PARLIAMENTARY PRESS GALLERY 2008
Press Gallery Chairman
Colin Brown (The Independent)
Press Gallery Hon Secretary
Ben Russell (The Independent)
Press Gallery Hon Treasurer
Mike Steele (Newspoint)
Press Gallery Administrator
Elizabeth Johnson
Lobby Chairman
Adam Boulton (Sky News)
Lobby Hon Secretary
Nick Assinder (BBC)
Lobby Hon Treasurer
Nigel Morris (The Independent)
In the following list an * against a name indicates Lobby Membership
NATIONAL DAILY NEWSPAPERS
Daily Express
Macer Hall (Political Editor)*
Alison Little*
Gabriel Milland*
Daily Mail
Benedict Brogan (Political Editor)*
James Chapman*
Ian Drury*
Quentin Letts
Daniel Martin
Jane Merrick*
Daily Mirror
Bob Roberts (Political Editor)*
James Lyons*
Kevin Maguire*
Paul Routledge
Daily Telegraph
Andrew Port (Political Editor)*
Andrew Gimson
James Kirkup*
Rose Prince*
Rachel Sylvester*
Robert Winnett (Deputy Political Editor)*
Evening Standard
Joe Murphy (Political Editor)*
Jason Beattie*
Nic Cecil*
Pippa Crerar*
Paul Waugh (Deputy Political Editor)*
Anne McElvoy*
Financial Times
George Parker (Political Editor)*
Christopher Adams*
Alex Barker*
Jimmy Burns*
Jean Eaglesham*
Guardian
Patrick Wintour (Political Editor)*
Michael White*
Tania Branigan*
David Hencke*
Simon Hoggart
Will Woodward (Chief Political Correspondent)*
Independent
Andrew Grice (Political Editor)*
Colin Brown (Deputy Political Editor)*
Andy McSmith*
Nigel Morris*
Ben Russell
Simon Carr
Steve Richards*
Morning Star(appointment pending)
The Herald
(Political Editor appointment pending)*
Mike Settle*
The Scotsman
(Political Editor appointment pending)
Gerri Peev*
The SunGeorge Pascoe-Watson (Political Editor)*
Michael Lea*
Trevor Kavanagh*
Graeme Wilson*
David Wooding*
The Times
Philip Webster (Political Editor)*
Sam Coates*
Francis Elliott*
Greg Hurst*
Peter Riddle*
Ann Treneman
NATIONAL SUNDAY NEWSPAPERS
Independent on Sunday
(Political Editor appointment pending)*
Brian Brady*
John Rentoul*
Mail on Sunday
Simon Walters (Political Editor)*
Brendan Carlin*
Jonathan Oliver*
Jason Lewis*
News of the World
Ian Kirby (Political Editor)*
Jamie Lyons*
Observer
Nick Watt (Political Editor)*
Ned Temko*
Andrew Rawnsley*
Scotland on Sunday
Jenny Percival*
Sunday Business
Allistair Heath*
Sunday Express
Julia Hartley Brewer (Political Editor)*
Kirsty Buchanan*
Jason Groves*
Sunday Mirror
Vincent Moss (Political Editor)*
Sunday People
Nigel Nelson (Political Editor)*
Eben Black*
Sunday Telegraph
Patrick Hennessy (Political Editor)*
Melissa Kite*
Sunday Times
David Cracknell (Political Editor)*
Marie Woolf (Whitehall Editor)*
Alan Schofield (Deputy Political Editor)*
REGIONAL NEWSPAPERS
Aberdeen Press & Journal
David Perry*
Birmingham Post & Mail
Jon Walker*
Cambridge Evening News
Bill Jacobs*
Daily Record
(appointment pending)
East Anglian Daily Times
Graham Dines*
Eastern Daily Press
Chris Fisher*
Ian Collins*
Liverpool Echo
Ian Hernon*
Manchester Evening News
Ian Craig*
Middlesborough Evening Gazette
William Doult*
Newcastle Journal
Will Green (Political Editor)*
Northcliffe Newspapers
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 TelegraphNick Lester*
