General Election 2010 Candidates

This year will be a key year for our movement. There is a political consensus among the leadership of the three main parties that the public services should be cut to pay for the crisis. Therefore, in the 2010 General Election, the LRC will be campaigning to support Labour candidates who have stood up for socialist politics.

As agreed by our National Committee and in line with our 2009 annual conference, we will therefore be supporting candidates who are (or would become) members of the Socialist Campaign Group of MPs and those who backed (or would have backed) John McDonnell’s leadership bid in 2007.

Make an online donation to the LRC General Election Fund

“The LRC is committed to the election of a Labour government, and wants to ensure maximum socialist representation within it. Please do what you can to support these candidates.”

- Pete Firmin & Andrew Fisher, LRC joint secretaries

Candidates we’re backing: Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington), Ronnie Campbell (Blyth Valley), Martin Caton (Gower), Mark Chiverton (Isle of Wight), Katy Clark (North Ayrshire & Arran), Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North), John Cryer (Leyton & Wanstead), David Drew (Stroud), Sarah Evans (North West Hampshire), Mark Fisher (Stoke-on-Trent Central), Paul Flynn (Newport West), Nia Griffith (Llanelli), David Hamilton (Midlothian), Gary Heather (Tunbridge Wells), David Heyes (Ashton-under-Lyne), Kevin Hind (Bury St Edmunds), Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North), Ian Lavery (Wansbeck), John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington), Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton), Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby), John Morgan (Rutland & Melton), Gordon Prentice (Pendle), Linda Riordan (Halifax), Phil Sawford (Kettering), Lee Skevington (Yeovil), Dennis Skinner (Bolsover), Mike Wood (Batley & Spen)

Make an online donation to the LRC General Election Fund. You can also make a donation by sending a cheque payable to ‘Labour Representation Committee’ to LRC, General Election Fund, PO Box 2378, London, E5 9QU.

Click on the names on the left to read more about each candidate.