We pledge to Divest Parliament
To the Trustees of the Parliamentary Pension Fund,
Unmitigated climate change threatens to undermine our economy, shared environment and global security. Under the UK’s Climate Change Act and the Paris Agreement, the UK is committed to limiting warming to well below 2C and to aim for no more than 1.5C. This requires leaving the vast majority of fossil fuel reserves unburnt, creating the real possibility of fossil fuel assets becoming stranded – with profound implications for the global economy.
We believe Members of Parliament have a responsibility to act on climate change, and a unique opportunity to show leadership on climate action, responsible investment and the management of climate risk through addressing the practices of our own pension fund.
As MPs past and present, and members of the Parliamentary Pension Fund, we call on the Trustees to uphold their fiduciary duty and take the financial risks of climate change seriously. We ask they quantify, disclose and review the fund’s investments in carbon-intensive industries, engage in a dialogue with fund members and managers on responsible investment, and commit to phasing out fossil fuel investments over an appropriate time-scale.
| Naomi Long, Alliance | Ben Howlett, Conservative Party |
| Caroline Ansell, Conservative Party | Jason McCartney, Conservative Party |
| John Gummer (Lord Deben), Conservative Party | Laura Sandys, Conservative Party |
| Clare Short, Independent Labour | Alan Simpson, Labour Party |
| Andrew Smith, Labour Party | Andy Sawford, Labour Party |
| Ann Cryer, Labour Party | Frank Judd, Labour Party |
| Heidi Alexander, Labour Party | Kerry Pollard, Labour Party |
| Lynne Jones, Labour Party | Mark Lazarowicz, Labour Party |
| Michael Dugher, Labour Party | Paul Flynn, Labour Party |
| Robert Flello, Labour Party | Sadiq Khan, Labour Party |
| Tom Levitt, Labour Party | Valerie Davey, Labour Party |
| David Steel , Liberal Democrats | Dr Julian Huppert, Liberal Democrats |
| Greg Mulholland, Liberal Democrats | John Leech, Liberal Democrats |
| Mark Hunter, Liberal Democrats | Calum Kerr, Scottish National Party (SNP) |
| Roger Mullin, Scottish National Party (SNP) | Mark Durkan, Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) |
| Joan Ryan, Change UK – The Independent Group | Mike Gapes, Change UK – The Independent Group |
| Alex Chalk, Conservative Party | Antoinette Sandback, Conservative Party |
| Bob Neill, Conservative Party | David Warburton, Conservative Party |
| Derek Thomas, Conservative Party | Dr Dan Poulter, Conservative Party |
| James Heappey, Conservative Party | Justine Greening, Conservative Party |
| Luke Graham, Conservative Party | Maria Caulfield, Conservative Party |
| Nadine Dorries, Conservative Party | Nicky Morgan, Conservative Party |
| Rebecca Pow, Conservative Party | Richard Benyon, Conservative Party |
| Robert Courts, Conservative Party | Sarah Newton, Conservative Party |
| Sir Bernard Jenkin, Conservative Party | Sir Oliver Letwin, Conservative Party |
| Stuart Andrew, Conservative Party | Trudy Harrison, Conservative Party |
| Zac Goldsmith, Conservative Party | David Simpson, Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) |
| Gavin Robinson, Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) | Caroline Lucas, Green Party |
| Angela Smith, Independent | Frank Field, Independent |
| Heidi Allen, Independent | Sarah Wollaston, Independent |
| Jared O’Mara, Independent | Lady Hermon, Independent |
| Afzal Khan, Labour Party | Alex Norris, Labour Party |
| Alex Sobel, Labour Party | Alison McGovern, Labour Party |
| Andrew Gwynne, Labour Party | Andrew Slaughter, Labour Party |
