Hugh Pym
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Hugh Pym | |
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Born | Hugh Ruthven Pym 18 October 1959 Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England |
Nationality | British |
Education | Cothill House Marlborough College |
Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford (BA) |
Occupation | Journalist |
Years active | 1986–present |
Employer | BBC |
Height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)[1] |
Title | Health editor of BBC News |
Spouse | Susan Neill |
Children | 3 |
Hugh Ruthven Pym (born 18 October 1959) is a British journalist and author. A financial and political journalist by origin, he currently works for BBC News as its health editor.
Early life and education
Hugh Ruthven Pym was born on 18 October 1959 in
His great-grandfather was
Career
Pym began his career in radio at Viking Radio in Hull, and was a
Pym has published What Happened? And Other Questions About the Credit Crunch, a book co-written with Nick Kochan, and a study of Gordon Brown's first year in the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer, also co-written with Kochan. His latest book is Inside the Banking Crisis (published by Bloomsbury in 2014).[3]
Pym was the recipient of the 2020
Parliamentary candidacy
In the 2001 general election Pym stood as the Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate in the North Wiltshire constituency. He achieved 20,212 votes but lost to the Conservative James Gray.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | James Gray | 24,090 | 45.5 | +1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Hugh Pym | 20,212 | 38.2 | +0.4 | |
Labour | Joanne Garton | 7,556 | 14.3 | +0.1 | |
UKIP | Neil Dowdney | 1,090 | 2.1 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 3,878 | 7.3 | +1.3 | ||
Turnout | 52,948 | 67.3 | −7.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.7 |
Personal life
Pym is married to Dumbarton-born Susan Neill.[6] He has three children – two sons and one daughter – and is an Elder in the Church of Scotland.[citation needed] Hugh is also a keen fan of the Scotland rugby team.
Publications
- The Guinness Affair: Anatomy of a Scandal (London, Christopher Helm Publishers, 1987, ISBN 978-0-7470-2605-1), with Nick Kochan
- Unit and Investment Trusts (Allied Dunbar Money Guides) (London, ISBN 978-0-85121-383-5)
- Gordon Brown: The First Year in Power (London, Bloomsbury, 1998, ISBN 978-0-7475-3701-4), with Nick Kochan
- Inside the Banking Crisis (London, Bloomsbury, 2014, ISBN 978-1-4729-0-2870)
References
- ^ "Reporting on the COVID-19 pandemic". Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. 16 December 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
- ^ Donnellan, Aimee (17 July 2016). "City's Mrs Brexit sees a buying opportunity in the vote to leave". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "Hugh Pym wins 2020 British Journalism Review Charles Wheeler Award". University of Westminster. 8 October 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
- ^ "'Taming of the Flu': Twitter Channels Inner Bard as 'William Shakespeare' Becomes Second to Get Pfizer Jab". news18. 8 December 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
- ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "All gowned up and somewhere to go". The Dumbarton Democrat. 7 July 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
External links
- Profile at BBC News
- Hugh Pym at IMDb