Working Hard for North Durham

About Kevan

Kevan Jones is the Labour Member of Parliament for North Durham.

Born in Nottinghamshire in 1964, son of a miner, he went to comprehensive school in Worksop and graduated in government and public policy at Newcastle Polytechnic and put down strong roots in the North East.

Political Background

Kevan was parliamentary assistant to Nick Brown MP for four years, then political officer for the GMB, rising to be regional organiser and finally senior national organiser in 1999. During his time at the GMB Kevan led the union’s campaign for compensation for the industrial victims of asbestos. He helped to re-establish the Northern Region Labour Party, and chaired it for two years.

During the 1997 General Election Kevan was campaign co-ordinator in Stockton South, when Labour regained the seat with a massive swing. Between 1990 and 2001 Kevan served as a councillor on Newcastle City Council, Cabinet member for development, Chief Whip and committee chairman on development and transport and public health.

Elected in 2001

In 2001, Kevan was elected Member of Parliament for North Durham. During his first parliament he served as a member of the Defence Committee and also succeeded in getting his own Private Member’s Bill on to the statute book, to prevent big stores from opening on Christmas Day.

Kevan also campaigned on behalf of people who had had coal health compensation deducted by unscrupulous claims handlers. This led the Government to introduce the Compensation Bill in 2006, which regulates claims handling firms. After the 2005 General Election, Kevan was elected by his fellow Labour MPs to the Labour Party Parliamentary Committee, and was re-appointed to serve as a member of the Defence Committee and sat on the Armed Forces Bill Committee in 2006.

From October 2008 until May 2010, Kevan served as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Defence, and Minister for Veterans. He served as Shadow Minister for the Armed Forces between May 2010 and January 2016.

Current Roles

Kevan is currently Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) on Cardiac Risk in the Young and Shipbuilding and Ship Repair. His main policy interests are mental health, regeneration and defence.

Kevan served as a Commonwealth War Graves Commissioner between October 2010 and 2018 and as a Trustee of the Commonwealth War Graves Foundation since 2018.

Kevan was appointed to the Intelligence and Security Committee in 2017. He was appointed to the Privy Council on 24 April 2018.

In 2020, Kevan was appointed to the Defence Committee. 

Other Positions held:
Patron of ME North East
President of Chester-le-Street MIND
Patron of Chester-le-Street & District Voluntary Welfare Committee
Hon. Vice-President of Tanfield Association May 2006
Patron of the Just for Women Centre, Stanley 2012
Unremunerated Director of NE First since 2018 (formerly of Prince Bishops Community Bank from 2012 to 2018)
Trustee of Pelton Community Association

Kevan’s Donations

2024

Bottle of House of Commons Merlot to Bishop Auckland CLP Annual Dinner

2023

£250 to PACT House Stanley for their Christmas Lunch.
Box of House of Commons Mint Creams to a tombola in support of If U Care Share. 

Bottle of House of Commons Wine to the Mayor of Gateshead’s Charity Ball
House of Commons Mint Creams to South Shields CLP Dinner
£25 Epilepsy Action sponsorship in the Great North Run
Box of House of Commons Mint Creams to Embracing Care’s MacMillan Coffee Morning
Box of House of Commons Mint Creams to the Chair of Durham County Council’s Civic Dinner

 

2022

£250 to PACT House, Stanley
Box of House of Commons Mint Creams to NeuroActive UK
Box of House of Commons Mint Creams to Ouston Community Centre for their Christmas Fair
Box of House of Commons Clotted Cream Fudge as a raffle prize for Liz Twist MP

£200 to the British Red Cross Ukraine Appeal
£100 to Macmillan Cancer Support
Box of House of Commons Clotted Cream Fudge as a raffle prize for the Chairman of Durham County Council’s Civic Dinner
£150 from Council Tax Rebate donated to PACT House, Stanley
£25 Epilepsy Action sponsorship in the Great North Run

