Betting On The General Election

EDM number 305 in 2000-01, proposed by Alan Simpson on 07/02/2001.

That this House calls upon the Financial Services Authority to investigate the spread betting of IG Index on the result of the General Election, with particular reference to the attempt by its major shareholder Stuart Wheeler to influence the conduct and result of the Election after the company had received bets on a quoted spread of seats.

This motion has been signed by a total of 52 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Alan Simpson	07/02/2001	Nottingham South	Labour	Proposed
Dale Campbell-Savours	07/02/2001	Workington	Labour	Signed
Tam Dalyell	07/02/2001	Linlithgow	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	07/02/2001	Glasgow, Pollok	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Frank Dobson	07/02/2001	Holborn & St Pancras	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	07/02/2001	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Tony Benn	07/02/2001	Chesterfield	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	07/02/2001	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Neil Turner	07/02/2001	Wigan	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	07/02/2001	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Martin O'Neill	07/02/2001	Ochil	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	07/02/2001	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Stephen Pound	07/02/2001	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
Brian Sedgemore	07/02/2001	Hackney South & Shoreditch	Labour	Signed
Mark Hendrick	07/02/2001	Preston	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	07/02/2001	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	07/02/2001	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	07/02/2001	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Andrew Love	07/02/2001	Edmonton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Alice Mahon	07/02/2001	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	07/02/2001	Medway	Labour	Signed
David Drew	08/02/2001	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Clive Efford	08/02/2001	Eltham	Labour	Signed
Norman Godman	08/02/2001	Greenock & Inverclyde	Labour	Signed
Win Griffiths	08/02/2001	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Simon Thomas	08/02/2001	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Paul Tyler	08/02/2001	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hilton Dawson	08/02/2001	Lancaster & Wyre	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	08/02/2001	Easington	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	08/02/2001	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	08/02/2001	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jackie Lawrence	08/02/2001	Preseli Pembrokeshire	Labour	Signed
Judy Mallaber	08/02/2001	Amber Valley	Labour	Signed
Bill Michie	08/02/2001	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	08/02/2001	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Campbell	08/02/2001	Tynemouth	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	12/02/2001	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	12/02/2001	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	12/02/2001	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Andrew George	12/02/2001	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Chaytor	13/02/2001	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	14/02/2001	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	15/02/2001	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	26/02/2001	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	26/02/2001	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	27/02/2001	Gower	Labour	Signed
Tony Clarke	28/02/2001	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
William Ross	28/02/2001	East Londonderry	UUP	Signed
Eric Joyce	05/03/2001	Falkirk West	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	05/03/2001	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	07/03/2001	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Mike Gapes	13/03/2001	Ilford South	Labour Co-operative	Signed

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