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Chris Davies MEP David Curry MP Richard Bannister
Nigel Evans MP Gordon Prentice MP Diana Wallis MEP
Jacqueline Foster MEP Kitty Ussher MP The Rt Rev Nicholas Reade, Bishop of Blackburn
Timothy Kirkhope MEPAnne McIntosh MP BrianSimpsonMEP

Supporting MP's (150)
150 MPs in the new Parliament back the campaign

The latest are:

Chris Heaton-Harris MP (Daventry), Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Central), Kris Hopkins (Keighley), Naomi Long (Belfast East) Deputy Leader of the Alliance Party and Rory Stewart (Penrith and The Border)

Does your MP?

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For quotations from the Letters of Support from MPs
click here

We also have the support of 3 Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) and a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA)


Supporting MEP's

60% of UK MEPs in the new Parliament support us (44 out of 72)

The latest are:

George Lyon (Scotland), Mary Honeyball (London), Martin Callanan (North East), Emma McClarkin (East Midlands), Bill Newton Dunn (East Midlands) and Roger Helmer (East Midlands)

Do all yours?

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For quotations from the Letters of Support from MEPs click here

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Supporting Councils (282)

282 Councils back the campaign
some over 100 miles apart

The latest are
Selby District Council, Boroughbridge, Halewood, Meltham, Morecambe, Pateley Bridge, Poynton with Worth, Selby & Tadcaster Town Councils and Asby, Bleasdale, Great Strickland, Helsington, Melling with Wrayton, Preston Patrick. Preston Richard, Thurnham & Urswick Parish Councils

Do your Councils?

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Quotations from the Letters of Support

‘In a world of heavy road congestion and global warming to which heavy goods vehicles and cars are major contributors, a comprehensive and modern rail network is a must for the North West and particularly Lancashire, where the roads infrastructure is now at breaking point. ’

-- C Cllr Mike Calvert (Pendle East)

Union Support
The most recent Union branch to send its support is
UNISON Calderdale Local Government Branch

Does your Union or Union branch support us?

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41 looking east across the missing bridge near Lancashire Ghyll
41 looking east across the missing bridge near Lancashire Ghyll

Education Support
42 Education bodies back the campaign

The latest to send their support are

St Stephen's Catholic School, Marsden Heights Community College, Saints John Fisher & Thomas More Catholic Humanities College and the University of Chester

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For quotations from the Latters of Support from Education bodies
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Business Support (132)
The latest business to back the campaign is:
Harry Garlick

The latest business organisation is:
Yorkshire & Humber Chambers of Commerce

Business Organisations:
CBI North West
CBI Yorkshire and the Humber

Chambers of Commerce North West Ltd:
• Altrincham & Sale Chamber of Commerce
• Borough of Congleton Chamber of Commerce & Enterprise
• Chester, Ellesmere Port & North Wales Chamber of Commerce
• Cumbria Chamber of Commerce & Industry
• East Lancs Chamber of Commerce
• Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce
• Halton Chamber of Commerce & Enterprise Runcorn & Widnes
• Knowsley Chamber of Industry & Commerce
• Lancaster District Chamber of Commerce & Industry
• Liverpool Chamber of Commerce
• Macclesfield Chamber of Commerce & Enterprise
• North & Western Lancashire Chamber of Commerce
• Sefton Chamber of Commerce & Industry
• South Cheshire Chamber of Commerce & Industry
• St Helens Chamber
• Warrington Chamber of Commerce & Industry
• Wirral Chamber of Commerce & Industry

Yorkshire & Humber Chambers of Commerce:
• Barnsley & Rotherham Chamber of Commerce
• Bradford Chamber
• Hull & Humber Chamber of Commerce
• Leeds, York & North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce
• Mid Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce
• Skipton Chamber of Trade & Commerce

