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Lobby group for remain in Brexit vote
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
European Union
in the
2016 British referendum
.
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It was launched at the
Old Truman Brewery
in
London
on 12 October 2015,
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and declared as the official "Remain" campaign for the referendum by the
Electoral Commission
on 13 April 2016.
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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
Peter Mandelson
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
Companies House
to Open Britain.
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On 15 April 2018,
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Open Britain launched the
People's Vote
, the campaign for a
second EU Referendum
.
Board
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The organisation's board comprises:
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The In Campaign is registered as a private
limited company
, registration number 09641190.
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Will Straw
is the executive director of the group, while
Ryan Coetzee
worked as director of strategy.
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Affinity groups
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Several groups campaigned for Britain to remain in the EU during the referendum. These include: the campaign group
British Influence
, the individual membership organisation the
European Movement
, 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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