Labour Women’s Declaration vs. transgender people

The Labour Women’s Declaration is an anti-transgender online petition launched in November 2019. The seven-point declaration allegedly promotes “sex-based rights,” but it was created to oppose rights based on gender identity and expression that would benefit trans and gender diverse people.

Several prominent “gender critical” activists were involved, including:

Founding signatories

Cllr Mary McGarry Cardiff Central CLP
Cllr Sue Lent Cardiff Central CLP
Cllr Iona Gordon Cardiff West CLP
Cllr Georgia Cruickshank Dundee CLP
Cllr Charlie Malone Dundee CLP
Cllr George McIrvine Dundee CLP
Cllr Michael Marra Dundee CLP
Cllr Carol Angharad Mid Derbyshire CLP Secretary, Branch Chair
Cllr Teresa Cairns Newcastle East CLP
Cllr Rebecca Shatwell, Newcastle East CLP
Cllr Ann Schofield Newcastle Central CLP, CLP Women’s Officer
Cllr Nigel Todd Newcastle Central CLP
Cllr Terry Barrow Penistone and Stocksbridge CLP
Cllr Amy Brookes Rother Valley CLP Chair
Cllr Louise Paine St Just in Penwith Town Councillor
Cllr Nina Killen Sefton Central CLP
Cllr Vincent Carroll Tottenham CLP
Cllr James Chiriyankandath Tottenham CLP
Cllr Julie Davies Tottenham CLP
Cllr Ruth Gordon Tottenham CLP
Cllr Makbule Gunes Tottenham CLP
Cllr Sarah James Tottenham CLP
Cllr Yvonne Say Tottenham CLP
Linda Bellos OBE South Norfolk CLP, Equality Law Specialist, Diversity Trainer
Vivien Hayes MBE Lifelong Labour Supporter
Geraldine Ling MBE Blaydon CLP, Co-Chair CLP Women’s Forum

Additional signatories

Samira Abdi Newport West CLP
Hilary Adams Tottenham CLP, Trade Union Activist and Community Campaigner
Dani Ahrens Brighton Pavilion CLP
Susan Aitouaziz Thurrock CLP
Lynn Alderson Totnes & South Hams CLP Chair
Florence Allaway Hornsey & Wood Green CLP
John Armstrong Holborn and St Pancras CLP, UCU rep
Julie Armstrong Gateshead CLP
Sophie Atherton South Thanet CLP
Dr Maria Atkins Consultant Psychiatrist Wales, Labour supporter
Prof Rosemary Auchmuty Tottenham CLP
Karen Austin Sheffield Central CLP
Beth Aze Stretford & Urmston CLP

Allison Bailey Barrister
Ruth Barker Blaydon CLP, Retired Children’s Services Manager
Kym Barlow Carmarthenshire East and Dinefwr CLP
Shana Begum Unite, Domestic Abuse Rehabilitation Coach & School Governor
Nicola Benge Brighton Pavilion CLP
Dr Shereen Benjamin Edinburgh Eastern CLP, UCU
Anita Bennett Bristol West CLP
Rosey Bennett Heywood and Middleton CLP, Branch Treasurer
Dr Abby Bentham Stockport CLP, UCU
Judith Berridge Colne Valley CLP
Catherine Bjarnason Ealing Southall CLP
Louise Bond
Alice Bondi Penrith and the Border CLP, Branch Vice-Chair
Jackie Booth Sheffield Central CLP
Joanna Bornat Hornsey and Wood Green CLP
Paula Boulton Corby and East Northants CLP
Claire Brierley Unite Rep
Rosie Brocklehurst Hastings & Rye CLP
Rebecca Brueton Lifelong Labour Supporter

