Ivory Trade

EDM number 422 in 2003-04, proposed by Bill Olner on 14/01/2004.

That this House registers its grave concern at the possible resumption of the ivory trade in 2004; recognises the serious consequences that any trade could have on elephant populations in both Africa and Asia; is aware that the recent large seizures of illegal ivory in Asia are most likely to have been caused by increased poaching stimulated by the discussion on re-opening trade; notes that ivory poaching is the main reason that Africa's elephant population plummeted from 1.3 million in 1980 to between 400,000 and 660,000 today; further notes that the proposals to allow Botswana, Namibia and South Africa to sell their ivory stockpiles could have been defeated if the 15 EU countries had voted against them rather than abstained in 2002; and calls on Her Majesty's Government to take an active role to oppose any international trade in ivory and support the conservation of elephants at the Standing Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species in Geneva this March and in the future.

This motion has been signed by a total of 291 MPs, 3 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Bill Olner	14/01/2004	Nuneaton	Labour	Proposed
Tony Banks	14/01/2004	West Ham	Labour	Signed
Vera Baird	14/01/2004	Redcar	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	14/01/2004	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Amess	14/01/2004	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Paul Holmes	14/01/2004	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	15/01/2004	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Jim Cousins	15/01/2004	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	15/01/2004	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	15/01/2004	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	15/01/2004	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Barnes	15/01/2004	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	15/01/2004	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	15/01/2004	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Alice Mahon	15/01/2004	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	15/01/2004	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
David Lepper	15/01/2004	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Syd Rapson	15/01/2004	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Andy Reed	15/01/2004	Loughborough	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Andrew Rosindell	15/01/2004	Romford	Conservative	Signed
Bob Russell	15/01/2004	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Iddon	15/01/2004	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	15/01/2004	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	15/01/2004	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	15/01/2004	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Betty Williams	19/01/2004	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Simon Thomas	19/01/2004	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Bill Etherington	19/01/2004	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Sue Doughty	19/01/2004	Guildford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Cox	19/01/2004	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	19/01/2004	Gower	Labour	Signed
Richard Burden	19/01/2004	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Tim Loughton	19/01/2004	East Worthing & Shoreham	Conservative	Signed
Simon Hughes	19/01/2004	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adrian Sanders	19/01/2004	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adam Price	19/01/2004	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Mark Tami	20/01/2004	Alyn & Deeside	Labour	Signed
Gerry Steinberg	20/01/2004	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
John Austin	20/01/2004	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Karen Buck	20/01/2004	Regent's Park and Kensington North	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	20/01/2004	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	20/01/2004	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	20/01/2004	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	21/01/2004	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	21/01/2004	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	21/01/2004	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	21/01/2004	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dennis Skinner	21/01/2004	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Brian White	22/01/2004	North East Milton Keynes	Labour	Signed
Paul Tyler	22/01/2004	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dennis Turner	22/01/2004	Wolverhampton South East	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Michael Clapham	22/01/2004	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	22/01/2004	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	22/01/2004	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	26/01/2004	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Mike Gapes	26/01/2004	Ilford South	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Huw Edwards	27/01/2004	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
