Race Relations
EDM number 190 in 1998-99, proposed by Oona King on 14/01/1999.
That this House accepts the fact that the United Kingdom is a multi-racial society; reasserts the right of all individuals to enjoy equal rights irrespective of their race, colour or creed; deplores the fact that racial discrimination continues to blight the lives of many British citizens, and many other ethnic minorities who live in the United Kingdom; and urges the Home Secretary to fully accept the recommendations by the Commission for Racial Equality and reform the Race Relations Act 1976.
This motion has been signed by a total of 193 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.
| MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
|---|
| Oona King | 14/01/1999 | Bethnal Green & Bow | Labour | Proposed |
| Jim Fitzpatrick | 14/01/1999 | Poplar & Canning Town | Labour | Signed |
| Julie Morgan | 18/01/1999 | Cardiff North | Labour | Signed |
| Nick Palmer | 18/01/1999 | Broxtowe | Labour | Signed |
| Stephen Pound | 18/01/1999 | Ealing North | Labour | Signed |
| Gwyn Prosser | 18/01/1999 | Dover | Labour | Signed |
| Syd Rapson | 18/01/1999 | Portsmouth North | Labour | Signed |
| Ernie Ross | 18/01/1999 | Dundee West | Labour | Signed |
| Christine Russell | 18/01/1999 | Chester, City of | Labour | Signed |
| Phil Sawford | 18/01/1999 | Kettering | Labour | Signed |
| Brian Sedgemore | 18/01/1999 | Hackney South & Shoreditch | Labour | Signed |
| Marsha Singh | 18/01/1999 | Bradford West | Labour | Signed |
| Martin Smyth | 18/01/1999 | Belfast South | UUP | Signed |
| Harriet Harman | 18/01/1999 | Camberwell & Peckham | Labour | Signed |
| Nick Harvey | 18/01/1999 | North Devon | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Joan Humble | 18/01/1999 | Blackpool North & Fleetwood | Labour | Signed |
| John Hume | 18/01/1999 | Foyle | Social Democratic and Labour Party | Signed |
| Brian Iddon | 18/01/1999 | Bolton South East | Labour | Signed |
| Eric Illsley | 18/01/1999 | Barnsley Central | Labour | Signed |
| Ieuan Wyn Jones | 18/01/1999 | Ynys M | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
| Jenny Jones | 18/01/1999 | Wolverhampton South West | Labour | Signed |
| Sally Keeble | 18/01/1999 | Northampton North | Labour | Signed |
| Alan Keen | 18/01/1999 | Feltham & Heston | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Piara S Khabra | 18/01/1999 | Ealing, Southall | Labour | Signed |
| Archy Kirkwood | 18/01/1999 | Roxburgh & Berwickshire | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Ashok Kumar | 18/01/1999 | Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland | Labour | Signed |
| Bob Laxton | 18/01/1999 | Derby North | Labour | Signed |
| David Lepper | 18/01/1999 | Brighton, Pavilion | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Tom Levitt | 18/01/1999 | High Peak | Labour | Signed |
| Terry Lewis | 18/01/1999 | Worsley | Labour | Signed |
| Ken Livingstone | 18/01/1999 | Brent East | Labour | Signed |
| Richard Livsey | 18/01/1999 | Brecon & Radnorshire | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Elfyn Llwyd | 18/01/1999 | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
| Andrew Love | 18/01/1999 | Edmonton | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Judy Mallaber | 18/01/1999 | Amber Valley | Labour | Signed |
| Seamus Mallon | 18/01/1999 | Newry & Armagh | Social Democratic and Labour Party | Signed |
| Gordon Marsden | 18/01/1999 | Blackpool South | Labour | Signed |
| John McAllion | 18/01/1999 | Dundee East | Labour | Signed |
| Stephen McCabe | 18/01/1999 | Birmingham, Hall Green | Labour | Signed |
| Chris McCafferty | 18/01/1999 | Calder Valley | Labour | Signed |
| Bill Michie | 18/01/1999 | Sheffield, Heeley | Labour | Signed |
