Centenary Of 1906 General Election (EDM1587)

Centenary Of 1906 General Election

EDM number 1587 in 2005-06, proposed by Stephen Williams on 07/02/2006.

That this House notes the centenary of the final counting of the votes on 7th and 8th February 1906, cast in the general election of that year and records the fact that the Liberal Party and its allies won an overwhelming victory with 399 members of this House; further notes that this resounding result confirmed in office the Liberal government led by Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman who headed an administration that included some of the great figures of the 20th century, most notably HH Asquith, David Lloyd George and Winston Churchill, who together laid the foundations of the modern welfare state by sweeping away most of the vestiges of the poor law by such measures as free school meals, old age pensions, labour exchanges, minimum wages, restrictions on hours worked, sick pay and unemployment pay; further notes that the 1906 government also boosted democracy and the rights of workers by protecting trade unions, introducing payment of hon. Members and restricting the powers of the House of Lords; and believes that the record of this government justifies its place as one of the great reforming ministries of the UK.

This motion has been signed by a total of 45 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Stephen Williams	07/02/2006	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Andrew George	07/02/2006	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Charles Kennedy	07/02/2006	Ross, Skye and Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Martin Horwood	07/02/2006	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Adrian Sanders	08/02/2006	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Colin Breed	08/02/2006	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Bob Spink	08/02/2006	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Paul Holmes	08/02/2006	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Beith	08/02/2006	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Pugh	09/02/2006	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Annette Brooke	09/02/2006	Mid Dorset and North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	09/02/2006	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Brake	13/02/2006	Carshalton and Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Hunter	13/02/2006	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Austin Mitchell	13/02/2006	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	13/02/2006	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Jenkins	13/02/2006	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	15/02/2006	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Willie Rennie	15/02/2006	Dunfermline and West Fife	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jennifer Willott	15/02/2006	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	15/02/2006	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Rowen	15/02/2006	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dan Rogerson	15/02/2006	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jo Swinson	15/02/2006	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Susan Kramer	15/02/2006	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tim Farron	15/02/2006	Westmorland and Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lorely Burt	15/02/2006	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Browne	15/02/2006	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Danny Alexander	15/02/2006	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Hemming	15/02/2006	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Williams	15/02/2006	Brecon and Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Thurso	15/02/2006	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sarah Teather	15/02/2006	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Barrett	15/02/2006	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sandra Gidley	15/02/2006	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward Davey	15/02/2006	Kingston and Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Cryer	15/02/2006	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	15/02/2006	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Hughes	15/02/2006	North Southwark and Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	15/02/2006	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Evan Harris	15/02/2006	Oxford West and Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Reid	15/02/2006	Argyll and Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Stunell	27/02/2006	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Willis	27/02/2006	Harrogate and Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Greg Mulholland	27/02/2006	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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