| Angela Rayner, Labour Party | Ann Clwyd, Labour Party |
| Anna McMorrin, Labour Party | Anneliese Dodds, Labour Party |
| Bambos Charalambous, Labour Party | Barry Gardiner, Labour Party |
| Benjamin Bradshaw, Labour Party | Bill Esterson, Labour Party |
| Carolyn Harris, Labour Party | Cat Smith, Labour Party |
| Catherine McKinnell, Labour Party | Catherine West, Labour Party |
| Chris Elmore, Labour Party | Chris Matheson, Labour Party |
| Chris Williamson, Labour Party | Clive Lewis, Labour Party |
| Dame Margaret Hodge, Labour Party | Dan Carden, Labour Party |
| Daniel Zeichner, Labour Party | Danielle Rowley, Labour Party |
| Darren Jones, Labour Party | David Drew, Labour Party |
| David Hanson, Labour Party | David Lammy, Labour Party |
| Dawn Butler, Labour Party | Debbie Abrahams, Labour Party |
| Diana Johnson, Labour Party | Dianne Abbott, Labour Party |
| Dr Alan Whitehead, Labour Party | Dr Paul Williams, Labour Party |
| Dr Rosena Allin-Khan, Labour Party | Edward Miliband, Labour Party |
| Eleanor Smith, Labour Party | Ellie Reeves, Labour Party |
| Emily Thornberry, Labour Party | Emma Dent Coad, Labour Party |
| Emma Lewell-Buck, Labour Party | Fabian Hamilton, Labour Party |
| Faisal Rashid, Labour Party | Geoffrey Robinson, Labour Party |
| Gill Furniss, Labour Party | Gordon Marsden, Labour Party |
| Harriet Harman, Labour Party | Helen Goodman, Labour Party |
| Helen Hayes, Labour Party | Hiliary Benn, Labour Party |
| Holly Lynch, Labour Party | Hugh Gaffney, Labour Party |
| Ian Lucas, Labour Party | Ian Mearns, Labour Party |
| Ian Murray, Labour Party | Imran Hussain, Labour Party |
| Ivan Lewis, Labour Party | Jack Dromey, Labour Party |
| Janet Daby, Labour Party | Jeff Smith, Labour Party |
| Jenny Chapman, Labour Party | Jeremy Corbyn, Labour Party |
| Jessica Morden, Labour Party | Jo Stevens, Labour Party |
| John Cryer, Labour Party | John McDonnell, Labour Party |
| Jon Cruddas, Labour Party | Jon Trickett, Labour Party |
| Jonathan Reynolds, Labour Party | Judith Cummins, Labour Party |
| Julie Cooper, Labour Party | Karen Buck, Labour Party |
| Karen Lee, Labour Party | Karin Smyth, Labour Party |
| Karl Turner, Labour Party | Kate Green, Labour Party |
| Kate Osamor, Labour Party | Keir Starmer, Labour Party |
| Kerry McCarthy, Labour Party | Kevin Brennan, Labour Party |
| Laura Smith, Labour Party | Lesley Laird, Labour Party |
| Liam Byrne, Labour Party | Lilian Greenwood, Labour Party |
| Lisa Nandy, Labour Party | Lloyd Russell-Moyle, Labour Party |
| Louise Haigh, Labour Party | Luke Pollard, Labour Party |
| Lyn Brown, Labour Party | Madeleine Moon, Labour Party |
| Margaret Greenwood, Labour Party | Marie Rimmer, Labour Party |
| Mark Tami, Labour Party | Marsha de Cordova, Labour Party |
| Martin Whitfield, Labour Party | Mary Creagh, Labour Party |
| Mary Glindon, Labour Party | Matt Rodda, Labour Party |
| Matthew Pennycook, Labour Party | Matthew Western, Labour Party |
| Mike Amesbury, Labour Party | Mike Hill, Labour Party |
| Mohammed Yasin, Labour Party | Naz Shah, Labour Party |
| Neil Coyle, Labour Party | Nick Thomas-Symonds, Labour Party |
| Owen Smith, Labour Party | Paul Blomfield, Labour Party |
| Paul Farrelly, Labour Party | Paula Sherriff, Labour Party |
| Peter Kyle, Labour Party | Preet Kaur Gill, Labour Party |
| Rachael Maskell, Labour Party | Rachel Reeves, Labour Party |
| Rebecca Long-Bailey, Labour Party | Richard Burgon, Labour Party |
| Roberta Blackman-Woods, Labour Party | Roger Godsiff, Labour Party |
| Rosie Cooper, Labour Party | Rosie Duffield, Labour Party |
| Rupa Huq, Labour Party | Rushanara Ali, Labour Party |
| Ruth Cadbury, Labour Party | Ruth George, Labour Party |
