Shadow Cabinet Meetings
1 June 2015 – 31 May 2016
Shadow cabinet meetings with proprietors, editors and
senior media executives.
Andy Burnham MP
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
26/06/2015 Alison Phillips, Editor,
Sunday People
Peter Willis, Editor,
Daily Mirror
Roast, The
Floral Hall,
London, SE1
1TL
General
discussion
Professional
15/07/2015 Lloyd Embley, Editor in
Chief, Trinity Mirror
Peter Willis, Editor,
Daily Mirror
J Sheekey
Restaurant,
28-32 Saint
Martin's
Court,
London
WC2N 4AL
General
discussion
Professional
16/07/2015 Kath Viner, Editor in
Chief, Guardian
King’s Place
90 York Way
London N1
2AP
Guardian daily
conference
meeting
Professional
22/07/2015 Evgeny Lebedev,
proprieter,
Independent/Evening
Standard
Private
address
General
discussion
Professional
04/08/2015 Lloyd Embley, Editor in
Chief, Trinity Mirror
Grosvenor
Hotel, 101
Buckingham
Palace
Road,
London
SW1W 0SJ
General
discussion
Professional
16/05/2016 Eamonn O’Neal,
Managing Editor,
Manchester
Evening
General Professional
Manchester Evening
News
News,
Mitchell
Henry
House,
Hollinwood
Avenue,
Chadderton,
Oldham
OL9 8EF
discussion
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and
senior media executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
No such meetings
Angela Eagle MP
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
No such meetings
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and
senior media executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
No such meetings
Baroness Angela Smith
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
No such meetings
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and
senior media executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
No such meetings
Caroline Flint MP
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
No such meetings
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and
senior media executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
No such meetings
Catherine McKinnell MP
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
No such meetings
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and
senior media executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
No such meetings
Chris Bryant MP
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
09/06/15 Lord Charles Allen,
Chair Global Radio
Global
Radio
office
General
discussion
10/06/15 Chris Curtis, editor of
Broadcast Magazine
Parliament NUJ BBC rally
17/06/15 David Abraham, Ch 4
CEO & Sharon White,
Ofcom CEO
Parliament Channel 4
Parliamentary
Summer
Reception
23/06/15 Rona Fairhead, Chair
BBC Trust
Riding
House
Café
BBC discussion
25/06/15 Amol Rajan, Editor The
Independent
Charlotte
Street
Hotel
General
discussion
25/06/15 James Purnell, Director
BBC
Parliament BBC discussion
16/07/15 Stig Abell, Pia Sarma,
Guto Harri and Mark
Burr, News UK
News UK General
discussion
20/07/15 Bridget Shine, CEO &
Oliver Gadsby, Chair
Independent
Publishers Guild
Parliament General
discussion
21/07/15 John Wellington,
Managing Editor and
Geordie Greig, Mail on
Sunday
Mail on
Sunday
General
discussion
02/09/15 Tony Hall, BBC
Director-General
Parliament BBC discussion
07/09/15 Simon Millward
Director, Albion Media
Parliament General
discussion
09/09/15 Gavin Paterson, BT
CEO
Parliament General
discussion
10/12/15 Evgeny Lebedev London General
discussion
12/01/16 Lord Burns, Chair
Channel 4
Parliament Channel 4
dinner
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and
senior media executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
No such meetings
Chris Leslie MP
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
No such meetings
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and
senior media executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
No such meetings
Chuka Umunna MP
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
10/06/15 Jason Beattie PCH General
discussion
07/07/15 Amol Rajan PCH General
discussion
02/09/15 Tim Shipman Corinthia Hotel,
Northumberland
Avenue, WC2N
5AE
General
discussion
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and
