If you’re the constituent of one of the following MPs, then you really should write them a letter if you object to the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill. (The bill has a deceptively boring title – do read about it, get past the title)
Heck, you should write a letter anyway – especially if your MP is labour, but people in these constituencies may well have a little more success. I’ve written to my MP, but these MPs are Labour Party candidates, and they rebelled against the government previously.
With thanks to Perfect.co.uk for the list.
Write To Them is a handy link which gives the addresses of your various representatives. Personally, I think snail-mail is a better bet than email.
Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington)
John Austin (Erith & Thamesmead)
Richard Burden (Birmingham Northfield)
Michael Clapham (Barnsley West & Penistone)
Katy Clark (Ayrshire North and Arran)
Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead)
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North)
Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central)
Ann Cryer (Keighley)
Frank Dobson (Holborn & St Pancras)
Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich)
Mark Fisher (Stoke-on-Trent Central)
Paul Flynn (Newport West)
Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow)
Ian Gibson (Norwich North)
Roger Godsiff (Birmingham Sparkbrook & Small Heath)
John Grogan (Selby)
David Hamilton (Midlothian)
Doug Henderson (Newcastle upon Tyne North)
Kate Hoey (Vauxhall)
Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North)
Glenda Jackson (Hampstead & Highgate)
Sian James (Swansea East)
Lynne Jones (Birmingham Selly Oak)
Sadiq Khan (Tooting)
Peter Kilfoyle (Liverpool Walton)
Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith)
Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central)
Andy Love (Edmonton)
Christine McCafferty (Calder Valley)
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington)
Bob Marshall-Andrews (Medway)
Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton)
Julie Morgan (Cardiff North)
George Mudie (Leeds East)
Chris Mullin (Sunderland South)
Gordon Prentice (Pendle)
Nick Raynsford (Greenwich & Woolwich)
Linda Riordan (Halifax)
Clare Short (Birmingham Ladywood)
Alan Simpson (Nottingham South)
Dennis Skinner (Bolsover)
Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South)
David Taylor (Leicestershire North West)
Emily Thornberry (Islington South & Finsbury)
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth)
Bob Wareing (Liverpool West Derby)
David Winnick (Walsall North)
Mike Wood (Batley & Spen)
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I linked to this post. If every Labour rebel can recieve at least one letter each, it could make a big difference.
What do you do if your MP is a craven, spineless, toadying PPS, like mine is?
(Edit: You could try something along these lines: ‘I believe it is important for every MP, regardless of party allegiance, to retain their role as the primary legislature in the United Kingdom – even if it were unintended this bill has the effect of removing that role.’ … and enlighten your naighbours about the issue too! – Murk)
Kate Hoey (Vauxhall) has received an a email and a follow-up from me. The follow-up asked why a schedule of excluded acts was not added (this was a David Howarth ammendment IIRC) and why a bill intended to *reduce* business regulation needs to create some of the specific powers it does e.g. search and seizure, expansion of data retention and other schemes etc.
The single reply was anti-LRRB and promised to represent my views with the appropriate person. No further responses yet.
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Letter From the Cabinet Office
Murky.org has received a response letter from the Cabinet Office. Standard blurb you’d expect really but Murky is looking for comments on a response.
Murky also has a good post on sending letters to Labour MPs likely to rebel. I’ll be posting a temp…