GENERAL ELECTION 2010:
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LOBBY YOUR PARLIAMENTARY CANDIDATES |
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It is vital that MPs in the next Parliament understand they have a responsibility to act to end Israel’s violations of international law. Use our campaigning tool to contact your candidates and let them know the strength of public feeling for a just resolution for Palestine, and make them aware that this is a key election issue. Ask them to show their support by signing up to PSC’s six election pledges:
It only takes a few minutes. Just click here to find out who your Parliamentary candidates are and you can start lobbying on behalf of the Palestinians. Find out if your local candidates have signed the pledge below. In solidarity, 
Hugh Lanning P.S. You may want to download our election briefing to send to your candidates with more in-depth information about the pledges. |
The issue of justice for the Palestinians has never been more urgent. 1.5 million Palestinians living in Gaza are now into their fourth year of living under a horrific and brutal siege. And Israel is continuing its illegal settlement building programme throughout the West Bank and East Jerusalem, further entrenching its illegal occupation.
PARLIAMENTARY CANDIDATES WHO HAVE SIGNED THE PSC PLEDGE:
| Conservatives | No candidates have signed the pledge - a number of candidates have replied - see below | |
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| Alaister Burt, North East Bedfordshire | North East Bedfordshire | |
| Julian Smith | Skipton and Ripon | |
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Kevin Davis Tim Archer |
Yeovril Poplar and Limehouse |
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Susan Williams
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Bolton West
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| Refused to sign: | Greg Hands | Chelsea and Fulham |
| Nick Boles | Grantham and Stamford | |
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Trevor Ivory Sarah Wollaston Sean Sullivan |
North Norfolk Totnes Tottenham |
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| Green Party | Rhonda Reekie | Aberdeen South |
| Tom Chance | Bermondsey and Old Southwark | |
| Bill Rigby | Beverley and Holderness | |
| Rachel Mann | Bolton West | |
| David Ward | Bradford West | |
| Daisy Blench | Braintree, Essex | |
| Shahrar Ali | Brent Central | |
| Martin Francis | Brent North | |
| Jessica Barnecutt | Brentwood and Ongar | |
| Caroline Lucas | Brighton Pavillion | |
| Ricky Knight | Bristol West | |
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Roisin Robertson George Heron |
Bromley & Chislehurst Bury South |
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Kate Sweeny Geoff Meaden |
Calder Valley Canterbury |
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| Sam Coates | Cardiff Central | |
| Leila Kiersch | Ceredigion | |
| Lucy Craig | Chingford and Woodford Green | |
| Peter Lynn | Colchester | |
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Jill Perry Steven Gray |
Copeland Coventry South |
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| Phillip Smith | Crawley | |
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Gordon Ross Steve Whiffen |
Croydon South Daventry
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Sarah Edwards |
Ealing Central and Acton | |
| Sharon Pavey | East Devon | |
| Bill Linton | Enfield North | |
| Elizabeth Anstis | Feltham & Heston | |
| Jon Lucas | Filton & Bradley Stoke | |
| Claire Smith | Gosport Hampshire | |
| Richard Crawford | Gravesham (Kent) | |
| Nick Foster | Greenswood | |
| Andy Hewett | Greenwich and Woolwich | |
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Matt Sellwood Polly Lane |
Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch |
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Bea Campbell Natalie Bennett |
Hampstead & Kilburn Holborn and St Pancras |
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| Melanie Collins | Hornchurch & Upminster | |
| Pete McAskie | Hornsey and Wood Green | |
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Ian Davey Caroline Allen |
Hove and Portslade Ilford North |
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| Wilson Chowdhry | Ilford South | |
| Emma Dixon | Islington North | |
| Susan Murray | Lewes | |
| Darren Johnson AM | Lewisham Deptford | |
| Romayne Phoenix | Lewisham West and Penge | |
| Marc Scheimann | Luton South | |
| Stuart Jeffery | Maidstone and the Weald | |
| Justine Hall | Manchester Gorton | |
| Brian Candeland | Manchester Withington | |
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Malcolm Bailey Alan Francis |
Mid Bedforshire Milton Keynes North |
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| Katrina Deacon | Milton Keyes South | |
| Dr. Smarajit Roy | Mitcham & Morden | |
| Corinne Lindsey | Newton Abbott | |
| Rosemary Bland | North East Herts | |
| Adrian Ramsey | Norwich South | |
| Jonathan Rooks | Old Bexley & Sidcup | |
| Sushila Dhall | Oxford East | |
