Apr 102016
Operation #ToryDump is working – there are a growing number of Tory MPs, who voted for the ESA Cut who have had to resign from their roles in local and national disability charities.
List of Dumped Tory MPs to date
- Zac Goldsmith has been forced to resign as a Patron of Richmond Aid. Well done Richmond Aid. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/tory-zac-goldsmith-forced-out-7574364#ICID=sharebar_twitter
- Kit Malthouse Patron of Andover MS Society has been asked to step down https://www.andoverandvillages.co.uk/andover-news-in-andover-and-villages/3962-andover-s-ms-society-ask-malthouse-to-step-down-as-patron
- Advocacy for All charity has released a statement asking Tory MP James Cleverly to resign as Patron https://evolvepolitics.com/second-tory-mp-told-resign-charity-patron-voting-30-esa-cuts/
- Amber Rudd resigned as Vice President of Snowden Trust on 15th February
- Peter Lilley has resigned as a Patron of Herts Aid
- Peter Bottomley, Nick Gibb and Tim Loughton are no longer Vice Presidents of Coastal West Sussex Mind (CWSM)
Also ……
- Bury St Edmunds MP Jo Churchill pulls out of charity event after hundreds sign petition following ‘hypocritical’ ESA disability benefits vote
and …….
- David Liddington is a Patron of MS Chilterns Centre, who have written to the MP to express their concerns over his vote to cut ESA. Liddington has replied, and now the board have decided to consult their members about whether he should remain as a Patron of the charity.
MP, Link to Charity, and Charity contact information.
- Andrew Selous is a Patron of Homestart Central Bedfordshire. Contact them on Twitter: @HomeStartCB email: office@home-startcentralbeds.org.uk. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HomeStartCentralBedfordshire (Credit: @AnitaBellows12 and Anon)
- Andrew Selous is a President of Leighton Buzzard Parkinson’s Disease Society. Contact them using Twitter: @ParkinsonsUK. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/parkinsonsuk Email: hello@parkinsons.org.uk (Credit: @AnitaBellows12 and Anon)
- Ann Main is a Patron of Mind in Mid Herts. Contact Twitter: @MindInMidHerts. It seems the Twitter account has been suspended (Credit: @TenPercent)
- Anne Milton Patron is Patron of OG Cancer Project Twitter: @CancerOG Email: david.chuter@nhs.net
- Caroline Ansell is a Patron of Families for Autism. Contact Twitter: @FFAeastsussex. Email: info@familiesforautism.com (Credit: Martha Bowes and Mike)
- Chloe Smith is a Patron of Blue Ribbon Foundation. Contact Twitter: @blueribbonBRF email: enquiries@blueribbonfoundation.org.uk. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BlueRibbonFoundation (Credit: Ali Mollett)
- Chloe Smith is a Patron of Eating Matters (the Norfolk Eating Disorders Association). Contact Via Contact form on Webpage https://eatingmatters.weebly.com/contact.html. (Credit: Ali Mollett)
- Chloe Smith is a Patron of YMCA Norfolk. Contact Twitter: @YMCANorfolk. Email: info@ymcanorfolk.org (Credit: Ali Mollett)
- Chloe Smith is a Trustee of carers’ charity Chill4Us . Contact Twitter: @Chill4usCarers. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Chill4usCarers Email: support@chill4us.com Credit: Ali Mollett)
- Damian Green is Patron of Ashford and Shepway Carers Support. Twitter: @carersashford Email: admin@carers-ashford.org.uk
- David Cameron is a Patron of Cancer Research UK. Twitter: @CR_UK Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cancerresearchuk Email: press.office@cancer.org.uk. (Thanks to Paula Peters)
- David Cameron is a Patron of Motability. Contact Twitter: @Motability Contact Form: https://www.motability.co.uk/about-motability/contact-us/general-enquiry-form. (Credit: Paula Peters) There is a petition to remove Cameron as Patron of Motability – https://www.change.org/p/mike-betts-remove-david-cameron-and-iain-duncan-smith-as-patrons-of-motability
- David Cameron is a Vice President of the Epilepsy Society contact: Twitter: @EpilepsySociety Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EpilepsySociety/ thanks to Paula Peters and @JohnnyVoid)
- David Cameron is Patron of Cancer Research UK Relay for Life, Witney (Cancer Research UK). Twitter: @CR_UK Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cancerresearchuk
- David Cameron is Patron of KIDS. Twitter: @KIDScharity Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KIDScharity
- David Cameron is Patron of Trips, Outings and Activities for the Learning Disabled. Twitter: @mencap_charity Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Mencap
- David Cameron is Patron of Versus Cancer. Twitter: @VersusCancer
- David Cameron is Trustee of Epilepsy Research UK. Twitter: @EpilepsyRUK. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EpilepsyResearchUK/?fref=ts Email: info@eruk.org.uk
- David Cameron is Vice President of the National Centre for Young People with Epilepsy. Twitter: @youngepilepsy. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/YoungEpilepsy/ Email: info@youngepilepsy.org.uk
- David Jones is Life Fellow of Cancer Research UK. Twitter: @CR_UK Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cancerresearchuk
- David Lidington is Honorary Vice President of Buckinghamshire MIND. Twitter: @BucksMind Facebook https://www.facebook.com/BucksMind
- David Lidington is Patron of Chilterns Multiple Sclerosis Centre. Twitter: @ChilternsMS Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ChilternsMsCentre
- Graham Evans is a champion of Whizz-Kidz Twitter: @WhizzKidz Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whizzkidz Email: info@whizz-kidz.org.uk.
