The Right Honourable  Tessa Jowell MP
Paymaster General Minister for the Olympics and Paralympics and Minister for London
Incumbent
Assumed office  27 June 2007
Prime Minister	Gordon Brown
Preceded by	Dawn Primarolo
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
In office June 8, 2001 – June 27, 2007
Prime Minister	Tony Blair
Preceded by	Chris Smith
Succeeded by	James Purnell
Born	17 September 1947 (1947-09-17) (age 60)
Nationality	British
Political party	Labour
Alma mater	Goldsmiths, University of London
Website	Department for Culture, Media and Sport Constituency Website

Tessa Jowell (born 17 September 1947 in London) is a British politician. She is the Labour MP for Dulwich and West Norwood, and since 28 June 2007 has been Paymaster General and Minister for London. The Right Honourable (abbreviated as or ) is an honorific prefix that is traditionally applied to certain people in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Anglophone Caribbean and in other Commonwealth Realms, and elsewhere. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Paymaster-General is a ministerial position in the UK. The portfolio consists of the workings of HM Revenue and Customs, formerly HM Inland Revenue and HM Customs and Excise, and reports to the Chancellor of the Exchequer. ... Open seat redirects here. ... is the 178th day of the year (179th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... For others with the same or similar names, see Gordon Brown (disambiguation). ... The Right Honourable Dawn Primarolo (born May 2, 1954, London, Mrs Ian Ducat) is a British Member of Parliament for Bristol South. ... The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport is a UK cabinet position with responsibility for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. ... is the 159th day of the year (160th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... is the 178th day of the year (179th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... For other people of the same name, see Tony Blair (disambiguation) Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born May 6, 1953)[1] is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, Leader of the Labour Party, and Member of Parliament for the constituency... Christopher Robert Chris Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury, PC (born 24 July 1951) is a British Labour Party politician and former Member of Parliament and Cabinet minister. ... James Mark Dakin Purnell (born 2 March 1970, London) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ... is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. ... Alma mater is Latin for nourishing mother. It was used in ancient Rome as a title for the mother goddess, and in Medieval Christianity for the Virgin Mary. ... The Main Building The Ben Pimlott Building The Library Warmington Tower Goldsmiths, University of London (founded in 1891 as Goldsmiths Technical and Recreative Institute, rebranded from Goldsmiths College, University of London in 2006[2]) is a constituent college of the University of London specialising in teaching of and research into... is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... The Politics series Politics Portal This box:      A politician is an individual who is a formally recognized and active member of a government, or a person who influences the way a society is governed through an understanding of political power and group dynamics. ... The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ... Dulwich and West Norwood is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... is the 179th day of the year (180th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... Paymaster-General is a ministerial position in the UK. The portfolio consists of the workings of HM Revenue and Customs, formerly HM Inland Revenue and HM Customs and Excise, and reports to the Chancellor of the Exchequer. ...

She is also Minister for the Olympics, a role which she initially combined with being Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport following the selection of London to host the 2012 Olympic Games. She was demoted in June 2007 when Tony Blair resigned as Prime Minister to be succeeded by Gordon Brown. This resulted in her losing her department, much of her ministerial brief, and her right to automatically sit in the Cabinet. The Minister for the Olympics is a new position within the United Kingdom Cabinet created as a result of the selection of London to host the 2012 Summer Olympics. ... The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport is a UK cabinet position with responsibility for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. ... London 2012 redirects here. ... For other people of the same name, see Tony Blair (disambiguation) Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born May 6, 1953)[1] is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, Leader of the Labour Party, and Member of Parliament for the constituency... A prime minister is the most senior minister of cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. ... For others with the same or similar names, see Gordon Brown (disambiguation). ... This article is about the governmental body. ...

Early life

Born Tessa Jane Helen Douglas Palmer, she was educated at the independent St. Margaret's School in Aberdeen, the University of Aberdeen, the University of Edinburgh and Goldsmiths College, University of London. She became a psychiatric social worker and eventually assistant director of the mental health charity Mind. In 1978 she was Labour Party candidate in a by-election in Ilford North but lost Labour's marginal majority to the Conservatives. St. ... For other uses, see Aberdeen (disambiguation). ... The University of Aberdeen was founded in 1495, in Aberdeen, Scotland. ... The University of Edinburgh (Scottish Gaelic: ), founded in 1582,[4] is a renowned centre for teaching and research in Edinburgh, Scotland. ... Goldsmiths College (founded in 1891 by the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths as Goldsmiths Technical and Recreative Institute) has been a part of the federal University of London since 1904, when it took its current name. ... Website http://www. ... Mind (the National Association for Mental Health) is a mental health charity in England and Wales, founded in 1946. ... Ilford North is a constituency of the Parliament of the United Kingdom comprising the north part of the town of Ilford in the London Borough of Redbridge. ... The Conservative Party, officially though less commonly known as the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a political party in the United Kingdom. ...

