National Memorial To Women Who Served In The British Armed Forces During World War Two

EDM number 351 in 1997-98, proposed by Hugh Bayley on 27/10/1997.

That this House pays tribute to the 640,000 women who served in the armed forces during the Second World War; acknowledges the invaluable contribution made by others who served in the Land Army; munitions factories, fire brigades and other wartime occupations; expresses concern at the lack of public recognition of the difficult and dangerous tasks undertaken by the servicewomen, which included flying unarmed planes across the Atlantic and Europe, staffing ack-ack gun sites in support of the Allied war effort and working behind enemy lines in the Special Operations Executive; recognises that their contribution played an essential part in defeating Nazism; notes that Canada, Australia and the USA have national memorials to their World War Two servicewomen; supports the Royal Artillery Association campaign for a United Kingdom memorial to the brave servicewomen who fought for this country during the Second World War; recognises that the cost of erecting war memorials is traditionally borne by public subscription; and calls on the Government to do everything possible to locate a suitable and prominent position for a World War Two United Kingdom servicewomen's memorial.

This motion has been signed by a total of 285 MPs, 11 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Hugh Bayley	27/10/1997	York, City of	Labour	Proposed
Frank Cook	27/10/1997	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	27/10/1997	Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Ann Clwyd	27/10/1997	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Tony Clarke	27/10/1997	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
Paul Clark	27/10/1997	Gillingham	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	27/10/1997	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Ivor Caplin	27/10/1997	Hove	Labour	Signed
Dale Campbell-Savours	27/10/1997	Workington	Labour	Signed
Menzies Campbell	27/10/1997	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kali Mountford	27/10/1997	Colne Valley	Labour	Signed
Terry Davis	27/10/1997	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Labour	Signed
Hilton Dawson	27/10/1997	Lancaster & Wyre	Labour	Signed
Julia Drown	27/10/1997	South Swindon	Labour	Signed
David Winnick	27/10/1997	Walsall North	Labour	Signed
Derek Twigg	27/10/1997	Halton	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	27/10/1997	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Dari Taylor	27/10/1997	Stockton South	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	27/10/1997	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Nigel Beard	27/10/1997	Bexleyheath & Crayford	Labour	Signed
Llin Golding	27/10/1997	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Norman Godman	27/10/1997	Greenock & Inverclyde	Labour	Signed
Linda Gilroy	27/10/1997	Plymouth, Sutton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Ian Gibson	27/10/1997	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	27/10/1997	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	27/10/1997	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Eric Martlew	27/10/1997	Carlisle	Labour	Signed
Rachel Squire	27/10/1997	Dunfermline West	Labour	Signed
Clive Soley	27/10/1997	Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush	Labour	Signed
Jonathan R Shaw	27/10/1997	Chatham & Aylesford	Labour	Signed
Brian Sedgemore	27/10/1997	Hackney South & Shoreditch	Labour	Signed
Syd Rapson	27/10/1997	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Giles Radice	27/10/1997	North Durham	Labour	Signed
Lawrie Quinn	27/10/1997	Scarborough & Whitby	Labour	Signed
Ken Purchase	27/10/1997	Wolverhampton North East	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Ian Pearson	27/10/1997	Dudley South	Labour	Signed
Kerry Pollard	27/10/1997	St Albans	Labour	Signed
Evan Harris	27/10/1997	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	27/10/1997	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Alan Hurst	27/10/1997	Braintree	Labour	Signed
Alice Mahon	27/10/1997	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Ivan Lewis	27/10/1997	Bury South	Labour	Signed
Christopher Leslie	27/10/1997	Shipley	Labour	Signed
Julie Kirkbride	27/10/1997	Bromsgrove	Conservative	Signed
Oona King	27/10/1997	Bethnal Green & Bow	Labour	Signed
David Kidney	27/10/1997	Stafford	Labour	Signed
Alan Keen	27/10/1997	Feltham & Heston	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Lynne Jones	27/10/1997	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Jenny Jones	27/10/1997	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Barry Jones	27/10/1997	Alyn & Deeside	Labour	Signed
Maria Fyfe	28/10/1997	Glasgow, Maryhill	Labour	Signed
