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Political Fund Ballots And The Bakers Union

EDM number 1598 in 2003-04, proposed by John Mann on 07/09/2004.

That this House notes that the recent ballot held by the Bakers Union in which 96 per cent. voted to keep the political fund; further notes that under legislation introduced by the Conservative Government in 1984, trade unions wishing to contribute to political parties or engage in other political activities must establish a political fund; further notes that each union must ballot its members every 10 years on whether to retain this fund; recognises that all individual union members have the right to opt out of paying into a political fund should they so choose; is concerned that trade unions bear an excessive financial burden in order to fulfil their natural role of representing their members' interest; and believes that in light of the Bakers Union members' recent overwhelming vote in favour of retaining the union's political fund that the Government should abolish the legislation that puts such excessive burdens on trade unions.

This motion has been signed by a total of 38 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
John Mann07/09/2004BassetlawLabourProposed
Dennis Skinner08/09/2004BolsoverLabourSigned
Khalid Mahmood08/09/2004Birmingham, Perry BarrLabourSigned
Martin Caton08/09/2004GowerLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore08/09/2004HendonLabourSigned
Hywel Francis08/09/2004AberavonLabourSigned
Harry Barnes08/09/2004North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Rudi Vis08/09/2004Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
John Cummings09/09/2004EasingtonLabourSigned
Brian Iddon13/09/2004Bolton South EastLabourSigned
David Lepper13/09/2004Brighton, PavilionLabour Co-operativeSigned
Tom Cox13/09/2004TootingLabourSigned
Ann Cryer13/09/2004KeighleyLabourSigned
Harold Best13/09/2004Leeds North WestLabourSigned
Betty Williams13/09/2004ConwyLabourSigned
Albert Owen14/09/2004Ynys MLabourSigned
Lindsay Hoyle14/09/2004ChorleyLabourSigned
Andy Reed14/09/2004LoughboroughLabour Co-operativeSigned
Syd Rapson14/09/2004Portsmouth NorthLabourSigned
Marsha Singh14/09/2004Bradford WestLabourSigned
Jim Sheridan15/09/2004West RenfrewshireLabourSigned
Terry Lewis15/09/2004WorsleyLabourSigned
Clive Efford15/09/2004ElthamLabourSigned
Bill Etherington15/09/2004Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Paul Farrelly15/09/2004Newcastle-under-LymeLabourSigned
Paul Flynn15/09/2004Newport WestLabourSigned
Tony Lloyd16/09/2004Manchester CentralLabourSigned
Dennis Turner16/09/2004Wolverhampton South EastLabour Co-operativeSigned
Janet Dean16/09/2004BurtonLabourSigned
Wayne David16/09/2004CaerphillyLabourSigned
John McDonnell16/09/2004Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Eric Illsley16/09/2004Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Alan Simpson11/10/2004Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins11/10/2004Luton NorthLabourSigned
David Drew11/10/2004StroudLabour Co-operativeSigned
Jeremy Corbyn14/10/2004Islington NorthLabourSigned
David Crausby14/10/2004Bolton North EastLabourSigned
David Borrow19/10/2004South RibbleLabourSigned

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