Local Elections 2008: Manchester
Group Responses
- Liberal Democrats (from Councillor Paul Shannon)
- Thank you for the question on the important issue of ID cards.
As Manifesto and Website co-ordinator, and Deputy Leader, I will therefore respond on behalf of the Lib Dem candidates.
All 32 Liberal Democrat candidates are standing on the basis of our 2008 manifesto which contains a commitment to oppose the Government's ID card scheme.
All of those candidates privileged to be elected will continue our opposition in the Council chamber to these unneccesary and costly proposals.
All 28 Lib Dem Councillors who were present for the last debate on ID cards (the March 2007 Council meeting) voted in favour of the motion I put to oppose the scheme.
Our commitment to this issue has not changed.
- Conservatives (from David Hopps)
- I am writing to you as a representative of The City of Manchester Conservative Party in relation to your questionnaire asking each candidate for views on ID cards.
I would like to confirm our position on this issue in that every Conservative candidate standing in the Manchester local elections 2008 is against the idea of ID cards and their implementation. This is also a position the Conservative Party nationally take on this subject. I would be grateful if you update our candidates' positions on this on your Manchester 2008 page.
- Green Party (from Steve Durrant, Green Party Secretary)
- The way ID cards are being sold to us is (unsuprisingly) misleading. They will not stop terror, they will not counter fraud, they will not be convinient.
A great many individuals in the party will refuse to comply with this grossly offensive legislation.
The Green Party fully support No2ID in their hard work to defend our liberty.
| Name |
Party |
Question 1 |
Question 2 |
Question 3 |
| Mike CARMODY |
The Labour Party Candidate |
No Response |
| Carol CONNELL |
Liberal Democrat Focus Team |
Party Response |
| Sophy HANSFORD |
Green Party |
Party Response |
| David MORGAN |
Conservative Party |
Party Response |
| Name |
Party |
Question 1 |
Question 2 |
Question 3 |
| Claire BABINGTON |
Conservative Party |
Party Response |
| Tom O'CALLAGHAN |
The Labour Party Candidate |
No Response |
| Mohammed SAJJAD |
Liberal Democrats |
Party Response |
| Andrew SPEKE |
Green Party |
Party Response |
| Name |
Party |
Question 1 |
Question 2 |
Question 3 |
| Tony BURNS |
The Labour and Co-Operative Party Candidate |
No Response |
| Nathan James CRUDDAS |
The Conservative Party Candidate |
Party Response |
| Lynne RICHMOND |
Green Party |
Party Response |
| Ann RODGERS |
Liberal Democrat |
Party Response |
| Lynn WORTHINGTON |
Socialist Alternative - Save Our Health Service |
Not Yet Contacted |
| Name |
Party |
Question 1 |
Question 2 |
Question 3 |
| Andrew BULLEN |
Green Party |
Party Response |
| Chris JENKINSON |
Liberal Democrats |
Party Response |
| Rod KELLER |
Conservative Party |
Party Response |
| Neil SWANNICK |
The Labour Party Candidate |
No Response |
| Name |
Party |
Question 1 |
Question 2 |
Question 3 |
| Gary BRIDGES |
Liberal Democrats |
Party Response |
| Glynn EVANS |
The Labour Party Candidate |
No Response |
| Tamisin Miriam Francesca MACCARTHY-MORROGH |
Green Party |
Party Response |
| Marie RAYNOR |
The Conservative Party Candidate |
Party Response |
| Name |
Party |
Question 1 |
Question 2 |
Question 3 |
| John Allman CAMERON |
Liberal Democrats |
Party Response |
| Tom MURPHY |
The Labour Party Candidate |
No Response |
| Peter SCHOFIELD |
Conservative Party |
Party Response |
| Angela TIBKE |
