Dear John

On Friday I was proud to release a list of 50 more Labour colleagues who have joined our campaign for 'Radical Compassion'.

I’m so humbled that this campaign for the Metro Mayor is bringing together people from across our region, our party, and our society. The only way we can win the Mayoral seat back from the Tories is by uniting as a party and fighting on a manifesto which truly seeks to end the moral emergency all around us.

It’s clear that people from all backgrounds are desperate to end hunger and homelessness, address the climate crisis, see the West Midlands leading the Green Industrial Revolution, and to rebuild the social solidarity of our region. With so many different people coming together behind these ideas, I know we can make them reality.

You can see the list of endorsers released on Friday below or here

https://liambyrnemp.co.uk/endorsements and my draft manifesto here bit.ly/lbradical

If you would like to be a future endorser please reply to this email, and if you want to meet and discuss any of these ideas please don't hesitate to get in touch.

Fraternal good wishes

Liam Byrne MP

Mattieu Lambert
Labour Party member, Wolverhampton South East
I am seeking to make homelessness history. If elected, I believe Liam Byrne will have the humility and wisdom to involve and listen to people at a grassroots level in shaping policy and making real difference.

Cllr Kate Booth
Birmingham City Councillor for Quinton ward and Cabinet Member for Children's Wellbeing
I want to work with a serious Mayor to build a better future for ALL our children and create the conditions to grow Labour's National Education Service, ensuring our young people have the skills for tomorrow.

Cllr Ann Young
Walsall Councillor for Blakenall
I am endorsing Liam as I have known and worked with him over many years. I love his passion and commitment for the most vulnerable in our society and his vision for the West Midlands and Birmingham!

Amrita Dhinsa
Labour Party member, St Pauls
After speaking to Liam, I felt his bid to become Mayor is value-led and that he genuinely wants to address the issues people are facing locally. He has shown a willingness to be human first; that's why I'm supporting him.

Hossem Mosharoff
BAME Officer, Coventry South Labour Party
I'm endorsing Liam Byrne to be the candidate for the upcoming Metro Mayor election due to his previous experience fighting for justice & equality. He's a good negotiator, which can bring investment & development to this region.

Cllr John O'Shea
Cabinet Member for Street Scene and Parks, Cllr for Acocks Green
Liam gets things done locally and nationally. He'll take the West Midlands forwards.

Peter Leadbeter
Harborne Branch Labour Party member
Liam has the energy, the experience and the vision to make a real impact on the West Midlands as Metro Mayor. Liam understands the West Midlands and will be able to implement key Labour policies such as the Green New Deal.

David Jamieson
West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner
I have made West Midlands Police a living wage employer, who also make sure their suppliers pay the real living wage too. I back Liam to be the Mayor who can make the West Midlands the first real living wage region in the country.

Cllr Fred Grindrod
Councillor, Bournville and Cotteridge Ward,
Birmingham City Council Our region has been devastated by austerity and cut. Liam has set out a clear agenda on how we end the moral emergency of homelessness, hunger and poverty in our communities. That's why I'm backing him.

Josh Groves
Bournville Branch Labour Party member
I am backing Liam Byrne as he has a plan to revitalise the West Midlands, creating opportunities and jobs for my generation. Housing and employment are a big worry for young people like me and we deserve better than we are getting. Liam has shown that he can deliver for us.

Cllr Carl Rice
Councillor North Edgbaston Ward
Liam Byrne is my choice to represent Labour at the forthcoming West Midlands Mayoral election.

Cllr Brett O'Reilly
Cllr for Longbridge & West Heath, Chief Whip Birmingham Labour group
I'm backing Liam because he has the skills, profile and vision to beat the Tories and deliver on Labour values for the people of the West Midlands.

Chris Worsey
Councillor for Great Barr with Yew Tree, Sandwell
As Community Wealth Building Lead for Sandwell, I look forward to working with Liam to roll out this innovative new approach West Midlands-wide.

Paul Sandars
Councillor for Hateley Heath
I am supporting Liam as he can bring a fresh start to the West Midlands after years of regional and national Tory failure and incompetence; and help bring social justice to all, especially the vulnerable.

Bill Gavan
Sandwell Councillor for West Bromwich Central
Liam was a first class Government minister who has got the experience and talent to get things done. He doesn't shy away from issues like his father's alcoholism which have shaped him and he is never afraid to support the rights of minority groups and has fully backed the LGBTQ+ community.

