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Expenses Scandal: As the Labour & Co-operative Party PPC for Croydon Central, I have signed the five pledges that show we mean business. Read the full article on the Progress website

 

Five pledges that show we mean business

20 May 2009

The expenses scandal brings suspicion on all those who seek to represent their political parties. As a measure of our intention to try and restore an element of trust between voters and political representatives ahead of the June 4th elections, and an eventual general election, as Prospective Parliamentary Candidates we would like to put on record the following five pledges which will govern our conduct if we are elected to Parliament.

A great many of our current Members of Parliament already embody these principles in their day-to-day conduct and their example should be recognised. We would not like to return to a system where only those who are already independently wealthy can put themselves forward for election to Parliament, so necessary reforms to the system of MPs’ expenses and allowances should acknowledge the legitimate need for those representing constituencies outside Greater London to claim for appropriate accommodation and travel expenses. In the absence, however, of a decision on the final form of the new system, these pledges will act as our guide if we have the honour of being elected to the House of Commons.

  • As a parliamentary candidate I will subscribe to high standards of integrity, transparency, accountability and financial economy;
  • I seek elected office not for personal gain but to serve the public and our democracy, which I consider an honour and a privilege;
  • I will publish my expenses online within a month of submitting them and publicise them annually in full to constituents;
  • I will hold regular meetings with my community and will regularly report back to my constituency party;
  • I will apply the principle of best value to all decisions I make which involve the use of public money to cover my duties, including for travel and accommodation.

Signed:

  1. Stephen Twigg, Labour PPC for Liverpool West Derby
  2. Rachel Reeves, Labour PPC for Leeds West
  3. Kevin Bonavia, Labour PPC for Rochford and Southend East
  4. Tom Flynn, Labour PPC for Southend West
  5. Kevin McKeever, Labour PPC for Harborough
  6. Stuart King, Labour PPC for Putney
  7. Alex Hilton, Labour PPC for Chelsea and Fulham
  8. Joe Goldberg, Labour PPC for Witney
  9. David Rowntree, Labour PPC for Cities of London and Westminster
  10. Lucy Powell, Labour PPC for Manchester Withington
  11. Andrew Pakes, Labour PPC for Milton Keynes North
  12. Matthew Rodda, Labour PPC for East Surrey
  13. Cllr Allan Davies, Labour PPC for Basildon and Billericay
  14. Julian Ware-Lane, Labour PPC for Castle Point
  15. Sonia Klein, Labour PPC for Ilford North
  16. Emma Reynolds, Labour PPC for Wolverhampton North East
  17. Luke Pollard, Labour PPC for South West Devon
  18. Charlotte Mackenzie, Labour PPC for Truro and Falmouth
  19. Alan Strickland, Labour PPC for Berwick-upon-Tweed
  20. Nick Smith, Labour PPC for Blaenau Gwent
  21. Ruth Smeeth, Labour PPC for Burton
  22. Jude Robinson, Labour PPC for Camborne, Redruth and Hayle
  23. Bambos Charalambous, Labour PPC for Enfield Southgate
  24. Tim Shand, Labour PPC for Guildford
  25. James Alexander, Labour PPC for York Outer
  26. Bhavna Joshi, Labour PPC for Central Suffolk & North Ipswich
  27. Rachel Voller, Labour PPC for Romford
  28. Rebecca Rennison, Labour PPC for South West Wiltshire
  29. Lee Jameson, Labour PPC for St Austell and Newquay
  30. Jonathan Slater, Labour PPC for Aldershot
  31. Anneliese Dodds, Labour PPC for Reading East
  32. Brian Tomlinson, Labour PPC for Twickenham
  33. Richard Scorer, Labour PPC for Hazel Grove
  34. Rushanara Ali, Labour PPC for Bethnal Green and Bow
  35. Claire Hazelgrove, Labour PPC for Skipton and Ripon
  36. Steve Morgan, Labour PPC for Orpington
  37. David Williams, Labour PPC for Crewe and Nantwich
  38. Kathryn White, Labour PPC for Aylesbury
  39. Daniel Zeichner, Labour PPC for Cambridge
  40. Eleanor Tunnicliffe, Labour PPC for Richmond Park
  41. Tony Clements, Labour PPC for Epping Forest
  42. Edward Brown, Labour PPC for Bedfordshire North East
  43. Alison Moore, Labour PPC for Finchley and Golders Green
  44. Chris Clark, Labour PPC for Ashford
  45. Paul Smith, Labour PPC for Bristol West
  46. Sally Gimson, Labour PPC for South Leicestershire
  47. Swatantra Nandanwar, Labour PPC for Maldon
  48. Craig Montgomery, Labour PPC for Epsom & Ewell
  49. Jonathan Roberts, Labour PPC for Thirsk & Malton
  50. Anas Sarwar, Labour PPC for Glasgow Central
  51. Jack Scott, Labour PPC for Sheffield Hallam
  52. Ian Campbell, Labour PPC for Newark
  53. Antoine Tinnion, Labour PPC for Hexham
  54. Michael Castle, Labour PPC South Norfolk
  55. Philipa Latimer, Labour PPC for St Ives
  56. Jane Edbrooke, Labour PPC for East Hampshire
  57. Alex Cunningham, Labour PPC for Stockton North
  58. Jayne Innes, Labour PPC for Nuneaton
  59. John Wiseman, Labour PPC for Westmorland and Lonsdale
  60. John Cowan, Labour PPC for South East Cambridgeshire
  61. Max Freedman, Labour PPC for Kingston and Surbiton
  62. Jenny Rathbone, Labour PPC for Cardiff Central
  63. Stephen Terry, Labour PPC for Hertford and Stortford
  64. Julie Elliot, Labour PPC for Sunderland Central
  65. Tariq Sadiq, Labour PPC for South Cambridgeshire
  66. Simon Holland, Labour PPC for Chichester
  67. Jane Thomas, Labour PPC for Keighley
  68. Ian Ross, Labour PPC for Worthing West
  69. Mike Hobday, Labour PPC for Welwyn Hatfield
  70. Mike Robb, Labour PPC for Inverness Nairn Badenoch and Strathspey
  71. Paul Foster, Labour PPC for Ribble Valley
  72. Shabana Mahmood, Labour PPC for Birmingham Ladywood
  73. Sam Townend, Labour PPC for Bristol North West
  74. Rob Pocock, Labour PPC for Sutton Coldfield
  75. James Royston, Labour PPC for Bexhill and Battle
  76. Richard Stevens, Labour PPC for Oxford West and Abingdon
  77. Bridget Phillipson, Labour PPC for Houghton and Sunderland South
  78. Susan Hinchcliffe, Labour PPC for Shipley
  79. Danny Marten, Labour PPC for Haltemprice & Howden
  80. Howard Linsley, Labour PPC for Meon Valley
  81. Toby Perkins, Labour PPC for Chesterfield
  82. Peter Roberts, Labour PPC for North East Cambridgeshire
  83. Darren Jones, Labour PPC for Torridge and West Devon
  84. Damien Welfare, Labour PPC for Chipping Barnet
  85. Emily Benn, Labour PPC for Worthing East and Shoreham
  86. Simon Burgess, Labour and Co-op PPC for Brighton Kemptown
  87. Robert Smith, Labour PPC for Havant
  88. Hattie Ajderian, Labour PPC for Bath
  89. Ed Williams, Labour PPC for Meriden
  90. Michael Watson, Labour PPC for Broxbourne
  91. Mark Dempsey, Labour PPC for the Cotswolds
  92. Heidi Benzing, Labour PPC for Brentwood and Ongar
  93. Margaret Curran, Labour PPC for Glasgow East
  94. John Mackay, Labour PPC Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross
  95. Martin Jevon, Labour PPC for Taunton Dean
  96. Funda Pepperell, Labour PPC for Basingstoke
  97. Gerry Ryan, Labour PPC for Croydon Central
  98. Jayne Buckland, Labour PPC for Wellingborough
  99. Darren Barrenger, Labour PPC for Harwich and North Essex
  100. Howard Dawber, Labour PPC for Bexleyheath and Crayford
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