Member of Parliament

Elected as MP for Dulwich at the 1992 general election, she was successively appointed as an opposition spokesperson on health, an opposition whip and spokesperson on women before returning to the shadow health team in 1996, in time to become a minister in the Department of Health after the 1997 Labour electoral landslide. She moved to the Department for Education and Employment in 1999. The United Kingdom general election of 1992 was held on 9 April 1992, and was the fourth consecutive victory for the Conservative Party. ... In politics, a whip is a member of a political party in a legislature whose task is to ensure that members of the party attend and vote as the party leadership desires. ... The Department of Health headquarters in Whitehall The Department of Health is a department of the United Kingdom government. ... The UK general election, 1997 was held on 1 May 1997. ... Department for Education and Skills (DfES) is a department in the United Kingdom government created in 2001. ...

In government

Jowell was appointed Culture Secretary after the 2001 election, replacing the sacked Chris Smith. One of her main concerns as Culture Secretary was the future of television broadcasting. She blocked the BBC's original plans for the digital channel BBC3 on the grounds that they were insufficiently different from commercial offerings, and imposed extra conditions^[1] on BBC News 24 after it was criticised on the same grounds by the Lambert Report.^[2] She was also responsible for the Communications Act 2003 which established a new media regulator, OFCOM. It also relaxed regulations on ownership of UK television stations, though a "public interest" test was introduced as a compromise after a rebellion in the House of Lords. In 2004, Jowell faced resistance to proposals for a series of Las Vegas style casinos. Jowell has also had to deal with complaints that the National Lottery has been directed to fund programmes that should be covered by mainstream taxation. Jowell oversaw a restructuring of the Arts funding system but lost out in the 2004/5 spending round resulting in a cut in her departmental budget and the loss of tax credits for UK Film production. Tony Blair William Hague Charles Kennedy The UK general election, 2001 was held on 7 June 2001 and was dubbed the quiet landslide by the media. ... Christopher Robert Chris Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury, PC (born 24 July 1951) is a British Labour Party politician and former Member of Parliament and Cabinet minister. ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... For the BBC radio station, see BBC Radio 3. ... BBC News 24 is the BBCs 24 hour rolling news television channel in the United Kingdom. ... See also the Communications Act 2003 (Nigeria). ... Ofcom is a regulator for communication industries in the United Kingdom. ... This article is about the British House of Lords. ... For further information, see Las Vegas metropolitan area and Las Vegas Strip. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... A play here! sign outside a newsagent, incorporating the National Lotterys logo of a stylised hand with crossed fingers which emulates a smiling face. ...

Jowell - described by friends as 'only a social worker' - was thought to be sycophantic towards the then Prime Minister, reportedly saying on one occasion that she would "Jump under a bus" for him.^[3]

In the cabinet reshuffle following the 2005 Election it was predicted that Jowell would be promoted to one of the larger spending departments such as Health Secretary where she had previously been a minister- but she remained at the DCMS. The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005. ...

In Gordon Brown's reshuffle in June 2007 following his succession as Prime Minister, Jowell was demoted from her position as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. She retained her Olympics portfolio and was also appointed Paymaster-General and Minister for London. She is no longer officially a member of the Cabinet, although she does attend. In the parliamentary system a cabinet shuffle is an informal term for an event that occurs when a head of government rotates or changes the composition of ministers in his or her cabinet. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... A prime minister is the most senior minister of cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. ... The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport is a UK cabinet position with responsibility for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. ... Paymaster-General is a ministerial position in UK. Former holders of this post include: Lord John Russell 1830-1834 Sir Edmund Knatchbull 1834-1835 Sir Henry Brook Parnell 1835-1841 Edward John Stanley 1841 Sir Edmund Knatchbull 1841-1845 William Bingham Baring 1845-1846 Thomas Babington Macaulay 1846-1848 The...

