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| − | [[File:Jim Dowd.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Jim Dowd]] | + | [[File:Jim Dowd.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Jim Dowd]]'''Jim Dowd''' has been [[Labour Party]] MP for Lewisham West since 2007. |
| − | Jim Dowd has been [[Labour Party]] MP for Lewisham West since 2007. Dowd was listed as a 'parliamentary patron' to [[TOAST]].<ref>This list of patrons | + | |
| + | In the 2015 general election, Dowd retained his seat with a healthy 51 per cent of the vote and a majority of 12,714 over his closest rival [[Russell Jackson]]. | ||
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| + | In 2007 Dowd was listed as a 'parliamentary patron' to [[TOAST]].<ref>This list of patrons remained on the TOAST website as of 18 December 2007: [http://www.toast-uk.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=153&Itemid=137 Parliamentary Patrons], accessed 18 December 2007.</ref> In response to a letter of enquiry Dowd stated that as far as he was aware he had not been approached to be a patron and while he had met with representatives of TOAST, he did not act in any advisory or 'patron' capacity.<ref>Telephone conversation between Jim Dowd and David Miller, 18 December 2007</ref> | ||
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:Further to our telephone conversation I can confirm that I have no recollection of ever being asked, or agreeing to serve as a Patron of TOAST. In any event, apart from attending one or more of their occasional receptions at the Commons, I cannot recall any other direct contact with them - except for the appearance of one of their members as a witness before the Health Select Committee. I was also unaware of the source of any their of funding as, so far as I can understand it, were the other members of the committee who took part in the enquiry into obesity, to whom I have spoken.<ref>From: Jim Dowd [mailto:xxx] Sent: 28 December 2007 14:13 To: David Miller Subject: Fw: TOAST</ref> | :Further to our telephone conversation I can confirm that I have no recollection of ever being asked, or agreeing to serve as a Patron of TOAST. In any event, apart from attending one or more of their occasional receptions at the Commons, I cannot recall any other direct contact with them - except for the appearance of one of their members as a witness before the Health Select Committee. I was also unaware of the source of any their of funding as, so far as I can understand it, were the other members of the committee who took part in the enquiry into obesity, to whom I have spoken.<ref>From: Jim Dowd [mailto:xxx] Sent: 28 December 2007 14:13 To: David Miller Subject: Fw: TOAST</ref> | ||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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[[Category:MP|Dowd, Jim]] [[Category:British Politician|Dowd, Jim]][[Category:Labour Party|Dowd, Jim]] | [[Category:MP|Dowd, Jim]] [[Category:British Politician|Dowd, Jim]][[Category:Labour Party|Dowd, Jim]] | ||
Revision as of 08:40, 12 May 2015
Jim Dowd has been Labour Party MP for Lewisham West since 2007.
In the 2015 general election, Dowd retained his seat with a healthy 51 per cent of the vote and a majority of 12,714 over his closest rival Russell Jackson.
APPG controversy=
In 2007 Dowd was listed as a 'parliamentary patron' to TOAST.[1] In response to a letter of enquiry Dowd stated that as far as he was aware he had not been approached to be a patron and while he had met with representatives of TOAST, he did not act in any advisory or 'patron' capacity.[2]
In a later email Dowd wrote:
- Further to our telephone conversation I can confirm that I have no recollection of ever being asked, or agreeing to serve as a Patron of TOAST. In any event, apart from attending one or more of their occasional receptions at the Commons, I cannot recall any other direct contact with them - except for the appearance of one of their members as a witness before the Health Select Committee. I was also unaware of the source of any their of funding as, so far as I can understand it, were the other members of the committee who took part in the enquiry into obesity, to whom I have spoken.[3]
Notes
- ↑ This list of patrons remained on the TOAST website as of 18 December 2007: Parliamentary Patrons, accessed 18 December 2007.
- ↑ Telephone conversation between Jim Dowd and David Miller, 18 December 2007
- ↑ From: Jim Dowd [1] Sent: 28 December 2007 14:13 To: David Miller Subject: Fw: TOAST
