Following the article released in The Guardian regarding MPs and unpaid interns I provided research for, I can now reveal the Conservative MPs, MEPs and organisations that offer unpaid internships on W4MP.
You can find the Labour and Lib Dem lists here:
Lib Dem:http://iansilvera.co.uk/2011/12/02/lib-dem-mps-meps-and-organisations-that-offer-unpaid-internships/
NB: Members of the House of Lords don’t receive a staffing allowance.
DISCLAIMER: If you are listed here and feel the information is incorrect or a hyper-link is broken, please feel free to contact me at iansilvera@gmail.com
Summary
- Andrew Mitchell MP, Secretary of State for International Development, has offered three unpaid internships
- Dominic Grieve QC MP, Attorney General and Advocate General, has offered three unpaid internships
- Mark Harper MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Political
and Constitutional Reform, has offered three unpaid internships - Jeremy Hunt MP, Minister of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, has posted three individual advertisements totalling seven unpaid internships
- John Penrose MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Tourism and Heritage, offered an unpaid internship
- James Paice MP, Minister of State for Agriculture and Food, offered an unpaid internship
- Andrew Lansley CBE MP, Secretary of State for Health, offered an unpaid internship
- Justine Greening MP, Secretary of State for Transport, offered an unpaid internship
- Theresa Villiers MP, Minister of State for Transport, offered an unpaid internship
- David Gauke MP, Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, has offered seven unpaid internships
- Cheryl Gillan MP, Secretary of State for Wales, has offered an unpaid internship
- Stephen Crabb MP, Assistant Whip, has offered two unpaid internships
May 2010
| Name/Organisation | Length | Role | Salary |
| Theresa Villiers MP | 6 Months | Parliamentary Intern | None. Travel & Lunch Expenses |
June 2010
| Andrew Mitchell MP | 3 Months | Parliamentary Intern | None. Travel Expenses Within London |
| Robert Walter MP | June-September | Parliamentary Intern | None |
| Dominic Grieve QC MP | Note Stated | Parliamentary Intern | None. Travel Expenses |
| Wandsworth Conservatives | 3 Months | Campaigns Intern | None |
| Steve Brine MP | Summer | Summer Internship | None |
| David Gauke MP | Minimum 6 Months | Constituency Intern | None. Reasonable Expenses |
| Graham Evans MP | June-September | Parliamentary Intern | None |
July 2010
| Elizabeth Truss MP | Not Stated | Parliamentary Intern | None |
| Laura Sandys MP | Not Stated | Parliamentary Intern | None |
| Lorraine Fullbrook MP | 3-6 Months | Parliamentary Intern | None |
| Graham Stuart MP | Not Stated | Parliamentary Intern | None. Lunch & Travel Expenses |
August 2010
| David Davis MP | “September or early October and applicants should be available until at least Christmas recess” | Parliamentary Intern | None. Travel Expenses |
| Mark Menzies MP | September-Christmas Recess | Parliamentary Intern | None. Travel Expenses |
| Graham Stuart MP | September-Christmas Recess | Parliamentary Intern | None. Expenses |
| Matthew Hancock MP | September-January | Parliamentary Intern | None. Subsistence expenses |
| Watford Conservatives | 10am-4pm, Monday- Friday (Doesn’t state for how long) | Campaigns Intern | None |
| Neil Carmichael MP | Several Months | Constituency Intern | None. Expenses |
| Elizabeth Truss MP | Not Stated | Parliamentary Intern | None. Travel & Food Expenses |
September 2010
| Nicola Blackwood MP | 3 Months | Parliamentary intern | Voluntary Position & Salary To Be Negotiated |
| Claire Perry MP | 1 Month | Parliamentary Intern | None |
| Graham Stuart MP | 3 Days Per Week | Parliamentary Intern | None. Expenses |
| Jake Berry MP | 3 Months | Parliamentary Intern | None. Expenses |
| Mike Weatherley MP | 2-3 Days Per Week | Parliamentary Intern | None |
| Stephen Crabb MP | 1 Month | Parliamentary Intern | None |
| James Paice MP | 3 Days Per Week, 3 Months | Parliamentary Intern | None. Travel Expenses |
October 2010
| Daniel Kawczynski MP | Not Stated | Constituency Intern | None |
| Mark Harper MP | 3 Months | Parliamentary Intern | None |
| Stephen McPartland MP | Monday & Wednesday Mornings, 6 Months | Parliamentary Intern | None |
