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Resources for contacting your MP about bees this autumn
To help with contacting your MP about bees this autumn, we’ve produced a set of template letters
and resources. These are:
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Invite letter: for inviting your MP to an event.
Follow-up letter: to send to your MP after they attend your event.
‘If they say no’ letter: to send to your MP if they decline your event invitation.
Key messages: to get across to your MP whilst they’re at your event (note: you can also use
these messages if you’re having a meeting with your MP)
Standalone letter: if you’re not planning an event, a letter to send your MP asking them to do
more to support the campaign.
New campaign briefing
There are different versions of each of the above, so that you can send your MP the right letters
and briefings based on your MP’s party and whether they’ve supported our bees work so far.*
All you need to do is look through the table below to find out which category your MP is in. Next to
each of the categories there are then links to the resources suitable for those MPs.
Hopefully this will all make sense when you look at the table below. If not, or if you have any
questions, please contact beeinfo@foe.co.uk / 020 7566 4087.
*Note: If you’ve previously had trouble because your MP is a Minister, do not worry – all the asks in
these resources are things Ministers can do.
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You will be taken to your MP’s name.
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Categories of MP
Which resources you need
‘Supportive’ Conservative MPs
These Conservative MPs did something to help persuade the
Government to announce its Bee Action Plan (or ‘National
Pollinator Strategy’) – for example, signing our statement of
support.
If your MP is on this list, then
please use the following
templates and resources:
Bruce, Fiona
Crouch, Tracey
Davies, David
Davies, Glyn
Dinenage, Caroline
Duddridge, James
Ellis, Michael
Ellwood, Tobias
Eustice, George
Evans, Graham
Evans, Nigel
Fabricant, Michael
Fox, Liam
Freeman, George
Freer, Mike
Garnier, Sir Edward
Glen, John
Goldsmith, Zac
Gray, James
Harris, Rebecca
Heald, Oliver
Herbert, Nick
Hinds, Damian
Hollingbery, George
Hollobone, Philip
Holloway, Adam
Howarth, Sir Gerald
Howell, John
Jackson, Stewart
James, Margot
Jenkin, Bernard
Kirby, Simon
Laing, Eleanor
Lansley, Andrew
Latham, Pauline
Leadsom, Andrea
Lee, Jessica
Lee, Phillip
Lefroy, Jeremy
Leigh, Edward
Leslie, Charlotte
Letwin, Oliver
Lord, Jonathan
Luff, Peter
Lumley, Karen
McCartney, Jason
McIntosh, Anne
Miller, Maria
Milton, Anne
Mitchell, Andrew
Mordaunt, Penny
Morgan, Nicky
Mosley, Stephen
Murray, Sheryll
Newton, Sarah
Nokes, Caroline
O'Brien, Stephen
Offord, Matthew
Ollerenshaw, Eric
Parish, Neil
Perry, Claire
Phillips, Stephen
Randall, John
Rosindell, Andrew
Selous, Andrew
Shelbrooke, Alec
Smith, Henry
Spelman, Caroline
Stevenson, John
Stewart, Iain
Streeter, Gary
Sturdy, Julian
Tomlinson, Justin
Turner, Andrew
Vaizey, Ed
Vickers, Martin
Walker, Robin
Walter, Robert
Watkinson, Angela
Weatherley, Michael
White, Chris
Whittaker, Craig
Wiggin, Bill
Wilson, Robert
Yeo, Tim
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Invite letter: for inviting your
MP to an event.
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Follow-up letter: to send to
your MP after they attend
your event.
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‘If they say no’ letter: to send
to your MP if they decline
your event invitation.

Key messages: to get across
to your MP whilst they’re at
your event (note: you can
also use these messages if
you’re having a meeting with
your MP)

