Nancy Astor M.p.

EDM number 155 in 1994-95, proposed by Helen Jackson on 30/11/1994.

That this House celebrates the election of Nancy Astor, the first woman Member of Parliament to take her seat in the House of Commons, on 1st December 1919; expresses its shame and disappointment that 21 general elections and 75 years later, only 166 women have ever been elected to the House of Commons, and that the ratio in this House is a mere 9.5 per cent.; affirms the principle that the legislature in a democracy should reflect the make up of the electorate; and expresses its hope that positive action is taken by all political parties in this House to further the representation of women, started so ably by the suffragettes.

This motion has been signed by a total of 94 MPs, 3 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Helen Jackson	30/11/1994	Sheffield, Hillsborough		Proposed
Maria Fyfe	30/11/1994	Glasgow, Maryhill		Signed
Paul Flynn	30/11/1994	Newport West		Signed
Margaret Ewing	30/11/1994	Moray		Signed
Gwyneth Dunwoody	30/11/1994	Crewe & Nantwich		Signed
John Denham	30/11/1994	Southampton, Itchen		Signed
Jean Corston	30/11/1994	Bristol East		Signed
Ann Coffey	30/11/1994	Stockport		Signed
Michael Clapham	30/11/1994	Barnsley West & Penistone		Signed
Anne Campbell	30/11/1994	Cambridge		Signed
Richard Caborn	30/11/1994	Sheffield Central		Signed
Richard Burden	30/11/1994	Birmingham, Northfield		Signed
Gordon Oakes	30/11/1994	Halton		Signed
Estelle Morris	30/11/1994	Birmingham, Yardley		Signed
Neil Gerrard	30/11/1994	Walthamstow		Signed
Llin Golding	30/11/1994	Newcastle-under-Lyme		Signed
Alan Wynne Williams	30/11/1994	Carmarthen		Signed
Mike Watson	30/11/1994	Glasgow Central		Signed
Joan Walley	30/11/1994	Stoke-on-Trent North		Signed
Paul Tyler	30/11/1994	North Cornwall		Signed
Clive Betts	30/11/1994	Sheffield, Attercliffe		Signed
Roger Berry	30/11/1994	Kingswood		Signed
Kevin Barron	30/11/1994	Rother Valley		Signed
Harry Barnes	30/11/1994	North East Derbyshire		Signed
Janet Anderson	30/11/1994	Rossendale & Darwen		Signed
Mike Hall	30/11/1994	Warrington South		Signed
John Gunnell	30/11/1994	Leeds South and Morley		Signed
Win Griffiths	30/11/1994	Bridgend		Signed
Teresa Gorman	30/11/1994	Billericay		Signed
Rhodri Morgan	30/11/1994	Cardiff West		Signed
Austin Mitchell	30/11/1994	Great Grimsby		Signed
Andrew Miller	30/11/1994	Ellesmere Port & Neston		Signed
Margaret Hodge	30/11/1994	Barking		Signed
John Heppell	30/11/1994	Nottingham East		Signed
Joseph Hendron	30/11/1994	Belfast West		Signed
Harriet Harman	30/11/1994	Peckham		Signed
Rachel Squire	30/11/1994	Dunfermline West		Signed
Clare Short	30/11/1994	Birmingham, Ladywood		Signed
Joan Ruddock	30/11/1994	Lewisham, Deptford		Signed
Ernie Ross	30/11/1994	Dundee West		Signed
Nick Raynsford	30/11/1994	Greenwich		Signed
Ken Purchase	30/11/1994	Wolverhampton North East		Signed
Bridget Prentice	30/11/1994	Lewisham East		Signed
Colin Pickthall	30/11/1994	West Lancashire		Signed
Max Madden	30/11/1994	Bradford West		Signed
George Howarth	30/11/1994	Knowsley North		Signed
Glenda Jackson	30/11/1994	Hampstead & Highgate		Signed
Alan Milburn	30/11/1994	Darlington		Signed
Ray Michie	30/11/1994	Argyll & Bute		Signed
William McKelvey	30/11/1994	Kilmarnock & Loudoun		Signed
John McAllion	30/11/1994	Dundee East		Signed
Alice Mahon	30/11/1994	Halifax		Signed
Diana Maddock	30/11/1994	Christchurch		Signed
Calum MacDonald	30/11/1994	Na h-Eileanan an Iar		Signed
Liz Lynne	30/11/1994	Rochdale		Signed
Ken Livingstone	30/11/1994	Brent East		Signed
Helen Liddell	30/11/1994	Monklands East		Signed
Jane Kennedy	30/11/1994	Liverpool Broadgreen		Signed
Tessa Jowell	30/11/1994	Dulwich		Signed
David Jamieson	30/11/1994	Plymouth, Devonport		Signed
Alistair Darling	01/12/1994	Edinburgh Central		Signed
Jim Dowd	01/12/1994	Lewisham West		Signed
Hugh Dykes	01/12/1994	Harrow East		Signed
Paddy Tipping	01/12/1994	Sherwood		Signed
Jim Wallace	01/12/1994	Orkney & Shetland		Signed
Eric Clarke	01/12/1994	Midlothian		Signed
Alex Carlile	01/12/1994	Montgomery		Signed
Keith Bradley	01/12/1994	Manchester, Withington		Signed
Alan Meale	01/12/1994	Mansfield		Signed
John Hutton	01/12/1994	Barrow & Furness		Signed
Keith Hill	01/12/1994	Streatham		Signed
Alan Simpson	01/12/1994	Nottingham South		Signed
Keith Vaz	02/12/1994	Leicester East		Signed
Peter Pike	02/12/1994	Burnley		Signed
Tim Rathbone	05/12/1994	Lewes		Signed
Greville Janner	05/12/1994	Leicester West		Signed
Ian McCartney	05/12/1994	Makerfield		Signed
Malcolm Bruce	05/12/1994	Gordon		Signed
John Evans	06/12/1994	St Helens North		Signed
Denis MacShane	06/12/1994	Rotherham		Signed
Barry Jones	06/12/1994	Alyn & Deeside		Signed
Eric Illsley	06/12/1994	Barnsley Central		Signed
Robert Hughes	06/12/1994	Aberdeen North		Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	07/12/1994	Thurrock		Signed
Ian Paisley	07/12/1994	North Antrim		Signed
Tony Banks	07/12/1994	Newham North West		Signed
Malcolm Chisholm	08/12/1994	Edinburgh Leith		Signed
Allan Rogers	08/12/1994	Rhondda		Signed
Martyn Jones	13/12/1994	Clwyd South West		Signed
Roland Boyes	19/01/1995	Houghton and Washington		Signed
Russell Johnston	27/01/1995	Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber		Signed
Bill Michie	Unknown			Withdrawn
Norman A Godman	Unknown			Withdrawn
Derek Enright	Unknown			Withdrawn

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