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Conduct Of Councillor Gordon Murray

EDM number 383 in 1995-96, proposed by Norman Hogg on 06/02/1996.

That this House notes the finding of Mr D.I.K. MacLeod, Writer to the Signet, in his report to the Secretary of State for Scotland on the appointment of Chief Officers by North Lanarkshire Council on allegations of pro-Motherwell bias in these appointments and his general conclusion that there is no validity in any such criticism; further notes the view of Mr MacLeod that SNP Councillor Gordon Murray 'played a significant part in the dissemination of the rumour' and his further observations that Councillor Murray's evidence to the inquiry and correspondence with Mr MacLeod 'was aimed at making political points rather than aiding me in ascertaining the truth' that his 'anxiety to make party political points had led him to ignore reality' and that he had a tendency to 'exaggerating and embroidery of the true facts'; requires the Leadership of the Scottish National Party to disassociate itself from the actions of Councillor Murray, apologise to the Councillors and Officers of North Lanarkshire Council and to state publicly what action they propose to take against Councillor Murray whose disgraceful conduct sought to maliciously damage the reputation of North Lanarkshire Council but in the event served only to damage the reputation of the Scottish National Party in North Lanarkshire and elsewhere in Scotland.

This motion has been signed by a total of 35 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Norman Hogg06/02/1996Cumbernauld & KilsythProposed
David Hanson06/02/1996DelynSigned
Sam Galbraith06/02/1996Strathkelvin & BearsdenSigned
Maria Fyfe06/02/1996Glasgow, MaryhillSigned
George Foulkes06/02/1996Carrick, Cumnock and Doon ValleySigned
Brian H Donohoe06/02/1996Cunninghame SouthSigned
Michael Connarty06/02/1996Falkirk EastSigned
Ronnie Campbell06/02/1996Blyth ValleySigned
Jeremy Bray06/02/1996Motherwell SouthSigned
Helen Liddell06/02/1996Monklands EastSigned
Peter Kilfoyle06/02/1996Liverpool, WaltonSigned
Robert Hughes06/02/1996Aberdeen NorthSigned
John Reid06/02/1996Motherwell NorthSigned
Bridget Prentice06/02/1996Lewisham EastSigned
Mike O'Brien06/02/1996North WarwickshireSigned
Jack Thompson07/02/1996WansbeckSigned
Mike Hall07/02/1996Warrington SouthSigned
John Home Robertson07/02/1996East LothianSigned
John Denham07/02/1996Southampton, ItchenSigned
Andrew Miller07/02/1996Ellesmere Port & NestonSigned
William McKelvey07/02/1996Kilmarnock & LoudounSigned
John McFall07/02/1996DumbartonSigned
John Maxton07/02/1996Glasgow, CathcartSigned
David Marshall07/02/1996Glasgow, ShettlestonSigned
Keith Hill07/02/1996StreathamSigned
Ernie Ross07/02/1996Dundee WestSigned
Terry Rooney08/02/1996Bradford NorthSigned
Bill Michie08/02/1996Sheffield, HeeleySigned
Michael Clapham08/02/1996Barnsley West & PenistoneSigned
Norman Godman08/02/1996Greenock and Port GlasgowSigned
Llin Golding12/02/1996Newcastle-under-LymeSigned
Jimmy Hood13/02/1996ClydesdaleSigned
Dennis Turner14/02/1996Wolverhampton South EastSigned
Adam Ingram20/02/1996East KilbrideSigned
Martyn Jones28/02/1996Clwyd South WestSigned

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