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Shadow Cabinet Meetings
1st
July 2013 – 31st
May 2014
Shadow cabinet meetings with proprietors, editors and
senior media executives.
Ed Miliband MP
1 July 2013 – 31 May 2014
Leader of the Opposition’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
01/07/2013 Victoria
Kennedy,
Deputy Editor,
Now Magazine
London Interview Professional
05/ 07/13 Matthew Todd,
Editor, Now
Magazine
Brighton General Discussion
on a visit
Professional
09/07/13 Lloyd Embley,
Editor, Daily
Mirror
London General Discussion Professional
09/07/13 Kenny
Campbell,
Editor, The
Metro
London General Discussion Professional
10/07/13 Amol Rajan,
Editor, The
Independent
London General Discussion Professional
11/07/13 Mehdi Hasan,
Political
Director,
Huffington Post
London General Discussion Professional
16/07/13 Simon Fox,
Chief Executive,
Trinity Mirror,
Paul Vickers,
Secretary &
Group Legal
Director, Lloyd
Embley, Editor,
Daily Mirror
London General Discussion Professional
16/7/13 Lionel Barber,
Editor, FT
London General Discussion Professional
18/09/13 James Harding,
Editor, BBC
News and other
senior BBC news
executives
London General Discussion Professional
19/09/13 Mark Ferguson,
Editor,
LabourList
London General Discussion Professional
23/09/13 David Dinsmore,
Editor, The Sun
and Victoria
Brighton General Discussion Professional
Newton, Editor,
Sun on Sunday
23/09/13 Geordie Greig,
Editor, Mail on
Sunday
Brighton General Discussion Professional
24/09/13 Daily Mirror
reception
Brighton Attended reception
11/10/13 Martin Ivens,
Editor, Sunday
Times, Sarah
Baxter, Deputy
Editor, Sunday
Times
London Lunch Professional
31/10/13 Annual regional
lobby lunch –
attended by
media
executives from
across the
country
London Lunch Professional
07/11/13 Magnus
Llewellin,
Editor, The
Herald
Edinburgh General Discussion Professional
28/11/13 Richard
Desmond,
Chairman,
Northern &
Shell and
Editors from
Northern &
Shell
Newspapers
London Lunch Professional
12/12/13 Evgeny
Lebedev,
Owner, Evening
Standard Ltd,
Independent
Print Ltd and
London Live
London Christmas drinks Professional
19/12/13 Christmas drinks
reception for
political
journalists
London Christmas drinks
30/01/13 Evgeny
Lebedev,
Owner, Evening
Standard Ltd,
Independent
Print Ltd and
London Live
London General Discussion Professional
26/03/14 Magazine
Editors
reception
London Drinks reception
31/03/14 Launch of
London Live
London Launch reception
03/04/14 Guardian
Morning
Conference
London Attended Guardian
Morning
Conference
05/05/14 Sarah Sands,
Editor, Evening
Standard
London Interview Professional
Other interaction between Leader of the Opposition and proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
Name Medium Frequency and density Nature of
relationship*
John Witherow,
Editor, The Times
Phone call 24/09/13 Professional
Lloyd Embley,
Editor, Daily Mirror
Phone call 24/09/13 Professional
Lionel Barber,
Editor, Financial
Times
Phone call 24/09/13 Professional
Paul Johnson,
Deputy Editor, The
Guardian
Phone call 24/09/13 Professional
Alan Rushbridger,
Editor, The Guardian
Phone call 11/10/13 Professional
Jon Steafel, Deputy
Editor, Daily Mail
Phone call 24/09/13 and 28/09/13 Professional
Evgeny Lebedev,
Owner, Evening
Standard Ltd,
Independent Print
Ltd and London Live
Phone call 11/10/13 Professional
Simon Fox, Chief
Executive, Trinity
Mirror
Phone call 11/10/13 Professional
HARRIET HARMAN MP
1 July 2013 – 31 May 2014
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
04.09.2013 James Purnell
BBC – Director
Strategy &
Digital
London General Discussion Professional
06.11.2013 Chris Blackhurst
– The
Independent –
Group Content
Editor
London General Discussion Professional
16.01.2013 Westminster
Correspondent’s
dinner
London Attended dinner
02.12.2013 Jonathan
Heawood – The
Guardian
London General Discussion Professional
06.03.2013 NewsUK –
Roundtable re
Older Women’s
Commission
London Roundtable
discussion
Professional
26.03.2014
Magazine
Editor’s
reception
London Attended drinks
reception
31.03.14 Launch of
London Live
London Launch reception
08.04.2014 James Purnell
BBC – Director
Strategy &
Digital
London General Discussion Professional
19.05.2014 Diana Coyle –
Acting Chair of
BBC Trust
London General Discussion Professional
27.05.14 Tony Hall –
Director
General of BBC
& Jonty
Claypole-
Director of Arts
London General Discussion Professional
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
