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Impact Of Census Under-Recording

EDM number 1196 in 1990-91, proposed by Alan Williams on 24/07/1991.

That this House notes that more than a million people may have been missed in the census; calculates that this averages over 1,500 per constituency though recognises that there will be a wide range around this number in individual constituencies; believes that this statistical population-loss is largely the result of the poll tax; notes that 45 honourable Members of this House have majorities of less than 1,500; concludes that if the short-fall in census information is reflected in electoral registers then it could have a profound distorting effect on any general election; and believes it would be a grotesque corruption of the democratic process if the Government which was responsible for the policy which produced this under-recording were then to be its electoral beneficiary.

This motion has been signed by a total of 9 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Alan Williams24/07/1991Swansea WestProposed
Bob Cryer24/07/1991Bradford SouthSigned
Dennis Skinner25/07/1991BolsoverSigned
Peter Hardy25/07/1991WentworthSigned
Alan Meale25/07/1991MansfieldSigned
Bill Michie25/07/1991Sheffield, HeeleySigned
Frank Cook25/07/1991Stockton NorthSigned
John Cummings25/07/1991EasingtonSigned
Harry Barnes25/07/1991North East DerbyshireSigned

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