Ex-Labour North West chief to lead new Lowick Hedry office

Mace | 11th November 2026 | Moves

Strategic communications consultancy Lowick Hedry is opening a Manchester office, which will be overseen by a former regional director of the Labour Party.

Lowick Hedry has named Liam Didsbury, former director of the Labour Party in the North West, as the head of its newly established Manchester office. Didsbury joins the consultancy as a partner, bringing more than a decade of experience with the Labour Party, which he joined in 2011. He spent three years as regional director from 2021, overseeing the party’s operations across the North West, including its campaigns and relationships with local councils, elected representatives and other stakeholders. Following his departure from the party in 2024, Didsbury established IEI Group, through which he has provided clients with PR and public affairs advice. In his new position, he will oversee Lowick Hedry’s Manchester operation, expanding the firm’s presence beyond its existing offices in London and Cambridge. Lowick Hedry was established in June following the merger of Lowick, a strategic consultancy founded by Kevin McKeever in 2017, and sister agency Hedry, founded last year by McKeever an...

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