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Who are the top ten best MPs in parliament advocating for the changes to keep our world safe from the climate and nature crisis? These are ours. We'rere very happy if you'd like to nominate your own MP. Get in touch with us at contact@MPWatch.org
Who are the top ten best MPs in parliament advocating for the changes to keep our world safe from the climate and nature crisis? These are ours. We'rere very happy if you'd like to nominate your own MP. Get in touch with us at contact@MPWatch.org
Carla wrote and proposed the first Climate Emergency declaration in Europe, aiming for Bristol to be carbon neutral by 2030.
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Carla Denyer
Green
Bristol Central
Carla Denyer is the co-leader of the Green Party of England and Wales. Originally, Carla was an engineer in the renewable energy industry, specialising in offshore and onshore wind energy. In 2018, as a councillor Carla wrote and proposed the first Climate Emergency declaration in Europe, setting the ambitious goal for Bristol to become carbon neutral by 2030. Since then, Carla has continued advocating for climate action. More here
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Clive Lewis
Labour
Norwich South
Clive Lewis recently introduced a private members bill to overhaul the management of water in the UK. He has been the most active backbench MP on the environment, working alongside Caroline Lucas for much of the last parliament.Among his other activities he introduced the Green New Deal legislation into Parliament; served on the Parliament’s Environmental Audit Committee from 2022 and launched a petition to bring water into public ownership with MIliband. Constituents also report he is a kind and tireless MP helping them to sort out issues. His background was as a BBC TV news reporter and he also served as an army reservist infantry officer, conducting a tour of duty in Afghanistan in 2009.
Clive introduced the Green New Deal legislation into Parliament and is one of Labour’s most active backbenchers on the climate issue.
Ed oversaw the introduction of the Climate Change Act 2008, committing to an 80% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
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Ed Miliband
Labour
Doncaster North
Ed is currently the Shadow Secretary of State for Climate Change and Net Zero and was the Leader of the Labour party between 2010 and 2015. His background is in television journalism and he had a brief spell teaching economics at Harvard. As Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change under Gordon Brown, Ed oversaw the introduction of the Climate Change Act 2008 which made it the Government’s duty to ensure that greenhouse gas emissions are reduced by 80% by 2050. More here.
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Wera Hobhouse
Lib Dem
Bath
In 2019 as the Lib Dem spokesman on the Environment, she called for a permanent ban on fracking, for increased investment in renewable energy, for greater powers to be given to local authorities to cut emissions, and for all airport expansion to be halted until a replacement can be found for jet fuel. In 2023, she was celebrated as the Environmental Champion of the Year by the APPG for Environment. More here
Wera called for a permanent ban on fracking and increased investment in renewable energy, and was named Environmental Champion of the Year in 2023.
Alex supported Youth Strike for Climate and formed an All-Party Parliamentary Group to reduce carbon emissions to Net Zero.
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Alex Sobel
Labour
Leeds North West
As a teenager, Alex joined environmental protests in Leeds. Later after being elected MP for Leeds North West, he supported Youth Strike for Climate, speaking at one of their school strikes, also praising Leeds City Council's decision to declare a Climate Emergency. He formed an All-Party Parliamentary Group aiming to reduce carbon emissions to Net Zero as early as possible. He has also taken a lead in proposing the Climate and Nature Bill. More here.
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Sian Berry
Green
Brighton Pavilion
From June 2011 to late 2015, Sian worked as a roads and sustainable transport campaigner for the charity Campaign for Better Transport. She served as a co-leader of the Green Party of England and Wales alongside Jonathan Bartley from 2018 to 2021, and as its sole leader from July to October 2021. She is the founder of the campaign against 4x4s in London. This election, she is seeking to replace Caroline Lucas as the Brighton MP. More here.
Sian is the founder of the campaign against 4x4s in London and has served as co-leader of the Green Party of England and Wales.