Name Medium Frequency and density Nature of
relationship*
Alan Rusbridger –
Editor - The
Guardian
Telephone 03.10.2013
Professional
Lionel Barber
Editor - The
Financial Times
Telephone 10.10.2013
Professional
Peter Wright – The
Editor (Associated
Newspapers)
Telephone 10.10.2013
Professional
Paul Vickers – Trinity
Mirror – The Group
Legal Director
Telephone 10.10.2013
Professional
Chris Blackhurst –
Group Editor – The
Independent
Telephone 10.10.2013
Professional
Alan Rusbridger –
Editor The Guardian
Telephone 12.10.2013
Professional
Lord Chris Patten –
Chairman – BBC
Trust
Telephone 11.12.2013
Professional
Ed Balls MP
1 July 2013 – 31 May 2014
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of relationship*
2 July 2013 The Times CEO
summit
London Speech and Q&A
4 July 2013 Tony Hall, BBC London General discussion Professional
10 July
2013
Robert Thomson,
News Corp
London General discussion Professional
9
September
2013
John Witherow,
The Times
London General discussion Professional
23
September
2013
Lloyd Embley &
Peter Willis, Daily
Mirror
Brighton General discussion Professional
23
September
2013
Tony Gallagher,
Daily Telegraph
Brighton General discussion Professional
24
September
2013
Alison Phillips,
Sunday Mirror
Brighton General discussion Professional
24
September
2013
David Dinsmore &
Victoria Newton,
The Sun
Brighton General discussion Professional
24
September
2013
Martin Ivens,
Sunday Times
Brighton General discussion Professional
25
September
2013
Geordie Greig,
Mail on Sunday
Brighton General discussion Professional
7 October Daily Mirror Pride London Awards ceremony
2013 of Britain Awards
30 October
2013
James Harding,
BBC News
London General discussion Professional
11
November
2013
Robert Thomson
& Will Lewis,
News Corp
New York General discussion Professional
25
November
2013
Alan Rusbridger,
The Guardian
London General discussion Professional
3
December
2013
Sky News
Christmas
reception
London Reception
16
December
2013
Christmas media
drinks reception
London Reception
16 January
2014
Westminster
correspondents
annual dinner
London Dinner
5 February
2014
Ian Katz,
Newsnight
London General discussion Professional
26
February
2014
Lionel Barber,
Financial Times
London General discussion Professional
27
February
2014
Lloyd Embley,
Daily Mirror
London General discussion Professional
7 May
2014
Amol Rajan, The
Independent
London General discussion Professional
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
None.
Douglas Alexander MP
1 July 2013 – 31 May 2014
Meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of relationship*
16 July
2013
Nicolai
Gentchev,
Editor BBC
Question
Time
London General Discussion Professional
1
September
2013
James
Harding,
Director of
BBC News
London General discussion Professional
23
September
2013
Tony
Gallagher,
Telegraph
Editor
Brighton Labour Party
conference
Professional
23
September
2013
John
Witherow,
Times Editor
Brighton Labour Party
conference
Professional
23
September
2013
Lisa
Markwell,
Independent
on Sunday
Editor
Brighton Labour Party
conference
Professional
24
September
2013
James
Harding,
Director of
BBC News
Brighton Labour Party
conference
Professional
24
September
2013
Martin Ivens,
Sunday
Times, Editor
Brighton Labour Party
conference
Professional
24
September
2013
Lloyd
Embley, Daily
Mirror
Brighton Labour Party
conference
Professional
24
September
2013
Peter Willis,
Daily Mirror
Brighton Labour Party
conference
Professional
24
September
2013
David
Dinsmore,
Sun editor
Brighton Labour Party
conference
Professional
10 October
2013
Ceri Thomas,
BBC News
Head of
Programmes
London General discussion Professional
12
December
2013
Tony
Gallagher,
Telegraph
London General discussion Professional
Editor
8 Jan 2014 Ian Katz,
Newsnight
editor
London General discussion Professional
29 Jan
2014
Nicolai
Gentchev,
BBC Question
Time Editor
London General discussion Professional
31 Jan
2014
Allan Rennie,
Daily Record
Editor
Glasgow General discussion Professional
21 March
2014
Mandy
Rhodes,
Holyrood
magazine
editor
Perth Conference Professional
31 March
2014
Evgeny
Lebedev
London Launch of London
Live
Professional
31 March
2014
Andrew
Mullins, Chief
Executive,
Independent
Media Group
London Launch of London
Live
Professional
2 April
2014
Nicolai
Gentchev,
BBC Question
Time Editor
London General discussion Professional
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
None.
