Guardian letter - 12th May 2007

We welcome John McDonnell's commitment to a comradely leadership contest based on policies, not personalities. His grassroots campaign has won huge support right across the labour movement and has succeeded in winning large numbers of people back to the Labour party. Above all, we believe that having a leader imposed on us without any democratic mandate will prove to be far more divisive than having a healthy debate, which can only strengthen our party.

Please note that most of the names below are in a personal capacity

Mike Wood MP, John4Leader parliamentary manager
Tosh McDonald, vice-president, Aslef executive committee
Christine Shawcroft, Labour party NEC
Walter Wolfgang, Labour Party NEC
Elaine Smith MSP
Mike Houghton, Secretary, Greater London Association of Trades Union Councils
Steve Battlemuch, Chair, Nottingham South CLP
Tony Benn
Cllr Tony Belton, Leader, Wandsworth council Labour group
Cllr Susan Press, Hebden Royd
Cllr John Tanner, Oxford East CLP
Cllr Barry Buitekant
Cllr Thomas Neilson, Branch Secretary, Forest and Measham Labour Party
Cllr Matthew Brown, Preston CLP
Cllr Neil Findlay, Livingston CLP Political Education Officer
Cllr Brian Barton, Milton Keynes North CLP, GMB Shop Steward
Cllr John White, Barking and Dagenham CLP
Cllr Vince Maple, Chatham and Aylesbury CLP Secretary
Cllr Sheik Thompson, Mayor of Harringay, Tottenham CLP
Cllr Sam Margrave, Nuneaton CLP
Cllr Mike Hedges, Swansea East CLP
Cllr John Rowley, Wolverhampton CLP
Cllr Jim MacKechnie, Glasgow North CLP
Cllr John Major, Hayes and Harlington CLP
Cllr Jim Blakely, Vice-Chair Lancaster and Fleetwood CLP, Deputy
Cllr Geoff Lumley, Isle of Wight CLP
Cllr Richard Bertin, Vale of Glamorgan CLP
Cllr Dave Young, Leader of Labour Group, Hebden Royd Town Council
Cllr John Rogers, Todmorden Town Council
Cllr Anthony Way, Leader, Hillingdon Labour Group
Cllr Andy Birchall, Chorley
Cllr Antony Way, Hayes and Harlington CLP, Hillingdon Labour Group Leader
Cllr Peter Curling, Uxbridge and South Ruislip CLP
Cllr Jay Kramer, Hastings and Rye CLP Assistant Secretary
Cllr Brian Smedley, Sedgemoor CLP Youth and Students Officer
Cllr Lynne Allen, Hayes and Harlington CLP Vice Chair
Jon Rogers, UNISON NEC
Gary Heather, Chair of Islington North CLP
Christine Shawcroft, Labour Party NEC, Nottingham South CLP
Alec McFadden, Chair of Merseyside TUC
Paul Mackney, UCU Joint General Secretary
Jeremy Dear, General Secretary of NUJ
Pete Keenlyside, CWU NEC, Secretary of Burnage BLP
John Boardman, Editor of Amicus Unity Gazette, Amicus North West
Greg Eglin - Chair, Leyton and Wanstead CLP
Dave Statham - President, GMB Holborn Branch; Trade Union Liaison Officer, Hampstead and Kilburn CLP
Jago Parker, Chair of Halifax CLP
Alan Lloyd, Chair of TGWU 2/251 Branch, Southampton Itchen CLP
Nick Holden, Chair of Leicestershire Health UNISON Branch, UNISON Health Service Group Executive Member, Harborough CLP
