John James Pullinger CB

United Kingdom National Statistician
In office 1 July 2014 – 30 June 2019
Prime Minister	David Cameron Theresa May
Minister for the Cabinet Office	Francis Maude Matt Hancock Ben Gummer Damian Green David Lidington
Preceded by	Dame Jil Matheson
Succeeded by	Sir Ian Diamond

Personal details
Born	(1959-06-01) 1 June 1959 (age 62)
Education	University of Exeter Harvard Business School

John James Pullinger CB (born 1 June 1959) was the National Statistician for the United Kingdom, serving in this role from 1 July 2014 until retiring on 30 June 2019.^[1]^[2] He was succeeded on an interim basis by Deputy National Statistician Jonathan Athow,^[3] and by Sir Ian Diamond on a permanent basis from October 2019.^[4] He became Chairman of the Electoral Commission on 1 May 2021.^[5]

Career

Pullinger was a statistician in the Central Statistical Office and later the Office for National Statistics from 1980, finally rising to Director of Social Statistics in 1996. In 2004 he became the Director-General of Information Services and Librarian of the House of Commons.^[6] He was the President of the Royal Statistical Society for 2013–14.^[7]^[2]

In 2014, Pullinger was appointed to replace Dame Jil Matheson as the British National Statistician and the Permanent Secretary-graded Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority. As of 2015, Pullinger was paid a salary of between £150,000 and £154,999, making him one of the 328 most highly paid people in the British public sector at that time.^[8]

On May 1, 2021, Pullinger became Chairman of the Electoral Commission.^[5]^[9]

Education and honours

Pullinger was educated at Alleyn's School, Dulwich, the University of Exeter and Harvard Business School.^[6]^[2] In the New Year Honours for 2014, Pullinger was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB).^[10]

In 2016, Pullinger was awarded an honorary degree from the University of Exeter for outstanding achievements in the field of statistics and also received an honorary degree from the University of Essex.^[11] In 2018, he received an Honorary Degree from the University of the West of England. ^[12]

References

^ Spence, Peter (12 May 2014). "Meet John Pullinger: The UK's new national statistician". City A.M. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c A & C Black (2015). PULLINGER, John James. Who's Who 2016 (online ed.). Oxford University Press. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
^ "Announcement of an interim National Statistician". UK Statistics Authority. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
^ "Ian Diamond appointed as UK's National Statistician". UK Statistics Authority. 6 August 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Our Commissioners". www.electoralcommission.org.uk.
^ ^a ^b "New president takes over" (PDF). RSS News. Vol. 41, no. 1. Royal Statistical Society. February 2013. pp. 1 & 3.
^ "John Pullinger - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
^ "Senior officials 'high earners' salaries as at 30 September 2015 - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. 17 December 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
^ Malnick, Edward (26 June 2021). "Britain's election watchdog stands 'ready' to organise indyref2" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
^ "The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 60728 p.1". 31 December 2013.
^ "Honorary graduates | University of Essex". www.essex.ac.uk. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
^ Business, Author Faculty of; Law. "Honorary degree awarded to John Pullinger | Bristol Business School blog". Retrieved 9 March 2022. ((cite web)): |first= has generic name (help)

Academic offices Preceded byValerie Isham President, Royal Statistical Society 2013–14 Succeeded byPeter Diggle Government offices Preceded byDame Jil Matheson National Statistician July 2014–June 2019 Succeeded bySir Ian Diamond

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21st century	2001–2003 Peter Green 2003–2005 Andy Grieve 2005–2007 Tim Holt 2008–2009 David Hand 2010–2010 Bernard Silverman (resigned Feb 2010; replaced pro tem by David Hand) 2011–2012 Valerie Isham 2013–2014 John Pullinger 2014–2016 Peter Diggle 2017–2018 David Spiegelhalter 2019– Deborah Ashby
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