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Commemorating The 20th Anniversary Of The Year Long 1984/85 Strike

EDM number 779 in 2003-04, proposed by Michael Clapham on 04/03/2004.

That this House commemorates the 20th anniversary of the year long 1984-85 miners' strike that began on 8th March 1984 when the NUM Executive Committee authorised area strikes; notes that it was in response to British Coal's decision to cut production and make 20,000 miners redundant after rejecting the union's proposed Technology Agreement to manage technological change in the industry; is aware that tens of thousands of decent men and women struggled for a year in an endeavour to save their jobs and communities before eventually returning to work without an agreement; and observes that over the next decade the Tory Government butchered the coal industry, cutting 150,000 mining jobs and causing inestimable economic and social dislocation to mining communities.

This motion has been signed by a total of 141 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Michael Clapham04/03/2004Barnsley West & PenistoneLabourProposed
Julie Morgan04/03/2004Cardiff NorthLabourSigned
Linda Perham04/03/2004Ilford NorthLabourSigned
Greg Pope04/03/2004HyndburnLabourSigned
Gordon Prentice04/03/2004PendleLabourSigned
Gwyn Prosser04/03/2004DoverLabourSigned
Ken Purchase04/03/2004Wolverhampton North EastLabour/Co-operativeSigned
Ernie Ross04/03/2004Dundee WestLabourSigned
Malcolm Savidge04/03/2004Aberdeen NorthLabourSigned
Phil Sawford04/03/2004KetteringLabourSigned
Jonathan R Shaw04/03/2004Chatham & AylesfordLabourSigned
Jim Sheridan04/03/2004West RenfrewshireLabourSigned
Alan Simpson04/03/2004Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Marsha Singh04/03/2004Bradford WestLabourSigned
Dennis Skinner04/03/2004BolsoverLabourSigned
Geraldine Smith04/03/2004Morecambe & LunesdaleLabourSigned
Rachel Squire04/03/2004Dunfermline WestLabourSigned
Dai Havard04/03/2004Merthyr Tydfil & RhymneyLabourSigned
Stephen Hepburn04/03/2004JarrowLabourSigned
David Hinchliffe04/03/2004WakefieldLabourSigned
Jimmy Hood04/03/2004ClydesdaleLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins04/03/2004Luton NorthLabourSigned
Lindsay Hoyle04/03/2004ChorleyLabourSigned
Kevin Hughes04/03/2004Doncaster NorthLabourSigned
Brian Iddon04/03/2004Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Eric Illsley04/03/2004Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Helen Jackson04/03/2004Sheffield, HillsboroughLabourSigned
Helen Jones04/03/2004Warrington NorthLabourSigned
Kevan Jones04/03/2004North DurhamLabourSigned
Lynne Jones04/03/2004Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Nigel Jones04/03/2004CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Peter Kilfoyle04/03/2004Liverpool, WaltonLabourSigned
Andy King04/03/2004Rugby & KenilworthLabourSigned
Tony Lloyd04/03/2004Manchester CentralLabourSigned
Ian Lucas04/03/2004WrexhamLabourSigned
John Lyons04/03/2004Strathkelvin & BearsdenLabourSigned
Alice Mahon04/03/2004HalifaxLabourSigned
John Mann04/03/2004BassetlawLabourSigned
Rob Marris04/03/2004Wolverhampton South WestLabourSigned
Chris McCafferty04/03/2004Calder ValleyLabourSigned
John McDonnell04/03/2004Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Alan Meale04/03/2004MansfieldLabourSigned
Laura Moffatt04/03/2004CrawleyLabourSigned
George Mudie04/03/2004Leeds EastLabourSigned
Denis Murphy04/03/2004WansbeckLabourSigned
Bill Olner04/03/2004NuneatonLabourSigned
Sandra Osborne04/03/2004AyrLabourSigned
Albert Owen04/03/2004Ynys MLabourSigned
Peter Bradley04/03/2004Wrekin, TheLabourSigned
Kevin Brennan04/03/2004Cardiff WestLabourSigned
Nick Brown04/03/2004Newcastle upon Tyne East & WallsendLabourSigned
Richard Burden04/03/2004Birmingham, NorthfieldLabourSigned
Andy Burnham04/03/2004LeighLabourSigned
Anne Campbell04/03/2004CambridgeLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell04/03/2004Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Martin Caton04/03/2004GowerLabourSigned
David Chaytor04/03/2004Bury NorthLabourSigned
Harry Cohen04/03/2004Leyton & WansteadLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn04/03/2004Islington NorthLabourSigned
Tom Cox04/03/2004TootingLabourSigned
David Crausby04/03/2004Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Ann Cryer04/03/2004KeighleyLabourSigned
John Cryer04/03/2004HornchurchLabourSigned
John Cummings04/03/2004EasingtonLabourSigned
