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Fiftieth Anniversary Of The Election Of The Right Honourable Member For Old Bexley And Sidcup

EDM number 449 in 1999-00, proposed by William Hague on 29/02/2000.

That this House notes that the Right honourable Member for Old Bexley and Sidcup, then known as Lieutenant Colonel Edward Richard George Heath, MBE, took his seat on 2nd March 1950 and that he has represented essentially the same constituency since that date, so completing fifty years of unbroken service to his constituents, to his party, to Parliament and to the country; congratulates him on this rare distinction; and expresses its gratitude to him for the contribution he has made over those fifty years to the life of the House of Commons in so many ministerial roles, as Prime Minister and, since 1992, as Father of the House.

This motion has been signed by a total of 343 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
William Hague29/02/2000Richmond (Yorks)ConservativeProposed
Edward Garnier29/02/2000HarboroughConservativeSigned
George Galloway29/02/2000Glasgow, KelvinLabourSigned
Roger Gale29/02/2000North ThanetConservativeSigned
Christopher Fraser29/02/2000Mid Dorset & North PooleConservativeSigned
Liam Fox29/02/2000WoodspringConservativeSigned
Norman Fowler29/02/2000Sutton ColdfieldConservativeSigned
Eric Forth29/02/2000Bromley & ChislehurstConservativeSigned
Barbara Follett29/02/2000StevenageLabourSigned
Howard Flight29/02/2000Arundel & South DownsConservativeSigned
Lorna Fitzsimons29/02/2000RochdaleLabourSigned
Mark Fisher29/02/2000Stoke-on-Trent CentralLabourSigned
Frank Field29/02/2000BirkenheadLabourSigned
Ronnie Fearn29/02/2000SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Fallon29/02/2000SevenoaksConservativeSigned
Michael Fabricant29/02/2000LichfieldConservativeSigned
Andrew George29/02/2000St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Bruce George29/02/2000Walsall SouthLabourSigned
Nick Gibb29/02/2000Bognor Regis & LittlehamptonConservativeSigned
Archie Hamilton29/02/2000Epsom & EwellConservativeSigned
Patrick Hall29/02/2000BedfordLabourSigned
John Gunnell29/02/2000Morley & RothwellLabourSigned
John Gummer29/02/2000Suffolk CoastalConservativeSigned
Win Griffiths29/02/2000BridgendLabourSigned
David Amess29/02/2000Southend WestConservativeSigned
Peter Ainsworth29/02/2000East SurreyConservativeSigned
Dominic Grieve29/02/2000BeaconsfieldConservativeSigned
John Greenway29/02/2000RyedaleConservativeSigned
Damian Green29/02/2000AshfordConservativeSigned
James Gray29/02/2000North WiltshireConservativeSigned
Teresa Gorman29/02/2000BillericayConservativeSigned
Roger Godsiff29/02/2000Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small HeathLabourSigned
Linda Gilroy29/02/2000Plymouth, SuttonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Cheryl Gillan29/02/2000Chesham & AmershamConservativeSigned
David Faber29/02/2000WestburyConservativeSigned
Margaret Ewing29/02/2000MorayScottish National PartySigned
Nigel Evans29/02/2000Ribble ValleyConservativeSigned
Tam Dalyell29/02/2000LinlithgowLabourSigned
David Curry29/02/2000Skipton & RiponConservativeSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe29/02/2000LeighLabourSigned
John Cryer29/02/2000HornchurchLabourSigned
James Cran29/02/2000Beverley & HoldernessConservativeSigned
Brian Cotter29/02/2000Weston-Super-MareLiberal DemocratSigned
Patrick Cormack29/02/2000South StaffordshireConservativeSigned
