Britain Stronger in Europe (formally The In Campaign Limited) was an

advocacy group Advocacy groups, also known as interest groups, special interest groups, lobbying groups or pressure groups use various forms of advocacy in order to influence public opinion and ultimately policy. They play an important role in the developm ...

which campaigned in favour of the United Kingdom's continued membership of the

European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been des ...

in the 2016 British referendum. It was launched at the

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on 12 October 2015, and declared as the official "Remain" campaign for the referendum by the

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on 13 April 2016. In the

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, 51.9% voted in favour of leaving the EU, which meant that the Britain Stronger in Europe campaign was unsuccessful in achieving its main goal. Following the referendum, many of the individuals involved such as

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and

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would go on to form the

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campaign group. On 6 September 2016 Britain Stronger in Europe officially changed its name on

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to Open Britain. On 15 April 2018, Open Britain launched the

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, the campaign for a second EU Referendum.

Board

The organisation's board comprises: * Sir

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* Sir Brendan Barber * Luke Graham * Dame

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* Baroness Brady * Megan Dunn *

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* Jenny Halpern *

Jude Kelly Judith "Jude" Pamela Kelly, (born March 1954), is a British theatre director and producer. She is a director of the WOW Foundation, which organises the annual Women of the World Festival, founded in 2010 by Kelly. From 2006 to 2018, she was Ar ...

Caroline Lucas Caroline Patricia Lucas (born 9 December 1960) is a British politician who has twice led the Green Party of England and Wales and has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Brighton Pavilion since the 2010 general election. She was re-elected ...

Lord Mandelson Peter Benjamin Mandelson, Baron Mandelson (born 21 October 1953) is a British Labour Party politician who served as First Secretary of State from 2009 to 2010. He was President of the Board of Trade in 1998 and from 2008 to 2010. He is the ...

Trevor Phillips Sir Mark Trevor Phillips (born 31 December 1953) is a British writer, broadcaster and former politician who served as Chair of the London Assembly from 2000 to 2001 and from 2002 to 2003. He presented '' Trevor Phillips on Sunday'', a Sunda ...

Richard Reed Richard John Reed, (born 13 February 1973) is a British businessman, entrepreneur and public speaker. He is the co-founder of Innocent Drinks (founded in 1999 ), an international company producing fresh fruit smoothies and vegetable pots sol ...

* Sir Stuart Rose (chair) *

June Sarpong June Konadu Sarpong (born 31 May 1977) is a British television presenter and executive. She was a panellist on ITV's ''Loose Women'' and is currently a panellist on the Sky News programme '' The Pledge''. In November 2019, Sarpong was appointed ...

* Sir Peter Wall The In Campaign is registered as a private

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, registration number 09641190.

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is the executive director of the group, while Ryan Coetzee worked as director of strategy.

Affinity groups

Several groups campaigned for Britain to remain in the EU during the referendum. These include: the campaign group

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, the individual membership organisation the

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, as well as separate political parties who each had their own campaign (e.g. Labour In for Britain and Conservatives In), various special interest groups (e.g. Environmentalists for Europe), regional groups (e.g. Cambridge for Europe) and professional groups (e.g. Scientists for EU) and Brand EU.

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Examples of leaflets from Britain Stronger In Europe
2015 establishments in England Brexit–related advocacy groups in the United Kingdom Lobbying organisations in the United Kingdom Organisations based in the City of London Political organisations based in London 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum Pro-Europeanism in the United Kingdom {{UK-org-stub

Board

Affinity groups

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