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Father Of The House

EDM number 1109 in 1995-96, proposed by Patrick Cormack on 08/07/1996.

That this House salutes the Right honourable Member for Old Bexley and Sidcup, Father of the House, on the occasion of his 80th birthday; pays tribute to his long and distinguished Parliamentary service; and wishes him many more happy returns of the day.

This motion has been signed by a total of 290 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Patrick Cormack08/07/1996South StaffordshireProposed
Peter Pike08/07/1996BurnleySigned
Geoffrey Pattie08/07/1996Chertsey and WaltonSigned
Elizabeth Peacock08/07/1996Batley & SpenSigned
Raymond Powell08/07/1996OgmoreSigned
William Powell08/07/1996CorbySigned
Joyce Quin08/07/1996Gateshead EastSigned
Giles Radice08/07/1996North DurhamSigned
Tim Rathbone08/07/1996LewesSigned
David Rendel08/07/1996NewburySigned
Timothy Renton08/07/1996Mid SussexSigned
Graham Riddick08/07/1996Colne ValleySigned
Andrew Robathan08/07/1996BlabySigned
Wyn Roberts08/07/1996ConwySigned
Geoffrey Robinson08/07/1996Coventry North WestSigned
Mark Robinson08/07/1996Somerton and FromeSigned
Allan Rogers08/07/1996RhonddaSigned
Andrew Rowe08/07/1996Kent MidSigned
Joan Ruddock08/07/1996Lewisham, DeptfordSigned
Richard Ryder08/07/1996Mid NorfolkSigned
Tim Sainsbury08/07/1996HoveSigned
Nicholas Scott08/07/1996ChelseaSigned
Brian Sedgemore08/07/1996Hackney South & ShoreditchSigned
Giles Shaw08/07/1996PudseySigned
Robert Sheldon08/07/1996Ashton-under-LyneSigned
Colin Shepherd08/07/1996HerefordSigned
Richard Shepherd08/07/1996Aldridge-BrownhillsSigned
Michael Shersby08/07/1996UxbridgeSigned
Peter Shore08/07/1996Bethnal Green and StepneySigned
Roger Sims08/07/1996ChislehurstSigned
Trevor Skeet08/07/1996Bedfordshire NorthSigned
Andrew Smith08/07/1996Oxford EastSigned
Dudley Smith08/07/1996Warwick & LeamingtonSigned
Tim Smith08/07/1996BeaconsfieldSigned
Martin Smyth08/07/1996Belfast SouthSigned
Peter Snape08/07/1996West Bromwich EastSigned
Keith Speed08/07/1996AshfordSigned
John Spellar08/07/1996Warley WestSigned
James Spicer08/07/1996West DorsetSigned
Michael Spicer08/07/1996Worcestershire SouthSigned
Rachel Squire08/07/1996Dunfermline WestSigned
John Stanley08/07/1996Tonbridge & MallingSigned
Alan Haselhurst08/07/1996Saffron WaldenSigned
Charles Hendry08/07/1996High PeakSigned
Robert Hicks08/07/1996South East CornwallSigned
Terence Higgins08/07/1996WorthingSigned
James Hill08/07/1996Southampton, TestSigned
Keith Hill08/07/1996StreathamSigned
Norman Hogg08/07/1996Cumbernauld & KilsythSigned
Peter Hordern08/07/1996HorshamSigned
Alan Howarth08/07/1996Stratford-on-AvonSigned
David Howell08/07/1996GuildfordSigned
Ralph Howell08/07/1996North NorfolkSigned
Robert Hughes08/07/1996Harrow WestSigned
Simon Hughes08/07/1996Southwark and BermondseySigned
John Hume08/07/1996FoyleSigned
David Hunt08/07/1996Wirral WestSigned
John Hunt08/07/1996RavensbourneSigned
Andrew Hunter08/07/1996BasingstokeSigned
Douglas Hurd08/07/1996WitneySigned
Helen Jackson08/07/1996Sheffield, HillsboroughSigned
Robert Jackson08/07/1996WantageSigned
Greville Janner08/07/1996Leicester WestSigned
Geoffrey Johnson Smith08/07/1996WealdenSigned
Russell Johnston08/07/1996Inverness, Nairn and LochaberSigned