Yvette Cooper MP
1 July 2013 – 31 May 2014
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of relationship*
23
September
2013
John Witherow,
Editor, The Times
Brighton General discussion Professional
23
September
2013
Sarah Sands, Editor,
The Evening Standard
Brighton General discussion Professional
23
September
2013
Lionel Barber, Editor,
The Financial Times
Brighton General discussion Professional
23
September
2013
Paul Johnson, Deputy
Editor, The Observer
Brighton General discussion Professional
24
September
2013
Geordie Grieg, Editor,
Mail on Sunday
Brighton General discussion Professional
11
February
2014
Alan Rusbridger,
Editor in Chief,
Guardian Newspapers
London General discussion Professional
17 March
2014
Sue Inglish,
Head of Political
Programmes, BBC
London General discussion Professional
1 April
2014
Victoria Newton,
Editor, Sun on Sunday
London General discussion Professional
6 May
2014
Sarah Sands, Editor,
Evening Standard
London General discussion Professional
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
None
Sadiq Khan MP
1 July 2013 – 31 May 2014
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of relationship*
23/09/2013 Lisa Markwell, Editor,
Independent on Sunday
Brighton General discussion Professional
23/09/2013 Tony Gallagher, Editor,
Daily Telegraph
Brighton Dinner Professional
24/09/2013 Geordie Grieg, Editor,
Mail on Sunday
Brighton General discussion Professional
27/01/2014 Rithika Siddharta, Deputy
Editor, Eastern Eye
London General discussion Professional
12/02/2014 Sarah Sands, Editor,
Evening Standard
London General discussion Professional
18/03/2014 Oly Duff, Editor, i London General discussion Professional
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
None.
Rosie Winterton MP
1 July 2013 – 31 May 2014
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
23/09/2013 Sky News at Labour Party
Conference Reception
Brighton Conference Reception
09/10/2013 Constantin Cotzias,
Chairman Bloomberg
London General discussion Professional
03/12/2013 Sky News Christmas
Reception
London Reception
04/12/2013 BBC Breakfast News London Breakfast meeting
with BBC Breakfast
and a number of MPs
13/12/2013 Chris Burton, Editor of
South Yorkshire
Newspaper
Doncaster Introductory Meeting Professional
24/04/2014 Richard Desmond –
Chairman – Northern and
Shell PLC
Doncaster Visit Professional
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
None.
Andy Burnham MP
1 July 2013 – 31 May 2014
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
23/09/13 Sarah Sands, Editor,
London Evening
Standard
Brighton General meeting Professional
24/09/13 Lionel Barber, Editor,
Financial Times
Brighton General meeting Professional
24/09/13 Lloyd Embley, Editor,
Daily Mirror
Brighton General meeting Professional
23/04/14 Steve Anderson-Dixon,
Managing Director NW,
Trinity Mirror; Eamonn
Oneal, Managing Editor,
Manchester Evening
News; Rupert Smith,
Head of
Communications, Trinity
Mirror; and Rob Irvine,
Editor, Manchester
Evening News
Manchester Dinner Professional
06/05/14 James Purnell, Director
of Strategy and Digital,
BBC
London Dinner Friend
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
Name Medium Frequency and density Nature of
relationship*
James Harding,
Director of News
and Current Affairs,
BBC
Phone call Once during this period Professional
James Purnell,
Director of Strategy
and Digital, BBC
Phone calls and meetings Once every couple of
months.