Robin Corbett29/02/2000Birmingham, ErdingtonLabourSigned
Tony Colman29/02/2000PutneyLabourSigned
Tim Collins29/02/2000Westmorland & LonsdaleConservativeSigned
Harry Cohen29/02/2000Leyton & WansteadLabourSigned
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown29/02/2000CotswoldConservativeSigned
Kenneth Clarke29/02/2000RushcliffeConservativeSigned
Michael Clark29/02/2000RayleighConservativeSigned
David Clark29/02/2000South ShieldsLabourSigned
Keith Darvill29/02/2000UpminsterLabourSigned
Edward Davey29/02/2000Kingston & SurbitonLiberal DemocratSigned
Bill Etherington29/02/2000Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Peter Emery29/02/2000East DevonConservativeSigned
Louise Ellman29/02/2000Liverpool, RiversideLabour Co-operativeSigned
Maria Eagle29/02/2000Liverpool, GarstonLabourSigned
Gwyneth Dunwoody29/02/2000Crewe & NantwichLabourSigned
Alan Duncan29/02/2000Rutland & MeltonConservativeSigned
Iain Duncan Smith29/02/2000Chingford & Woodford GreenConservativeSigned
David Drew29/02/2000StroudLabour Co-operativeSigned
Stephen Dorrell29/02/2000CharnwoodConservativeSigned
Brian H Donohoe29/02/2000Cunninghame SouthLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin29/02/2000Heywood & MiddletonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Stephen Day29/02/2000CheadleConservativeSigned
David Davis29/02/2000Haltemprice & HowdenConservativeSigned
Ron Davies29/02/2000CaerphillyLabourSigned
Quentin Davies29/02/2000Grantham & StamfordConservativeSigned
James Clappison29/02/2000HertsmereConservativeSigned
George Young29/02/2000North West HampshireConservativeSigned
Charles Wardle29/02/2000Bexhill & BattleConservativeSigned
Robert Walter29/02/2000North DorsetConservativeSigned
Peter Viggers29/02/2000GosportConservativeSigned
Andrew Tyrie29/02/2000ChichesterConservativeSigned
Bill Tynan29/02/2000Hamilton SouthLabourSigned
Paul Tyler29/02/2000North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Neil Turner29/02/2000WiganLabourSigned
David Trimble29/02/2000Upper BannUUPSigned
Michael Trend29/02/2000WindsorConservativeSigned
David Tredinnick29/02/2000BosworthConservativeSigned
Jenny Tonge29/02/2000Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Simon Thomas29/02/2000CeredigionPlaid CymruSigned
Gareth Thomas29/02/2000Clwyd WestLabourSigned
Peter Temple-Morris29/02/2000LeominsterLabourSigned
Teddy Taylor29/02/2000Rochford & Southend EastConservativeSigned
Robert Wareing29/02/2000Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSigned
Nigel Waterson29/02/2000EastbourneConservativeSigned
Tim Yeo29/02/2000South SuffolkConservativeSigned
Nicholas Winterton29/02/2000MacclesfieldConservativeSigned
Ann Winterton29/02/2000CongletonConservativeSigned
David Wilshire29/02/2000SpelthorneConservativeSigned
Betty Williams29/02/2000ConwyLabourSigned
Alan Williams29/02/2000Carmarthen East & DinefwrLabourSigned
Alan Williams29/02/2000Swansea WestLabourSigned
David Willetts29/02/2000HavantConservativeSigned
John Wilkinson29/02/2000Ruislip - NorthwoodConservativeSigned
Ann Widdecombe29/02/2000Maidstone & The WealdConservativeSigned
John Whittingdale29/02/2000Maldon & East ChelmsfordConservativeSigned
Ray Whitney29/02/2000WycombeConservativeSigned
Andrew Welsh29/02/2000AngusScottish National PartySigned
Bowen Wells29/02/2000Hertford & StortfordConservativeSigned
Steve Webb29/02/2000NorthavonLiberal DemocratSigned
Matthew Taylor29/02/2000Truro & St AustellLiberal DemocratSigned
Ian Taylor29/02/2000Esher & WaltonConservativeSigned