Barry Jones08/07/1996Alyn & DeesideSigned
Nigel Jones08/07/1996CheltenhamSigned
Michael Jopling08/07/1996Westmorland & LonsdaleSigned
Gerald Kaufman08/07/1996Manchester, GortonSigned
Alan Keen08/07/1996Feltham & HestonSigned
Elaine Kellett08/07/1996LancasterSigned
Charles Kennedy08/07/1996Ross and Cromarty and SkyeSigned
Robert Key08/07/1996SalisburySigned
Piara S Khabra08/07/1996Ealing, SouthallSigned
Tom King08/07/1996BridgwaterSigned
Archy Kirkwood08/07/1996Roxburgh & BerwickshireSigned
David Knox08/07/1996Staffordshire MoorlandsSigned
Norman Lamont08/07/1996Kingston upon ThamesSigned
Ivan Lawrence08/07/1996BurtonSigned
Edward Leigh08/07/1996Gainsborough and HorncastleSigned
Mark Lennox-Boyd08/07/1996Morecambe & LunesdaleSigned
James Lester08/07/1996BroxtoweSigned
Helen Liddell08/07/1996Monklands EastSigned
David Lidington08/07/1996AylesburySigned
Peter Lloyd08/07/1996FarehamSigned
Michael Lord08/07/1996Suffolk CentralSigned
Peter Luff08/07/1996WorcesterSigned
Calum MacDonald08/07/1996Na h-Eileanan an IarSigned
John MacGregor08/07/1996South NorfolkSigned
Robert Maclennan08/07/1996Caithness and SutherlandSigned
Denis MacShane08/07/1996RotherhamSigned
Diana Maddock08/07/1996ChristchurchSigned
David Madel08/07/1996South West BedfordshireSigned
Olga Maitland08/07/1996Sutton & CheamSigned
Seamus Mallon08/07/1996Newry & ArmaghSigned
Peter Mandelson08/07/1996HartlepoolSigned
Keith Mans08/07/1996WyreSigned
John Marek08/07/1996WrexhamSigned
Paul Marland08/07/1996Gloucestershire WestSigned
Tony Marlow08/07/1996Northampton NorthSigned
Michael Marshall08/07/1996ArundelSigned
Eric Martlew08/07/1996CarlisleSigned
Michael Mates08/07/1996East HampshireSigned
Thomas McAvoy08/07/1996Glasgow, RutherglenSigned
Robert McCartney08/07/1996North DownSigned
John McFall08/07/1996DumbartonSigned
Henry McLeish08/07/1996Central FifeSigned
David Mellor08/07/1996PutneySigned
Ray Michie08/07/1996Argyll & ButeSigned
Andrew Miller08/07/1996Ellesmere Port & NestonSigned
Iain Mills08/07/1996MeridenSigned
Austin Mitchell08/07/1996Great GrimsbySigned
David Mitchell08/07/1996North West HampshireSigned
James Molyneaux08/07/1996Lagan ValleySigned
Hector Monro08/07/1996DumfriesSigned
Lewis Moonie08/07/1996KirkcaldySigned
Alf Morris08/07/1996Manchester WythenshaweSigned
George Mudie08/07/1996Leeds EastSigned
Paul Murphy08/07/1996TorfaenSigned
Richard Needham08/07/1996North WiltshireSigned
Michael Neubert08/07/1996RomfordSigned
David Nicholson08/07/1996TauntonSigned
Emma Nicholson08/07/1996Torridge & West DevonSigned
Edward O'Hara08/07/1996Knowsley SouthSigned
Bill Olner08/07/1996NuneatonSigned
Cranley Onslow08/07/1996WokingSigned
Stan Orme08/07/1996Salford EastSigned
Rhodes Boyson08/07/1996Brent NorthSigned
Jeremy Bray08/07/1996Motherwell SouthSigned
Julian Brazier08/07/1996CanterburySigned
Graham Bright08/07/1996Luton SouthSigned
Peter Brooke08/07/1996City of London and Westminster SouthSigned
Michael Brown08/07/1996Brigg and CleethorpesSigned
Ian Bruce08/07/1996South DorsetSigned
Nicholas Budgen08/07/1996Wolverhampton South WestSigned
John Butterfill08/07/1996Bournemouth WestSigned
Richard Caborn08/07/1996Sheffield CentralSigned
Anne Campbell08/07/1996CambridgeSigned
Menzies Campbell08/07/1996Fife North EastSigned