Standalone letter: if you’re
not planning an event, a
letter to send your MP asking
them to do more to support
the campaign.
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New campaign briefing
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‘Unsupportive’ Conservative MPs
These Conservative MPs did nothing, or very little, to help
persuade the Government to announce its Bee Action Plan (or
‘National Pollinator Strategy’).
Adams, Nigel
Andrew, Stuart
Arbuthnot, James
Bacon, Richard
Baker, Steve
Baldry, Sir Tony
Baldwin, Harriett
Barclay, Steve
Barker, Gregory
Baron, John
Barwell, Gavin
Benyon, Richard
Bercow, John
Beresford, Sir Paul
Binley, Brian
Blackman, Bob
Boles, Nick
Bone, Peter
Bottomley, Peter
Bradley, Karen
Brazier, Julian
Brokenshire, James
Burley, Aidan
Burns, Conor
Burns, Simon
Burrowes, David
Burt, Alistair
Byles, Dan
Cameron, David
Carswell, Douglas
Cash, William
Chishti, Rehman
Chope, Christopher
Clarke, Kenneth
Coffey, Therese
Collins, Damian
Colvile, Oliver
Cox, Geoffrey
Crabb, Stephen
Davies, Philip
Davis, David
de Bois, Nick
Djanogly, Jonathan
Dorrell, Stephen
Dorries, Nadine
Doyle-Price, Jackie
Drax, Richard
Duncan Smith, Iain
Duncan, Alan
Dunne, Philip
Ellison, Jane
Jones, David
Jones, Marcus
Kawczynski, Daniel
Kelly, Chris
Knight, Greg
Kwarteng, Kwasi
Lancaster, Mark
Lewis, Brandon
Lewis, Julian
Liddell-Grainger, Ian
Lidington, David
Lilley, Peter
Lopresti, Jack
Loughton, Timothy
Macleod, Mary
Main, Anne
Maude, Francis
May, Theresa
Maynard, Paul
McCartney, Karl
McLoughlin, Patrick
McPartland, Stephen
McVey, Esther
Menzies, Mark
Mercer, Patrick
Metcalfe, Stephen
Mills, Nigel
Morris, Anne-Marie
Morris, David
Morris, James
Mowat, David
Mundell, David
Murrison, Andrew
Neill, Bob
Newmark, Brooks
Norman, Jesse
Nuttall, David
Opperman, Guy
Osborne, George
Ottaway, Richard
Paice, Sir Jim
Patel, Priti
Paterson, Owen
Pawsey, Mark
Penning, Mike
Penrose, John
Percy, Andrew
Pickles, Eric
Pincher, Christopher
Poulter, Daniel
Prisk, Mark
If your MP is on this list, then
please use the following
templates and resources:

Invite letter: for inviting your
MP to an event.

Follow-up letter: to send to
your MP after they attend
your event.

‘If they say no’ letter: to send
to your MP if they decline
your event invitation.

Key messages: to get across
to your MP whilst they’re at
your event

Standalone letter: if you’re
not planning an event, a
letter to send your MP asking
them to do more to support
the campaign.
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New campaign briefing
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Elphicke, Charlie
Evans, Jonathan
Evennett, David
Fallon, Michael
Field, Mark
Francois, Mark
Fullbrook, Lorraine
Fuller, Richard
Gale, Sir Roger
Garnier, Mark
Gauke, David
Gibb, Nick
Gillan, Cheryl
Goodwill, Robert
Gove, Michael
Graham, Richard
Grant, Helen
Grayling, Chris
Green, Damian
Greening, Justine
Grieve, Dominic
Griffiths, Andrew
Gummer, Ben
Gyimah, Sam
Hague, William
Halfon, Robert
Hammond, Philip
Hammond, Stephen
Hancock, Matthew
Hands, Greg
Harper, Mark
Harrington, Richard
Hart, Simon
Haselhurst, Sir Alan
Hayes, John
Heaton-Harris, Chris
Henderson, Gordon
Hendry, Charles
Hoban, Mark
Hopkins, Kris
Hunt, Jeremy
Hurd, Nick
Javid, Sajid
Johnson, Gareth
Johnson, Jo
Jones, Andrew
Pritchard, Mark
Raab, Dominic
Reckless, Mark
Redwood, John
Rees-Mogg, Jacob
Reevell, Simon
Rifkind, Malcolm
Robathan, Andrew
Robertson, Hugh
Robertson, Laurence
Rudd, Amber
Ruffley, David
Rutley, David
Sandys, Laura
Scott, Lee
Shapps, Grant
Sharma, Alok
Shepherd, Richard
Simmonds, Mark
Simpson, Keith
Skidmore, Chris
Smith, Chloe
Smith, Julian
Soames, Nicholas
Soubry, Anna
Spencer, Mark
Stanley, Sir John
Stephenson, Andrew
Stewart, Bob
Stewart, Rory
Stride, Mel
Stuart, Graham
Swayne, Desmond
Swire, Hugo
Syms, Robert
Tapsell, Sir Peter
Timpson, Edward
Tredinnick, David
Truss, Elizabeth
Tyrie, Andrew
Uppal, Paul
Vara, Shailesh
Villiers, Theresa
Walker, Charles
Wallace, Ben
Wharton, James
Wheeler, Heather
Whittingdale, John
Willetts, David
Williamson, Gavin
Wollaston, Sarah
Wright, Jeremy
Young, Sir George
Zahawi, Nadhim
…continued. If your MP is on
this list, then please use the
following templates and
resources:

Invite letter: for inviting your
MP to an event.

