Law Relating To Unmarried Couples (EDM1338)

Law Relating To Unmarried Couples

EDM number 1338 in 2005-06, proposed by Mary Creagh on 10/01/2006.

That this House believes that the law relating to unmarried couples is shambolic and in urgent need of reform because there is little or no legal protection for cohabitants on relationship breakdown; and, while welcoming the introduction of civil partnerships for same sex couples, calls on the Government to introduce a new law to provide a safety net for couples of whatever sexual orientation who live together as its next priority.

This motion has been signed by a total of 123 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Mary Creagh	10/01/2006	Wakefield	Labour	Proposed
John Bercow	10/01/2006	Buckingham	Conservative	Seconded
Steve Webb	10/01/2006	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Andrew Dismore	10/01/2006	Hendon	Labour	Seconded
Joan Ruddock	10/01/2006	Lewisham, Deptford	Labour	Seconded
Sally Keeble	10/01/2006	Northampton North	Labour	Seconded
Bob Spink	10/01/2006	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Evan Harris	10/01/2006	Oxford West and Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Holmes	10/01/2006	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Keetch	10/01/2006	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	10/01/2006	Orkney and Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	10/01/2006	Islington North	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	10/01/2006	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	11/01/2006	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Jones	11/01/2006	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	11/01/2006	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
David Marshall	11/01/2006	Glasgow East	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	11/01/2006	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	11/01/2006	Gower	Labour	Signed
David Clelland	11/01/2006	Tyne Bridge	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	11/01/2006	Burton	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	11/01/2006	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Bottomley	11/01/2006	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Desmond Turner	11/01/2006	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	12/01/2006	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	12/01/2006	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	12/01/2006	Hampstead and Highgate	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	12/01/2006	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	12/01/2006	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Richard Burden	12/01/2006	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	12/01/2006	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	12/01/2006	Leyton and Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	12/01/2006	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	16/01/2006	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Rosie Cooper	16/01/2006	West Lancashire	Labour	Signed
Anne Moffat	17/01/2006	East Lothian	Labour	Signed
Terry Rooney	17/01/2006	Bradford North	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	17/01/2006	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Martin Linton	17/01/2006	Battersea	Labour	Signed
Andrew Miller	17/01/2006	Ellesmere Port and Neston	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	17/01/2006	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	17/01/2006	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Brown	17/01/2006	Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	17/01/2006	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	17/01/2006	Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Clive Betts	17/01/2006	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Labour	Signed
Graham Stringer	17/01/2006	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Mark Tami	17/01/2006	Alyn and Deeside	Labour	Signed
Anthony D Wright	17/01/2006	Great Yarmouth	Labour	Signed
Sharon Hodgson	17/01/2006	Gateshead East and Washington West	Labour	Signed
Barbara Keeley	17/01/2006	Worsley	Labour	Signed
Susan Kramer	17/01/2006	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kerry McCarthy	17/01/2006	Bristol East	Labour	Signed
Sarah McCarthy-Fry	17/01/2006	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Jim Devine	17/01/2006	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	18/01/2006	Sittingbourne and Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	19/01/2006	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Anderson	19/01/2006	Rossendale and Darwen	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	20/01/2006	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	23/01/2006	Carshalton and Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	23/01/2006	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	24/01/2006	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Denis Murphy	24/01/2006	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Jo Swinson	24/01/2006	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	24/01/2006	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	25/01/2006	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heyes	25/01/2006	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Piara S Khabra	25/01/2006	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	25/01/2006	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Diane Abbott	25/01/2006	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Celia Barlow	25/01/2006	Hove	Labour	Signed
Lyn Brown	25/01/2006	West Ham	Labour	Signed
Madeleine Moon	25/01/2006	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Clare Short	26/01/2006	Birmingham, Ladywood	Labour	Signed
Frank Field	26/01/2006	Birkenhead	Labour	Signed
Gordon Banks	26/01/2006	Ochil and South Perthshire	Labour	Signed
Lorely Burt	26/01/2006	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	26/01/2006	Hornsey and Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Lancaster	26/01/2006	North East Milton Keynes	Conservative	Signed
Jessica Morden	26/01/2006	Newport East	Labour	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	30/01/2006	Glasgow Central	Labour	Signed
Martyn Jones	30/01/2006	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
Austin Mitchell	30/01/2006	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	30/01/2006	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	30/01/2006	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	30/01/2006	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Mark Hunter	30/01/2006	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gordon Prentice	31/01/2006	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Norman Lamb	31/01/2006	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	31/01/2006	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Colin Challen	31/01/2006	Morley and Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Nicholas Clegg	31/01/2006	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Cousins	31/01/2006	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Nigel Evans	31/01/2006	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
Paul Flynn	31/01/2006	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	31/01/2006	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	31/01/2006	Batley and Spen	Labour	Signed
Fraser Kemp	01/02/2006	Houghton and Washington East	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	01/02/2006	Kingston and Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	01/02/2006	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sandra Gidley	01/02/2006	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Berry	01/02/2006	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	01/02/2006	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Robert Walter	01/02/2006	North Dorset	Conservative	Signed
David Heath	02/02/2006	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hywel Williams	02/02/2006	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
David Anderson	06/02/2006	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	07/02/2006	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Danny Alexander	07/02/2006	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Crausby	08/02/2006	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	13/02/2006	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Roger Williams	16/02/2006	Brecon and Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	27/02/2006	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Austin	27/02/2006	Erith and Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Katy Clark	27/02/2006	North Ayrshire and Arran	Labour	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	28/02/2006	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Natascha Engel	20/03/2006	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Jamie Reed	29/03/2006	Copeland	Labour	Signed
David Howarth	18/04/2006	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sandra Osborne	26/04/2006	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	26/04/2006	Linlithgow and East Falkirk	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	05/06/2006	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Clive Efford	11/10/2006	Eltham	Labour	Signed

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