Alex Carlile08/07/1996MontgomerySigned
Kenneth Carlisle08/07/1996LincolnSigned
Matthew Carrington08/07/1996FulhamSigned
Paul Channon08/07/1996Southend WestSigned
Sydney Chapman08/07/1996Chipping BarnetSigned
Malcolm Chisholm08/07/1996Edinburgh LeithSigned
Judith Church08/07/1996DagenhamSigned
Winston Churchill08/07/1996DavyhulmeSigned
Michael Clark08/07/1996RochfordSigned
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown08/07/1996Cirencester and TewkesburySigned
Michael Colvin08/07/1996Romsey and WatersideSigned
David Congdon08/07/1996Croydon North EastSigned
Frank Cook08/07/1996Stockton NorthSigned
John Cope08/07/1996NorthavonSigned
Robin Corbett08/07/1996Birmingham, ErdingtonSigned
Jean Corston08/07/1996Bristol EastSigned
James Couchman08/07/1996GillinghamSigned
Julian Critchley08/07/1996AldershotSigned
Edwina Currie08/07/1996South DerbyshireSigned
Chris Davies08/07/1996Littleborough and SaddleworthSigned
Quentin Davies08/07/1996Stamford and SpaldingSigned
Donald Dixon08/07/1996JarrowSigned
Brian H Donohoe08/07/1996Cunninghame SouthSigned
Alan Duncan08/07/1996Rutland & MeltonSigned
Bob Dunn08/07/1996DartfordSigned
Anthony Durant08/07/1996Reading WestSigned
Hugh Dykes08/07/1996Harrow EastSigned
Kenneth Eastham08/07/1996Manchester, BlackleySigned
Harold Elletson08/07/1996Blackpool NorthSigned
Peter Emery08/07/1996HonitonSigned
Bill Etherington08/07/1996Sunderland NorthSigned
Nigel Evans08/07/1996Ribble ValleySigned
Margaret Ewing08/07/1996MoraySigned
David Faber08/07/1996WestburySigned
Michael Fabricant08/07/1996Staffordshire MidSigned
Andrew Faulds08/07/1996Warley EastSigned
Peggy Fenner08/07/1996MedwaySigned
Frank Field08/07/1996BirkenheadSigned
Dudley Fishburn08/07/1996KensingtonSigned
Nigel Forman08/07/1996Carshalton & WallingtonSigned
Don Foster08/07/1996BathSigned
Marcus Fox08/07/1996ShipleySigned
John Fraser08/07/1996NorwoodSigned
Douglas French08/07/1996GloucesterSigned
Roger Gale08/07/1996North ThanetSigned
Tristan Garel-Jones08/07/1996WatfordSigned
Edward Garnier08/07/1996HarboroughSigned
Neil Gerrard08/07/1996WalthamstowSigned
John Gilbert08/07/1996Dudley EastSigned
Charles Goodson-Wickes08/07/1996WimbledonSigned
John Gorst08/07/1996Hendon NorthSigned
Anthony Grant08/07/1996Cambridge South WestSigned
Harry Greenway08/07/1996Ealing NorthSigned
Irene Adams08/07/1996Paisley NorthSigned
Jonathan Aitken08/07/1996South ThanetSigned
Richard Alexander08/07/1996NewarkSigned
Michael Alison08/07/1996SelbySigned
Rupert Allason08/07/1996TorbaySigned
David Alton08/07/1996Liverpool Mossley HillSigned
David Amess08/07/1996BasildonSigned
Peter Griffiths08/07/1996Portsmouth NorthSigned
Win Griffiths08/07/1996BridgendSigned
Bruce Grocott08/07/1996Wrekin, TheSigned
John Gunnell08/07/1996Leeds South and MorleySigned
Keith Hampson08/07/1996Leeds North WestSigned
John Hannam08/07/1996ExeterSigned
Donald Anderson08/07/1996Swansea EastSigned
Tom Arnold08/07/1996Hazel GroveSigned
David Ashby08/07/1996North West LeicestershireSigned
Joe Ashton08/07/1996BassetlawSigned
Robert Atkins08/07/1996South RibbleSigned
David Atkinson08/07/1996Bournemouth EastSigned
Kenneth Baker08/07/1996Mole ValleySigned
Nicholas Baker08/07/1996North DorsetSigned
Matthew Banks08/07/1996SouthportSigned
Robert Banks08/07/1996HarrogateSigned
