Press Information

PARLIAMENTARY PRESS GALLERY 2006

Press Gallery
Email: press.gallery@virgin.net

Press Gallery Chairman
Robert Gibson 020 7219 3381

Press Gallery Secretary
Greg Hurst 020 7219 5284

Press Gallery Treasurer
Mike Steele 020 7219 4278

Press Gallery Administrator
Elizabeth Johnson 020 7219 4395

Lobby Chairman
Frank Prenesti 020 7219 6146

Lobby Secretary
Nick Assinder 020-7973-6010

Lobby Treasurer
Nigel Morris 020 7219 4392

Gallery Attendants 020 7219 5371

Press Bar 020 7219 4248

Press Dining Room/Cafeteria 020 7219 6406

Desk numbers should be prefixed by 020 7219 unless indicated differently.
In the following list an * against a name indicates Lobby Membership

NATIONAL DAILY NEWSPAPERS

The Times
Fax: 020 7782 5239

Philip Webster (Political Editor)* 5241
Rosemary Bennett* 6543
David Charter* 4751
Sam Coates 5284
Greg Hurst* 5284
Peter Riddell* 4751
Ann Treneman 5284
Administrator: David Maxwell 5241

Daily Telegraph
Fax: 020 7222 4650

George Jones (Political Editor)* 5719
Brendan Carlin* 3688
Toby Helm* 3687
Andrew Gimson 4927
Rachel Sylvester* 4690
Administrator: Abigail Wills 3685

Independent
Fax: 020 7334 0082

Andy Grice (Political Editor)* 4665
Nigel Morris* 4392
Colin Brown* 4392
Nigel Morris* 4392
Ben Russell 4392
Andy McSmith* 2037
Simon Carr
Steve Richards

Guardian
Fax: 020 7222 1321

Michael White (Political Editor)* 6143
Julian Glover* 6831
David Hencke* 6769
Simon Hoggart 6738
Patrick Wintour* 3681
Administrator: Kate Etheridge 0026

Financial Times
Fax: 020 7839 2084

James Blitz (Political Editor)* 4380
Christopher Adams* 6892
Ben Hall* 6142
Frederick Studemann 3680
Administrator: Natalie Coley 3675

Daily Mail
Fax: 020 7222 8024

Benedict Brogan (Political Editor)* 3679
James Chapman* 6140
Quentin Letts 020 7233 2413
Jane Merrick* 0616
Tim Shipman* 4680
Kirsty Walker*
Graeme Wilson* 6561
Gill Watmough (Administrator) 6894

Daily Express
Fax: 020 7233 3070

Macer Hall (Political Editor)* 3389
Alison Little* 3387
Gabriel Milland* 6149
Administrator: Jackie Murray 020 7925 2708

Daily Mirror

Oonagh Blackman (Political Editor)* 3639
Kevin Maguire* 6733
Rosa Prince 4377
Bob Roberts* 4359
Paul Routledge 4583

The Sun

George Pascoe-Watson 3337
(Political Editor)*
Trevor Kavanagh* 6144
Michael Lea* 0431
Andrew Porter* 4638
David Wooding* 0140

Daily Star 6572

Morning Star 020-8510-0815

Roger Bagley* 4681

Evening Standard

Joe Murphy (Political Editor)* 5718
Jason Beattie* 0052
Isabel Oakeshott* 4680
Paul Waugh* 4281
Anne McElvoy 020 7938 6000

The Herald
Fax: 020 7976 0945

Catherine Macleod* 6722
Mike Settle* 0156
Deborah Summers* 6147
Sally Hallam (Administrator)

The Scotsman

Fraser Nelson (Political Editor)*
Gerri Peev* 4370
James Kirkup* 6740

NATIONAL SUNDAY NEWSPAPERS

Sunday Times

David Craknell (Political Editor)* 5397
Yuba Bessaoud* 5397

Sunday Telegraph
Fax: 020 7839 0407

Patrick Hennessy (Political Editor) 6116
Melissa Kite* 0615
Matthew d'Ancona* 020 7538 7301

