As a range of Labour party members, councillors, NEC members, trade unionists, activists, community workers and campaigners, we are asking Labour MPs to nominate John McDonnell in order to allow a genuine debate about the future direction of our party.
We are concerned that a contest between candidates with broadly the same views will fail to deliver the wide-ranging policy debate Labour urgently needs following our defeat at the polls.
We welcome John McDonnell’s commitment to a leadership debate based on the policies, not the personalities. We note John McDonnell’s long-standing support for workers’ rights, a peaceful foreign policy, publicly owned services, progressive taxation, an emergency council housing programme, a living wage, and civil liberties. We also welcome his determination that working people must not be made to pay for a crisis that is not of their making, and his opposition to the Con-Dem cuts agenda that will devastate our communities. We want these policies to be given a platform in the leadership campaign.
That is why we ask MPs to nominate John McDonnell, regardless of how they will subsequently vote, in order to allow an inspirational, comradely debate about the future direction of our party and our country.
| NAME | SURNAME | POSITION | BLP | CLP | UNION | ORGANISATION | |||
| Derek | Boden | Councillor | Bury | ||||||
| Susan | Press | Councillor | Calder Valley | ||||||
| Vince | Maple | Councillor | Chatham Central | ||||||
| Gordon | Munro | Councillor | Leith | Edinburgh North and Leith | |||||
| Barry | Buitekant | Councillor | Hackney North & Stoke Newington | ||||||
| Lynne | Allen | Councillor | Hayes & Harlington | ||||||
| Geoff | Lumley | Councillor | Isle of Wight | ||||||
| Neil | Findlay | Councillor | Livingston | ||||||
| Robert | Boswell | Councillor | Preston | ||||||
| Matthew | Brown | Councillor | Preston | ||||||
| John | Browne | Councillor | Preston | ||||||
| Drew | Gale | Councillor | Preston | ||||||
| James | Hull | Councillor | Preston | ||||||
| Taalib | Shamsuddin | Councillor | Preston | ||||||
| Andy | Walker | Councillor | Redbridge | ||||||
| Michael | Downing | Councillor | Stevenage | GMB | |||||
| Pete | Curling | Councillor | Uxbridge & South Ruislip | UNITE | |||||
| Martin | Wood | Councillor | Workington | Community | |||||
| Anthony | Wardle | Councillor (Exeter County Council) | Exeter | ||||||
| Tom | Neilson | Councillor and Branch Secretary | Measham | NW Leicestershire | CWU | ||||
| Jim | Mackechnie | Councillor and CLP Chair | Glasgow North | ||||||
| Pat | Merrick | Councillor/Deputy Leader of Labour Group/2010 PPC | Eddisbury | UNITE | |||||
| Peter | Rankin | Councillor and former leader of Preston City Council | Preston | ||||||
| Tony | Belton | Councillor and Leader of Wandsworth Labour Group | Latchmere | Battersea North | Unite, City University | ||||
| Matthew | Tomlinson | Councillor, Leader of the Labour Group, South Ribble Borough Council | South Ribble | UNITE | |||||
| Daniel | Jeffery | Assistant Branch Secretary | Lambeth UNISON | ||||||
| John Ivor | Lewis | Branch Chair | Mumbles Branch | Gower | |||||
| David | Carter | Branch Chair | Linthorpe | Middlesborough | |||||
| Samir | Vohra | Branch Chair | Deepdale | Preston | UCU | ||||
| Rosalie | Huzzard | Branch Chair | Sheffield Heeley | ||||||
| Laurie | Whelan | Branch Membership Secretary | Hillrise Branch | Islington North | |||||
