# The 2016 MP Christmas card round-up - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/12/20/the-mp-christmas-card-round-up/ - Published: 2016-12-20T10:05:14+00:00 - Author: Melanie May **How many MPs have sent out charity Christmas cards this year? So far the roving eye of UK Fundraising has found just two that are raising funds for charity: from First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon, and Martin Docherty-Hughes, MP for Clydebank.** Sturgeon has sent out an Oor Wullie card, the original illustration for which is being auctioned next year for charity with proceeds divided between [The ARCHIE Foundation](http://www.archiefoundationhome.org.uk/), [SiMBA](http://www.simbacharity.org.uk/), [Christine Witcutt Memorial Fu](http://www.cwcentre.org/christine.html) nd and [The Dixon Community](http://www.dixoncommunity.com/), while Docherty-Hughes ran the first of what he plans to be an annual charity [Christmas card competition](http://www.clydebankpost.co.uk/news/14966465.Clydebank_s_MP_declares_winner_of_first_annual_Christmas_card_competition/), which raised £400 for two local charities: [Clydebank Women’s Aid](http://www.clydebankwomensaid.co.uk/), and [Dumbarton District Women’s Aid](http://www.ddwa.org.uk/). A number of MPs, including Jeremy Hunt, George Osborne and Philip Dunne MP, Ludlow did at least visit charity card shops with Osborne paying his 15^(th) annual visit to the Combined Charities Christmas card shop at Wilmslow Library: ## Advertisement > Thanks to volunteers from [@wearepreventBC](https://twitter.com/wearepreventBC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > at [#christmas](https://twitter.com/hashtag/christmas?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > card shop in [#wilmslow](https://twitter.com/hashtag/wilmslow?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > [#library](https://twitter.com/hashtag/library?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) We > had a famous visitor too! [@George_Osborne](https://twitter.com/George_Osborne?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > [pic.twitter.com/UEKY7Z6l9b](https://t.co/UEKY7Z6l9b) > — charity xmas cards (@charitycards4U) [November 3, 2016](https://twitter.com/charitycards4U/status/794237213793984516?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)   Prime Minister Theresa May has chosen three designs, all by children in her constituency. May launched a competition back in September challenging children in her constituency of Maidenhead and Twyford to come up with a design on the theme of ‘Christmas at Downing Street’. It was open to children aged 11 and under. The competition is a tradition between the Prime Minister and the Maidenhead Advertiser. > The top 10 entries to Prime Minister Theresa May's Christmas card competition > are now on display in Maidenhead Library. [@MaidenheadAds](https://twitter.com/MaidenheadAds?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > [@RBWM](https://twitter.com/RBWM?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/aBSWLEsTiF](https://t.co/aBSWLEsTiF) > — Nicola Hine (@nicola_hine) [December 15, 2016](https://twitter.com/nicola_hine/status/809377772745486336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)   Cards designed by children in the MP’s constituency seem to be a popular choice. Jeff Smith MP, Manchester Withington also held a competition:   https://twitter.com/frostybutcher/status/810109713652350977   As did (amongst others): Wales first minister Carwyn Jones, with card designed by a 9-year-old schoolboy in Cwmbran who won a competition entered by 700 schoolchildren: > Congratulations to Travis Carter for his winning Christmas Card and thank you > [@YGCwmbran](https://twitter.com/YGCwmbran?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) for the warm welcome > today [https://t.co/kHewyg2PE6](https://t.co/kHewyg2PE6) [pic.twitter.com/JCSkoANgTF](https://t.co/JCSkoANgTF) > — Vaughan Gething 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳 (@PrifWeinidog) [December 5, 2016](https://twitter.com/PrifWeinidog/status/805778712096555008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)   Edward Timpson MP, Crewe & Nantwich: https://twitter.com/edwardtimpson/status/809789740895666176   James Berry MP, Kingston & Surbiton: https://twitter.com/JamesBerryMP/status/809461635555278848   And Lib Dem leader Tim Farron: > Tim Farron's Xmas card is rather sweet [pic.twitter.com/aBIV9jy1KE](https://t.co/aBIV9jy1KE) > — Helena Horton (@horton_official) [December 8, 2016](https://twitter.com/horton_official/status/806875120451145728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)   Labour leader Jeremy Corbin however has gone for a simple design of a white dove with a red background: > Jeremy Corbyn unveils his Christmas card [https://t.co/eDIiZYwBAr](https://t.co/eDIiZYwBAr) > [pic.twitter.com/zkQ0nBwxs3](https://t.co/zkQ0nBwxs3) > — Steerpike (@MrSteerpike) [December 12, 2016](https://twitter.com/MrSteerpike/status/808240468999991296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)   Other MPs went for the more humorous approach. Chief Whip Nick Brown, MP: > Another hilarious card this year from Nick Brown MP. [pic.twitter.com/dsQJ2Y6qn3](https://t.co/dsQJ2Y6qn3) > — Diana Johnson DBE MP 🇬🇧🇺🇦🌈 (@DianaJohnsonMP) [December 16, 2016](https://twitter.com/DianaJohnsonMP/status/809770196714094592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)   Nigel Evans MP trumped that with his own: > Tory MP Nigel Evans' Christmas card is a picture of him holding a mug with a picture > of him and Donald Trump on it. [pic.twitter.com/uI4Ocw7rAr](https://t.co/uI4Ocw7rAr) > — Adam Bienkov (@AdamBienkov) [December 12, 2016](https://twitter.com/AdamBienkov/status/808335157430251520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)   We’re not too sure what UKIP’s Nigel Farage’s Christmas card design is, but this seems to get the popular vote: > Nigel Farage's Christmas card. Inside it reads: "Merry Christmas and here's to > more fun in 2017" [@Nigel_Farage](https://twitter.com/Nigel_Farage?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > [pic.twitter.com/qpznJu7oUg](https://t.co/qpznJu7oUg) > — Christopher Hope📝 (@christopherhope) [December 15, 2016](https://twitter.com/christopherhope/status/809427484064313346?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Surely not…. Other MPs have sent charity Christmas cards in the past, including then Prime Minster [Gordon Brown in 2007](https://fundraising.co.uk/2007/11/16/prime-minister-send-charity-christmas-card/), and [Charles Kennedy in 2004](https://fundraising.co.uk/2004/12/10/lib-dem-leader-chooses-charity-christmas-card/). If any of your MPs have sent out charity Christmas cards this year, do let us know. * **[Making a Difference Cards adds video and audio messages for Christmas](https://fundraising.co.uk/2019/11/20/making-a-difference-cards-adds-video-and-audio-messages-for-christmas/)**( 20 November 2019) * **[Who’s supporting who this Christmas – & how](https://fundraising.co.uk/2022/11/18/whos-supporting-who-this-christmas-how/)**( 18 November 2022) * **[Consumers Advised to buy Christmas Cards Directly from Charity](https://fundraising.co.uk/2007/11/27/consumers-advised-buy-christmas-cards-directly-charity/)**( 27 November 2007) ![Loading](https://fundraising.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/page-views-count/ajax-loader- 2x.gif)