the current voting system,〔(Vote 2011: UK rejects alternative vote ), ''BBC News'', 7 May 2011〕 receiving 67.9% of the votes cast.〔(UK-wide referendum on the Parliamentary voting system ), ''Electoral Commission'', accessed 29 March 2012〕 Elliott has been described by the BBC as “one of the most effective lobbyists at Westminster”,〔(Yes to AV campaign ‘will be fun’, say organisers ), ''BBC News'', 25 August 2011〕 and in 2010 was named by ''Total Politics'' magazine as one of the top 25 political influencers in the UK.〔(Top 50 political influencers ), ''Total Politics'', 19 February 2010〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Matthew Elliott (politics)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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