Tim Shipman Biography
Tim Shipman is a British media personality serving as chief political commentator at The Sunday Times. Previously, he worked as a political editor for The Sunday Times for eight years. He has also written two books — All Out War and Fall Out — on Brexit.
Tim Shipman Age
Shipman is 48 years old as of 2023. He was born on May 13, 1975, in Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, and his zodiac sign is Taurus.
Tim Shipman Height
He stands at an average height of 5 feet 8 inches tall.
Tim Shipman Nationality
He is British by nationality.
Tim Shipman Education
Shipman attended Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School, Horncastle in Lincolnshire from 1986 – 1993. He then studied History at Churchill College, University of Cambridge, graduating in 1996. While there, he was part of a losing Cuppers darts team beaten by a Robinson team in the finals. Subsequently, Shipman completed his Master of Philosophy in International Relations from the University of Cambridge in 1997.
Tim Shipman Parents
There is no information about his parents. He hasn’t also revealed whether he has siblings or not.
Tim Shipman Wife
Tim is married to his wife Charlotte Todman, David Cameron’s former head of media operations. Pre-Cameron, Todman was personal assistant to his predecessor, former Prime Minister Gordon Brown, and also worked in Ed Miliband’s private office at the Cabinet Office. She was head of events for the official Remain campaign, Britain Stronger In Europe, and is now a communications and campaigns consultant.
“When I wrote a story [Todman] didn’t like during the referendum I was made to sleep in the spare room for two nights,” Tim told POLITICO.
The pair met in a limousine in New York during the U.N. General Assembly in 2011, and again in the Red Lion pub five months later. They married in July 2015.
Tim lives in southeast London with his wife, their daughter, and more than two thousand books.
Tim Shipman Sunday Times
Shipman is chief political commentator at The Sunday Times after serving eight years as political editor. He has written two books — All Out War and Fall Out — on Brexit. Shipman was named Print Journalist of the Year by the London Press Club in 2017, and in 2018 he won Political Reporter of the Year and Political Commentator of the Year at the British Press Awards. He also won Political Reporter of the Year for a second time in 2019.
Shipman has been a national newspaper journalist since 1997 and in sixteen years of writing about politics, he has also reported from Westminster for the Daily Mail and the Sunday Express. He was a Washington correspondent for the Sunday Telegraph during Barack Obama’s historic first election campaign. He has also covered four general elections, three presidential elections, two wars, and more leadership contests than he can count. Shipman popularized the word ‘omnishambles’ in Westminster long before George Osborne based a budget on the idea. He was also the chairman of the Parliamentary Press Gallery in 2012.
Tim Shipman Salary
His salary is under review.
Tim Shipman Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $5 million as of 2023.