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Nadia WHITTOME
Labour
Nottingham East
Nadia was elected at the age of 23, having previously worked supporting those who experienced hate crime, and prior to that juggled care work and legal studies at the University of Nottingham. Nadia led the UK Parliament’s first-ever debate on climate education, and she is tabling a bill that would ensure that all young people are taught about climate change and the environment in schools. She is an advocate for climate justice, recognising that communities around the world least responsible for the climate crisis are impacted the most, especially in the global south
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Olivia BLAKE
Labour
Sheffield Hallam
Olivia grew up in Otley, West Yorkshire and studied Biomedical Science at the University of Sheffield. She was a Sheffield City Councillor from 2014 until 2020, before she became MP for Sheffield Hallam. Olivia has previously served as both Shadow Minister for Climate Change and Shadow Minister for Nature, Water and Flooding. In the run-up to COP 26 she launched a series of monthly climate assemblies in her local constituency, from which she created the Hallam Citizen’s Climate Manifesto. She also introduced The Climate and Ecology Bill in May 2023 under the Ten Minute Rule procedure in the House of Commons, seeking to establish binding ‘climate and nature targets’ in the UK. In 2023 she won the Climate Coalition’s Green Heart Hero Award as MP Constituency Champion “for her work to create a greener, more climate friendly Sheffield”.
Adrian has been co-leader of the Green Party since October 2021 and has dedicated his career to promoting renewable energy and low carbon technologies.
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Adrian Ramsay
Green Party
Waveney
Adrian has been co-leader of the Green Party, alongside Carla Denyer, since October 2021. He worked as chief executive of the Centre for Alternative Technology and CEO of MCS Charitable Foundation whose mission is to accelerate the adoption of renewable energy and low carbon technologies. Adrian joined the Green Party in 1998 at the age of 16 because he felt the other parties were overlooking environmental issues and were not tackling poverty and animal cruelty.
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Barry Gardiner
Labour
Brent North
Former special envoy for forests, Barry Gardiner is a member of the All Party Parliamentary Group for net zero. He speaks up clearly on climate science and has shared that we must stop investing in our own demise and believes we should be on a war-like footing to address climate change; and stresses that net zero is still a top priority for MPs and Lords. Gardiner served in Corbyn's Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Energy and Climate Change Secretary. More here
Barry emphasizes that net zero is a top priority for MPs and Lords and advocates for a war-like footing to address climate change.
Carla wrote and proposed the first Climate Emergency declaration in Europe, aiming for Bristol to be carbon neutral by 2030.
1
Carla Denyer
Green
Bristol Central
Carla Denyer is the co-leader of the Green Party of England and Wales. Originally, Carla was an engineer in the renewable energy industry, specialising in offshore and onshore wind energy. In 2018, as a councillor Carla wrote and proposed the first Climate Emergency declaration in Europe, setting the ambitious goal for Bristol to become carbon neutral by 2030. Since then, Carla has continued advocating for climate action. More here
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Clive Lewis
Labour
Norwich South
Clive Lewis recently introduced a private members bill to overhaul the management of water in the UK. He has been the most active backbench MP on the environment, working alongside Caroline Lucas for much of the last parliament.Among his other activities he introduced the Green New Deal legislation into Parliament; served on the Parliament’s Environmental Audit Committee from 2022 and launched a petition to bring water into public ownership with MIliband. Constituents also report he is a kind and tireless MP helping them to sort out issues. His background was as a BBC TV news reporter and he also served as an army reservist infantry officer, conducting a tour of duty in Afghanistan in 2009.
Clive introduced the Green New Deal legislation into Parliament and is one of Labour’s most active backbenchers on the climate issue.
Ed oversaw the introduction of the Climate Change Act 2008, committing to an 80% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
3
Ed Miliband
Labour
Doncaster North
Ed is currently the Shadow Secretary of State for Climate Change and Net Zero and was the Leader of the Labour party between 2010 and 2015. His background is in television journalism and he had a brief spell teaching economics at Harvard. As Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change under Gordon Brown, Ed oversaw the introduction of the Climate Change Act 2008 which made it the Government’s duty to ensure that greenhouse gas emissions are reduced by 80% by 2050. More here.
