The following candidates for the EU Parliamentary elections  responded positively to the questionnaire.

UK

North West Region:

Chris Davies- Lib Dem (elected)

Qassim Afzal- Lib Dem

Mark Clayon -Lib Dem

Peter Hirst- Lib Dem

Peter Cranie – Green

Ruth Bergan – Green

Sajjad Karim – Conservative (elected)

South West Region

Graham Watson- Lib Dem

Glynn Ford – Labour

East Midlands:

Deborah Newton Cook – Lib Dem

West Midlands:

Felicity Norman -Green Party

Chris Williams- Green Party

Vicky Dunn- Green Party

Liz Lynne – Lib Dem

Geoffrey Coady-  Jury Team

Eastern Region:

Rupurt Read- Green Party

Peter Lynn – Green Party

James Abboot- Green Party

Andrew Jamieson  – Libertas no 1  Questionnaire not returned but gave generally supportive response.

John Dowdle  – Libertas no 3. (as above)

North East Region

Fiona Hall- Lib Dem

Stephen Hughs – Labour

Martin Levy- No2EU- Yes2 Democracy (but the party will not be taking up seats in the European Parliament,  if elected)

London

Claude Moores – Labour

Wales

 Jill Evans- Plaid Cymru

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Candidates who refused to fill in the questionnaire:

North West Region:

Nigel Brown- UKIP, on the grounds UKIP has no policy for the dispute.

Gregory Morgan- Conservative,  on the grounds the questionnaire was biased (i.e against Israel)

Andrew Large- Conservative, on the grounds he is still formulating hs views on the matter.

South West Region:

Charles Chichester- Conservative

Mike Dolley- Conservative

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Candidates who were non-commital:

North West Region

Graham Ross – Jury team.  Against injustice but not prepared to ‘single out’ Israel.

Brian Simpson- Labour. Broadly sympathetic to Palestinians but non-commited to specific measures called for. (elected)

Arelene McCarthy-Labour . Broadly commited to achieving a two state solution but made no commitments to the measures we asked about. (elected)

Helen Foster- Grime – Liberal Democrat.  Very critical of Israel. Supported some measures but made no comments on suspending the EU-Israel Agreement.

West Midlands

Colin Thompson - Jury Team . Broadly supportive but non- commited to specific measures called for.

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Candidates who categorically cannot support our position:

West Midlands

Jeremy Spencer-  Jury Team

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SUMMARY of  RESPONSES:

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