David Wright	29/01/2004	Telford	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	29/01/2004	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Sawford	29/01/2004	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	30/01/2004	Bristol North West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Peter Ainsworth	30/01/2004	East Surrey	Conservative	Signed
Hywel Williams	02/02/2004	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
John Wilkinson	02/02/2004	Ruislip - Northwood	Conservative	Signed
John Barrett	02/02/2004	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Neil Gerrard	02/02/2004	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Brian H Donohoe	02/02/2004	Cunninghame South	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	02/02/2004	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Paul Burstow	02/02/2004	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Mitchell	02/02/2004	Sutton Coldfield	Conservative	Signed
Jimmy Hood	02/02/2004	Clydesdale	Labour	Signed
Brian Sedgemore	02/02/2004	Hackney South & Shoreditch	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	03/02/2004	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Dean	03/02/2004	Burton	Labour	Signed
Jim Dowd	03/02/2004	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
Edward Garnier	03/02/2004	Harborough	Conservative	Signed
John Taylor	03/02/2004	Solihull	Conservative	Signed
Pete Wishart	03/02/2004	North Tayside	Scottish National Party	Signed
Mike Wood	03/02/2004	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	03/02/2004	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Keith Bradley	03/02/2004	Manchester, Withington	Labour	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	03/02/2004	Glasgow, Govan	Labour	Signed
Bob Spink	03/02/2004	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	03/02/2004	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hesford	03/02/2004	Wirral West	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	03/02/2004	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	03/02/2004	Medway	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	03/02/2004	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Peter Viggers	04/02/2004	Gosport	Conservative	Signed
Liz Blackman	04/02/2004	Erewash	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	04/02/2004	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Barbara Follett	04/02/2004	Stevenage	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	04/02/2004	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	04/02/2004	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Anne Campbell	04/02/2004	Cambridge	Labour	Signed
Piara S Khabra	04/02/2004	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	05/02/2004	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Paul Marsden	05/02/2004	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Menzies Campbell	05/02/2004	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sydney Chapman	05/02/2004	Chipping Barnet	Conservative	Signed
Valerie Davey	05/02/2004	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
Hilton Dawson	05/02/2004	Lancaster & Wyre	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	05/02/2004	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Adrian Bailey	05/02/2004	West Bromwich West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
David Borrow	05/02/2004	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Howard Stoate	05/02/2004	Dartford	Labour	Signed
John Mann	05/02/2004	Bassetlaw	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	05/02/2004	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Linda Perham	05/02/2004	Ilford North	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	05/02/2004	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
John Randall	05/02/2004	Uxbridge	Conservative	Signed
Marion Roe	05/02/2004	Broxbourne	Conservative	Signed
Alex Salmond	05/02/2004	Banff & Buchan	Scottish National Party	Signed
Jim Sheridan	05/02/2004	West Renfrewshire	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	05/02/2004	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	05/02/2004	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	05/02/2004	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Jon Owen Jones	05/02/2004	Cardiff Central	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Helen Clark	06/02/2004	Peterborough	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	06/02/2004	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Candy Atherton	06/02/2004	Falmouth & Camborne	Labour	Signed
Teddy Taylor	06/02/2004	Rochford & Southend East	Conservative	Signed
Patsy Calton	06/02/2004	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann McKechin	06/02/2004	Glasgow, Maryhill	Labour	Signed
Michael Mates	06/02/2004	East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Kevan Jones	06/02/2004	North Durham	Labour	Signed
Geraldine Smith	06/02/2004	Morecambe & Lunesdale	Labour	Signed
Stephen Pound	06/02/2004	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
Michael Moore	09/02/2004	Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin O'Neill	09/02/2004	Ochil	Labour	Signed
Ann Clwyd	09/02/2004	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Claire Curtis-Thomas	09/02/2004	Crosby	Labour	Signed
Paul Farrelly	09/02/2004	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
George Galloway	09/02/2004	Glasgow, Kelvin	Independent	Signed
Norman Baker	09/02/2004	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kevin Barron	09/02/2004	Rother Valley	Labour	Signed
