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The Rejoin EU Party Team
As a team, we’re making Rejoin happen
Brendan Donnelly, Chairman
Brendan is a former Conservative Member of the European Parliament, who left the Conservative Party in protest against its anti-European policies.
Before entering politics, Brendan worked as an official in the Foreign Office, the European Parliament and the European Commission. He now runs a pro-European think-tank.
Richard Hewison, Leader/Treasurer
Richard stood for Mayor of London in 2021 as well as standing as a list candidate in the London Assembly Elections 2024 and in several parliamentary and local by-elections in London and further afield.
John Stevens, Deputy Leader
John is a former Conservative Member of the European Parliament who left the party due to its hostility to the UK joining the euro. He pushed Nigel Farage into third place in the 2010 General Election when he stood as an independent in Buckingham. He has also worked as a City investment banker and bond trader and advised various EU governments on their joining the European single currency. He now chairs a European think-tank.
Jim Newell, Deputy Leader
Jim used to be a member of the Labour Party, but he believes that, in the early 21st century, there Is no progressive political agenda to be had that doesn’t embrace European integration. He therefore resigned from the party when Keir Starmer announced that Labour had become a pro-Brexit party. He taught politics at Salford University for many years and now spends part of his time lecturing at the University of Urbino in Italy.
Joseph Meagher, Secretary
Joseph Meagher stood as our candidate in the Gorton & Denton by-election in February 2026.
Joseph, who lives in the North West, said: “We need to send a strong message to Labour and others that politicians can no longer ignore the damage caused by Brexit and that we need to re-join the EU.
“Brexit is humiliating Britain on the world stage. Our self-respect demands that we re-join a strong democratic bloc to resist pressures from some nations whose only aim appears simply to be to further their own narrow self-interest.”
Richard Morley, Executive Committee Member
Richard is a former Royal Navy officer, theatre director, journalist and national ski-team trainer who has run a hotel group in England and France since 1994. He currently chairs a think-tank that concentrates on models of global administration and domestic evolution in the 21st century and tutors students in the same field.
Bill Colegrave, Executive Committee Member
Bill stood for the party as a candidate in Hammersmith & Chiswick in the 2024 General Election.
He said: “There is now a broad consensus that Brexit has damaged and diminished the country. There is no value in recriminations. Let’s take responsibility for the error and seek to reverse it.”
Elwyn Jones, South-East Regional Co-Ordinator
Elwyn is our South East Regional Co-Ordinator. His recent career was as a European business-intelligence consultant. He started his career as an academic, lecturing in electrical engineering.