Maria Eagle	28/10/1997	Liverpool, Garston	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	28/10/1997	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	28/10/1997	Glasgow, Pollok	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Mike Gapes	28/10/1997	Ilford South	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Paul Goggins	28/10/1997	Wythenshawe & Sale East	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	28/10/1997	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Austin	28/10/1997	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
William Thompson	28/10/1997	West Tyrone	UUP	Signed
Paddy Tipping	28/10/1997	Sherwood	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	28/10/1997	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	28/10/1997	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	28/10/1997	Leigh	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	28/10/1997	Easington	Labour	Signed
Ernie Ross	28/10/1997	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	28/10/1997	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Smyth	28/10/1997	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
Eric Illsley	28/10/1997	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Ken Livingstone	28/10/1997	Brent East	Labour	Signed
Tony McNulty	28/10/1997	Harrow East	Labour	Signed
Richard Burden	28/10/1997	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Eric Clarke	28/10/1997	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Robin Corbett	28/10/1997	Birmingham, Erdington	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	28/10/1997	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Jean Corston	28/10/1997	Bristol East	Labour	Signed
Tom Cox	29/10/1997	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	29/10/1997	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Jim Fitzpatrick	29/10/1997	Poplar & Canning Town	Labour	Signed
Donald Gorrie	29/10/1997	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gareth Thomas	29/10/1997	Harrow West	Labour	Signed
Jim Wallace	29/10/1997	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Williams	29/10/1997	Swansea West	Labour	Signed
Brian Cotter	29/10/1997	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lembit	29/10/1997	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Pike	29/10/1997	Burnley	Labour	Signed
David Hinchliffe	29/10/1997	Wakefield	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	29/10/1997	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kevin McNamara	29/10/1997	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Bill Michie	29/10/1997	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour	Signed
Ray Michie	29/10/1997	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward O'Hara	29/10/1997	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	30/10/1997	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	30/10/1997	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Gerry Steinberg	30/10/1997	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
Jackie Ballard	30/10/1997	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Cryer	30/10/1997	Hornchurch	Labour	Signed
Tony Colman	30/10/1997	Putney	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	30/10/1997	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dan Norris	30/10/1997	Wansdyke	Labour	Signed
Ashok Kumar	30/10/1997	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Julian Lewis	03/11/1997	New Forest East	Conservative	Signed
Keith Vaz	03/11/1997	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	04/11/1997	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	05/11/1997	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Gillian Merron	05/11/1997	Lincoln	Labour	Signed
Roy Beggs	06/11/1997	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
Paul Flynn	06/11/1997	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Jeff Ennis	06/11/1997	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Michael Colvin	06/11/1997	Romsey	Conservative	Signed
Michael Clapham	06/11/1997	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Jim Marshall	06/11/1997	Leicester South	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	06/11/1997	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Angela Smith	06/11/1997	Basildon	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Terry Rooney	06/11/1997	Bradford North	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	07/11/1997	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Anne Campbell	10/11/1997	Cambridge	Labour	Signed
Robert McCartney	10/11/1997	North Down	UKUP	Signed
Fraser Kemp	10/11/1997	Houghton & Washington East	Labour	Signed
Linda Perham	11/11/1997	Ilford North	Labour	Signed
Vernon Coaker	11/11/1997	Gedling	Labour	Signed
David Chidgey	13/11/1997	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	17/11/1997	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Paul Burstow	20/11/1997	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Debra Shipley	20/11/1997	Stourbridge	Labour	Signed
John Wilkinson	24/11/1997	Ruislip - Northwood	Conservative	Signed
Gerry Bermingham	24/11/1997	St Helens South	Labour	Signed
Alan Beith	24/11/1997	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Barry Gardiner	24/11/1997	Brent North	Labour	Signed
