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Electronic Voting In The House Of Commons

EDM number 516 in 1998-99, proposed by John Maxton on 31/03/1999.

That this House notes the development of increasingly sophisticated personal recognition systems within information technology; believes that many of the objections made by some honourable Members to the earlier proposals made by the Committee on the Modernisation of the House of Commons for electronic voting in the House are no longer valid; asks that the Committee re-consider this matter and present a report to Parliament as soon as possible; and further believes that the Committee should lay a Motion for the introduction of such a system before the House and let the honourable Members decide by a free vote on their preference.

This motion has been signed by a total of 61 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
John Maxton31/03/1999Glasgow, CathcartLabourProposed
Allan Rogers31/03/1999RhonddaLabourSigned
Jim Wallace31/03/1999Orkney & ShetlandLiberal DemocratSigned
Ian Stewart31/03/1999EcclesLabourSigned
David Borrow31/03/1999South RibbleLabourSigned
Norman Godman31/03/1999Greenock & InverclydeLabourSigned
Linda Gilroy31/03/1999Plymouth, SuttonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Caroline Flint31/03/1999Don ValleyLabourSigned
Michael Connarty31/03/1999Falkirk EastLabourSigned
Ann Clwyd31/03/1999Cynon ValleyLabourSigned
Russell Brown31/03/1999DumfriesLabourSigned
Rosemary McKenna31/03/1999Cumbernauld & KilsythLabourSigned
Stephen McCabe31/03/1999Birmingham, Hall GreenLabourSigned
Gordon Marsden31/03/1999Blackpool SouthLabourSigned
Terry Lewis31/03/1999WorsleyLabourSigned
Brian Iddon31/03/1999Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Phyllis Starkey31/03/1999Milton Keynes South WestLabourSigned
Ernie Ross31/03/1999Dundee WestLabourSigned
David Clark31/03/1999South ShieldsLabourSigned
Peter Brand13/04/1999Isle of WightLiberal DemocratSigned
David Chaytor14/04/1999Bury NorthLabourSigned
Derek Wyatt14/04/1999Sittingbourne & SheppeyLabourSigned
Brian White14/04/1999North East Milton KeynesLabourSigned
David Taylor14/04/1999North West LeicestershireLabour Co-operativeSigned
Maria Fyfe14/04/1999Glasgow, MaryhillLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin14/04/1999Heywood & MiddletonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Valerie Davey14/04/1999Bristol WestLabourSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe14/04/1999LeighLabourSigned
Mark Oaten14/04/1999WinchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
David Lepper14/04/1999Brighton, PavilionLabour Co-operativeSigned
Michael Foster15/04/1999WorcesterLabourSigned
Ronnie Fearn15/04/1999SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Dismore15/04/1999HendonLabourSigned
Vincent Cable15/04/1999TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Nigel Jones15/04/1999CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Lynne Jones15/04/1999Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Dan Norris15/04/1999WansdykeLabourSigned
Martin Salter16/04/1999Reading WestLabourSigned
Peter Luff16/04/1999Mid WorcestershireConservativeSigned
Martin Caton16/04/1999GowerLabourSigned
Jane Griffiths16/04/1999Reading EastLabourSigned
Paul Marsden19/04/1999Shrewsbury & AtchamLabourSigned
Laura Moffatt19/04/1999CrawleyLabourSigned
Michael Jabez Foster19/04/1999Hastings & RyeLabourSigned
David Drew20/04/1999StroudLabour Co-operativeSigned
Eric Illsley21/04/1999Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Julia Drown21/04/1999South SwindonLabourSigned
Bill Etherington22/04/1999Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Andrew Stunell22/04/1999Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Bob Blizzard22/04/1999WaveneyLabourSigned
Jackie Ballard30/04/1999TauntonLiberal DemocratSigned
Lawrie Quinn04/05/1999Scarborough & WhitbyLabourSigned
David Heath04/05/1999Somerton & FromeLiberal DemocratSigned
Ken Livingstone05/05/1999Brent EastLabourSigned
Stephen Twigg07/05/1999Enfield, SouthgateLabourSigned
Chris McCafferty13/05/1999Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Candy Atherton13/05/1999Falmouth & CamborneLabourSigned
Donald Gorrie17/05/1999Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Nick Harvey20/05/1999North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Doug Naysmith20/05/1999Bristol North WestLabour Co-operativeSigned
Malcolm Savidge24/05/1999Aberdeen NorthLabourSigned

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