MPs and Senators who have signed the Simpol pledge
Simpol is supported by an increasing number of Members of Parliament around the world. Please see below for details.
Politicians: If you are an MP, Senator, or a candidate, we invite you to join them! Questions? See our Politicians' FAQ.
Citizens! Sign on to the Simpol campaign now to drive YOUR MP and Senators to sign the Simpol Pledge.
Pledged Australian MPs
Franklin (TAS)

Julie Collins (Australian Labor Party)
Pledged: 17th June 2016
Werriwa (NSW)

Anne Stanley (Australian Labor Party)
Pledged: 15th June 2016
Pledged Australian Senators
New South Wales

Lee Rhiannon (Green Party)
Pledged: 7th June 2016
Western Australia

Rachel Siewert (Green Party)
Pledged: 29th June 2016
MPs and Political Parties around the world who have signed the Simpol Pledge
Argentina

Fernando A. Iglesias. Diputado de la Nacion MC por la C.A. de Buenos Aires.
European Union

Constituency | Name | Party | Date Pledged |
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London | Claude Moraes | Labour | 21.5.2005 |
UK SE | Keith Taylor | Green | 27.5.2009 |
Scotland | David Martin | Labour | 16.5.2014 |
Scotland | Catherine Stihler | Labour | 1.5.2014 |
Scotland | Alyn Smith | SNP | 3.5.2014 |
Germany

Sven-Christian Kindler MdB (Stadt Hannover II) Bündnis90/DieGrünen - Unterzeichnet: 22.8.17
Kirsten Lühmann MdB (Celle - Uelzen) SPD - Unterzeichnet: 12.9.17
Dr. Matthias Miersch MdB (Hannover Land II) SPD - Unterzeichnet: 28.8.17
Martin Patzelt MdB (Frankfurt (Oder) - Oder - Spree) CDU - Unterzeichnet: 27.7.17
Arno Klare MdB (Mülheim - Essen I) SPD - Unterzeichnet: 12.9.17
Sören Bartol MdB (Marburg) SPD - Unterzeichnet: 12.9.17
Martin Rabanus MdB (Rheingau - Taunus - Limburg) SPD - Unterzeichnet: 22.9.17
Anette Kramme MdB (Bayreuth) SPD - Unterzeichnet: 18.9.17
Margit Stumpp MdB (Aalen - Heidenheim) Bündnis90/Die Grünen - Unterzeichnet: 11.9.17
Sylvia Kotting-Uhl MdB (Karlsruhe Stadt) Bündnis 90/Die Grünen - Unterzeichnet: 12.9.17
Christian Kühn MdB (Tübingen) Bündnis 90/Die Grünen - Unterzeichnet: 12.9.17
Ireland

Constituency | Name | Party | Date Pledged |
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Cork N.C. | Jonathan O'Brien | Sinn Féin | 23.2.16 |
Donegal | Pearse Doherty | Sinn Féin | 22.2.16 |
Dublin Bay N. | Seán Haughey | Fianna Fáil | 7.1.16 |
Finian McGrath | Independent | 8.1.16 | |
Thomas Broughan | Independent | 21.1.16 | |
Dublin Bay S. | Eamon Ryan | Greens | 18.1.16 |
Dublin Central | Mary Lou McDonald | Sinn Féin | 22.2.16 |
Dublin Fingal | Louise O'Reilly | Sinn Féin | 21.2.16 |
Dublin S.W. | Sean Crowe | Sinn Féin | 14.1.16 |
Dublin S.W. | Katherine Zappone | Independent | 8.2.16 |
Kerry | Martin Ferris | Sinn Féin | 22.2.16 |
Longford-Westmeath | Robert Troy | Fianna Fáil | 21.2.16 |
Louth | Gerry Adams | Sinn Féin | 22.2.16 |
Offaly | Carol Nolan | Sinn Féin | 25.2.16 |
Luxembourg

Dr. Jean Colombera. Member, Chamber of Deputies. Constituency: Nord.
United Kingdom