Businesses:
Accrington Stanley Football Club
Airedale Springs Ltd
Barnfield Construction
Blackburn Rovers Football Club
Blackpool Football Club
Boundary Mill Stores
Bradford & Bingley plc
Buoyant Upholstery Ltd,
C & H Brown, Skipton
Burnley Football Club
Cammell Laird Shiprepairers and Shipbuilders Ltd
Carillion Rail
Carlo's Restaurant, Colne
Caterleisure Limited
Catholic Building Society
Choice, Keighley
Chorley Building Society
The Co-operative Group:
• Cooperative Food
• Cooperative Bank
• Cooperative Travel
• Cooperative Pharmacy
• Cooperative Legal Services
• Cooperative Funeralcare
• Cooperative Insurance
Corus
Craven Cameras
Cravendale Guest House, Skipton
Dales (Contracts) Ltd
Dales Renewables Ltd
Deasil Energy
E.ON Energy
Eco Design Architectural Practice
The Ecology Building Society
Electrical Sales Ltd
Elevate East Lancashire
The Environmental Transport Association
FC Halifax Town
Foulridge Canal Cruises Ltd
Harry Garlick
The Grand Theatre, Blackpool,
The Grand at Clitheroe
Good Energy
Green Express Railtours
Herriots Hotel
Homeloan Management Ltd
Hudson & Pearson Ltd,
Jim's Vegetarian Restaurant, Colne
The Keighley & Worth Valley Light Railway Ltd,
Kilbride Community Rail Ltd
Leeds Building Society
Leeds Rugby Ltd:
• Leeds Carnegie Rugby Union
• Leeds Rhinos Rugby League
Leek United Building Society
Maharishi Ayurveda Products
Manchester Airport Group plc:
• Manchester Airport
• East Midlands Airport
• Bournemouth Airport
• Humberside Airport
Manchester Building Society
Manchester Opera House
Marsden Building Society
Merseyrail
NR Automatics (Engineering) Ltd
Nationwide Building Society
North East Railtours
Novo Homes
Oswaldtwistle Mills
The Palace Theatre, Manchester
paperback
Parson Lee Farm B & B,
the phone coop
Peel Airports Group:
• Liverpool John Lennon Airport
• Robin Hood Airport Doncaster
• Sheffield Airport
• Durham Tees Valley Airport
Protec Fire Detection Equipment Ltd
The Pumpkin, Skipton
Red Triangle Vegetarian Cafι
Rossiter & Co,
Royal Exchange Theatre
S & J Engineering,
Skipton Building Society
Skipton Castle
Stable Cross B & B, Colne
Stafford Railway Building Society
The Stamford Group Ltd:
• Mailbox Mouldings international Ltd
• Mailbox Mouldings international Ltd (Eire)
• Medstor
• Micrex-Profiles
• Micropol
• Opto International Inc (USA)
• Opto Mailbox International (Sweden)
• Opto Systems GMBH (Germany)
Studio 127, Keighley
Suma Wholefoods
The Sweet Shop, Skipton
The Vacuum Shop, Keighley
Virgin Trains
West Yorkshire Playhouse
Wigan Warriors Rugby League
Yorkshire Building Society

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Supporting Councillors
If your County Councillor is not listed please contact them and encourage them to support us

County Councillors
The latest supporting County Councillors are:
Graham Jones (Accrington South), Rod Wilson (Cartmel), Janet Willis (Low Furness) and Penny Marsden (Weaponess & Ramshill)

County Councillors (103)
Lancashire (57):
George Adam
Terry Aldridge
Timothy Ashton
George Askew
Albert Atkinson
Keith Bailey
Rob Bailey
Malcolm Barron
Charles Briggs
Margaret Brindle
Peter Britcliffe
Ken Brown
Terry Brown
Mike Calvert
Pat Case
Susie Charles
Christopher Coates
Carl Crompton
William Cropper
Frank De Molfetta
Shelagh Derwent
Geoff Driver
Carolyn Evans
Sarah Fishwick
Mike France
Howard Henshaw
Christopher Holtom
Keith Iddon
Mohammed Iqbal
Joan Jackson
Mark Jewell
Graham Jones
Allan Knox
Jim Lawrenson
Stan Leadbetter
Jennifer Mein
Yousef Motala
Bob Mutch
Liz Oades
David O’Toole
Mike Otter
Miles Parkinson
Niki Penney
Mark Perks
Tony Pimblett
Sam Riches
Paul Rigby
Thomas Sharratt
Margaret Skilling
Peter Steen
Ciaran Wells
Michael Welsh
David Westley
Valerie Wilson
Tony Winder
Bill Winlow
Mohammed Younis

North Yorkshire (31):
Andrew Lee
Dr Keith Barnes
John Batt
Jim Clark
Mike Cockerill
Margaret-Ann De Courcey-Bailey
Polly English
John Fort
John Fox
Heather Garnett
Andrew Goss
Robert Heseltine
Bill Hoult
Margaret Hulme
Michael Knaggs
Carl Les
Don Mackenzie
Pat Marsburg
Penny Marsden
Brian Marshall
J.W. Marshall
Shelagh Marshall
Heather Moorhouse
David Peart
Joe Plant
Peter Popple
Caroline Seymour
Stephen Shaw
Cliff Trotter
Geoff Webber
Richard Welch

Cumbria (3):
Rod Wilson
Janet Willis
Peter Thornton (Cumbria CC)

Councillors from other County Councils (12)
Dennis Andrewartha (Gloucestershire CC & Stroud DC)
Steve Churchman (Gwynedd CC)
Adrian Collett (Hampshire CC)
Bruce Hogan (Gloucestershire CC & Forest of Dean DC)
Christina Jebb (Staffordshire CC)
David Kendall (Essex CC & Brentwood BC)
Sebastian Kindersley (Cambridgeshire CC & DC)
Bill Powell (Powys CC)
Simon Reed (Northumberland CC)
Allan Siao Ming Witherick (Hertfordshire County Council)
Carol Woods (Durham CC)
Matt Wright (Flintshire CC)

