Whatever happened to Jonathan Gullis?
Tory MP Jonathan Gullis lost his seat as an MP for Stoke in July 2024 and he told the Telegraph in January 2025 that he has still to find a new job.
Gullis earlier told LBC that while had got some consultancy work he had been unable to secure a permanent role or even it seems an interview for one
He was previously a teacher and has claimed that his high profile right-wing views are an issue when applying for teaching roles.
There is still no update on whether Gullis has got a job but perhaps Liz Kendall’s measures to get people into work will help here.
Meanwhile at the end of January 2025 Gullis was co-opted (perhaps just as well an Election was not required) on to Kidsgrove Town Council. Essentially a Parish Council it has responsibilities for things like allotments. He also appears occasionally as a commentator on hard right social media site GB News.
In Mid-March Gullis appeared on GB News to back Kemi Badenoch’s U-Turn on Net Zero and went on to comment:
More importantly, if the people around Kemi Badenoch, and those backing her in Parliament, are willing to swallow their pride stop trying to be liked on social media and popular with centrist dads and focus on what is truly important to the people of this country.”
Work, or not, in progress
Extract from the Telegraph
But breaking back into the public sector is harder still. Former Stoke-on-Trent North MP Jonathan Gullis was a teacher before he became an MP. He has said he cannot get a job now he’s lost his seat, which has a knock-on effect on his wife and two children, aged four and two.
“I’ve applied for a few jobs and sadly not even had an interview yet,” he said in a radio interview in September. “So actually, I think the days when being an ex-MP was something that was wanted or desired are no longer, as I think we’re now seen as a problem. And so that’s a challenge.” Asked if he thought that was due to his politics, he said: “When I left the profession to enter parliament, I felt being a Conservative was something that was treated with disdain.” Post-parliament, he added, he could not work in education because there are “too many activists in the classroom”. As of January, he is still looking for a full-time role.
“It’s a competitive market where I will be up against many of my former colleagues and former special advisers, some of whom will have expertise in certain fields and some of whom have come from the corporate world,” he says.
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