Michael Fabricant	24/11/1997	Lichfield	Conservative	Signed
Jim Cousins	24/11/1997	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Denis Murphy	24/11/1997	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Tom Levitt	24/11/1997	High Peak	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	24/11/1997	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Marion Roe	24/11/1997	Broxbourne	Conservative	Signed
David Rendel	24/11/1997	Newbury	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Pound	24/11/1997	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
John Swinney	25/11/1997	North Tayside	Scottish National Party	Signed
Peter Temple-Morris	25/11/1997	Leominster	Independent Conservative	Signed
Paul Tyler	25/11/1997	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joan Walley	25/11/1997	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Michael Wills	25/11/1997	North Swindon	Labour	Signed
Tony Wright	25/11/1997	Cannock Chase	Labour	Signed
Paul Stinchcombe	25/11/1997	Wellingborough	Labour	Signed
David Atkinson	25/11/1997	Bournemouth East	Conservative	Signed
David Prior	25/11/1997	North Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
Sally Keeble	25/11/1997	Northampton North	Labour	Signed
Bill Olner	25/11/1997	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
James Gray	25/11/1997	North Wiltshire	Conservative	Signed
John Greenway	25/11/1997	Ryedale	Conservative	Signed
Dominic Grieve	25/11/1997	Beaconsfield	Conservative	Signed
Graham Brady	26/11/1997	Altrincham & Sale West	Conservative	Signed
Ian Cawsey	26/11/1997	Brigg & Goole	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Fearn	26/11/1997	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Ainger	26/11/1997	Carmarthen West & South Pembrokeshire	Labour	Signed
John Gunnell	26/11/1997	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Joe Benton	26/11/1997	Bootle	Labour	Signed
George Stevenson	26/11/1997	Stoke-on-Trent South	Labour	Signed
Desmond Swayne	26/11/1997	New Forest West	Conservative	Signed
David Taylor	26/11/1997	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Jon Trickett	26/11/1997	Hemsworth	Labour	Signed
Stephen Twigg	26/11/1997	Enfield, Southgate	Labour	Signed
Richard Livsey	26/11/1997	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Terry Lewis	26/11/1997	Worsley	Labour	Signed
Chris Pond	26/11/1997	Gravesham	Labour	Signed
Tom Pendry	26/11/1997	Stalybridge & Hyde	Labour	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	26/11/1997	Dover	Labour	Signed
Ted Rowlands	26/11/1997	Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney	Labour	Signed
David Ruffley	26/11/1997	Bury St Edmunds	Conservative	Signed
Adrian Sanders	26/11/1997	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Geraldine Smith	26/11/1997	Morecambe & Lunesdale	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	26/11/1997	Luton North	Labour	Signed
John Horam	26/11/1997	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
Robert Jackson	26/11/1997	Wantage	Conservative	Signed
Oliver Letwin	26/11/1997	West Dorset	Conservative	Signed
Ann Cryer	27/11/1997	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Tam Dalyell	27/11/1997	Linlithgow	Labour	Signed
Brian H Donohoe	27/11/1997	Cunninghame South	Labour	Signed
Gwyneth Dunwoody	27/11/1997	Crewe & Nantwich	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	27/11/1997	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
David Amess	27/11/1997	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Jenny Tonge	27/11/1997	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Wareing	27/11/1997	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Wicks	27/11/1997	Croydon North	Labour	Signed
William Cash	27/11/1997	Stone	Conservative	Signed
Ian Paisley	27/11/1997	North Antrim	DUP	Signed
Owen Paterson	27/11/1997	North Shropshire	Conservative	Signed
Gordon Prentice	27/11/1997	Pendle	Labour	Signed
John Randall	27/11/1997	Uxbridge	Conservative	Signed
Christine Russell	27/11/1997	Chester, City of	Labour	Signed
Caroline Spelman	27/11/1997	Meriden	Conservative	Signed
Phyllis Starkey	27/11/1997	Milton Keynes South West	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	27/11/1997	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Melanie Johnson	27/11/1997	Welwyn Hatfield	Labour	Signed
Ieuan Wyn Jones	27/11/1997	Ynys M	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Mike Wood	28/11/1997	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Caroline Flint	28/11/1997	Don Valley	Labour	Signed
Lorna Fitzsimons	28/11/1997	Rochdale	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	28/11/1997	Burton	Labour	Signed
Tim Collins	28/11/1997	Westmorland & Lonsdale	Conservative	Signed
Martin O'Neill	28/11/1997	Ochil	Labour	Signed
Andrew Miller	28/11/1997	Ellesmere Port & Neston	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	28/11/1997	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Ann Keen	28/11/1997	Brentford & Isleworth	Labour	Signed