Other Councillors (240)
Mark Alcock (Oldham MBC & Shaw & Crompton PC)
Jan Alcock (Ribble Valley BC)
Zafar Ali (Bradford MBC)
Zuliqar Ali (Stoke on Trent CC)
Barry Anderson (Leeds City Council)
Tim Andrewes (St Ives TC)
George Askew (Pendle BC)
Bernard Atha
Ian Auckland (Sheffield City Council)
Lin Barrington (Craven DC)
Alan Barry (Blackburn with Darwen BC)
Jon Barry (Lancaster CC)
Tonia Barton (Pendle BC)
Richard Baum (Bury MBC)
Eileen Baxendale (South Lanarkshire)
Lynne Beaumont (Shepway DC)
Anthony Beckett (Pendle BC)
Mike Beckett (Malton TC)
Carol Ann Belshaw (Pendle BC)
Nigel Bennett (Babergh DC & Sudbury TC)
Phil Bennion (Lichfield DC)
Sue Bentley (Leeds City Council)
Ralph Berry (Bradford MBC)
David Berryman (Ribble Valley BC)
Smith Alan Benson (Pendle)
David Billing (Scarborough BC)
Gary Bird (Pendle BC)
Gordon Birtwistle (Leader Burnley BC)
Ann Blackburn (Leader of the Green Group, Leeds CC)
Chris Blackburn (Stockport MBC)
David Blackburn (Leeds CC)
Chris Blakeley (Wirral)
Michael Blomeley (Pendle)
Stuart Bodsworth (Stockport MBC)
Martyn Bolt (Kirklees & WYPTA)
Charlie Bolton (Bristol CC)
Chris Bowers (Lewes DC)
Warren Bradley (Leader, Liverpool CC)
Prue Bray (Wokingham BC)
Richard Brett (Leeds, Deputy Leader and Leader of the Liberal Democrats
John Brigden (Sevenoaks DC & TC)
Charlie Briggs (Burnley BC)
Eric Broadbent (Leader, Labour Group, Scarborough BC)
Steve Broadhurst (Cheshire East Council)
Rob Broadley (Whitby TC)
Richard Brodie (Annandale and Eskdale DC)
Jane Brophy (Trafford MBC)
Paul Brown (Sussex)
Stella Brunskill (Ribble Valley BC)
Tony Brunskill (Eden DC)
Stephen Butcher (Craven DC)
John Cameron (Manchester CC)
Colin Campbell (Leeds City Council & Leeds District Spokesperson on WYITA)
Trevor Carbin (Wiltshire Council)
Andrew Carter (Deputy Leader, Leeds City Council & WYITA Member)
Andrew Chamberlain (North Ayrshire Council)
Gary Clarke (Walsall & Chairman Centro ITA)
Mark Clayton (Manchester CC)
Dilys Cluer (Scarborough DC).
John Cole (Bradford MBC)
Peter Coley (Leicester CC)
Matthew Colledge (Trafford MBC & Chairman, Greater Manchester ITA)
Steve Cooke (Salford MBC)
Greg Couzens (Rochdale MBC)
Jillian Creasy (Sheffield's CC)
Ian Cuthbertson (Strensall PC)
Andy D'Agorne (York)
Vic D'Albert (Bury MBC)
Peter J Davison (Rochdale MBC & GMITA)
Alan Dean (Uttlesford DC)
John Dillon (Oldham & GMITA)
Sushila Dhall (Oxford CC
Dave Dobbie (Gainsborough TC)
Mark Dowd OBE (Liverpool CC & Chair Merseyside ITA)
Peter Dowd (Leader, Labour Group, Sefton MBC)
Ryk Downes (Leeds & Chair WYITA)
James Doyle (Worthing BC)
Martin Eakins (Manchester CC)
Graham Elliott (Waveney DC)
Rosemary Elms (Ribble Valley)
Paul English (Craven DC & Skipton TC)
Polly English (Craven DC)
Eileen Entwistle(Blackburn with Darwen BC)
Gareth Epps (Reading BC)
Peter Evans (Rochdale & GMITA)
Nader Fekri (Calderdale MBC)
John Fletcher (Hambleton DC)
David Foster (Blackburn with Darwen BC)
Kevin Foster (Coventry CC)
Paul Foster (South Ribble BC)
Steve Foulkes (Leader Wirral MBC)
Roger Frost (Burnley BC)
Mike Gardner (Leader Harrogate Council)
Stephen Gordon (Kenninghall PC)
Andrew James Graham (Blackburn with Darwen BC)
Ross Grant (Leicester CC)
Tony Greaves (Pendle BC)
Jackie Grunsell (Kirklees MBC)
John Hall (Bradford MBC)
Richard Hall (Knaresborough TC)
Chris Harbron (Craven DC)
Roger Harmer (Birnmingham CC)
John Harris (Richmondshire DC)
Roger Hayes (Liberal Democrat Group Leader, Bolton MBC)
David Heather (Craven DC)
David Heginbotham (Burnley BC)
David Heseltine (Bradford MBC)
Pam Heseltine (Craven DC)
Bridget Hilton (Ribble Valley DC)
Robert Heseltine (Craven DC)
Wera Hobhouse (Rochdale MBC)
Kevin Hogg (Stockport MBC)
Nick Holder (Hexham TC)
Ann Holtom (Birmingham CC)
Morris Horsfield (Pendle BC)
Stephen Houghton (Leader, Barnsley MBC)
Simon Huggill (Blackburn with Darwen BC)
Neil Hughes (Eden District Council)
Tony Humphrys (Blackburn with Darwen BC)