2021

£500 to PACT House Stanley
Bottle of House of Commons Whisky to Durham County Council Labour Group for their Christmas Raffle
Bottle of House of Commons Wine to Pelton Parish Council for their Community Event
20 Selection Boxes to a Christmas Fayre at Nettlesworth, fundraising for Dementia UK 
£250 donation to PACT House Stanley
£50 to Marie Curie Great Daffodil appeal in memory of Anita Doyle
£100 to fundraiser in memory of Heather Thompson
£3021 to Sacriston Colliery Cricket Club through the County Durham Community Foundation
£100 to The Rose Paterson Trust
£50 to the Cheesy Waffles Project
£50 to Epilepsy Action 

2020

£50 to Epilepsy Action 
£100 to PACT House
£3,021.00 to The Stanley Community Fund through the County Durham Community Foundation

2019

£500 to Handcrafted Projects, via the County Durham Community Foundation
Bottle of House of Commons Whisky to the Stanley Brass Band Entertainment Contest
Bottle of House of Commons Whisky to a Quiz Night arranged by the Durham Police, Crime & Victims’ Commissioner’s Office to raise funds for the Motor Neurone Disease Association
£15 to the Willow Burn Hospice Care Foundation
Bottle of House of Commons Whisky to Hollie Hill Care Home for their Christmas Draw
£50 to St Peter’s Court Hardship Fund
Bottle of House of Commons Whisky as a raffle prize for Guide Dogs for the Blind
Bottle of House of Commons Whisky to the Great Lumley Festival
£2,302.02 towards the Stanley Community Fund through the County Durham Community Foundation
£25 to Teesside Hospice
Bottle of House of Commons Whisky to Blaydon Constituency Labour Party
Bottle of House of Commons Whisky to North Durham Constituency Labour Party
£500 to the Chester-le-Street Art Society through the County Durham Community Foundation
£20 to Macmillan Cancer Support, Cruse Bereavement Care, Scunthorpe Foodbank (a part of Scunthorpe Baptist Church)
£20 to Veterans at Ease in support of their sponsored walk
£25 in support of Ron Hogg, Durham PCVC taking part in CEO Sleepout
£100 to Marie Curie in memory of Anita Doyle
Bottle of House of Commons Whisky to the Blues ‘N’ 2’s Fundraiser for the County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service and Durham Constabulary
£887.98 to Pelton Community Association through the County Durham Community Foundation towards youth centre capital improvements
£20 to SSAFA The Armed Forces Charity

2018


£200 to PACT House towards their Christmas Meal 
Bottle of House of Commons Whisky to Co Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust Charity Ball
Bottle of House of Commons Whisky to Durham County Council Chairman’s Civic Dinner in aid of The Royal British Legion
Box of Biscuits to Fundraiser for The Fulforth Centre, Sacriston
Bottle of House of Commons Whisky to the Tanfield Association
Bottle of House of Commons Whisky to North Durham Constituency Labour Party Annual Dinner
Bottle of House of Commons Whisky to Sedgefield Constituency Labour Party Annual Dinner
£150 to Bassetlaw Hospice
£20 to St Oswald’s Hospice, Newcastle
£50 to Epilepsy Action via sponsorship of Helen Doyle in the Great North Run
Bottle of House of Commons Whisky to Bournmoor Cricket Club
£25 towards the Great North Run for Mind and the Waddington Street Centre
Bottle of House of Commons Whisky to Consett Rugby Club Under 18’s Fundraiser
£500 to Legs Creative Arts CIC
£25 Sponsorship in Great North Run for If U Care Share
Bottle of House of Commons Whisky to the Youth Connection Theatre Company
Bottle of House of Commons Whisky to St Cuthbert’s Hospice
£377 towards the Refugee Project at Bullion Hall
Bottle of House of Commons Whisky to If U Care Share Foundation
Bottle of House of Commons Whisky in support of the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation
Bottle of House of Commons Whisky to the Blues ‘N’ 2’s Fundraiser for the County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service and Durham Constabulary
Bottle of House of Commons Whisky to Perkinsville Residents’ Association
2% of salary to Labour Party

