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Friday 1st June 2012 | 11:06

The PoliticsHome Awards 2011/12

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The Awards themselves will be presented at a big bash at RICS off Parliament Square on June 18 (put that date in your diary). Full details of all categories can be found HERE, but here's a neat summary of the shortlists:

 

Political Moment of the Year

 • Phone Hacking Debate, July 2011

• Nadine Dorries - 'arrogant posh boys'

• Boris Johnson's Re-election as Mayor of London

• David Cameron's veto of the fiscal compact

 

Speech of the Year

• Steve Rotherham on Hillsborough

• Tim Farron's party conference speech

• Tom Watson in hacking debate

 • Adam Holloway's resignation speech in Euro referendum debate

 

MP of the Year (Sponsored by Direct Line Group)    

• Tom Watson

• John Bercow

• Louise Mensch

• Jacob Rees-Mogg

 

Peer of the Year

• Lord Bach

• Baroness Trumpington

• Earl Howe

• Baroness Williams

 

Campaign of the Year

• Elfyn Llwyd's anti-stalking

• Stella Creasy's loan sharks

• Ben Gummer for tax transparency

• John Healey on the Risk Register

 

Political Tweeter of the Year

• @JohnPrescott

• @JReedMP

• @LouiseMensch

• @TimFarron

 

Political Blogger of the Year

• Paul Goodman, ConHome

• Laurence Durnan, Political Scrapbook

• James Kirkup

• Gary Gibbon

 

Social Media: #hashtagoftheyear

• #telldaveeverything

• #horsegate

• #winning

• #godisgove

• #pastytax

 

Scoop of the Year

• Isabel Oakeshott on Chris Huhne/Vicky Pryce

• Christopher Hope for horsegate

• Christopher Cook for Gove emails

• Rupert Neate for Liam Fox/Werrity

 

 

Organisation Contribution to Central Lobby

• Action for Children - Red alert for services protecting the vulnerable

• British Air Transport Association - Planned APD rises must be abandoned

• Woodland Trust - 2011 - the year of forests?

 

Peer Contribution to Central Lobby

• Lord Faulkner of Worcester - Smoke out tobacco companies influence

• Baroness Cox - People of South Sudan 'disappointed' in UK government

• Baroness Gardner of Parkes - Law favours burglars

 

MP Contribution to Central Lobby

• Steve Baker MP - We need a responsible, self-regulating financial system

• Kerry McCarthy MP - Leads debate on World Vegan Day

• Grant Shapps MP - 10 tips for Twitter

• Dominic Rabb MP - We must end feminist bigotry

• Julian Huppert MP - Riots are no excuse for this authoritarian knee-jerkery