Spencer Batiste08/07/1996ElmetSigned
Hugh Bayley08/07/1996York, City ofSigned
Stuart Bell08/07/1996MiddlesbroughSigned
Henry Bellingham08/07/1996North West NorfolkSigned
Tony Benn08/07/1996ChesterfieldSigned
Hartley Booth08/07/1996FinchleySigned
Peter Bottomley08/07/1996ElthamSigned
Andrew Bowden08/07/1996Brighton, KemptownSigned
David Steel08/07/1996Tweeddale, Ettrick and LauderdaleSigned
Anthony Steen08/07/1996South HamsSigned
Michael Stephen08/07/1996ShorehamSigned
David Sumberg08/07/1996Bury SouthSigned
Peter Tapsell08/07/1996Linsey EastSigned
John D Taylor08/07/1996StrangfordSigned
Teddy Taylor08/07/1996Southend EastSigned
Peter Temple-Morris08/07/1996LeominsterSigned
Roy Thomason08/07/1996BromsgroveSigned
Jack Thompson08/07/1996WansbeckSigned
Patrick Thompson08/07/1996Norwich NorthSigned
Malcolm Thornton08/07/1996CrosbySigned
Stephen Timms08/07/1996Newham North EastSigned
Paddy Tipping08/07/1996SherwoodSigned
Don Touhig08/07/1996IslwynSigned
Richard Tracey08/07/1996SurbitonSigned
David Tredinnick08/07/1996BosworthSigned
Neville Trotter08/07/1996TynemouthSigned
Dennis Turner08/07/1996Wolverhampton South EastSigned
Ian Twinn08/07/1996EdmontonSigned
Paul Tyler08/07/1996North CornwallSigned
Gerard Vaughan08/07/1996Reading EastSigned
Peter Viggers08/07/1996GosportSigned
George Walden08/07/1996BuckinghamSigned
Bill Walker08/07/1996North TaysideSigned
Jim Wallace08/07/1996Orkney & ShetlandSigned
Gary Waller08/07/1996KeighleySigned
Joan Walley08/07/1996Stoke-on-Trent NorthSigned
John Ward08/07/1996PooleSigned
Gareth Wardell08/07/1996GowerSigned
Charles Wardle08/07/1996Bexhill & BattleSigned
Nigel Waterson08/07/1996EastbourneSigned
Ray Whitney08/07/1996WycombeSigned
Malcolm Wicks08/07/1996Croydon North WestSigned
Jerry Wiggin08/07/1996Weston-Super-MareSigned
John Wilkinson08/07/1996Ruislip - NorthwoodSigned
Alan Wynne Williams08/07/1996CarmarthenSigned
David Wilshire08/07/1996SpelthorneSigned
Nicholas Winterton08/07/1996MacclesfieldSigned
Tony Worthington08/07/1996Clydebank & MilngavieSigned
Tim Yeo08/07/1996South SuffolkSigned
Colin Pickthall09/07/1996West LancashireSigned
Robert Parry09/07/1996Liverpool, RiversideSigned
David Shaw09/07/1996DoverSigned
Robert Hughes09/07/1996Aberdeen NorthSigned
Roy Hughes09/07/1996Newport EastSigned
Gordon Oakes09/07/1996HaltonSigned
Keith Bradley09/07/1996Manchester, WithingtonSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe09/07/1996LeighSigned
Tony Banks09/07/1996Newham North WestSigned
Robert Wareing09/07/1996Liverpool, West DerbySigned
John Heppell10/07/1996Nottingham EastSigned
John Home Robertson10/07/1996East LothianSigned
Tom Cox10/07/1996TootingSigned
Mike Hall10/07/1996Warrington SouthSigned
Roy Beggs10/07/1996East AntrimSigned
Nick Harvey11/07/1996North DevonSigned
John Evans11/07/1996St Helens NorthSigned
Roland Boyes12/07/1996Houghton and WashingtonSigned
Harry Barnes15/07/1996North East DerbyshireSigned
Stephen Day16/07/1996CheadleSigned
Martyn Jones18/07/1996Clwyd South WestSigned
Tommy Graham18/07/1996Renfrew West and InverclydeSigned
Eddie McGrady22/07/1996South DownSigned
Eric Illsley23/07/1996Barnsley CentralSigned
Anthony CoombsUnknownWithdrawn
Peter AinsworthUnknownWithdrawn

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