2017
£1,000 to SHAID (Single Homeless: Action Initiative Derwentside)
£200 to PACT House, Stanley towards their Christmas Lunch
Tin of House of Commons Shortbread to Grange Villa Community Enterprise Centre
Bottle of House of Commons Whisky to Sacriston Branch of the North Durham Labour Party
Bottle of House of Commons Whisky to Burnmoor Cricket Club
Bottle of House of Commons Whisky to Blaydon Constituency Labour Party’s Annual Dinner
Bottle of House of Commons Whisky to Sacriston Communty Association’s Christmas Extravaganza
Bottle of House of Commons Whisky to the North Durham Constituency Labour Party’s Annual Dinner
Bottle of House of Commons Whisky to a Fundraiser in support of a South African Township
Bottle of House of Commons Whisky to Labour North
£927 to Chester-le-Street Art Society
£1000 to Durham Stickmakers
£1000 to ME North East
£20 to sponsor Helen Doyle in the Great North Run for Epilepsy Action
£10 to The Cure Parkinson’s Trust
£25 to sponsor of Northumbria Office of Police & Crime Commissioner in Race for Life for Cancer Research UK
£100 to St Peter’s Court, Sacriston
£500 to the Great Lumley Festival Committee
Tin of HoC Biscuits and tin of HoC Teabags to Stanley Indoor Bowls Club
£25 to Kevin Barron MP running the London Marathon for Rotherham Age UK
£25 to Steve McCabe tandem skydive for Acorns Children’s Hospice Charity & Macmillan Cancer Support
Tin of HoC Biscuits and tin of HoC Teabags to ‘Sids Tours’ fundraising for Sir Bobby Robson Foundation
£25 to Chris Evans MP running the London Marathon
£2500 to Durham Agency Against Crime
£200 to Salvation Army
2% of salary to Labour Party
2016
Tin of House of Commons Biscuits to Kinship Carers Christmas Raffle
Tin of House of Commons Biscuits to Changing Lives, Plawsworth
Tin of House of Commons Biscuits to Co Durham Activity Day Unit, Ouston
Tin of House of Commons Biscuits to Grange Villa Community Centre
Tin of House of Commons Biscuits to Meningitis UK
Tin of House of Commons Biscuits to Nettlesworth Community Association
Bottle of House of Commons Whisky to Paws Up Fundraiser
Bottle of Red Wine to Fulforth Centre Fundraiser for Marang Beyai Kindergarten Fundraiser
£25 to Nick Thomas-Symonds MP for Bowel Cancer UK
£20 to Helen Doyle for Great North Run in Epilepsy Action
£25 to Bob Glass for Firefighters Charity
Bottle of House of Commons Whisky to Stockton North CLP
Bottle of House of Commons Whisky to Durham Pride Cafe
£25 to Madeleine Moon MP for Motor Neurone Disease Association
£20 to Ethan Errington and Cancer Research Now
Bottle of House of Commons Whisky to South Shields CLP
2 bottles of wine to North Durham CLP Fundraiser
£25 to Rachel Reeves MP, Great North Swim for Gemma’s Hospice
£25 to Jamie Reed MP, running London Marathon for JDRF
£650 to Veterans Aid (fee for Mail on Sunday Article)
Bottle of House of Commons Whisky to Fundraiser for Ron Hogg’s PCC Election Campaign
Bottle of House of Commons Whisky for St Mary at the Hill Fundraiser
£25 to Graeme Mason, Newcastle Airport for CEO Sleepout
Bottle of House of Commons Whisky to Gloria Wills, Mayor of Sedgefield Fundraiser
Bottle of House of Commons Whisky to Ian and Helen Doyle for Epilepsy Action
Bottle of House of Commons Whisky to Blaydon CLP
2% of salary to Labour Party
2015
£200 to Sacriston Salvation Army
2 boxes of biscuits to St Peters Court, Sacriston
Bottle of House of Commons Whisky to Sacriston Christmas Extravaganza Raffle
Bottle of House of Commons Whisky to Sue Stevenson for the ‘Hamsterley Beast’ raffle
£25 to Percy Hedley Foundation in memory of Maria Foy
£50 to Teeside Steel Appeal
Bottle of House of Commons Whisky to Burnmoor Cricket Club
£50 to Macmillan Cancer Support in memory of David Broadley
£20 to Alistair Jenkins fundraising for Christian Aid
