Right to Vote
Dissolved | May 2019 |
---|---|
Chair | Phillip Lee[2] |
Website | righttovote.co.uk |
Part of a series of articles on | |
Brexit | |
---|---|
Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union Glossary of terms | |
Jul 2018 | |
Withdrawal agreement plan presented | July 2018 |
Withdrawal agreement released | Nov 2018 |
Scottish Continuity Bill blocked | Dec 2018 |
Meaningful votes | Jan–Mar 2019 |
Brexit delayed until 12 April | Mar 2019 |
Cooper–Letwin Act passed | Apr 2019 |
Brexit delayed until 31 October | Apr 2019 |
European Parliament election | May 2019 |
Theresa May resigns as PM | Jul 2019 |
Boris Johnson becomes PM | Jul 2019 |
Prorogation and annulment | Aug–Sep 2019 |
Benn Act passed | Sep 2019 |
Withdrawal agreement revised | Oct 2019 |
Brexit delayed until 31 January | Oct 2019 |
2019 general election | Dec 2019 |
Agreement Act passed | Jan 2020 |
UK leaves the European Union | Jan 2020 |
Implementation period begins | Jan 2020 |
UK–EU trade deal agreed | Dec 2020 |
Future Relationship Act passed | Dec 2020 |
Scottish Continuity Act passed | Dec 2020 |
Implementation period ends | Dec 2020 |
New EU–UK relationship begins | Jan 2021 |
UK–EU trade deal ratified | Apr 2021 |
Windsor Framework released | Feb 2023 |
Windsor framework adopted | Mar 2023 |
Right to Vote was formed in January 2019 as a group of
second referendum on Brexit. In summer 2019, the group folded.[citation needed
]
Right to Vote was founded in the aftermath of the UK government losing the first
withdrawal agreement with the EU.[3]
Members
Name | Constituency | Affiliation | First elected | Role | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Phillip Lee | Bracknell | Liberal Democrat | 6 May 2010 | Chair | ||
Dominic Grieve | Beaconsfield | Independent |
1 May 1997 | |||
Sam Gyimah | East Surrey | Liberal Democrat | 6 May 2010 | |||
Justine Greening | Putney | Independent |
5 May 2005 | |||
Heidi Allen | South Cambridgeshire | Liberal Democrats | 7 May 2015 | |||
Anna Soubry | Broxtowe | The Independent Group for Change | 6 May 2010 | |||
Sarah Wollaston | Totnes | Liberal Democrats | 6 May 2010 | |||
Guto Bebb | Aberconwy | Independent |
6 May 2010 | |||
Lord Willetts |
N/A | Conservative | N/A | |||
Baroness Altmann |
N/A | Conservative | N/A |
Disbanded
In summer 2019, the Right To Vote campaign folded, with the group subsequently deleting their website.[citation needed] Both groups formally disbanded in January 2020.[5]
References
- ^ "'Right to Vote' Campaign Launch". BBC News. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
- ^ a b Lee, Phillip (2019-03-19). "Letter to the Prime Minister from Dr Phillip Lee MP" (pdf). Letter to Theresa May. Right to Vote. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 2019-04-04.
- ^ Cowburn, Ashley (17 January 2019). "Brexit: Conservative MPs launch push for fresh referendum as one admits 'we created this mess'". The Independent. Retrieved 2019-01-20.
- ^ "Our People". Right to Vote. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019.
- ^ Young Conservatives for a People's Vote [@YoungTories4PV] (January 31, 2020). "We existed for just 16 months, but achieved so much beyond our wildest dreams. We marched, we protested, we rallied, we petitioned and fought the good fight. None of what we achieved would have been possible without our members and supporters. You're all amazing! 🇪🇺 https://t.co/vLcHRHnwD3" (Tweet). Retrieved 11 January 2021 – via Twitter.