Name | Party | Date Pledged | ||
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Aberdeen N. | Kirsty Blackman MP | SNP | 6.5.15 | |
Airdrie & S. | Neil Gray MP | SNP | 1.6.17 | |
Arfon | Hywel Williams MP | Plaid Cymru | 24.4.15 | |
Ayrshire C. | Philippa Whitford MP | SNP | 2.5.15 | |
Bath | Wera Hobhouse MP | Lib Dem | 22.5.17 | |
B'ham Hall Green | Roger Godsiff MP | Labour | 11.10.07 | |
Bolton S.E. | Yasmin Qureshi MP | Labour | 8.6.17 | |
Brighton Pav. | Caroline Lucas MP | Greens | 8.6.2004 | |
Bury S. | Ivan Lewis MP | Labour | 7.6.17 | |
Cambridge | Daniel Zeichner MP | Labour | 17.10.07 | |
Carmarthen E. & D. | Jonathan Edwards | Plaid Cymru | 18.8.15 | |
Carshalton & W. | Tom Brake MP | Lib Dem | 23.3.07 | |
Coventry N.W. | Geoffrey Robinson MP | Labour | 31.5.17 | |
Crawley | Henry Smith MP | Con. | 19.4.10 | |
Cumbernauld, K&KE. | Stuart McDonald MP | SNP | 1.6.17 | |
Dagenham & R. | Jon Cruddas MP | Labour | 5.6.17 | |
Darlington | Jenny Chapman MP | Labour | 3.6.17 | |
Derby N. | Chris Williamson | Labour | 8.4.15 | |
Dudley S. | Mike Wood MP | Con. | 1.5.15 | |
Dunbartonshire E. | Jo Swinson MP | LibDem | 17.8.18 | |
Dwyfor M. | Liz Saville Roberts MP | Plaid Cymru | 3.5.15 | |
Easington | Grahame Morris MP | Labour | 13.4.10 | |
Eastbourne | Stephen Lloyd MP | Lib Dem | 25.4.10 | |
Edinburgh East | Tommy Sheppard MP | SNP | 25.4.10 | |
Edmonton | Kate Osamor MP | Labour | 5.6.17 | |
Edinburgh S.W. | Joanna Cherry MP | SNP | 5.6.17 | |
Edinburgh S. | Ian Murray MP | Labour | 28.4.14 | |
Exeter Falkirk | Ben Bradshaw MPJohn McNally MP | Labour SNP | 11.1.19 4.5.15 | |
Fife N.E. | Stephen Gethins MP | SNP | 3.5.15 | |
Glasgow C. | Alison Thewliss | SNP | 26.3.18 | |
Glasgow E. | David Linden MP | SNP | 2.6.17 | |
Glasgow N.E. | Paul Sweeney MP | Labour | 6.6.17 | |
Glasgow S.W. | Chris Stephens MP | SNP | 2.6.17 | |
Glenrothes | Peter Grant MP | SNP | 3.5.15 | |
Hampstead & K. | Tulip Siddiq | Labour | 29.5.17 | |
Hayes & H. | John McDonnell MP | Labour | 31.1.05 | |
Heywood & M. | Liz McInnes MP | Labour | 3.5.15 | |
Ipswich | Sandy Martin MP | Labour | 8.5.17 | |
Kettering | Philip Hollobone MP | Con. | 7.12.06 | |
Kilmarnock & L. | Alan Brown MP | SNP | 2.6.17 | |
Knowsley | George Howarth MP | Labour | 18.5.17 | |
Lanark & H.E. | Angela Crawford MP | SNP | 2.6.17 | |
Leeds N.E. | Fabian Hamilton MP | Labour | 10.5.17 | |
Leeds N.W. | Alex Sobel MP | Labour | 10.3.15 | |
Linlithgow &EF. | Martyn Day MP | SNP | 27.4.17 | |
Lothian E. | Martin Whitfield MP | Labour | 4.6.17 | |
Motherwell & W. | Marion Fellows MP | SNP | 1.6.17 | |
Newcastle N. | Catherine McKinnell MP | Labour | 26.4.10 | |
Newport West | Paul Flynn MP | Labour | 25.2.15 | |
Ochil & S.P. | Luke Graham MP | Con. | 5.5.15 | |
Oxford W. & A. | Layla Moran MP | Lib Dem | 28.4.15 | |
Paisley &RN. | Gavin Newlands MP | SNP | 1.6.17 | |
Perth & N.P. | Pete Wishart MP | SNP | 29.5.17 | |
Portsmouth S. | Stephen Morgan MP | Labour | 8.5.17 | |
Renfrewshire East | Kirsten Oswald MP | SNP | 1.5.15 | |
Salford & E. | Rebecca Long-Bailey MP | Labour | 5.6.17 | |
South Shields | Emma Lewell-Buck MP | Labour | 6.6.17 | |
Stafford | Jeremy Lefroy MP | Con. | 8.6.17 | |
Stockton S. | Paul Williams MP | Labour | 6.6.17 | |
Stroud | David Drew MP | Labour | 15.4.10 | |
Twickenham | Vince Cable MP | Lib Dem | 28.5.17 | |
Tyneside N. | Mary Glindon MP | Labour | 29.4.15 | |
Vale of Clwyd | Chris Ruane MP | Labour | 19.5.17 | |
Warrington S. | Faisal Rashid MP | Labour | 29.5.17 | |
Weston-s.-Mare | John Penrose MP | Con. | 2.5.05 | |
Worsley & Eccles S. | Barbara Keeley MP | Labour | 8.3.15 |
FAQs for politicians and political parties
Why is Simpol necessary?

