Electing The House Of Commons

EDM number 1754 in 2001-02, proposed by Tom Harris on 15/10/2002.

That this House agrees that the first-past-the-post electoral system is the most appropriate for electing honourable Members of Parliament.

This motion has been signed by a total of 142 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Tom Harris	15/10/2002	Glasgow, Cathcart	Labour	Proposed
Ian Lucas	15/10/2002	Wrexham	Labour	Seconded
Robert Wareing	15/10/2002	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Seconded
Hywel Francis	15/10/2002	Aberavon	Labour	Seconded
Dave Watts	15/10/2002	St Helens North	Labour	Seconded
Wayne David	15/10/2002	Caerphilly	Labour	Seconded
George Foulkes	15/10/2002	Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Frank Dobson	15/10/2002	Holborn & St Pancras	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	15/10/2002	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Jim Cunningham	15/10/2002	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
John Cryer	15/10/2002	Hornchurch	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	15/10/2002	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Jon Cruddas	15/10/2002	Dagenham	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	15/10/2002	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Irene Adams	15/10/2002	Paisley North	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	15/10/2002	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Candy Atherton	15/10/2002	Falmouth & Camborne	Labour	Signed
David Stewart	15/10/2002	Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber	Labour	Signed
Mark Tami	15/10/2002	Alyn & Deeside	Labour	Signed
Bill Tynan	15/10/2002	Hamilton South	Labour	Signed
Keith Vaz	15/10/2002	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
Tom Watson	15/10/2002	West Bromwich East	Labour	Signed
Anthony D Wright	15/10/2002	Great Yarmouth	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	15/10/2002	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
David Cairns	15/10/2002	Greenock & Inverclyde	Labour	Signed
Stephen Pound	15/10/2002	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
Frank Roy	15/10/2002	Motherwell & Wishaw	Labour	Signed
Chris Ruane	15/10/2002	Vale of Clwyd	Labour	Signed
Jim Sheridan	15/10/2002	West Renfrewshire	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	15/10/2002	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Doug Henderson	15/10/2002	Newcastle upon Tyne North	Labour	Signed
Mark Hendrick	15/10/2002	Preston	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	15/10/2002	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Jimmy Hood	15/10/2002	Clydesdale	Labour	Signed
George Howarth	15/10/2002	Knowsley North & Sefton East	Labour	Signed
John McFall	15/10/2002	Dumbarton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Eric Martlew	15/10/2002	Carlisle	Labour	Signed
Iain Luke	15/10/2002	Dundee East	Labour	Signed
Julie Kirkbride	15/10/2002	Bromsgrove	Conservative	Signed
Kevan Jones	15/10/2002	North Durham	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	15/10/2002	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	15/10/2002	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	16/10/2002	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Alistair Burt	16/10/2002	North East Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
David Burnside	16/10/2002	South Antrim	UUP	Signed
Andy Burnham	16/10/2002	Leigh	Labour	Signed
Ian Paisley	16/10/2002	North Antrim	DUP	Signed
George Mudie	16/10/2002	Leeds East	Labour	Signed
Siobhain McDonagh	16/10/2002	Mitcham & Morden	Labour	Signed
Helen Clark	16/10/2002	Peterborough	Labour	Signed
David Clelland	16/10/2002	Tyne Bridge	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	16/10/2002	Islington North	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	16/10/2002	Easington	Labour	Signed
Brian H Donohoe	16/10/2002	Cunninghame South	Labour	Signed
Peter Duncan	16/10/2002	Galloway & Upper Nithsdale	Conservative	Signed
Ian Gibson	16/10/2002	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Roy Beggs	16/10/2002	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
David Winnick	16/10/2002	Walsall North	Labour	Signed
Andrew MacKay	16/10/2002	Bracknell	Conservative	Signed
Terry Lewis	16/10/2002	Worsley	Labour	Signed
Alan Keen	16/10/2002	Feltham & Heston	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Linda Perham	16/10/2002	Ilford North	Labour	Signed
Ken Purchase	16/10/2002	Wolverhampton North East	Labour/Co-operative	Signed
Syd Rapson	16/10/2002	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
John Robertson	16/10/2002	Glasgow, Anniesland	Labour	Signed
Ernie Ross	16/10/2002	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Savidge	16/10/2002	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
Si	16/10/2002	Birmingham, Erdington	Labour	Signed