senior media executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
No such meetings
Diane Abbott MP
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
No such meetings
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and
senior media executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
No such meetings
Emma Reynolds MP
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
No such meetings
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and
senior media executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
No such meetings
Emily Thornberry MP
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
30/06/2015 Beth Rigby Despatch
Box, PCH
(Westminster)
Coffee Professional
09/07/2015 Mark D'Arcy Emily's office BBC R4
interview re
Hunting Act
Professional
21/07/2015 Lucrezia Millarini GIR studio ITV interview re
out of hours
care
Professional
30/07/2015 Danny Shaw Constituency
Office
interview for
“File on 4” series
Professional
12/09/2015 Stephen Nolan North
Nineteen,
194-196
Sussex Way,
N19 4HZ
BBC Radio 5 Live
special
Professional
20/10/2015 Millbank
studios
ITV Good
Morning Britain
Professional
18/11/2015 Ben Riley-Smith
(Telegraph)
Strangers'
Dining Room
(Westminster)
Lunch Professional
19/11/2015 Brian Wheeler Emily's office
(Westminster)
Interview with
BBC on youth
unemployment
Professional
30/11/2015 Millbank Interview: BBC
News 24
Professional
19/01/2016 Tom McTague
(Political editor,
Barry Dining
Room
Lunch Professional
Independent on
Sunday)
20/01/2016 Chris Ship (Acting
Political Editor, ITV
News)
Despatch
Box, PCH
(Westminster)
Lunch Professional
22/01/2016 Paul Mason Emily's office
(Westminster)
Meeting Professional
21/01/2016 Carole Walker PCH Lunch Professional
11/02/2016 Nick Robinson Islington
Green
Euphorium
Breakfast Professional
19/02/2016 Camellia Sinclair Wolfson
College,
Cambridge,
CB3 9BB
Any Questions? Professional
21/03/2016 Steven Swinford
(Deputy Political
Editor- Telegraph)
Despatch
Box, PCH
(Westminster)
Coffee Professional
29/03/2016 Kate McCann (Daily
Telegraph)
Quirinale
Restaurant
Lunch Professional
09/05/2016 Andy Beckett
(Guardian)
N/A phone interview Professional
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and
senior media executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
02/06/2015 Altitude 360,
Millbank
Tower, SW1P
4QP
Sky News
summer
reception
06/07/2015 One Great
George
Street, SW1P
3AA
BBC News
reception
29/09/2015 Keats &
Shelley
Room,
Waterfront
Hotel, King's
Road, BN1
2GS
New Statesman
and People Plus
event: "Youth
unemployment:
how do you
prepare young
people for long-
term jobs?"
29/09/2015 Revolution
Party 77 West
St BN12RA
Mirror party
12/10/2015 State Rooms,
Speaker's
House
(Westminster)
BBC reception:
70th anniversary
of BBC Radio 4's
"Today in
Parliament"
22/01/2016 Guildhall,
London, EC2V
7HH
MILLIES - The Sun
Military Awards
09/02/2016 Jubilee Room
(Off
Westminster
Hall)
A Coffee and
Cake event with
women
journalists and
the Women’s PLP
Heidi Alexander MP
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
28/09/15 Sarah Sands – Editor,
The Evening
Standard
Brighton
Labour
Party
Conference
General
discussion
Professional
23/03/16 Laura Kuenssberg –
Political Editor, BBC
House of
Commons
General
discussion
Professional
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and
senior media executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
No such meetings
Hillary Benn MP
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
No such meetings
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and
senior media executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
No such meetings
Ian Murray MP
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
02/06/2015 Michael Settle (UK
Political Editor,
Herald)
Westminster Westminster
issues relating to
Scotland
Professional
09/07/2015 Elizabeth Rigby
(Deputy Political
Editor, FT)
Westminster Westminster
issues relating to
Scotland
Professional
31/07/2015 Magnus Llewelyn
(Editor, Herald)
Glasgow Westminster
issues relating to
Scotland
Professional
31/07/2015 Richard Walker