David Taylor29/02/2000North West LeicestershireLabour Co-operativeSigned
Anne Begg29/02/2000Aberdeen SouthLabourSigned
Nigel Beard29/02/2000Bexleyheath & CrayfordLabourSigned
Kevin Barron29/02/2000Rother ValleyLabourSigned
Jackie Ballard29/02/2000TauntonLiberal DemocratSigned
Tony Baldry29/02/2000BanburyConservativeSigned
Norman Baker29/02/2000LewesLiberal DemocratSigned
John Austin29/02/2000Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Peter Atkinson29/02/2000HexhamConservativeSigned
David Atkinson29/02/2000Bournemouth EastConservativeSigned
Candy Atherton29/02/2000Falmouth & CamborneLabourSigned
Joe Ashton29/02/2000BassetlawLabourSigned
Paddy Ashdown29/02/2000YeovilLiberal DemocratSigned
James Arbuthnot29/02/2000North East HampshireConservativeSigned
Michael Ancram29/02/2000DevizesConservativeSigned
Mike Hancock29/02/2000Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Beith29/02/2000Berwick-upon-TweedLiberal DemocratSigned
Martin Bell29/02/2000TattonIndependentSigned
Peter Tapsell29/02/2000Louth & HorncastleConservativeSigned
Robert Syms29/02/2000PooleConservativeSigned
Desmond Swayne29/02/2000New Forest WestConservativeSigned
Gary Streeter29/02/2000South West DevonConservativeSigned
Anthony Steen29/02/2000TotnesConservativeSigned
Virginia Bottomley29/02/2000South West SurreyConservativeSigned
Peter Bottomley29/02/2000Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Tim Boswell29/02/2000DaventryConservativeSigned
Richard Body29/02/2000Boston & SkegnessConservativeSigned
Crispin Blunt29/02/2000ReigateConservativeSigned
Gerry Bermingham29/02/2000St Helens SouthLabourSigned
Paul Beresford29/02/2000Mole ValleyConservativeSigned
John Bercow29/02/2000BuckinghamConservativeSigned
Tony Benn29/02/2000ChesterfieldLabourSigned
Hilary Benn29/02/2000Leeds CentralLabourSigned
Philip Hammond29/02/2000Runnymede & WeybridgeConservativeSigned
Oliver Letwin29/02/2000West DorsetConservativeSigned
Robert Jackson29/02/2000WantageConservativeSigned
Glenda Jackson29/02/2000Hampstead & HighgateLabourSigned
Michael Jack29/02/2000FyldeConservativeSigned
Eric Illsley29/02/2000Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Brian Iddon29/02/2000Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Andrew Hunter29/02/2000BasingstokeConservativeSigned
Gerald Howarth29/02/2000AldershotConservativeSigned
Michael Howard29/02/2000Folkestone & HytheConservativeSigned
Douglas Hogg29/02/2000Sleaford & North HykehamConservativeSigned
Michael Heseltine29/02/2000HenleyConservativeSigned
Stephen Hepburn29/02/2000JarrowLabourSigned
Doug Henderson29/02/2000Newcastle upon Tyne NorthLabourSigned
David Heathcoat-Amory29/02/2000WellsConservativeSigned
Oliver Heald29/02/2000North East HertfordshireConservativeSigned
John Hayes29/02/2000South Holland & The DeepingsConservativeSigned
Bernard Jenkin29/02/2000North EssexConservativeSigned
Geoffrey Johnson Smith29/02/2000WealdenConservativeSigned
Edward Leigh29/02/2000GainsboroughConservativeSigned
Andrew Lansley29/02/2000South CambridgeshireConservativeSigned
Jacqui Lait29/02/2000BeckenhamConservativeSigned
Eleanor Laing29/02/2000Epping ForestConservativeSigned
Ashok Kumar29/02/2000Middlesbrough South & East ClevelandLabourSigned
Archy Kirkwood29/02/2000Roxburgh & BerwickshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Julie Kirkbride29/02/2000BromsgroveConservativeSigned
Tom King29/02/2000BridgwaterConservativeSigned
David Kidney29/02/2000StaffordLabourSigned