Mohammed IqbaL (Leader, Labour Group, Pendle BC)
Ian Jackson (Lichfield DC)
Mike Jackson (Nafferton PC)
Mick Jameson (Chair, South Yorkshire ITA)
Steve Jarvis (North Herts DC)
Darren Johnson (London Assembly)
Mike Johnson (Blackburn with Darwen BC)
Beverley Jones (Ribble Valley BC)
Peter Jones (Chiltern DC)
Rosemary Jones (Rochdale)
Andy Kay (Blackburn with Darwen BC)
Howard Keal (Ryedale)
Michael Kelly (Bradford MBC)
Ann Kerrigan (Pendle BC)
Mohammed Khan (Blackburn with Darwen BC)
Madeleine Kirk (City of York Council)
Trevor Ladhams (Eden DC)
Steven Lambert (Aylesbury Vale DC)
Sir Richard Leese (Leader, Manchester CC)
Iain Lindley (Salford CC)
Howard Linsley (Liss PC)
David Lomax (High Peak BC)
Martin Love (Bradford MDC)
Pauline McCormick (Pendle BC)
Pat McDonald (White Watham PC)
Tim McKay (Edinburgh CC)
Richard Mallender (Rushcliffe BC)
Joe Marjoram (Leeds City Council)
Janet Marshall (Thirsk Town Council)
Fiona Martin (Horncastle TC)
Rabi Martins (Watford BC)
Gordon Matthews (Evesham TC)
Trevor Maxfield (Blackburn with Darwen BC)
Carl Minns (Leader, Hull City Council)
James Monaghan (Leeds City Council)
Major Wayne Morgan MBE (Bridgend BC)
Graeme Morrice (West Lothian)
Susan Murray (Lewes TC)
Richard Nixon (Messingham PC)
Ed Northover (Waltham Forest Council)
Tim Nuttall (Rossendale BC)
Mike Otter (South Ribble BC)
Andy Parnham (Leeds CC)
David Pearson (Blackburn with Darwen BC)
Bob Pendleton (West Lancashire DC)
John Pennington (Bradford MBC)
Jill Perry (West Cumbrian PC)
Romayne Phoenix (Lewisham Council)
Caroline Pidgeon AM (London Assembly)
Catherine Pilling (Rossendale BC)
Jim Pilling (Rossendale BC)
Mike Popham (Bristol CC)
Peter Popple (Leader, Independent Group, Scarborough BC)
Chris Punchard (Ribble Valley BC)
Adrian Ramsay (Norwich)
Marc Ramsbottom (Manchester CC)
Andrew Rankine (Skipton TC)
John Redfern (Stafordshire Moorlands DC)
Jim Regan (Warrington)
Peter Reisdorf (Wirral BC)
Darren Reynolds (Burnley)
Lois Rimmer JP (Ribble Valley BC)
Paull Robathan (South Somerset DC)
John Roberts (Craven DC)
Tony Robertson (Leader Sefton MBC)
Sonia Robinson (Pendle BC)
Michael Rodgers (East Staffordshire BC)
Tom Ross (Trafford MBC)
Ron Round (Leader Knowsley MBC)
Margaret Rowley (Wychavon DC)
Simon Saggers (Bassingbourn PC)
Nick Sandford (Peterborough CC)
Ian Saunders (Sheffield CC)
Jack Scott (Sheffield CC)
Paul Scriven (Sheffield CC)
Steve Shaw-Wright (Selby DC)
John Shipley (Leader Newcastle City Council)
Kathleen Shore (Nelson TC)
Edward Simpson (Doncaster CC)
Dave Smith (Darwen TC)
Margaret Smith (Leader South Ribble BC)
Peter Sopowski (Ashurst PC)
James Keith Starkie (Pendle BC)
Margaret Sutcliffe (Ribble Valley BC)
Stephen Sutcliffe (Ribble Valley BC)
Tim Swift (Calderdale & WYITA)
Dr Wendy Taylor (Newcastle CC)
Chris Tennant (Pendle BC)
Christopher Thayne (Blackburn with Darwen BC)
M J Thomas (Ribble Valley BC)
Robert Thompson (Cheshire West and Chester Council)
Hazel Thorpe (Worthing BC)
Matthew Tomlinson (South Ribble BC)
Dr Christopher Townsend (Dacorum BC & Tring TC)
Ed Townsend (Newport CC)
Nick Tregoning (Swansea CC)
Cliff Trotter (Harrogate BC)
Nicola Turner (Kirklees MBC)
Violet Vaughan (Pendle BC)
Malcolm Victory (Malvern Wells PC)
John Waddington (Ribble Valley BC)
Richard Walker (Doncaster MBC)
Graham Walton (South Ribble BC)
Kevin Warnes (Bradford CC)
Richard Welch (Craven DC)
Steve Whiffen (Brixworth PC)
David Whipp (Pendle BC)
David White (Stockport MBC & GMITA)
Richard Whitehouse (Wolverhampton CC)
Professor John Whitelegg (Lancaster CC)
Martin Whiteside (Stroud DC)
Keith Whitmore (Manchester CC & Vice Chairman, GMITA)
Sheila Wicks (Pendle BC)
Peter Wilcock (Uttlesford DC)
Geoff Williams (Basildon DC)
Chris Williamson (Derby City Council)
Elizabeth Wilson (Todmorden TC)
Patrick Wilson (Doncaster MBC)
Michael Winstanley (Wigan MBC)
John Wren (Harrogate BC)
Craig Wright (Stockport MBC & GMITA)