Carmel Cadden Tottenham CLP
Lynne Caffrey Blaydon CLP
Gail Cameron Lewisham West and Penge CLP
Helen Cameron Sheffield Heeley CLP
Jo Campbell Health Professional
Annette Catherine Bristol West CLP
Ali Ceesay Feminist Activist
Maureen Chadwick Writer/Producer
Natasha Chaudhury Camberwell and Peckham CLP, NEU
Gerald Clark Camden NEU
Nick Claxton South Thanet CLP
Nicola Clements Stafford CLP
Helena Coates Salford and Eccles CLP, Branch Chair
Dave Cocks Islwyn CLP, Branch Vice-Secretary
Samantha Coleman Sheffield
Nick Collins Labour Supporter
Neil Conlock Withington CLP
Ruth Conlock Withington CLP
Sinead Connolly Gosport CLP
Michael Conroy Director of Men At Work, (Anti-Violence & Anti-sexism Training)
Sarah Cooksley Sefton CLP
Stephanie Cosson Rochdale CLP
Clare Crestani Bath CLP, Branch Women’s Officer

Susan Dalgety Writer and Columnist, Former Labour Cllr & Staff
Simon Danby Penrith & The Border CLP, Unite
Paula Dauncey Cardiff Central CLP, Unite
Bronwen Davies Cardiff North CLP
Titus Davies Labour Supporter
Nicholas Davies Hastings and Rye CLP
Prof Mary Davis
Rose Dentus Unite South East Wales (Retired)
Cathy Devine Withington CLP
Ruth Dineen Cardiff HEA Teaching Fellow
Shernaz Dinshaw Canterbury CLP
Emma Dolan Leeds NE CLP
Cindy Douglas Aberdeenshire South CLP
Vicky Drew North East Somerset CLP, Branch Chair.
Keith Dunn Tottenham CLP
Lesley Durkin Corby and East Northants CLP
Kathy Dyson Bradford CLP, Chair Musicians Union NEC

Sandra Easton-Lawrence
Dr Jessica Eaton Psychologist, Senior Lecturer in Criminal Psychology
Meg Edgoose-Clubley Sedgefield
Vicky Edwards
Jayne Egerton Radio Producer
Ginny Eldridge Cardiff South & Penarth CLP
Dr Mark Ellerby Tottenham CLP
Dr Fiona English Tottenham CLP, Branch Chair,
Debbie Epstein Cambridge CLP, Disability Officer
Louise Evan-Wong Hexham CLP, Unison, Black Labour Group
Bronwen Evans Ceredigion CLP
Caroline Ezzat Hornchurch and Upminster CLP, NEU

Elizabeth Frankland
Sheila Franklin Macclesfield CLP, Women’s Officer
Prof Rosa Freedman Law School, University of Reading

Marta Garcia de La Vega Tottenham CLP
Bernice Garlick Stretford and Urmston CLP
Jen Garnett Labour Party member, Concerned Mother
Patricia Garside
Vivien Giladi Enfield North CLP, Unite Community
Esther Giles Bristol North West CLP, Secretary
Jayne Margaret Gill Retired Solicitor/Legal Adviser
Marlyn Glen Dundee CLP, former MSP
Shonagh Glen Dundee City East CLP
David Gourley St Ives CLP
Judith Green Cambridge CLP
Kay Green Hastings & Rye CLP, founder member Rise Above Gender
Pat Gregory Cardiff West CLP, Unite Community
James Griffiths Bristol East CLP Chair
Sian Griffiths Retired firefighter, Ex FBU Women’s Action C’ttee Sec & Chair
David Grove Unite
Sibyl Grundberg Tottenham CLP
Annie Gwillym Walker Islwyn CLP, Joint Women’s Officer

D.C. Hansell
Paula Hardy Kangelos Stretford & Urmston CLP
Louise Harris Keighley CLP
Scarlet Harris Walthamstow CLP
Kristina Harrison NHS Paramedic, Unison
Jennifer Harvey Feminist Blogger & Activist
Lin Harwood Newcastle Central CLP
Jean Hatchet Feminist Activist, ‘Ride For Murdered Women’
Richard Hawkins Tottenham CLP
Dr Debbie Hayton Birmingham Selly Oak CLP
Sue Hayward
Mark Head Tottenham CLP
Gail Heath Stretford & Urmston CLP
Michael Herbert Socialist, Historian, Unite
Louise Hersee Hastings & Rye CLP, Political Education Officer
Jo Hill Telford CLP, Unite Community
Margaret Hinchcliffe Mid Derbyshire CLP
Cydney Hippisley-Drew North East Somerset CLP
Kath Hodson Islwyn CLP Vice-Chair, Branch Secretary
Diane Holyoak North Somerset CLP
Caroline Horne NEU member
Dee Howard Hastings & Rye CLP
Nina Howle Labour Supporter, Unite