Follow-up letter: to send to
your MP after they attend
your event.

‘If they say no’ letter: to send
to your MP if they decline
your event invitation.

Key messages: to get across
to your MP whilst they’re at
your event

Standalone letter: if you’re
not planning an event, a
letter to send your MP asking
them to do more to support
the campaign.

New campaign briefing
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‘Supportive’ Labour MPs
These Labour MPs did something to help persuade the
Government to announce its Bee Action Plan (or ‘National
Pollinator Strategy’) – for example, signing our statement of
support
Alexander, Heidi
Allen, Graham
Anderson, David
Ashworth, Jonathan
Banks, Gordon
Barron, Kevin
Bayley, Hugh
Begg, Anne
Benn, Hilary
Betts, Clive
Blackman-Woods, Roberta
Blenkinsop, Tom
Blunkett, David
Brown, Lyn
Brown, Nicholas
Brown, Russell
Buck, Karen
Campbell, Alan
Campbell, Ronnie
Caton, Martin
Champion, Sarah
Chapman, Jenny
Clark, Katy
Clarke, Tom
Clwyd, Ann
Coaker, Vernon
Coffey, Ann
Connarty, Michael
Cooper, Rosie
Corbyn, Jeremy
Crausby, David
Cryer, John
Cunningham, Alex
Cunningham, Jim
Cunningham, Sir Tony
Dakin, Nic
David, Wayne
Denham, John
Dobson, Frank
Donohoe, Brian
Doran, Frank
Dowd, Jim
Engel, Natascha
Esterson, Bill
Farrelly, Paul
Field, Frank
Flello, Robert
Fovargue, Yvonne
Gilmore, Sheila
Glindon, Mary
Harris, Tom
Hilling, Julie
Hoey, Kate
Hopkins, Kelvin
Howarth, George
Hoyle, Lindsay
Hunt, Tristram
Johnson, Alan
Johnson, Diana
Jones, Graham
Jones, Susan Elan
Jowell, Dame Tessa
Kaufman, Sir Gerald
Keeley, Barbara
Khan, Sadiq
Lammy, David
Leslie, Chris
Mactaggart, Fiona
Mahmood, Khalid
Mann, John
Marsden, Gordon
McCabe, Stephen
McCann, Michael
McCarthy, Kerry
McDonald, Andrew
McDonnell, John
McKechin, Ann
McKenzie, Iain
McKinnell, Catherine
Mearns, Ian
Morrice, Graeme
Morris, Grahame
Mudie, George
Murray, Ian
O'Donnell, Fiona
Onwurah, Chi
Owen, Albert
Perkins, Toby
Phillipson, Bridget
Pound, Stephen
Primarolo, Dawn
Qureshi, Yasmin
Reed, Steve
Robertson, John
Ruddock, Dame Joan
Sharma, Virendra
Skinner, Dennis
Slaughter, Andrew
Smith, Andrew
Smith, Angela
If your MP is on this list, then
please use the following
templates and resources:

Invite letter: for inviting your
MP to an event.

Follow-up letter: to send to
your MP after they attend
your event.

‘If they say no’ letter: to send
to your MP if they decline
your event invitation.

Key messages: to get across
to your MP whilst they’re at
your event (note: you can
also use these messages if
you’re having a meeting with
your MP)

Standalone letter: if you’re
not planning an event, a
letter to send your MP asking
them to do more to support
the campaign.