| Graham | Bash | Branch Secretary | Leabridge Branch | Hackney North & Stoke Newington | |||||
| Wendy | Hollands | Branch Secretary | West Branch | Maidstone and The Weald | |||||
| Audrey | Tullett | Branch Secretary | Chepstow | Monmouth | UNITE | ||||
| Ian | Morrison | Branch Secretary | Hucknall Branch | Sherwood | NUM | ||||
| Mark | Ellen | Branch Secretary | Sheerness | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | Musicians Union | ||||
| Dave | Grant | Branch Secretary | RMT | ||||||
| Steve | Swift | Branch Secretary | RMT South West Midlands | ||||||
| Steven | Price | Branch Secretary (union) | Gloucester | ASLEF Gloucester 085 | |||||
| Sean | Fox | Branch Secretary (union) | Mitcham and Morden | Haringey UNISON | |||||
| Steve | Fricker | Branch Secretary (union) | Southampton Test | Southampton UNITE Cab Section SE621 | |||||
| David | Beaumont | Branch Secretary (union) | UNITE Hounslow and Feltham | ||||||
| George | Binette | Branch Secretary (union) | Camden UNISON Branch Secretary | ||||||
| Ricky | Goodman | Branch Secretary (union) | RMT Waterloo Branch Secretary | ||||||
| John | Dowsett | Branch Treasurer | Muswell Hill | Hornsey & Wood Green | |||||
| Angela | Paton | Branch Vice-Chair | Kilmarnock South | Kilmarnock | |||||
| Luke | Hawksbee | Cambridge University Students’ Union Open Portfolio Officer & Education |
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| Billy | Tonner | Campaign Co-Ordinator for Plymouth Moor View | GMB | ||||||
| Alan | Lloyd | Chair (union) | Southampton Itchen | TGWU 2/202 | |||||
| David | Hide | Chair of Horsham CLP | Horsham | ||||||
| Dominic | Beck | Chair of South Yorkshire Young Labour | Rother Valley | ||||||
| Paul | Brown | Chair of UNITE Surrey and Sussex | Woking | ||||||
| Nick | Davies | Chair of Welsh Labour Grassroots | Swansea West | ||||||
| Benjamin | Symak | Chair, De Montfort University Club | Birmingham Northfield | UNITE | |||||
| Marsha-Jane | Thompson | Chair, UNISON United Left | |||||||
| Martin | Mayer | Chair, United Left and UNITE Executive Council | UNITE | ||||||
| Peter | Ryerson | CLP Chair | Uxbridge & South Ruislip | ||||||
| Trevor | Howard | CLP delegate | Morley and Outwood | RMT (Officer) | |||||
| Mike | Bird | CLP Secretary | Aberconwy | ||||||
| James | Groves | CLP Secretary | Lancaster and Fleetwood | ||||||
| Norrette | Moore | CLP Secretary | Uxbridge & South Ruislip | ||||||
| Michael | Mumford | CLP Treasurer | Andover | NASUWT Treasurer | |||||
| Brian | Madican | CLP Treasurer | Leyton & Wanstead | ||||||
| Tomasz | Pierscionek | Co-Editor of London Progressive Journal | |||||||
| John | Drewery | Co-Operative Party Yorkshire Party Council Secretary | Huddersfield | Kirklees UNISON | |||||
| Lynn | Wallice | Vice Chair (Membership) | Preston | ||||||
| Pete | Keenlyside | CWU National Executive | Manchester Withington | CWU | |||||
| George | Deacon | Delegate | Norwich South | ||||||
| Keith | Veness | Deputy Convenor and shop steward | Islington North | Hackney Homes UNISON Branch | |||||
| Johnny | Shoca | Deputy Headteacher | NUT | ||||||
| Henry | Lee | Ethnic Minorities Officer | Exeter | ||||||
| Jackie | Lukes | Ex-CLP Secretary | Hull North | UCU | |||||
| Dr. Edward | Llewellyn-Jones | Ex-councillor | Ashfield | NUT | |||||
| Sam | Margrave | Ex-councillor | Nuneaton | ||||||
