Tim Shipman | |
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Born | Timothy James Shipman 13 May 1975 [1]
Basingstoke,
Hampshire, England |
Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
Occupation | Journalist |
Known for | Former political editor of The Sunday Times |
Timothy James Shipman (born 13 May 1975) is a British journalist, who is a former political editor of the British newspaper The Sunday Times. [2]
Shipman attended Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Horncastle in Lincolnshire, and studied History at Churchill College, Cambridge, graduating in 1996, where he was part of a losing Cuppers darts team, beaten by a Robinson team in the finals. [1] He has been a national newspaper journalist since 1997, working initially for the Express stable of newspapers before being appointed as a political correspondent for the Daily Mail in 2005. [1] He worked for the Sunday Telegraph as a Washington DC political correspondent, covering the 2008 United States elections and Barack Obama's campaign and subsequent victory. He has also previously written for the Daily Mail and the Sunday Express. [2]
He is the author of All Out War (2016) about the EU referendum in 2016 [3] and Fall Out (2017) about the 2017 UK general election. [4] In 2017 he was awarded Press Journalist of the Year by the London Press Club. [1]
In March 2019, Shipman reported an alleged coup in the Conservative Party to remove the Prime Minister, Theresa May from office. [5]
In October 2021, he was succeeded as political editor by his deputy Caroline Wheeler. [6]