Right To Vote

EDM number 280 in 1991-92, proposed by Jeff Rooker on 27/11/1991.

That this House recognises in a democracy the need for special procedures to enable housebound people and those in care to be able to cast a vote easily at elections times; therefore welcomes the recent guidance to electoral registration officers that they should use social services departments to trawl for absent voters and to approach directly residential and nursing care homes; believes the most effective method of assisting housebound people to exercise their right to vote is a national publicity campaign; therefore calls upon the Home Office to fund a national newspaper campaign in the same way that they plan for short term applications once the date of the general election is announced so as to overcome the special disadvantages faced by housebound people given the short time available for last minute applications; and requests that publication of the electoral register in February 1992 be accompanied by such advertising so that the maximum numbers can take advantage of the right to vote.

This motion has been signed by a total of 178 MPs, 6 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Jeff Rooker	27/11/1991	Birmingham, Perry Barr		Proposed
Roger Sims	27/11/1991	Chislehurst		Signed
Alf Morris	27/11/1991	Manchester Wythenshawe		Signed
John Hannam	27/11/1991	Exeter		Signed
Dafydd Wigley	27/11/1991	Caernarfon		Signed
Alexander Eadie	28/11/1991	Midlothian		Signed
Maria Fyfe	28/11/1991	Glasgow, Maryhill		Signed
Peter Hain	28/11/1991	Neath		Signed
Tony Banks	28/11/1991	Newham North West		Signed
Harry Barnes	28/11/1991	North East Derbyshire		Signed
John Battle	28/11/1991	Leeds West		Signed
Keith Vaz	28/11/1991	Leicester East		Signed
Alex Carlile	28/11/1991	Montgomery		Signed
Keith Bradley	28/11/1991	Manchester, Withington		Signed
Alan Meale	28/11/1991	Mansfield		Signed
Dawn Primarolo	28/11/1991	Bristol South		Signed
Ernie Ross	28/11/1991	Dundee West		Signed
Peter Hardy	28/11/1991	Wentworth		Signed
David Hinchliffe	28/11/1991	Wakefield		Signed
Eddie Loyden	28/11/1991	Liverpool, Garston		Signed
John McAllion	28/11/1991	Dundee East		Signed
William McKelvey	28/11/1991	Kilmarnock & Loudoun		Signed
Peter Pike	29/11/1991	Burnley		Signed
Jim Wallace	02/12/1991	Orkney & Shetland		Signed
Andrew Faulds	02/12/1991	Warley East		Signed
Huw Edwards	02/12/1991	Monmouth		Signed
Frank Cook	02/12/1991	Stockton North		Signed
Michael Carr	02/12/1991	Ribble Valley		Signed
David Knox	02/12/1991	Staffordshire Moorlands		Signed
Jack Thompson	03/12/1991	Wansbeck		Signed
John Evans	03/12/1991	St Helens North		Signed
Terry Davis	03/12/1991	Birmingham, Hodge Hill		Signed
Ronnie Campbell	03/12/1991	Blyth Valley		Signed
Eric Illsley	03/12/1991	Barnsley Central		Signed
Terry Patchett	03/12/1991	Barnsley East		Signed
David Clelland	04/12/1991	Tyne Bridge		Signed
Harry Cohen	04/12/1991	Leyton		Signed
Frank Doran	04/12/1991	Aberdeen South		Signed
Bruce Grocott	04/12/1991	Wrekin, The		Signed
Dennis Turner	04/12/1991	Wolverhampton South East		Signed
Michael Welsh	04/12/1991	Doncaster North		Signed
David Winnick	04/12/1991	Walsall North		Signed
Bill O'Brien	04/12/1991	Normanton		Signed
Mo Mowlam	04/12/1991	Redcar		Signed