Martin Smyth	16/10/2002	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
Bob Spink	16/10/2002	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Eric Joyce	16/10/2002	Falkirk West	Labour	Signed
Boris Johnson	16/10/2002	Henley	Conservative	Signed
Huw Irranca-Davies	16/10/2002	Ogmore	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	16/10/2002	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	16/10/2002	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	16/10/2002	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	16/10/2002	North Down	UUP	Signed
Rudi Vis	17/10/2002	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	17/10/2002	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Edward Garnier	17/10/2002	Harborough	Conservative	Signed
Mark Francois	17/10/2002	Rayleigh	Conservative	Signed
Janet Dean	17/10/2002	Burton	Labour	Signed
Tom Cox	17/10/2002	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Alice Mahon	17/10/2002	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Khalid Mahmood	17/10/2002	Birmingham, Perry Barr	Labour	Signed
Peter Luff	17/10/2002	Mid Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
Iris Robinson	17/10/2002	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Betty Williams	21/10/2002	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Hugo Swire	21/10/2002	East Devon	Conservative	Signed
Paul Farrelly	21/10/2002	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	21/10/2002	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
George Osborne	21/10/2002	Tatton	Conservative	Signed
Tim Loughton	21/10/2002	East Worthing & Shoreham	Conservative	Signed
Robert Key	21/10/2002	Salisbury	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Rosindell	21/10/2002	Romford	Conservative	Signed
Peter Pike	21/10/2002	Burnley	Labour	Signed
Stuart Bell	22/10/2002	Middlesbrough	Labour	Signed
Mark Field	22/10/2002	Cities of London & Westminster	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Dismore	22/10/2002	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Richard Ottaway	22/10/2002	Croydon South	Conservative	Signed
David Marshall	22/10/2002	Glasgow, Shettleston	Labour	Signed
Piara S Khabra	22/10/2002	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Helen Jones	22/10/2002	Warrington North	Labour	Signed
Dai Havard	22/10/2002	Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney	Labour	Signed
Phil Sawford	22/10/2002	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Colin Pickthall	22/10/2002	West Lancashire	Labour	Signed
Peter Ainsworth	23/10/2002	East Surrey	Conservative	Signed
Harold Best	23/10/2002	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Crispin Blunt	23/10/2002	Reigate	Conservative	Signed
Robert Syms	23/10/2002	Poole	Conservative	Signed
Nigel Waterson	23/10/2002	Eastbourne	Conservative	Signed
Ann Winterton	23/10/2002	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
Michael Fabricant	23/10/2002	Lichfield	Conservative	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	23/10/2002	Lagan Valley	UUP	Signed
John Butterfill	23/10/2002	Bournemouth West	Conservative	Signed
Peter Bradley	23/10/2002	Wrekin, The	Labour	Signed
Stephen O'Brien	23/10/2002	Eddisbury	Conservative	Signed
Eric Illsley	23/10/2002	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Alan Hurst	23/10/2002	Braintree	Labour	Signed
Keith Simpson	23/10/2002	Mid Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
Adrian Bailey	24/10/2002	West Bromwich West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Andrew Murrison	24/10/2002	Westbury	Conservative	Signed
Alan Simpson	24/10/2002	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Eleanor Laing	28/10/2002	Epping Forest	Conservative	Signed
Mike Wood	28/10/2002	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	29/10/2002	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Julian Lewis	30/10/2002	New Forest East	Conservative	Signed
Theresa May	31/10/2002	Maidenhead	Conservative	Signed
David Heyes	31/10/2002	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Caroline Spelman	04/11/2002	Meriden	Conservative	Signed
Patrick Mercer	04/11/2002	Newark	Conservative	Signed
Jeff Ennis	04/11/2002	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
James Gray	05/11/2002	North Wiltshire	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Selous	06/11/2002	South West Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Charles Hendry	06/11/2002	Wealden	Conservative	Signed
Anne McIntosh	06/11/2002	Vale of York	Conservative	Signed
Adrian Flook	06/11/2002	Taunton	Conservative	Signed
Cheryl Gillan	07/11/2002	Chesham & Amersham	Conservative	Signed
Desmond Swayne	07/11/2002	New Forest West	Conservative	Signed
Angela Watkinson	07/11/2002	Upminster	Conservative	Signed
Evan Harris	Unknown			Withdrawn
Paul Daisley	Unknown			Withdrawn

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