Andrew Hunter	28/11/1997	Basingstoke	Conservative	Signed
Phil Willis	01/12/1997	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Stewart	01/12/1997	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	01/12/1997	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Barbara Follett	01/12/1997	Stevenage	Labour	Signed
Claire Curtis-Thomas	01/12/1997	Crosby	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	01/12/1997	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Bruce	01/12/1997	South Dorset	Conservative	Signed
Helen Jackson	01/12/1997	Sheffield, Hillsborough	Labour	Signed
James Plaskitt	01/12/1997	Warwick & Leamington	Labour	Signed
Jamie Cann	02/12/1997	Ipswich	Labour	Signed
Roseanna Cunningham	02/12/1997	Perth	Scottish National Party	Signed
Joe Ashton	02/12/1997	Bassetlaw	Labour	Signed
Teddy Taylor	02/12/1997	Rochford & Southend East	Conservative	Signed
David Tredinnick	02/12/1997	Bosworth	Conservative	Signed
Ann Winterton	02/12/1997	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
Chris Mullin	02/12/1997	Sunderland South	Labour	Signed
Siobhain McDonagh	02/12/1997	Mitcham & Morden	Labour	Signed
Tess Kingham	02/12/1997	Gloucester	Labour	Signed
Piara S Khabra	02/12/1997	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Beverley Hughes	02/12/1997	Stretford & Urmston	Labour	Signed
Martin Salter	02/12/1997	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Chris Ruane	02/12/1997	Vale of Clwyd	Labour	Signed
William Ross	02/12/1997	East Londonderry	UUP	Signed
Liz Blackman	03/12/1997	Erewash	Labour	Signed
Andy King	03/12/1997	Rugby & Kenilworth	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hesford	04/12/1997	Wirral West	Labour	Signed
Valerie Davey	04/12/1997	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
John Grogan	04/12/1997	Selby	Labour	Signed
Charlotte Atkins	04/12/1997	Staffordshire Moorlands	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	05/12/1997	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hazel Blears	08/12/1997	Salford	Labour	Signed
Candy Atherton	08/12/1997	Falmouth & Camborne	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	08/12/1997	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	08/12/1997	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Crispin Blunt	09/12/1997	Reigate	Conservative	Signed
Roger Berry	09/12/1997	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
John Bercow	09/12/1997	Buckingham	Conservative	Signed
Patrick Hall	09/12/1997	Bedford	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	09/12/1997	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	09/12/1997	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Julian Brazier	09/12/1997	Canterbury	Conservative	Signed
Howard Stoate	10/12/1997	Dartford	Labour	Signed
Tony Benn	10/12/1997	Chesterfield	Labour	Signed
Diana Organ	10/12/1997	Forest of Dean	Labour	Signed
Austin Mitchell	10/12/1997	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Barry Sheerman	10/12/1997	Huddersfield	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Bill Rammell	10/12/1997	Harlow	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	11/12/1997	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Ivan Henderson	11/12/1997	Harwich	Labour	Signed
Teresa Gorman	12/12/1997	Billericay	Conservative	Signed
Humfrey Malins	16/12/1997	Woking	Conservative	Signed
Betty Williams	16/12/1997	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Alan Campbell	17/12/1997	Tynemouth	Labour	Signed
Alex Salmond	22/12/1997	Banff & Buchan	Scottish National Party	Signed
Marsha Singh	12/01/1998	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Alan Whitehead	12/01/1998	Southampton, Test	Labour	Signed
Allan Rogers	19/01/1998	Rhondda	Labour	Signed
John Stanley	20/01/1998	Tonbridge & Malling	Conservative	Signed
Philip Hammond	22/01/1998	Runnymede & Weybridge	Conservative	Signed
David Curry	28/01/1998	Skipton & Ripon	Conservative	Signed
Martyn Jones	09/02/1998	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
Mark Todd	11/02/1998	South Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	02/03/1998	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Christopher Gill	06/03/1998	Ludlow	Conservative	Signed
Alan Williams	23/04/1998	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Labour	Signed
Yvette Cooper	23/04/1998	Pontefract & Castleford	Labour	Signed
Eleanor Laing	23/04/1998	Epping Forest	Conservative	Signed
Alasdair Morgan	30/04/1998	Galloway & Upper Nithsdale	Scottish National Party	Signed
Clive Efford	11/06/1998	Eltham	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	23/06/1998	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Calum Macdonald	Unknown			Withdrawn
Kate Hoey	Unknown			Withdrawn
David Hanson	Unknown			Withdrawn
Ross Cranston	Unknown			Withdrawn
Peter Brand	Unknown			Withdrawn
Keith Hill	Unknown			Withdrawn
Alan Meale	Unknown			Withdrawn
Charles Clarke	Unknown			Withdrawn
John Hutton	Unknown			Withdrawn
Margaret Hodge	Unknown			Withdrawn
Patricia Hewitt	Unknown			Withdrawn

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