Rhodri Morgan	04/12/1991	Cardiff West		Signed
Robert Sheldon	04/12/1991	Ashton-under-Lyne		Signed
Chris Smith	04/12/1991	Islington South & Finsbury		Signed
Kate Hoey	04/12/1991	Vauxhall		Signed
Tony Lloyd	04/12/1991	Stretford		Signed
Alice Mahon	04/12/1991	Halifax		Signed
Jim Marshall	04/12/1991	Leicester South		Signed
Thomas McAvoy	04/12/1991	Glasgow, Rutherglen		Signed
George Foulkes	05/12/1991	Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley		Signed
Kenneth Eastham	05/12/1991	Manchester, Blackley		Signed
Ron Davies	05/12/1991	Caerphilly		Signed
Robin Corbett	05/12/1991	Birmingham, Erdington		Signed
James Callaghan	05/12/1991	Heywood & Middleton		Signed
Jeremy Bray	05/12/1991	Motherwell South		Signed
Sam Galbraith	05/12/1991	Strathkelvin & Bearsden		Signed
George Galloway	05/12/1991	Glasgow Hillhead		Signed
Norman Godman	05/12/1991	Greenock and Port Glasgow		Signed
Donald Anderson	05/12/1991	Swansea East		Signed
Joe Ashton	05/12/1991	Bassetlaw		Signed
Stuart Bell	05/12/1991	Middlesbrough		Signed
Robert Wareing	05/12/1991	Liverpool, West Derby		Signed
Alan Williams	05/12/1991	Swansea West		Signed
Brian Wilson	05/12/1991	Cunninghame North		Signed
Roland Boyes	05/12/1991	Houghton and Washington		Signed
Chris Mullin	05/12/1991	Sunderland South		Signed
Lewis Moonie	05/12/1991	Kirkcaldy		Signed
Nigel Griffiths	05/12/1991	Edinburgh South		Signed
Max Madden	05/12/1991	Bradford West		Signed
Giles Radice	05/12/1991	North Durham		Signed
Stuart Randall	05/12/1991	Kingston upon Hull West		Signed
Geoffrey Robinson	05/12/1991	Coventry North West		Signed
Terry Rooney	05/12/1991	Bradford North		Signed
Brian Sedgemore	05/12/1991	Hackney South & Shoreditch		Signed
Nigel Spearing	05/12/1991	Newham South		Signed
John Home Robertson	05/12/1991	East Lothian		Signed
Robert Hughes	05/12/1991	Aberdeen North		Signed
Adam Ingram	05/12/1991	East Kilbride		Signed
Richard Livsey	05/12/1991	Brecon and Radnor		Signed
John Marek	05/12/1991	Wrexham		Signed
John Maxton	05/12/1991	Glasgow, Cathcart		Signed
Alun Michael	05/12/1991	Cardiff South & Penarth		Signed
Denzil Davies	10/12/1991	Llanelli		Signed
Ieuan Wyn Jones	10/12/1991	Ynys M		Signed
Sylvia Heal	10/12/1991	Staffordshire Mid		Signed
Peter Snape	10/12/1991	West Bromwich East		Signed
Matthew Taylor	11/12/1991	Truro		Signed
Nicol Stephen	11/12/1991	Kincardine and Deeside		Signed
Ronnie Fearn	11/12/1991	Southport		Signed
Malcolm Bruce	11/12/1991	Gordon		Signed
Ray Michie	11/12/1991	Argyll & Bute		Signed
Simon Hughes	11/12/1991	Southwark and Bermondsey		Signed
Keith Raffan	11/12/1991	Delyn		Signed
Win Griffiths	12/12/1991	Bridgend		Signed
Kevin Barron	17/12/1991	Rother Valley		Signed
Mark Fisher	17/12/1991	Stoke-on-Trent Central		Signed
Derek Fatchett	17/12/1991	Leeds Central		Signed
Harry Ewing	17/12/1991	Falkirk East		Signed
David Lambie	17/12/1991	Cunninghame South		Signed
Martyn Jones	17/12/1991	Clwyd South West		Signed
Allan Rogers	17/12/1991	Rhondda		Signed
Martin Redmond	17/12/1991	Don Valley		Signed
Robert Parry	17/12/1991	Liverpool, Riverside		Signed
Mike Watson	18/12/1991	Glasgow Central		Signed
Gerry Steinberg	18/12/1991	Durham, City of		Signed
Michael Foot	18/12/1991	Blaenau Gwent		Signed