| Ruth Jones, Labour Party | Ruth Smeeth, Labour Party |
| Sandy Martin, Labour Party | Sarah Jones, Labour Party |
| Seema Malhotra, Labour Party | Shabana Mahmood, Labour Party |
| Sharon Hodgson, Labour Party | Siobhain McDonagh, Labour Party |
| Sir David Crausby, Labour Party | Stephen Morgan, Labour Party |
| Stephen Pound, Labour Party | Stephen Timms, Labour Party |
| Stephen Twigg, Labour Party | Steve McCabe, Labour Party |
| Sue Hayman, Labour Party | Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi, Labour Party |
| Teresa Pearce, Labour Party | Thangam Debbonaire, Labour Party |
| Thelma Walker, Labour Party | Toby Perkins, Labour Party |
| Tonia Antoniazzi, Labour Party | Tracy Brabin, Labour Party |
| Tulip Siddiq, Labour Party | Valerie Vaz, Labour Party |
| Vernon Coaker, Labour Party | Vicky Foxcroft, Labour Party |
| Virendra Sharma, Labour Party | Wes Streeting, Labour Party |
| Yasmin Qureshi, Labour Party | Yvonne Fovargue, Labour Party |
| Barry Sheerman, Labour/Co-operative Party | Christina Rees, Labour/Co-operative Party |
| Gareth Thomas, Labour/Co-operative Party | Ged Killen, Labour/Co-operative Party |
| Geraint Davies, Labour/Co-operative Party | Jo Platt, Labour/Co-operative Party |
| Lucy Powell, Labour/Co-operative Party | Meg Hillier, Labour/Co-operative Party |
| Paul Sweeney, Labour/Co-operative Party | Stella Creasy, Labour/Co-operative Party |
| Stephen Doughty, Labour/Co-operative Party | Steve Reed, Labour/Co-operative Party |
| Alistair Carmichael, Liberal Democrats | Christine Jardine, Liberal Democrats |
| Chuka Umunna, Liberal Democrats | Jamie Stone, Liberal Democrats |
| Jo Swinson, Liberal Democrats | Layla Moran, Liberal Democrats |
| Norman Lamb, Liberal Democrats | Sir Ed Davey, Liberal Democrats |
| Sir Vince Cable, Liberal Democrats | Stephen Lloyd, Liberal Democrats |
| Tim Farron, Liberal Democrats | Tom Brake, Liberal Democrats |
| Wera Hobhouse, Liberal Democrats | Benjamin Lake, Plaid Cymru |
| Hywel Williams, Plaid Cymru | Jonathan Edwards, Plaid Cymru |
| Liz Saville-Roberts, Plaid Cymru | Alan Brown, Scottish National Party (SNP) |
| Alison Thewliss, Scottish National Party (SNP) | Angela Crawley, Scottish National Party (SNP) |
| Angus MacNeil , Scottish National Party (SNP) | Brendan O’Hara, Scottish National Party (SNP) |
| Carol Monaghan, Scottish National Party (SNP) | Chris Law, Scottish National Party (SNP) |
| Chris Stephens, Scottish National Party (SNP) | David Linden, Scottish National Party (SNP) |
| Deidre Brock, Scottish National Party (SNP) | Douglas Chapman, Scottish National Party (SNP) |
| Dr Philippa Whitford, Scottish National Party (SNP) | Drew Hendry, Scottish National Party (SNP) |
| Gavin Newlands, Scottish National Party (SNP) | Hannah Bardell, Scottish National Party (SNP) |
| Ian Blackford, Scottish National Party (SNP) | Joanna Cherry, Scottish National Party (SNP) |
| John McNally, Scottish National Party (SNP) | Lisa Cameron, Scottish National Party (SNP) |
| Marion Fellows, Scottish National Party (SNP) | Martin Docherty-Hughes, Scottish National Party (SNP) |
| Martyn Day, Scottish National Party (SNP) | Mhairi Black, Scottish National Party (SNP) |
| Neil Gray, Scottish National Party (SNP) | Patricia Gibson, Scottish National Party (SNP) |
| Patrick Grady, Scottish National Party (SNP) | Peter Wishart, Scottish National Party (SNP) |
| Ronnie Cowan, Scottish National Party (SNP) | Stephen Gethins, Scottish National Party (SNP) |
| Stewart Hosie, Scottish National Party (SNP) | Stewart McDonald, Scottish National Party (SNP) |
| Stuart McDonald, Scottish National Party (SNP) | Tommy Sheppard, Scottish National Party (SNP) |