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Iain Maclennan Tim Dawes Rob White |
Portsmouth North Portsmouth South Reading East |
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| Leslie Rowe | Richmond (Yorks) constituency | |
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Cllr Jillian Creasy Kevin Warnes |
Sheffield Central Shipley |
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Brian Heatley Shirley Ford |
South Dorset South Shields |
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Martin Whiteside Keith M Ross |
Stroud Swansea West |
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Steve Dawe Anne Gray |
Tonbridge and Malling Tottenham |
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| Ian Smith | Truro and Falmouth | |
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Daniel Perrett Adam Twine |
Walthamstow Wantage |
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| Graham Elliott | Waveney | |
| Malcolm Victory | West Worcestershire | |
| Derek Wall | Windsor | |
| Cllr James Abbott | Witham | |
| Andy Chase | York Central | |
| Labour | Mike Wood | Batley and Spen |
| Martin Linton MP | Battersea Balham & Wandsworth | |
| Ian Saunders | Beverley & Holderness | |
| David Crausby | Bolton North east | |
| Terry Rooney | Bradford East | |
| Nancy Platts | Brighton Pavilion | |
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Paul Smith Jean Samuel * |
Bristol West Canterbury |
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| Cath Arakelian | Chingford and Woodford Green | |
| Colin Swindell | Derbyshire Dales | |
| Bassam Mahfouz | Ealing and Acton | |
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Grahame Morris Diane Abbott |
Easington, Co Durham Hackney North and Stoke Newington |
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| Mark Chiverton | Isle of Wight | |
| Jeramy Corbyn MP | Islington North | |
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Sam Gurney |
Kensington |
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| Jim Dowd | Lewisham West and Penge | |
| swatantra nandanwar | Maldon, Essex | |
| Phyllis Starkey | Milton Keynes South | |
| Sarah Evans | NW Hampshire | |
| Andrew Smith* | Oxford East | |
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Robert Hull Aktar Beg |
Reigate Romsey and Southampton N |
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Chris Bluemel Micael Britton |
Southampton Test Thanet North |
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| Vernon Whitlock | Tiverton & Honiton | |
| Carole Whitty | Totnes | |
| Cat Smith | Wyre and Preston North | |
| Lee Skevington | Yeovil | |
| Labour and cooperative party | David Drew | Stroud |
| Refused to sign | John Piasecki | Bracknell |
| Graham Giles | Gosport Hampshire | |
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Liberal Democrats
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Tariq Khan Paul English Paul Ankers |
Birmingham Hodge Hill Blackburn Bolton North East |
| Jackie Pearcy | Bolton West | |
| David Chappell | Bury St Edmunds | |
| Simon Rix | Croydon South | |
| Steve Churchman | Dwyfor Meirionnydd | |
| Paull Robathan | East Devon | |
| Lionel Blackman | Esher and Walton | |
| Munira Wilson | Feltham & Heston | |
| Sue Doughty | Guildford | |
| James Raven | Harwich and North Essex | |
| Farooq Qureshi | Leyton and Wanstead | |
| Reg Shore | Lincoln | |
| Richard Marbrow | Liverpool Riverside | |
| John Leech | Manchester Withington | |
| David Newman* | Mid Norfolk | |
| emily gasson | North Dorset | |
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Jonathan Fryer James Sandbach |
Poplar & Limehouse Putney |
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| Gareth Epps | Reading East | |
| Alan Bullion | Sevenoaks | |
| Steve Gilbert | St Austell & Newquay | |
| Graham Reed | Stirling | |
| Chris Nicholson | Streatham, Clapham and Brixton | |
| Richard Younger-Ross MP | Teignbridge | |
| Margaret Phelps | Witham | |
| Christian Vassie | York Central | |
| Liberal Democrats official response to the pledge - signed by: | ||
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Mike Priestley David Ward |
Aberconwy Bradford East |
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| Mike Hibbs | Basildon and Billericay | |
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Henry Vann* Roy Earwicker |
Bedford and Kempston Bracknell |
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| Andrew Drakers | Brentford & Isleworth Constituency | |
| Juliet Williams | Brighton Kemp Town | |
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Bernadette Millam Stephen Williams |
Brighton Pavilion Bristol West |
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Hilary Myers Guy Voisey Robert Webber-Jones |
Calderdale Canterbury Charnwood |
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| Martin Horwood's | Cheltanham | |
| Dr Geoffrey M Seeff | Chingford and Woodford Green | |
| Naomi Smith | Cities of London and Westminster | |
| Carol Woods | Durham | |
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Kevin Lang Stuart Kelly Laura Edge |