£20 to Jack Doyle for Alzheimers Society Memory Walk
£1,000 to Burnmoor Cricket Juniors Club
£1,000 to Durham Stickmakers
£150 to St Lukes Hospice, Sheffield
Bottle of HoC Whisky to Derwentside Rotary Club
£1,000 to Pelton Community Association
£800 to Craghead Football Club
2 boxes of HoC Mints to Sacriston Ladies Club for Nepal Relief Fund Coffee Morning
Bottle of HoC Whisky to Durham Brass Band Association
Bottle of HoC Whisky to TUC Northern Region
Tin of HoC Biscuits and HoC Whisky Cake to Chester le Street Youth Moves                                                                      2% of salary to Labour Party
2014
£830 to Society for Disabled Artists, Chester-Le-Street
Tin of HoC Biscuits to Grange Villa Community Centre
Tin of HoC Biscuits and HoC Whisky Cake to MyPainFibro raffle
Bottle of HoC Whisky to Sacriston Christmas Xtravaganza
£1,200 to 1st Newfield Scout Group
£30 to Stockton South CLP Fundraiser
Bottle of HoC Whisky to Mental Health North East Christmas Celebration Raffle
Bottle of HoC Whisky to Ian Doyle for Epilepsy Action fundraiser
Tin of HoC Biscuits to Diabetes UK Fundraiser
Tin of HoC Biscuits and Box of HoC Mints to Sacriston Youth Project for Celebration Evening Raffle
Tin of HoC Biscuits and Box of HoC Mints to Durham County Carers Support Raffle
£1,000 to AMS Holidays towards taking a group of adults with disabilities on a weekend break
£20 to Tom Blenkinsop MP for Middlesbrough 10k in aid of Doorways
Bottle of HoC Whisky to Oxhill Central Workingmen’s Club F.C.
Bottle of HoC Whisky to ‘MyPainFibro’ Group
Bottle of HoC Whisky to Jack Doyle for South African School Fundraiser
£1,000 to Durham Crimestoppers towards anti-crime campaign
Bottle of HoC Whisky to the Rotary Club of Derwentside 10th Anniversary Fundraising Raffle
£200 to the Durham Federation towards World Challenge Expedition
Bottle of HoC Whisky to Durham County Brass Band Association
Bottle of HoC Whisky to Stephen Hughes MEP for European Elections Fundraiser
Bottle of HoC Whisky to Stockton North Constituency Labour Party
2 bottles of HoC Whisky to Kevin Howe and Bob Peart for fundraiser in aid of the DLI Derwentside and Chester-le-Street Branch
£25 to Craig Woodhouse for London Marathon in aid of ABF The Soldiers Charity
Bottle of HoC Whisky & £10 to Cllr Alec Clegg, Stanley Town Council for Macmillan Fundraiser
£25 to Rev. Rose Hudson-Wilkin for ‘Sleep Easy’
£40 to Stockton South Constituency Labour Party Fundraiser
Bottle of HoC Whisky to Cancer Research UK Stanley Local Committee
Bottle of HoC Whisky to the Emma Gyles Fund raffle
Bottle of HoC Whisky to Gateshead Constituency Labour Party                                                                                            2% of salary to Labour Party
2013
£180 to Salvation Army Christmas Toy Appeal
£1,000 to the 1st Burnmoor Scouts towards a new car park
£10 and a Bottle of Wine to the Felledge Animal Centre
£1,000 to the Cestria Flower Club
£30 to Royal British Legion Consett and District Branch towards new Branch Standard and Union Standard
Bottle of HoC Whisky for Sacriston Christmas Extravaganza Raffle
Bottle of HoC Whisky to Durham County Council Labour Group
£1,000 to New Generation Brass
£5 Westminster Mind
£25 Houghton & Sunderland South Labour Party
Bottle HoC whisky Blaydon Constituency Labour Party
£40 to the Royal British Legion
Bottle of HoC Whisky to Councillor Margaret Wood, Lord Mayor of Newcastle for Christmas Raffle
Bottle of HoC Whisky to Newcastle North CLP Fundraising Raffle
Bottle of HoC Whisky to Ron Watson & Lyn Boyd for raffle in aid of local youth mental health group
Bottle of HoC Whisky to fundraiser in aid of Silwerjare Care Home, South Africa