(Editor, The
National)
Glasgow Westminster
issues relating to
Scotland
Professional
19/08/2015 Murray Foote
(Group Editor,
Media Scotland)
Glasgow Westminster
issues relating to
Scotland
Professional
19/08/2015 Ian Small (Head of
Public Policy and
Corporate Affairs,
BBC)
Glasgow Westminster
issues relating to
Scotland
Professional
28/08/2015 Steve Morrison
(Non-Executive
Chairman, All3
Media)
Edinburgh Westminster
issues relating to
Scotland
Professional
08/09/2015 Torcuil Crichton
(Westminster
Editor, Daily
Record)
Westminster Westminster
issues relating to
Scotland
Professional
09/09/2015 James Lyons
(Deputy Political
Westminster Westminster
issues relating to
Professional
Editor, Sunday
Times)
Scotland
28/09/2015 Herald Editors Brighton Labour Party
Conference
Professional
28/09/2015 Scottish Lobby
Journalists
Brighton Labour Party
Conference
Professional
29/09/2015 Geordie Greig
(Editor, Mail on
Sunday)
Brighton Labour Party
Conference
Professional
30/09/2015 David Maddox
(Westminster
Political Editor, The
Scotsman)
Brighton Labour Party
Conference
Professional
21/10/2015 James Lyons
(Deputy Political
Editor, Sunday
Times)
Westminster Westminster
issues relating to
Scotland
Professional
22/10/2015 Francis Elliott
(Political Editor, The
Times)
Westminster Westminster
issues relating to
Scotland
Professional
17/11/2015 David Maddox
(Westminster
Political Editor, The
Scotsman)
Westminster Westminster
issues relating to
Scotland
Professional
18/11/2015 Damian Bates
(Editor in Chief,
Press and Journal)
Westminster Westminster
issues relating to
Scotland
Professional
14/12/2015 George Eaton
(Political Editor,
New Statesman)
Westminster Westminster
issues relating to
Scotland
Professional
16/12/2015 Jack Blanchard
(Deputy Political
Editor, Daily Mirror)
Westminster Westminster
issues relating to
Scotland
Professional
19/01/2016 George Eaton
(Political Editor,
Westminster Westminster
issues relating to
Professional
New Statesman) Scotland
19/01/2016 Alan Roden
(Political Editor,
Scottish Daily Mail)
Westminster Westminster
issues relating to
Scotland
Professional
21/01/2016 Toby Helm (Political
Editor, The
Observer)
Westminster Westminster
issues relating to
Scotland
Professional
27/01/2016 Michael Settle (UK
Political Editor,
Herald)
Westminster Westminster
issues relating to
Scotland
Professional
02/03/2016 Vanessa Elliott
(Head of Public
Affairs, BBC)
Westminster Westminster
issues relating to
Scotland
Professional
16/03/2016 Scottish Lobby
journalists
Westminster Westminster
issues relating to
Scotland
Professional
22/03/2016 Torcuil Crichton
(Westminster
Editor, Daily
Record)
Westminster Westminster
issues relating to
Scotland
Professional
17/05/2016 Isabel Hardman
(Assistant Editor,
Spectator)
Westminster Westminster
issues relating to
Scotland
Professional
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and
senior media executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
No such meetings
Ivan Lewis MP
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
No such meetings
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and
senior media executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
No such meetings
John Cryer MP
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
27/05/2015 Isabel Hardman,
Assistant Editor,
Spectator
London General
discussion
Professional
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and
senior media executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
No such meetings
John Healey MP
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
30/09/2015 Lisa Markwell
(Independent on
Sunday)
Brighton General
discussion
Professional
11/05/2016 Paul Waugh
(Huffington Post)
General
discussion
Professional
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and
senior media executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
No such meetings
John McDonnell MP
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
09/03/2016 Kath Viner Guardian
HQ, Kings
Cross
General
discussion
Professional
17/05/2016 Lloyd Embley LSO St
Luke’s, UBS
and LSO
Education
Centre.