- Grant Shapps is Patron of Herts Action on Disability. Twitter: @HADability Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HADability/?fref=ts
- Greg Clark is Patron of Pepenbury. Twitter: @Pepenbury1 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Pepenbury Email: enquiries@pepenbury.info
- Greg Clarke MP is a Patron of Headway in West Kent. Twitter: @Headwayuk, email info@headwaywkent.org (Credit: Ian Jones)
- Greg Clark is Patron of Tunbridge Wells Mental Health Resource Centre. Twitter: @TWMHR
- Helen Grant is Honorary Vice President of Maidstone MENCAP trust. Twitter: @mencap_charity Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Mencap
- Helen Grant is Patron of Maidstone Support Group, National Osteoporosis Society. Twitter: @OsteoporosisSoc Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/buildingstrongerbones/ Email: info@nos.org.uk
- Hugo Swire is Patron of West of England School and College for Young People with no or little sight. Twitter: @wescfoundation Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wescfoundation Email: info@wescfoundation.ac.uk (Credit: Oonagh Scott-Godley)
- Iain Duncan Smith is Patron of Motability Twitter: @MotabilityPress
- Iain Duncan Smith is Patron of Prostate Cancer Charity. Twitter: @ProstateUK Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/prostatecanceruk Email: supportercare@prostatecanceruk.org
- Jesse Norman is Patron of Riding for the Disabled Twitter @rdahereford Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/herefordrda Email: admin@rdahereford.org
- John Hayes is Patron of Headway (Cambridgeshire) Twitter: @Headway_Cambs Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HeadwayCambridgeshire Email: info@headway-cambs.org.uk Credit: @Tom Pride
- John Hayes is President of Parkinson’s Disease Society (Spalding branch). Twitter: @ParkinsonsUK Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/parkinsonsuk Email: peter.crewe2008@btinternet.com
- John Whittingdale is president of Maldon Branch Parkinsons Society Twitter @ParkinsonsUK. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/parkinsonsuk Email: hello@parkinsons.org.uk (Credit Elaine Andrews)
- Johnny Mercer is patron of HeartSWell Twitter: @rachelhsw Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/heartswellsw Email: info@heartswell.org.uk
- Justlin Tomlinson is patron of Swindon British heart foundation Twitter: @TheBHF Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bhf Email: supporterservices@bhf.org.uk (credit Lesley Chandler)
- Liam Fox is Patron of Mencap Twitter: @mencap_charity Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Mencap (credit Roy Bard)
- Michael Fallon is President of the Royal London Society for the Blind. Twitter: @RLSBcharity Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rlsbp/?fref=ts Email enquiries@rlsb.org.uk (Credit: @TomPride)
- Nicholas Soames is Patron of reMEmber (The Chronic Fatigue Society) Email: me_cfs@hotmail.com (credit Tim Robinson)
- Nigel Adams is Patron of Selby Hands of Hope Twitter: @selbyhoh Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/selbyhandsofhope Email: wendy@selbyhandsofhope.org.uk (credit Mike)
- Philip Hammond is Patron of White Lodge Trust. Twitter: @WLCentre Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WhiteLodgeCentre?ref=ts Email: reception@whitelodgecentre.co.uk
- Sam Gyimah Vice President, Young Epilepsy Twitter: @youngepilepsy Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/YoungEpilepsy/ Email: info@youngepilepsy.org.uk
- Simon Kirby is a Patron of Sussex Beacon. Twitter: @SussexBeacon, Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thesussexbeacon?ref=ts (Credit Ray Barker)
- Simon Kirby is a Patron of the Sussex and Kent ME/CFS society. Email enquiry.sussexmes@btinternet.com (Credit: Dani Ahrens)
- Sir Alan Haselhurst is a Patron of Fledglings (a charity which supports disabled children and their carers), Twitter @Fledglings, Email enquiries@fledglings.org.uk , Facebook: https://www.fledglings.org.uk/images/stories/Facebook_logo_new.jpg Email: enquiries@fledglings.org.uk (Credit: Sue)
- Stephen Crabb is Patron of Pembrokeshire MENCAP. Twitter: @mencap_charity Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Mencap Email: ian.wilshaw@btopenworld.com There is a petition for Stephen Crabb to resign as Patron of Pembrokeshire Mencap https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stephen-crabb-resign-as-mencap-patron-pembs-immediately-voted-for-disabled-to-lose-ps30-a-week-esa-1
- Theresa May is Patron of National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society. Twitter: @NRAS_UK Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nationalrheumatoidarthritissociety Email: enquiries@nras.org.uk
- David Warburton is a Trustee of Somerset’s Down’s syndrome support charity Ups and Downs. Twitter: @UpsandDownsSW Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UpsandDownsSouthwest (credit: Keith Whye, Gary caithness)
Chris Grayling MP
The ‘Lest We Forget’ Association
https://www.lestweforgetassociation.org.uk/
Andrea Leadsom, Tory MP for South Northamptonshire … 10 years working as a Charity Trustee of OXPIP, the Oxford Parent Infant Project. Nothing charitable about her whatsoever.
The national charity Rethink Mental Illness gave Andrea Leadsom an award for challenging negative attitudes … perhaps they need to rethink and tell her she is no longer deserving of such an award.
What benefit do Tory MPs get by being patrons of health charities? Do they get paid? it surely can’t heighten their moral standing as these MPs also voted for the wefare reform act and the brutal sanctions regime which has directly led to the deaths of some of societies most vulnerable
maybe they want to be seen as supporting these charities whist stabbing the people they report to represent in the back with theESA cuts and social care cuts how hypocritical of the Tories.James abram
Excellent stuff – I have pressed a link to this progress report on to aspiblog.wordpress.com
https://www.limbcare.org/patrons.html#
Dr Phillip Lee MP Representing Bracknell Patron of Limbcare, a Charity of Amputees