£25 to the Doyle Family for running the Great North Run in aid of Epilepsy Action
Bottle of HoC Whisky to St Cuthberts Hospice
£20 to The Rifles Regimental Trust
Bottle of HoC Whisky to Multiple Sclerosis Fundraiser
£1,000 to the Wear Mencap Group, Chester-le-Street
£1,200 to Lumley Festivals Committee
£700 to Chester-le-Street Junior Schools Football Association
£1,200 to AMS Holidays to help provide holidays for people with physical and learning disabilities
£30 to Stockton North CLP
Bottle of HoC whisky to Visual Impairment Group for raffle
£40 to Macmillan Cancer Support
£25 to Lily Burton Memorial Appeal, St. Mary Magdalene Church, Trimdon Village
£27.50 Bishop Auckland CLP
£1,471 to 1st Bournmoor Scout Group
Bottle of House of Commons Whisky for DLI Reunion Dinner
Bottle of House of Commons Whisky for North West Durham Constituency Labour Party Annual Dinner
2% of salary to Labour Party
2012
Bottle of House of Commons Whisky for Easington Constituency Labour Party Annual Dinner
Bottle of House of Commons whisky for Northern TUC Annual Dinner 2013 – proceeds of raffle to Haiti & Cuban Doctors Medical Appeal.
£1,000 to 18284 Chester-le-live
Bottle of House of Commons Whisky to Councillor Linda Marshall, Chairman of Durham County Council, for Chairman’s Christmas Dinner Raffle
£20 to Thomas Nearney for Movember- ‘Changing the face of men’s health’
£1,000 to If U Care Share
£40 to the Royal British Legion
Tin of House of Commons Biscuits to Mrs. Milne of Stanley for Community Centre Christmas Raffle
Bottle of Whisky to Sacriston Community and Sports Trust for Christmas Extravaganza
Bottle of Whisky to Sedegfield Constituency Labour Party for 30th Anniversary Dinner
£25 Sponsorship of Brian Brady in Brighton Fun Run – proceeds to Motor Neurone Disease
£1000 to Chester-le-Street Squadron Air Training Corps towards new computer suite
£1000 to Sacriston Development Group
£1000 to British Busen Judo Martial Arts Academy, Ouston
Tin of HoC biscuits to South Stanley Partership Big Coffee Morning Raffle
Tin HoC biscuits for raffle in support of Breakthrough Breast Cancer
Bottle of HoC whisky CRY fundraiser
£800 to Ouston, Pelton & District Community Brass Band
£10 donation to website for Hermitage school World challenge and £40 to Cry event on Friday
£20 sponsorship of Rob Brooksbank on bike ride – proceeds to Cancer Research UK
£25 sponsorship of Tom Beales in Coast to Coasty cycle ride – proceeds to Children’s Heart Unit Fund at Freeman Hospital
£25 to Derwentside Homes Charity Cycle Ride – proceeds to homeless charity Crisis
£145 to Macmilllan Cancer Support Gala Ball
Bottle of HoC whisky Chairman of Durham County Council’s Grand Jubilee Ball raffle
Bottle of HoC whisky Grange Villa Football Club Annual Presentation Night raffle
£25 Taylor-Jayne Johnson towards World Challenge Programme trip to Malaysia
£10 raffle tickets- Ouston Red Lion Macmillan Fundraiser
£25 sponsorship of Ed Balls MP in the London Marathon – proceeds to Action for Stammering Children & Whizz Kidz
£25 donation to Urpeth Grange Residents Association for their ‘Picnic in the Park’ event
Bottle of HoC whisky for DLI Reunion raffle 2012
£10 Friends of Chester-le-Street Heritage Group
£25 to Blaydon CLP
£325 to the Lambourne Communal Room Steering Group
2% of salary to Labour Party
£60 p.a. to WaterAid
2011
Bottle of House of Commons Whisky to Sacriston Branch Labour Party
£20 sponsorship of Nick Pett – proceeds to Prostate Cancer Charity
£40 Royal British Legion for 2 poppy wreaths
£50 to County Durham Community Foundation
Stockton South CLP £20
MacMillan Coffee Morning £20
North East War Memorials Project £500
If U Care Share £500
Ouston, Pelton & District Community Brass Band £800
Chester-le-Street Sea Cadets £800
