Women In Parliament

EDM number 72 in 2001-02, proposed by Joan Ruddock on 03/07/2001.

That this House believes that a democratically elected Parliament should seek to reflect the make-up of its population; notes that while women make up 51 per cent. of the UK population, only 18 per cent. of elected honourable Members are women; considers such an imbalance to be unacceptable in the 21st century; welcomes the Government's promise in the Queen's Speech to draft legislation to enable political parties to take positive action in the selection of women as parliamentary candidates; and urges the Leader of the House to bring forward the legislation as soon as possible to ensure the selection of many more women candidates for the next general election.

This motion has been signed by a total of 119 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Joan Ruddock	03/07/2001	Lewisham, Deptford	Labour	Proposed
Peter Viggers	03/07/2001	Gosport	Conservative	Signed
Jenny Tonge	03/07/2001	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Anne Begg	03/07/2001	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
Evan Harris	03/07/2001	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julie Morgan	03/07/2001	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Meg Munn	04/07/2001	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Claire Curtis-Thomas	04/07/2001	Crosby	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	04/07/2001	Burton	Labour	Signed
Win Griffiths	04/07/2001	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	04/07/2001	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Candy Atherton	04/07/2001	Falmouth & Camborne	Labour	Signed
Vera Baird	04/07/2001	Redcar	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	04/07/2001	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Mark Todd	04/07/2001	South Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	04/07/2001	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	04/07/2001	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Kali Mountford	04/07/2001	Colne Valley	Labour	Signed
Margaret Moran	04/07/2001	Luton South	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	04/07/2001	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Christine Russell	04/07/2001	Chester, City of	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	04/07/2001	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	04/07/2001	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Oona King	04/07/2001	Bethnal Green & Bow	Labour	Signed
Fiona Mactaggart	04/07/2001	Slough	Labour	Signed
Judy Mallaber	04/07/2001	Amber Valley	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	04/07/2001	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Ann McKechin	04/07/2001	Glasgow, Maryhill	Labour	Signed
Rosemary McKenna	04/07/2001	Cumbernauld & Kilsyth	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	04/07/2001	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Sue Doughty	05/07/2001	Guildford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	05/07/2001	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Jane Griffiths	05/07/2001	Reading East	Labour	Signed
Tony Banks	05/07/2001	West Ham	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	05/07/2001	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Paul Tyler	05/07/2001	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Dismore	05/07/2001	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Valerie Davey	05/07/2001	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	05/07/2001	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	05/07/2001	Gower	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	05/07/2001	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Jim Knight	05/07/2001	South Dorset	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	05/07/2001	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
David Rendel	05/07/2001	Newbury	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Linda Perham	05/07/2001	Ilford North	Labour	Signed
Gisela Stuart	09/07/2001	Birmingham, Edgbaston	Labour	Signed
Ashok Kumar	09/07/2001	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Andy King	09/07/2001	Rugby & Kenilworth	Labour	Signed
Brian Sedgemore	09/07/2001	Hackney South & Shoreditch	Labour	Signed
Louise Ellman	10/07/2001	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Mark Fisher	10/07/2001	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Barbara Follett	10/07/2001	Stevenage	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	10/07/2001	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Beith	10/07/2001	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Stewart	10/07/2001	Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	10/07/2001	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony Worthington	10/07/2001	Clydebank & Milngavie	Labour	Signed
Tony Colman	10/07/2001	Putney	Labour	Signed
Helen Clark	10/07/2001	Peterborough	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	10/07/2001	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Helen Jackson	10/07/2001	Sheffield, Hillsborough	Labour	Signed
Robert Jackson	10/07/2001	Wantage	Conservative	Signed
Siobhain McDonagh	10/07/2001	Mitcham & Morden	Labour	Signed
Andrew Miller	10/07/2001	Ellesmere Port & Neston	Labour	Signed
Austin Mitchell	10/07/2001	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Mark Oaten	10/07/2001	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Patsy Calton	10/07/2001	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	11/07/2001	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sandra Gidley	11/07/2001	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Austin	11/07/2001	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Richard Taylor	11/07/2001	Wyre Forest	Independent	Signed
Steve Webb	11/07/2001	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jimmy Wray	11/07/2001	Glasgow, Baillieston	Labour	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	11/07/2001	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hilton Dawson	11/07/2001	Lancaster & Wyre	Labour	Signed
Ross Cranston	11/07/2001	Dudley North	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	11/07/2001	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Phil Sawford	11/07/2001	Kettering	Labour	Signed
John Mann	11/07/2001	Bassetlaw	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	11/07/2001	Bristol North West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Kevin Brennan	11/07/2001	Cardiff West	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	11/07/2001	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	11/07/2001	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Roger Williams	12/07/2001	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Dobbin	12/07/2001	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Chris Bryant	12/07/2001	Rhondda	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	12/07/2001	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin O'Neill	12/07/2001	Ochil	Labour	Signed
Alice Mahon	12/07/2001	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Calum MacDonald	12/07/2001	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hesford	12/07/2001	Wirral West	Labour	Signed
Syd Rapson	13/07/2001	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Kevan Jones	13/07/2001	North Durham	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	16/07/2001	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Eric Martlew	16/07/2001	Carlisle	Labour	Signed
Ernie Ross	17/07/2001	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	17/07/2001	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
Diana Organ	17/07/2001	Forest of Dean	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	17/07/2001	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	17/07/2001	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	18/07/2001	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	18/07/2001	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Richard Burden	18/07/2001	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	18/07/2001	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Keen	18/07/2001	Feltham & Heston	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Adrian Bailey	19/07/2001	West Bromwich West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Huw Edwards	19/07/2001	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Frank Doran	19/07/2001	Aberdeen Central	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	19/07/2001	Glasgow, Pollok	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Ann Cryer	19/07/2001	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Tony McWalter	19/07/2001	Hemel Hempstead	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Iain Luke	19/07/2001	Dundee East	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	19/07/2001	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Geoffrey Robinson	19/07/2001	Coventry North West	Labour	Signed
Jackie Lawrence	14/09/2001	Preseli Pembrokeshire	Labour	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	04/10/2001	Glasgow, Govan	Labour	Signed
Annabelle Ewing	18/10/2001	Perth	Scottish National Party	Signed
Joan Ryan	Unknown			Withdrawn
David Miliband	Unknown			Withdrawn

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