Green Party |
Party Response |
| Name |
Party |
Question 1 |
Question 2 |
Question 3 |
| Gareth Joseph BROWN |
Conservative Party |
Party Response |
| Mark HACKETT |
The Labour Party Candidate |
No Response |
| Stephen Martin MORAN |
British National Party |
No Response |
| Michael John PRIOR |
Green Party |
Party Response |
| Alexandra REYNOLDS-COCROFT |
Liberal Democrats |
Party Response |
| Catherine Andrea RITCHIE |
Uk Independence Party |
NO |
NO |
OPPOSE NIS |
| Name |
Party |
Question 1 |
Question 2 |
Question 3 |
| Wajid ALI |
Conservative Party |
Party Response |
| Martin Donald PAGEL |
The Labour Party Candidate |
No Response |
| Kay PHILLIPS |
Respect - The Unity Coalition |
Not Yet Contacted |
| Sham RAJA |
Liberal Democrats |
Party Response |
| Luke James Ribas SMITH |
Green Party |
Party Response |
| Name |
Party |
Question 1 |
Question 2 |
Question 3 |
| Brian Arthur CANDELAND |
Green Party |
NO |
NO |
OPPOSE NIS |
| I am strongly opposed to the introduction of ID cards and the database behind them. This is on the grounds of civil liberties, cost, and lack of trust in the Government to look after the data. I also believe that far from protecting us from identity theft and terrorism they may even may increase these problems. |
| David HOPPS |
Conservative Party |
Party Response |
| Sheila NEWMAN |
The Labour Party Candidate |
No Response |
| Lianne Caroline WILLIAMS |
Liberal Democrat |
NO |
NO |
OPPOSE NIS |
| Name |
Party |
Question 1 |
Question 2 |
Question 3 |
| Kathryn Mary BROWNBRIDGE |
Green Party |
Party Response |
| Christopher James GREEN |
Conservative Party |
Party Response |
| John HACKING |
The Labour and Co-Operative Party Candidate |
No Response |
| Bernie RYAN |
Liberal Democrats |
Party Response |
| Name |
Party |
Question 1 |
Question 2 |
Question 3 |
| Rob ADLARD |
Conservative Party |
Party Response |
| Peter BIRKINSHAW |
Green Party |
NO |
NO |
OPPOSE NIS |
| Anthony MCCAUL |
The Labour Party Candidate |
No Response |
| Marc Steven RAMSBOTTOM |
Liberal Democrats |
Party Response |
| Name |
Party |
Question 1 |
Question 2 |
Question 3 |
| Kim Elvin GLASSPOLE |
Conservative Party |
Party Response |
| Richard Charles LEESE |
The Labour Party Candidate |
No Response |
| Eithne QUINN |
Green Party |
Party Response |
| Rashid SHAHBAZ |
Liberal Democrats |
Party Response |
| Bob WILLESCROFT |
Uk Independence Party |
NO |
NO |
OPPOSE NIS |
| Name |
Party |
Question 1 |
Question 2 |
Question 3 |
| Gerry GEE |
Green Party |
Party Response |
| Louise QUIGLEY |
Conservative Party |
Party Response |
| David John SANDIFORD |
Liberal Democrat |
Party Response |
| Andrew SIMCOCK |
The Labour Party Candidate |
No Response |
| Name |
Party |
Question 1 |
Question 2 |
Question 3 |
| James Anthony Wenham ALDEN |
Green Party |
Party Response |
| David Michael BEAN |
Conservative Party |
Party Response |
| Robert GUTFREUND-WALMSLEY |
Uk Independence Party |
Not Yet Contacted |
| Jenny LENNOX |
The Labour Party Candidate |
No Response |
| Graham SHAW |
Liberal Democrats |
Party Response |
| Name |
Party |
Question 1 |
Question 2 |
Question 3 |
| Kas AFZAL |
Liberal Democrats |
Party Response |
| Daniel Benjamin LEE |
Green Party |
NO |
NO |
OPPOSE NIS |
| As a student, my peers will be one of the first groups with ID Cards forced upon them, almost certainly in a stealth like way added as a condition for recieiving a student loan. As Campaigns Officer elect at UMSU, I'll be doing my utmost to promote awareness and opposition among the student and local populations in the coming year.
