The Commons vote on replacing Trident on the 14th March 2007 showed the impact of an effective Parliamentary lobbying campaign by CND supporters. Despite the government winning the vote with Conservative support, it suffered its biggest rebellion on domestic policy since Labour came to power in 1997. Only the Iraq war rebellion has been greater.
Parliamentary CND is a cross-party group of MPs who regularly raise our campaigning priorities but need CND supporters to maintain pressure on their own MPs to ensure the nuclear weapons debate stays on top of their agenda.
CND needs its supporters to regularly contact their MPs, whether through emails or letters, attending local surgeries, or through stories in local newspapers.
- CND members can opt-in to receiving our Lobby newsletter, which provides information on Parliamentary CND's activity and action you can take to lobby your MP. Email CND's Parliamentary Officer if you want to receive it.
- CND's letter writing team co-ordinates monthly letter-writing to MPs or individual Ministers on a topical issue, to join contact
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The Ministry of Defence has announced that Trident will be excluded from the Strategic Defence and Security Review. Write to Liam Fox and his Lib Dem deputy Nick Harvey to demand they reverse their decision and include it in the review.
You can also write to your MP and ask them to sign EDM 110 and add their voice to those calling for Trident to be included in the Strategic Defence and Security Review. Click here to do so.
Contacting your MP
- To identify your MP, put your postcode in to the box below:
- To write to your MP via the web, visit writetothem.com
- You can also use theyworkforyou.com to search for their contributions in Parliament.
Parliamentary links
Defence Select Committee
Foreign Affairs Select Committee
Ministry of Defence
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
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