Voting record

How Tessa Jowell voted on key issues since 2001 (They Work For You):

• Voted against a transparent Parliament.
• Voted for introducing a smoking ban.
• Voted for introducing ID cards.
• Voted for introducing foundation hospitals.
• Voted for introducing student top-up fees.
• Voted for Labour's anti-terrorism laws.
• Voted for the Iraq war.
• Voted against investigating the Iraq war.
• Voted for replacing Trident.
• Voted for the hunting ban.
• Voted for equal gay rights.

Personal life

Jowell's first marriage was to fellow Camden councillor Roger Jowell. This was dissolved in 1976. She continues to use his surname.^[4] Roger Jowell co-founded and directed Social & Community Planning Research (SCPR), now the National Centre for Social Research, known for its British Social Attitudes Surveys. The London Borough of Camden is a borough of London, England, which forms part of Inner London. ... Professor Roger Jowell is a British social scientist and academic. ... The National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) was founded in 1969 as Social and Community Planning and Research (SCPR) by Professor Roger Jowell and Gerald Hoinville. ...

Jowell's second marriage, in 1979, was to international corporate lawyer David Mills. They separated after controversy surrounding Mr Mills' business dealings in Italy (see below) began to damage Jowell's political reputation. During the break up, Jowell was criticised by feminists when she indicated that she was not implicated in her husband's finances as she left the mortgage paperwork up to Mills.^[5] David Mackenzie Mills is a British corporate lawyer who specialises in international work for Italian companies, and who has been accused in Italy of corruption. ...

Controversy and "Jowellgate"

Main article: Tessa Jowell financial allegations

David Mills has acted for Silvio Berlusconi, once Italian Prime Minister. This has been a cause of controversy, as Mills is being investigated in Italy for money laundering and alleged tax fraud.^[6][7] Jowell was investigated by the Cabinet Secretary Sir Gus O'Donnell over the allegations surrounding her husband because of a potential clash of interest between her personal life and ministerial duties. However, Sir Gus stated that "it is the Prime Minister, not me, who, constitutionally, is the right and proper person to take a view on matters arising based on the Ministerial Code" in his letter,^[8] and Tony Blair decided she was clear of any wrongdoing.^[9] The Tessa Jowell financial allegations are a series of allegations surrounding Tessa Jowell, the then United Kingdom Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. ...   (born September 29, 1936) is an Italian politician, entrepreneur, and media proprietor. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Money laundering is the practice of engaging in financial transactions in order to conceal the identity, source and destination of the money in question. ... Tax rates around the world Tax revenue as % of GDP Economic policy Monetary policy Central bank   Money supply Fiscal policy Spending   Deficit   Debt Trade policy Tariff   Trade agreement Finance Financial market Financial market participants Corporate   Personal Public   Banking   Regulation        Tax avoidance is the legal utilization of the tax regime to... In the British Government, the Cabinet Secretary, or more formally Secretary of the Cabinet, is the senior civil servant in charge of the Cabinet Office, a department that provides administrative support to the Prime Minister, the Cabinet, and the government as a whole. ... Sir Augustine Thomas ODonnell, KCB (born 1955) is the highest ranking British civil servant, in the British Civil Service. ... For other people of the same name, see Tony Blair (disambiguation) Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born May 6, 1953)[1] is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, Leader of the Labour Party, and Member of Parliament for the constituency...

On 4 March 2006, it was announced that Jowell and Mills separated after the allegations began to damage Jowell's political reputation. Their professed hopes to "restore their relationship over time" rather than seek divorce have caused some to regard this as merely a politically expedient gesture.^[10][11] David Mills had admitted to being an "idiot" and has expressed his remorse about the impact of his dealings upon Tessa Jowell. is the 63rd day of the year (64th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The affair has been termed "Jowellgate" by parts of the press.^[12]

Jowell is no stranger to controversy. In 2003, she received unfavourable tabloid press coverage when her departmental "Christmas" cards avoided any reference to the Christmas story. More recently (2006), she has been heavily criticised for likely cost over-runs on the London Olympics project, which came under the umbrella of her former department.^{[citation needed]}. Jowell was among a number of ministers accused of hypocrisy for opposing Post Office closures in their own constituencies while supporting the Government's closure strategy at the national level^[13]

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External links

• Tessa Jowell. 10 Downing Street.
• Rt Hon Tessa Jowell MP. Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
• Constituency website. Tessa Jowell MP.
• Tessa Jowell. Guardian Unlimited Politics — Ask Aristotle.
• Tessa Jowell MP, Dulwich & West Norwood. TheyWorkForYou.com.
• Video interview with Tessa Jowell MP. Lambeth Labour.
• Labour in Southwark

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