Michael Weir	09/02/2004	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Alan Meale	09/02/2004	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Ian Lucas	09/02/2004	Wrexham	Labour	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	09/02/2004	Dover	Labour	Signed
John Robertson	09/02/2004	Glasgow, Anniesland	Labour	Signed
Iris Robinson	09/02/2004	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Robert Smith	09/02/2004	West Aberdeenshire & Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heyes	09/02/2004	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
George Howarth	09/02/2004	Knowsley North & Sefton East	Labour	Signed
Andrew Hunter	09/02/2004	Basingstoke	Independent Conservative	Signed
Gerald Kaufman	09/02/2004	Manchester, Gorton	Labour	Signed
Andy King	09/02/2004	Rugby & Kenilworth	Labour	Signed
John Thurso	10/02/2004	Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Matthew Taylor	10/02/2004	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Graham Stringer	10/02/2004	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Bob Blizzard	10/02/2004	Waveney	Labour	Signed
Jeff Ennis	10/02/2004	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	10/02/2004	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Chris Mole	10/02/2004	Ipswich	Labour	Signed
Austin Mitchell	10/02/2004	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
John McWilliam	10/02/2004	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
James Plaskitt	10/02/2004	Warwick & Leamington	Labour	Signed
Stephen Dorrell	11/02/2004	Charnwood	Conservative	Signed
Matthew Green	11/02/2004	Ludlow	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Patrick Hall	11/02/2004	Bedford	Labour	Signed
Anne Begg	11/02/2004	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
Paul Stinchcombe	11/02/2004	Wellingborough	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	11/02/2004	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Alan Williams	11/02/2004	Swansea West	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	11/02/2004	Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Tony Colman	11/02/2004	Putney	Labour	Signed
David Clelland	11/02/2004	Tyne Bridge	Labour	Signed
Peter Pike	11/02/2004	Burnley	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	11/02/2004	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Martin Smyth	11/02/2004	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
John Lyons	11/02/2004	Strathkelvin & Bearsden	Labour	Signed
Mark Oaten	11/02/2004	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Burnside	11/02/2004	South Antrim	UUP	Signed
Tom Clarke	11/02/2004	Coatbridge & Chryston	Labour	Signed
Bill Tynan	12/02/2004	Hamilton South	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	12/02/2004	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
George Stevenson	12/02/2004	Stoke-on-Trent South	Labour	Signed
Joe Benton	12/02/2004	Bootle	Labour	Signed
Richard Allan	12/02/2004	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Wayne David	12/02/2004	Caerphilly	Labour	Signed
Iain Coleman	12/02/2004	Hammersmith & Fulham	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	12/02/2004	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Laws	12/02/2004	Yeovil	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joan Humble	12/02/2004	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
John Horam	12/02/2004	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
George Foulkes	23/02/2004	Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Michael Fallon	23/02/2004	Sevenoaks	Conservative	Signed
Annabelle Ewing	23/02/2004	Perth	Scottish National Party	Signed
David Crausby	23/02/2004	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	23/02/2004	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	23/02/2004	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
John Grogan	23/02/2004	Selby	Labour	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	23/02/2004	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
Andrew Bennett	23/02/2004	Denton & Reddish	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	23/02/2004	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	23/02/2004	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Robert Walter	23/02/2004	North Dorset	Conservative	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	23/02/2004	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Diana Organ	23/02/2004	Forest of Dean	Labour	Signed
Eddie McGrady	23/02/2004	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Parmjit Dhanda	23/02/2004	Gloucester	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	23/02/2004	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Alan Reid	23/02/2004	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Angus Robertson	23/02/2004	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
Chris Ruane	23/02/2004	Vale of Clwyd	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Savidge	23/02/2004	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
Jonathan Sayeed	23/02/2004	Mid Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Barry Sheerman	23/02/2004	Huddersfield	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Chris Smith	23/02/2004	Islington South & Finsbury	Labour	Signed