Ged Dempsey, Wentworth and Dearne CLP, Amicus NEC, Regional Amicus GPM Vice President (Yorkshire and The Humber)
Andy Bain, TSSA President, Islington North CLP
Barry Gray, Chair of Hackney North and Stoke Newington CLP
Sue Arnall, Vice-Chair of East Ward, Bury North CLP
Peter Ryerrson, Chair of Uxbridge CLP
Peter Maguire, Chair of Hillingdon East and Uxbridge North CLP
Philip Lewis, UNISON Co-Convenor, Culture and Environment Directorate, Camden Branch UNISON Labour Link, Hornsey and Woodgreen
CLP
Peter Firmin, CWU London West End Amalgamated Branch, President of Brent Trades Union Council, Hampstead and Kilburn CLP
Darren Williams, Secretary of Welsh Labour Grassroots, Chair of Riverside BLP
Nick Davies, Chair of Welsh Labour Grassroots, Swansea West CLP
John Wiseman, North West Regional Board Member, St Helen's South and Whiston CLP
Dave Wetzel, President of Labour Land Campaign
Brian Madican, Treasurer of Leyton and Wanstead CLP
George Binette, Convenor of Camden UNISON, Joint Secretary of UNISON United Left, Hackney North and Stoke Newington CLP
Martin Mayer, TGWU Broad Left
Francis Prideaux, Campaign for Labour Party Democracy
Maria Exall, CWU NEC
Mark Turner - Branch Secretary of Cardiff County UNISON
Paul Brown, Unite Convenor, Woking CLP
Mike Phipps, Chair, Kensal Green BLP, Brent Central CLP
Steve Brown, Wansbeck and Castle Morpeth TUC Secretary, Wansbeck CLP
Ed Whitby, UNISON Newcastle City Political Officer, UNISON Northern Region Labour Link, Newcastle East and Wallsend CLP
Angie Birtill, TandG Kilburn branch (1/724), Hampstead and Kilburn CLP
Stephanie Webb, Secretary of Bexhill and Battle CLP
David Hide, South East Regional Board Member TU Section (TGWU), Horsham CLP
Tony Richardson, BFAWU Branch 558 Secretary, Vice President Wakefield and District Trades Council, Wakefield CLP
Rob Angus, South West UNISON Labour Link, Bristol NW CLP
Matt Stiles, UNISON Greenwich Branch International Officer, UNISON Shop Steward, Hornsey and Wood Green CLP
Andy Walker, Secretary of Seven Kings BLP
Martin Jenkins, Political Officer of Ellesmere Port and Neston CLP
Pat Markey, Secretary of Northampton NUT, Northampton South CLP
Sue Lent, Deputy Chair of Cardiff Central CLP
Rick Thomas, Camberwell and Peckham CLP, UNISON Health and Safety rep
Caroline Henry, Sheffield Hallam CLP, UNISON Shop Steward
James Watterson, PCS Leicester Pensions Branch Equality Officer. Hinckley Central CLP
Mick Gilgunn, Islington Trades Union Council Secretary, Political Education Officer of Islington North CLP
James Groves, Secretary of Lancaster and Fleetwood CLP
Mark Wareham, Trade Union Liaison Officer of Salisbury CLP
Vinothan Sarangarapillai, Secretary of Woodside BLP, Hornsey and Wood Green CLP
David Minahan, TULO officer of Liverpool West Derby CLP
David Stokes, Treasurer of Bournemouth CLP
David Nagle, Chair of Garforth BLP, Elmet CLP
Colin Pritchard, PCS DWP South East London Branch Secretary, Gravesham CLP
Jacqui Brown, UNISON Housing Associations Branch Labour Link Officer, Hampstead and Kilburn CLP