| Ricky | Matthews | FBU Regional Secretary, Southern Region | Northampton South | FBU | |||||
| Bob | Thomson | Former Chairman and Treasurer of Scottish Labour Party | Glasgow South CLP | ||||||
| Maria | Fyfe | Former MP (Glasgow Maryhill) | Glasgow NW | ||||||
| Harry | Barnes | Former MP (North East Derbyshire) 1987-2005 | |||||||
| John | Elmore | GC Delegate | Basildon & Billericay | UNISON Case worker | |||||
| Jim | Brookshaw | GC Delegate | Cardiff South & Penarth | UNISON | |||||
| Charmaine | Morgan | GC Member | Grantham & Stamford | ||||||
| Stephanie | Mackay | Health & Safety Officer, RMT | |||||||
| Andrew | Berry | Islington UNISON Labour Link Officer | Islington North | ||||||
| Liam | Conway | President of Nottingham and Mansfield Trades Union Council | Nottingham East | NUT | |||||
| Simon | Cuff | Keble College, Oxford | Oxford East | ||||||
| Daniel | Nichols | Labour Link Officer | Romford | UNISON | |||||
| David | Radlett | Lecturer in Law, University of Kent | UCU | ||||||
| Jan | Whelan | Local Government Committee Secretary | Islington North | ||||||
| Ged | Dempsey | Member of National and Regional UNITE GPM Sector Committees | Wentworth | UNITE | |||||
| Tony | Burles | Membership Secretary | Uxbridge and South Ruislip | UNITE | |||||
| Elaine | Smith | MSP | Coatbridge and Chryston | ||||||
| Bill | Butler | MSP | Glasgow Anniesland | ||||||
| Marlyn | Glen | MSP | North East Scotland | ||||||
| Christine | Shawcroft | NEC of Labour Party | |||||||
| Lawrence | Shaw | NUJ Assistant Organiser | Stoke Central | ||||||
| Raymond | McHale | NW Rep, UNISON National LabourLink Committee | UNISON | ||||||
| Chris | Ford | Organiser | UNITE Clerkenwell & St. Pancras Branch | ||||||
| Jules | Mattsson | Organiser | London School Students Union | ||||||
| Neil | Singh | Organiser | CWU | ||||||
| Mike | Jones | PCS National Organiser MoD Group | Sefton Central | PCS | |||||
| Mary | Hanson | Political Office (union) | Camberwell & Peckham | CWU Central London Branch | |||||
| David | Stokes | PPC for Bournemouth East (2010) | Bournemouth East | ||||||
| Kathy | Pearce | PPC for Bridgwater and West Somerset (2010) | Bridgwater and West Somerset | ||||||
| Sarah | Evans | PPC for NW Hampshire (2010) | NW Hampshire | UNISON | |||||
| Kevin | Hind | PPC, Bury St. Edmund’s (2010) | Bury St. Edmund’s | ||||||
| Pete | Firmin | President, Brent Trades Union Council | Kilburn & Hampstead | CWU | |||||
| David | Statham | President, GMB Holborn Branch and Treasurer, Brent TUC | Hampstead & Kilburn | ||||||
| Thomas | Unterrainer | President, Nottingham City NUT | Nottingham East | NUT | |||||
| Stuart | Elden | Professor, Durham University | York | ||||||
| Vicki | Morris | Publicity officer (union) | Hendon | Barnet TUC | |||||
| Patrick | Cosgrove | QC | |||||||
| Matt | Tipper | Regional Industrial Organiser | Southampton | UNITE | |||||
| Hazel | Barkham | Reverand | South West Wilts | ||||||
| Tony | Byrne | RMT Midlands Region Political Officer | |||||||
| Patrick | Coates | Secretary | Maidstone & The Weald | ||||||
| Stephen | Beckett | Secretary | Tower Hamlets Borough Labour Party | ||||||
| Simon | Deville | Secretary | Walthamstow | Birkbeck College UNISON | |||||
| Charley | Allan | Secretary | NUJ London Central | ||||||
| Barrie | Eckford | Secretary (union) | Altrincham and Sale West | UNITE | |||||