Simpol offers an alternative, yet complementary, approach to solving global problems. Current efforts at international treaty-making sponsored by the United Nations are revealing themselves to be inadequate and prone to failure. That's why Simpol is fast gathering increasing interest and support.
Moreover, in today's globalised economy where capital moves instantly across national borders and nations must compete to attract inward investment and jobs, the feasible parameters of government policy have become very restricted indeed. In practice, only market- and business-friendly policies are now permissible, so marginalising the interests of society and the environment. But it is becoming increasingly clear that this is a vicious circle that no nation can win, and all must ultimately lose.
Simpol is unique in offerring a transnational political process that allows everyone - citizens, MPs, political parties and governments - to participate in. Citizens in particular are signing on to the campaign, so making it in the growing electoral interests of politicians and parties to support the campaign.
To confirm YOUR support, please download and submit a Pledge Form or read and sign the Pledge online. If you would like your party to consider making Simpol a part of its official policy, please download a draft Party Resolution.
What advantages does Simpol offer over UN-sponsored negotiations?

UN-sponsored international negotiations, for example on carbon emissions, have two major and potentially fatal draw-backs:
- They deal with only one issue at a time. This is problematic because, on any particular issue (eg. carbon emissions), there will always be winners and losers. And because only one issue is on the table, there is no way for losers to be compensated, so virtually assuring their non-cooperation.
- When it comes to global policy, the people have no say and effectively no sway on their governments. There is consequently no electoral pressure on governments - no direct political incentive for them to cooperate with one another.
Simpol solves both these problems. Firstly, by offering a multi-issue policy framework where nations that may lose out on one issue can gain on another, Simpol uniquely offers a far better prospect of getting all nations to co-operate. Moreover, by allowing citizens to use their votes to incentivise politicians and governments, Simpol may ultimately offer a more likely means of solving today's global problems. But whether it does or not, Simpol can be supported without compromising your party's policy or the government's position in current international negotiations. Simpol works in parallel, and so is entirely complementary to those efforts.
So please download and submit a Pledge Form and lend YOUR support to Simpol. Or read and sign the Pledge online.
How is Simpol's policy content developed, and by whom?

Simpol's policy content is a work-in-progress. It is being developed by citizens around the world who support the campaign using a process hosted by the International Simultaneous Policy Organisation.
Supporters are invited to design, propose, refine, negotiate and ultimately approve Simpol's policies themselves. In this process, they may take advantage of policies already developed by non-governmental organisations or they may choose to take advantage of independent policy experts.
The policies being developed remain strictly provisional until sufficient international consensus for their implementation has been achieved. In that way Simpol's policy content remains
- Flexible: The policies can be changed at all times until the point of implementation to ensure they are fully appropriate for then-prevailing world conditions
- Democratic: The policies are not fixed so that, as new supporters join the campaign, they still have the opportunity to contribute to the process
Simpol is also globally inclusive. Not only does it allow citizens in democratic countries to participate in developing policy, at a later stage in the campaign, the governments of non-democratic nations can also participate.
For you as a politician, the flexible, on-going nature of Simpol's policy development means you can sign the Pledge without coming into conflict with your party's policy. Or read and sign it online.
How does Simpol ensure that national sovereignty is protected?