Robert Key29/02/2000SalisburyConservativeSigned
Charles Kennedy29/02/2000Ross, Skye & Inverness WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Keetch29/02/2000HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Keen29/02/2000Feltham & HestonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Martyn Jones29/02/2000Clwyd SouthLabourSigned
Barry Jones29/02/2000Alyn & DeesideLabourSigned
Nick Hawkins29/02/2000Surrey HeathConservativeSigned
John Stanley29/02/2000Tonbridge & MallingConservativeSigned
Nick St Aubyn29/02/2000GuildfordConservativeSigned
Ted Rowlands29/02/2000Merthyr Tydfil & RhymneyLabourSigned
Andrew Rowe29/02/2000Faversham & Mid KentConservativeSigned
Marion Roe29/02/2000BroxbourneConservativeSigned
John Redwood29/02/2000WokinghamConservativeSigned
Syd Rapson29/02/2000Portsmouth NorthLabourSigned
John Randall29/02/2000UxbridgeConservativeSigned
David Prior29/02/2000North NorfolkConservativeSigned
Gordon Prentice29/02/2000PendleLabourSigned
Michael Portillo29/02/2000Kensington & ChelseaConservativeSigned
Linda Perham29/02/2000Ilford NorthLabourSigned
Tom Pendry29/02/2000Stalybridge & HydeLabourSigned
Owen Paterson29/02/2000North ShropshireConservativeSigned
Nick Palmer29/02/2000BroxtoweLabourSigned
Kerry Pollard29/02/2000St AlbansLabourSigned
Peter Pike29/02/2000BurnleyLabourSigned
David Ruffley29/02/2000Bury St EdmundsConservativeSigned
Bob Russell29/02/2000ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Richard Spring29/02/2000West SuffolkConservativeSigned
Michael Spicer29/02/2000West WorcestershireConservativeSigned
Caroline Spelman29/02/2000MeridenConservativeSigned
Clive Soley29/02/2000Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's BushLabourSigned
Nicholas Soames29/02/2000Mid SussexConservativeSigned
Martin Smyth29/02/2000Belfast SouthUUPSigned
Geraldine Smith29/02/2000Morecambe & LunesdaleLabourSigned
Keith Simpson29/02/2000Mid NorfolkConservativeSigned
Richard Shepherd29/02/2000Aldridge-BrownhillsConservativeSigned
Gillian Shephard29/02/2000South West NorfolkConservativeSigned
Robert Sheldon29/02/2000Ashton-under-LyneLabourSigned
Jonathan Sayeed29/02/2000Mid BedfordshireConservativeSigned
Malcolm Savidge29/02/2000Aberdeen NorthLabourSigned
Mohammad Sarwar29/02/2000Glasgow, GovanLabourSigned
Adrian Sanders29/02/2000TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned
Eric Pickles29/02/2000Brentwood & OngarConservativeSigned
Michael Clapham29/02/2000Barnsley West & PenistoneLabourSigned
Peter Brand29/02/2000Isle of WightLiberal DemocratSigned
Graham Brady29/02/2000Altrincham & Sale WestConservativeSigned
Ben Bradshaw29/02/2000ExeterLabourSigned
Peter Bradley29/02/2000Wrekin, TheLabourSigned
James Paice29/02/2000South East CambridgeshireConservativeSigned
Richard Page29/02/2000South West HertfordshireConservativeSigned
Richard Ottaway29/02/2000Croydon SouthConservativeSigned
Lembit 29/02/2000MontgomeryshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Bill Olner29/02/2000NuneatonLabourSigned
Edward O'Hara29/02/2000Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
Bill O'Brien29/02/2000NormantonLabourSigned
Stephen O'Brien29/02/2000EddisburyConservativeSigned
Mark Oaten29/02/2000WinchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Archie Norman29/02/2000Tunbridge WellsConservativeSigned
Malcolm Moss29/02/2000North East CambridgeshireConservativeSigned
Julian Brazier29/02/2000CanterburyConservativeSigned
Colin Breed29/02/2000South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Christopher Chope29/02/2000ChristchurchConservativeSigned
