The Conservative Opposition

EDM number 739 in 1997-98, proposed by Phil Willis on 04/02/1998.

That this House appreciates the care and perception with which commentators in the serious media observe Parliamentary procedures and agrees with the judgment of the leading article in The Times of Wednesday 4 February that the Conservative Party's opposition to the Government in Parliament is 'overly intense and frenetic, obsessed with the short term, abrasive in presentation, trivial in the choice of material, and ultimately incredible'.

This motion has been signed by a total of 38 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Phil Willis	04/02/1998	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Edward Davey	04/02/1998	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	04/02/1998	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Allan	04/02/1998	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Baker	04/02/1998	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Beith	04/02/1998	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Stunell	04/02/1998	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jenny Tonge	04/02/1998	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Tyler	04/02/1998	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Steve Webb	04/02/1998	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Cotter	04/02/1998	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Burstow	04/02/1998	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	04/02/1998	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Rendel	04/02/1998	Newbury	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Russell	04/02/1998	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adrian Sanders	04/02/1998	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Jones	04/02/1998	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Charles Kennedy	04/02/1998	Ross, Skye & Inverness West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Moore	04/02/1998	Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Oaten	04/02/1998	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lembit	04/02/1998	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	04/02/1998	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	05/02/1998	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Clapham	05/02/1998	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Ken Livingstone	05/02/1998	Brent East	Labour	Signed
David Heath	05/02/1998	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	05/02/1998	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Vincent Cable	06/02/1998	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Cox	06/02/1998	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Colin Pickthall	09/02/1998	West Lancashire	Labour	Signed
Jim Wallace	09/02/1998	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Borrow	10/02/1998	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Ashok Kumar	10/02/1998	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Donald Gorrie	11/02/1998	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Brake	12/02/1998	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	17/02/1998	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Martyn Jones	27/02/1998	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
Dale Campbell-Savours	18/03/1998	Workington	Labour	Signed

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