Alex Hilton

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Alex Hilton is a blogger and Labour Party politician, born 4th January 1976.

Hilton was Labour councillor for Newbury in the London Borough of Redbridge until 2006, where he did not stand for re-election.

In 2005 he stood as Labour candidate in Canterbury. The sitting Tory MP in what should be a safe Conservative seat increased his majority by from 2,000 in 2001 to 7,500 votes.

Hilton has gained some notability on the internet for his blogging activity, and as a "grassroots political guru" ^{[1] [2]}

His Recess Monkey website^[3] is a light-hearted politics website with a left-leaning slant.

On 20 June 2006, he launched^[4] Labourhome with American-trained political strategist Jag Singh, in response to the great popularity of ConservativeHome. The site features blogging and other content aimed at Labour supporters.

Two days later, on 22 June 2006, Hilton registered the www.Messagespace.co.uk domain.^[5] Messagespace, a joint venture with Jag Singh and right-wing blogger Paul Staines went live on August 7 2006,^[6] and sells advertising space on most of Britain's major political blogs including Politicalbetting.com, Iain Dale, ConservativeHome, Lib Dem Blogs, as well as Staines and Hilton's own sites. Hilton is sole director of the firm, with Singh listed as the CIO responsible for strategy and technology, with Staines responsible for the financial side of the start-up.^[7]

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