Elgin Marbles

EDM number 947 in 1995-96, proposed by Edward O'Hara on 04/06/1996.

That this House congratulates Channel 4 on the quality and success of its recent Fifteen-to-One special programme about the Elgin Marbles; notes that in a subsequent telephone poll 92.5 per cent. out of 100,000 respondents voted in favour of the return of the marbles to Greece; considers that though there may have been plausible arguments in the past for the retention of these marbles in the British Museum, this poll provides clear evidence of public recognition that the case for their return is now transcendent; and therefore calls upon Her Majesty's Government to enter forthwith into immediate negotiations for this purpose with the government of Greece.

This motion has been signed by a total of 99 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Edward O'Hara	04/06/1996	Knowsley South		Proposed
Michael Connarty	04/06/1996	Falkirk East		Signed
Robin Corbett	04/06/1996	Birmingham, Erdington		Signed
Tom Cox	04/06/1996	Tooting		Signed
Donald Dixon	04/06/1996	Jarrow		Signed
Bill Etherington	04/06/1996	Sunderland North		Signed
George Galloway	04/06/1996	Glasgow Hillhead		Signed
Norman Godman	04/06/1996	Greenock and Port Glasgow		Signed
Tommy Graham	04/06/1996	Renfrew West and Inverclyde		Signed
Diane Abbott	04/06/1996	Hackney North & Stoke Newington		Signed
Irene Adams	04/06/1996	Paisley North		Signed
John Gunnell	04/06/1996	Leeds South and Morley		Signed
Harry Barnes	04/06/1996	North East Derbyshire		Signed
Hugh Bayley	04/06/1996	York, City of		Signed
Tony Benn	04/06/1996	Chesterfield		Signed
Eric Clarke	04/06/1996	Midlothian		Signed
Michael Clapham	04/06/1996	Barnsley West & Penistone		Signed
Colin Pickthall	04/06/1996	West Lancashire		Signed
Ernie Ross	04/06/1996	Dundee West		Signed
Dennis Skinner	04/06/1996	Bolsover		Signed
John Heppell	04/06/1996	Nottingham East		Signed
Jimmy Hood	04/06/1996	Clydesdale		Signed
Kevin Hughes	04/06/1996	Doncaster North		Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	04/06/1996	Thurrock		Signed
John McAllion	04/06/1996	Dundee East		Signed
Ronnie Campbell	04/06/1996	Blyth Valley		Signed
Stan Orme	04/06/1996	Salford East		Signed
Bill Olner	04/06/1996	Nuneaton		Signed
Chris Mullin	04/06/1996	Sunderland South		Signed
Alan Meale	04/06/1996	Mansfield		Signed
William McKelvey	04/06/1996	Kilmarnock & Loudoun		Signed
Paddy Tipping	05/06/1996	Sherwood		Signed
Tony Banks	05/06/1996	Newham North West		Signed
Mike Hall	05/06/1996	Warrington South		Signed
John Evans	05/06/1996	St Helens North		Signed
Kenneth Eastham	05/06/1996	Manchester, Blackley		Signed
Bill Michie	05/06/1996	Sheffield, Heeley		Signed
Lynne Jones	05/06/1996	Birmingham, Selly Oak		Signed
Barry Jones	05/06/1996	Alyn & Deeside		Signed
Robert Hughes	05/06/1996	Aberdeen North		Signed
Ken Livingstone	06/06/1996	Brent East		Signed
Maria Fyfe	06/06/1996	Glasgow, Maryhill		Signed
Gerry Bermingham	10/06/1996	St Helens South		Signed
Nick Ainger	10/06/1996	Pembroke		Signed
Frank Cook	10/06/1996	Stockton North		Signed
Jon Owen Jones	10/06/1996	Cardiff Central		Signed
Helen Jackson	10/06/1996	Sheffield, Hillsborough		Signed
Jack Thompson	11/06/1996	Wansbeck		Signed
Kevin Barron	11/06/1996	Rother Valley		Signed
Keith Bradley	11/06/1996	Manchester, Withington		Signed
Piara S Khabra	11/06/1996	Ealing, Southall		Signed
Eric Illsley	11/06/1996	Barnsley Central		Signed
Roland Boyes	12/06/1996	Houghton and Washington		Signed
Andrew Miller	12/06/1996	Ellesmere Port & Neston		Signed
Alice Mahon	12/06/1996	Halifax		Signed
Brian Sedgemore	12/06/1996	Hackney South & Shoreditch		Signed
Bridget Prentice	12/06/1996	Lewisham East		Signed
Greg Pope	12/06/1996	Hyndburn		Signed
Max Madden	12/06/1996	Bradford West		Signed
Dafydd Wigley	13/06/1996	Caernarfon		Signed
Paul Boateng	13/06/1996	Brent South		Signed
Win Griffiths	13/06/1996	Bridgend		Signed
Neil Gerrard	13/06/1996	Walthamstow		Signed
Margaret Ewing	13/06/1996	Moray		Signed
John Maxton	13/06/1996	Glasgow, Cathcart		Signed
Alan Keen	13/06/1996	Feltham & Heston		Signed
Nick Harvey	13/06/1996	North Devon		Signed
Alan Simpson	13/06/1996	Nottingham South		Signed
Martin Redmond	13/06/1996	Don Valley		Signed
Jamie Cann	17/06/1996	Ipswich		Signed
Martin O'Neill	17/06/1996	Clackmannan		Signed
Doug Hoyle	17/06/1996	Warrington North		Signed
Robert Parry	17/06/1996	Liverpool, Riverside		Signed
David Hanson	17/06/1996	Delyn		Signed
Teddy Taylor	18/06/1996	Southend East		Signed
Roger Berry	18/06/1996	Kingswood		Signed
Joe Ashton	18/06/1996	Bassetlaw		Signed
Mildred Gordon	18/06/1996	Bow and Poplar		Signed
Alf Morris	18/06/1996	Manchester Wythenshawe		Signed
Eddie Loyden	18/06/1996	Liverpool, Garston		Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	18/06/1996	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy		Signed
Andrew Welsh	19/06/1996	Angus East		Signed
Gerry Sutcliffe	19/06/1996	Bradford South		Signed
Roger Godsiff	19/06/1996	Birmingham Small Heath		Signed
Terry Davis	19/06/1996	Birmingham, Hodge Hill		Signed
Roseanna Cunningham	19/06/1996	Perth and Kinross		Signed
Alex Salmond	19/06/1996	Banff & Buchan		Signed
Mike Watson	20/06/1996	Glasgow Central		Signed
Harry Cohen	20/06/1996	Leyton		Signed
Kevin McNamara	20/06/1996	Kingston upon Hull North		Signed
Alan Wynne Williams	24/06/1996	Carmarthen		Signed
Rachel Squire	25/06/1996	Dunfermline West		Signed
John McFall	27/06/1996	Dumbarton		Signed
James Wray	01/07/1996	Glasgow Provan		Signed
Robert Wareing	02/07/1996	Liverpool, West Derby		Signed
Seamus Mallon	08/07/1996	Newry & Armagh		Signed
Nigel Jones	09/07/1996	Cheltenham		Signed
Joseph Hendron	14/10/1996	Belfast West		Signed
Joe Benton	Unknown			Withdrawn

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