New campaign briefing
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Godsiff, Roger
Goggins, Paul
Goodman, Helen
Green, Kate
Greenwood, Lilian
Griffith, Nia
Gwynne, Andrew
Hain, Peter
Hamilton, Fabian
Hanson, David
Havard, Dai
Spellar, John
Tami, Mark
Thornberry, Emily
Turner, Karl
Twigg, Derek
Vaz, Keith
Vaz, Valerie
Walley, Joan
Watts, David
Whitehead, Alan
Williamson, Chris
Winterton, Rosie
Wright, David
‘Unsupportive’ Labour MPs
These Labour MPs did nothing, or very little, to help persuade
the Government to announce its Bee Action Plan (or ‘National
Pollinator Strategy’).
Abbott, Diane
Abrahams, Debbie
Ainsworth, Bob
Alexander, Douglas
Ali, Rushanara
Austin, Ian
Bain, William
Beckett, Margaret
Benton, Joe
Blears, Hazel
Blomfield, Paul
Bradshaw, Benjamin
Brennan, Kevin
Brown, Gordon
Bryant, Chris
Burden, Richard
Burnham, Andy
Byrne, Liam
Cooper, Yvette
Creagh, Mary
Cruddas, Jon
Curran, Margaret
Danczuk, Simon
Darling, Alistair
De Piero, Gloria
Docherty, Thomas
Doughty, Stephen
Dromey, Jack
Dugher, Michael
Eagle, Angela
Eagle, Maria
Efford, Clive
Elliott, Julie
Fitzpatrick, Jim
Flint, Caroline
Flynn, Paul
McGovern, Alison
McGovern, Jim
McGuire, Anne
Meacher, Michael
Meale, Sir Alan
Miliband, David
Miliband, Ed
Miller, Andrew
Mitchell, Austin
Moon, Madeleine
Morden, Jessica
Murphy, Jim
Murphy, Paul
Reed, Jamie
Reeves, Rachel
Reynolds, Emma
Robinson, Geoffrey
Rotheram, Steve
Roy, Frank
Roy, Lindsay
Ruane, Chris
Sarwar, Anas
Sawford, Andy
Seabeck, Alison
Sheridan, James
Smith, Nick
Smith, Owen
Straw, Jack
Stringer, Graham
Stuart, Gisela
Sutcliffe, Gerry
Timms, Stephen
Trickett, Jon
Umunna, Chuka
Watson, Tom
Wilson, Phil
…continued. Please see
resources on page 5.
If your MP is on this list, then
please use the following
templates and resources:

Invite letter: for inviting your
MP to an event.

Follow-up letter: to send to
your MP after they attend
your event.

‘If they say no’ letter: to send
to your MP if they decline
your event invitation.

Key messages: to get across
to your MP whilst they’re at
your event (note: you can
also use these messages if
you’re having a meeting with
your MP)

Standalone letter: if you’re
not planning an event, a
letter to send your MP asking
them to do more to support
the campaign.

New campaign briefing
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Francis, Hywel
Gardiner, Barry
Glass, Pat
Hamilton, David
Harman, Harriet
Healey, John
Hepburn, Stephen
Heyes, David
Hodge, Margaret
Hodgson, Sharon
Hood, James
Irranca-Davies, Huw
Jackson, Glenda
James, Sian
Jarvis, Dan
Jones, Helen
Jones, Kevan
Kendall, Liz
Lavery, Ian
Lewis, Ivan
Lucas, Ian
Mahmood, Shabana
Malhotra, Seema
McClymont, Gregg
McDonagh, Siobhain
McFadden, Pat
Nandy, Lisa
Nash, Pamela
Osborne, Sandra
Pearce, Teresa
Powell, Lucy
Raynsford, Nick
Winnick, David
Wood, Mike
Woodward, Shaun
Wright, Iain
Creasy, Stella
Davidson, Ian
Dobbin, Jim
Gapes, Mike
Greatrex, Tom
Hillier, Meg
Jamieson, Cathy
Lazarowicz, Mark
Love, Andrew
Munn, Meg
Reynolds, Jonathan
Sheerman, Barry
Shuker, Gavin
Bailey, Adrian
Balls, Ed
Berger, Luciana
Davies, Geraint
Doyle, Gemma
Ellman, Louise
Evans, Chris
Hendrick, Mark
Riordan, Linda
Thomas, Gareth
Twigg, Stephen
Woodcock, John
…continued. If your MP is on
this list, then please use the
following templates and
resources:

Invite letter: for inviting your
MP to an event.

Follow-up letter: to send to
your MP after they attend
your event.

‘If they say no’ letter: to send
to your MP if they decline
your event invitation.

Key messages: to get across
to your MP whilst they’re at
your event (note: you can
also use these messages if
you’re having a meeting with
your MP)

Standalone letter: if you’re
not planning an event, a
letter to send your MP asking
them to do more to support
the campaign.

