Manchester Friends of the Earth

MP Visits

Environmental Campaigning in Manchester

The Big Ask

We have been visiting MPs around Greater Manchester, asking them to pledge their support for the Climate Change Bill, which will require year-on-year reductions in carbon dioxide emissions, by filling in this pledge form (PDF, 132 KB).

The following 13 local MPs have currently signed the pledge:

	David Chaytor MP (Bury North)

	David Crausby MP (Bolton North East) High-resolution photo Pledge form

	Jim Dobbin MP (Heywood & Middleton) High-resolution photo Pledge form

	Andrew Gwynne MP (Denton & Reddish)

	David Heyes MP (Ashton under Lyne) High-resolution photo Pledge form

	Mark Hunter MP (Cheadle) High-resolution photo 1 High-resolution photo 2 Pledge form

	Brian Iddon MP (Bolton South East) High-resolution photo Pledge form

	Gerald Kaufman MP (Manchester Gorton) High-resolution photo Pledge form

	John Leech MP (Manchester Withington) High-resolution photo Pledge form

	Tom Levitt MP (High Peak) High-resolution photo

	Tony Lloyd MP (Manchester Central) High-resolution photo Pledge form Newsletter interview

	Paul Rowen MP (Rochdale) High-resolution photo Pledge form

Michael Meacher (Oldham West) - pledge form

We have also visited the following 7 MPs, but they have chosen not to sign the pledge because they are Government Ministers or Parliamentary Private Secretaries:

	Graham Brady MP (Altrincham & Sale West) High-resolution photo

	Ann Coffey MP (Stockport) High-resolution photo

	Beverley Hughes MP (Stretford & Urmston) High-resolution photo

	Ivan Lewis MP (Bury South) High-resolution photo

Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe & Sale East)

James Purnell (Stalybridge & Hyde)

Phil Woolas (Oldham East & Saddleworth)

And the following MP opposes the Climate Change Bill:

Ruth Kelly MP
(Bolton West)

High-resolution photo

Please e-mail us if you have spoken to, or would like to speak to, your MP about climate change.

More infomation

The following spreadsheet lists the MPs that currently represent constituencies in the North West, with contact details:

Spreadsheet of local MPs (XLS, 45 KB) - last updated 24/10/2006

And for each Greater Manchester MP, there is a record of the environment-related Early Day Motions (EDMs) to which that MP has signed up, providing an indication of how green the MP is, in the following spreadsheet:

EDM Voting Record (XLS, 50 KB) - last updated 06/02/2006