Form: 10KSB

Optional form for annual and transition reports of small business issuers [Section 13 or 15(d), not S-B Item 405]

March 31, 2003

EXHIBIT 23.1

Published on March 31, 2003



EXHIBIT 23.1



INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S CONSENT

As independent auditors, we hereby consent to the incorporation by reference of
our report, dated February 18, 2003, which includes an emphasis paragraph
relating to uncertainty as to the Company's ability to continue as a going
concern, relating to the financial statements of Commonwealth Biotechnologies,
Inc. for the years ended December 31, 2002 and 2001, included in the 2002 Annual
Report to Shareholders and incorporated by reference into the Annual Report on
Form 10-KSB, into the Company's previously filed Form S-8 Registration
Statement, File No. 333-51074, and Form S-3 Registration Statement No.
333-51078.



MCGLADREY & PULLEN, LLP





Richmond, Virginia
March 31, 2003