What British MPs and ex MPs said about
cannabis legalisation

Updated November 2020

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LIST OF UK MPs & Ex-MP's WHO ADMITTED TRYING CANNABIS

LIST OF UK MPs

• Lee Anderson, Conservative, Ashfield and Mansfield, November 2020
• John Bercow, Independent, Buckingham, June 2002
• Crispin Blunt, Conservative, Reigate: Boy, 6, could face premature death if he is denied cannabis treatment, MPs warned: 20 February 2018
• Tracey Brabin, Labour, Batley and Spen, November 2020
• Tom Brake, Lib Dem, Carshalton and Wallington: tried to make the sale of cannabis seeds illegal with his Cannabis Seeds (Prohibition) Ten Minute Rule Bill: July 2008
• James Brokenshire, Conservative, Old Bexley & Sidcup: Reply from Home Office 24 Feb 2011 - page 1 and page 2
• David Cameron, Conservative, Prime Minister, Witney: PM rules out drugs policy review: South Wales GuardianDec 10 2012
• James Cleverly, Conservative, Braintree: Tory MP admits taking drugs, watching porn and wanting to snog Theresa May, November 1 2015
• Yvette Cooper, Labour, Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
• Jackie Doyle-Price, Conservative, Thurrock, November 2020
• Sir Alan Duncan, Conservative, Rutland and Melton
• Angela Eagle, Labour Wallasey, September 2001
• Michael Ellis, Conservative, Northampton North, October 2010
• Nigel Evans, Conservative, Ripple Valley, September 2007
• Michael Fabricant, Conservative, Litchfield: Anger as Tory party chief backs MPs' bid to legalise hard drugs and to educate users instead: Daily Mail, 10 Dec 2012
• Tim Farron, Lib Dem, Westmorland and Lonsdale: Tim Farron calls for legalisation of cannabis for recreational use, The Guardian, 11 February 2016
• Caroline Flint, Labour, Don Valley: I Tried Cannabis But Didn't Like It: The Scotsman, 4 July 2003
• Paul Flynn, Labour, Newport West: Fury over Commons filibustering as Labour MPs turn on each other over cannabis bill: 23 February 2002
• Liam Fox, Conservative, North Somerset, Responds to Seed Our Future letter, November 2020
• Sir Roger Gale, Labour, Vauxhall, MP slams cannabis seed sales, July 2013
• Chris Heaton-Harris, Conservative, Daventry, October 2019
• Kate Hoey, Labour, Vauxhall, called for end to Lambeth Project in House, June 2002
• Philip Hollobone, Conservative, Kettering: said: I support the medical use of cannabis and I think the Government should be more fleet of foot over this issue., 29 February 2018
• George Howarth, Labour, Knowsley
• Andrea Leadsom, Conservative, South Northamptonshire 2019
• Sir Edward Leigh, Conservative, Gainsborough, said: Cannabis in its raw form is not recognised as having any medicinal purposes, 2018
• Oliver Letwin, Conservative, West Dorset Tory Warning Over Cannabis Reform: Daily Telegraph1 July 2002
• Oliver Letwin, Conservative, West Dorset: Pot Proposals Are 'Worst of Both Worlds': Western Gazette, 18 July 2002
• Oliver Letwin, Conservative, West Dorset, March 1999
• Tim Loughton, Conservative, Worthing East& Shoreham: Mixed Messages On Soft Drugs Fuelling Cannabis Café Problem: Worthing Herald, 29 May 2003
• Baroness Meacher, Crossbencher, House of Lords, responds: November 2020
• Andrew Mitchell, Conservative, Sutton Coldfield, November 2014: MP rejects calls to legalise cannabis
• Matt Rodda, Labour, Reading East, supports use of medicinal cannabis for Alfie Dingley : In Your Area, 15 March 2018
• Tommy Sheppard, Scottish Nationalist, Edinburgh East, November 2020
• Keith Simpson, Conservative, Broadland, January 1998
• Chloe Smith, Conservative, Norwich North, February 2012
• Jeff Smith, Labour, Withington: calls on government to grant Alfie Dingley medical cannabis licence: 21 March 2018
• Jeff Smith, Labour, Withington: Why we must legalise cannabis now for the sake of public health: 3 June 2018
• Bob Stewart, Conservative, Beckingham, said: I support the medical use of cannabis, particularly in this case. 20 February 2018
• I smoked marijuana, admits Chuka Umunna: Conservative, Streatham, The Telegraph, July 2012
• Keith Vaz, Labour, Leicester East, said it was a critical, now or never moment for serious reform and urged politicians to stop being hysterical about drugs policy.: The Telegraph, Dec 10 2012
• John Whittingdale OBE, Conservative, MaldonJanuary 1998
• Jeremy Wright, Conservative, Kenilworth and Southam, urging Home Office to change mind on cannabis treatment for Kenilworth boy: 21 February 2018
• David Willetts, Conservative, Havant: admitted that he smoked cannabis

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