Historic County Boundaries

EDM number 109 in 1995-96, proposed by Peter Thurnham on 24/11/1995.

That this House notes that 27th November is the 700th anniversary of the arrival of the first Lancashire honourable Members, Matteus de Redman and Johannes de Eywas, at Westminster; recognises the distinct loyalties which are still felt to the historic county of Lancashire; and calls on local councils to signpost the traditional boundaries of Lancashire and of the other historic counties of England such as Westmorland, Yorkshire and Cheshire.

This motion has been signed by a total of 34 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Peter Thurnham	24/11/1995	Bolton North East		Proposed
David Young	24/11/1995	Bolton South East		Signed
David Sumberg	24/11/1995	Bury South		Signed
Tom Arnold	24/11/1995	Hazel Grove		Signed
David Alton	24/11/1995	Liverpool Mossley Hill		Signed
Den Dover	24/11/1995	Chorley		Signed
Winston Churchill	24/11/1995	Davyhulme		Signed
John Butcher	24/11/1995	Coventry South West		Signed
Liz Lynne	24/11/1995	Rochdale		Signed
Terry Lewis	24/11/1995	Worsley		Signed
Elaine Kellett	24/11/1995	Lancaster		Signed
Gordon Prentice	24/11/1995	Pendle		Signed
Greg Pope	24/11/1995	Hyndburn		Signed
Peter Pike	24/11/1995	Burnley		Signed
Colin Pickthall	24/11/1995	West Lancashire		Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	27/11/1995	Leigh		Signed
John Hutton	27/11/1995	Barrow & Furness		Signed
Peter Hardy	27/11/1995	Wentworth		Signed
Austin Mitchell	28/11/1995	Great Grimsby		Signed
Keith Bradley	28/11/1995	Manchester, Withington		Signed
John Evans	28/11/1995	St Helens North		Signed
Michael Clapham	29/11/1995	Barnsley West & Penistone		Signed
Kevin Barron	29/11/1995	Rother Valley		Signed
Ann Winterton	29/11/1995	Congleton		Signed
Stephen Day	30/11/1995	Cheadle		Signed
Nick Harvey	30/11/1995	North Devon		Signed
Martyn Jones	04/12/1995	Clwyd South West		Signed
Matthew Banks	05/12/1995	Southport		Signed
Audrey Wise	05/12/1995	Preston		Signed
Roland Boyes	06/12/1995	Houghton and Washington		Signed
Tony Lloyd	07/12/1995	Stretford		Signed
Malcolm Thornton	22/01/1996	Crosby		Signed
Barry Sheerman	30/01/1996	Huddersfield		Signed
David Chidgey	10/07/1996	Eastleigh		Signed

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