Edinburgh North and Leith Ellesmere Port and Neston Finchley and Golders Green |
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| Dr Richard Grayson | Hemel Hampstead | |
| Sarah Carr | Hereford City and South Herefordshire | |
| Jo Shaw | Holborn & St Pancras | |
| Lynne Featherstone | Hornsey and Wood Green | |
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Jill Wareham Robin Meltzer |
Isle of Wight Kensington |
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| Liz Leffman | Meon Valley | |
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Mike Lovell* Gareth Kane |
Milton Keynes South Newcastle Central |
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| Mike Pitt | North East Bedfordshire | |
| Sam Boote | Nottingham East | |
| Owen Temple | NW Durham | |
| Dr Evan Harris | Oxford West and Abingdon | |
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Ian Cuthbertson Sandra Gidley |
Penistone and Stocksbridge Constituency Romsey |
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| Paul Scriven | Sheffield Central | |
| Helen Flynn | Skipton and Ripon | |
| Dennis Andrewartha | Stroud | |
| Alan Hillier | Surrey Heath | |
| David Morgan | Torfaen | |
| David Hallas | Tunbridge Wells | |
| Caroline Pidgeon AM | Vauxhall | |
| Martin Pierce | West Ham | |
| Tim Farron* | Westmorland and Lonsdale | |
| Martin Tod | Winchester | |
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Refused to sign
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Richard Baum
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Bury North
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| Plaid Cymru | Llyr Huws Gruffydd | Clwyd West |
| Respect | Abjol Miah | Bethnal Green and Bow |
| Salma Yaqoob | Birmingham Hall Green | |
| Dr Kay Phillips | Blackley and Brougton (Manchester and Salford) | |
| Arshad Ali | Bradford West | |
| Mohammed Shaikh | Croyden North | |
| Samad Billoo | Enfield Southgate | |
| Diana Raby | Liverpool Garston and Halewood | |
| Mohammed Zulfikar | Manchester Gorton | |
| Shahid Miah | Oldham West and Royton | |
| George Galloway MP | Poplar and Limehouse | |
| SNP | Graeme Horne | Rutherglen and Hamilton West |
| Chris Stephens | Glasgow South West | |
| Others: | ||
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Scottish Socialist Party
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Colin Fox Jimmy Kerr |
Edinburgh South West Paisley and Renfrewshire |
| Communist Party of Britain | Ben Stevenson | Croydon North |
| Independent | Stephen Lathwell | Luton South |
| Fred Wildgust | Torfaen | |
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Bushra Irfan Joe Rukin John Swallow |
Bolton West Kenilworth and Southam Peterborough |
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Animals Count UKIP UKIP - |
Richard Deboo Paul Latham Chris French |
Islington South and Finsbury Keighley Crawley |
| Replies received from the following ppc's with no clear ‘Yes' or ‘No' answer | ||
| Conservative | Mohammed Riaz, Bradford East | |
| Henry Smith, Crawley | ||
| Anne Milton, Guildford | ||
| Bernard Jenkin, Harwich and North Essex | ||
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Caroline Healy, Manchester Gorton George Freeman, Mid Norfolk |
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| John Redwood, Wokington | ||
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Jack Easton Clare Cooney |
St Albans Edinburgh South West |
| Labour | Funda Pepperell, Basingstoke | |
| Val Shawcross, Bermondsey and Old Southwark | ||
| Eric Goodyer, Charnwood | ||
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David Rowntree, City of London and Westminster Jane Avis, Croydon South Bassam Mahfouz, Ealing Tom Harris, Glasgow South Meg Hillier, Hackney South Sonia Klein, Ilford N |
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| Jane Thomas, Keighley and Ilkley | ||
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Lucy Powell, Manchester Withington Lillian Greenwood, Nottingham South |
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| Pat Glass, NW Durham | ||
| Eileen Driver, Richmond (York) | ||
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Bill Esterson Sefton Central Susan Hinchcliffe, Shipley Rebecca Rennison, South West Wiltshire |
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| Anne McGuire, Stirling | ||
| Lee Jameson, St Austell and Newquay | ||
| Paul Kalinaucky, The Wrekin | ||
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Stella Creasy, Walthamstow Jonathan Todd, Westmoreland and Lonsdale John Spademan, Witham rew Lomas, Wycombe Hugh Bayley, York Central |
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| Liberal Democrats | Norman Lamb, North Norfolk | |
| Steve Goddard, Oxford East | ||
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James Doyle, East Worthing and Shoreham Lionel Blackman, Esher and Walton |
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| Julian Brazil Totnes | ||
| Last updated: 06/05/10 15:41 | ||
* agreed to all pledges except pledge no. 5 on EU-Israel trade agreement.