Archy Kirkwood	23/02/2004	Roxburgh & Berwickshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Seamus Mallon	23/02/2004	Newry & Armagh	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Chris McCafferty	23/02/2004	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	24/02/2004	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Kevin Brennan	24/02/2004	Cardiff West	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	24/02/2004	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	24/02/2004	North Down	UUP	Signed
Llew Smith	24/02/2004	Blaenau Gwent	Labour	Signed
Ann Widdecombe	25/02/2004	Maidstone & The Weald	Conservative	Signed
David Chidgey	25/02/2004	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gregory Campbell	25/02/2004	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
David Marshall	25/02/2004	Glasgow, Shettleston	Labour	Signed
Judy Mallaber	25/02/2004	Amber Valley	Labour	Signed
Alan Hurst	27/02/2004	Braintree	Labour	Signed
Steve Webb	01/03/2004	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sandra Osborne	03/03/2004	Ayr	Labour	Signed
Doug Henderson	03/03/2004	Newcastle upon Tyne North	Labour	Signed
Debra Shipley	03/03/2004	Stourbridge	Labour	Signed
Helen Jackson	04/03/2004	Sheffield, Hillsborough	Labour	Signed
Jon Cruddas	04/03/2004	Dagenham	Labour	Signed
Chris Grayling	04/03/2004	Epsom & Ewell	Conservative	Signed
Joyce Quin	05/03/2004	Gateshead East & Washington West	Labour	Signed
Peter Luff	05/03/2004	Mid Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
Frank Field	08/03/2004	Birkenhead	Labour	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	08/03/2004	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
Michael Meacher	08/03/2004	Oldham West & Royton	Labour	Signed
Quentin Davies	10/03/2004	Grantham & Stamford	Conservative	Signed
Henry Bellingham	11/03/2004	North West Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
John Cryer	12/03/2004	Hornchurch	Labour	Signed
Iain Luke	15/03/2004	Dundee East	Labour	Signed
Alan Keen	15/03/2004	Feltham & Heston	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Eric Martlew	16/03/2004	Carlisle	Labour	Signed
Frank Dobson	16/03/2004	Holborn & St Pancras	Labour	Signed
Mark Fisher	16/03/2004	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
David Atkinson	17/03/2004	Bournemouth East	Conservative	Signed
Martin Salter	17/03/2004	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Ken Purchase	17/03/2004	Wolverhampton North East	Labour/Co-operative	Signed
Ross Cranston	18/03/2004	Dudley North	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	22/03/2004	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Lamb	23/03/2004	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony Clarke	23/03/2004	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	23/03/2004	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Dari Taylor	24/03/2004	Stockton South	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	26/03/2004	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Evan Harris	01/04/2004	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Stanley	19/04/2004	Tonbridge & Malling	Conservative	Signed
Sarah Teather	19/04/2004	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Wareing	27/04/2004	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Mark Hendrick	04/05/2004	Preston	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Donald Anderson	09/06/2004	Swansea East	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	18/06/2004	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Charles Hendry	24/06/2004	Wealden	Conservative	Signed
Laura Moffatt	28/06/2004	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Calum MacDonald	28/06/2004	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Labour	Signed
Beverley Hughes	28/06/2004	Stretford & Urmston	Labour	Signed
Clive Betts	29/06/2004	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	29/06/2004	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Joan Ruddock	30/06/2004	Lewisham, Deptford	Labour	Signed
Christine Russell	30/06/2004	Chester, City of	Labour	Signed
Andrew Murrison	30/06/2004	Westbury	Conservative	Signed
Angela Watkinson	01/07/2004	Upminster	Conservative	Signed
Dai Havard	01/07/2004	Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney	Labour	Signed
Andrew Selous	01/07/2004	South West Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Adrian Flook	05/07/2004	Taunton	Conservative	Signed
Sandra Gidley	05/07/2004	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Kilfoyle	06/07/2004	Liverpool, Walton	Labour	Signed
Anthony D Wright	06/07/2004	Great Yarmouth	Labour	Signed
Brian Cotter	07/07/2004	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Taylor	07/07/2004	Esher & Walton	Conservative	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	12/07/2004	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Denis Murphy	14/07/2004	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
John Burnett	15/07/2004	Torridge & West Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kerry Pollard	22/07/2004	St Albans	Labour	Signed
John Hume	07/09/2004	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Robert Jackson	07/09/2004	Wantage	Conservative	Signed
Keith Vaz	07/09/2004	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	13/09/2004	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
John Bercow	11/10/2004	Buckingham	Conservative	Signed
Nigel Jones	Unknown			Withdrawn
Terry Davis	Unknown			Withdrawn
Jim Marshall	Unknown			Withdrawn

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