Sydney Chapman29/02/2000Chipping BarnetConservativeSigned
Ian Cawsey29/02/2000Brigg & GooleLabourSigned
Roger Casale29/02/2000WimbledonLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell29/02/2000Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Menzies Campbell29/02/2000Fife North EastLiberal DemocratSigned
Anne Campbell29/02/2000CambridgeLabourSigned
Vincent Cable29/02/2000TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
John Butterfill29/02/2000Bournemouth WestConservativeSigned
Christine Butler29/02/2000Castle PointLabourSigned
Simon Burns29/02/2000West ChelmsfordConservativeSigned
John Burnett29/02/2000Torridge & West DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Malcolm Bruce29/02/2000GordonLiberal DemocratSigned
Ian Bruce29/02/2000South DorsetConservativeSigned
Peter Brooke29/02/2000Cities of London & WestminsterConservativeSigned
John Morris29/02/2000AberavonLabourSigned
Alasdair Morgan29/02/2000Galloway & Upper NithsdaleScottish National PartySigned
Julian Lewis29/02/2000New Forest EastConservativeSigned
Humfrey Malins29/02/2000WokingConservativeSigned
John Major29/02/2000HuntingdonConservativeSigned
David Madel29/02/2000South West BedfordshireConservativeSigned
Denis MacShane29/02/2000RotherhamLabourSigned
Robert Maclennan29/02/2000Caithness, Sutherland & Easter RossLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew MacKinlay29/02/2000ThurrockLabourSigned
Andrew MacKay29/02/2000BracknellConservativeSigned
John MacGregor29/02/2000South NorfolkConservativeSigned
Nicholas Lyell29/02/2000North East BedfordshireConservativeSigned
Peter Luff29/02/2000Mid WorcestershireConservativeSigned
Tim Loughton29/02/2000East Worthing & ShorehamConservativeSigned
Peter Lloyd29/02/2000FarehamConservativeSigned
Peter Lilley29/02/2000Hitchin & HarpendenConservativeSigned
David Lidington29/02/2000AylesburyConservativeSigned
Terry Lewis29/02/2000WorsleyLabourSigned
Judy Mallaber29/02/2000Amber ValleyLabourSigned
Seamus Mallon29/02/2000Newry & ArmaghSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Michael Moore29/02/2000Tweeddale, Ettrick & LauderdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Laura Moffatt29/02/2000CrawleyLabourSigned
Austin Mitchell29/02/2000Great GrimsbyLabourSigned
Andrew Miller29/02/2000Ellesmere Port & NestonLabourSigned
Ray Michie29/02/2000Argyll & ButeLiberal DemocratSigned
Tony McWalter29/02/2000Hemel HempsteadLabour Co-operativeSigned
Patrick McLoughlin29/02/2000West DerbyshireConservativeSigned
Henry McLeish29/02/2000Central FifeLabourSigned
Anne McIntosh29/02/2000Vale of YorkConservativeSigned
John Maples29/02/2000Stratford-on-AvonConservativeSigned
John Marek29/02/2000WrexhamLabourSigned
Michael Mates29/02/2000East HampshireConservativeSigned
Francis Maude29/02/2000HorshamConservativeSigned
Brian Mawhinney29/02/2000North West CambridgeshireConservativeSigned
Theresa May29/02/2000MaidenheadConservativeSigned
Eddie McGrady29/02/2000South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Jim Cunningham01/03/2000Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Valerie Davey01/03/2000Bristol WestLabourSigned
Jeffrey M Donaldson01/03/2000Lagan ValleyUUPSigned
Tommy Graham01/03/2000West RenfrewshireIndependent LabourSigned
Andrew Stunell01/03/2000Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Derek Wyatt01/03/2000Sittingbourne & SheppeyLabourSigned
Martin Caton01/03/2000GowerLabourSigned