Anthony Coombs
Member, and former Birmingham City Councillor for Stechford Ward
I support Liam Byrne because because I know him to be caring and thoughtful. He has proved to be hard working and willing. In my view he is excellent candidate.

Miya Jhamat
Labour Party member, Ettingshall ward
I’m backing Liam Byrne because he is committed to ending the moral scandal of homelessness and will lead the way in making the West Midlands a living wage region. Liam has my full support to be Metro Mayor.

Arif Ali
Labour Party member, Hall Green CLP
Liam is the best candidate to get a grip of the very real problems facing our region. Hunger and homelessness won't go away by themselves. It needs someone like Liam to get a grip of it.

Susan Robertson
Chair Weoley Branch Labour Party
Liam sees the issues facing ordinary people and particularly those in less fortunate circumstances and is a constant support and fighter for them.

Keith Davies
Councillor for Smethwick ward
We need a Labour Mayor to take on the challenges of poverty pay and homelessness. Liam can grasp our economic future and make it work for us. That's why I'm backing him for Mayor.

Stuart Hosfield
Member, Selly Oak Labour Party
Very pleased to support Liam for many of his policies but mostly making the West Midlands a Living Wage Region.

Steve Harvatt
Edgbaston CLP Treasurer
A thoughtful, caring and determined guy who will make a difference as Mayor.

Luisella O’Shea
Labour Party member, Acocks Green branch
People in this country are choosing between heating and eating. Girls are missing school because they can't afford sanitary products. Autopsies are revealing empty stomachs. We need a mayor who cares. We need Liam.

Gemma Cartwright MBE
Labour Party member, Birmingham Northfield CLP
I’m backing Liam because he has a true understanding of the homelessness crisis in the West Midlands. His policies will impact on the community at a grassroots level to make the changes we need to see happen.

Julian Bryant
Member in Birmingham Ladywood
I’m supporting Liam because of his radical and comprehensive plans to tackle the climate crisis, build truly affordable zero-carbon council homes, end fuel poverty for hundreds of thousands of families via investing in energy efficiency, and improving and decarbonising transport.

Cllr Richard Worrall
Walsall Councillor for Rushall-Shelfield
l'm happy to endorse Liam, who has the right blend of Parliamentary experience and commitment to putting real-life socialist values into action as Labour Mayor to help make the West Midlands a better, fairer, greener, home for us all.

Cllr Rose Burley
Walsall Councillor for Bentley and Darlaston North, and Deputy Mayor of Walsall
For too long Walsall has been let down by the Tories. We need a Labour mayor who will stand up for Walsall and bring new industry and jobs here.

Bethan Jones
Bournville Branch Women's Officer
As Women's Officer for Bournville Branch, I'm supporting Liam because of his Women's Manifesto pledges to end discrimination at work, pregnancy discrimination, create pathways to safety for women at risk, and end the power imbalance for women in our region.

Cllr Lynne Moran
Wolverhampton City Councillor for St Peter's ward Glad to support Liam Byrne and his commitment to make homelessness history in Wolverhampton by channelling Combined Authority funding.

Joan Hosfield
Labour Party member, Selly Oak CLP
Read Liam's manifesto if you need to be sure he's the right person to be our Metro Mayor. It's clear and concise; it's compassionate; it's thoughtful; it shows how our Labour values should be implemented in the West Midlands

Muhammad Ali
Selly Oak CLP Student and Youth Officer
I'm supporting Liam because of his plans to use the Commonwealth Games to create Young Commonwealth Leaders, training them so they have the skills to be leaders in their own communities one day.

Rai Karra
Labour Party member, Weoley Branch
Liam Byrne works day and night for all the communities of the West Midlands. He firmly believes in bringing people together and breaking down barriers. He has fought consistently against hate crime and for equality. That’s why I am backing Liam to be the Labour Mayor of the West Midlands.

Rt Hon Jacqui Smith
Former Home Secretary, NHS Trust and Children’s Trust Chair
I’ve worked with Liam in government and in the West Midlands. He’s energetic and innovative and can bring strong leadership to ensuring a more dynamic, more successful and fairer West Midlands.

