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Chris Heaton-Harris MP (Daventry), Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Central), Kris Hopkins (Keighley), Naomi Long (Belfast East) Deputy Leader of the Alliance Party and Rory Stewart (Penrith and The Border)

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For quotations from the Letters of Support from MPs
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We also have the support of 3 Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) and a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA)

60% of UK MEPs in the new Parliament support us (44 out of 72)

George Lyon (Scotland), Mary Honeyball (London), Martin Callanan (North East), Emma McClarkin (East Midlands), Bill Newton Dunn (East Midlands) and Roger Helmer (East Midlands)

Do all yours?

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282 Councils back the campaign
some over 100 miles apart

The latest are
Selby District Council, Boroughbridge, Halewood, Meltham, Morecambe, Pateley Bridge, Poynton with Worth, Selby & Tadcaster Town Councils and Asby, Bleasdale, Great Strickland, Helsington, Melling with Wrayton, Preston Patrick. Preston Richard, Thurnham & Urswick Parish Councils

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‘In a world of heavy road congestion and global warming to which heavy goods vehicles and cars are major contributors, a comprehensive and modern rail network is a must for the North West and particularly Lancashire, where the roads infrastructure is now at breaking point. ’

List of Support

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List of support for SELRAP’s aim of reinstating the Colne – Skipton Railway
as part of the National Rail Network as at 26/8/10

Patrons
Richard Bannister (Boundary Mill),
Rt Rev Nicholas Reade, Bishop of Blackburn,
Gordon Prentice ,
Nigel Evans MP,
Anne McIntosh MP,
Julian Smith,
Andrew Stephenson,
Chris Davies MEP,
Diana Wallis MEP,
Timothy Kirkhope MEP,
Brian Simpson MEP,
Jacqueline Foster MEP

The following 150 MPs in the Parliament elected May 6th 2010 support the re-opening of the Colne to Skipton Railway as part of the National Rail Network
If your MP supports us, why not write and thank them
If your MP is not on the list, please write and urge them to support the re-opening