Faith support
The Most Revd John Sentamu, Archbishop of York
The Rt Revd Nicholas Reade, Bishop of Blackburn
The Rt Revd Chris Edmondson, Bishop of Bolton
The Rt Rev David James, Bishop of Bradford
The Rt Revd James Newcombe, Bishop of Carlisle
The Rt Revd Graham Dow, former Bishop of Carlisle
The Rt Revd Peter Forster, Bishop of Chester
Rt Revd Richard Frith, Bishop of Hull
The Rt Rev Patrick O’Donoghue, Bishop of Lancaster
The Rt Revd Arthur Roche, Bishop of Leeds
The Rt Revd James Jones, Bishop of Liverpool
The Rt Revd Nigel McCulloch, Bishop of Manchester
The Rt Revd Martin Wharton, Bishop of Newcastle
The Rt Revd John Packer, Bishop of Ripon and Leeds
The Rt Revd Tony Robinson, Bishop of Pontefract
The Rt Revd Dr Steven Croft, Bishop of Sheffield
The Rt Revd Stephen Platten, Bishop of Wakefield
Yorkshire Baptist Association

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Already over 60% of the MEPs in the new European Parliament back our campaign
Posted by on Tuesday, August 11, 2009 - 05:00 PM

Despite many of our MEP supporters retiring from the Europen Parliament, we now have the support of 43 out of the 72 MEPs in the new Parliament
These include Brian Simpson, Chair of the Transport & Tourism Committee., the 2 other UK members of that Committee, Jacqueline Foster & Mike Nattrass and Robert Sturdy, Vice Chairman of the International Trade Committee.
The 2 UK Vice-Presidents of the European Parliament, Diana Wallis and Edward McMillan-Scott, both SELRAP supporters, have also been re-elected.

For the full list of MEPs click 'Read the full article' below

MEPs (new Parliament) (44 out of 72)
Yorkshire & Humberside: Godfrey Bloom, Timothy Kirkhope, Linda McAvan, Edward McMillan-Scott (Vice-President of the European Parliament), Diana Wallis (Vice-President of the European Parliament,
North West: Rt Hon Sir Robert Atkins, Chris Davies, Jacqueline Foster, Sajjad Karim, Arlene McCarthy, Paul Nuttall, Brian Simpson
North East: Martin Callanan, Fiona Hall, Stephen Hughes
East Midlands: Derek Clark, Bill Newton Dunn, Roger Helmer, Emma McClarkin, Glenis Willmott
West Midlands: Philip Bradbourn, Michael Cashman, Malcolm Harbour, Liz Lynne, Mike Nattrass
Eastern: Andrew Duff, Robert Sturdy
South East: Catherine Bearder, Sharon Bowles, Dr Caroline Lucas
South West: Giles Chichester, Ashley Fox, Graham Watson
Scotland: George Lyon, David Martin, Struan Stevenson, Catherine Stilher,
Wales: John Bufton
London: Mary Honeyball, Syed Kamall, Jean Lambert, Baroness Sarah Ludford, Dr Charles Tannock, Marina Yannakoudakis

Well-known supporters
Ken Loach (film director)
Ian Hislop (broadcaster & editor)
Julia Bradbury (broadcaster)
Mark Steele (broadcaster, comedian)
John Kettley (weatherman)
Alastair Campbell (political strategist)

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AFFILIATED GROUPS/BODIES (52)
The latest bodies to become affilated members of our campaign are
ASLEF Newton Heath, Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust, Silsden Town Council & Cononley Parish Council

Addingham Parish Council
Aire Valley Rail User Group
ASLEF, Newton Heath
ASLEF, Skipton Branch
Barrowford Parish Council
Blacko Parish Council
Blackpool & Fylde Rail Users Association
Bradford Rail Users Group
Burneside Parish Council
Burnley Friends of the Earth
Campaign for Better Transport
Campaign for the Preservation of Rural England
CAMRA East Lancashire
Cononley Parish Council
Craven Voluntary Action
Dales (Contracts) Ltd
Dales Renewables Ltd
Draughton Parish Council
Earby Parish Council
Eco Design Arhitectural Practice
Ecology Building Society
Electrical Sales Ltd
Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway Trust
Foulridge Parish Council
Friends of Littleborough Station
Friends of the Settle-Carlisle Line
Harden Parish Council
Heritage Trust for the North West
Horton-in-Ribblesdale Parish Council
Kirklees Green Party
Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust
Lancaster & Skipton Rail User Group
Long Preston Parish Council
Midland Railway Society
Nelson Independent Labour Party, Land Society
Park Lane College Leeds
Pendle Community Credit Union
Pendle Environmental Network
Rail Future Yorkshire
Reedley Hallows Parish Council
Ribble Valley Rail
Save the East Lancashire Line Association
Settle Town Council
Silsden Town Council
Silverdale Parish Council
Skipton Chamber of Trade & Commerce
Skipton Town Council
The Keighley & Worth Valley Light Railway Ltd
Todmorden Town Council
Trawden Parish Council
Unison Burnley Branch
Unison Pendle Branch
Unite the Union (Amicus), Burnley Branch
Worsthorne-with-Hurstwood Parish Council
Yorkshire Dales Public Transport Users Group

If you are a member of a group, please encourage them to affiliate.