Gordon Lyew
Branch Secretary of Ladywood Labour Party
I am happy to endorse Liam Byrne - the man of the people.

Cllr John Cotton
Birmingham City Councillor for Glebe Farm & Tile Cross Ward, and Chair of LHA Liam is right: homelessness is a moral emergency - so what we need is a Labour Metro Mayor with both the personal passion to end it and the deep commitment to back up Labour councils on the frontline. Liam has both and that’s why I’m supporting him.

Lamina Lloyd
Disabilities Officer and Observer for Wolverhampton South East CLP
I am endorsing Liam as he brings hope and compassion to the region, focusing on our strengths and proud history as makers and innovators to lead us towards a green revolution, creating jobs and prosperity for future generations whilst ensuring that nobody gets left behind.

Sue Phillips
Councillor for Charlemont with Grove Vale, Sandwell Council I'm backing Liam for Metro Mayor because he has a good working knowledge of Sandwell. I like his compassion for those in need and how he actually gets out there and helps people. He isn't all talk.

John Charlton
SHA, Labour Party member, Weoley Branch
Liam has the right blend of skills we need to get this job done. He will take the fight to Andy Street and if elected he will make sure that he puts his manifesto into action. He wants the West Midlands to be a fairer place to live, and so do I. He's got my full support.

Cllr Tony Kennedy
Honourable Alderman
We need our Mayor to have the skills and experience to transform our economy, especially around the 'Green revolution'; co-operative and social enterprise in and with ALL our communities with scientific, social and technical advances so we are once again 'the workshop of the world'!

Cllr Mick Brown
Birmingham City Councillor for Gravelly Hill ward
At a time when we are faced with major challenges from homelessness to climate change, as well as economic uncertainty, we need a dynamic and insightful mayor whose priorities for the West Midlands are the same as the people who live here. We need Liam Byrne.

Jason Brannigan
Labour Party member, Coventry North East
I’m backing Liam because he knows first hand how our communities are suffering. After 9 years of Tory cuts, homelessness and foodbank use have skyrocketed and only Liam has a plan of action to put this right.

Cllr Andy Cartwight
Former Councillor for Longbridge ward, Birmingham City Council
What Liam is campaigning on is there for everybody to see - homelessness on the streets in one of the richest countries in the world.

Rob Marris
Retired MP, Wolverhampton South West
Transport needs improving and Liam Byrne is the right person to get the West Midlands moving.

Douglas Bridger

Labour Party member, Ladywood CLP

Liam is an outstanding MP, actively engaged in his local community and with a clear grasp of the wider issues affecting the region. He has the skills, the experience and the drive to make a great Metro Mayor.

Basharat Mahmood
Labour Party member, Hodge Hill CLP
I’m endorsing Liam Byrne as the Labour Party Candidate for West Midlands Metro Mayor. He is an advocate with a wealth of experience, knowledge and can put his socialist and Labour values into action, reach out to all communities across the West Midlands.

Mark Price
Treasurer, Wolverhampton South East CLP
I am supporting Liam Byrne for Metro Mayor as he was responsible for delivering the redevelopment of New Street transforming the heart of Birmingham city centre and demonstrating his ability to deliver large scale transformational projects.

Cllr Mike Leddy
Birmingham City Councillor for Brandwood and Kings Heath ward
Liam Byrne is a man of action. He has highlighted the injustice of rough sleeping but, just as importantly, the causes of being homeless, as well as Universal Credit, which causes families to now use the numerous foodbanks around the region.

Cllr Tristan Chatfield
Birmingham City Councillor for Weoley and Selly Oak, Cabinet Member for Finance & Resources
I've known Liam for many years and what impresses me about him is the energy he brings to campaigning. He has the big ideas, he recognises problems like drug and alcohol addiction, but he also gets out there on the doorstep and addresses them.

Alistair McIntosh
Labour Party member, Selly Oak CLP
Not only does Liam care deeply about the moral emergency that we face in the region, he has the skills and drive to bring about the radical change that we so desperately need. Liam's vision for the West Midlands is one that I want to see enacted.

Anita Ward
Honourary Alderman and former Lord Mayor of Birmingham
Liam is passionate, he's genuine, and he'll go that extra mile for everybody, whatever their needs. I've worked with him for twenty years, and I know he'll make a difference on homelessness where Andy Street has failed.