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Councillor Paul Dimoldenberg And Westminster City Council

EDM number 63 in 2004-05, proposed by Karen Buck on 23/11/2004.

That this House expresses its appreciation of the work done by Westminster City councillor Paul Dimoldenberg over the past 15 years in ensuring the exposure of the Homes for Votes scandal, resulting in the ú42 million surcharge of the former Conservative leader Dame Shirley Porter and former Deputy Leader David Weeks; notes that the Council had failed to collect any part of the surcharge by the summer of 2003, 18 months after the House of Lords upheld the District Auditor's decision to surcharge Dame Shirley; notes furthermore that substantial sums of money subsequently recovered by Westminster towards the surcharge were located in the immediate aftermath of a BBC news story assisted by Councillor Dimoldenberg, leading to a settlement which has to date resulted in the repayment of ú12.3 million; expresses its incredulity at the decision of the Standards Board to uphold a complaint made against Councillor Dimoldenberg by Westminster Council for his part in the BBC's investigation into Dame Shirley's finances which may result in his disqualification or suspension from the office; and believes that it should be the role of the Standards Board and others to defend whistleblowers who are clearly acting in the public interest, as has clearly been the case with Councillor Dimoldenberg.

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

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Karen Buck23/11/2004Regent's Park and Kensington NorthLabourProposed
Peter Bradley23/11/2004Wrekin, TheLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore23/11/2004HendonLabourSigned
Brian Iddon24/11/2004Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Martin Caton24/11/2004GowerLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn24/11/2004Islington NorthLabourSigned
Rudi Vis24/11/2004Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Tony Colman25/11/2004PutneyLabourSigned
Dennis Skinner25/11/2004BolsoverLabourSigned
Lynne Jones29/11/2004Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Harry Barnes29/11/2004North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Eric Illsley30/11/2004Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
John McDonnell30/11/2004Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Kevin McNamara30/11/2004Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
Betty Williams30/11/2004ConwyLabourSigned
Robert Wareing01/12/2004Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSigned
Win Griffiths01/12/2004BridgendLabourSigned
Harry Cohen01/12/2004Leyton & WansteadLabourSigned
Greg Pope01/12/2004HyndburnLabourSigned
Ann Cryer01/12/2004KeighleyLabourSigned
Mark Lazarowicz02/12/2004Edinburgh North & LeithLabour Co-operativeSigned
Albert Owen02/12/2004Ynys MLabourSigned
John Austin02/12/2004Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Gordon Prentice06/12/2004PendleLabourSigned
Huw Edwards06/12/2004MonmouthLabourSigned
Bill Etherington06/12/2004Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard06/12/2004WalthamstowLabourSigned
Linda Perham13/12/2004Ilford NorthLabourSigned
Joan Walley13/12/2004Stoke-on-Trent NorthLabourSigned
Alan Simpson14/12/2004Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
David Crausby16/12/2004Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Paul Flynn16/12/2004Newport WestLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins20/12/2004Luton NorthLabourSigned
Mike Gapes21/12/2004Ilford SouthLabour Co-operativeSigned
Tony Cunningham10/01/2005WorkingtonLabourSigned
David Chaytor25/01/2005Bury NorthLabourSigned
Stephen Hepburn03/02/2005JarrowLabourSigned
Russell Brown09/02/2005DumfriesLabourSigned

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