| Judith | Atkinson | Secretary (union) | Brentford & Isleworth | UNITE West London Medical Branch | |||||
| Mick | Gilgunn | Secretary of Islington Trades Union Council | Islington North | ||||||
| Janine | Booth | Secretary of London Transport Regional Council | |||||||
| Vince | Mills | Secretary of Scottish Campaign for Socialism | |||||||
| Phil | Spencer | Secretary of UNISON Luton & Dunstable Hospital Branch | UNISON | ||||||
| Darren | Williams | Secretary of Welsh Labour Grassroots | Cardiff West | ||||||
| Mick | Houghton | Secretary, Greater London Association of Trade Union Councils | Southfield | Ealing Central & Acton | CWU | ||||
| David | Omoara | Shop steward | Beckenham | UNISON | |||||
| Ian | Sternberg | Shop steward | Wantage | GMB | |||||
| Simon | Macfarlane | Trade Union Liaison officer | Glasgow North | ||||||
| Rory | MacQueen | Trade Union Liaison Officer (CLP) and Branch Secretary (union) | Hackney North & Stoke Newington | GMB | |||||
| Heather | Wetzel | Trade Union organiser for the Labour Land Campaign | Brentford & Isleworth | PCS | |||||
| Paul | France | Treasurer and PEO | Bury North | ||||||
| Ian | Ros | UNISON Branch Secretary for Ymlaen | Swansea West | ||||||
| Val | Graham | UNISON delegate to CLP | Chesterfield | UNISON | |||||
| Kate | Ahrens | UNISON Leicestershire Health steward | |||||||
| Jon | Rogers | UNISON NEC | |||||||
| Eric | Wood | UNITE Blackpool Branch Secretary | Fylde | UNITE | |||||
| Ted | Knight | UNITE London and Eastern Regional Committee | Dulwich and West Norwood | UNITE | |||||
| Duncan | Hall | Vice-Chair | Skipton & Ripon | ||||||
| Stephen | Morton | Vice-Chair | Sutton & Cheam | ||||||
| Chris | Marks | Vice-President (Education), Hull University Union | |||||||
| Alice | Marshall | Vice-President (Welfare), Hull University Union | |||||||
| Joe | Flynn | Young Members Officer (union) | Streatham | Croydon NUT | |||||
| Daniel | Morley | Young Members Officer, Southwark UNISON | Dulwich and West Norwood | Southwark UNISON | |||||
| Matthew | Barrow | Youth Officer | Great Grimsby | ||||||
| Alan | Stevenson | Youth Officer | Greater Manchester Campaign for Free Public Transport | ||||||
| Nathan | Morrison | Aberdeen North | UCU | Aberdeen University Labour Club | |||||
| Pauline | Elmore | Basildon & Billericay | |||||||
| Paul | Mansell | Beaconsfield | |||||||
| John | Percival | Bermondsey and Old Southwark | UNITE | ||||||
| Luke | Blakey | Bexley | |||||||
| Stephanie | David | Bexleyheath & Crayford | GMB | ||||||
| Bill | Banning | Birmingham Hall Green | |||||||
| Martin | Challender | Bolton West | UNISON | ||||||
| Tim | Llewellyn | Brent East | |||||||
| Claire | Wadey | Brighton Pavillion | UNITE | ||||||
| Alison | Brown | Brightside and Hillsborough | UNISON | ||||||
| Keith | Evans | Bristol North West | |||||||
| Philip | Crawford | Bromsgrove | UNITE | ||||||
| Richard | Cooper | Bury North | |||||||
| Hilary | Appleton | Cambridge | |||||||
| Adam | Booth | Cambridge | UNITE | ||||||
| Brandon | High | Cambridge | |||||||
| Annie | Ring | Cambridge | NUS | ||||||
| Waseem | Yaqoob | Cambridge | |||||||
| Hazel | Brookshaw | Cardiff South & Penarth | UNITE | ||||||
| Gwyn | Bailey | Castle Point | |||||||
| Jonathan | Millins | Chichester | GMB | ||||||
| Barbara | Diamond | Coatbridge | Chryston and Bellshill | ||||||
| James | Diamond | Coatbridge | Chryston and Bellshill | ||||||