ID Cards are in its simplist terms, charging stupidly high sums of money to the public to keep tabs on them. All arguments for them have fallen. They won't do anything against terrorism, crime, or safety. Instead they will allow potential for future governments to behave in a terrorist way. I don't believe the current institution want to go that far yet, but it's inexcusably irresponsible to risk it. |
| Colin POWER |
Conservative Party |
Party Response |
| David ROYLE |
The Labour Party Candidate |
No Response |
| Name |
Party |
Question 1 |
Question 2 |
Question 3 |
| John HUGHES |
The Labour Party Candidate |
No Response |
| Jackie PEARCEY |
Liberal Democrat Focus Team |
Party Response |
| Jane Dallas PERCIVAL |
Conservative Party |
Party Response |
| Karl WARDLAW |
Green Party |
Party Response |
| Name |
Party |
Question 1 |
Question 2 |
Question 3 |
| William Lawrence CLAPHAM |
Conservative Party |
Party Response |
| Deborah CLARKE |
Green Party |
Party Response |
| Charles Leslie GLOVER |
Liberal Democrat Focus Team |
Party Response |
| Sue MCPHERSON |
Left List |
NO |
NO |
OPPOSE NIS |
| Julie REID |
The Labour Party Candidate |
No Response |
| Name |
Party |
Question 1 |
Question 2 |
Question 3 |
| Patrick Charles KARNEY |
The Labour Party Candidate |
No Response |
| Dave PAGE |
Liberal Democrats |
NO |
NO |
OPPOSE NIS |
| I have been co-ordinator of Manchester NO2ID for the last two years, which adequately demonstrates my commitment to opposing ID cards! |
| Will PALMER |
Conservative Party |
Party Response |
| Katherine Mary SMITH |
Green Party |
Party Response |
| Name |
Party |
Question 1 |
Question 2 |
Question 3 |
| Derek George ADAMS |
British National Party |
No Response |
| Ken BARNES |
The Labour Party Candidate |
No Response |
| Vivienne CLARKE |
Conservative Party |
Party Response |
| Michael John DAW |
Green Party |
Party Response |
| Lee Christopher WALKER |
Liberal Democrats |
Party Response |
| Name |
Party |
Question 1 |
Question 2 |
Question 3 |
| Steven Jonathan DURRANT |
Green Party |
NO |
NO |
OPPOSE NIS |
| As Green Party Secretary and a human being who values not having my actions constantly monitored by the state, I have been an active campaigner against ID cards and the NIR from the time when Labour first announced them. I have worked with No2ID and Defy ID on this issue. I was a No2ID regular before getting too busy with party politics, I will return to campaigning with them post-election (hopefully as a councillor)
I find it truly disgusting that we should have our eyes monitored and fingerprints taken by the state just to prove who we are. Not that I will comply under any circumstances. Currently, the small number of people who have to tell the state everytime they move includes sex offenders. In this regard Labour want to treat us all like sex offenders. Hyperbole? Exageration? Check out the facts, it is as vile as it sounds.
50 categories of information will be taken from you at a "processing centre" and aspects of that data will be sold to private companies to help pay the ludicrous costs of this intrusive scheme. Data will also be shared across the EU. Oh, they didnt tell you that did they? (Check out "Project Stork" and the "Prum Treaty")
You can tell I am passionate about this, it is the great civil liberty issue of our generation. I can not over emphaisise what a menace it represents. The spin, distortion and fearmongering used to sell the scheme are sadly what we have come to expect from this government. |
| Glenn William HINKS |
Liberal Democrats |
Party Response |
| Jamie Louise HUTCHINSON |
Conservative Party |
Party Response |
| Emily LOMAX |
The Labour Party Candidate |
No Response |
| Name |
Party |
Question 1 |
Question 2 |
Question 3 |
| Quammer AHMAD |
The Labour Party Candidate |
No Response |
| Justine Michelle HALL |
Green Party |
Party Response |
| Abbas Ali KHURSHID |
Conservative Party |
Party Response |
| Keith Arthur WHITMORE |
Liberal Democrat Focus Team |
