Lewes MP Among 44 To Be Targeted By Pro EU Campaigners

Maria Caulfield is one of 44 MPs identified by The European Movement who will be targeted in a campaign to unseat them over their support for the UK-Australia trade deal.

The campaigners say they'll be pouring tens of thousands of pounds into hard-hitting campaign ads in a bid to unseat the MPs and pile pressure on the Government to change course.

In an exclusive story by the Mirror, Maria Caulfield was named as one of the 'high priority' MPs that would be targeted as well as East Worthing and Shoreham's Tim Loughton and Horsham's Jeremy Quin.

The trade deal could mean a drop in food standards, such as an influx of chlorinated chicken and will mean British farmers are undercut.

One ad to be targeted at voters in senior Tory Liam Fox's North Somerset reads: 'Skinning lambs alive is cruel and shouldn't be allowed anywhere near the UK market. Tell your Tory MP Liam Fox to fight for animal welfare standards”.

In a poll carried out by The European Movement, they found that the majority of people would back an ouright ban on imported food that doesn't meet British standards.

They told the Mirror that if they can convince one in ten Tory voters (in their targeted seats) to switch votes, the 44 could be under threat.

Labour peer Lord Andrew Adonis, who is chair of the European Movement said:

“Voters deserve to know when their Tory MP is backing a bad deal that critically undermines traditional British values.

“So, we are putting Tory MPs on notice: Stand up for what your constituents believe in or be sure that we will let them know you let them down.

“The British public is clear: Back British farmers, keep chlorine out of our food and stop slashing standards.”

The Mirror has named the full list of Tory seats that will be targeted in the campaign:

1 Alister Jack – Dumfries and Galloway

2 Alun Cairns – Vale of Glamorgan

3 Andrew Bowie – West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine

4 Anne-Marie Trevelyan – Berwick upon Tweed

5 Anthony Browne – South Cambridgeshire *high priority

6 Cherilyn Mackrory – Truro and Falmouth

7 Craig Williams – Montgomeryshire

8 David Davies – Monmouth

9 David Duguid – Banff and Buchan

10 David Johnston – Wantage

11 David Jones – Clwyd West

12 David Mundell – Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale

13 Derek Thomas – St Ives *high priority

14 Dominic Raab — Esher and Walton *high priority

15 Douglas Ross – Moray

16 Duncan Baker – North Norfolk

17 Fay Jones – Brecon and Radnorshire

18 Gagan Mohindra – South West Hertfordshire

19 Geoffrey Clifton-Brown – The Cotswolds

20 Greg Clark – Tunbridge Wells

21 Greg Smith – Buckingham

22 Guy Opperman – Hexham

23 Jacob Rees-Mogg – North East Somerset

24 James Davies – Vale of Clwyd *high priority

25 James Gray – North Wiltshire

26 Jeremy Hunt — South West Surrey *high priority

27 Jeremy Quin – Horsham

28 Jerome Mayhew – Broadland

29 John Howell – Henley

30 John Lamont – Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk

31 John Penrose – Weston-Super-Mare

32 Julian Sturdy – York Outer

33 Liam Fox – North Somerset

34 Lucy Frazer – South East Cambridgeshire

35 Maria Caulfield – Lewes *high priority

36 Philip Dunne – Ludlow

37 Richard Bacon – South Norfolk

38 Robert Courts – Witney

39 Ruth Edwards – Rushcliffe *high priority

40 Simon Baynes – Clwyd South *high priority

41 Simon Hart – Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire *high priority

42 Siobhan Baillie – Stroud *high priority

43 Tim Loughton – East Worthing and Shoreham

44 Victoria Prentis – Banbury