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Future Of Manchester United (No. 2)

EDM number 1782 in 2003-04, proposed by Tony Lloyd on 21/10/2004.

That this House shares the concerns of Manchester United supporters as expressed by groups like Shareholders United and the Independent Manchester United Supporters' Association about the dangers of potential takeover activities for the club; recognises that such activity, especially when prolonged, is destabilising; believes that any takeover designed to transform the club into a private company would be against the interests of supporters; considers that profit increases in ticket and merchandise prices in order to increase shareholder return would conflict with the club's wider obligations; believes that football clubs differ from trading companies and owe real accountability to their supporters; calls on the football authorities to vet would-be owners against a fit and proper person test and their commitment to the wider interests of the game; asks the Department of Trade and Industry to take steps to regulate any takeover on public interest grounds; and demands that those planning aggressive share purchase campaigns should issue a public prospectus outlining the objectives of any takeover and the means by which those objectives would be met.

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

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Tony Lloyd21/10/2004Manchester CentralLabourProposed
Andy Burnham21/10/2004LeighLabourSigned
Harry Barnes25/10/2004North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Keith Vaz25/10/2004Leicester EastLabourSigned
Huw Edwards25/10/2004MonmouthLabourSigned
Tom Cox25/10/2004TootingLabourSigned
Keith Bradley25/10/2004Manchester, WithingtonLabourSigned
Gerald Kaufman25/10/2004Manchester, GortonLabourSigned
Helen Jones25/10/2004Warrington NorthLabourSigned
Brian Iddon25/10/2004Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Paul Holmes25/10/2004ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Gordon Prentice25/10/2004PendleLabourSigned
Lindsay Hoyle26/10/2004ChorleyLabourSigned
Mark Lazarowicz26/10/2004Edinburgh North & LeithLabour Co-operativeSigned
Terry Lewis26/10/2004WorsleyLabourSigned
Judy Mallaber26/10/2004Amber ValleyLabourSigned
Albert Owen26/10/2004Ynys MLabourSigned
Mike Wood26/10/2004Batley & SpenLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin27/10/2004Heywood & MiddletonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Robert Wareing27/10/2004Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSigned
Rudi Vis27/10/2004Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard27/10/2004WalthamstowLabourSigned
Kevin McNamara27/10/2004Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
Graham Stringer27/10/2004Manchester, BlackleyLabourSigned
Lynne Jones28/10/2004Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Chris McCafferty28/10/2004Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Alan Meale28/10/2004MansfieldLabourSigned
David Drew28/10/2004StroudLabour Co-operativeSigned
Gwyneth Dunwoody28/10/2004Crewe & NantwichLabourSigned
Tony Colman01/11/2004PutneyLabourSigned
Tony Banks01/11/2004West HamLabourSigned
John Lyons03/11/2004Strathkelvin & BearsdenLabourSigned
Matthew Taylor03/11/2004Truro & St AustellLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Tami09/11/2004Alyn & DeesideLabourSigned
Ann Cryer10/11/2004KeighleyLabourSigned
Alan Simpson11/11/2004Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Richard Allan11/11/2004Sheffield, HallamLiberal DemocratSigned
Nigel Jones17/11/2004CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned

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