It’s just £10 pa for groups
Contact us for a membership form or download the membership leaflet opposite

SUPPORTING ORGANISATIONS (440)
this does not include businesses and business organisations - see column on left
this list does include the affiliated groups above
The latest other organisations to support our campaign are
Bradford College, Harrogate Line Rail Users Group, Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust and Friends of the Barton Line


Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire Green Party Branch
Accrington Stanley Football Club
Addingham Parish Council
Adlington Town Council
Age Concern Bradford
Age Concern Calderdale & Kirklees
Age Concern Lancashire
Age Concern Leeds
Aighton, Bailey & Chaigley Parish Council
Aintree Village Parish Council
Aire Valley Rail User Group
Alston Moor Parish Council
Anderton Parish Council
Appleby Town Council
Appleton Parish Council
Arkholme with Cawood Parish Council
Arnside Parish Council
Asby Parish Council
ASLEF (Train Drivers' Union)
Austwick Parish Council
Baildon Parish Council
Bandleyside Parish Council
Barley Parish Council
Barnacre-with-Bonds Parish Council
Barnoldswick Town Council
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Barrowford Parish Council
Bedale Town Council
Bentham Town Council
Bickerstaffe Parish Council
Billinge Chapel End Parish Council
Billington & Langho Parish Council
Birchwood Town Council
Birstwith Parish Council
Blackburn College
Blackburn Rovers Football Club
Blackburn with Darwen NHS Teaching Primary Care Trust
Blacko Parish Council
Blackpool Council
Blackpool Football Club
Blackpool & Fylde Rail Users Association
Blackrod Town Council
Blackshaw Parish Council
Bleasdale Parish Council
Bolton Friends of the Earth
Boroughbridge Town Council
Bowland Forest - Higher Division Parish Council
Bradford and Airedale Teaching Primary Care Trust
Bradford College
Bradford Rail Users Group
Bretherton Parish Council
Briercliffe with Extwistle Parish Council
Brierfield Town Council
Brindle Parish Council
Brough Parish Council
Broughton in Amounderness Parish Council
Buckden Parish Council
Burley Parish Council
Burneside Parish Council
Burnley Borough Council
Burnley College
Burnley Football Club
Burnley Forum for Lesbians and Gays
Burnley Friends of the Earth
Burnley, Pendle & Rossendale Council for Voluntary Service
Burnley Play Association
Burnley Trades Union Council
Burscough Parish Council
Burton-in-Kendal Parish Council
Burton-in-Lonsdale Parish Council
Bury Metro Council
CAMRA East Lancashire
CAMRA Leeds
CTC
Calderdale Council
Calderdale Primary Care Trust
Campaign for Better Transport
Campaign for the Preservation of Rural England
Carleton-in-Craven Parish Council
Carnforth Town Council
Caton-with-Littledale Parish Council
Catterall Parish Council
Central Lancashire Friends of the Earth
Centro ITA (formerly West Midlands PTA)
Centro PTE
Charnock Richard Parish Council
The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (UK)
Cheshire West & Chester Council
Chorley Borough Council
Clapham-cum-Newby Parish Council
Claughton on Brock Parish Council
Clayton Parish Council
Clayton-le-Woods Parish Council
Clitheroe Town Council
Cliviger Parish Council
Cockerham Parish Council
Colne Market Town Partnership
Colne Primet High School
Colne Town Council
Cononley Parish Council
Coppull Parish Council
Craven CPRE
Craven College
Craven District Council
The Craven Trust
Craven Voluntary Action
Croft Parish Council
Crosby Ravensworth Parish Council
Croston Parish Council
Culcheth & Glazebury Parish Council
Culgaith Parish Council
Cullingworth Parish Council
Cumbria Tourism
Cumbria-Westmorland Federation of WIs
Daisyfield Primary School
Dalton Parish Council
Dalton with Newton Town Council
Darwen Town Council
Dent Parish Council
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council
Downholland Parish Council
Draughton Parish Council
Dufton Parish Council
Dunnockshaw & Clowbridge Parish Council
Dutton Parish Council
Earby Parish Council
East Lancashire NHS Primary Care Trust
Eccleston Parish Council
Ellel Parish Council
Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway Trust
Embsay with Eastby Parish Council
Environment Network for Manchester (EN4M)
Erringden Parish Council
Eureka! The National Children's Museum
Euxton Parish Council
FC Halifax Town
Farnhill Parish Council
Felliscliffe Parish Council
Fleetwood Town Council
Forton Parish Council
Foulridge Parish Council
Freckleton Parish Council
Friends of the Barton Line
Friends of Littleborough Station
Friends of the Settle-Carlisle Line
Fylde Borough Council
