Charles Chiverton, who also worked at Thoresby Colliery and is a spokesperson for the campaign, said the miners were victims of circumstance.
“In 1995 new pension regulators came in, which if we had been allowed to remain as a scheme we would have fallen under the same rules as every other public sector pension scheme – and we wouldn’t be in this ridiculous situation.”
On average, former mine workers have received around an extra £100 a week through cash released in previous budgets.
The miners claim that £100 would be doubled if the surplus sharing scheme was scrapped.
Newton said he believed it would ultimately benefit former mining communities if pensioners had more money to spend.
“We’ve done some research into this. An area like Mansfield, it will be £100m annually. The same in Sherwood Forest constituency,” he added.