General
discussion
Professional
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and
senior media executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
No such meetings
Jonathan Ashworth MP
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
No such meetings
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and
senior media executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
No such meetings
Jon Trickett MP
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
No such meetings
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and
senior media executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
No such meetings
Karl Turner MP
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
No such meetings
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and
senior media executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
No such meetings
Kate Green MP
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
17/07/2015 Peter Salmon BBC Media City
Salford
Briefing for
Greater
Manchester MPs
N/A
12/04/2016 James Purnell BBC Portcullis
House
To discuss BBC
diversity strategy
Known to me for
approx. 10 years
through Labour
party and Ministerial
roles
January
and
September
2015
Mary Fagan ITV January:
Marriott
County Hall
September:
Labour
party
conference
Dinner to brief
Labour MPs
N/A
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and
senior media executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
No such meetings
Kerry McCarthy MP
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
No such meetings
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and
senior media executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
No such meetings
Lillian Greenwood MP
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
No such meetings
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and
senior media executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
No such meetings
Lisa Nandy MP
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
16/12/2015 Kath Viner
Editor in Chief
Guardian News &
Media
King’s Place
90 York Way
London N1 2AP
28/09/2015 Mary Riddell
Assistant Editor
The Telegraph
Labour Party
Annual
Conference,
Brighton
29/09/2015 Martin Ivens, Editor,
Sunday Times
Labour Party
Annual
Conference,
Brighton
29/09/2015 John Witherow,
Editor, The Times
Labour Party
Annual
Conference,
Brighton
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and
senior media executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
No such meetings
Liz Kendall MP
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
03/06/2015 Lloyd Embley, Editor
in Chief, Mirror
Group, and Peter
Willis, Weekday
Editor, Daily Mirror
London General
discussion
Professional
10/06/2015 Guardian Editorial
Board
London Daily editorial
meeting followed
by discussion
Professional
15/07/2016 David Grigson
Chair, Trinity Mirror
Group
London General
discussion
Professional
22/07/2016 Evgeny Lebedev
Owner, Evening
Standard Ltd,
Independent Print
Ltd and London Live
London General
discussion
Professional
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and
senior media executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
Luciana Berger MP
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
No such meetings
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and
senior media executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
No such meetings
Lucy Powell MP
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
24/11/2015
Peter Willis (Editor,
Daily Mirror)
Roux at
Parliament
Square
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and
senior media executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
21-24
September
2015
Daily Mirror Senior
Executives
Lloyd Embley,
Editor, Mirror Group
newspapers
Peter Willis, Editor,
Daily Mirror
Alison Philips,
Editor, Sunday
Mirror
Simon Fox, Trinity
Mirror, CEO
Brighton,
Labour
Party
Conference
Met during
events at Party
conference
Maria Eagle MP
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
13/01/2016 Tony Hall – BBC
Director General
James Purnell – BBC
Director of Strategy
Maria
Eagle
office
General
discussion
Professional
20/01/2016 David Abrahams –
Chief Executive – C4
Portcullis
House
General
discussion
Professional
20/01/2016 Rona Fairhead and
Alex Towers
BBC Trust
Portcullis
House
General
discussion
Professional
27/01/2016 Richard Lloyd –
Executive Director,
Which?