Gargrave Parish Council
Garstang Town Council
Giggleswick Parish Council
Goldshaw Booth Parish Council
Goosnargh Parish Council
Grange-over-Sands Town Council
Grassington Parish Council
Great Eccleston Parish Council
Great Strickland Parish Council
Greater Manchester ITA (formerly PTA)
Greater Manchester PTE
Green Partty North West
Green Party Yorkshire and the Humber
Grimsargh Parish Council
Grindleton Parish Council
Groundwork Pennine Lancashire
Habergham Eaves Parish Council
Haighton Parish Council
Halewood Town Council
Halsall Parish Council
Hambleton Parish Council
Harden Parish Council
Harrogate Line Rail Users Group
Harrogate Council
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust
Hawes & High Abbotside Parish Council
Haworth, Cross Roads & Stanbury Parish Council
Heapey Parish Council
Heath Charnock Parish Council
Hebden Parish Council
Hebden Royd Town Council
Hellifield Parish Council
Helsington Parish Council
Heptonstall Parish Council
Heritage Trust for the North West
Hesketh with Becconsall Parish Council
Heysham Neighbourhood Council
Higham with West Close Booth Parish Council
Hilldale Parish Council
Hoghton Parish Council
Holme Parish Council
Hornby-with-Farleton Parish Council
Horton-in-Ribblesdale Parish Council
Horsforth Town Council
Horwich Town Council
Hothersall Parish Council
Hull City Council
Hyndburn Borough Council
Ightenhill Parish Council
Ilkley Parish Council
Ingleton Parish Council
Inskip-with-Sowerby Parish Council
Keighley & Craven CAMRA
Keighley Town Council
Kelbrook & Sough Parish Council
Kettlewell with Starbotton Parish Council
Kirkby Lonsdale Town Council
Kirkby Stephen Town Council
Kirkby Thore Parish Council
Kirkby Malhamdale Parish Council
Kirkby Overblow Parish Council
Kirkham Town Council
Kirkland Parish Council
Kirklees Council
Kirklees Green Party
Knaresborough Town Council
Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Knutsford Town Council
Lancashire Association of TUCs
Lancashire and Blackpool Tourist Board
Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust
Lancashire County Council
Lancashire Federation of Women's Institutes
Lancashire Link Network of U3AS
Lancaster City Council
Lancaster & Skipton Rail User Group
Laneshaw Bridge Parish Council
Langwathby Parish Council
Lazonby Parish Council
Lea with Cottam Parish Council
Lee Barkirgian Family Trust
Leeds City Council
Little Eccleston with Larbreck Parish Council
Liverpool City Council
Liverpool John Moores University
Long Marton Parish Council
Long Preston Parish Council
Longton Parish Council
Longridge Town Council
Lower Holker Parish Council
Lymm Parish Council
Maghull Town Council
Manchester City Council
Manchester Friends of the Earth
Marketing Manchester (Manchester Tourist Board)
Marsden Heights Community College
Mawdesley Parish Council
Melling with Wrayton Parish Council
Mellor Parish Council
MERCi (Manchester Environmental Resource Centre initiative)
Meltham Town Council
Menston Parish Council
Menwith with Darley Parish Council
The Mersey Partnership (Merseyside Tourist Board)
Merseyside ITA (formerly PTA)
Metro (West Yorksheire PTE)
Midland Railway Society
Morecambe Town Council
Morland Parish Council
Morley Town Council
Much Hoole Parish Council
Murton Parish Council
Myerscough & Bilsborrow Parish Council
Myerscough College
NHS NW
Natland Parish Council
Nelson & Colne College
Nelson Independent Labour Party, Land Society
Nelson Town Council
Newcastle City Council
Newton-with-Clifton Parish Council
Nexus (Tyne & Wear PTE)
North Cheshire Rail User Group
North Meols Parish Council
North Turton Parish Council
North Yorkshire County Council
North Yorkshire & York NHS Primary Care Trust
Orton Parish Council
Otley Town Council
Out Rawcliffe Parish Council
Overton Parish Council
Over Wyresdale Parish Council
Padiham Town Council
Park Lane College Keighley
Pateley Bridge Town Council
Pendle Borough Council
Pendle Community Credit Union
Pendle District Youth Council
Pendle Environmental Network
Pendle Forest Cycling Club
Pendle Leisure Trust
Pendle Partnership
Pendleton Parish Council
Penketh Parish Council
Penwortham Town Council
Pilling Parish Council
Poynton with Worth Town Council
Preesall Town Council
Preston City Council
Preston Patrick Parish Council
Preston Richard Parish Council
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School
Rail Future Yorkshire
Rail Passenger Committee NW
The Ramblers Association
The Ramblers, NE Lancs, Clitheroe Branch
Ravenstonedale Parish Council
Read Parish Council
Reedley Hallows Parish Council
Ribble Banks Parish Council
Ribble Valley Rail
Ribby with Wrea Parish Council