Mark Catterall, UNISON Shop Steward, Calder Valley CLP
Joseph Flynn, Youth and Students Officer of Chingford and Woodford CLP
Tony Byrne, RMT Midlands Political Officer, Newark CLP
Mike Gaskell, Amicus Shop Steward, Wallasey CLP
Nicola Seyd, delegate from CWU London NW CandC to Holborn and St Pancras CLP
Ben Folley, Youth Officer, Islington North CLP
Steve Yandell, Trade Union Liaison Officer, Streatham CLP
Daniel Robertson, UNISON National Young Members' Forum ¸ Shetland CLP
John Rhodes, Chair of Hebden Royd BLP
Paul France, Secretary of Bury North East BLP
Bernard Roome, CWU NEC
Michele Emerson, CWU National Equality Officer
Lawrence C Huston, CWU Regional Secretary , Northern Ireland
Malcolm Campbell, Branch Secretary of Croydon UNISON , Croydon Central CLP
Youth and Student Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
Dorothy Macedo, member of Greater London Labour Party Board 1996-2006
Eamon O'Hearn Large, Larkhall Branch Secretary, Vauxhall CLP
Max Morris, Clacton CLP Youth Officer, Young Essex Assembly member
Laraine Pascoe, Womens’ Officer Isle of Wight CLP
John P Watson, Branch Secretary, St.Ives and District Branch Labour Party
Frank Cooper, National Pensioners Convention President, Richmond Park CLP
Tom Baillie, Secretary of GMB Barking B10 Branch, Dagenham and Rainham CLP
Kevin Hind, Youth Officer of Bury St Edmunds CLP
Richard Lohman, UNISON Oxfordshire Health Branch LGBT Officer, Oxford East CLP
Jenny Lennox, Didsbury East BLP Youth Officer, NUJ Assistant Organiser, Manchester Withington CLP
Paul Moffatt, CWU Eastern Region Secretary, North East Beds CLP
Mick Loates, PCS DCA Supreme Court Branch Chair, Bethnal Green and Bow CLP
John Scallan, Hillingdon East and Uxbridge North CLP Secretary
Ray McHale, Cheshire UNISON Labour Link Officer, Ellesmere Port and Neston CLP
Steve Morton, Sutton and Cheam CLP Vice-Chair
Neil Mackenzie, Communications and Internal Affairs Officer Elect, Leeds University Union
Roger Macmillan, East Hastings BLP Secretary, Hastings and Rye CLP
Ian Pope, Southend Trades Union Council, Rochford and Southend East CLP
Angela Molloy, Old Bermondsey and Southwark CLP, Southwark Trades Council Acting Secretary
Johnnie Byrne, TU delegate from TandG 1/770 Branch, TandG Branch Secretary, Kingston and Surbiton CLP
Patrick Hall, Secretary of Hyde Park and Woodhouse BLP, Vice-Chair of Leeds Central CLP , Secretary of Leeds Campaign Group
David Hayes, Secretary of Cann Hall Branch, Leyton and Wanstead CLP
Malcolm Burns, Treasurer, Glasgow Central CLP and Glasgow Kelvin Scottish Parliamentary Forum
Ruth Appleton, Highgate Branch delegate to Camden CLP GC, Unison Retired Members Branch
Daniel Durcan, North Hull CLP, head of Campaigns, Membership and Publicity at Hull University Labour Club
Stephen Wood, Equalities Officer, Hull University Labour Club
John Angliss, Treasurer of SOAS Labour Students
Dr. Duncan Hall, Vice-Chair of Skipton and Ripon
Rory MacQueen, Hackney North and Stoke Newington CLP and GMB shop steward
