Birmingham City Council (No. 4)
EDM number 1041 in 1993-94, proposed by Jeff Rooker on 19/04/1994.
That this House believes that free debate is the essence of democracy and that local government is at the front line of this democracy; regrets therefore that at the full meeting of Birmingham City Council on Tuesday 12th April the leader of the Conservative Opposition, Councillor Bernard Zissman, led a walkout of half of his group members and therefore was not present at the debate on the Education Committee Report; applauds the courage of Conservative Councillor Allan Blumenthal, a City Councillor for more than 10 years, for writing to his leader saying how embarrassed he and his colleagues were by the walkout calling for Councillor Zissman to consider his position as leader; and calls upon the national Conservative Party leadership to explain to Councillor Zissman that organising walkouts of the debating forum of the largest local authority in England is not the action of a mature political leader.
This motion has been signed by a total of 32 MPs.
| MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Rooker | 19/04/1994 | Birmingham, Perry Barr | Proposed | |
| Estelle Morris | 19/04/1994 | Birmingham, Yardley | Signed | |
| Robin Corbett | 19/04/1994 | Birmingham, Erdington | Signed | |
| John Cummings | 20/04/1994 | Easington | Signed | |
| Harry Barnes | 20/04/1994 | North East Derbyshire | Signed | |
| Tony Banks | 20/04/1994 | Newham North West | Signed | |
| Roger Godsiff | 20/04/1994 | Birmingham Small Heath | Signed | |
| John Evans | 20/04/1994 | St Helens North | Signed | |
| Ian Davidson | 20/04/1994 | Glasgow, Govan | Signed | |
| Richard Burden | 20/04/1994 | Birmingham, Northfield | Signed | |
| Ken Livingstone | 20/04/1994 | Brent East | Signed | |
| Lynne Jones | 20/04/1994 | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Signed | |
| Eric Illsley | 20/04/1994 | Barnsley Central | Signed | |
| Bridget Prentice | 20/04/1994 | Lewisham East | Signed | |
| Terry Patchett | 20/04/1994 | Barnsley East | Signed | |
| Colin Pickthall | 20/04/1994 | West Lancashire | Signed | |
| Peter Pike | 21/04/1994 | Burnley | Signed | |
| Dennis Turner | 21/04/1994 | Wolverhampton South East | Signed | |
| Mike Hall | 21/04/1994 | Warrington South | Signed | |
| Tommy Graham | 21/04/1994 | Renfrew West and Inverclyde | Signed | |
| Derek Enright | 21/04/1994 | Hemsworth | Signed | |
| Terry Davis | 21/04/1994 | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | Signed | |
| Clare Short | 21/04/1994 | Birmingham, Ladywood | Signed | |
| Michael Clapham | 22/04/1994 | Barnsley West & Penistone | Signed | |
| Max Madden | 25/04/1994 | Bradford West | Signed | |
| Helen Jackson | 25/04/1994 | Sheffield, Hillsborough | Signed | |
| Harry Cohen | 25/04/1994 | Leyton | Signed | |
| Michael Connarty | 25/04/1994 | Falkirk East | Signed | |
| Robert Wareing | 26/04/1994 | Liverpool, West Derby | Signed | |
| Martyn Jones | 27/04/1994 | Clwyd South West | Signed | |
| Win Griffiths | 28/04/1994 | Bridgend | Signed | |
| Allan Rogers | 25/05/1994 | Rhondda | Signed |
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