Independent on Sunday

Marie Woolf (Political Editor)* 5285
Francis Elliott* 2058
John Rentoul

Sunday Business

Allistair Heath* 6560

Observer

Gaby Hinsliff (Political Editor)* 6687
Ned Temko 3380
Andrew Rawnsley*

Mail on Sunday

Simon Walters (Political Editor)* 4730
Jonathan Oliver* 4386
Jason Lewis

Sunday Express

Julia Hartley Brewer (Political Editor)*
Kirsty Buchanan* 5596

Sunday Mirror

Vincent Moss* 4583/6733

Sunday People

Nigel Nelson (Political Editor)* 4583
020 7293 3059

News of the World

Ian Kirby (Political Editor)* 6768
Chris Buckland*
Keith Gladdis* 3386

Scotland on Sunday

Brian Brady* 6763

Sunday Herald
Jim Cuisick* 0156

Sunday Mercury
Gerri Peev* 2908/2035
020 7839 4784

REGIONAL NEWSPAPERS

Aberdeen Press & Journal
Fax: 020 7222 0706

David Perry* 4390
020 7222 0693

Birmingham Post & Mail

Jon Walker* 3765

Central Press

Bradford Telegraph & Argus
Southern Daily Echo
Oldham Evening Chronicle

Ian Drury* 6539

Brighton Argus
Oxford Mail
Worcester Evening News

Daniel Bentley-Gouldstone* 3385

Bristol Evening Post
North Wales Daily Post
Swindon Evening Advertiser
ITV West
Mark Hookham 1156

Liverpool Daily Post
Northern Echo

Rob Merrick* 5287

Western Daily Press
Public Servant
Fax: 020 7799 1026

Matthew George* 3673

Daily Record
Fax: 020 7222 8798

Pippa Crera* 3336

Derby Telegraph (Northcliffe Newspapers)

East Anglian Daily Times

Graham Dines* 4700

Eastern Daily Press
Chris Fisher* 3384
Ian Collins* 3339

Edinburgh Evening News
Fax: 020 7222 3164

Bill Jacobs* 4391

Liverpool Echo

Ian Hernon* 5396
020 7839 0642

Lancashire Evening Telegraph
Fax: 020 7222 3164
Bill Jacobs* 4391

Manchester Evening News
Fax & answerphone: 020 7222 1355
Ian Craig* 6672

Middlesborough Evening Gazette

William Doult* 4388

Newcastle Evening Chronicle
Fax: 020 7222 3164
Bill Jacobs* 4391

Newcastle Journal

Zoe Hughes (Political Editor)* 4389

Northcliffe Newpapers

Plymouth Evening Herald
Torquay Herald Express
Express & Echo
Gloucester Citizen;
Gloucestershire Echo
The Sentinel
Stoke-on-Trent
Hull Daily Mail
Grimsby Telegraph
Scunthorpe Telegraph
Lincolnshire Echo
Swansea Evening Post
Nottingham Evening Post
Leicester Mercury
Derby Telegraph

David Byers* 0875
Nick Lester* 3682
Caroline Wheeler* 4691

South Wales Echo/South Wales Argus

David Rose* 3383

Western Mail
Fax: 020 7839 1323

Tomos Livingstone (Political Editor)*4382

Western Morning News
Fax: 020 7222 4391

Jason Groves (London Editor)* 6742

Wolverhampton Express & Star

John Hipwood (Political Editor)* 3381
Sunita Patel 1307

Yorkshire Evening Post/Sheffield Star/Lancashire Evening Post
Fax: 020 7222 1321
Anne Alexander (Political Editor)* 6766

Yorkshire Post
Simon McGee 3674

MAGAZINES AND PERIODICALS

The Economist
Matthew Symonds*

New Statesman
Fax: 020 7828 1881

Spectator
Peter Oborne* 4700

Tribune
Chris McLaughlin* 020-7433-6415
Mark Seddon* 4700

IRISH NEWSPAPERS AND MEDIA

Belfast Telegraph
Fax: 020 7579 1073

Brian Walker* 6725

Independent Newspapers (Ireland) Ltd

Bernard Purcell (London Editor)* 020 7828 4070

Irish Press

Aiden Hennigan* 4700

Irish Times

Frank Millar* 4700

RTE - Irish Broadcasting

Brian O'Connell* 4700

AGENCIES

AFX News

Frank Prenesti* 6146

Associated Press
Fax: 020 7353 8118
Beth Gardiner 020-7427 4211

Bloomberg News
Rob Hutton* 020 7222 5241
Reed Landberg*

Gallery News

Robert Gibson* 2908/2035

Newspoint
Fax: 020 7222 0196
Kitty Donaldson 0577
Mike Steele 4278

PA News (Press Association)

Jon Smith (Political Editor)* 4299
Amanda Brown 4299/4282
Matt Chorley 4282
Joe Churcher* 4282
Gavin Cordon* 4299
Trevor Mason 4299/4282
Chris Meade 4299/4282
Chris Moncrieff* 4282
Vivienne Morgan 4282
Ben Padley 4282
Andy Woodcock* 4282
Nigel Williams 4282

