The MND Leadership Commitment
We’re asking all Conservative leadership candidates to sign the MND Leadership Commitment: a promise that they will champion the MND community in opposition and beyond.
Ask your MP to champion the MND community
- Click below to expand a template email you can send to your MP, explaining what MND is and asking them to sign the MND Leadership Commitment
- Go to Find my MP on the Parliament website to find your MP's name and email address.
- Paste the template into your email, edit the sections in bold with the relevant information, and send it to your MP. Please put [email protected] in the Bcc field so we can tell which MPs have been contacted.
Template email to ask your MP to sign the MND Leadership Commitment
Dear [insert your MP's name]
Congratulations on being successfully nominated as a candidate in the Conservative Party leadership election.
I am writing to you as a constituent to encourage you to sign the MND Leadership Commitment – a promise that you will champion the motor neurone disease (MND) community in opposition and beyond.
MND is a progressive and terminal neurological disease which has a devastating impact on those it affects. There is no cure.
[This is a good spot to add your own experience of MND if you feel comfortable with that.]
There is a proud history of successive governments working to support people living with and affected by MND.
As a constituent who has seen the devastating effects of MND, I would urge you to sign the MND Leadership Commitment and work from opposition to ensure the new Government builds on the progress made by the previous Government, to bring about positive change for the MND community.
The previous administration committed £50 million for targeted MND research, and the Social Security (Special Rules for End of Life) Act was implemented in 2022 to provide an effective fast-track for people living with MND and other terminal illnesses to access essential disability benefits.
Looking forward, the Leader of the Opposition has a key role to play in holding the new Government to account and ensuring it delivers the change needed to make life better for people with MND.
Please sign the MND Leadership Commitment to ensure this proud history continues. If you are happy to sign the MND Leadership Commitment, please email [email protected].
Best wishes,
[Insert your name]
[Insert your address so the MP knows you live in their constituency]
Why is this important?
Your MP is one of the candidates to be the next leader of the Conservative Party. That’s exciting for them, and also for you.
Although the Conservatives are no longer in power, they’re now the official Opposition – and with over 100 MPs in Parliament, it’s important for us to continue to work with them.
This will help to ensure the MND community has a strong voice in Parliament.
As well as signing the MND Leadership Commitment, MPs can champion people with MND in different ways.
They could:
- Join the All-Party Parliamentary Group on MND
- Assist in the casework of constituents with MND
- Ask parliamentary questions
- Take part in relevant debates
- Support one or more of our 5 MND asks of government.
If you’d like to find out more about talking to your MP please get in touch with us on [email protected] or 020 3875 8910.