| Andrew Miller | 18/01/1999 | Ellesmere Port & Neston | Labour | Signed |
| Austin Mitchell | 18/01/1999 | Great Grimsby | Labour | Signed |
| Laura Moffatt | 18/01/1999 | Crawley | Labour | Signed |
| Martin O'Neill | 18/01/1999 | Ochil | Labour | Signed |
| Peter Bradley | 18/01/1999 | Wrekin, The | Labour | Signed |
| Peter Brand | 18/01/1999 | Isle of Wight | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Colin Breed | 18/01/1999 | South East Cornwall | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Christine Butler | 18/01/1999 | Castle Point | Labour | Signed |
| Vincent Cable | 18/01/1999 | Twickenham | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Menzies Campbell | 18/01/1999 | Fife North East | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Ronnie Campbell | 18/01/1999 | Blyth Valley | Labour | Signed |
| Harry Cohen | 18/01/1999 | Leyton & Wanstead | Labour | Signed |
| Michael Connarty | 18/01/1999 | Falkirk East | Labour | Signed |
| Frank Cook | 18/01/1999 | Stockton North | Labour | Signed |
| Robin Corbett | 18/01/1999 | Birmingham, Erdington | Labour | Signed |
| Lawrence Cunliffe | 18/01/1999 | Leigh | Labour | Signed |
| Jim Cunningham | 18/01/1999 | Coventry South | Labour | Signed |
| Tam Dalyell | 18/01/1999 | Linlithgow | Labour | Signed |
| Valerie Davey | 18/01/1999 | Bristol West | Labour | Signed |
| Hilton Dawson | 18/01/1999 | Lancaster & Wyre | Labour | Signed |
| Janet Dean | 18/01/1999 | Burton | Labour | Signed |
| Andrew Dismore | 18/01/1999 | Hendon | Labour | Signed |
| Jim Dobbin | 18/01/1999 | Heywood & Middleton | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| David Drew | 18/01/1999 | Stroud | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Maria Eagle | 18/01/1999 | Liverpool, Garston | Labour | Signed |
| Huw Edwards | 18/01/1999 | Monmouth | Labour | Signed |
| Bill Etherington | 18/01/1999 | Sunderland North | Labour | Signed |
| Margaret Ewing | 18/01/1999 | Moray | Scottish National Party | Signed |
| Paul Flynn | 18/01/1999 | Newport West | Labour | Signed |
| Michael Jabez Foster | 18/01/1999 | Hastings & Rye | Labour | Signed |
| Andrew George | 18/01/1999 | St Ives | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Neil Gerrard | 18/01/1999 | Walthamstow | Labour | Signed |
| Ian Gibson | 18/01/1999 | Norwich North | Labour | Signed |
| Norman Godman | 18/01/1999 | Greenock & Inverclyde | Labour | Signed |
| Llin Golding | 18/01/1999 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Labour | Signed |
| Donald Gorrie | 18/01/1999 | Edinburgh West | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Tommy Graham | 18/01/1999 | West Renfrewshire | Independent Labour | Signed |
| Jane Griffiths | 18/01/1999 | Reading East | Labour | Signed |
| Fabian Hamilton | 18/01/1999 | Leeds North East | Labour | Signed |
| Mike Hancock | 18/01/1999 | Portsmouth South | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Joe Ashton | 18/01/1999 | Bassetlaw | Labour | Signed |
| Candy Atherton | 18/01/1999 | Falmouth & Camborne | Labour | Signed |
| Charlotte Atkins | 18/01/1999 | Staffordshire Moorlands | Labour | Signed |
| Harry Barnes | 18/01/1999 | North East Derbyshire | Labour | Signed |
| Tony Benn | 18/01/1999 | Chesterfield | Labour | Signed |
| Gerry Bermingham | 18/01/1999 | St Helens South | Labour | Signed |
| Roger Berry | 18/01/1999 | Kingswood | Labour | Signed |
| Harold Best | 18/01/1999 | Leeds North West | Labour | Signed |
| Peter Bottomley | 18/01/1999 | Worthing West | Conservative | Signed |
| Ian Stewart | 18/01/1999 | Eccles | Labour | Signed |
| Howard Stoate | 18/01/1999 | Dartford | Labour | Signed |
| Andrew Stunell | 18/01/1999 | Hazel Grove | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Teddy Taylor | 18/01/1999 | Rochford & Southend East | Conservative | Signed |
