Britain Stronger in Europe (formally The In Campaign Limited) was an advocacy group which campaigned in favour of the United Kingdom's continued membership of the

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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 Electoral Commission on 13 April 2016. In the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, 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 Roland Rudd would go on to form the Open Britain 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 Janet Beer * Baroness Brady * Megan Dunn *

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* Jenny Halpern *

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* Caroline Lucas * Lord Mandelson * Trevor Phillips * Richard Reed * Sir Stuart Rose (chair) * Roland Rudd *

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

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, registration number 09641190. Will Straw 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

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Affinity groups

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