MPs sign motion condemning Trump's attacks on Cuba
Campaign News | Wednesday, 4 February 2026
MPs have tabled an Early Day Motion (EDM) expressing their "grave concern" at President Trump's executive order on 29 January declaring Cuba to be an "extraordinary threat" to the national security of the United States and authorising new sanctions on countries supplying oil to the island.
EDM 2739, 'New US sanctions on Cuba', was tabled on 3 February by Steve Witherden MP, Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Cuba and as of 4 February has been signed by 27 MPs, including Labour, Liberal Democrat, SNP, Plaid Cymru and Independent members.
EDM 1550: New US sanctions on Cuba
Motion text
That this House expresses grave concern at the executive order signed on 29 January 2026 by US President Donald Trump, which unjustifiably declares Cuba as an “extraordinary threat” to the national security of the United States and authorises new sanctions against any country supplying oil to Cuba; notes that Cuba is already facing a severe energy crisis as a result of the long standing US blockade, and that any further restrictions on fuel supplies will have a severe impact on healthcare, food production, transport, education, essential public services and access to electricity, fuel, and medical infrastructure; further notes that such measures amount to the collective punishment of a civilian population and will inevitably lead to avoidable deaths; recognises that the extraterritorial application of US sanctions seeks to coerce third party countries into complying with the US blockade, thereby undermining and breaching their national sovereignty and international law; recalls that the United Nations General Assembly has repeatedly and overwhelmingly condemned the US blockade of Cuba, with the UK repeatedly voting in support of that position; and calls on the UK Government to oppose this executive order, reject all extraterritorial sanctions, uphold the right of sovereign states to determine their own trading relationships with Cuba, and advocate for the rescission of measures that endanger humanitarian wellbeing.
List of signers as of 4 February 2026
- Steve Witheren MP (primary sponsor)
- Richard Burgon MP (sponsor)
- Andrew George MP (sponsor)
- Brendan O'Hara MP (sponsor)
- Apsana Begum MP (sponsor)
- Jeremy Corbyn MP (sponsor)
- Lorraine Beavers MP
- Neil Duncan Jordan MP
- Ann Davies MP
- Cat Eccles MP
- Clive Efford MP
- Mary Foy MP
- Imran Hussain MP
- Kim Johnson MP
- Ian Lavery MP
- Brian Leishman MP
- Clive Lewis MP
- Rebecca Long Bailey MP
- Rachael Maskell MP
- Andy McDonald MP
- John McDonnell MP
- Grahame Morris MP
- Yasmin Qureshi MP
- Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP
- Liz Saville Roberts MP
- Zarah Sultana MP
- Jon Trickett MP
You can view the EDM on the Parliament website.