Tricia Clarke, Secretary of Islington North CLP
Andrew Berry, London UNISON Regional Committee member
Graham Bash, Secretary of Leabridge Branch Labour Party
Jenny Fisher, Secretary of Blackwall and Cubitt Town Branch Party
Stephen Beckett, Secretary of Tower Hamlets Co-Operative Party
Jeff Slee, Vice-President, RMT South East Regional Council
Marsha-Jane Thompson, UNISON National Young Members Forum
Ric Euteneuer, Stevenage CLP, Huntingdonshire UNISON (LG Branch) Executive
Jonathan Millins, Equalities Officer at Kent Labour Students, Canterbury CLP
Alan Duffell, Treasurer of Durham University Labour Club, Suffolk Coastal CLP
Vinothan Sangarapillai, Branch Secretary of Woodside BLP
Calvin Jones, Youth Officer for Copeland CLP
Paul Mansell, Election Agent, Beaconsfield CLP
Thomas J Lalevée, Cambridge University NUS delegate, South Cambridgeshire CLP
James McCaddon, Wrexham CLP Regional Council Member
Joseph Conboy, UEA Labour Society, Norwich South CLP GC
Noel Hayes, GC Delegate, Chingford CLP, 1/128 Branch Committee Member (TGWU), Walthamstow Trades Council delegate
Mike Rowley, Oxford West & Abingdon CLP, EC
Stuart Watkin, Treasurer of TGWU 1/427 Parliamentary Staff Branch
Bob Thomson, Glasgow South CLP
James Croy, Walthamstow CLP
Luke Mark Roelofs, Horney and Wood Green CLP
Tam Burke, Edinburgh South West CLP
Luke Wilson, Leeds Central CLP
Sitara Amin, Tottenham CLP
Mary Partington, Feminists4John, Leytonstone and Wanstead CLP
Andrew Fisher, Croydon Central CLP
Owen Jones, Oxford East CLP
Prof Ruth Aylett, Edinburgh South CLP
Rob Jones, Edinburgh South CLP
Simon Hewitt-Horsman, Walthamstow CLP
John-Paul Flintoff, Finchley and Golders Green CLP
Jack Johnston, Norwich South CLP
Rozanne Foyer, Glasgow North CLP
Simon Macfarlane, Glasgow North CLP
James Ross, Leytonstone and Wanstead CLP
Hannah Edwardson, Glasgow South CLP
Lauren Fearn, UNISON member, Gloucester CLP
Thomas Dignum, Bormley and Chislehurst CLP
Michael Graham, Thirsk and Malton CLP
Ian Malcom-Walker, Bournemouth West CLP
Hazel Malcom-Walker, Bournemouth West CLP
Sophie Bournemouth West CLP, Bournemouth West CLP
Rachel Hopley, Clywd South West CLP
Alice Mahon, former MP for Halifax
Judith Atkinson, Brentford & Isleworth CLP, Amicus
Ben Singleton, Lancaster & Fleetwood CLP
Michael Chewter, Skipton and Ripon CLP
George Wilson, Central Sefton CLP
Simon Ball, Leicester West CLP
Bill Walther, Deptford CLP
Jon Cole, Greenwich & Woolwich CLP
Harry Fletcher, Hackney North CLP
Heather Wetzel, Brentford & Isleworth CLP
Judy Green, Nottingham East CLP
Mat Coward, Somerton & Frome CLP
Pablo Roldan, Tooting CLP
Charley Allan, Hornsey & Wood Green CLP
Pamela Read, Camden CLP
Chris Lilly, Poplar & Limehouse CLP
John Dowsett, Hornsey & Wood Green CLP
Mark Fletcher, Dover & Deal CLP
Lilian El-Doufani, Newbury CLP
Dean Palmer, Maidenhead CLP
Dr Jeffrey Boss, Stroud CLP
Tom Davies, Walthamstow CLP
Jacqui Connor, Leyton CLP
Tom Connor, Leyton CLP
Rosa Connor, Leyton CLP
Tim Flatman, Hemsworth CLP