4
Wera Hobhouse
Lib Dem
Bath
In 2019 as the Lib Dem spokesman on the Environment, she called for a permanent ban on fracking, for increased investment in renewable energy, for greater powers to be given to local authorities to cut emissions, and for all airport expansion to be halted until a replacement can be found for jet fuel. In 2023, she was celebrated as the Environmental Champion of the Year by the APPG for Environment. More here
Wera called for a permanent ban on fracking and increased investment in renewable energy, and was named Environmental Champion of the Year in 2023.
Alex supported Youth Strike for Climate and formed an All-Party Parliamentary Group to reduce carbon emissions to Net Zero.
5
Alex Sobel
Labour
Leeds North West
As a teenager, Alex joined environmental protests in Leeds. Later after being elected MP for Leeds North West, he supported Youth Strike for Climate, speaking at one of their school strikes, also praising Leeds City Council's decision to declare a Climate Emergency. He formed an All-Party Parliamentary Group aiming to reduce carbon emissions to Net Zero as early as possible. He has also taken a lead in proposing the Climate and Nature Bill. More here.
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Sian Berry
Green
Brighton Pavilion
From June 2011 to late 2015, Sian worked as a roads and sustainable transport campaigner for the charity Campaign for Better Transport. She served as a co-leader of the Green Party of England and Wales alongside Jonathan Bartley from 2018 to 2021, and as its sole leader from July to October 2021. She is the founder of the campaign against 4x4s in London. This election, she is seeking to replace Caroline Lucas as the Brighton MP. More here.
Sian is the founder of the campaign against 4x4s in London and has served as co-leader of the Green Party of England and Wales.
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Nadia WHITTOME
Labour
Nottingham East
Nadia was elected at the age of 23, having previously worked supporting those who experienced hate crime, and prior to that juggled care work and legal studies at the University of Nottingham. Nadia led the UK Parliament’s first-ever debate on climate education, and she is tabling a bill that would ensure that all young people are taught about climate change and the environment in schools. She is an advocate for climate justice, recognising that communities around the world least responsible for the climate crisis are impacted the most, especially in the global south
8
Olivia BLAKE
Labour
Sheffield Hallam
Olivia grew up in Otley, West Yorkshire and studied Biomedical Science at the University of Sheffield. She was a Sheffield City Councillor from 2014 until 2020, before she became MP for Sheffield Hallam. Olivia has previously served as both Shadow Minister for Climate Change and Shadow Minister for Nature, Water and Flooding. In the run-up to COP 26 she launched a series of monthly climate assemblies in her local constituency, from which she created the Hallam Citizen’s Climate Manifesto. She also introduced The Climate and Ecology Bill in May 2023 under the Ten Minute Rule procedure in the House of Commons, seeking to establish binding ‘climate and nature targets’ in the UK. In 2023 she won the Climate Coalition’s Green Heart Hero Award as MP Constituency Champion “for her work to create a greener, more climate friendly Sheffield”.
Adrian has been co-leader of the Green Party since October 2021 and has dedicated his career to promoting renewable energy and low carbon technologies.
9
Adrian Ramsay
Green Party
Waveney
Adrian has been co-leader of the Green Party, alongside Carla Denyer, since October 2021. He worked as chief executive of the Centre for Alternative Technology and CEO of MCS Charitable Foundation whose mission is to accelerate the adoption of renewable energy and low carbon technologies. Adrian joined the Green Party in 1998 at the age of 16 because he felt the other parties were overlooking environmental issues and were not tackling poverty and animal cruelty.
10
Barry Gardiner
Labour
Brent North
Former special envoy for forests, Barry Gardiner is a member of the All Party Parliamentary Group for net zero. He speaks up clearly on climate science and has shared that we must stop investing in our own demise and believes we should be on a war-like footing to address climate change; and stresses that net zero is still a top priority for MPs and Lords. Gardiner served in Corbyn's Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Energy and Climate Change Secretary. More here