Jamie Stone says MP of the Year accolade is 'a great honour'
Jamie Stone revealed that he was "surprised, verging on astounded" to be honoured in the MP of the Year Awards.
The Liberal Democrat member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross was named as the 2022 Other Party MP of the Year, for those who are neither Conservative nor Labour.
The awards are presented by Patchwork Foundation and are held in association with Mosaic Network, Operation Black Vote, the Faith and Belief Forum and UpRising. They recognise MPs who uphold the foundation's ethos and values – to champion underrepresented, minority or disadvantaged communities in the UK.
An independent panel of judges cited Mr Stone's work on improving the take-up of broadband social tariffs and connectivity infrastructure, his parliamentary campaign to support households that rely on heating oil and other alternative energy sources during the cost-of-living crisis and the 3241 miles he travelled in one year on constituency surgeries.
Mr Stone said: "I was surprised, verging on astounded, to discover that I was to receive this award. It is a great honour, particularly for one who went to school without ever winning any prizes at all.
"In accepting the award, I feel that I want to share it with the brilliant team that run my office, but also with the literally thousands of constituents that I speak and work with to try and improve things for people living in my constituency – things like improved health services, the cost-of-living crisis and making sure that no-one is disadvantaged because of where they live."
Full list of winners: Overall MP of the Year – Catherine West. Newcomer MP of the Year – Gary Sambrook. Conservative MP of the Year – Fiona Bruce. Labour MP of the Year – David Lammy. Other Party MP of the Year – Jamie Stone. Young People’s MP of the Year – Apsana Begum. Outstanding Achievement Award – Imran Sanaullah.
Judges were Shabir Randeree, a Prince’s Trust council member, Jo Youle, chief executive officer of Missing People, Matt Hyde, chief executive of the Scout Association, Phil Champain, chief executive officer of the Faith and Belief Forum, Sajidah Patel, director of the Naz Legacy Foundation, Lord Simon Woolley, founder of Operation Black Vote, and Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, Britain’s greatest Paralympian.