Karen Ingala Smith MVAWG sector CEO, Co-founder Femicide Census
Stephanie Irvine Hackney North and Stoke Newington CLP
Pam Isherwood Tottenham CLP
Kate Israel North Tyneside CLP
Jen Izaakson Richmond Park CLP

Andrea Jackson, Altrincham and Sale West CLP.
Helen Jackson Islwyn CLP Women’s Officer (Joint).
Mike Jackson Islwyn CLP Policy Officer, Unison Shop Steward
Moyra Jean Derbyshire Dales Labour Party
Kate Jerrold Bristol East CLP, Secretary
Jonathan Jewell
Cerian John Cardiff Central CLP, Women’s Officer
Amy Johnson
Sarah Johnson Cambridge CLP, joint Womens Officer
Cath Jones Islwyn CLP, Branch Secretary
Diane Jones Unite Community
Jane Clare Jones Writer and Philosopher
Joan Judson Cardiiff North CLP

Shani Kara Tottenham CLP
Dr Tessa Katz Hackney North and Stoke Newington CLP, NHS worker
Hugh Kelly Blaydon CLP
Gill Knight
Carolyn Kyle Blaydon CLP

Johann Lamont Member of The Scottish Parliament
Maureen Langan Cardiff Central CLP
Stephanie Lawler UCU
Olwen Leavold Unison Retired member
Josephine Leibrant West Worcestershire CLP, Women’s Officer, Branch Secretary
Rowan Leigh
John Lent Unison Rhondda Cynon Taf (Retired)
David Lewis Basingstoke CLP ,(suspended member)
Linda Liptrot
Jim Littlejohn Hastings & Rye CLP
Rebecca Lush
Stacey Lyon Lifelong Labour Supporter, Civil Servant

Dr Amanda MacLean Tottenham CLP, GMB
Dr Gale Macleod Edinburgh East CLP
Sona Mahtani Tottenham CLP
Annie Mainwaring Unite
Lisa Markham
Jenny Marra Member of The Scottish Parliament
Alix Martin Penrith & The Border CLP
Mary Mason Hornsey and Wood Green CLP, Women’s Officer, Branch Chair
Lucy Masoud Barrister
Jillian Mccormick
Linsey McIrvine Dundee CLP
Matesa McKeefery Rossendale and Darwen CLP
Ann McTaggart Tottenham CLP
Stefania Mele Unison
Catherine Mills Dundee West CLP
Dr Lewis Moonie Consultant Psychiatrist (Retired) and former Labour Peer
Prof Michele Moore Sheffield Hallam CLP, UCU, Academic and Author
Ann Morch Calderdale CLP
Alison Morris Rochdale CLP
Hayley Mullen Tottenham CLP
Catherine Muller Vauxhall CLP
Annie Murphy GMB
Tessa Murphy GMB
Helen Murrell Newcastle East CLP, Branch Women’s Officer
R Myers NEU

Lorraine Nutt Dundee East

Maureen O’Hara UCU
Therese O’Meara Tottenham CLP, Women’s Officer

Margaret Page Bristol West CLP
Pat Page Dundee CLP
Sarah Panzetta Holborn and St Pancras CLP.
Gill Parke Bournemouth East CLP, Unison
M Parker Unison
Chris Parkin Dundee East CLP
Lynne Patterson Bristol West CLP
Jan Pemberton Bristol West CLP
Clare Phillipson Washington and Sunderland West CLP, GMB
Sonia Poulton Journalist and Broadcaster
Julia Price Hastings & Rye CLP
Sally Pyner Camborne and Redruth CLP Unite