Ian Davidson04/03/2004Glasgow, PollokLabour Co-operativeSigned
Hilton Dawson04/03/2004Lancaster & WyreLabourSigned
Janet Dean04/03/2004BurtonLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin04/03/2004Heywood & MiddletonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Frank Dobson04/03/2004Holborn & St PancrasLabourSigned
Brian H Donohoe04/03/2004Cunninghame SouthLabourSigned
Jeff Ennis04/03/2004Barnsley East & MexboroughLabourSigned
Bill Etherington04/03/2004Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Paul Farrelly04/03/2004Newcastle-under-LymeLabourSigned
Mark Fisher04/03/2004Stoke-on-Trent CentralLabourSigned
Hywel Francis04/03/2004AberavonLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard04/03/2004WalthamstowLabourSigned
Ian Gibson04/03/2004Norwich NorthLabourSigned
Diane Abbott04/03/2004Hackney North & Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
Irene Adams04/03/2004Paisley NorthLabourSigned
Graham Allen04/03/2004Nottingham NorthLabourSigned
John Grogan04/03/2004SelbyLabourSigned
David Hamilton04/03/2004MidlothianLabourSigned
Mike Hancock04/03/2004Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
John Austin04/03/2004Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Vera Baird04/03/2004RedcarLabourSigned
Harry Barnes04/03/2004North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Kevin Barron04/03/2004Rother ValleyLabourSigned
Andrew Bennett04/03/2004Denton & ReddishLabourSigned
Roger Berry04/03/2004KingswoodLabourSigned
Bob Blizzard04/03/2004WaveneyLabourSigned
George Stevenson04/03/2004Stoke-on-Trent SouthLabourSigned
David Taylor04/03/2004North West LeicestershireLabour Co-operativeSigned
Simon Thomas04/03/2004CeredigionPlaid CymruSigned
Jon Trickett04/03/2004HemsworthLabourSigned
Rudi Vis04/03/2004Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Joan Walley04/03/2004Stoke-on-Trent NorthLabourSigned
Robert Wareing04/03/2004Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSigned
Hywel Williams04/03/2004CaernarfonPlaid CymruSigned
Anthony D Wright04/03/2004Great YarmouthLabourSigned
Derek Wyatt04/03/2004Sittingbourne & SheppeyLabourSigned
Andrew MacKinlay05/03/2004ThurrockLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore05/03/2004HendonLabourSigned
Keith Bradley08/03/2004Manchester, WithingtonLabourSigned
Jim Cunningham08/03/2004Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Andrew George08/03/2004St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Win Griffiths08/03/2004BridgendLabourSigned
Tony Banks08/03/2004West HamLabourSigned
Peter Pike09/03/2004BurnleyLabourSigned
Adam Price09/03/2004Carmarthen East & DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Paul Holmes09/03/2004ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
David Lepper09/03/2004Brighton, PavilionLabour Co-operativeSigned
David Drew09/03/2004StroudLabour Co-operativeSigned
Huw Edwards09/03/2004MonmouthLabourSigned
Syd Rapson10/03/2004Portsmouth NorthLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd10/03/2004Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Austin Mitchell10/03/2004Great GrimsbyLabourSigned
Edward O'Hara10/03/2004Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
Chris Bryant10/03/2004RhonddaLabourSigned
Colin Burgon10/03/2004ElmetLabourSigned
Colin Challen10/03/2004Morley & RothwellLabourSigned
Michael Connarty10/03/2004Falkirk EastLabourSigned
Janet Anderson10/03/2004Rossendale & DarwenLabourSigned
Gerry Steinberg10/03/2004Durham, City ofLabourSigned
Michael Weir10/03/2004AngusScottish National PartySigned
Mike Wood10/03/2004Batley & SpenLabourSigned
Jon Cruddas11/03/2004DagenhamLabourSigned
Judy Mallaber12/03/2004Amber ValleyLabourSigned
Mark Lazarowicz15/03/2004Edinburgh North & LeithLabour Co-operativeSigned
David Marshall15/03/2004Glasgow, ShettlestonLabourSigned
David Borrow15/03/2004South RibbleLabourSigned
Betty Williams15/03/2004ConwyLabourSigned
John Robertson16/03/2004Glasgow, AnnieslandLabourSigned
Patsy Calton16/03/2004CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Harold Best16/03/2004Leeds North WestLabourSigned
Martin O'Neill18/03/2004OchilLabourSigned
Tony Colman22/03/2004PutneyLabourSigned
Tony Clarke23/03/2004Northampton SouthLabourSigned
Russell Brown18/06/2004DumfriesLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins25/10/2004TamworthLabourSigned
Tom WatsonUnknownWithdrawn
Terry DavisUnknownWithdrawn

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