Jonathan Reed
Caroline Wheeler*
PA Lobby Extra
Bristol Evening Post
North Wales Daily Post
Belfast Telegraph
ITV West
Sam Lister*
Brighton Argus
Oxford Mail
Southern Daily Echo
Andy Tate*
Bradford Telegraph & Argus
Carlisle News & Star
Oldham Evening Chronicle
Anika Bourley*
Liverpool Daily Post
Northern Echo
Rob Merrick*
Western Daily Press
Public Servant
Matthew George*
South Wales Echo
South Wales Argus
David Rose
Western Mail
Tomos Livingstone*
Western Morning News
Matthew Chorley (London Editor)*
Wolverhampton Express & Star
John Hipwood (Political Editor)*
Sunita Patel*
Yorkshire Evening Post
Sheffield Star
Lancashire Evening Post
Mark Hookham (Political Editor)*
Yorkshire Post
(Political Editor appointment pending)
IRISH NEWSPAPERS AND MEDIA
Irish Press
Aiden Hennigan*
Irish Times
Frank Millar*
RTE – Irish Broadcasting
Brian O’Connell*
AGENCIES
AFX News
Frank Prenesti*
Associated Press
David Stringer
Bloomberg News
Rob Hutton*
Kitty Donaldson
Gonzalo Vina*
Gallery News
Robert Gibson*
PA News (Press Association)
Jon Smith (Political Editor)*
Daniel Bentley-Gouldstone*
Amanda Brown
Joe Churcher*
Gavin Cordon*
Jack Doyle
David Hughes
Trevor Mason
Chris Meade
Chris Moncrieff*
Vivienne Morgan*
James Tapsfield*
Nigel Williams
Andy Woodcock*
Reuters
Katherine Baldwin*
Adrian Croft*
Sophie Walker*
Robinsons Parliamentary News Agency
Julian Robinson*
Mike Peters*
BROADCASTING MEDIA
BBC
Head of Political ProgrammesSue Inglish
Editor, Political News
Gary Smith
Political Correspondents
Nick Robinson (Political Editor)*
Reeta Chakrabarti*
Joanne Coburn*
John Devitt (World Service)*
James Hardy*
Martha Kearney (Newsnight)*
James Landale*
Shaun Ley*
John Pienaar*
Paul Rowley*
Norman Smith*
Carole Walker*
Regional Political Editors
Bob Ledwidge (Editor, Regional Political Programmes)
Richard Moss (North East)*
Patrick Burns (West Midlands)*
Dave Harvey (West)*
Tim Donovan (South East)*
David Woodthorpe (North West)
John Hess (East Midlands)*
Deborah McGurran (East)*
Peter Henley (South)*
Chris Rogers (South West)*
Len Tingle (North)
National Regional Correspondents
David Cornock (Wales)*
Ruth Macdonald*
David Porter (Scotland)*
Parliamentary Correspondents
Sean Curran*
Mark Darcy
Susan Hulme
Robert Orchard
David Willby
Press Gallery
Nick Assinder (BBC On Line)*
Sue Plimmer Clarke
G Cap Media
Brian Shallcross*
GMTV
Gloria Depiero*
David Mills (Sunday Programme)*
Katie Myler
Sue Jamieson*
Independent Radio News (IRN)
Peter Murphy*
Independent Television News (ITN)
Tom Bradby (Political Editor)*
Toby Castle (News Editor)*
Anne Lingley
Daisy McAndrew*
Chris Ship*
Libby Wiener*
Channel 4 News
Gary Gibbon (Political Editor)*
Robert Hamilton*
Cathy Newman*
Rob Thomson*
ITV Anglia
Philip Gomm*
David Hughes*
Emma Hutchinson*
ITV Central
Alex Forrest*
Simon Mares*
ITV Meridian
Ben Burton*
Phil Hornby*
Sally Mules*
ITV Wales
Nick Speed
ITV West
Bob Constantine*
Rob Merrick*,/
ITV Westcountry
Scottish TV
Rae Stewart*
Bernard Ponsonby
Sky TV News
Adam Boulton (Political Editor)*
Jon Craig*
Peter Lowe
Glen Oglaza*
Clare Parry
Niall Patterson*
Peter Spencer*
Tyne Tees TV
Gerry Foley*
Ulster TV
Ken Reid*