| Ben | Sellers | City of Durham | GMB | ||||||
| Darrall | Cozens | Coventry | |||||||
| Andrew | Fisher | Croydon Central | UNITE | ||||||
| Gordon | Nardell | Dulwich and West Norwood | |||||||
| Linda | Kietz | Ealing Central & Acton | CWU West London Branch | ||||||
| Mohamed | Ansar | Ealing Central and Acton | |||||||
| Robin | Walsh | Hobbayne Branch | Ealing North | ||||||
| Mike | Cowley | Edinburgh North and Leith | |||||||
| Rachel | Gibbs | Edinburgh North and Leith | |||||||
| Ruth | Aylett | Edinburgh South | UCU | ||||||
| Rob | Jones | Edinburgh South | |||||||
| Tom | Michaelson | Garston and Halewood | |||||||
| Gordon | Brown | Glasgow Central | UNITE | ||||||
| Pauline | Bryan | Glasgow Central | UNISON | ||||||
| Thomas | Graham | Glasgow Central | |||||||
| Peter | Millward | Glasgow Central | USDAW | ||||||
| Vicky | Grandon | Glasgow North | UNITE | ||||||
| Jack | Connor | Great Grimsby | |||||||
| Richard | Barkbrook | Hackney North & Stoke Newington | UCU | ||||||
| David | Holland | Hackney North & Stoke Newington | |||||||
| Owen | Jones | Hackney North & Stoke Newington | UNITE | ||||||
| Angie | Birtill | Hampstead & Kilburn | UNITE | ||||||
| Jacqui | Brown | Hampstead & Kilburn | UNISON | ||||||
| Marie | Lynam | Hampstead & Kilburn | GMB, North West London | ||||||
| Richard | Reed | Hampstead & Kilburn | |||||||
| Martin | Donohue | Harrow West | UCU rep | ||||||
| Seamus | Flaherty | Hastings and Rye | |||||||
| Paul | Griffin | Hayes & Harlington | |||||||
| Beverley | Griffin | Hayes & Harlington | |||||||
| Veronica | Killen | Hexham | |||||||
| Mark | Hollinrake | Heywood and Middleton | |||||||
| Ruth | Appleton | Holborn & St. Pancras | UNISON | ||||||
| Eileen | O’Keefe | Holborn & St. Pancras | UCU | ||||||
| Jackie | Baker | Alexandra Ward | Hornsey & Wood Green | NUT | |||||
| A.W.L. | Mandy | Hornsey & Wood Green | |||||||
| Vinothan | Sangarapillai | Hornsey & Wood Green | UNISON | ||||||
| Janet | Shapiro | Hornsey & Wood Green | UCU | ||||||
| Matthew | Stiles | Hornsey & Wood Green | UNISON | ||||||
| Carol | Hayton | Horsham | |||||||
| Deborah | Teasdale | Houghton and Sunderland South | UNITE | ||||||
| Melanie | Rosatone | Hounslow | |||||||
| Peter J.D. | Savage | Hyndburn | UNITE | ||||||
| Sofie | Buckland | Islington North | |||||||
| Gary | Heather | Islington North | CWU | ||||||
| Melanie | MacDonald | Islington North | BECTU PPF Branch | ||||||
| Valerie | Veness | Islington North | |||||||
| Bisi | Williams | Islington North | UCU | ||||||
| Simon | Hewitt | Islington South and Finsbury | |||||||
| Pam | Woods | Islington South and Finsbury | UNISON | ||||||
| Francis | Whitehead | Keighley | |||||||
| Lee | Stewart | Kettering | GMB | ||||||
| Patrick | Hall | Leeds Central | |||||||
| Simon | Ball | Leicester West | UNITE | ||||||
| Yvonne | Parmenter | Leicestershire North West | |||||||
| Duncan | Morrison | Lewisham Deptford | UNITE | ||||||
| Rory | Porter | Lewisham Deptford | |||||||
| Louise | Whittle | Lewisham West and Penge | |||||||
| Jacqui | Connor | Leyton and Wanstead | |||||||
| Tom | Connor | Leyton and Wanstead | |||||||
| Heiko | Khoo | London and Westminster | |||||||
| Hayley | Lynch | Luton South | UNISON | ||||||
| Maidstone & The Weald | |||||||||
| Sid | Hollands | West Branch | Maidstone and The Weald | ||||||
