By Ben Kerrigan-
MP has appealed for gentle politics following the death of politician Tessa Jowell.
Stella Crease, MP for Walthamstow, appeared on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme advocating “gentle politics” following the death of an MP.
Lady Tessa Jowell, the MP for Dulwich and West Norwood, died from a brain tumour this weekend.
Towell had campaigned to be Mayor of London, but her dream never materialized.
Creasy told the Today programme this morning, one of the MP’s biggest legacies was her advocacy of “gentler politics.”
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PROJECT
“Gentle politics” is the practice of politicians from opposing parties working together on a project, and putting their political differences aside for a bigger purpose. Discussing her working relationship with Lady Jowell on the programme, Ms Creasy said: “I was very lucky to spend time with Tessa and crucially what Tessa did was to push so many of us on.
“Tessa was incredibly political, she was incredibly principled, had very strong views and it was because of that she was determined not to sit on the sidelines.
“She absolutely understood that being out of office doesn’t mean that you’re absolved of responsibility to make the changes that you claim to stand for happening. So, she was absolutely resolute that she was going to make her case.
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MINISTERIAL POSITIONS
Jowell occupied prominent government ministerial positions, as well as opposition appointments, during this period. Her most senior post in Government was as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport- one she held from 2001 to 2007. She was a member of both the Blair and Brown Cabinets, Minister for the Olympics (2005–10). She resigned after the London Olympic Games.
Late Tessa Jowell
A Privy Counsellor since 1998,[2] she was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 2012.[3] She stood down from the House of Commons at the 2015 general election.
Tessa Jowell was nominated for a life peerage in the 2015 Dissolution Honours, before being promoted to the peerage as Baroness Jowell of Brixton in the London Borough of Lambeth, on 27 October 2015.
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