| Staffordshire Conservatives | 3 months | Constituency Intern | None. Travel Expenses |
| Sam Gyimah MP | 3-6 Months | Parliamentary Intern | None. “Appropriate Remuneration” |
| Nick de Bois MP | 6 December – 7 March | Parliamentary Intern | None |
| Nadhim Zahawi MP | Not Stated | Parliamentary & Constituency Intern | None |
| X2 Jeremy Hunt MP | 3 months | Constituency Intern | None. Expenses |
| Paul Maynard MP | 4 Months | Constituency Intern | None. Travel & Lunch Expenses |
November 2010
| Graham Evans MP | 3 Months | Parliamentary Intern | None |
| Elizabeth Truss MP | 2 Months | Parliamentary Intern | None. Expenses |
| George Eustice MP | Run Up Till Christmas | Parliamentary Intern | None |
| Mel Stride MP | 3 Months | Parliamentary Intern | None |
| George Freeman MP | 3 Months | Parliamentary Intern | None |
| Nicola Blackwood MP | 1 Day Per Week | Diary Intern | None |
| Rory Stewart MP | Not Stated | Website Intern | None |
| Christopher Pincher MP | 3 Months | Parliamentary Intern | None. Expenses |
December 2010
| Lord Wei of Shoreditch | Not Stated | Intern & Several Researchers | None. Expenses |
| Councillor Eithne Webster | Not Stated | Research Intern | None |
| Stephen Crabb MP | 3 Months | Parliamentary Intern | None. Travel Expenses |
| David Gauke MP | 6 Months | Constituency Intern | None. Expenses |
| Adam Holloway MP | Not Stated | Constituency Intern | None. Travel & Lunch Expenses |
| Jeremy Lefroy MP | 3 Months | Constituency Intern | None. Travel & Lunch Expenses |
| North Wales Conservatives | Not Stated | Campaigns Intern | None. Some Expenses |
January 2011
| David Gauke MP | 6 Months | Constituency Intern | None. Expenses |
| Wandsworth Conservatives | 3 Months | Campaigns Intern | None. Travel & Lunch |
| Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell MP | 3 Months | Parliamentary Intern | None. Travel Within London |
| Graham Stuart MP | 5 Days Per Week | Parliamentary Intern | None. Expenses |
| Nadine Dorries MP | 4 Days Per Week | Parliamentary Intern | None. Travel & Lunch Expenses |
| Anne Marie Morris MP | Not Stated | Campaigns Intern | None. Travel Up To £10 Per Day |
| Mel Stride MP | 2 Months | Parliamentary Intern | None |
| Councillor Eithne Webster | Not Stated | Research Intern | None |
| Elizabeth Truss MP | Not Stated | Parliamentary Intern | None. Expenses |
| Justine Greening MP | 3 Months, 3-5 Days Per Week | Parliamentary & Constituency Intern | None |
| Nick de Bois MP | 3 Months, 2 Days Per Week | Parliamentary Intern | None |
| Mark Menzies MP | Not Stated | Parliamentary Intern | None. Some Expenses |
February 2011
| Mike Weatherley MP | 2-3 Days Per Week | Parliamentary Intern | None |
| Chris Heaton-Harris MP | 3 Days Per Week | Parliamentary Intern | None |
| Nadhim Zahawi MP | Not Stated | Parliamentary Intern | None |
| Ben Gummer MP | Not Stated | Parliamentary Intern | None. Expenses |
| Ben Gummer MP | Monday-Friday, Not Stated For How Long | Constituency Intern | None. Expenses |
| David Gauke MP | 6 Months | Constituency Intern | None. Travel Expenses |
| Andrew Lansley CBE MP | 3 Months, 1 Day Per Week | Constituency Intern | None. Travel & Meal Expenses |
| David Rutley MP | 3 Months | Parliamentary Intern | None |
| Conservative Campaign Headquarters | 3 Months | Campaigns Intern | None. Expenses |
| Rob Wilson MP | 1 Day Per Week | Constituency Intern | None. Expenses |
| Dominic Raab MP | 4-Months | Parliamentary Intern | None. Travel Expenses |
| Jake Berry MP | 1 Day Per Week | Constituency Intern | None |
| Jake Berry MP | 1 Day Per Week | Parliamentary Intern | None |
| Guy Opperman MP | Not Stated | Parliamentary Intern | None |
| Stephen McPartland MP | Monday & Wednesday Mornings | Parliamentary Intern | None |
| David Gauke MP | 3 Months | Constituency Intern | None. Travel Expenses |
March 2011
| Conservative Party | Not Stated | Research Intern | None |
| David Morris MP | 3 Months Minimum | Parliamentary intern | None |
| Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP | Part-Time | Parliamentary Intern | None. Expenses |
| West Thurrock Conservatives | Not Stated | Constituency Intern | None |
| Andrew Turner MP | Monday-Thursdays | Parliamentary Intern | None. Travel & Lunch Expenses |
| Robert Buckland MP & Justin Tomlinson MP | Not Stated | Parliamentary Intern | None. Expenses |