Tam Dalyell	18/12/1991	Linlithgow		Signed
Edward O'Hara	18/12/1991	Knowsley South		Signed
Paul Murphy	18/12/1991	Torfaen		Signed
Tom Pendry	18/12/1991	Stalybridge & Hyde		Signed
Tony Worthington	19/12/1991	Clydebank & Milngavie		Signed
David Blunkett	19/12/1991	Sheffield, Brightside		Signed
Gerry Bermingham	19/12/1991	St Helens South		Signed
Joe Benton	19/12/1991	Bootle		Signed
Tom Clarke	19/12/1991	Monklands West		Signed
Nick Brown	19/12/1991	Newcastle upon Tyne East		Signed
Austin Mitchell	19/12/1991	Great Grimsby		Signed
Joan Lestor	19/12/1991	Eccles		Signed
Ted Rowlands	19/12/1991	Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney		Signed
Joan Ruddock	19/12/1991	Lewisham, Deptford		Signed
Clare Short	19/12/1991	Birmingham, Ladywood		Signed
George Howarth	19/12/1991	Knowsley North		Signed
Roy Hughes	19/12/1991	Newport East		Signed
John Fraser	20/12/1991	Norwood		Signed
Gavin Strang	13/01/1992	Edinburgh East		Signed
Ian McCartney	13/01/1992	Makerfield		Signed
Eric Martlew	13/01/1992	Carlisle		Signed
Michael Martin	13/01/1992	Glasgow, Springburn		Signed
Doug Henderson	13/01/1992	Newcastle upon Tyne North		Signed
Andrew Smith	13/01/1992	Oxford East		Signed
John Reid	13/01/1992	Motherwell North		Signed
Joyce Quin	13/01/1992	Gateshead East		Signed
Ashok Kumar	14/01/1992	Langbaurgh		Signed
Barry Sheerman	14/01/1992	Huddersfield		Signed
John McFall	15/01/1992	Dumbarton		Signed
Paul Boateng	15/01/1992	Brent South		Signed
Richard Caborn	16/01/1992	Sheffield Central		Signed
John McWilliam	16/01/1992	Blaydon		Signed
Calum MacDonald	16/01/1992	Na h-Eileanan an Iar		Signed
Greville Janner	16/01/1992	Leicester West		Signed
Raymond Powell	16/01/1992	Ogmore		Signed
Gareth Wardell	17/01/1992	Gower		Signed
Hilary Armstrong	20/01/1992	North West Durham		Signed
Henry McLeish	20/01/1992	Central Fife		Signed
Terry Lewis	20/01/1992	Worsley		Signed
John Gilbert	21/01/1992	Dudley East		Signed
Ron Leighton	22/01/1992	Newham North East		Signed
Jim Cousins	22/01/1992	Newcastle upon Tyne Central		Signed
James Wray	23/01/1992	Glasgow Provan		Signed
Joan Walley	23/01/1992	Stoke-on-Trent North		Signed
Tony Benn	23/01/1992	Chesterfield		Signed
Alan Wynne Williams	24/01/1992	Carmarthen		Signed
Paul Flynn	29/01/1992	Newport West		Signed
Jack Aspinwall	29/01/1992	Wansdyke		Signed
Graham Allen	30/01/1992	Nottingham North		Signed
Andrew Rowe	31/01/1992	Kent Mid		Signed
Harriet Harman	04/02/1992	Peckham		Signed
Ivan Lawrence	04/02/1992	Burton		Signed
Gwyneth Dunwoody	06/02/1992	Crewe & Nantwich		Signed
Irene Adams	06/02/1992	Paisley North		Signed
Malcolm Thornton	11/02/1992	Crosby		Signed
Tim Rathbone	20/02/1992	Lewes		Signed
Hugh Dykes	02/03/1992	Harrow East		Signed
Robert Hicks	05/03/1992	South East Cornwall		Signed
Janet Fookes	06/03/1992	Plymouth Drake		Signed
Rupert Allason	11/03/1992	Torbay		Signed
Dale Campbell-Savours	12/03/1992	Workington		Signed
Julian Critchley	12/03/1992	Aldershot		Signed
Bruce George	12/03/1992	Walsall South		Signed
Geoffrey Lofthouse	Unknown			Withdrawn
Elliot Morley	Unknown			Withdrawn
Kim Howells	Unknown			Withdrawn
Doug Hoyle	Unknown			Withdrawn
Frank Field	Unknown			Withdrawn
John Garrett	Unknown			Withdrawn

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