Shelley_Williams-Walker

Shelley Williams-Walker

Shelley Williams-Walker

Adviser to Boris Johnson

Dame Michelle Williams-Walker DBE, known as Shelley Williams-Walker,[1] is a senior advisor to Boris Johnson.[2] She is a former Special adviser and was head of operations for Johnson when he was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.[3]

In January 2022 The Daily Telegraph described a gathering held in 10 Downing Street on 16 April 2021 while indoor social gatherings were forbidden because of the COVID-19 pandemic, at which "Shelley Williams-Walker ... was in charge of the music at points, according to one eye-witness", and after which she was reportedly nicknamed "DJ SWW".[4]

In October 2022 she became the first director of The Office of Boris Johnson Ltd, but was succeeded in November 2022 by Ann Sindall.[1][5]

Williams-Walker was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in Johnson's Resignation Honours in June 2023, for political and public service.[6][7]

In the 2023 Channel 4 docudrama Partygate, she was played by Alice Lowe.[8]

References

  1. [1]
    Thévoz, Seth (23 March 2023). "Boris Johnson rakes in £5m in 6 months after leaving office". openDemocracy. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  2. [2]
    "Shelley Williams-Walker". LinkedIn. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
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    "Shelley Williams-Walker". Mace Magazine. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  4. [4]
    Diver, Tony; Riley-Smith, Ben (13 January 2022). "A booze run to fill a suitcase with wine: The full story of our exclusive on those Downing Street parties". The Telegraph. Retrieved 12 June 2023. Shelley Williams-Walker, Mr Johnson's head of operations, was in charge of the music at points, according to one eye-witness. The claim was on Thursday put to Downing Street, where Ms Williams-Walker still works. No denial has been issued. She was jokingly nicknamed "DJ SWW", a reference to her initials, according to one present that night
  5. [5]
    "The Office of Boris Johnson Limited: people". gov.uk. Companies House. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  6. [6]
    "Resignation Honours 2023" (PDF). UK Government. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  7. [7]
    "No. 64120". The London Gazette (Supplement). 21 July 2023. p. 14503.
  8. [8]
    "Meet the cast of Partygate on Channel 4". Radio Times. 3 October 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.


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