Party Response |
| Name |
Party |
Question 1 |
Question 2 |
Question 3 |
| Liaqat ALI |
Liberal Democrat Focus Team |
Party Response |
| Spencer Stuart FITZ-GIBBON |
Green Party |
Party Response |
| Luthfur RAHMAN |
The Labour Party Candidate |
No Response |
| Daniel Rossall VALENTINE |
Conservative Party |
Party Response |
| Name |
Party |
Question 1 |
Question 2 |
Question 3 |
| Christine CARROLL |
The Labour Party Candidate |
No Response |
| Joseph Anthony CEGLA |
British National Party |
No Response |
| Jonathan MERCER |
Green Party |
Party Response |
| Damien Patrick O'CONNOR |
Liberal Democrats |
Party Response |
| Vaseem VALENTINE |
Conservative Party |
Party Response |
| Name |
Party |
Question 1 |
Question 2 |
Question 3 |
| Kashif ALI |
Conservative Party |
Party Response |
| Alistair COX |
The Labour Party Candidate |
No Response |
| Ali SHELMANI |
Respect - The Unity Coalition |
Not Yet Contacted |
| Zeke Hassan Ezekiel UKAIRO |
Liberal Democrats |
Party Response |
| Nigel James WOODCOCK |
Green Party |
Party Response |
| Name |
Party |
Question 1 |
Question 2 |
Question 3 |
| Timothy John HARTLEY |
Liberal Democrats - For A Fairer Britain |
Party Response |
| Gareth James MORRIS |
Conservative Party |
Party Response |
| Paul Anthony MURPHY |
The Labour Party Candidate |
No Response |
| Tom REDFORD |
Green Party |
Party Response |
| Name |
Party |
Question 1 |
Question 2 |
Question 3 |
| Lance CROOKES |
Green Party |
Party Response |
| Martin EAKINS |
Liberal Democrat Focus Team |
Party Response |
| Michael Joseph Patrick KANE |
The Labour Party Candidate |
No Response |
| Sarah Laverne LOVELL |
The Conservative Party Candidate |
Party Response |
| Name |
Party |
Question 1 |
Question 2 |
Question 3 |
| Andrew Henryk FENDER |
The Labour Party Candidate |
No Response |
| Paul LALLY |
Conservative Party |
Party Response |
| Sufiyan Nasim RANA |
Liberal Democrat |
Party Response |
| Lia Angharad SIMS |
Green Party |
Party Response |
| Name |
Party |
Question 1 |
Question 2 |
Question 3 |
| Nahella ASHRAF |
Left List |
NO |
NO |
OPPOSE NIS |
| Identity cards and accompanying National Identity Register are an intrusion in people's privacy and will prove an extra burden on black and Asian people and youth who are targeted for stop and search by the police. We recognise that we need more than just rhetoric from politicians to see the Government defeated on this issue and so the Left List has called for a mass campaign of non-cooperation with the National Identity Register. |
| Atiha CHAUDRY |
The Labour Party Candidate |
No Response |
| Penny COLLINS |
Green Party |
Party Response |
| Dola MIAH |
Conservative Party |
Party Response |
| Paul Brendan SHANNON |
Liberal Democrat Focus Team |
Party Response |
| Name |
Party |
Question 1 |
Question 2 |
Question 3 |
| Karen Jaine DUFFY |
Green Party |
Party Response |
| Bill FISHER |
Liberal Democrats |
Party Response |
| Tommy JUDGE |
The Labour and Co-Operative Party Candidate |
No Response |
| Jimmy MCCULLOUGH |
Conservative Party |
Party Response |
| Name |
Party |
Question 1 |
Question 2 |
Question 3 |
| Mary Rosalind CANDELAND |
Green Party |
Party Response |
| John GRANT |
Liberal Democrats |
Party Response |
| Fawad HUSSAIN |
Conservative Party |
Party Response |
| Amina LONE |
The Labour Party Candidate |
No Response |
| Name |
Party |
Question 1 |
Question 2 |
Question 3 |
| Leif William JERRAM |
The Labour Party Candidate |
No Response |
| Brendon JONES |
Liberal Democrats |
Party Response |
| Felicity Susan PARIS |
Green Party |
Party Response |
| Zoe SLATER |
Conservative Party |
Party Response |
| Name |
Party |
Question 1 |
Question 2 |
Question 3 |
| Jody Nicole BRADFORD |
Green Party |
Party Response |
| Stephen John HEATH |
The Conservative Party Candidate |
Party Response |
| Brian Darral O'NEIL |
The Labour Party Candidate |
No Response |
| Joe PODBYLSKI |
Liberal Democrats |
Party Response |
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