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Bskyb Takeover Of Manchester United Plc

EDM number 1675 in 1997-98, proposed by Terry Lewis on 21/10/1998.

That this House objects to the agreement where BSkyB Television will purchase Manchester United Plc; feels that this will create a unacceptable situation where BSkyB becomes both the biggest purchaser of televised football and also the owner of Europe's largest football club; is certain that this is not in the best public interest of fans, clubs or television viewers and sport in general; and calls upon the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry to refer the proposed takeover to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission in addition to setting up a full inquiry into the funding of football by television, in all its aspects.

This motion has been signed by a total of 149 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Terry Lewis21/10/1998WorsleyLabourProposed
Peter Pike21/10/1998BurnleyLabourSigned
Ian Pearson21/10/1998Dudley SouthLabourSigned
Bill Rammell21/10/1998HarlowLabourSigned
Terry Rooney21/10/1998Bradford NorthLabourSigned
Adrian Sanders21/10/1998TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned
Marsha Singh21/10/1998Bradford WestLabourSigned
Dennis Skinner21/10/1998BolsoverLabourSigned
Nick Hawkins21/10/1998Surrey HeathConservativeSigned
Ivan Henderson21/10/1998HarwichLabourSigned
Stephen Hepburn21/10/1998JarrowLabourSigned
Lindsay Hoyle21/10/1998ChorleyLabourSigned
Fiona Jones21/10/1998NewarkLabourSigned
Nigel Jones21/10/1998CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Keen21/10/1998Feltham & HestonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Bob Laxton21/10/1998Derby NorthLabourSigned
John McAllion21/10/1998Dundee EastLabourSigned
Bill Michie21/10/1998Sheffield, HeeleyLabourSigned
Rhodri Morgan21/10/1998Cardiff WestLabourSigned
Bill O'Brien21/10/1998NormantonLabourSigned
Dale Campbell-Savours21/10/1998WorkingtonLabourSigned
Ivor Caplin21/10/1998HoveLabourSigned
Eric Clarke21/10/1998MidlothianLabourSigned
Tony Clarke21/10/1998Northampton SouthLabourSigned
Vernon Coaker21/10/1998GedlingLabourSigned
John Cryer21/10/1998HornchurchLabourSigned
Tam Dalyell21/10/1998LinlithgowLabourSigned
Keith Darvill21/10/1998UpminsterLabourSigned
Brian H Donohoe21/10/1998Cunninghame SouthLabourSigned
Maria Eagle21/10/1998Liverpool, GarstonLabourSigned
Nigel Evans21/10/1998Ribble ValleyConservativeSigned
Jim Fitzpatrick21/10/1998Poplar & Canning TownLabourSigned
John Greenway21/10/1998RyedaleConservativeSigned
Nick Ainger21/10/1998Carmarthen West & South PembrokeshireLabourSigned
John Gunnell21/10/1998Morley & RothwellLabourSigned
Mike Hancock21/10/1998Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Joe Ashton21/10/1998BassetlawLabourSigned
Kevin Barron21/10/1998Rother ValleyLabourSigned
Joe Benton21/10/1998BootleLabourSigned
Crispin Blunt21/10/1998ReigateConservativeSigned
Gerry Steinberg21/10/1998Durham, City ofLabourSigned
Gerry Sutcliffe21/10/1998Bradford SouthLabourSigned
David Taylor21/10/1998North West LeicestershireLabour Co-operativeSigned
Dennis Turner21/10/1998Wolverhampton South EastLabour Co-operativeSigned
Joan Walley21/10/1998Stoke-on-Trent NorthLabourSigned
Claire Ward21/10/1998WatfordLabourSigned
Malcolm Savidge22/10/1998Aberdeen NorthLabourSigned
Alan Simpson22/10/1998Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Eric Illsley22/10/1998Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Lynne Jones22/10/1998Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
David Lepper22/10/1998Brighton, PavilionLabour Co-operativeSigned
David Chaytor22/10/1998Bury NorthLabourSigned
Huw Edwards22/10/1998MonmouthLabourSigned
Norman Baker22/10/1998LewesLiberal DemocratSigned
David Borrow22/10/1998South RibbleLabourSigned
Paul Tyler22/10/1998North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Ann Winterton22/10/1998CongletonConservativeSigned
Michael Foster26/10/1998WorcesterLabourSigned
Barry Jones26/10/1998Alyn & DeesideLabourSigned
Ashok Kumar26/10/1998Middlesbrough South & East ClevelandLabourSigned
Ann Cryer26/10/1998KeighleyLabourSigned
Andrew George26/10/1998St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Neil Gerrard26/10/1998WalthamstowLabourSigned
Ian Gibson26/10/1998Norwich NorthLabourSigned
Harry Barnes26/10/1998North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Martin Bell26/10/1998TattonIndependentSigned
Gareth Thomas26/10/1998Harrow WestLabourSigned
Helen Southworth27/10/1998Warrington SouthLabourSigned
Stephen Hesford27/10/1998Wirral WestLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins27/10/1998Luton NorthLabourSigned
Brian Iddon27/10/1998Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Alice Mahon27/10/1998HalifaxLabourSigned