Maria
Eagle
office
Discuss
telecoms
Professional
08/02/2016 Heather Stewart –
Political Editor –
Guardian
Portcullis
House
General
discussion
Professional
08/02/2016 Ian Burrell – Assistant
Editor – Independent
Portcullis
House
General
discussion
Professional
15/03/2016 Katherine Viner –
Editor in Chief –
Guardian
Kings
Place
90 York
Way
Newspaper’s
strategy
Professional
13/04/2016 Sahir Shah – Chief
Executive - Juniper TV
Maria
Eagle
office
General
discussion
Professional
09/05/2016 Rob Woodward – STV
CEO
Portcullis
House
STV regulatory
priorities
Professional
25/05/2016 Sahir Shah Maria
Eagle
office
General
discussion
Professional
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and
senior media executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
14/01/2016 Vanessa Elliot – BBC
Head of Public
Affairs
New
Broadcast
House
Briefing Professional
Mary Creagh MP
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
No such meetings
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and
senior media executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
No such meetings
Michael Dugher MP
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
02/06/2015 John Ryley, Head of
Sky News and Sky
News staff
London Sky News
Summer
Reception
Professional
04/06/2015
William Lewis, Chief
Executive Officer of
Dow Jones and
Publisher of The
Wall Street Journal
and Rhidian Wynn
Davies, Executive
London Dinner with
mutual friend Professional
Officer at News Corp
13/07/2015
Peter Willis,
weekday editor of
The Mirror
London Lunch with
mutual friend Professional
15/07/2015
Peter Willis,
weekday editor of
The Mirror
London Lunch with Andy
Burnham Professional
16/07/2015
William Lewis, Chief
Executive Officer of
Dow Jones and
Publisher of The
Wall Street Journal,
Rhidian Wynn
Davies, Executive
Officer at News Corp
and John Witherow,
Editor, The Times
London Attended
sporting event Professional
28/09/2015 Martin Ivens, Editor
of the Sunday Times
Brighton
(Labour
Party
Conference)
The Times and
Sunday Times
Reception
Professional
28/09/2015
John Kampfner,
Chief Executive of
the Creative
Industries
Federation and
James Heath,
Director of Policy,
BBC
Brighton
(Labour
Party
Conference)
Appeared on
the same
platform at a
speaking event
about Arts,
Culture &
Creativity after
the election
Professional
28/09/2015 Various from Sky
News
Brighton
(Labour
Party
Conference)
Sky News
Reception Professional
29/09/2015
Tony Gallagher,
Editor of the Sun
and Trevor
Kavanagh, Associate
Editor of The Sun
Brighton
(Labour
Party
Conference)
The Sun
Reception Professional
29/09/2015
Geordie Greig,
Editor of the Mail on
Sunday and Gerard
Greaves, Deputy
Editor of The Mail on
Sunday
Brighton
(Labour
Party
Conference)
General
discussion Professional
29/09/2015 Martin Ivens, Editor
of the Sunday Times
Brighton
(Labour
Party
Conference)
Lunch and
general
discussion
Professional
29/09/2015
Lloyd Embley,
Editor-in-chief,
Trinity Mirror and
Peter Willis,
weekday editor of
The Mirror
Brighton
(Labour
Party
Conference)
Mirror
Reception Professional
10/10/2015
Jane Luca,
Controller, External
Affairs, ITVq
Manchester Sporting event Professional
12/10/2015 Miscellaneous London
UK Music
Reception for
“Let it Beeb”
campaign
Professional
12/10/2015
Tony Hall, Director-
General of the BBC
and BBC staff
London
Reception to
celebrate the
70th anniversary
of BBC Radio 4’s
Today in
Parliament
Professional
14/10/2015
James Purnell,
Director of Strategy
and Digital at the
BBC
London General
discussion Professional
22/10/2015
Mary Fagan, Group
Communications
and Corporate
Affairs Director, ITV
London
Lunch and
general
discussion
Professional
03/11/2015
Alan Davey,
Controller, BBC
Radio 3 and staff
London
BBC Radio 3 in
the House
reception
Professional
16/11/2015
Jane Martinson,
Head of Media at
the Guardian
London General
discussion Professional
18/11/2015
Peter Willis,
weekday editor of
The Mirror
London
Lunch and
general
discussion
Professional
08/12/2015
Kevin Schofield,
Editor, Politics Home London
Interview for
House Magazine Professional
15/12/2015
David Abraham,
Chief Executive of
Channel 4
London General
discussion Professional
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and
senior media executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
No such meetings
Nia Griffith MP
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
No such meetings
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and
senior media executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
No such meetings
Owen Smith MP
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
30/09/2015 Meeting with
Geordie Greig, Mail
on Sunday
Brighton General
Discussion
Professional
03/11/2015 Meeting with Kevin
Maguire, Mirror
London General
Discussion
Professional
15/12/2015 Meeting with Joe
Murphy, Evening
Standard
London General
Discussion
Professional
12/01/2016 Meeting with
Heather Stewart,
Guardian
London General
Discussion
Professional
28/01/2016 Meeting with Laura
Kuenssberg, BBC
London General
Discussion
Professional
19/04/2016 Meeting with Hugh
Whittow, Daily
Express
London General
Discussion
Professional
27/04/2016 Meeting with Toby
Helm, Observer
London General
Discussion
Professional
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and
senior media executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
No such meetings
Pat Glass MP
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
No such meetings
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and
senior media executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
No such meetings
Rachel Reeves MP
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
No such meetings
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and
senior media executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
No such meetings
Rosie Winterton MP
Opposition Chief Whip’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
16/07/2015 James
Mitchinson
Opposition
Chief Whips’
Office,
House of
Commons
Meeting with local
newspaper editor. At the
time Editor of the Sheffield
Star, now Editor of the
Yorkshire Post.