New campaign briefing
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‘Supportive’ Liberal Democrat MPs
These Liberal Democrat MPs did something to help persuade
the Government to announce its Bee Action Plan (or ‘National
Pollinator Strategy’) – for example, signing our statement of
support
Beith, Alan
Brooke, Annette
Bruce, Sir Malcolm
Burstow, Paul
Burt, Lorely
Crockart, Mike
Farron, Tim
Hemming, John
Horwood, Martin
Hughes, Simon
Hunter, Mark
Leech, John
Lloyd, Stephen
Mulholland, Greg
Munt, Tessa
Pugh, John
Reid, Alan
Rogerson, Dan
Russell, Sir Bob
Sanders, Adrian
Stunell, Andrew
Thornton, Michael
Thurso, John
Ward, David
Williams, Mark
Williams, Roger
Williams, Stephen
Wright, Simon
‘Unsupportive’ Liberal Democrat MPs
These Liberal Democrat MPs did nothing, or very little, to help
persuade the Government to announce its Bee Action Plan (or
‘National Pollinator Strategy’).
Alexander, Danny
Baker, Norman
Birtwistle, Gordon
Brake, Tom
Browne, Jeremy
Cable, Dr Vincent
Campbell, Sir Menzies
Carmichael, Alistair
Clegg, Nick
Davey, Edward
Featherstone, Lynne
Foster, Don
George, Andrew
Gilbert, Stephen
Hames, Duncan
Hancock, Mike
Harvey, Sir Nick
Heath, David
Huppert, Julian
Kennedy, Charles
Lamb, Norman
Laws, David
Moore, Michael
Smith, Sir Robert
Swales, Ian
Swinson, Jo
Teather, Sarah
Webb, Steve
Willott, Jenny
If your MP is on this list, then
please use the following
templates and resources:

Invite letter: for inviting your
MP to an event.

Follow-up letter: to send to
your MP after they attend
your event.

‘If they say no’ letter: to send
to your MP if they decline
your event invitation.

Key messages: to get across
to your MP whilst they’re at
your event (note: you can
also use these messages if
you’re having a meeting with
your MP)

Standalone letter: if you’re
not planning an event, a
letter to send your MP asking
them to do more to support
the campaign.

New campaign briefing
If your MP is on this list, then
please use the following
templates and resources:

Invite letter: for inviting your
MP to an event.

Follow-up letter: to send to
your MP after they attend
your event.

‘If they say no’ letter: to send
to your MP if they decline
your event invitation.

Key messages: to get across
to your MP whilst they’re at
your event

Standalone letter: if you’re
not planning an event, a
letter to send your MP asking
them to do more to support
the campaign.

New campaign briefing
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‘Supportive’ MPs from smaller parties
These MPs did something to help persuade the Government to
announce its Bee Action Plan (or ‘National Pollinator Strategy’)
– for example, signing our statement of support
Durkan, Mark
Edwards, Jonathan
Llwyd, Elfyn
Lucas, Caroline
Weir, Michael
Whiteford, Eilidh
Williams, Hywel
Wishart, Peter
‘Unsupportive’ MPs from smaller parties MPs
These MPs did nothing, or very little, to help persuade the
Government to announce its Bee Action Plan (or ‘National
Pollinator Strategy’).
Campbell, Gregory
Dodds, Nigel
Doherty, Pat
Donaldson, Jeffrey
Galloway, George
Gildernew, Michelle
Hermon, Lady Sylvia
Hosie, Stewart
Joyce, Eric
Long, Naomi
MacNeil, Angus
Maskey, Paul
McCrea, William
McDonnell, Alasdair
McGuinness, Martin
Murphy, Conor
Paisley Jr, Ian
Ritchie, Margaret
Robertson, Angus
Shannon, Jim
Simpson, David
Wilson, Sammy
If your MP is on this list, then
please use the following
templates and resources:

Invite letter: for inviting your
MP to an event.

Follow-up letter: to send to
your MP after they attend
your event.

‘If they say no’ letter: to send
to your MP if they decline
your event invitation.

Key messages: to get across
to your MP whilst they’re at
your event

Standalone letter: if you’re
not planning an event, a
letter to send your MP asking
them to do more to support
the campaign.

New campaign briefing
If your MP is on this list, then
please use the following
templates and resources:

Invite letter: for inviting your
MP to an event.

Follow-up letter: to send to
your MP after they attend
your event.

‘If they say no’ letter: to send
to your MP if they decline
your event invitation.

Key messages: to get across
to your MP whilst they’re at
your event

Standalone letter: if you’re
not planning an event, a
letter to send your MP asking
them to do more to support
the campaign.

New campaign briefing