Jon Owen Jones01/03/2000Cardiff CentralLabour Co-operativeSigned
John Horam01/03/2000OrpingtonConservativeSigned
Bridget Prentice01/03/2000Lewisham EastLabourSigned
Gwyn Prosser01/03/2000DoverLabourSigned
Andrew Robathan01/03/2000BlabyConservativeSigned
Robert Smith01/03/2000West Aberdeenshire & KincardineLiberal DemocratSigned
Ivan Henderson01/03/2000HarwichLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins01/03/2000Luton NorthLabourSigned
Jean Corston02/03/2000Bristol EastLabourSigned
Tom Cox02/03/2000TootingLabourSigned
John Cummings02/03/2000EasingtonLabourSigned
Paul Flynn02/03/2000Newport WestLabourSigned
David Borrow02/03/2000South RibbleLabourSigned
David Stewart02/03/2000Inverness East, Nairn and LochaberLabourSigned
Desmond Turner02/03/2000Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
Stephen Twigg02/03/2000Enfield, SouthgateLabourSigned
Phil Willis02/03/2000Harrogate & KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
Frank Cook02/03/2000Stockton NorthLabourSigned
David Chidgey02/03/2000EastleighLiberal DemocratSigned
William Cash02/03/2000StoneConservativeSigned
Geoffrey Robinson02/03/2000Coventry North WestLabourSigned
Joan Ruddock02/03/2000Lewisham, DeptfordLabourSigned
Marsha Singh02/03/2000Bradford WestLabourSigned
Simon Hughes02/03/2000North Southwark & BermondseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Calum MacDonald02/03/2000Na h-Eileanan an IarLabourSigned
Ken Maginnis02/03/2000Fermanagh & South TyroneUUPSigned
Martin O'Neill02/03/2000OchilLabourSigned
Diana Organ02/03/2000Forest of DeanLabourSigned
Michael Foster02/03/2000WorcesterLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore03/03/2000HendonLabourSigned
David Rendel06/03/2000NewburyLiberal DemocratSigned
John D Taylor06/03/2000StrangfordUUPSigned
Neil Gerrard06/03/2000WalthamstowLabourSigned
Mike Gapes06/03/2000Ilford SouthLabour Co-operativeSigned
Paul Burstow06/03/2000Sutton & CheamLiberal DemocratSigned
Gordon Marsden06/03/2000Blackpool SouthLabourSigned
Alan Hurst06/03/2000BraintreeLabourSigned
Rudi Vis07/03/2000Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn07/03/2000Islington NorthLabourSigned
Russell Brown07/03/2000DumfriesLabourSigned
Chris McCafferty07/03/2000Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Nigel Jones07/03/2000CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Evan Harris07/03/2000Oxford West & AbingdonLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Simpson07/03/2000Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Barry Sheerman08/03/2000HuddersfieldLabour Co-operativeSigned
Piara S Khabra08/03/2000Ealing, SouthallLabourSigned
Paul Marsden08/03/2000Shrewsbury & AtchamLabourSigned
Colin Burgon08/03/2000ElmetLabourSigned
Jim Wallace09/03/2000Orkney & ShetlandLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Truswell09/03/2000PudseyLabourSigned
Kevin McNamara09/03/2000Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
Geraint Davies16/03/2000Croydon CentralLabourSigned
Michael Jabez Foster16/03/2000Hastings & RyeLabourSigned
Donald Gorrie17/03/2000Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Alice Mahon29/03/2000HalifaxLabourSigned
Nick Harvey06/04/2000North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
John McDonnell06/04/2000Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Allan Rogers18/04/2000RhonddaLabourSigned
Jimmy Wray19/04/2000Glasgow, BailliestonLabourSigned

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