Sue Quinn Aziz Cardiff South and Penarth CLP

Neda Radulovic-Viswanatha Richmond Park CLP, Joint Vice Chair Membership
Christopher Reason
Andrew Reed Smith Dundee East CLP, Branch Secretary
Delyth Rennie Richmond (Yorks) CLP, NAPO
Liz Reynolds North East Derbyshire CLP Killamarsh branch.
Gwenan Richards Vauxhall CLP
Frankie Rickford Shrewsbury and Atcham CLP
Helen Riley Hornsey and Wood Green CLP, Branch Chair and Women’s Officer
Lorraine Roberts Tottenham CLP, Branch Sec
Lorraine Robinson York Central CLP
Helen Rogers Bury North CLP, Women’s Officer
Nick Rogers Tottenham CLP Chair
Pauline Rourke Dundee CLP Chair
Christopher Rowe Labour Supporter
Manuel Ruiz-Adame Tottenham CLP
Deborah Rushton Ceredigion CLP
Christine Russell Former Labour MP, City of Chester
Dr Hannah Ryan Liverpool Riverside CLP

Janee Sa Eastbourne CLP
Ian Saunders Carmarthenshire East and Dinefwr CLP
Joy Saunders Carmarthenshire East and Dinefwr CLP, Unite
Ruth Serwotka Carmarthenshire East and Dinefwr CLP
Ann Seuret East Surrey CLP
Jane Shallice Hornsey & Wood Green CLP, NEU
Barbara Simpson Cardiff Central CLP
Elaine Smith Member of The Scottish Parliament
Jennifer Smith Bury North CLP, Women’s Organiser
Tracey Smith Sheffield Central CLP
Elaine Snaith Newcastle East CLP
Helen Soutar Stafford CLP
Sheila Spencer North Tyneside CLP, Branch Vice-chair
Marion Sporing Dundee East and West CLPs Joint Secretary
Caroline Spry Tottenham CLP, Film/TVProducer
Anne Stafford
Sara Stewart Corby and East Northants CLP, Unison
Prof Kathleen Stock Academic Philosopher
Prof Judith Suissa Finchley & Golders Green CLP, UCU
Prof Alice Sullivan Holborn and St Pancras CLP, UCU Rep
Claire Sumner Canterbury CLP

Lisa-Marie Taylor Bradford CLP
Annie Thomas Bristol West CLP
Kim Thomas Welwyn Hatfield CLP
Sue Thorne Islwyn CLP, Secretary, Branch Secretary
Prof Selina Todd Withington CLP, President of the Socialist Educational Association
Ruth Todd Newcastle Central CLP
Dr Georgina Toye Labour supporter
Paul Tracy
Pilgrim Tucker Vauxhall CLP
Hugh Tunks South Norfolk CLP
Kiri Tunks Walthamstow CLP
Wendy Tunks South Norfolk CLP
Cathy Turner Cardiff Central CLP, Unison
Hazel Turner-Lyons Cardiff Central CLP
Alison Twells Sheffield Hallam CLP

Julia Van Coevorden Hastings & Rye CLP
Dianne Vine Bournemouth East CLP

Lindsay Wall Bristol NW CLP
Joy Wallace Hornsey & Wood Green CLP, BAME Officer
Lorna Ward Dundee East CLP
Rod Webb Hastings & Rye CLP
Maggie Wellington Stretford and Urmston CLP
Jenny Wilkes Gorton CLP
Roy Wilkes Bury South CLP
Jo Williams
Ceri Williams Tottenham CLP, Branch Chair
Jessica Winkler Unison.
Diane Winn
Jim Wood Cardiff Central CLP
Michele Wood Cardiff Central CLP, Unison
Natasha Wood West Dorset CLP, Woman’s officer
Wendy Wood Hexham CLP, Branch Membership Secretary
Beverley Woodburn Hackney North and Stoke Newington CLP
Alison Wren Bristol East CLP, NEU retired
Judith Wright Bromley and Chislehurst CLP
Nia Wyn Lloyd Cardiff North CLP Unison, Women’s Officer/Welfare Officer

Miranda Yardley Human Rights Activist

Katherine Zeserson Blaydon
Tania Ziegler