Reuters
Katherine Baldwin* 5389
Madeline Chambers* 5389

Robinsons Parliamentary News Agency

Julian Robinson* 4283
Mike Peters* 4283

BROADCASTING MEDIA

Anglia TV
Emma Hutchinson 020 7222 3927

BBC
4 Millbank 020 7973 6000

Editor, Parliamentary Programmes
Gary Smith 020 7973 6000

Political Correspondents 020 7973 6050
Nick Robinson (Political Editor)* 020 7973 6001
Jonathan Beale*
Reeta Chakrabarti*
Joanne Coburn
John Devitt (World Service)*
James Hardy*
Martha Kearney (Newsnight)* 020 7973 6072
James Landale*
Shaun Ley*
John Pienaar*
Carolyn Quinn*
Paul Rowley*
Norman Smith*
Laura Trevelyan*
Carole Walker*

Regional Political Editors
Bob Ledwidge (Editor, Regional
Political Programmes) 020 7973 6170
Richard Moss (North East)* 07736 481129
Patrick Burns (West Midlands)* 0121 432 8308
Dave Harvey (West)* 07810 854035
Tim Dononvan (South East)* 020 7973 6167
Jim Hancock (North West)* 0161 244 3119
John Hess (East Midlands)* 07801 317273
Deborah McGurran (East)* 03744 679244
Peter Henley (South)* 02830 848125
Chris Rogers (South West)* 01752 234331
Len Tingle (North)

National Regional Correspondents
David Cornock (Wales)* 020 7973 6245
Lisa Costello (N Ireland) 020 7973 6334
David Porter (Scotland)* 020 7973 6187
John Stevenson (Wales)* 020 7973 6243

Parliamentary Correspondents
Sean Curran 020 7973 6024
Mark Darcy 020 7973 6195
Susan Hulme 020 7973 6194
Robert Orchard 020 7973 6194 Mobile: 07802 245677
David Willby 020 7973 6059

Press Gallery 020 7973 6010
Mobiles
Nick Assinder (BBC On Line)* 07710 615255
Sue Plimmer Clarke 07979 602065

Capital Radio Network
Fax: 0870 0567324

Brian Shallcross* 6729/28

ITV Central 020 7233 0203
Fax: 020 7222 1568

Peter Hayes* 020 7976 0412
Simon Mares* 020 7233 0203
Simon Garrett

GMTV

Gloria Depiero 3678
David Mills (Sunday Programme)*
Sue Jamieson*

Grampian TV
Michael Crow* 6724

Granada TV
Rishi Bhattacharya* 020 7233 2020 ext 207
Steven Roberts

ITV Wales
Nick Speed 4278
Lee Waters 4278

ITV West

Bob Constantine*
Rob Merrick* 5287

Independent Radio News (IRN)
Fax 020 7799 2114
Peter Murphy* 020 7799 2360

Independent Television News (ITN)
Fax 020 7222 9287
4 Millbank 020 7430 4900
Newsdesk (Grays Inn Road) 020 7430 4551

Press Gallery 020-7430-4991
3334/4387
Tom Bradby (Political Editor)*
James Birtles (News Editor)
Anne Lingley
Daisy McAndrew*
Angus Walker*
Libby Wiener*

Channel 4
Gary Gibbon (Political Editor)* 3334/4387
Cathy Newman*

Irish Broadcasting (RTE)

Brian O'Connell* 4700

Israel Radio

Fax 020 7431 6450
Jerry Lewis* 0452

London News Network
Simon Harris* 020 7233 2020 ext 214

London News Radio
Mark Demery* 4700

London Weekend Television (LWT)
Matthew Drury* 4700
Alaina MacDonald 4700

Meridian TV

Ben Burton* 6729
Simon Clemison* 6729

Scottish TV
Rae Stewart* 6724
Bernard Ponsonby* 6724

Sky TV News 020 7795 5500
Fax 020 7705 5501

Newsdesk 020 7705 5500
Adam Boulton (Political Editor)* 07802 779378
Jon Craig* 07703 502576
Peter Lowe
Glen Oglaza 07958 551145
Clare Parry
Jenny Percival* 07711 976680
Peter Spencer* 07711 976680

Tyne Tees TV
Gerry Foley* 6739

Ulster TV
Ken Reid* 5381

ITV West Country

Neil Bradford 020 7976 3399

Yorkshire TV
David Harrison* 6720