14/08/2015 James
Mitchinson
Telephone
call
Telephone call with local
newspaper editor. At the
time Editor of the Sheffield
Star, now Editor of the
Yorkshire Post.
Other interaction between the Opposition Chief Whip and proprietors, editors and
senior media executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
No such meetings
Seema Malhotra MP
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
24/09/2015
Jack Blanchard,
Daily Mirror
London
General
discussion
Professional
8/09/2015
Lisa Markwell,
Editor & Jane
Merrick, Political
Editor, Independent
on Sunday
Labour
Party
Conference,
Brighton
General
discussion
Professional
19/10/2015
Laura Kuenssberg,
BBC Political Editor
London
General
discussion
Professional
04/11/2015
Heather Stewart,
The Guardian
London
General
discussion
Professional
17/11/2015
Heather Stewart,
The Guardian
London
Meeting re
Autumn
Statement
interview
Professional
10/12/2015
Francis Elliott,
Political Editor, The
Times
London
General
discussion
Professional
04/02/2016
Heather Stewart &
Anushka Asthana,
Political Editors, The
Guardian
London
General
discussion
Professional
17/02/2016 Martin Wolf,
Financial Times
London
General
discussion
Professional
01/03/2016
Alan Beattie,
International
Economy Editor,
Financial Times
London
General
discussion
Professional
26/04/2016
David Wooding,
Associate Political
Editor, The Sun
London
General
discussion
Professional
09/05/2016
Steven Swinford,
Deputy Political
Editor, The
Telegraph
London
General
discussion
Professional
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and
senior media executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
27/09/2015
The Times & Sunday
Times Reception
Labour
Party
Conference,
Brighton
Attended event –
editors and
executives in
attendance
Professional
27/09/2015
New Statesman
Reception
Labour
Party
Conference,
Brighton
Attended event –
editors and
executives in
attendance
Professional
28/09/2015
Fabian Society
Fringe Panel Event
Labour
Party
Conference,
Brighton
Panel Event –
Heather Stewart,
Guardian
Economics Editor
in attendance
Professional
28/09/2015
Sky News Reception
Labour
Party
Conference,
Brighton
Attended event –
editors and
executives in
attendance
Professional
29/09/2015
SMF Fringe -
"Savings in the
Balance"
Labour
Party
Conference,
Brighton
Panel Event –
editors in
attendance
Professional
29/09/2015
Mirror Conference
Party
Labour
Party
Conference,
Brighton
Attended event –
editors and
executives in
attendance
Professional
19/11/2015
Press Gallery Lunch
Attended event –
editors and
executives in
attendance
Professional
24/11/2015
Comments Awards
2015
Attended event –
editors and
executives in
attendance
Professional
16/12/2015
SMF Breakfast
Roundtable
Roundtable
Event – editors in
attendance
Professional
08/04/2016
Atlantic
Partnerships
Breakfast
Attended event –
editors and
executives in
attendance
Professional
18/05/2016
CBI Annual Dinner
Attended event –
editors and
executives,
including Larry
Elliott, Guardian
Economics
Editor, in
attendance
Professional
20/05/2016
Asian Voice Charity
Awards 2016
Attended event –
editors and
executives in
attendance
Professional
Shabana Mahmood MP
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
No such meetings
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and
senior media executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
No such meetings
Stephen Timms MP
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
10/08/2015 Peter Kerridge,
Chief Executive,
Premier Radio
Westminster Discussion
surrounding
Digital One
licence.
