83 Labour MPs and 34 Labour MEP candidates have declared today that they believe it is time to hold another referendum.
Their statement reads: “Labour members, voters, MPs, MEPs and elected members across the country overwhelmingly support a public vote. It’s time to put it back to the people.”
It has been signed by 117 MPs, MEPs and MEP candidates – plus Labour mayors Damien Egan and Philip Glanville, and many more councillors and activists.
Labour for a Public Vote director Mike Buckley said: “Labour voters who want a public vote should be reassured that this remains our policy. Labour is, at heart, a Remain party – over 80% of our MPs, members and MEPs back a public vote and would campaign for Remain in a second referendum. Labour votes in parliament have prevented Brexit – and have made a final say the most popular choice among MPs.
“Because of a flawed electoral system, a vote for minor parties in tomorrow’s elections risks sending more Brexit Party MEPs to Europe, when a vote for Labour would mean more pro-public vote, pro-Remain Labour MEPs. As a result, it is vital to maximise the Labour vote to beat back the threat of Nigel Farage and his right-wing Brexit Party.’”
Signatories:
Labour MPs
- Rushanara Ali MP – Bethnal Green and Bow
- Dr Rosena Allin-Khan MP – Tooting
- Tonia Antoniazzi MP – Gower
- Hilary Benn MP – Leeds Central
- Roberta Blackman-Woods MP – City of Durham
- Ben Bradshaw MP – Exeter
- Chris Bryant MP – Rhondda
- Karen Buck MP – Westminster North
- Richard Burden MP – Birmingham, Northfield
- Ruth Cadbury MP – Bretford and Isleworth
- Ann Clwyd MP – Cynon Valley
- Mary Creagh MP – Wakefield
- Marsha de Cordova MP – Battersea
- Neil Coyle MP – Bermondsey and Old Southwark
- Janet Daby MP – Lewisham East
- Geraint Davies MP – Swansea West
- Thangam Debboinaire MP – Bristol West
- David Drew MP – Stroud
- Anneliese Dodds MP – Oxford East
- Stephen Doughty MP – Cardiff South and Penarth
- Rosie Duffield MP – Canterbury
- Maria Eagle MP – Garston and Halewoods
- Julie Elliott MP – Sunderland Central
- Louise Ellman MP – Liverpool Riverside
- Paul Farrelly MP – Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Vicky Foxcroft MP – Lewisham, Deptford
- James Frith MP – Bury North
- Ruth George MP – High Peak
- Kate Green MP – Stretford and Urmston
- Lillian Greenwood MP – Nottingham South
- John Grogan MP – Keighley
- Preet Gill MP – Birmingham, Egbaston
- Helen Hayes MP – Dulwich and West Norwood
- Meg Hillier MP – Hackney South and Shoreditch
- Margaret Hodge MP – Barking
- Rupa Huq MP – Ealing Central and Acton
- Susan Elan Jones MP – Clwyd South
- Darren Jones MP – Bristol North West
- Ruth Jones MP – Newport West
- Liz Kendall MP – Leicester West
- Ged Killen MP – Rutherglen and Hamilton West
- Peter Kyle MP – Hove
- David Lammy MP – Tottenham
- Holly Lynch MP – Halifax
- Sandy Martin MP – Ipswich
- Rachael Maskell MP – York Central
- Chris Matheson MP – City of Chester
- Kerry McCarthy MP – Bristol East
- Siobhain McDonagh MP – Mitcham and Morden
- Alison McGovern MP – Wirral South
- Catherine McKinnell MP – Newcastle upon Tyne North
- Anna McMorrin MP – Cardiff North
- Madeleine Moon MP – Brigend
- Stephen Morgan MP – Portsmouth South
- Ian Murray MP – Edinburgh South
- Albert Owen MP – Ynys Mon
- Jess Philips MP – Birmingham Yardley
- Bridget Phillipson MP – Houghton and Sunderland South
- Luke Pollard MP – Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
- Ellie Reeves MP – Lewisham East
- Rachel Reeves MP – Leeds West
- Virenda Sharma MP – Ealing Southall
- Barry Sheerman MP – Huddersfield
- Tulip Siddiq MP – Hampstead and Kilburn
- Andrew Slaughter MP – Hammersmith
- Jeff Smith MP – Manchester Withington
- Owen Smith MP – Pontypridd
- Alex Sobel MP – Leeds North West
- Jo Stevens MP – Cardiff Central
- Wes Streeting MP – Ilford North
- Paul Sweeney MP – Glasgow North East
- Stephen Timms MP – East Ham
- Gareth Thomas MP – Harrow West
- Anna Turley MP – Redcar
- Martin Whitfield MP – East Lothian
- Phil Wilson MP – Sedgefield
- Paul Williams MP – Stockton South
- Catherine West MP – Hornsey and Wood Green
- Matt Western MP – Warwick and Leamington
- Mohammad Yasin MP – Bedford
- Daniel Zeichner MP – Cambridge
- Chris Elmore MP – Ogmore
- Steve McCabe MP – Birmingham Selly Oak
Labour MEPs and MEP candidates
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- Andrew Adonis, South West
- Jayne Allport, Yorkshire and the Humber
- Yvonne Atkinson, South West
- James Beckles, London
- Paul Brannen MEP, North East
- Richard Corbett MEP, Yorkshire and the Humber
- Seb Dance MEP, London
- Rohit Dasgupta, South East
- Duncan Enright, South East
- Amy Fowler, South East
- Neil Guild, South West
- Mary Honeyball MEP
- John Howarth MEP, South East
- Alison Hulme, Yorkshire and the Humber
- Jackie Jones, Wales
- Wajid Khan MEP, North West
- Jayne Kirkham, South West
- Jude Kirton-Darling MEP, North East
- David Martin MEP, Scotland
- Alex Mayer MEP, East of England
- Martin Mayer, Yorkshire and the Humber
- Clare Moody MEP, South West
- Arran Neathey, South East
- Rory Palmer MEP, East Midlands
- Alvin Shum, East of England
- Cathy Shutt, South East
- Anna Smith, East of England
- Sharon Taylor, East of England
- Eloise Todd, Yorkshire and the Humber
- Emma Turnbull, South East
- Derek Vaughan MEP, Wales
- Julie Ward MEP, North West
- Mary Wimbury, Wales
- Mark Whitcutt, Wales
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