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Labour PPCs issue letter of endorsement for David Miliband

September 10, 2010 3:09 pm

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David Miliband campaign By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk

Over one hundred Labour PPCs have issued an open letter declaring support for David Miliband. The former candidates write:

“We recognise that historically following a General Election loss our party has languished in opposition for a number of years, unable to effect the changes our country needed. We therefore feel strongly that we must elect a leader who can buck this trend, reconnect Labour with voters and lead us to victory at the next election.”

The full text and signatories are reproduced below:

“We are Labour Party members who stood as parliamentary candidates at the General Election in May. Like many other Labour candidates across the country, we were not elected in what was a painful defeat for our Party.”

“The Party has a choice between excellent candidates, all of whom have particular strengths. However we believe that it is David Miliband who is best placed to stand against David Cameron as a credible alternative Prime Minister at the next General Election. It is David Miliband who can win for Labour the length and breadth of our country, who can lead our party’s fight back against the coalition and who can lead our campaign to return a Labour government. That is why we enthusiastically support David as our next Labour Leader.”

1. Abul Monsur Ohid	Ahmed	West Suffolk
2. Janet	Anderson	Rosendale and Darwen
3. Vera	Baird	Redcar
4. Celia	Barlow	Hove
5. Leo	Barraclough	Eastleigh
6. Emily	Benn	East Worthing and Shoreham
7. Nick	Bent	Warrington South
8. Lorna	Blackmore	Wealden
9. Jennifer	Bone	South West Bedfordshire
10. Stephanie	Booth	Calder Valley
11. Richard	Boudier	Ceredigion
12. Jayne	Buckland	Wellingborough
13. Dawn	Butler	Brent South
14. Sharon	Carr-Brown	Bournemouth West
15. Ian	Cawsey	Brigg and Goole
16. Bambos	Charalambous	Enfield, Southgate
17. Chris	Clark	Ashford
18. Julie	Cooper	Burnley
19. Hannah	Cooper	Newbury
20. Cameron	Day	Edinburgh West
21. Oliver	de Botton	Hitchin and Harpenden
22. Mark	Dempsey	The Cotswolds
23. Parmjit	Dhanda	Gloucester
24. James	Dove	Mole Valley
25. Jane	Edbrooke	East Hampshire
26. John	Ferrett	Portsmouth South
27. Mike	Foster	Worcester
28. Anthony	Gajadharsingh	Chesham and Amersham
29. Mary	Galbraith	East Dunbartonshire
30. Sidharath	Garg	Uxbridge and South Ruislip
31. Sally	Gimson	South Leicestershire
32. Jamie	Glackin	Perth & North Perthshire
33. Joe	Goldberg	Witney
34. David	Graham	Argyll & Bute
35. Daniel	Griffiths	Tonbridge and Malling
36. Rachel	Harris	Dudley South
37. Sue	Hayman	Halesowen and Rowley Regis
38. Jason	Hughes	North Wiltshire
39. Ronald	Hughes	Aberconwy
40. Ashiq	Hussain MBE JP	Aldridge-Brownhills
41. Steven	Hyden	Lichfield
42. Richard	Jackson	Tatton
43. Brian	Jenkins	Tamworth
44. Darren	Jones	Torridge & West Devon
45. Bhavna	Joshi	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
46. Paul	Kalinauckas	The Wrekin
47. Sally	Keeble	Northampton North
48. Shafi	Khan	Carshalton and Wallington
49. Philippa	Latimer	St Ives
50. Christopher	Lloyd	Brecon and Radnorshire
51. Clyde	Loakes	Northampton South
52. Andrew	Lomas	Wycombe
53. Shahid	Malik	Dewsbury
54. Harinder Singh	Mann	South West Hertfordshire
55. Gareth	Manson	East Devon
56. Matthew	May	South Northamptonshire
57. Anita	McDonald	Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
58. Kevin	McKeever	Harborough
59. Ian	McLaughlan	North Shropshire
60. Jamie	McMahon	Gainsborough
61. Tony	McNulty	Harrow East
62. Gillian	Merron	Lincoln
63. Jeremy	Miles	Beaconsfield
64. Alison	Moore	Finchley and Golders Green
65. Teresa	Murray	Rochester and Strood
66. Jordan	Newell	Colchester
67. Dan	Norris	Wansdyke
68. David	Oakensen	Somerton and Frome
69. Chris	Oxlade	Crawley
70. Nick	Palmer	Broxtowe
71. Kathryn	Perera	Aylesbury
72. Bill	Rammell	Harlow
73. Andy	Reed	Loughborough
74. Rebecca	Rennison	South West Wiltshire
75. Peter	Roberts	North East Cambridgeshire
76. Philippa	Roberts	Hereford and South Herefordshire
77. Jonathan	Roberts	Thirsk and Malton
78. Paul	Rounding	East Yorkshire
79. David	Rowntree	Cities of London and Westminster
80. Christine	Russell	City of Chester
81. Gerry	Ryan	Croydon Central
82. Joan	Ryan	Enfield North
83. Tariq	Sadiq	South Cambridgeshire
84. Jean	Samuel	Canterbury
85. Jack	Scott	Sheffield, Hallam
86. Jonathan	Shaw	Chatham and Aylesford
87. Valerie	Shawcross	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
88. Gareth	Siddorn	Sevenoaks
89. Ruth	Smeeth	Burton
90. Kathryn	Smith	Gravesham
91. Jacqui	Smith	Redditch
92. Phylis	Starkey	Milton Keynes South
93. Richard	Stevens	Oxford West and Abingdon
94. Alan	Strickland	Berwick-Upon-Tweed
95. Colin	Swindell	Derbyshire Dales
96. Sharon	Taylor	Stevenage
97. Dari	Taylor	Stockton South
98. Stephen	Terry	Hertford and Stortford
99. Jonathan	Todd	Westmorland and Lonsdale
100. Lynda	Waltho	Stourbridge
101. Clare	Ward	Watford
102. Michael	Watson	Broxbourne
103. Matthew	Willey	Surrey Heath
104. Susan	Woodward	Cannock Chase
105. Chris	York	North West Cambridgeshire

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