n/a
01/09/2016 Daniel Butler, Head
of Public Affairs,
Virgin Media
Westminster Discussion of the
future of the
Digital Economy
in the UK.
n/a
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and
senior media executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
No such meetings
Lord Steve Bassam
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
No such meetings
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and
senior media executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
No such meetings
Tom Watson MP
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
28/09/2015 Kath Viner – Editor,
Guardian
Brighton,
Labour Party
Conference
Introductory
meeting.
10/2015 Keith Harrison –
Editor
Wolverhampton
Express and Star
Express and
Star Office,
Wolverhampton
Discussion of
local political
issues and
interview.
29/09/2015 Lloyd Embley Brighton,
Labour Party
conference
General
discussion.
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and
senior media executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
No such meetings
Tristram Hunt MP
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
No such meetings
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and
senior media executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
No such meetings
Vernon Coaker MP
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
No such meetings
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and
senior media executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
15/10/2015 CEO and senior
executives of Irish
News (Fitzpatrick
family)
Belfast
Harbour
Commission
Office
Lunch and
address by
former RSA
President FD de
Kerk
Jeremy Corbyn MP
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
29/09/2015 Lloyd Embley, Mirror
Peter Willis, Mirror
Labour
conference
Met at Mirror
reception
29/09/2015 Kath Viner, Guardian Labour
conference
Met at Mirror
reception
09/10/2015 Murray Foote, Daily
Record
19/12/2015 Ben Chako, Morning
Star
08/2016 Eric Gordon,
Islington Tribune
24/09/2016 Lloyd Embley, Mirror Labour
conference
25/09/2016 Kath Viner, Guardian Labour
conference
03/12/2016 Jason Cowley, New
Statesman
Prague
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and
senior media executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
Yvette Cooper MP
Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media
executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
06/2015 John Witherow
The Times editorial
board
Offices of
The Times,
London
Meeting to
discuss Labour
leadership
election.
26/06/2015 Financial Times
summer party
Annual event
hosted by the
Financial Times
Invited to attend as a
Shadow Cabinet
member
07/07/2015 Guardian editorial
team
Guardian
HQ,
London
Meeting to
discuss
Leadership
Election
16/07/2015 Jason Cowley
New Statesman
Parliament Meeting to
discuss
Leadership
Election
22/07/2015 Evgeny Lebedev Portland
Place
Meeting to
discuss
Leadership
Election
23/07/2015 Alison Philips and
Lloyd Embley – The
Mirror
Offices of
The Mirror,
London
Meeting to
discuss
Leadership
Election
Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and
senior media executives
Date Name Location Purpose Nature of
relationship*
02/06/2015 Sky News summer
reception
Attitude
London
Annual summer
reception
hosted by Sky
News to
Invited by Sky News
as a member of the
Shadow Cabinet to
celebrate new
celebrate the
new Parliament
Parliament and
discuss the media
industry
11/06/2015 Alan Rusbridger
farewell drinks
Guardian
HQ,
London
Drinks to
celebrate the
resignation of
Mr Rusbridger
as Editor-in-
chief of the
Guardian
Invited as a member
of the Shadow
Cabinet
15/06/2015 Nick Robinson Pont Street
Restaurant,
20
Chesham
Place,
London,
SW1X 8HQ
Attended
launch of Nick
Robinson’s book
24/06/2015 ITV Summer
Reception
College
Green,
London
Annual
summer
reception
hosted by ITV.
Invited as a member
of the Shadow
Cabinet
Ends