£10 sponsorship of a page in The Tanfield Association’s book entitled “100 Not Out”
£20 for Epilepsy Action in memory of Katy Doyle
£75 to County Durham Community Foundation
£150 to County Durham Community Foundation
Bottle HoC whisky to Derwentside Rotary Club for Charity Golf Day – proceeds to Help for Heroes
£75 to County Durham Community Foundation
Bottle of HoC whisky for Durham Area Disability Leisure Group Autumn Fundraising raffle
£25 sponsorship of John Cryer, M.P, for fundraising swim proceeds to Pakistan Flood Appeal
Bottle of HoC whisky for auction to raise money for The Bubble Charity at the RVI
£75 to County Durham Community Foundation
£50 to County Durham Community Foundation
£20 sponsorship, Perkinsville Methodist Church Centenary Brochure
£150 to 3 Rifles
County Durham Community Foundation £75
Bottle of HoC whisky to Stanley Indoor Bowls for British Isles Championships
Bottle of HoC whisky for Tony Carr Memorial Dinner
County Durham Community Foundation £75
DLI Museum bottle of House of Commons whisky for fundraiser
£205 to County Durham Community Foundation
County Durham Community Foundation £80
County Durham Community Foundation £75
Stockton North CLP £25
Northern TUC Annual Dinner 2 April – bottle of HoC whisky
2% of salary to Labour Party
£60 p.a. to WaterAid
2010
£150 (via IPSOS MORI) to the County Durham Community Foundation
Bottle of HoC whisky for Newcastle East CLP Annual Dinner raffle
£10 donation to Newcastle North CLP Christmas Social
£20 to Chairman’s Charity- Durham County Council
Bottle of HoC whisky to Mayor of Darlington for charity event
Bottle of HoC whisky to Sacriston Community & Sports Trust Christmas Extravaganza
£25 Leeds West CLP Fundraising Event
£25 sponsorship of Tom Blenkinsop MP for Tees Pride 10k race – proceeds to the Royal British Legion
£20 sponsorship of Tom Cuthbertson in Coast to Coast Cycle Race – proceeds to Brothers in Arms Campaign
£25 ABD The Soldiers Charity
£75 donation to County Durham Community Foundation Grassroots Fund
Bottle of HoC whisky to Derwentside Rotary Club
£25 sponsorship of Nick Dunne in London Triathlon 2010- proceeds to The 999 Club & Lady Florence Trust
£35,000 to the Co. Durham Community Foundation
£1000 to Gurkha Welfare Trust
£1000 to Combat Stress
£3000 to Royal British Legion- Northumberland Branch
£25 sponsorship of Fabian Hamilton MP –proceeds to Diabetes Uk
Rotary Club of Derwentside sponsorship of players for Golf Day £100 – proceeds to CRY
Bottle of HoC whisky for Sacriston Carnival Raffle
£25 Sponsorship of Kevin Barron MP for Sheffield Half Marathon. Proceeds to Rotherham Holiday Aid
£10 SSAFA & Sir Bobby Robson Foundation
£150 3 Rifles Wristband Appeal
£20 to the Cystic Fibrosis Trust
£20 Gordon Marsden MP- Sponsored swim for Royal British Legion
£50 John MacDougall Mesothelioma Trust
£25 Fighting All Cancers Together – sponsorship of Tom Cuthbertson for 3 Peaks
Bottle HoC whisky to WO2 Angela Kelly for sponsored walk raffle – proceeds to Sir Bobby Robson Foundation & SSAFA
Bottle HoC whisky to Cystic Fibrosis Trust coffee morning raffle
2% of salary to Labour Party
£1200 p.a. to County Durham Community Foundation Grassroots Fund
£60 p.a. to WaterAid
2009
Sacriston Community Association- Bottle of House of Commons Whisky for Christmas Raffle
Dari Taylor MP’s fundraiser for the late Sgt. Lee Johnson who died in Afghanistan 2007 – bottle of House of Commons whisky
Nick Brown MP fundraiser raffle – bottle of House of Commons whisky
Consett Ladies Football Club- Bottle of House of Commons Whisky for fundraising raffle
Normandy Veterans Association – £20
Sponsorship of Phil Webster £20 in Poppy Bike Challenge – proceeds to The Royal British Legion
SSAFA – £10
Royal British Legion – two poppy wreaths £40
