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Abortion Law Reform

EDM number 346 in 1997-98, proposed by John Austin on 27/10/1997.

That this House believes that the Abortion Act 1967 should be reformed to allow abortion on request in early pregnancy, to require NHS purchasing authorities to meet their local need for abortion and to extend to Northern Ireland the law as it applies to Britain, thus ending the discrimination against women in Northern Ireland who are denied legal abortion in their own locality.

This motion has been signed by a total of 63 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
John Austin27/10/1997Erith & ThamesmeadLabourProposed
Ian Cawsey27/10/1997Brigg & GooleLabourSigned
Brian Sedgemore27/10/1997Hackney South & ShoreditchLabourSigned
Michael Clapham27/10/1997Barnsley West & PenistoneLabourSigned
Ann Clwyd27/10/1997Cynon ValleyLabourSigned
Harry Cohen27/10/1997Leyton & WansteadLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn27/10/1997Islington NorthLabourSigned
Terry Davis27/10/1997Birmingham, Hodge HillLabourSigned
Bill Etherington27/10/1997Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Maria Fyfe27/10/1997Glasgow, MaryhillLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard27/10/1997WalthamstowLabourSigned
Ian Gibson27/10/1997Norwich NorthLabourSigned
Teresa Gorman27/10/1997BillericayConservativeSigned
Jane Griffiths27/10/1997Reading EastLabourSigned
Diane Abbott27/10/1997Hackney North & Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
Joe Ashton27/10/1997BassetlawLabourSigned
Roger Berry27/10/1997KingswoodLabourSigned
Gareth Thomas27/10/1997Harrow WestLabourSigned
Jenny Tonge27/10/1997Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Jon Trickett27/10/1997HemsworthLabourSigned
Stephen Twigg27/10/1997Enfield, SouthgateLabourSigned
Rudi Vis27/10/1997Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Mike Wood27/10/1997Batley & SpenLabourSigned
Tony Wright27/10/1997Cannock ChaseLabourSigned
Richard Burden27/10/1997Birmingham, NorthfieldLabourSigned
Jonathan R Shaw27/10/1997Chatham & AylesfordLabourSigned
Alan Simpson27/10/1997Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Phil Hope27/10/1997CorbyLabour Co-operativeSigned
Kelvin Hopkins27/10/1997Luton NorthLabourSigned
Lynne Jones27/10/1997Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Martyn Jones27/10/1997Clwyd SouthLabourSigned
Piara S Khabra27/10/1997Ealing, SouthallLabourSigned
Oona King27/10/1997Bethnal Green & BowLabourSigned
Ken Livingstone27/10/1997Brent EastLabourSigned
Fiona Mactaggart27/10/1997SloughLabourSigned
John Maxton27/10/1997Glasgow, CathcartLabourSigned
John McDonnell27/10/1997Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Tony McNulty27/10/1997Harrow EastLabourSigned
Laura Moffatt27/10/1997CrawleyLabourSigned
Lewis Moonie27/10/1997KirkcaldyLabour Co-operativeSigned
Dan Norris27/10/1997WansdykeLabourSigned
Martin O'Neill27/10/1997OchilLabourSigned
Diana Organ27/10/1997Forest of DeanLabourSigned
Karen Buck27/10/1997Regent's Park and Kensington NorthLabourSigned
Colin Burgon27/10/1997ElmetLabourSigned
Alice Mahon27/10/1997HalifaxLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore28/10/1997HendonLabourSigned
Maria Eagle28/10/1997Liverpool, GarstonLabourSigned
Brian White28/10/1997North East Milton KeynesLabourSigned
Ashok Kumar30/10/1997Middlesbrough South & East ClevelandLabourSigned
Candy Atherton30/10/1997Falmouth & CamborneLabourSigned
Mike Hancock30/10/1997Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Dafydd Wigley03/11/1997CaernarfonPlaid CymruSigned
John Heppell04/11/1997Nottingham EastLabourSigned
Beverley Hughes04/11/1997Stretford & UrmstonLabourSigned
Julie Morgan06/11/1997Cardiff NorthLabourSigned
Yvette Cooper13/11/1997Pontefract & CastlefordLabourSigned
Debra Shipley20/11/1997StourbridgeLabourSigned
Joan Walley09/12/1997Stoke-on-Trent NorthLabourSigned
Chris McCafferty10/02/1998Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Judy Mallaber02/04/1998Amber ValleyLabourSigned
Patricia HewittUnknownWithdrawn
Keith HillUnknownWithdrawn

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