| William Thompson | 18/01/1999 | West Tyrone | UUP | Signed |
| Mark Todd | 18/01/1999 | South Derbyshire | Labour | Signed |
| Jenny Tonge | 18/01/1999 | Richmond Park | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Desmond Turner | 18/01/1999 | Brighton, Kemptown | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Tyler | 18/01/1999 | North Cornwall | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Rudi Vis | 18/01/1999 | Finchley & Golders Green | Labour | Signed |
| Joan Walley | 18/01/1999 | Stoke-on-Trent North | Labour | Signed |
| Brian White | 18/01/1999 | North East Milton Keynes | Labour | Signed |
| Alan Whitehead | 18/01/1999 | Southampton, Test | Labour | Signed |
| Betty Williams | 18/01/1999 | Conwy | Labour | Signed |
| David Winnick | 18/01/1999 | Walsall North | Labour | Signed |
| Mike Wood | 18/01/1999 | Batley & Spen | Labour | Signed |
| Tony Worthington | 18/01/1999 | Clydebank & Milngavie | Labour | Signed |
| Anthony D Wright | 18/01/1999 | Great Yarmouth | Labour | Signed |
| James Plaskitt | 19/01/1999 | Warwick & Leamington | Labour | Signed |
| Bob Russell | 19/01/1999 | Colchester | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Malcolm Savidge | 19/01/1999 | Aberdeen North | Labour | Signed |
| Jonathan R Shaw | 19/01/1999 | Chatham & Aylesford | Labour | Signed |
| Alan Simpson | 19/01/1999 | Nottingham South | Labour | Signed |
| Ivan Henderson | 19/01/1999 | Harwich | Labour | Signed |
| Fiona Jones | 19/01/1999 | Newark | Labour | Signed |
| Charles Kennedy | 19/01/1999 | Ross, Skye & Inverness West | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Alice Mahon | 19/01/1999 | Halifax | Labour | Signed |
| Malcolm Chisholm | 19/01/1999 | Edinburgh North & Leith | Labour | Signed |
| Joe Benton | 19/01/1999 | Bootle | Labour | Signed |
| David Borrow | 19/01/1999 | South Ribble | Labour | Signed |
| Stephen Twigg | 19/01/1999 | Enfield, Southgate | Labour | Signed |
| Robert Wareing | 19/01/1999 | Liverpool, West Derby | Labour | Signed |
| Dennis Skinner | 20/01/1999 | Bolsover | Labour | Signed |
| Kelvin Hopkins | 20/01/1999 | Luton North | Labour | Signed |
| Louise Ellman | 20/01/1999 | Liverpool, Riverside | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Maria Fyfe | 20/01/1999 | Glasgow, Maryhill | Labour | Signed |
| John Austin | 20/01/1999 | Erith & Thamesmead | Labour | Signed |
| David Stewart | 20/01/1999 | Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber | Labour | Signed |
| David Taylor | 20/01/1999 | North West Leicestershire | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| John D Taylor | 20/01/1999 | Strangford | UUP | Signed |
| Michael Foster | 21/01/1999 | Worcester | Labour | Signed |
| Evan Harris | 21/01/1999 | Oxford West & Abingdon | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Tony McWalter | 21/01/1999 | Hemel Hempstead | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Russell Brown | 21/01/1999 | Dumfries | Labour | Signed |
| Martin Caton | 21/01/1999 | Gower | Labour | Signed |
| Tom Cox | 21/01/1999 | Tooting | Labour | Signed |
| Martin Salter | 25/01/1999 | Reading West | Labour | Signed |
| Andy King | 25/01/1999 | Rugby & Kenilworth | Labour | Signed |
| Lorna Fitzsimons | 25/01/1999 | Rochdale | Labour | Signed |
| Jim Wallace | 25/01/1999 | Orkney & Shetland | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Keith Darvill | 26/01/1999 | Upminster | Labour | Signed |
| Richard Allan | 26/01/1999 | Sheffield, Hallam | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Alex Salmond | 27/01/1999 | Banff & Buchan | Scottish National Party | Signed |
| Simon Hughes | 28/01/1999 | North Southwark & Bermondsey | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Dafydd Wigley | 28/01/1999 | Caernarfon | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