Friend
Alastair McLellan
Editor, Health
Service Journal
Phone calls Once every few months. Professional
Tristram Hunt MP
1 July 2013 – 31 May 2014
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
3/7/13 Fraser Nelson, Editor,
Spectator
London Reception Professional
16/10/13 Nick Linford, Editor and
Proprietor, FE Week
London General discussion Professional
2/12/13 Amol Rajan, Editor, The
Independent
London General discussion Professional
19/2/14 Lloyd Embley, Editor,
The Mirror
London Awards evening Professional
13/1/14 Paul Waugh, Editor,
Politics Home
London Interview Professional
30/4/14 Jonathan Derbyshire,
Managing Editor,
Prospect
London Interview Professional
1/5/14 James Harding, Director
of News and Current
Affairs, BBC; Ian Katz,
Editor; Newsnight; John
Thornhill, Deputy Editor,
FT
London General discussion Professional
4/6/14 Martin Ivens, Editor,
The Sunday Times
London Reception Professional
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
Name Medium Frequency and density Nature of
relationship*
Richard Bowyer,
Editor, The Sentinel
Calls and written
correspondence
Monthly Editor of local
constituency
newspaper
Chuka Umunna MP
1 July 2013 – 31 May 2014
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
4 July 2013 Visited BSkyB Skills
Academy with local school
students
London Visit to BskyB
with school
children
17 July 2013 Meeting with Dan
Doctoroff, CEO Bloomberg
(with Ed Miliband)
London General
discussion
Professional
21 August
2013
Powerful Media event London Attended
reception
20
September
2013
Evening Standard reception London Attended
reception
21
September
2013
Lloyd Embley, Editor-in-
Chief, Mirror Group
Brighton General
discussion
Professional
22
September
2013
Benedict Brogan, Deputy
Editor, Daily Telegraph
Brighton General
discussion
Professional
22
September
2013
New Statesman reception Brighton Attended
reception
23
September
2013
Sky News reception at
Labour Party Conference
Brighton Attended
reception
24
September
2013
Mirror reception at Labour
Party Conference
Brighton Attended
reception
24
September
2013
Alison Phillips, Weekend
Editor, Mirror & Sunday
Mirror
Brighton General
discussion
Professional
24 Lisa Markwell, Editor, Brighton General Professional
September
2013
Independent on Sunday discussion
25
September
2013
Geordie Grieg, Editor, Mail
on Sunday
Brighton General
discussion
Professional
7 October
2013
Daily Mirror’s Pride of
Britain awards
London Attended
Pride of Britain
23 October
2013
Powerlist 2014 organised
by Powerful Media
London Attended
dinner
5 November
2013
Amol Rajan, Editor, The
Independent
London General
discussion
Professional
7 November
2013
Attended Guardian
editorial conference
London Attended
Guardian
conference
19
November
2013
Spoke at lunch event
hosted by News UK
London Attended
lunch
11 December
2013
Gavin Patterson, CEO BT London General
discussion
Professional
12 December
2013
Evgeny Lebedev’s
Christmas Party
London Attended
reception
18 December
2013
Sunday Times Christmas
party
London Attended
reception
7 January
2014
Attended lunch event
organised by Daily Mirror
London Attended
lunch
7 January
2014
Attended Credit Suisse
event
London Attended
event
16 January
2014
Westminster
Correspondents Dinner
London Attended
dinner
22 January
2014
ITV Television Awards London Attended
awards dinner
23 January
2014
James Purnell, Director
Strategy and Digital, BBC
London General
discussion
Professional
30 January Press Gallery Lunch London Spoke at lunch
2014
30 January
2014
Kanya King, Founder and
CEO of MOBO
London General
discussion
Professional
11 February
2014
Spoke at entrepreneurship
event on panel with Kanya
King, CEO of MOBO
London Spoke at event
6 March
2014
Visit and tour of Global
Radio and met with Ashley
Tabor (Executive President,
Global Radio)
London Visit and
general
discussion
12 March
2014
Tom Mockridge, CEO Virgin
Media
London General
discussion
Professional
25 March
2014
Attended Esquire Magazine
reception and dinner event
London Attended
event
Professional
31 March
2014
Attended London Live TV
launch event
London Attended
reception
19 May 2014 Cristina Nicolotti Squires,
Editor Channel 5 News
London General
discussion
Professional
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
None.
Jim Murphy MP
1 July 2013 – 31 May 2014
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
23rd
September
2013
John Witherow, Editor of
the Times
Brighton General
discussion
Professional
23rd
September
2013
David Dinsmore, Editor of
the Sun
Brighton General
discussion
Professional
24th
September
2013
Lloyd Embley, Editor of the
Daily Mirror
Brighton General
discussion
Professional
25th
September
2013
Geordie Greig, Editor of the
Mail on Sunday
Brighton General
discussion
Professional
25th
September
2013
Gerrard Greaves, Deputy
Editor, Mail on Sunday
Brighton General
discussion
Professional
12th
November
2013
Alan Rennie, Editor in chief
of Media Scotland
Glasgow General
discussion
Professional
3rd
March
2014
Alan Rennie, editor in chief
of Media Scotland
Glasgow General
discussion
Professional
29th
April
2014
Mark Hollingshead, COO of
Trinity Mirror
London Dinner Professional
30th
May
2014
Alan Rennie, Editor-in-Chief
of Media Scotland
Glasgow Dinner Professional
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
None.
