Local Government Corruption (EDM1003)

Local Government Corruption

EDM number 1003 in 2001-02, proposed by Don Foster on 13/03/2002.

That this House condemns the behaviour of the former Doncaster councillor jailed on 12th March for accepting a bribe to change planning rules; congratulates former Doncaster councillor Ron Rose and the Yorkshire Post for their persistence in bringing the worst local government corruption case since the 1970s to light; congratulates South Yorkshire Police on its successful Operation Danum which has brought 21 councillors to justice; regrets the culture of institutionalised corruption which was allowed to develop unchecked by the national Labour Party; calls on the Government to introduce proposals for proportional representation to end one-party states in local government; and further calls on all parties to promote the highest standards of priority and public service in local government.

This motion has been signed by a total of 36 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Don Foster	13/03/2002	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
John Pugh	13/03/2002	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	13/03/2002	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Willis	13/03/2002	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Williams	13/03/2002	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Steve Webb	13/03/2002	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Tyler	13/03/2002	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Matthew Taylor	13/03/2002	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Stunell	13/03/2002	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Beith	13/03/2002	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Baker	13/03/2002	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Allan	13/03/2002	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sandra Gidley	13/03/2002	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sue Doughty	13/03/2002	Guildford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward Davey	13/03/2002	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Menzies Campbell	13/03/2002	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Rendel	13/03/2002	Newbury	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Russell	13/03/2002	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adrian Sanders	13/03/2002	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Evan Harris	13/03/2002	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	13/03/2002	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heath	13/03/2002	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Holmes	13/03/2002	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Keetch	13/03/2002	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Lamb	13/03/2002	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Moore	13/03/2002	Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lembit	13/03/2002	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Vincent Cable	13/03/2002	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Cotter	13/03/2002	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	14/03/2002	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jenny Tonge	14/03/2002	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Barrett	18/03/2002	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Matthew Green	19/03/2002	Ludlow	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Marsden	20/03/2002	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	21/03/2002	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Jones	25/03/2002	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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