Altrincham and Sale West: Graham Brady (Con)
Ashton under Lyne: David Heyes (Lab)
Ayrshire Central: Brian Donohoe (Lab)
Ayrshire North and Arran: Katy Clark (Lab)
Barnsley Central: Eric Illsley (Lab)
Batley and Spen: Mike Wood (Lab)
Battersea: Jane Ellison (Con)
Bedfordshire North East: Alistair Burt (Con)
Belfast East: Naomi Long (Alliance)
Berwick upon Tweed: Alan Beith (LD)
Birkenhead: Frank Field (Lab)
Birmingham Yardley: John Hemming (LD)
Blackburn: Jack Straw (Lab)
Blackley and Broughton: Graham Stringer (Lab)
Blackpool North and Cleveleys: Paul Maynard (Con)
Blackpool South: Gordon Marsden (Lab)
Blaydon: David Anderson (Lab)
Bolsover: Dennis Skinner (Lab)
Bolton North East: David Crausby (Lab)
Bolton West: Julie Hilling (Lab)
Bournemouth East: Tobias Ellwood (Con)
Bracknell: Philip Lee (Con)
Bradford South: Gerry Sutcliffe (Lab)
Bradford West: Marsha Singh (Lab)
Braintree: Brooks Newmark (Con)
Brecon and Radnorshire: Roger Williams (LD)
Brighton Pavillion: Caroline Lucas (Green)
Burnley: Gordon Birtwistle (LD)
Caithness Sutherland and Easter Ross: John Thurso (LD)
Cambridge: Julian Huppert (LD)
Cardiff Central: Jenny Willott (LD)
Cardiff North: Jonathan Evans (Con)
Carshalton and Wallington: Tom Brake (LD)
Cheadle: Mark Hunter (LD)
Chorley: Lindsay Hoyle (Lab)
Clacton: Douglas Carswell (Con)
Coatbridge Chryston and Bellshill: Rt Hon Tom Clarke (Lab)
Colne Valley: James McCartney (Con)
Cornwall North: Dan Rogerson (LD)
Coventry South: Jim Cunningham (Lab)
Crewe and Nantwich: Edward Timpson (Con)
Daventry: Chris Heaton-Harris MP (Con)
Denton and Reddish: Andrew Gwynne (Lab)
Derby North: Chris Williamson (Lab)
Devon North: Nick Harvey (LD)
Dumfriesshire Clydesdale and Tweeddale: David Mundell (Con)
Dunbartonshire East: Jo Swinson (LD )
Ealing Southall: Virendra Sharma (Lab)
East Yorkshire: Greg Knight (Con)
Eastleigh: Chris Huhne (LD)
Eddisbury: Stephen O’Brien (Con),
Edinburgh North and Leith: Mark Lazarowicz (Lab)
Gower: Martin Caton (Lab)
Grimsby: Austin Mitchell
Halifax: Lionda Riordan (Lab)
Halton: Derek Twigg (Lab)
Hayes and Harlington: John McDonnell (Lab)
Hazel Grove: Andrew Stunnell (LD)
Heywood and Middleton: Jim Dobbin (Lab)
Holborn and St Pancras: Frank Dobson (Lab)
Hull North: Diana Johnson (Lab)
Hyndburn: Graham Jones (Lab)
Ilford North: Lee Scott (Con)
Ilford South: Mike Gapes (Lab)
Inverness Nairn Badenoch and Strathspey: Danny Alexander (LD)
Islington North: Jeremy Corbyn (Lab)
Keighley: Kris Hopkins (Con)
Kettering: Philip Hollobone (Con)
Kilmarnock and Loudoun: Cathy Jamieson (Lab)
Knowsley: George Howarth (Lab)
Lancashire West: Rosie Cooper (Lab)
Leeds Central: Hilary Benn (Lab)
Leeds East: George Mudie (Lab)
Leeds North West: Greg Mulholland (LD)
Leeds West: Rachel Reeves (Lab)
Leicester South: Sir Peter Soulsby (Lab)
Leigh: Rt Hon Andy Burnham (Lab)
Lewes: Norman Baker (LD)
Lewisham West and Penge: Jim Dowd (Lab)
Leyton and Wanstead: John Cryer (Lab)
Liverpool Riverside: Louise Ellman (Lab)
Liverpool Wavertree: Luciana Berger (Lab)
Liverpool West Derby: Stephen Twigg (Lab)
Livingston: Graeme Morrice (Lab)
Makerfield: Yvonne Fovargue (Lab)
Manchester Central: Tony Lloyd (Lab)
Manchester Withington: John Leech (LD)
Middlesbrough South and Cleveland East: Tom Blenkinsop (Lab)
Newbury: Richard Benyon (Con)
Newcastle upon Tyne Central: Chi Onwurah (Lab)
Newcastle upon Tyne North: Catherine McKinnell (Lab)
Norfolk North: Norman Lamb (LD)
Norwich South: Simon Wright (LD)
Nottingham South: Lilian Greenwood (Lab)
Ochil and South Perthshire: Gordon Banks (Lab)
Old Bexley and Sidcup: James Brokenshire (Con)
Oldham East and Saddleworth: Phil Woolas (Lab) Shadow Minister for Home Office Oldham West and Royton: Michael Meacher (Lab)
Orkney and Shetland: Alistair Carmichael (LD)
Pendle: Andrew Stephenson (Con)
Penistone and Stocksbridge: Angela C Smith (Lab)
Penrith and The Border: Rory Stewart (Con)
Portsmouth North: Penny Mordaunt (Con)
Portsmouth South: Mike Hancock (LD)
Preston: Mark Hendrick (Lab)
Ribble Valley: Nigel Evans (Con)
Richmond Park: Zac Goldsmith (Con)
Rochdale: Simon Danczul (Lab)
Ross Skye and Lochaber: Charles Kennedy (LD)
Rotherham: Denis MacShane (Lab)
Salisbury: John Glen (Con)
Scunthorpe: Nic Dakin (Lab)
Sefton Central: Bill Esterson (Lab)
Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough: David Blunkett (Lab)
Sheffield Central: Paul Blomfield (Lab)
Sheffield Hallam: Nick Clegg (LD)
Sheffield Heeley: Meg Munn (Lab)
Sheffield South East: Clive Betts (Lab)
Shipley: Philip Davies (Con)
Skipton and Ripon: Julian Smith (Con)
Southport: John Pugh (LD)
St Helens North: Dave Watts (Lab)
St Ives: Andrew George (LD)
Stirling: Anne McGuire (Lab)
Stoke on Trent North: Joan Walley (Lab)
Suffolk Central and Ipswich North: Dr Daniel Porter (Con)
Suffolk South: Tim Yeo (Con)
Thirsk and Malton: Anne McIntosh (Con)
Thornbury and Yate: Steve Webb (LD)
Tiverton and Honiton: Neil Parish (Con)
Torbay: Adrian Sanders (LD)
Twickenham: Vincent Cable (LD)
Uxbridge and South Ruislip: John Randall (Con)
Vale of Clwyd: Chris Ruane (Lab)
Wakefield: Mary Creagh (Lab)
Washington and Sunderland West: Sharon Hodgson (Lab)
Watford: Richard Harrington (Con)
Waveney: Peter Aldous (Con)
Westmorland and Lonsdale: Tim Farron (LD)
Wigan: Lisa Nandy (Lab)
Workington: Tony Cunningham (Lab)
Worsley and Eccles South: Barbara Keeley (Lab)
Wrexham: Ian Lucas (Lab)
Wyre and Preston North: Ben Wallace (Con)
Wythenshawe and Sale East: Paul Goggins (Lab)
Ynys Mon: Albert Owen (Lab)
York Central: Hugh Bayley (Lab)


