Members Of Parliament in Herne Hill, Inner London - Times Series

MPs: Tessa Jowell DBE MP; Valerie Shawcross CBE AM; Marina Yannakoudakis MEP;

Dulwich and West Norwood (House of Commons)

Dame Tessa Jowell DBE MP (Labour)

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West Norwood
Library Centre
Kingswood House
Brixton Advice Centre
East Dulwich
Community Centre
St. Matthew's Church
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Tessa Jowell MP
Your Local MP -
Working all year round in
Dulwich & West Norwood
Advice Sessions
No Appointment Needed
West Norwood Library Centre (Nettlefold Hall)
1-3 Norwood High Street, SE27 9JU 10am - 11.30am
(marked in orange on the calendar overleaf)
Kingswood House
Seeley Drive, SE21 8QR 1.30pm - 3pm
(marked in green on the calendar overleaf)
Brixton Advice Centre
167 Railton Road, SE24 0LU 10am - 11.30am
(marked in pink on the calendar overleaf)
East Dulwich Community Centre
46-64 Darrell Road, SE22 9NL 10am - 11.30am
(marked in blue on the calendar overleaf)
St Matthew fs Church, Lilford Road
115 Lilford Road, SE5 9HY 1.30pm - 3pm
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MP Since - 1992 Majority - 9,365 Born - 17/09/1947, Separated, 2 children, 3 step children.
Education - St Margaret's School, Aberdeen. Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Goldsmiths College, London University.
Previous Occupation - Health Specialist and Child Care Officer, Assistant Director MIND (1974-86), Director Birmingham Community Care Special Action (1987-90). Project Manager of the Mental Health Act Commission, Director of Community Care for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (1990-92). Member of TGWU & MSF Unions.

Personal Overview - Has risen fast through the ranks of Labour MPs since first entering Parliament, she has Local Government experience, and has progressed quickly in Government. She has a wide range of political interests, although she seems most strongly motivated by education & health issues (with experience of working in that area). Gained from the 2001 new Labour Government reshuffle, being promoted to lead the Department of Culture, Media & Sport. To date the only major issues have been related to her husband's business connections with Formula One during the Bernie Ecclestone controversy (over the sports exemption from a tobacco sponsorship ban following a £1m Labour party donation) and in connection with alleged corruption in Italy. Was moved to focus on the 2012 Olympics in Gordon Brown's initial Cabinet reshuffle. Gained additional responsibility at the June 2009 reshuffle as Minister for the Cabinet Office before losing office in 2010. She returned to the Shadow Olympics portfolio in October 2010 and gained extra responsibility shadowing the Cabinet Office in January 2011. Following the 2012 Olympics she stood down from her post after having served for nearly 20 years in both the Cabinet and Shadow Cabinet.

Political History - Cllr Camden BC (1971-86), MP Dulwich (1992-97), Member Health Select Committee (1992-94), Labour Whip (1994-95), Shadow Spokesman for Women (1995-96), Health (1994-95 & 1996-97), Minister for Public Health (1997-99), Minister of State at the Department of Education & Employment (1999-2001). Minister of State for Women (1999-2001, 2005-06). Secretary of State for Culture, Media & Sport (2001-07). Minister for the Olympics (2005-07), Olympics & London (2007-09), Paymaster General (2007-09). Minister for the Cabinet Office, the Olympics and London and Paymaster General (2009-10). Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office, Olympics and London (2010). Shadow Minister for the Olympics and London (2010-12). Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office (2011).

Characteristics - Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire DBE (2012). Seen as a safe political pair of New Labour hands capable of strong media performance. Her husband (an international corporate lawyer) was implicated over alleged corruption in Italy.

Business Tel: 020 7219 3409

Email: jowellt@parliament.uk

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Interests: Constitutional,General Trade & Industry,Women's Issues,Education & Training,Health,Human Rights,Social Security

Commitee membership

• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Body Image (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Group (Member)
• Royal Television Society Group (Vice Chairman)
• All-Party Parliamentary Weight Watchers Group (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Trinidad and Tobago (Member)

Lambeth and Southwark (Greater London Authority)

Ms Valerie Shawcross CBE AM (Labour)

GLA Member Since - 2000 Majority - 57,702 Born - N/a.
Education - Has a Masters Degree in Education.

Previous Occupation - Former Croydon Council Leader. Worked for the Inner London Education Authority. Development Project Manager with the Commonwealth Secretariat. Head of Public Affairs for the National Federation of Women's Institutes.

Personal Overview - Former Council Leader who has been involved in developing a London wide Public Sector intranet as Vice Chairman of the London Research Centre. Her interests include women's Issues (she is a former Labour Party National Women's Officer), the environment and participatory democracy.
Political History - Councillor, Croydon BC (1994-2000), former Education Committee Chairman and Council Leader (1997-2000). Member of the London Labour Party Regional Board. GLA Member Lambeth & Southwark (2000-). Member of the Standing Orders Committee (2000-01), Economic Development Committee and Audit Panel (2000-02), Economic & Social Development Committee (2002-05), Planning & Spatial Development Committee (2002-05), Deputy Chairman (2005-08). Chairman of the London Fire & Emergency Planning Authority (2000-). Lead Labour Group member on Skills, Training and Education (2000-08). Advisor in the Mayor's London Cabinet - Fire & Emergency Planning Portfolio (2000-08). Mayor's e-envoy on IT related issues (2000-08). Member of the Environment Committee (2004-08). Member of the Commission on London Governance (2005-08). Chair of the Transport Committee (2008-09), Deputy Chair (2009-10), Chair (2010-11), Deputy Chair (2011-). Member of the Budget and Performance Committee (2008-11). Member of the Confirmation Hearings Committee (2008-).
Other Information - Vice Chairman of the East London Research Centre.
All Party Groups - N/a.

Business Tel: 020 7983 4401

Email: valerie.shawcross@london.gov.uk

Interests: Environment,Constitutional,Economic Regeneration,Women's Issues,Education & Training,Youth Issues,Human Rights

Commitee membership

• Transport Committee (Vice Chairman)

London (European Parliament)

Ms Marina Yannakoudakis MEP (Conservative)

MEP Since - 2009 Born - 16/04/1956. Married, 3 children.
Education - Brunel University, BSC in Government, Politics and Modern History. Open University, MA in Education.
Previous Occupation - Financial Director of a family business (pan-European).

Personal Overview - Elected to the European Parliament from third place on the London Conservative Party list. Has been involved running a small business for over 23 years with experience negotiating in in Europe on behalf of her UK clients. She has campaigned to reduce regulation on business, reducing EU waste and fraud and on the sensible managing of migration. She also has experience raising funds for charity, as a former Chair of the Mayor of Barnet's Charity Appeal 2005/06 raising money for the mental health charity MIND.

Political History - Councillor, London Borough of Barnet. Has been Deputy Chairman of Chipping Barnet Conservative Association. MEP London Region (2009-). Membe rof the Delegation to the EU-Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-). Substitute member of the Delegation for relations with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo (2009-). Member of the Women's Rights and Gender Equality Committee (2009-). Member of the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee (2009-).

Other Information - School Governor. She was a Chairman of the Federation of Conservative Students at Brunel University and Chairperson for Communications on it's Student Union Executive. In her spare time she plays the saxophone and produces her own sculptures which she donates to charity.
Intergroups - N/a.

Email: marina.yannakoudakis@europarl.europa.eu

Interests: Business & Finance,Small Business,Local Government

Commitee membership

• Environment, Public Health & Food Safety (Member)
• Women's Rights & Gender Equality (Member)

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