Daniel Pearce Jackson Hodges was born on 7 March 1969 and is a British newspaper columnist.
13 Facts About Dan Hodges
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Dan Hodges was educated at Edge Hill College in Ormskirk, Lancashire, where he studied English Literature and Communications between 1987 and 1990.
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Dan Hodges worked briefly as Head of Communications at the London Development Agency and as Director of News for Transport for London in 2007, which he left after less than a year after mocking a contractor to the press.
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Dan Hodges subsequently led the campaign to introduce a congestion charge for Greater Manchester, which was overwhelmingly rejected in local referendums.
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Dan Hodges has worked as a journalist and blogger, writing in a freelance capacity for the New Statesman, The Daily Telegraph and The Mail on Sunday.
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Dan Hodges worked for the successful No to AV campaign in 2011, but attracted controversy for a provocative anti-AV poster that suggested electoral reform might lead to the deaths of newborn babies.
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In 2017, Dan Hodges won the Political Commentator of the Year Award at The Comment Awards.
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Dan Hodges supported Jon Cruddas in the 2007 deputy leadership election as a member of Compass, but has since been critical of the organisation.
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Dan Hodges supported David Miliband in his unsuccessful campaign for the 2010 Labour leadership contest.
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Dan Hodges was a vocal critic of the former Labour Party leader Ed Miliband.
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Dan Hodges rejoined the Labour Party in July 2015 and supported Yvette Cooper for the Labour leadership, strongly opposing Jeremy Corbyn's candidacy.
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Dan Hodges has expressed support for the government suppressing whistleblowers spreading "information highly detrimental to the UK national interest".
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Dan Hodges married Michelle di Leo in 2003, after meeting her at a Labour Party Conference in 1999.