To ensure Simpol only includes policies that genuinely require simultaneous implementation, the process incorporates a unique criterion for screening out national policies. In this way it achieves a healthy subsidiarity between the global level and the national level, so safe-guarding national sovereignty. This criterion is expressed in the following question:
Would the unilateral implementation of the policy by a single nation (or by a restricted group of nations) be likely to cause it a significant competitive disadvantage?
If the answer is:
- No: the policy does not qualify for inclusion in Simpol because it could be implemented by any nation (or restricted group of nations) alone.
- Yes: the policy qualifies for inclusion in Simpol.
In this way, only appropriate policies are included while the national sovereignty of all nations is maintained. By signing the Simpol Pledge you are therefore promoting your nation's interest to cooperate to solve global problems while still protecting its right to self-determination on all issues that have no international impact. You can read and sign the Pledge online here.
Wouldn't signing the Pledge be a risky commitment or put me in conflict with my party's policy?
No, for several reasons:
- The development of Simpol's global policies remains an on-going work-in-progress at all times until Simpol's implementation. As such its policies, although emerging in outline, remain to be fully defined and are likely to remain flexible until shortly before implementation. As such, for the foreseeable future, signing the Pledge remains only a commitment in principle; a confirmation of your support only in principle for Simpol and the process it has set in train.
- Since Simpol's policies remain to be fully defined, there can be no conflict with your party's current international policies. Both you or your party as a whole can support Simpol in parallel to your present policies.
- Simpol's condition of simultaneous international implementation allows politicians to support important global policies but only on condition that they are implemented by all or sufficient nations together. So, not only can you support such policies without any risk to national economic competitiveness, you can be seen to advocate them while making clear the condition for your support; that condition being, that the policy is to be implemented simultaneously, only when all or sufficient nations also do so. If all nations move together, we all win.
So, carry on supporting your party, but support Simpol too. Doing so is a risk-free, win-win proposition! Please confirm your support today by signing the Pledge online now. Or by downloading and submitting a Pledge Form.
What are the electoral advantages of signing the Simpol Pledge?
There are many advantages:
- Credibility: By supporting Simpol, you are identifying yourself as a politician who supports a practical solution to global problems. Supporting Simpol allows you to go beyond the confines of party policy to reach out to the growing body of voters who increasingly care about global issues but who have become disillusioned with party politics.
- Extra Votes: By supporting Simpol, you make yourself eligible to receive the votes of citizens who support the campaign. They are committed to giving strong preference to candidates who have signed the Pledge, to the probable exclusion of those who haven't. With support for Simpol growing in Australia too, it makes sense to make sure you've signed the Pledge.
- Leading the Way: By supporting Simpol, you are joining a growing body of parliamentarians, statesmen, economists and thought leaders who realise that the world needs a way out of its present dilemma and that neither the UN nor traditional party politics, important though they are, can deliver on global challenges. You came into politics to make a positive difference to the world. Supporting Simpol offers you a complementary way to do that.
So please sign the Pledge online or download and submit a Pledge Form today.
If I sign the Pledge, am I free to revoke it later?
Yes. But why would you want to?
- Since Simpol's policies remain a provisional work-in-progress and won't be implemented until all or sufficient nations support the campaign, they remain only a potential and, moreover, a potential that has not yet been fixed. So there can be no conflict between Simpol and your party's policies.
- If you sign the Pledge, your national Simpol organisation will normally publicise that Pledge to all its supporters, so indicating who they should give strong voting preference to at the next election. But if you decided to cancel your Pledge, we would, of course, publicise that too. So, to cancel your Pledge makes no sense. It would only invite our growing block of supporters not to vote for you.
- Bear in mind, too, that one or more of your political competitors in your electorate may have signed the Pledge. So, if you were to cancel your Pledge, you would only be putting yourself at a competitive disadvantage.
In short, you can of course revoke your Pledge at any time if you wish, but there's really no reason to, and every reason not to. So please show yourself to be part of the global political solution by signing the Pledge online now. Or you can download it. Show yourself to be more than just a national politician, but a global one too. Make Simpol a permanent political life-choice; a part of who you are.
How will non-democratic governments be included?

The process of Simpol's policy development is designed in two stages; the first to include the differing perspectives and priorities of supporters in each nation; the second, the need for a final set of policies which supporters and all governments can agree to, and implement.
Stage 1 is already evolving with some national Simpol organisations having already started their own national policy development process. Stage 2 would only commence once international support for Simpol was already widespread and the possibility of implementation was approaching.
- Stage 1: Supporters engage in their own independent national processes for developing Simpol's policy content. In this way, national perspectives and priorities can be taken into account;
- Stage 2: Representatives from each national Simpol organisation, as well as the representatives of non-democratic governments would meet to negotiate a final set of measures.
Stage 1 of policy development is an organic self-organising process, with many details to be determined as citizens join the process. For the latest, most advanced state of affairs, please contact Simpol-Australia for more information.
The details of Stage 2 cannot be predicted. But it is anticipated that, for democratic countries, representatives from both national governments and their respective national Simpol organisations would be involved, side-by-side. Also involved would be the governments of non-democratic nations. The details will become clearer as the process evolves and grows. In the meantime, Simpol needs YOUR Pledge to move the process further along!
How can my party officially support Simpol?
Political parties may officially support Simpol by passing a resolution at their annual party conference (or in whatever forum is legally charged with policy making). Please download the draft Party Resolution in support of Simpol for consideration by your party.
For more background on why supporting Simpol makes political sense for your party, please contact us requesting our Political Parties Prospectus.
