Having campaigned with Mr Johnson as part of Vote Leave, the crossbench peer urged Labour voters to switch allegiances to the Tories in the 2019 general election to 'get Brexit done'.
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Boris Johnson wants to appoint Brexiteer Gisela Stuart to lead a commission responsible for protecting the Civil Service against politicisation.
Baroness Stuart, who was among a number of former Labour MPs rewarded with peerages under the Prime Minister, was announced as the Government’s preferred candidate for first Civil Service commissioner on Thursday.
Having campaigned with Mr Johnson as part of Vote Leave, the crossbench peer urged Labour voters to switch allegiances to the Tories in the 2019 general election to “get Brexit done”.
She would replace Ian Watmore, a career civil servant, after he stepped down at the end of his term in the role tasked with ensuring the Civil Service is politically impartial.
Ministers argued she has contributed to public life in “non-partisan roles”, such as at the Royal Mint and the Cabinet Office.
A statement also noted that she now sits as a crossbencher in the Lords, operating “independently, outside of a party-political framework”.
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Steve Barclay said: “Baroness Stuart has all the attributes, experience and independence of judgment needed to lead the Civil Service commission highly effectively.”
She is expected to appear before the Commons Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee before the Government considers the MPs’ views and decides whether to approve her appointment.