Rick Grogan, Upminster CLP
Matthew Doyle, Reading East CLP
Morys Ireland, Chichester CLP
Angus Hebenton, Oxford West & Abingdon CLP
Patrick Devlin, Glasgow South CLP
Gordon Brown, Glasgow Central CLP
Vince Mills, Glasgow Central CLP
Jim Dye, Preston CLP
Rev Hazel Barton, South West Wiltshire CLP
Bob Thomson, Glasgow South CLP
George Hathaway, Nottingham East CLP
Julian Sharpe, Bethnal Green & Bow CLP
Antonia Bird, Bethnal Green & Bow CLP
Michael Powell, Colchester CLP
Tony Wardle, Exeter CLP
Ken Lownds, Stone CLP
Dave Ratchford, Bulwell Forest CLP, Negotiations Officer for PCS
Paul Wheeler, Isle of Wight CLP
Sam Hicks, Teignbridge CLP
Antony Lowe, Birmingham Hall Green CLP
Gerard Collier, Manchester Gorton CLP
Rob Hasell, Lewisham East CLP
Jim Denham, Selly Oak CLP
Chris Ford, Hackney North & Stoke Newington CLP
Alistair Starthern, North East Bedfordshire CLP
Josepha Scotney, Enfield Southgate CLP
David Hoadley, Southampton Test CLP
Ken Aldis, Clacton County CLP
Khatchatur Pilikian, Brentford & Isleworth CLP
Ruth Leboff, Manchester Withington CLP
Simon Hinsley, Tamworth CLP
Rosalie Huzzard, Sheffield Heeley CLP
Simon Priest, South Dorset CLP
Judith Michie, Sheffield Central CLP
Jane McKean, Isle of Wight CLP, Cowes BLP Secretary
Pat Yarker, Mid Norfolk CLP
Philip Widdal, Leyton & Wanstead CLP
Ralph Anwar, South West Surrey CLP
Norette Moore, Uxbridge & South Ruislip CLP
Gordon Logie, Hayes & Harlington CLP
Mike Jones, Garston CLP, PCS Full Time Organiser
Frances Grahl, Hackney South & Shoreditch CLP
Jonathan Buckner, Ilford North CLP
Mark Glover, Redditch CLP
Matthew Corr, Livingston CLP
Gwyn Bailey, Castle Point CLP
Jamie Flinn, Bradford West CLP
Stuart Jordan, Bethnal Green & Bow CLP
Leader Lancaster Labour Group
Gina Threlfall, Neath CLP
Arthur Threlfall, Neath CLP
Alex Holland, Vauxhall CLP
Alan Sweek, Isle of Wight CLP
Barry Bentham, Bedford CLP
Don Street, Stevenage CLP
Cathy Watson, Welwyn & Hatfield CLP
Steven Taylor, Hampstead & Kilburn CLP
Ravi Gopaul, Halewood & Garston CLP
Nick C Childs, Eltham & Plumstead CLP
Annette Thomas, North Islington Labour Party
Peter Thomas, BECTU, North Islington Labour Party
Michael Borio, Harrow West CLP
Paul Brown, Unite Convenor, Woking CLP
Mick Cash, Watford CLP
Paul Cox, Cities of London and Westminster CLP
Ian Phillips, Hastings CLP
Carol Lord, Bury North CLP
Paul Burton, RMT South East NEC
Carol Lord, Bury North CLP
Margaret Boyle, Hebden Royd BLP
Jacky Clarke, Islington North CLP and Unite
Lucy Haynes, Croydon Central CLP
Gordon George, Leyton & Wanstead CLP
Alex Wood, Birmingham Erdington CLP
Melanie MacDonald, BECTU, Islington North CLP
Andy Erlam, Lewes CLP
Andy Warnock-Smith Warrington North CLP, RMT North West Regional Organiser
Nick Hutton, Ealing CLP
John Maloney, Ealing & Southall CLP
Jules Hudson, Westminster North CLP
Roy Rix, Stockton South CLP
Martin Page, Harborough CLP, PCS Revenue Groups GEC
Chris Tranchell, Hammersmith CLP
Oliver Donohue, Hammersmith CLP