We have the support of 6 out of the 10 members of the Crossrail Bill Select Committee
We have the support of 7 out of the 11 members of the Transport Select Committee including the Chairman
We have the support of 13 out of the 24 members of the Parliamentary all party Rail Group
We have the support of 7 out of the 20 members of the Parliamentary all Party West Coast Main Line Group

We have the support of 8 out of the 14 members of the Select Committee on Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
We have the support of 9 out of the 20 members of the Parliamentary all Party Tourism Group

Members of the Scottish Parliament supporting SELRAP:
Robin Harper Lothians / Scottish Green Party
Cathy Jamieson Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley / Scottish Labour
John Lamont Roxburgh and Berwickshire / Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

Supporting Members of the House of Lords (80)

Bishops:
Most Rev John Sentamu (Archbishop of York)
Rt Rev Nicholas Reade (Bishop of Blackburn)
Rt Revd David James (Bishop of Bradford)
Rt Revd Peter Forster (Bishop of Chester)
Rt Revd James Jones (Bishop of Liverpool)
Rt Revd Nigel McCulloch (Bishop of Manchester)
Rt Revd Martin Wharton (Bishop of Newcastle)
Rt Rev John Packer (Bishop of Ripon and Leeds)
Rt Revd Stephen Platten (Bishop of Wakefield)

Others:

Lord Alliance of Mancherster
Lord Alton of Liverpool,
Lord Berkeley (Chairman, Rail Freight Group)
Lord Best
Baroness Boothroyd (former Speaker of the House of Commons)
Lord Boston of Faversham
Lord Bradshaw
Lord Briggs (Asa Briggs)
Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
Lord Cameron
Lord Campbell-Saviours
Lord Carlile
Lord Clark of Windermere
Lord Clement-Jones
Lord Cotter
Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde
Lord Dholakia (Deputy Leader, Liberal Democrat Peers and Communities Spokesperson)
Lord Dubs
Lord Dykes (Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs)
Lord Eames
Lord Evans of Parkside
Lord Faulkner of Worcester (Treasurer, Parliamentary all-party railways group)
Lord Fearn of Southport
Lord Feldman
Earl of Glasgow
Baroness Gibson of Market Rasen (Chair, all-party Accident Prevention Group)
Lord Graham of Edmonton
Lord Greaves
Baroness Hamwee (Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for ODPM/Communities & Local Government and the Home Office)
Baroness Harris
Lord Haworth
Denis Healey (former Chancellor of the Exchequer)
Baroness Hooper
Lord Howell
Lord Howie of Troon
Lord Hoyle (former Secretary of State for Transport)
Lord Hylton
Lord Inglewood
Lord Jenkin of Roding (Patrick Jenkin) (former Secretary of State for the Environment)
Lord Jones of Gloucester
Lord Judd
John Lee (Lord Lee of Trafford)
Lord Livesey of Talgarth (Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Wales)
Baroness Lockwood
Lord Lofthouse of Pontefract
Baroness Ludford [temporarily not sitting or voting while an MEP]
Lord Maclennan (Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Constitutional Affairs)
Tom McNally (Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords)
Lord Marland
Baroness Masham of Ilton
Baroness Julia Neuberger
Lord Newby
Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne
Baroness O’Cathain
Cecil Parkinson (Lord Parkinson) (former Secretary of State for Transport)
Lord Roberts of Llandudno
Lord Rodgers of Quarry Bank (former Secretary of State for Transport)
Baroness Scott (Roz Scott, President of the Liberal Democrat Party)
Lord Shutt of Greetland
Viscount Slim
Lord Snape of Wednesbury (Vice-Chair, Parliamentary all-party railways group)
Lord Steel
Viscount Tenby
Robin Teverson (Lord Teverson) (Lib Dem spokesman on Energy and Climate Change in the Lords)
Baroness Thomas of Walliswood
Lord Tope (Liberal Democrat spokesperson, Communities & Local Government)
Lord Tyler
Lord Waddington
Lord Wallace of Saltaire
Lord Wallace of Tankerness QC (Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Scotland and former Scottish Executive Deputy First Minister)
Shirley Williams (Baroness Williams of Crosby)
Lord Woolmer of Leeds

