Liz Kendall

Liz Kendall has been the Labour Party MP for Leicester West since 2010. She is also a member of Labour’s frontbench team, attending the shadow cabinet as the minister for care and older people. 
In May 2015 Kendall announced she would stand in the Labour Leadership contest, stating that 'fundamental reform is essential to the future survival of our party'. Who is Liz Kendall, the Labour leadership contender? The Telegraph, 11 May 2015, accessed 20 May 2015 Her campaign will be managed by former editor of the LabourList blog Mark Ferguson. Sebastian Payne Liz Kendall’s campaign still confident of getting 35 MPs Spectator, 19 May 2015, accessed 21 May 2015.
In November 2015, Kendall was appointed to the Communities and Local Government Committee. Dods people, 'Arrivals, moves and departures', Civil Service World, accessed 3 November 2015
==Background==
Before entering parliament Kendall worked for two think-tanks: the Institute for Public Policy Research, where she was the associate director for health, social care and children’s early years, and also the King’s Fund, working as a researcher on their public health programme focusing on tackling local health inequalities. About Liz Kendall Liz Kendall, accessed 9 March 2015 
Kendall was also previously a special adviser to two cabinet ministers Patricia Hewitt and Harriet Harman. Liz Kendall Guardian, accessed 9 March 2015 
==Education==
Kendall studied at the University of Cambridge, graduating with a first in history in 1993.
==Labour Party leadership==
For her campaign to succeed Ed Miliband as the leader of the Labour Party, Kendall has received £36,500 in private donations:
 Parliament.uk The Register of Members' Financial Interests: Part 1(as at 13th July 2015) - Liz Kendall, accessed 21 July 2015.
Date received
Amount
Name of donor
Role
For
22/05/2015
£6,000
Waheed Alli
Businessman and Labour Party peer in the House of Lords
In support of Kendall's campaign
26/05/2015
£10,000
Tim Allan
Former aide to Tony Blair and founder of lobbyists Portland Communications
Office rent to support Kendall's campaign
26/05/2015
£4,000
Patricia Hewitt
Former MP and Health secretary who employed Kendall as a spad between 2004 and 2007. Now a lobbyist with FTI Consulting
Office rent to support Kendall's campaign
26/05/2015
£2,500
David Taylor
Former special adviser to the Labour Party and lobbyist for Crossrail
Office rent to support Kendall's campaign
08/06/2015
£2,000
Michael Craven
Former Labour Party adviser and founder of Lexington Communications
In support of Kendall's campaign
09/06/2015
£2,000
Joanne Milligan
A campaign and stakeholder communications consultant in the Cabinet Office Linkedin Joanne Milligan, accessed 21 July 2015.
In support of Kendall's campaign
10/06/2015
£10,000.00
Lord Clive Hollick
Businessman and Labour Party peer in the House of Lords
In support of Kendall's campaign
==Staff==
*Rebecca Bailey 
*Benjamin Cooper - Councillor, Beverly Town Council Register of interests of members' secretaries and research assistants, 23 March 2016, parliament.uk, accessed 21 April 2016
==Affiliations==
*Bex Bailey, political adviser, worked for lobbyists Fishburn Hedges
==Contact==
====Parliamentary====
*Address: House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
*Telephone: 020 7219 3000
*Email: liz.kendall.mp@parliament.uk
====Constituency====
*Address: 42 Narborough Road, Leicester, LE3 0BQ
*Telephone: 0116 204 4980
*Fax: 0116 204 4989
====Web & Social media====
*Website: http://www.lizkendall.org
*Twitter: https://twitter.com/leicesterliz
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