General Election Pledge – ESA

CarerWatch asked all Prospective Parlimentary Candidates in the General Election to support the following pledge.

CARERWATCH ARE FIGHTING TO RESTORE UNCONDITIONAL BENEFITS TO ALL PEOPLE WITH SEVERE AND ENDURING ILLNESS – SOME WITH ONLY MONTHS TO LIVE. IN PARTICULAR CARERWATCH WANT THE THREAT OF SANCTIONS AND CONDITIONALITY under ESA REMOVED FROM PEOPLE WITH SEVERE AND ENDURING MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. THIS CAN BE ACHIEVED SIMPLY BY PLACING THEM IN THE SUPPORT GROUP

Many thanks to the following candidates who signed

1. Joseph Healey – Green Party Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Vauxhaul
2. Steve Webb MP – LibDem Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Northaven
3. Caroline Lucas MEP – Green Party Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Brighton
4. Jon Cruddas MP – Labour Party Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Dagenham (scroll down to last letter at this link)
5. Dr Nick Palmer MP – Labour Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Broxtowe
6. Llyr Huws Gruffydd – Plaid Cymru Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Clwyd West
7. Susan Murray – Green Party Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Lewes
8. Jill Perry – Green Party Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Copeland Cumbria
9. Stuart Jeffery – Green Party Parliamentary Candidate for Maidstone and the Weald
10. Andrew Newby – Green Party Parliamentary Candidate for Hendon
11. Michael Connarty MP – Labour Party Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Linlithgow and East Falkirk
12. John McDonnell MP – Labour Party Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Hayes & Harlington
13. David Drew MP – Labour Party Prospective Parliamentary Candidatecandidate for Stroud
14. Katy Clark MP – Labour Party Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for North Ayrshire & Arran
15. Simon Burgess MP – Labour Party Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Brighton Kemptown & Peacehaven
16. Sarah Evans – Labour Party Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for North West Hampshire
17. Gary Heather – Labour Party Parliamentary Candidate for Tunbridge Wells
18. Roma Mills – Labour Party Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for St Albans
19. Dr Alan Bullion – LibDem Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Sevenoaks
20. Alexis S Diouf – LibDem Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for South Derbyshire
21. David Chappell – Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Bury St Edmunds
22. Rosie Sharpley – Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Woking
23. Julian Brazil- Lib Dem Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Totnes
24. Trevor Carbin – Lib Dem Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for South West Wiltshire
25. Terrye Teverson – Lib Dem Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Truro Falmouth
26. Tim Farron MP – Lib Dem Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Westmorland and Lonsdale
27. Julian Huppert – Lib Dem Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Cambridge
28. Chris Tucker – Lib Dem Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Slough
29. Richard Baum – Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Bury North
30. Chris Bowers – Lib Dem Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Wealden
31. Helen Flynn – Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Skipton & Ripon
32. Mike Bell – Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Weston-super-Mare
33. Robert Adamson – Lib Dem Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for East Yorkshire
34. Andrew Dakers – Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Brentford and Isleworth
35. Ruth Coleman – Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Leeds West
36. Richard Gadsden – Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Worsley & Eccles South
37. Chris Took – Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Ashford
38. Paul Rowen – Lib Dem Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Rochdale
39. Pete McAskie – Green Party Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Hornsey & Wood Green
40. Donald Lyven – Green Party Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Finchley & Golders Green
41. Ian Brandon – Green Party Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Watford
42. Phil Simpson – Green Party Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Birmingham Edgbaston
43. Hazel Dawe – Green Party Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Tunbridge Wells
44. Adrian Cruden – Green Party Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Dewsbury
45. Andy Chase – Green Party Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for York Central
46. Glenn Vowles – Green Party Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Swindon South
47. Euan McPhee – Green Party Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Camborne & Redruth
48. Margaret Westbrook – Green Party Prospective Parliamentary for Stretford and Urmston
49. Gordon Ross – Green Party Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Croydon South
50. Matt Sellwood – Green Party Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Hackney North & Stoke Newington
51. Darren Johnson – Green Party Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Lewisham Deptford
52. Natalie Bennett – Green Party Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Holborn and St Pancras
53. Louis Stephen – Green Party Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Worchester
54. Jennifer Miles – Green Party Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Swindon South
55. Matthew Butcher – Green Party Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Nottingham South
56. Kevin White – Green Party Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Redditch
57. Malcolm Bailey – Green Party Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Mid Bedfordshire
58. Andy Hewett – Green Party Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Greenwich and Woolwich
59. Steve Dawe – Green Party Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Tonbridge and Malling
60. Bernice Golberg – Green Party Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Croydon Central
61. John Knight – Green Party Prospective Parliamentary candidate for Macclesfield
62. Jon Lucas – Green Party Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Filton and Bradley Stoke
63. Chris Southall – Green Party Prospective Parliamentary Candidate Clacton on Sea
64. Ashley Baxter – Green Party Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for South Holland and the Deepings
65. Brian Heatley – Green Party Prospective Parliamentary Candidate Dorset South
66. Kate Tansley – Green Party Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Chipping Barnet
67. David Arthur – Green Party Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Chatham & Aylesford
68. Tom Barker – Green Party Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for City of Chester
69. Rosemary Bland – Green Party Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for North East Hertfordshire
70. Susan Curran – Green Party Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Broadland
71. Gina Dowding – Green Party Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Lancaster and Fleetwood
72. Leila Kiersch – Green Party Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Ceredigion
73. Adam Twine – Green Party Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Wantage
74. Jonathan Essex – Green Party Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Reigate
75. Jonathan Rooks – Green Party Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Old Bexley & Sidcup