| Sandra Osborne | 01/02/1999 | Ayr | Labour | Signed |
| Mohammad Sarwar | 02/02/1999 | Glasgow, Govan | Labour | Signed |
| Brian Cotter | 03/02/1999 | Weston-Super-Mare | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Doug Naysmith | 08/02/1999 | Bristol North West | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Edward O'Hara | 10/02/1999 | Knowsley South | Labour | Signed |
| Michael Clapham | 10/02/1999 | Barnsley West & Penistone | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Stinchcombe | 11/02/1999 | Wellingborough | Labour | Signed |
| Ann Cryer | 15/02/1999 | Keighley | Labour | Signed |
| Kevin McNamara | 22/02/1999 | Kingston upon Hull North | Labour | Signed |
| Jeremy Corbyn | 26/02/1999 | Islington North | Labour | Signed |
| Allan Rogers | 02/03/1999 | Rhondda | Labour | Signed |
| John McDonnell | 05/03/1999 | Hayes & Harlington | Labour | Signed |
| Audrey Wise | 05/03/1999 | Preston | Labour | Signed |
| Peter Pike | 16/03/1999 | Burnley | Labour | Signed |
| Edward Davey | 25/03/1999 | Kingston & Surbiton | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Lynne Jones | 20/04/1999 | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Labour | Signed |
| George Galloway | 20/04/1999 | Glasgow, Kelvin | Labour | Signed |
| Helen Southworth | 21/04/1999 | Warrington South | Labour | Signed |
| Stephen Hesford | 21/04/1999 | Wirral West | Labour | Signed |
| Ian Cawsey | 21/04/1999 | Brigg & Goole | Labour | Signed |
| Alan Beith | 21/04/1999 | Berwick-upon-Tweed | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Peter Temple-Morris | 21/04/1999 | Leominster | Labour | Signed |
| Kerry Pollard | 22/04/1999 | St Albans | Labour | Signed |
| David Rendel | 22/04/1999 | Newbury | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Anne Begg | 22/04/1999 | Aberdeen South | Labour | Signed |
| Fraser Kemp | 23/04/1999 | Houghton & Washington East | Labour | Signed |
| Tom Brake | 23/04/1999 | Carshalton & Wallington | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| David Chaytor | 23/04/1999 | Bury North | Labour | Signed |
| Iain Coleman | 23/04/1999 | Hammersmith & Fulham | Labour | Signed |
| Don Foster | 23/04/1999 | Bath | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Jackie Ballard | 23/04/1999 | Taunton | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Roger Godsiff | 27/04/1999 | Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath | Labour | Signed |
| Martyn Jones | 28/04/1999 | Clwyd South | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Burstow | 28/04/1999 | Sutton & Cheam | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Chris Pond | 29/04/1999 | Gravesham | Labour | Signed |
| Liz Blackman | 29/04/1999 | Erewash | Labour | Signed |
| Joan Ruddock | 30/04/1999 | Lewisham, Deptford | Labour | Signed |
| Phyllis Starkey | 30/04/1999 | Milton Keynes South West | Labour | Signed |
| David Chidgey | 04/05/1999 | Eastleigh | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Angela Smith | 05/05/1999 | Basildon | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Mark Fisher | 06/05/1999 | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Labour | Signed |
| Diane Abbott | 10/05/1999 | Hackney North & Stoke Newington | Labour | Signed |
| Margaret Moran | 17/05/1999 | Luton South | Labour | Signed |
| Lembit | 19/05/1999 | Montgomeryshire | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Ian Davidson | 20/05/1999 | Glasgow, Pollok | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Terry Davis | 21/07/1999 | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | Labour | Signed |
| Tony Clarke | 27/07/1999 | Northampton South | Labour | Signed |
| Graham Stringer | Unknown | | | Withdrawn |
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