Hilary Benn MP
1 July 2013 – 31 May 2014
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media executives
No Meetings.
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
None.
Angela Eagle MP
1 July 2013 – 31 May 2014
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of relationship*
15 May
2014
Gary Jones,
Assistant
Editor, The
Mirror
London General discussion Professional
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
None.
Maria Eagle MP
1 July 2013 – 31 May 2014
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media executives
No Meetings.
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
None.
Caroline Flint MP
1 July 2013 – 31 May 2014
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media executives
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of relationship*
28 January
2014
Ben Preston,
Editor Radio
Times
London Radio Times Cover
Party
Professional
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
None.
Rachel Reeves MP
1 July 2013 – 31 May 2014
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of relationship*
23rd
Sept
2013
Tony Gallagher, Editor,
Daily Telegraph
Brighton Brief discussion Professional
23rd
Sept
2013
Jason Cowley, Editor,
New Statesman
Brighton Interview Professional
24th
Sept
2013
Geordie Greig, Editor,
Mail on Sunday
Brighton Lunch Professional
24th
Sept
2013
Lisa Markwell, Editor,
Independent on
Sunday
Brighton Brief discussion Professional
24th
Sept
2013
Alison Phillips, Editor,
Sunday Mirror
Brighton Brief discussion Professional
5th
Nov
2013
Lionel Barber, Editor,
The FT
London Dinner Professional
3rd
Dec
2013
Lisa Markwell, Editor,
Independent on
Sunday
London Lunch Professional
19th
Dec
2013
Peter Willis, Daytime
Editor, Daily Mirror
London Campaign event Professional
29th
Jan
2014
Alison Phillips, Editor,
Sunday Mirror
London Lunch Professional
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
None.
Gloria De Piero MP
1 July 2013 – 31 May 2014
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of relationship*
5/11/13 Rob Yates, Assistant
Editor, Observer
London Social Professional
22/11/13 Phil Bramley, Editor,
Mansfield and Ashfield
Chad
Ashfield General discussion Professional
27/11/13 Victoria Newton, Editor,
Sun on Sunday
London Lunch Professional
10/12/13 Kevin Maguire,
Associate Editor, Daily
Mirror
London Catch up Professional
17/12/13 Colin Myler, Editor, New
York Daily News
London Attended event Family friend
9/1/14 Jo Checkley, Associate
Editor, Woman’s Own
and Terry Tavner, Editor
at Large, Woman’s Own
Manchester Attended event Professional
26/3/14 Magazine Editor’s
Reception
London Reception Professional
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
None
Ivan Lewis MP
1 July 2013 – 31 May 2014
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media executives
None.
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
None.
Mary Creagh MP
1 July 2013 – 31 May 2014
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media executives
No Meetings.
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
None.
Jon Trickett MP
1 July 2013 – 31 May 2014
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media executives
No Meetings.
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
None.
Vernon Coaker MP
1 July 2013 – 31 May 2014
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media executives
None.
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
None.
Chris Leslie
1 July 2013 – 31 May 2014
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media executives
No Meetings.
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
None.
Margaret Curran MP
1 July 2013 – 31 May 2014
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
2 July 2014 Tony Hall, Director
General BBC
London General discussion Professional
25 July
2014
Allan Rennie,
Managing Director
and Editor in Chief of
Media Scotland
Glasgow General discussion Professional
28 August
2013
Magnus Llewellin,
Editor, The Herald
Glasgow General discussion Professional
7
November
2013
Magnus Llewellin,
Editor, The Herald
Edinburgh General Discussion Professional
17
December
2013
Ken MacQuarrie,
Director, BBC Scotland
and John Boothman,
Head of News, BBC
Scotland
London Breakfast Briefing Professional
18
December
2013
Rob Woodward, Chief
Executive, STV
London General Discussion Professional
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
None.
Owen Smith MP
1 July 2013 – 31 May 2014
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
24/02/14 Alan Edmunds
Editor Western
Mail and
MediaOnline.com
Cardiff General discussion Professional
26/11/13 Rhodri Talfan
Davies, Director,
BBC Cymru Wales
London General discussion Professional
23/09/13 James Harding,
BBC
Brighton General discussion Professional
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
None.
