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This motion has been signed by a total of 119 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Joan Ruddock03/07/2001Lewisham, DeptfordLabourProposed
Julie Morgan03/07/2001Cardiff NorthLabourSigned
Evan Harris03/07/2001Oxford West & AbingdonLiberal DemocratSigned
Anne Begg03/07/2001Aberdeen SouthLabourSigned
Jenny Tonge03/07/2001Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Peter Viggers03/07/2001GosportConservativeSigned
Bob Russell04/07/2001ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Christine Russell04/07/2001Chester, City ofLabourSigned
Lynne Jones04/07/2001Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Nigel Jones04/07/2001CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Oona King04/07/2001Bethnal Green & BowLabourSigned
Fiona Mactaggart04/07/2001SloughLabourSigned
Judy Mallaber04/07/2001Amber ValleyLabourSigned
Chris McCafferty04/07/2001Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Ann McKechin04/07/2001Glasgow, MaryhillLabourSigned
Rosemary McKenna04/07/2001Cumbernauld & KilsythLabourSigned
Laura Moffatt04/07/2001CrawleyLabourSigned
Margaret Moran04/07/2001Luton SouthLabourSigned
Kali Mountford04/07/2001Colne ValleyLabourSigned
Meg Munn04/07/2001Sheffield, HeeleyLabour Co-operativeSigned
Claire Curtis-Thomas04/07/2001CrosbyLabourSigned
Janet Dean04/07/2001BurtonLabourSigned
Win Griffiths04/07/2001BridgendLabourSigned
Mike Hancock04/07/2001Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Candy Atherton04/07/2001Falmouth & CamborneLabourSigned
Vera Baird04/07/2001RedcarLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley04/07/2001Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Mark Todd04/07/2001South DerbyshireLabourSigned
Joan Walley04/07/2001Stoke-on-Trent NorthLabourSigned
Derek Wyatt04/07/2001Sittingbourne & SheppeyLabourSigned
Linda Perham05/07/2001Ilford NorthLabourSigned
David Rendel05/07/2001NewburyLiberal DemocratSigned
Glenda Jackson05/07/2001Hampstead & HighgateLabourSigned
Jim Knight05/07/2001South DorsetLabourSigned
Kevin McNamara05/07/2001Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
Martin Caton05/07/2001GowerLabourSigned
David Chaytor05/07/2001Bury NorthLabourSigned
Valerie Davey05/07/2001Bristol WestLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore05/07/2001HendonLabourSigned
Sue Doughty05/07/2001GuildfordLiberal DemocratSigned
Bill Etherington05/07/2001Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Jane Griffiths05/07/2001Reading EastLabourSigned
Tony Banks05/07/2001West HamLabourSigned
Harold Best05/07/2001Leeds North WestLabourSigned
Paul Tyler05/07/2001North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Brian Sedgemore09/07/2001Hackney South & ShoreditchLabourSigned
Andy King09/07/2001Rugby & KenilworthLabourSigned
Ashok Kumar09/07/2001Middlesbrough South & East ClevelandLabourSigned
Gisela Stuart09/07/2001Birmingham, EdgbastonLabourSigned
Dennis Skinner10/07/2001BolsoverLabourSigned
Helen Jackson10/07/2001Sheffield, HillsboroughLabourSigned
Robert Jackson10/07/2001WantageConservativeSigned
Siobhain McDonagh10/07/2001Mitcham & MordenLabourSigned
Andrew Miller10/07/2001Ellesmere Port & NestonLabourSigned
Austin Mitchell10/07/2001Great GrimsbyLabourSigned
Mark Oaten10/07/2001WinchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Patsy Calton10/07/2001CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Helen Clark10/07/2001PeterboroughLabourSigned
Tony Colman10/07/2001PutneyLabourSigned
Louise Ellman10/07/2001Liverpool, RiversideLabour Co-operativeSigned
Mark Fisher10/07/2001Stoke-on-Trent CentralLabourSigned
Barbara Follett10/07/2001StevenageLabourSigned
Don Foster10/07/2001BathLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Beith10/07/2001Berwick-upon-TweedLiberal DemocratSigned
David Stewart10/07/2001Inverness East, Nairn and LochaberLabourSigned
Andrew Stunell10/07/2001Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Tony Worthington10/07/2001Clydebank & MilngavieLabourSigned
Adam Price11/07/2001Carmarthen East & DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Phil Sawford11/07/2001KetteringLabourSigned
John Mann11/07/2001BassetlawLabourSigned
Doug Naysmith11/07/2001Bristol North WestLabour Co-operativeSigned
Kevin Brennan11/07/2001Cardiff WestLabourSigned
Annette Brooke11/07/2001Mid Dorset & North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Jeremy Corbyn11/07/2001Islington NorthLabourSigned
Ross Cranston11/07/2001Dudley NorthLabourSigned
Hilton Dawson11/07/2001Lancaster & WyreLabourSigned
Andrew George11/07/2001St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Sandra Gidley11/07/2001RomseyLiberal DemocratSigned
John Austin11/07/2001Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Richard Taylor11/07/2001Wyre ForestIndependentSigned
Steve Webb11/07/2001NorthavonLiberal DemocratSigned
Jimmy Wray11/07/2001Glasgow, BailliestonLabourSigned
Richard Younger-Ross11/07/2001TeignbridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Stephen Hesford12/07/2001Wirral WestLabourSigned
Calum MacDonald12/07/2001Na h-Eileanan an IarLabourSigned
Alice Mahon12/07/2001HalifaxLabourSigned
Martin O'Neill12/07/2001OchilLabourSigned
Colin Breed12/07/2001South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Chris Bryant12/07/2001RhonddaLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin12/07/2001Heywood & MiddletonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Roger Williams12/07/2001Brecon & RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Syd Rapson13/07/2001Portsmouth NorthLabourSigned
Kevan Jones13/07/2001North DurhamLabourSigned
Eric Martlew16/07/2001CarlisleLabourSigned
Betty Williams16/07/2001ConwyLabourSigned
Ernie Ross17/07/2001Dundee WestLabourSigned
Andrew MacKinlay17/07/2001ThurrockLabourSigned
Diana Organ17/07/2001Forest of DeanLabourSigned
Russell Brown17/07/2001DumfriesLabourSigned
Michael Clapham17/07/2001Barnsley West & PenistoneLabourSigned
Alan Keen18/07/2001Feltham & HestonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Tom Brake18/07/2001Carshalton & WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Richard Burden18/07/2001Birmingham, NorthfieldLabourSigned
Roger Berry18/07/2001KingswoodLabourSigned
Rudi Vis18/07/2001Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Geoffrey Robinson19/07/2001Coventry North WestLabourSigned
Simon Hughes19/07/2001North Southwark & BermondseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Iain Luke19/07/2001Dundee EastLabourSigned
Tony McWalter19/07/2001Hemel HempsteadLabour Co-operativeSigned
Ann Cryer19/07/2001KeighleyLabourSigned
Ian Davidson19/07/2001Glasgow, PollokLabour Co-operativeSigned
Frank Doran19/07/2001Aberdeen CentralLabourSigned
Huw Edwards19/07/2001MonmouthLabourSigned
Adrian Bailey19/07/2001West Bromwich WestLabour Co-operativeSigned
Jackie Lawrence14/09/2001Preseli PembrokeshireLabourSigned
Mohammad Sarwar04/10/2001Glasgow, GovanLabourSigned
Annabelle Ewing18/10/2001PerthScottish National PartySigned
Joan RyanUnknownWithdrawn
David MilibandUnknownWithdrawn

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