Malcolm Chisholm27/10/1998Edinburgh North & LeithLabourSigned
Tom Cox27/10/1998TootingLabourSigned
Bill Etherington27/10/1998Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Roger Godsiff27/10/1998Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small HeathLabourSigned
Donald Gorrie27/10/1998Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
John Austin27/10/1998Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Tony Benn27/10/1998ChesterfieldLabourSigned
Steve Webb27/10/1998NorthavonLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Keetch28/10/1998HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
Tess Kingham28/10/1998GloucesterLabourSigned
Andrew MacKinlay28/10/1998ThurrockLabourSigned
Gordon Marsden28/10/1998Blackpool SouthLabourSigned
Edward O'Hara28/10/1998Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
Iain Coleman28/10/1998Hammersmith & FulhamLabourSigned
Maria Fyfe28/10/1998Glasgow, MaryhillLabourSigned
John Grogan28/10/1998SelbyLabourSigned
Alan Beith28/10/1998Berwick-upon-TweedLiberal DemocratSigned
Ian Stewart28/10/1998EcclesLabourSigned
Robert Wareing28/10/1998Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSigned
Louise Ellman29/10/1998Liverpool, RiversideLabour Co-operativeSigned
Shaun Woodward29/10/1998WitneyConservativeSigned
Martin Linton02/11/1998BatterseaLabourSigned
Tom Brake02/11/1998Carshalton & WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Frank Cook02/11/1998Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Dominic Grieve02/11/1998BeaconsfieldConservativeSigned
Richard Allan02/11/1998Sheffield, HallamLiberal DemocratSigned
Nick Harvey03/11/1998North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Joan Humble03/11/1998Blackpool North & FleetwoodLabourSigned
Geoffrey Johnson Smith03/11/1998WealdenConservativeSigned
Andrew Love03/11/1998EdmontonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Michael Colvin03/11/1998RomseyConservativeSigned
Robin Corbett03/11/1998Birmingham, ErdingtonLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin03/11/1998Heywood & MiddletonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Matthew Taylor03/11/1998Truro & St AustellLiberal DemocratSigned
Raymond Powell04/11/1998OgmoreLabourSigned
John McDonnell04/11/1998Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Christine Butler04/11/1998Castle PointLabourSigned
Jamie Cann04/11/1998IpswichLabourSigned
Ronnie Fearn04/11/1998SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Bruce George04/11/1998Walsall SouthLabourSigned
Roger Berry04/11/1998KingswoodLabourSigned
Angela Smith05/11/1998BasildonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Martin Smyth05/11/1998Belfast SouthUUPSigned
Charles Kennedy05/11/1998Ross, Skye & Inverness WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Peter Emery05/11/1998East DevonConservativeSigned
Eileen Gordon05/11/1998RomfordLabourSigned
Robert Syms05/11/1998PooleConservativeSigned
John Randall09/11/1998UxbridgeConservativeSigned
Christine Russell09/11/1998Chester, City ofLabourSigned
Chris Mullin09/11/1998Sunderland SouthLabourSigned
David Chidgey09/11/1998EastleighLiberal DemocratSigned
Brian Cotter09/11/1998Weston-Super-MareLiberal DemocratSigned
David Amess09/11/1998Southend WestConservativeSigned
Rudi Vis09/11/1998Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Phil Sawford10/11/1998KetteringLabourSigned
Jonathan R Shaw10/11/1998Chatham & AylesfordLabourSigned
Valerie Davey10/11/1998Bristol WestLabourSigned
Desmond Swayne10/11/1998New Forest WestConservativeSigned
Piara S Khabra11/11/1998Ealing, SouthallLabourSigned
Dave Watts11/11/1998St Helens NorthLabourSigned
Nicholas Winterton11/11/1998MacclesfieldConservativeSigned
Martin Salter12/11/1998Reading WestLabourSigned
John Cummings12/11/1998EasingtonLabourSigned
Janet Dean12/11/1998BurtonLabourSigned
Clive Efford12/11/1998ElthamLabourSigned
George Stevenson12/11/1998Stoke-on-Trent SouthLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd16/11/1998Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Barry Gardiner16/11/1998Brent NorthLabourSigned
Tony Wright16/11/1998Cannock ChaseLabourSigned
Ted Rowlands17/11/1998Merthyr Tydfil & RhymneyLabourSigned
Ieuan Wyn Jones17/11/1998Ynys MPlaid CymruSigned
Chris McCafferty17/11/1998Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Gwyn Prosser18/11/1998DoverLabourSigned
Simon Hughes18/11/1998North Southwark & BermondseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Lembit 18/11/1998MontgomeryshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Jim Cunningham18/11/1998Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Vincent CableUnknownWithdrawn

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