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon
1 July 2013 – 31 May 2014
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media executives
No Meetings.
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
None.
Lord Bassam of Brighton
1 July 2013 – 31 May 2014
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media executives
No Meetings.
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
None.
Liz Kendall MP
1 July 2013 – 31 May 2014
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
23.09.2013 Tony Gallagher,
Editor, and Benedict
Brogan, Deputy
editor, Daily
Telegraph
Brighton General discussion Professional
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
None.
Michael Dugher MP)
1 July 2013 – 31 May 2014
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
02-Jul-13 Andrew Harrod,
Editor of the
Barnsley Chronicle
London General discussion Professional
03-Sep-13 Will Lewis, Chief
Creative Officer for
News Corp
London Dinner with mutual
friend
Professional
24-Sep-13 Paul Johnson,
Deputy Editor of
the Guardian
Brighton Lunch Professional
24-Sep-13 Martin Ivens,
Editor of the
Sunday Times
Brighton General discussion Professional
24-Sep-13 Daily Mirror
reception at
Labour Party
conference
Brighton Attended reception Professional
24-Sep-13 Ben Brogan,
Deputy Editor,
Daily Telegraph
Brighton General discussion Professional
18-Oct-13 Andrew Harrod,
Editor of the
Barnsley Chronicle
Barnsley Judging panel for
Proud of Barnsley
Awards
Professional
02-Nov-13 Will Lewis, Chief
Creative Officer for
News Corp
Southwold Social drink Professional
15-Nov-13 Sir Nicholas
Hewitt, Proprietor
of the Barnsley
Chronicle and
Andrew Harrod,
Barnsley Proud of Barnsley
Awards
Professional
editor of the
Barnsley Chronicle
07-Dec-13 Kevin Maguire,
Associate Editor,
Daily Mirror
Barnsley Guest speaker at
Labour Party event
Professional
17-Dec-13 Colin Myler,
Editor-in-chief,
New York Daily
News
London Drinks Professional
19-Dec-13 Kevin Maguire,
Associate Editor,
Daily Mirror
Westminster Drinks reception Professional
03-Dec-13 John Ryley, Head
of News at Sky
News
London Drinks reception Professional
20-Jan-14 Laurance Durnan,
Editor of Political
Scrapbook
London General discussion Professional
04-May-
14
Andrew Harrod,
editor of the
Barnsley Chronicle
Barnsley Constituency event Professional
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and senior media
None
Emily Thornberry MP
1 July 2013 – 31 May 2014
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media executives
None
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and senior media
None
Lord Stewart Wood
1 July 2013 – 31 May 2014
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
3/7/2013 Spectator Summer
Party
London Attended drinks
Reception
16/7/2013 Lionel Barber,
Editor of The
Financial Times
London General discussion Professional
16/7/2013 Prospect Summer
Party
London Attended drinks
reception
2/9/2013 Editor of
Huffington Post UK
London General discussion Professional
9/9/2013 Tony Gallagher,
Editor of The
Telegraph
London Dinner Professional
19/9/2013 Evening Standard
Reception
London Attended drinks
reception
23/9/2013 John Witherow,
Editor of The Times
Brighton Drink Professional
24/9/2013 Lloyd Embley,
Editor of The
Mirror, Peter Willis,
Daytime Editor,
The Mirror
Brighton General discussion Professional
4/11/2013 Mark Ferguson,
Editor of LabourList
London Drink Professional
7/11/2013 Spectator
Parliamentary
Awards
London Attended awards
ceremony
3/12/2013 Emma Tucker,
Deputy Editor of
The Times
London Dinner Friend
13/12/2013 Ron Brownstein,
Editorial Director
Atlantic Media
London General discussion Professional
6/1/2014 Emma Tucker,
Deputy Editor of
The Times
London General discussion Friend
31/3/2014 Jamie Angus,
Editor, BBC Today
Programme
London General discussion Professional
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
None.
Jon Cruddas MP
1 July 2013 – 31 May 2014
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of relationship*
15 May
2014
Gary Jones,
Assistant
Editor, The
Mirror
London General discussion Professional
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
None.
*The Leveson Report recommends that members of the shadow cabinet should consider publishing
“the simple fact of long term relationships with media proprietors, newspaper editors or senior
executives which might be thought to be relevant to their responsibilities”. If appropriate, please
include in this column.
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