Political fieldcraft for those who need outcomes.
Gareth Knight
van der Knight’s Director, Gareth Knight, has over 30 years of experience of UK politics and has helped an array of agencies, businesses, individuals, public sector organisations, voluntary sector organisations and media outlets achieve their political and stakeholder objectives.
Early career included Heathrow, the Local Government Association, the Conservative Party, Lloyds Register, the Improvement and Development Agency, XChanging, the Daily Telegraph
Field campaigns, stakeholder engagement, political troubleshooting and election analysis delivered by a practitioner with 30 years of experience in political and campaign strategy and delivery.
Most of our work is highly confidential due to political, commercial, or reputational sensitivity. The case studies on this site are anonymised but represent real scenarios and outcomes.
Our services and real case studies
Field
Campaigns
Political battles are won on the doorstep.
Online campaigning has a limit - whether you’re supporting or opposing something, the most effective campaigns rely on activity on the ground.
van der Knight can devise and execute field campaigns that get results and shift the narrative.
Stakeholder Engagement
Politicians have enormous demands on their time.
So many businesses and organisations want meetings in Westminster or at conferences but, to be truly effective, engagement must be relevant.
van der Knight devises stakeholder engagement strategies that MPs want to be a part of.
Political Troubleshooting
Politics is more unpredictable than ever.
Being able to call on an experienced, objective and level-headed approach can help reset communications and campaigns.
van der Knight can help businesses and politicians identify problems and find positive ways forward.
Election
Analysis
We have never known such electoral uncertainty.
There are a plethora of pollsters, data handers and political commentators but sometimes you need enthusiastic and objective qualitative analysis.
With 20 years of media and broadcast experience, van der Knight can explain elections clearly and without patronising the audience.