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