| Joe | Culley | Middlesborough South & East Cleveland | |||||||
| Paul | Barry | NE Derbyshire | UNISON | ||||||
| Sandra | Griffiths | Newham | UCU | ||||||
| Pat | Markey | Northampton South | |||||||
| Andreas | Paterson | Norwich South | |||||||
| Sitara Amin | Tilly | Norwich South | |||||||
| Thomas | Carpenter | Oxford East | |||||||
| Mark | Osgood | Portsmouth North | UNITE Portsmouth Central Branch | ||||||
| Ian | McDonald | Preseli Pembrokeshire | |||||||
| Peter | Aylett | Putney | |||||||
| Pamela | Aylett | Putney | |||||||
| Stephen | Hinde | Raleigh & Wickford | |||||||
| Paul | Burton | Reigate | RMT | ||||||
| Joss | MacDonald | Romsey and Southampton North | |||||||
| Maria | Jedla | Runnymede and Weybridge | |||||||
| Mark | Gallagher | Rutherglen and Hamilton West | |||||||
| James | Jardine | Sheffield Central | |||||||
| Brian | Oldale | Sheffield Hallam | UNISON | ||||||
| Mat | Coward | Somertown & Frome | |||||||
| Jonathan | Goddard | South East Cambs | |||||||
| Thierry | Schaffauser | South Hackney | GMB | ||||||
| Glyn | Tudor | Southampton Itchen | PCS | ||||||
| Simeon | Andrews | Streatham | UNITE | ||||||
| John | Spence | Streatham | |||||||
| Alen | Clifford | Streatham Wells | GMB | ||||||
| Tim | Lezard | Stroud | |||||||
| Pam | Wortley | Sunderland Central | UNITE | ||||||
| Martin | Pidd | TBC | BOA | ||||||
| Colin | Burgess | Thornbury and Yate | |||||||
| Mike | Addelman | Trafford | |||||||
| Gareth | Hughes | Twickenham | |||||||
| Terry | McPartlan | Tynemouth | Northern Regional UNISON Labour LINK | ||||||
| Sachin | Gera | Uxbridge & South Ruislip | |||||||
| James | Croy | Vauxhall | |||||||
| Tom | Davies | Walthamstow | |||||||
| Jenny | Lennox | Walthamstow | GMB / NUJ | ||||||
| Steve | Brown | Wansbeck | UNISON Northumberland branch APF Officer | ||||||
| Julian | Duane | West Ham | |||||||
| Erdal | Kacar | Westham | |||||||
| Alan | Milne | Wirral West | UNITE | ||||||
| Damon | Cummings | Worcester | UNISON | ||||||
| Mark | Rose | Worcester | |||||||
| Rosemary | Addington | ||||||||
| George | Anthony | UNITE | |||||||
| Chris | Atkins | ||||||||
| John | Baker | UCU | |||||||
| Joe | Bangs | UCU | |||||||
| Tony | Benson | ||||||||
| Gary | Clark | CWU | |||||||
| Elinor | Davies | UCU | |||||||
| Gerry | Downing | UNITE Cricklewood Buses 342 | |||||||
| Rachel | Elliott | Oxfordshire County Council | |||||||
| Matthew | Entwistle | UNISON | |||||||
| Ned | Gaine | PROSPECT | |||||||
| Jay | Ginn | UNITE Croydon | |||||||
| Helen | Grayshan | Newcastle | |||||||
| Kate | Hardy | UCU | |||||||
| Tim | Holmes | New Left Project | |||||||
| Iain | Hubert | ||||||||
| Brian | Lynch | ||||||||
| Dorothy | Macedo | ||||||||
| James | Manwaring | ||||||||
| Gary | McDaniel | UNISON | |||||||
| Isobel | McMillan | NUT | |||||||
| Mary | Munday | UNITE | |||||||
| Charles | Pottins | UNITE | |||||||
| Ian | Prior | NUT and Bath Trades Council | |||||||
| Diana | Raby | UCU | |||||||
| Daniel | Randall | GMB | |||||||
| James | Ross | UNITE | |||||||
| Martyrn | Rush | NUS | |||||||
| Jeff | Sawtell | ||||||||
| Wesley | Shearer | ||||||||
| Paul | Stygal | North East London CWU | |||||||
| Ann | Sydney | NUT | |||||||
| Rob | Turnbull | ||||||||
| Samuel | Went | ||||||||
| Preston & South Ribble Trades Council | |||||||||
| Chorley Trades Council | |||||||||
| Brent Trades Union Council | |||||||||