Gwen Cook, Chelsea & Fulham CLP
Jane Hautot, Tooting CLP
Tim Block, Tooting CLP
Theresa McDonagh, Colne Valley CLP
Richard Hill, Cambridge CLP
Tom Halsey, Ealing Southall CLP
Helen Lowder, Hayes & Harlington CLP
Gordon Lean, Mid Sussex CLP
Lucy Haynes, Croydon Central CLP
Tom Michaelson, Garston & Halewood CLP
Nick Toms, North Southark & Bermondsey CLP
Josie Ryan, Mid Norfolk CLP
Ian Sternberg, Wantage CLP
John Socha, Halifax CLP
John Cannell, Great Yarmouth CLP
Tim Bennett-Goodman, Walthamstow CLP, Manmela Theatre Company Chair
Darrall Cozens, Coventry North East CLP
Colin Harper, Romford CLP
Alanna Molloy, Walthamstow CLP
Mervyn Uren, Bristol CLP
John Hallsworth, High Peak CLP
Dave Grant, Gainsborough CLP, RMT Branch Secretary
Claire Thomas, Uxbridge CLP
Sharon Leslie, West Ham CLP, PCS HMCS & DCA Corporate HQ Branch Secretary
Steve Brownjohn, Hackney North & Stoke Newington CLP
Jane South, Keighley CLP
Jon Ellis, Southampton Test CLP
Jackie Lukes, Hackney North CLP
Frank Friedmann, Rutland & Melton CLP
Eleanor Davidson, Rutland & Melton CLP
Rob Wall, Bedford & Kempston CLP
Debbie Sayers, Salisbury CLP
Les Rich, Bognor Regis & Littlehampton CLP
Clarence Pieris, Hendon CLP
Dave Manning, Stafford CLP
Joan Abrams, Hazel Grove CLP
Neil Sheehan, West Lancashire CLP
Matt Wells, Cambridge CLP
Christine Hulme, Ealing & Southall CLP
Jackie Baker, Hornsey & Wood Green CLP
Paul Smith, Yeovil CLP
Susanne Waldschmidt, Islington North CLP
John Buckell, Northampton South CLP
Chris Helm, Treasurer, Liverpool Riverside CLP
Claire Traynor, Sefton Central CLP
Mary Pearson, Winchester CLP
Peter McDonald, Chair of Hayes & Harlington CLP
Helen Lowder, Hayes & Harlington CLP
Richard Price, Leyton & Wanstead CLP
Sofie Buckland, NUS National Executive , Vauxhall CLP
Heenal Rajani, Vauxhall CLP
John Holmes, Wimbledon CLP
Rod Bacon, Portsmouth South CLP / PCS DWP GEC
Jackie Lederer, Portsmouth South CLP / PCS DWP South East Regional Secretary
GMB Milton Keynes City Branch
Jim Hiom, South West Milton Keynes CLP
Carol Wilcox, Christchurch CLP Secretary
John Buckell, Northampton South CLP
Patrick Hall, Leeds Central CLP Vice-Chair (Membership) / Hyde Park & Woodhouse BLP Secretary
John Watson, St Ives & District BLP Secretary
Hector Wesley, Dulwich & West Norton CLP / PCS NEC
Max Morris, Clacton CLP Youth Officer
M Murphy, Scunthorpe CLP
M Todd, Scunthorpe CLP
Alastair Gittins, Shrewsbury & Atcham CLP
Christopher Kefford, Bedford CLP
Harry Barnes, North East Derbyshire CLP / Ex-MP for North East Derbyshire
Kevin O'Hagan, Cronsby Const CLP
Christine Hadley, Eastleigh CLP
John Merrett Bloom, Waveney CLP
Austin Harney, Chipping Barnet CLP
Dera Pearson, Lewisham Deptford CLP
Sam Ellis, Ynys Mon CLP / Pentraeth & District BLP Chair
Vicky Boroughs, Stroud CLP
John Sweeney, Maldon CLP / UCATT Eastern Regional Council Member
Mike Sheaff, Plymouth Sutton & Davenport CLP
Mick Bowman, Newcastle upon Tyne North CLP
Iain Hubert, Hayes & Harlington CLP / Botwell & Townfield BLP Secretary