Sponsorship of £50 to Helen Doyle in Great North Run all proceeds to Epilepsy Action
Donation of £25 to CRY via Rotary Club of Derwentside
Donation of £10 to RAF Benevolent Fund
£64 Youth Parliament to sponsor one young person to visit the House of Commons to participate in a series of debates on 30 October 2009
Tanfield Association 97th birthday raffle – House of Commons whisky
RNLI £20 donation
WaterAid £60 per annum
Rotary Club of Derwentside – bottle of HoC whisky for raffle
Sacriston Ladies Club – bottle of HoC whiskey for raffle
Sponsorship of Ann Keen MP £25 in Playtex Moon Walk 2009
Sponsorship of Alex Howarth £25 Racing the Planet Namibia 09 – proceeds to Help for Heroes
2% of salary to Labour Party
Co. Durham Foundation Grassroots Fund £1200 p.a.
Chester-le-Street District Council Chairman’s Charity evening- bottle of HoC whisky
Sponsorship of Roberta Blackman-Woods MP £25 for rowing challenge – proceeds to Co. Durham Foundation
North Durham CLP Dinner – bottle of HoC whisky
Rotary Club of Derwentside sponsorship of players for Golf Day £100 – proceeds to CRY
Sacriston Carnival raffle – bottle of HoC whisky
Michael Dynes 50th birthday raffle – bottle of HoC whisky – proceeds to CRY
Connor Haynes pupil of Park View School bottle of HoC whisky for raffle to raise funds for World Challenge Expedition to Uganda
Sponsorship of Martin Salter MP £25 for charity abseil for Children with Leukaemia
2008
Bottle of HoC whisky for fundraiser raffle for Sacriston Carnival
Bottle of HoC whisky for Durham County Council Chairman’s Xmas raffle
£20 to Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association (SSAFA) Forces
Bottle of HoC whisky for fundraiser for Cancer Relief in memory of the late Alan Fenwick
£45 to Derwentside Rotary CRY Race Night
£1200 p.a. to County Durham Foundation Grassroots Fund
£5 to St Cuthbert’s Hospice
£50 for interview to West Pelton & District Community Brass Band
£25 Sponsorship of Chris Mullin MP for 90 miles walk of Cleveland Way-proceeds to Saigon Children’s Charity
£25 Sponsorship of Richard Caborn MP – Great North Run- proceeds to Macmillan Cancer Relief
£25 Sponsorship of Clark Vasey for Great North Run – proceeds to Tony Blair Sports Foundation
£25 Sponsorship of Gerry McFall for Great North Run – proceeds to Asthma UK
Bottle of HoC whisky for 60’s Night Fundraiser 27 Sept (Mr. & Mrs. McKitten)
Bottle of HoC whisky for raffle at Blaydon CLP Dinner
Subscription of £10 to Chester-le-Street Heritage Group
Bottle of champagne for CRY Charity night in September held by John & Barbara Darby
Bottle of HoC whisky for Mencap stall at Sacriston Carnival
Bottle of HoC whisky for raffle at Sacriston Carnival
Bottle of HoC whisky for CRY Dinner/Dance 28 June (Julie & Jed Donnelly)
£50 to Chester-le-Street MIND
Bottle of HoC whisky for charity event raffle in Waldridge, proceeds to send Ella Moran who has leukaemia to Disney Land
Bottle of HoC whisky for raffle at TUC dinner 10 May
Bottle of HoC whisky for raffle at celebration of 25 years as MP for Nick Brown
£25 to Rotary Club of Derwentside for dinner at Charter Evening 28 June
£50 for interview to Chester-le-Street Mind
£100 to South Moor Play Scheme
£300 p.a. to The Christine Smith Memorial Fund
2% of salary (£1236.40) to Labour Party
£25 Sponsorship of Paul James, The Journal, for London Marathon proceeds to Anthony Nolan Trust
£25 Sponsorship of Chris Bryant MP for London Marathon proceeds to Prostate Cancer Research Foundation
£25 to Sacriston Community & Sports Trust- commemorative plaque for new Centre
£10 to Coeliac UK
£85 to Rotary Club of Derwentside Sponsored Golf Day 5 Sept 2008
£25 to Childline
£75 Christopher Rochester Trust Fund
Bottle of HoC whisky for Chair of Chester-le-Street District Council’s Annual Dinner raffle