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Electoral Fraud In Hackney (No. 3)

EDM number 865 in 1998-99, proposed by Paul Burstow on 22/07/1999.

That this House notes that Labour councillor, Lorraine Monk, elected in May 1998, resigned her seat due to a police investigation, following allegations of her being fraudulently entered on the electoral register; regrets the fact that the police terminated their investigations when Councillor Monk resigned; and calls upon Special Branch to re-open the investigation to ensure that any electoral fraud is firmly dealt with.

This motion has been signed by a total of 9 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Paul Burstow22/07/1999Sutton & CheamLiberal DemocratProposed
David Rendel22/07/1999NewburyLiberal DemocratSigned
Donald Gorrie22/07/1999Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Jackie Ballard22/07/1999TauntonLiberal DemocratSigned
Adrian Sanders23/07/1999TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned
Evan Harris26/07/1999Oxford West & AbingdonLiberal DemocratSigned
Malcolm Bruce26/07/1999GordonLiberal DemocratSigned
Simon Hughes27/07/1999North Southwark & BermondseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Tom Brake27/07/1999Carshalton & WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned

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