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Regional Assemblies (No.2)

EDM number 85 in 2003-04, proposed by Bernard Jenkin on 26/11/2003.

That this House believes that a referendum on regional government for the South West would be a costly and unnecessary distraction from the real concerns of people throughout Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Dorset, Somerset, Devon and Cornwall, who want better public services and have no need for a costly reorganisation of local government or for a new tier of politicians and bureaucrats, which by removing powers from local government would make decisions more remote from the people, not closer to them; and particularly decries the likely abolition of these ancient and universally popular counties.

This motion has been signed by a total of 42 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Bernard Jenkin26/11/2003North EssexConservativeProposed
Oliver Letwin26/11/2003West DorsetConservativeSigned
Philip Hammond26/11/2003Runnymede & WeybridgeConservativeSigned
Chris Grayling26/11/2003Epsom & EwellConservativeSigned
Peter Luff26/11/2003Mid WorcestershireConservativeSigned
Mark Field26/11/2003Cities of London & WestminsterConservativeSigned
Jacqui Lait27/11/2003BeckenhamConservativeSigned
Mark Francois27/11/2003RayleighConservativeSigned
Edward Garnier27/11/2003HarboroughConservativeSigned
Tony Baldry27/11/2003BanburyConservativeSigned
Angela Watkinson27/11/2003UpminsterConservativeSigned
David Wilshire27/11/2003SpelthorneConservativeSigned
Nigel Evans01/12/2003Ribble ValleyConservativeSigned
Andrew Hunter02/12/2003BasingstokeIndependent ConservativeSigned
James Gray02/12/2003North WiltshireConservativeSigned
Peter Duncan02/12/2003Galloway & Upper NithsdaleConservativeSigned
Malcolm Moss02/12/2003North East CambridgeshireConservativeSigned
Tim Loughton02/12/2003East Worthing & ShorehamConservativeSigned
Nick Hawkins03/12/2003Surrey HeathConservativeSigned
Julian Brazier03/12/2003CanterburyConservativeSigned
David Amess03/12/2003Southend WestConservativeSigned
Andrew Rosindell04/12/2003RomfordConservativeSigned
Julian Lewis04/12/2003New Forest EastConservativeSigned
Caroline Spelman08/12/2003MeridenConservativeSigned
Howard Flight09/12/2003Arundel & South DownsConservativeSigned
Oliver Heald10/12/2003North East HertfordshireConservativeSigned
Anne McIntosh10/12/2003Vale of YorkConservativeSigned
Bill Wiggin10/12/2003LeominsterConservativeSigned
Patrick Mercer16/12/2003NewarkConservativeSigned
Andrew Selous18/12/2003South West BedfordshireConservativeSigned
Jonathan Sayeed05/01/2004Mid BedfordshireConservativeSigned
Cheryl Gillan07/01/2004Chesham & AmershamConservativeSigned
Peter Atkinson07/01/2004HexhamConservativeSigned
David Maclean07/01/2004Penrith & The BorderConservativeSigned
Andrew Murrison08/01/2004WestburyConservativeSigned
Hugo Swire26/01/2004East DevonConservativeSigned
Julie Kirkbride27/01/2004BromsgroveConservativeSigned
George Osborne10/02/2004TattonConservativeSigned
Eric Pickles11/03/2004Brentwood & OngarConservativeSigned
Michael Fabricant22/03/2004LichfieldConservativeSigned
Charles Hendry05/05/2004WealdenConservativeSigned
John Bercow26/05/2004BuckinghamConservativeSigned

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