Following on from the Labour ‘Yes’ campaign publishing its supporters in an open letter to the guardian – the ‘No’ to av camp has published a list of 114 Labour MPs who are ‘backing’ the ‘No’ campaign:
| David Anderson, Blaydon |
| Ian Austin, Dudley North |
| Adrian Bailey, West Bromwich West |
| Gordon Banks, Ochil and South Perthshire |
| Margaret Beckett, Derby South |
| Stuart Bell, Middlesbrough |
| Joe Benton, Bootle |
| Clive Betts, Sheffield South East |
| Hazel Blears, Salford and Eccles |
| David Blunkett, Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough |
| Russell Brown, Dumfries and Galloway |
| David Cairns, Inverclyde |
| Ronnie Campbell, Blyth Valley |
| Jenny Chapman, Darlington |
| Katy Clark, North Ayrshire and Arran |
| Tom Clarke, Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill |
| Ann Clwyd, Cynon Valley |
| Vernon Coaker, Gedling |
| David Crausby, Bolton North East |
| Mary Creagh, Wakefield |
| John Cryer, Leyton and Wanstead |
| Jim Cunningham, Coventry South |
| Margaret Curran, Glasgow East |
| Simon Danczuk, Rochdale |
| Ian Davidson, Glasgow South West |
| Geraint Davies, Swansea West |
| Jim Dobbin, Heywood and Middleton |
| Thomas Docherty, Dunfermline and West Fife |
| Brian H. Donohoe, Central Ayrshire |
| Julie Elliott, Sunderland Central |
| Louise Ellman, Liverpool, Riverside |
| Natascha Engel, North East Derbyshire |
| Chris Evans, Islwyn |
| Jim Fitzpatrick, Poplar and Limehouse |
| Robert Flello, Stoke-on-Trent South |
| Caroline Flint, Don Valley |
| Yvonne Fovargue, Makerfield |
| Sheila Gilmore, Edinburgh East |
| Pat Glass, North West Durham |
| Mary Glindon, North Tyneside |
| Paul Goggins, Wythenshawe and Sale East |
| Tom Greatrex, Rutherglen and Hamilton West |
| Kate Green, Stretford and Urmston |
| Andrew Gwynne, Denton and Reddish |
| David Hamilton, Midlothian |
| Tom Harris, Glasgow South |
| John Healey, Wentworth and Dearne |
| Mark Hendrick, Preston |
| Stephen Hepburn, Jarrow |
| David Heyes, Ashton-under-Lyne |
| Meg Hillier, Hackney South and Shoreditch |
| Julie Hilling, Bolton West |
| Margaret Hodge, Barking |
| Sharon Hodgson, Washington and Sunderland West |
| Jim Hood, Lanark and Hamilton East |
| Kelvin Hopkins, Luton North |
| George Howarth, Knowsley |
| Lindsay Hoyle, Chorley |
| Tristram Hunt, Stoke-on-Trent Central |
| Cathy Jamieson, Kilmarnock and Loudoun |
| Diana Johnson, Kingston upon Hull North |
| Helen Jones, Warrington North |
| Kevan Jones, North Durham |
| Eric Joyce, Falkirk |
| Gerald Kaufman, Manchester, Gorton |
| Alan Keen, Feltham and Heston |
| Ian Lavery, Wansbeck |
| Ivan Lewis, Bury South |
| Ian Lucas, Wrexham |
| Denis MacShane, Rotherham |
| Steve McCabe, Birmingham, Selly Oak |
| Michael McCann, East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow |
| Siobhain McDonagh, Mitcham and Morden |
| Jim McGovern, Dundee West |
| Alan Meale, Mansfield |
| Ian Mearns, Gateshead |
| Alun Michael, Cardiff South and Penarth |
| Andrew Miller, Ellesmere Port and Neston |
| Austin Mitchell, Great Grimsby |
| Graeme Morrice, Livingston |
| Grahame Morris, Easington |
| George Mudie, Leeds East |
| Meg Munn, Sheffield, Heeley |
| Paul Murphy, Torfaen |
| Ian Murray, Edinburgh South |
| Fiona O’Donnell, East Lothian |
| Albert Owen, Ynys Môn |
| Toby Perkins, Chesterfield |
| Yasmin Qureshi, Bolton South East |
| Rachel Reeves, Leeds West |
| Linda Riordan, Halifax |
| John Robertson, Glasgow North West |
| Frank Roy, Motherwell and Wishaw |
| Barry Sheerman, Huddersfield |
| Jim Sheridan, Paisley and Renfrewshire North |
| Gavin Shuker, Luton South |
| Dennis Skinner, Bolsover |
| Angela Smith, Penistone and Stocksbridge |
| Nick Smith, Blaenau Gwent |
| John Spellar, Warley |
| Graham Stringer, Blackley and Broughton |
| Gisela Stuart, Birmingham, Edgbaston |
| Gerry Sutcliffe, Bradford South |
| Mark Tami, Alyn and Deeside |
| Emily Thornberry, Islington South and Finsbury |
| Karl Turner, Kingston upon Hull East |
| Derek Twigg, Halton |
| Keith Vaz, Leicester East |
| Joan Walley, Stoke-on-Trent North |
| Dave Watts, St Helens North |
| Chris Williamson, Derby North |
| Phil Wilson, Sedgefield |
| David Winnick, Walsall North |
| David Wright, Telford |
Looks like MPs who would personally have much to fear from AV. Expected as much.
Was talking to Alun Michael about this yesterday – he is definitely voting yes. Makes me wonder how many other names on this list are wrong …
Understand Alun Michael has now had apology for erroneous inclusion. He is saying yes.
David Hamilton (Midlothian) has confirmed to me that he will be campaigning for a Yes vote.
I am still unsure why Labour MP’s are against trusting the electorate and insist on defending a totally undemocratic system of voting. FPTP is only used now in a few countries normally ex colonial countries with now despotic rulers.
The same voting system which continually disenfranchises about 40% of the country and this grows as people get more frustrated with the present state of affairs.
It also ensured the survival of the Tory party. I suppose the elite have infiltrated the Labour movement to such an extent that we now have a situation in which whatever happens they still rule the country to their own benefit.
Labour just does not have the Balls to give us a democratic system, they never did and probably never will.
Labour badly need to wake up and smell the coffee here. No campaign is a Tory campaign. Compare the Labour No page to the Tory one, if you don’t believe them. Tory are scared witless of any change from FPTP because they know it would be harder for them to ever win power again. We may not like Clegg, but he was right to force the AV referendum because the majority in this country is progressive