Sarah Southern (born 1980, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England) is a British businesswoman and former Conservative Party official and aide to Prime Minister David Cameron.
Following her graduation she took a job at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs where she was employed as a press officer, but left the post seven months later to work for the Conservative Party.
She was appointed to the latter post in December 2009 and during the year she held the position claims to have become a close and trusted aide to Party leader David Cameron.
[3] In November 2010, following the announcement of a forthcoming referendum on the issue of whether or not to introduce the alternative voting system in the United Kingdom, Southern was appointed operations director of No to AV, the campaign to oppose the idea.
[2] On 24 March 2012, The Sunday Times released a video undercover reporters from the newspaper had secretly filmed Conservative Party co-treasurer Peter Cruddas allegedly offering them access to Prime Minister David Cameron and Chancellor George Osborne for £250,000.