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Lobby the Politicians (updated 4 June 2005)

Featured below is a list of Members of Parliament that have expressed their support for British weights and measures. If your MP is not among them, why not send him or her a letter, asking for their support?

To find your Member of Parliament, follow this link to the House of Commons website. MPs can be contacted at the House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA.

To find out who your MEP is, visit the European Parliament's UK website. MEPs can be contacted either through their local address (available from the above website or the telephone directory) or via the office of the European Parliament, 2 Queen Anne's Gate, London SW1H 9AA.

MPs in favour of British Weights and Measures

Member of Parliament Political Party Constituency Indication of support
       
David Amess Conservative Southend West Signed EDM
Norman Baker Lib-Dem Lewes Signed EDM, "Europe will not have a long term future supported by the populations at large if individual national identities are eradicated" (letter 22/1/98).
Alan Beith Lib-Dem Berwick-upon-Tweed Signed EDM
Graham Brady Conservative Altrincham & Sale West Signed EDM, "I do believe very strongly that British businesses and individuals should be free to use the traditional weights and measures which we have used in this country for generations" (letter 2/3/98).
Julian Brazier Conservative Canterbury Signed EDM
Russell Brown Labour Dumfries & Galloway Signed EDM
Colin Burgon Labour Elmet Signed EDM
Dr Vincent Cable Lib-Dem Twickenham Signed EDM, "I was appalled to hear that there would be severe fines on anybody failing to use metric measure" (letter 16/1/98).
Alan Campbell Labour Tynemouth  
Bill Cash Conservative Stone Letter 10/11/97
Christopher Chope, OBE Conservative Christchurch Letter 1/1/03
Paul Clark Labour Gillingham Signed EDM
Harry Cohen Labour Leyton & Wanstead Signed EDM
Jeremy Corbyn Labour Islington North Signed EDM
Ann Cryer Labour Keighley Signed EDM
Jim Cunningham Labour Coventry South Signed EDM
Ian Davidson Labour Glasgow SW Signed EDM
David Davis Conservative Haltemprice & Howden "I would confirm my full support for the repeal of regulations compelling metrication" (letter 10/11/97).
Janet Dean Labour Burton Signed EDM
Andrew Dismore Labour Hendon Signed EDM
Gwyneth Dunwoody Labour Crewe & Nantwich Signed EDM
Nigel Evans   Ribble Valley and Fulwood Asked parliamentary question; "I share your concerns and fully support your campign" (letter 24/7/00).
Michael Fabricant Conservative Lichfield  
Michael Fallon Conservative Sevenoaks Letter 18/12/97
Dr Liam Fox Conservative Woodspring "It's an absurb situation" (letter 19/7/00).
Ian Gibson Labour Norwich North Signed EDM
Paul Goggins Labour Wythenshawe & Sale East Signed EDM
John Greenway Conservative Ryedale Signed EDM
Dominic Grieve Conservative Beaconsfield Signed EDM
Fabian Hamilton Labour Leeds North East Signed EDM, "The idea that using imperial measurements would be illegal is shocking" (letter 13/1/98).
Philip Hammond Conservative Runnymede & Weybridge Signed EDM, "I have much sympathy with the views expressed" (letter, 7/11/97).
Mike Hancock Lib-Dem Portsmouth South Signed EDM
Nick Harvey Lib-Dem North Devon Signed EDM
John Hayes Conservative South Holland and the Deepings Signed EDM, "Please be assured of my full support for this campaign" (letter 16/12/97).
Rt Hon David Heathcoat-Amory Conservative Wells Put forward Motion to repeal metric (14/3/01)
Kelvin Hopkins Labour Luton North Signed EDM
Gerald Howarth Conservative Aldershot Signed EDM
Hon Bernard Jenkin   North Essex Letter (17/2/97)
Edward Leigh   Gainsborough Letter 21/1/98
Rt Hon Oliver Letwin Conservative West Dorset Signed EDM
Dr Julian Lewis Conservative New Forest East Signed EDM, stated in letter, "I regard the criminalisation of non-metric measurements with total contempt" (Letter 8/1/98).
David Lidington Conservative   Put forward Ten Minute Rule bill (June 2000)
Michael Lord Conservative Central Suffolk and north Ipswich Letter 19/12/97
Tim Loughton Conservative East Worthing & Shoreham Signed EDM, "This is a ridiculous extension of EC powers" (17/12/97).
Rt Hon David Maclean   Penrith and the Border "I strongly support the point you have made in your letter. It must be a great source of irritation to the harmonisers that so many of our weights and measures are still used" (letter 13/2/98).
Rt Hon Andrew Mackay Conservative Bracknell Letter 15/12/97
John McDonnell Labour Hayes & Harlington Signed EDM
Austin Mitchell Labour Great Grimsby Signed EDM
Mark Oaten Lib-Dem Winchester Signed EDM
Lembit Opik Lib-Dem Montgomeryshire Signed EDM, "I could not agree more with the right of the individual to choose what units of measurement they want to conduct their business in" (letter 12/3/98).
Owen Paterson   North Shropshire  
John Randall Conservative Uxbridge Signed EDM
Rt Hon John Redwood Conservative Wokingham "I will continue to be on the side of those who believe that we should be able to form contracts in units of our choice" (letter 26/5/00).
Andrew Robathan Conservative Blaby Signed EDM
Laurence Robertson Conservative Tewkesbury Signed EDM
Richard Shepherd Conservative Aldridge-Brownhills Signed EDM
Dennis Skinner Labour Bolsover Signed EDM
Helen Southworth Labour Warrington South Signed EDM
Anthony Steen Conservative Totnes Signed EDM
Graham Stringer Labour Manchester Blackley Signed EDM
Desmond Swayne Conservative New Forest West Signed EDM
Robert Syms Conservative Poole Signed EDM
Sir Peter Tapsell Conservative Louth & Horncastle Letter 5/11/97
Andrew Tyrie Conservative Chichester "I was sceptical about metrification from the start...I hope we do not have to find ourselves defending the mile" (letter 23/2/98).
Dave Watts Labour St Helens North Signed EDM
Phil Willis Lib-Dem Harrogate & Knaresborough Signed EDM
Ann Winterton Conservative Congleton Signed EDM
Sir Nicholas Winterton Conservative Macclesfield Signed EDM

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