Neva Novaky
Business leader
2019 General Election candidate
& European Elections candidate
Dr Ben Spencer MP
“Neva would make an excellent MP. She brings energy, resilience and gets on with the job and gets things done — skills crucially needed to be an effective constituency MP."
The Rt Hon Michael Gove MP
“Neva is a strong and informed voice. She combines business experience with political insight. She would be an effective representative for any constituency fortunate enough to select her and an asset in Parliament.”
Peter Booth
National Convention Chairman
“Neva delivers on campaigning for our party. She successfully brings together a team and is an asset to our party.”
Fleur Butler
National Convention Vice-President
“Neva would make an excellent MP. She is hardworking and effectively mobilises grassroots engagement. She delivers results and brings others with her in the process."
Helen Whately MP
"Neva would bring valuable business experience and policy knowledge to Parliament. But she’s also put in the hours campaigning and knows the importance of working hard for a community - ingredients for being a great constituency MP too."
Andrew Lewer MP
”I have worked with Neva for many years and her grasp of politics at both a strategic and detailed level is profoundly impressive. Her devotion to Conservative principles and her attention to detail are well known and she would be an asset to the House of Commons.”
Lord Hannan
“Neva was the hardest working candidate in the European elections. She threw herself into the campaign with enormous energy, out of sheer loyalty and patriotism. She'll make a fine campaigner in the constituency lucky enough to have her.”
Cllr Jonathan Hulley
Surrey County Councillor & Parliamentary Spokesperson for Twickenham
“I’ve had the pleasure of serving the party as Deputy Chairman Political during Neva’s Chairmanship. She is a pleasure to work with - looking out for the team, collegial and leading from the front. Together, we delivered the results that kept Runnymede Conservative. She would be an outstanding campaigner in the constituency she represents.”
Lord Kamall
“She is a good communicator and political strategist and played a key role in helping the Conservative Party to establish our pan-European political group in the European Committee of the Regions. She is diligent, persistent and has a strong work ethic and would work hard for her constituency, our party and our country as a Member of Parliament.”
About Me
Neva has around 15 years of experience in shaping markets and policy. She is a community champion and is a public commentator.
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Business leader: Neva is a global marketing manager in a world leading crop protection company. Working with teams across more than 90 countries, she helps bring innovations and technologies to farmers that support food security by helping manage pests pressures. In the UK alone, her work forms part of a sector that contributed £128.3 billion or 6.3% to national Gross Value Added in 2021. She has also led the crop science industry trade association as committee Chairman and represented the industry at global platforms, such as COP27.
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Experienced policy-maker: working with local and national governments, international organisations and think-tanks around the world, she has shaped policies and led international negotiations. She has also enabled the sharing of best-practices with other countries, including Ukraine. As Secretary General of a centre-right grouping in the EU that included the UK Conservative Party, Neva fought for localism, small-government, lower taxes and other Conservative values on the international stage. She represented over 40 conservative local and regional politicians from across 9 countries and led a team of advisors. She helped build global alliances, including with Republican Mayors. She has been affiliated with influential think tanks, such as CSIS in Washington D.C. and Localis in London.
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Community champion: she helped re-open a local community centre by organising a fundraiser that helped raise funds needed refurbish the premises after the opposition run local Council refused support. She organised community events in London on mental health awareness, in light of the reports around self-harm. She led aid efforts in her community to Ukraine. She has also fundraised for the local hospital to boost its capacity to provide cancer services. She has championed grassroots views to the heart of government in her roles in the Conservative Policy Forum, from being a county-wide Chairman to a national Champion.
Experienced campaigner: She has stood in UK national elections and led winning campaigns. She served for two terms as Runnymede and Weybridge Conservative Association Chairman — building winning teams and helping keep Runnymede Borough Council Conservative while also providing support nationally. She was the Conservative parliamentary candidate in Garston and Halewood in the December 2019 General Election, where she fought Labour and campaigned against anti-semitism. Her campaign work led to the incumbent Labour MP joining her in taking a public stand. In the May 2019 European elections, she stood as a Conservative candidate for South East England representing the party in hustings across the region. She is a board member of Conservative Friends of Turkey and has led community outreach. She has also helped increase women’s engagement in politics. She set-up and chaired a successful Conservative Women's Organisation in her association and helped get more women into public office.
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She holds a masters degree from LSE (London School of Economics and Political Sciences) and attended the University of Kent, Canterbury and SciencesPo Paris for her undergraduate studies. She has completed executive training at Harvard Business School.