Supporting MEP’s (44 out of 72)
Yorkshire & Humberside: Godfrey Bloom, Timothy Kirkhope, Linda McAvan, Edward McMillan-Scott (Vice-President of the European Parliament), Diana Wallis (Vice-President of the European Parliament,
North West: Rt Hon Sir Robert Atkins, Chris Davies, Jacqueline Foster, Sajjad Karim, Arlene McCarthy, Paul Nuttall, Brian Simpson
North East: Martin Callanan, Fiona Hall, Stephen Hughes
East Midlands: Derek Clark, Bill Newton Dunn, Roger Helmer, Emma McClarkin, Glenis Willmott
West Midlands: Philip Bradbourn, Michael Cashman, Malcolm Harbour, Liz Lynne, Mike Nattrass
Eastern: Andrew Duff, Robert Sturdy
South East: Catherine Bearder, Sharon Bowles, Dr Caroline Lucas
South West: Giles Chichester, Ashley Fox, Graham Watson
Scotland: George Lyon, David Martin, Struan Stevenson, Catherine Stilher
Wales: John Bufton
London: Mary Honeyball, Syed Kamall, Jean Lambert, Baroness Sarah Ludford, Dr Charles Tannock, Marina Yannakoudakis
Please write to your MEPs not listed above
for names and contact details of those MEPs click here
[* Leaders of the Conservative, Liberal Democrat & Labour delegations to the European Parliament respectively – the above also includes UKIP & Green Party MEP’s]
We have the support of all 3 UK members, including the Chair, of the European Parliament Transport & Tourism Committee


County Councillors (91)
Lancashire (58):
George Adam, Terry Aldridge, Timothy Ashton, George Askew, Albert Atkinson, Keith Bailey, Rob Bailey, Malcolm Barron, Bill Bennett, Charles Briggs, Margaret Brindle, Peter Britcliffe, Ken Brown, Terry Brown, Mike Calvert, Pat Case, Susie Charles, Christopher Coates, Carl Crompton, William Cropper, Frank De Molfetta, Shelagh Derwent, Geoff Driver, Carolyn Evans, Mike France, Sarah Fishwick, Howard Henshaw, Christopher Holtom, Keith Iddon, Mohammed Iqbal, Joan Jackson, Mark Jewell, Allan Knox, Jim Lawrenson, Stan Leadbetter, Jennifer Mein, Yousef Motala, Bob Mutch, David O’Toole, Liz Oades, Mike Otter, Miles Parkinson, Niki Penney, Mark Perks, Tony Pimblett, Sam Riches, Paul Rigby, Thomas Sharratt, Margaret Skilling, Peter Steen, Ciaran Wells, Michael Welsh, David Westley, Valerie Wilson, Tony Winder, Bill Winlow, Mohammed Younis
We have the support of 6 out of 7 Members of the County Council Cabinet

N Yorkshire (31):
Andrew Lee, Dr Keith Barnes, John Batt, Jim Clark, Mike Cockerill, Margaret-Ann De Courcey-Bailey, Polly English, John Fort, John Fox, Heather Garnett, Andrew Goss, Robert Heseltine, Bill Hoult, Margaret Hulme, Michael Knaggs, Carl Les, Don Mackenzie, Pat Marsburg, Penny Marsden, Brian Marshall, J.W. Marshall, Shelagh Marshall, Heather Moorhouse, David Peart, Joe Plant, Peter Popple, Caroline Seymour, Stephen Shaw, Cliff Trotter, Geoff Webber, Richard Welch

We have the support of 4 out of 8 Members of the County Council Executive

If you live in Lancashire you can find out who your County Councillor is and their contact details by clicking here
If they are not on the above list of supporting Councillors, please contact them urging them to back the campaign

If you live in North Yorkshire you can find out who your County Councillor is and their contact details by clicking here
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