Ribchester Parish Council
Ripon City Council
Ripponden Parish Council
Rivington Parish Council
Rixton with Glazebrook Parish Council
RMT Union (General Secretary)
Roughlee Booth Parish Council
Saint Anne's on The Sea Town Council
St Helens Council
Saints John Fisher & Thomas More Catholic Humanities College
St Stephen’s Catholic School
Salesbury Parish Council
Salterforth Parish Council
Scarisbrick Parish Council
Selby and District Rail Users Group
Support the East Lancashire Line Association (STELLA)
Scotforth Parish Council
Sedbergh Parish Council
Selby District Council
Sefton Council
Seneley Green Parish Council
Settle Town Council
Sheffield City Council
Shipley Green Party
Shipley Model Railway Society
Silsden Town Council
Silverdale Parish Council
Skipton & Craven Action for Disability
Skipton Girls' High School
Skipton Town Council
Slaidburn & Easington Parish Council
Slyne-with-Hest Parish Council
Soil Association
South Lakeland District Council
South Lathom Parish Council
South Ribble Pensioners Association
South Yorkshire Integrated Transport Authority (SYITA formerly SYPTA)
South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (SYPTE)
Southport & Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust
Stainforth Parish Council
Steeton-with-Eastburn Parish Council
Stockton Heath Parish Council
Sustrans
Sutton in Craven Parish Council
TSSA (Transport Salaried Staffs' Association)
Tadcaster Town Council
Tarleton Parish Council
Tatham Parish Council
Thirsk Town Council
Thornton in Lonsdale Parish Council
Threshfield Parish Council
Thurnham Parish Council
Tockholes Parish Council
Todmorden Town Council
Transport 2000
The Transport Action Group (TAG)
Trawden Forest Primary School
Trawden Parish Council
Treales, Roseacre & Wharles Parish Council
TUC Yorkshire & Humberside Regional Council
Tyne Valley Rail User Group
U3A Bebington
U3A Bemborough
U3A Bradford
U3A Burnley
U3A Chorley
U3A Craven Railway Study Group
U3A Formby
U3A Harrogate
U3A Northenden (Manchester)
U3A Richmond
U3A Sale
U3A Warrington
U3A Wirral
U3A York
Ulnes Warton Parish Council
Ulverston Town Council
UNISON, Burnley Branch
UNISON Calderdale Local Government Branch
UNISON Pendle Branch
Unite the Union (Amicus), Burnley Branch
University of Bolton
University of Bolton Students' Union
University of Bradford
University of Bradford Students' Union
UCLAN (University of Central Lancashire)
University of Chester
University of Manchester Students' Union
University of Salford
Upper Calder Valley Renaissance Sustainable Transport Group
Upper Rawcliffe with Tarnacre Parish Council
Urswick Parish Council
Visit Chester & Cheshire
WEA Yorkshire and Humber
Waddington Parish Council
Wakefield Railway Modellers' Society
Warton Parish Council
Wennington Parish Council
Wensleydale Railway Association
West Craven Together
West Lancashire District Council
West Yorkshire Integrated Transport Authority (SYITA formerly SYPTA)
Westhoughton Town Council
Wetherby Town Council
Wigan Council
Whalley Parish Council
Wharfedale Friends of the Earth
Wheelton Parish Council
Whittington Parish Council
Whittle-le-Woods Parish Council
Whitworth Town Council
Wigan Council
Windermere Town Council
Wilpshire Parish Council
Wirral Council
Wiswell Parish Council
Woodplumpton Parish Council
Worsthorne-with-Hurstwood Parish Council
Wray with Botton Parish Council
Wrightington Parish Council
Wrose Parish Council
Wyre Borough Council
Yealand Conyers Parish Council
Yorkshire Baptist Association
Yorkshire Dales Public Transport Users Group
Yorkshire Dales Society
Yorkshire Tourist Board

SUPPORTING REPORTS

Burnley Action Partnership Community Plan for Burnley
Bradford District Transport Strategy 2006-2021
Colne Connected Action Plan
Earby Vital Villages Initiative
Lancashire Economic Strategy
Lancashire Environment Strategy
Lancashire Partnerships Community Strategy
Lancashire Local Transport Plan
Local Agenda 21
North West Regional Economic Strategy
North Yorkshire Local Transport Plan
Northern Way Strategy – Connecting City Regions
Trans-European Networks – Rail Transport Schemes
Trawden Parish Plan
Pendle Borough Council/LSP

Links to other Rail Campaigns
Aln Valley Railway
Blackpool & Fylde Rail Users' Association
BRUG (Bradford Rail Users Group)
Fleetwood Rail Link
CAST.IRON
FreeSeniorsRail>Free off-peak rail travel for over 65's
Penrith - Keswick Railway
Muswell Hill Metro Group
North & West London Light Railway
SWOPlink (Southport Wigan Ormskirk Preston link)
Todmorden Curve Campaign
Translink
Save the Woodhead tunnel
Wealden Line Campaign

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