Candidate Info

MEP candidate contact details

These are the candidates that have been contacted so far. A complete list of UK candidates with email and postal addresses can be found on the UK Office of the European Parliament site. Please add the candidates you contact to this list.

Conservatives

London

• Dr Charles Tannock MEP - mt@charlestannock.com
• Mr Syed Kamall - syed.kamall@europarl.europa.eu
• Marina Yannakoudakis - marinafor2009@london.com
• JP Flori - jp@jpfloru.com "Thank you for your email. Fascinating. I admit knowing very little about this subject. A bit busy now with campaign, but please feel free to contact me again after the elections. Did not know about the thousands of patents in the US. Kind regards Jp"
• Warwick Lightfoot - wmlight@globalnet.co.uk
• Graham Postles - gpostles@aol.com
• Alison Sproule - asproule@googlemail.com
• Dr. Ian Twinn - twinn@aflex.net

South East

• Mr Daniel Hannan - daniel.hannan@europarl.europa.eu
• Mr Nirj Deva - office@nirjdeva.com
• Mr James Elles - james.elles@europarl.europa.eu
• James Elles MEP - james.elles@europarl.europa.eu
• Therese Coffey - therese.coffey@yahoo.co.uk
• Sarah Richardson - sarah@sarahrichardson.net
• Richard Robinson - mail@brusselswatch.com
• Tony Devenish - tdevenish@westminster.gov.uk
• Niina Kaariniemi - niina.kaariniemi@googlemail.com
• Marc Brunel-Walker - marc@marcbw.co.uk

North West

• Rt Hon Sir Robert Atkins MEP
• Sajjad Karim MEP - Replied with form letter about the Conservatives open procurement policy. About the pledge: "As a matter of policy, Conservative candidates will not sign up to the pledge list of any third party organization."
• Jacqueline Foster
• Alex Williams
• Gregory Morgan
• Antony Samuels
• Peter Wilding
• Andrew Large - won't be signing at this time but is broadly sympathetic to our aims and supportive of 'open source'.

Labour

South East

• Mr Peter Skinner - southeast@peterskinnermep.eu
• Janet Sully - janet.sully@westsussex.gov.uk
• Bob Fromont - southeast@new.labour.org.uk
• Lisa Homan - lisa.homan@lbhf.gov.uk
• Stephen Alambritis - stephen.alambritis@merton.gov.uk
• Janet Keene - southeast@new.labour.org.uk
• Munir Malik - munir.malik@london-labour.org.uk
• Silke Thomson - southeast@new.labour.org.uk
• Rajinder Sandhu - southeast@new.labour.org.uk
• Sukhi Dhaliwal - southeast@new.labour.org.uk

North West

• Arlene McCarthy MEP - "I believe that such software offers important benefits for those that chose to use it and I strongly agree that no laws should seek to restrict access to or use of free software in an unfair or anticompetitive way. I am therefore happy to commit to supporting policies that facilitate the development and use of free software and that prevent discrimination against it."
• Brian Simpson MEP
• Theresa Griffin
• Stephen Carter
• Jane Clarke
• Riaz Ahmad
• Claire Johnston
• Brian Boag

Liberal Democrats

South East

• Sharon Bowles - info@sharonbowles.org.uk
• Catherine Bearder - catherine@bearder.eu
• Ben Abbotts - ben2007@ben4brussels.co.uk
• Jim Barnard - secretary@southeastlibdems.org.uk
• Anthony Hook - secretary@southeastlibdems.org.uk
• Simon Green - secretary@southeastlibdems.org.uk
• Zoe Patrick - zoe.patrick@oxfordshire.gov.uk
• Gary Lawson - secretary@southeastlibdems.org.uk
• David Grace - Grace@insideeurope.fsnet.co.uk
• John Vincent - johnwvincent@hotmail.com

North West

• Chris Davies MEP (will not sign at this time)
• Mark Clayton
• Neil Corlett <neil.corlett@europarl.europa.eu> (“I will be out of the office until the 8th June 2009. For press enquiries, please contact my secretary Elke Pingel - elke.pingel@europarl.europa.eu or tel . 0032 22844591.”)
• Helen Foster-Grime
• Sue McGuire
• Qassim Afzal
• Stephen Cooke
• Peter Hirst

Green Party

South East

• Caroline Lucas MEP - carolinelucas@greenmeps.org.uk
• Cllr. Keith Taylor - keith.taylor@brighton-hove.gov.uk
• Derek Wall - wallddd@hotmail.com
• Cllr. Miriam Kennet - greeneconomicsinstitute@yahoo.com
• Jason Kitcat - stevedawe@gn.apc.org
• Hazel Dawe - stevedawe@gn.apc.org
• Jonathan Essex - stevedawe@gn.apc.org
• Matthew Ledbury - stevedawe@gn.apc.org
• Steve Dawe - stevedawe@gn.apc.org
• Beverley Golden - stevedawe@gn.apc.org

South West

• Cllr. Ricky Knight - rickyknight@northdevongreens.org.uk

North West

• Peter Cranie - "I am happy to pledge to support free software. The Green Party has a clear policy in favour of Open Source Software."
• Cllr. Maia Whitelegg - maia.whitelegg@greenparty.org.uk
• Ruth Bergan - ruth.bergan@greenparty.org.uk
• Samir Chatterjee -samir.chatterjee@greenparty.org.uk
• Jill Perry - jill.perry@greenparty.org.uk
• Justine Hall
• Margaret Westbrook - margaret.westbrook@greenparty.org.uk
• Geoff Smith - geoff.smith@greenparty.org.uk - I would gladly sign this as it is compatable with our policy.

From the NW co-ordinator: "The Green Party is generally supportive of free software... I have encouraged the NW Green Party candidates to sign the Free Software Pact."

UK Independence Party

South East

• Mr Nigel Farage - nigel.farage@europarl.europa.eu - Nigel Farage has signed the pact!

North West

• Paul Nuttall
• Michael McManus
• Graham Cannon - uses Firefox and supportive of promoting free software.
• Nigel Brown
• Hilary Jones

Independent

South East

• Mr Ashley Mote - ashley.mote@europarl.europa.eu