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Boundary Review For European Parliamentary Constituencies

EDM number 1631 in 1992-93, proposed by Graham Allen on 17/03/1993.

That this House views with considerable concern the rumours emanating from senior government sources that the review of the existing European parliamentary constituencies necessitated by the creation of six additional seats will be conducted by the Home Office with help from outside consultants; notes that such a decision will be a major departure from parliamentary convention that all boundary reviews are conducted by the independent and impartial boundary commissions for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland; and calls on the Government not to prejudice the high international regard of the British parliamentary system and lay itself open to accusations of gerrymandering parliamentary boundaries for narrow political advantages.

This motion has been signed by a total of 42 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Graham Allen17/03/1993Nottingham NorthProposed
Ernie Ross18/03/1993Dundee WestSigned
Lynne Jones18/03/1993Birmingham, Selly OakSigned
Ken Livingstone18/03/1993Brent EastSigned
John McAllion18/03/1993Dundee EastSigned
Keith Bradley18/03/1993Manchester, WithingtonSigned
John Cummings18/03/1993EasingtonSigned
Norman Godman18/03/1993Greenock and Port GlasgowSigned
Win Griffiths18/03/1993BridgendSigned
Harry Barnes18/03/1993North East DerbyshireSigned
Paul Tyler18/03/1993North CornwallSigned
Audrey Wise18/03/1993PrestonSigned
Jim Dowd19/03/1993Lewisham WestSigned
Derek Enright19/03/1993HemsworthSigned
Tom Cox19/03/1993TootingSigned
Bridget Prentice22/03/1993Lewisham EastSigned
Alan Meale22/03/1993MansfieldSigned
Eric Clarke22/03/1993MidlothianSigned
Bryan Davies22/03/1993Oldham Central and RoytonSigned
John Evans22/03/1993St Helens NorthSigned
Janet Anderson22/03/1993Rossendale & DarwenSigned
Colin Pickthall23/03/1993West LancashireSigned
Dennis Turner23/03/1993Wolverhampton South EastSigned
Jack Thompson23/03/1993WansbeckSigned
David Alton23/03/1993Liverpool Mossley HillSigned
Michael Connarty23/03/1993Falkirk EastSigned
Michael Clapham23/03/1993Barnsley West & PenistoneSigned
Ian McCartney23/03/1993MakerfieldSigned
Martyn Jones23/03/1993Clwyd South WestSigned
Robert Hughes23/03/1993Aberdeen NorthSigned
Eric Illsley24/03/1993Barnsley CentralSigned
Frank Cook24/03/1993Stockton NorthSigned
Mike Watson24/03/1993Glasgow CentralSigned
Eddie Loyden25/03/1993Liverpool, GarstonSigned
Paul Flynn25/03/1993Newport WestSigned
John Gunnell25/03/1993Leeds South and MorleySigned
Alan Wynne Williams25/03/1993CarmarthenSigned
James Wray29/03/1993Glasgow ProvanSigned
Peter Hardy30/03/1993WentworthSigned
Edward O'Hara31/03/1993Knowsley SouthSigned
Mike Hall31/03/1993Warrington SouthSigned
John Heppell14/04/1993Nottingham EastSigned

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