| Louise Bagshawe MP (Now Louise Mensch) | 3 Months | Parliamentary Intern | None. Lunch & Travel Expenses |
| Mel Stride MP | 2 Months | Parliamentary Intern | None |
| Rt Hon Cheryl Gillan MP | 4 Days Per Week | Parliamentary Intern | None |
| Mark Menzies MP | Not Stated | Parliamentary Intern | None |
| Rt Hon Dominic Grieve QC MP | 3 Months | Constituency Intern | None. Travel Expenses |
| David Ruffley MP | Not Stated | Parliamentary Intern | None. Travel Expenses |
| David Amess MP | Not Stated | Parliamentary Intern | None. Expenses |
| Rt. Hon David Davis MP | Not Stated | Parliamentary Intern | None. Travel Expenses |
April 2011
| Aidan Burley MP | 3 Months | Parliamentary Intern | None. Travel Expenses |
| Richard Harrington MP and Watford Conservatives | 1 Month | Campaigns Intern | None. Travel Expenses |
| Graham Stuart MP | Not Stated | Parliamentary Intern | None. Some Expenses |
| John Penrose MP | 3 Months | Parliamentary Intern | None. Travel Expenses |
| Ealing Central & Acton Conservative Association | Flexible | Campaigns Intern | None. Expenses |
| Nadhim Zahawi MP | Not Stated | Parliamentary Intern | None. Travel Expenses |
| Stuart Andrew MP | 3 Months | Parliamentary Intern | None. Expenses |
| Mel Stride MP | 2 Months | Parliamentary Intern | None |
| Westminster North Conservative Association | 3 Days Per Week | Campaigns Intern | None. Travel Expenses |
| Brandon Lewis MP | Not Stated | Constituency Intern | None. Travel Expenses |
May 2011
| Edward Timpson MP | 3 Months | Parliamentary Intern | None. Travel Expenses |
| Steve Barker MP | 3 Months | Parliamentary Intern | None. Travel & Lunch Expenses |
| Chris Skidmore MP | 3-6 Months | Constituency Intern | None |
June 2011
| Bristol and South Glos Conservative Group | 14 Hours Per Week | Campaigns Intern | None. Travel Expenses |
| David Gauke MP | 6 Months | Constituency Intern | None. Travel Expenses |
| David Burrowes MP | 10 Months | Parliamentary & Constituency Intern | None. Travel & Lunch Expenses |
| Anne Marie Morris MP | 3 Months | Campaigns Intern | None |
| Guy Opperman MP | 3-5 Days Per Week | Parliamentary Intern | None. Expenses |
July 2011
| David Rutley MP | 3 Months | Parliamentary Intern | None |
| Rt Hon Dominic Grieve QC MP | 2 Month | Parliamentary & Constituency Intern | None. Travel Expenses |
| Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell MP | 3 Months | Parliamentary Intern | None. Travel Expenses Within London |
| Lorraine Fullbrook MP | Not Stated | Parliamentary Intern | None. Travel & Lunch Expenses |
August 2011
| David Gauke MP | 6 Months | Constituency Intern | None. Travel Expenses |
| Mel Stride MP | 3 Months | Parliamentary Intern | None |
| Mark Field MP | 3 Months, Part-Time | Parliamentary Intern | None. Travel & Lunch Expenses |
| Mark Harper MP | 3 Months | Parliamentary Intern | None. Travel & Lunch Expenses |
| Henry Smith MP | 3 Months | Parliamentary Intern | None. Travel Expenses |
September 2011
| Anne Marie Morris MP | 3 Months | Constituency Intern | None. Travel Expenses |
| Rob Wilson MP | 9-5, Monday-Friday | Constituency Intern | None. Local Travel Expenses |
October 2011
| Graham Evans MP | Part-Time Until June 2012 | Parliamentary Intern | None |
| X4 Jeremy Hunt MP | 3 Months | Constituency Intern | None. Travel Expenses |
| Chris Heaton-Harris MP , | 3 Days Per Week | Parliamentary Intern | None. Travel & Subsistence Expenses |
| Jake Berry MP | Full & Part-Time | Parliamentary Intern | None. Travel & Food Reimbursed |
| Westminster North Conservatives | Not Stated | Constituency Intern | None. Travel Expenses |
Ian Silvera
[...] Ian Silvera has processed the data of how many interns are employed, for free, by politicians. Bad news for the Tories this morning as it emerges that the practice of exploiting slave labour goes to the very top of [...]
[...] Tory list is here and the Labour list is [...]
Let us have a proper professional and unbiased analysis of who and how many there are in ALL three major parties.
I would also recommend showing ministers against shadow ministers of the same department and follow right through to backbenchers. Analysis needs unbiased sources.
Would be nice to have an MP of the month on this issue.
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