Opinion Polling (EDM1294)

Opinion Polling

EDM number 1294 in 2003-04, proposed by Barry Sheerman on 26/05/2004.

That this House regrets the decline of self-regulation of public opinion polling companies in the United Kingdom; is deeply concerned that there are no sufficient checks on the integrity of polling or polling organisations; further expresses concern at the proliferation of non-scientific/empirical polling, in particular the use of techniques designed to secure the results favoured by those who commission the polls, and lack of transparency in the methodology employed; and calls on Her Majesty's Government to conduct a thorough investigation into the integrity, honesty and professionalism of the polling industry and, if indicated, introduce regulation.

This motion has been signed by a total of 82 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Barry Sheerman	26/05/2004	Huddersfield	Labour Co-operative	Proposed
David Hinchliffe	26/05/2004	Wakefield	Labour	Signed
Tony Wright	26/05/2004	Cannock Chase	Labour	Signed
Alan Whitehead	26/05/2004	Southampton, Test	Labour	Signed
Kevin Barron	26/05/2004	Rother Valley	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	26/05/2004	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Clive Efford	26/05/2004	Eltham	Labour	Signed
Valerie Davey	26/05/2004	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	26/05/2004	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Ben Chapman	26/05/2004	Wirral South	Labour	Signed
Anne Campbell	26/05/2004	Cambridge	Labour	Signed
Tony McWalter	26/05/2004	Hemel Hempstead	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Frank Dobson	26/05/2004	Holborn & St Pancras	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	27/05/2004	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	27/05/2004	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Graham Allen	27/05/2004	Nottingham North	Labour	Signed
John Grogan	27/05/2004	Selby	Labour	Signed
Vera Baird	27/05/2004	Redcar	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	27/05/2004	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	27/05/2004	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Paddy Tipping	27/05/2004	Sherwood	Labour	Signed
Jenny Tonge	27/05/2004	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Tyler	27/05/2004	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dave Watts	27/05/2004	St Helens North	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	27/05/2004	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Bill O'Brien	27/05/2004	Normanton	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	27/05/2004	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
David Drew	27/05/2004	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Wayne David	27/05/2004	Caerphilly	Labour	Signed
Tony Colman	27/05/2004	Putney	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	27/05/2004	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Helen Jones	27/05/2004	Warrington North	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	27/05/2004	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	27/05/2004	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	27/05/2004	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Jonathan R Shaw	27/05/2004	Chatham & Aylesford	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	27/05/2004	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Peter Pike	27/05/2004	Burnley	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	07/06/2004	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	07/06/2004	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	07/06/2004	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Mike Hancock	07/06/2004	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Vincent Cable	08/06/2004	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Caton	08/06/2004	Gower	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	08/06/2004	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	08/06/2004	Burton	Labour	Signed
Adrian Bailey	08/06/2004	West Bromwich West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Simon Thomas	08/06/2004	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Derek Wyatt	08/06/2004	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	08/06/2004	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Keetch	09/06/2004	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	09/06/2004	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Meale	09/06/2004	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	09/06/2004	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	09/06/2004	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Dennis Skinner	09/06/2004	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	10/06/2004	North Down	UUP	Signed
Andrew Dismore	10/06/2004	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Janet Anderson	14/06/2004	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	16/06/2004	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeff Ennis	17/06/2004	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	17/06/2004	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward O'Hara	18/06/2004	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	30/06/2004	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Jim Dowd	30/06/2004	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
Debra Shipley	01/07/2004	Stourbridge	Labour	Signed
Ross Cranston	05/07/2004	Dudley North	Labour	Signed
Nigel Beard	05/07/2004	Bexleyheath & Crayford	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	05/07/2004	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	05/07/2004	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Phil Sawford	05/07/2004	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Christine Russell	05/07/2004	Chester, City of	Labour	Signed
Syd Rapson	05/07/2004	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Terry Lewis	07/07/2004	Worsley	Labour	Signed
John Austin	14/07/2004	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Stephen Pound	22/07/2004	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
Dai Havard	22/07/2004	Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney	Labour	Signed
Tony Clarke	22/07/2004	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
Gisela Stuart	22/07/2004	Birmingham, Edgbaston	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	22/07/2004	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Frank Cook	13/09/2004	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Terry Davis	Unknown			Withdrawn

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