Anniversary Of Birth Of James Clerk Maxwell (EDM2048)

Anniversary Of Birth Of James Clerk Maxwell

EDM number 2048 in 2005-06, proposed by Mark Lazarowicz on 27/04/2006.

That this House notes the 175th anniversary of the birth in Edinburgh on 13th June 1831 of the great Scottish scientist James Clerk Maxwell; notes that by discovering the nature of electromagnetic waves he paved the way for radio, television, radar and the mobile telephone; acknowledges the tributes paid to him by Max Planck who described his theory as `one of the greatest triumphs of human intellectual endeavour' and Einstein who said `One scientific epoch ended and another began with James Clerk Maxwell'; congratulates the James Clerk Maxwell Foundation on preserving his birthplace in Edinburgh and promoting the study of science by young people; further notes the programme of events to honour Maxwell in this anniversary year; and encourages all who wish to learn more to visit the website at www.maxwellyear2006.org.

This motion has been signed by a total of 109 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Mark Lazarowicz	27/04/2006	Edinburgh North and Leith	Labour	Proposed
Peter Bottomley	02/05/2006	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Bob Spink	02/05/2006	Castle Point	Conservative	Seconded
Lynne Jones	02/05/2006	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Seconded
Michael Weir	02/05/2006	Angus	Scottish National Party	Seconded
Jeremy Corbyn	02/05/2006	Islington North	Labour	Seconded
Ann Cryer	02/05/2006	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	02/05/2006	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Signed
Nigel Evans	02/05/2006	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
Graham Stringer	02/05/2006	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	03/05/2006	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alex Salmond	03/05/2006	Banff and Buchan	Scottish National Party	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	03/05/2006	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
David Mundell	03/05/2006	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale	Conservative	Signed
Gregory Campbell	03/05/2006	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Martin Caton	03/05/2006	Gower	Labour	Signed
Derek Conway	03/05/2006	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Conservative	Signed
Mark Field	03/05/2006	Cities of London and Westminster	Conservative	Signed
Hywel Francis	03/05/2006	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
John Austin	03/05/2006	Erith and Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	03/05/2006	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Keith Vaz	03/05/2006	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	03/05/2006	Sittingbourne and Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Angus MacNeil	03/05/2006	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
Jim Devine	03/05/2006	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Rifkind	04/05/2006	Kensington and Chelsea	Conservative	Signed
Alan Simpson	04/05/2006	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	04/05/2006	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	04/05/2006	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Stewart Hosie	04/05/2006	Dundee East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Jim McGovern	04/05/2006	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	08/05/2006	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Anne Begg	08/05/2006	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
Sammy Wilson	08/05/2006	East Antrim	DUP	Signed
Michael Gove	08/05/2006	Surrey Heath	Conservative	Signed
Pete Wishart	09/05/2006	Perth and North Perthshire	Scottish National Party	Signed
John Leech	09/05/2006	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Illsley	10/05/2006	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	10/05/2006	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	10/05/2006	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	10/05/2006	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	10/05/2006	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Gordon Banks	10/05/2006	Ochil and South Perthshire	Labour	Signed
Angus Robertson	11/05/2006	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
Julie Kirkbride	11/05/2006	Bromsgrove	Conservative	Signed
Ann McKechin	11/05/2006	Glasgow North	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	11/05/2006	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Hywel Williams	11/05/2006	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Willie Rennie	11/05/2006	Dunfermline and West Fife	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Frank Doran	12/05/2006	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	12/05/2006	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Hemming	12/05/2006	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tim Farron	12/05/2006	Westmorland and Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Howarth	12/05/2006	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Smith	15/05/2006	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ashok Kumar	15/05/2006	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	15/05/2006	Kingston and Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Don Foster	15/05/2006	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Katy Clark	15/05/2006	North Ayrshire and Arran	Labour	Signed
Doug Henderson	16/05/2006	Newcastle upon Tyne North	Labour	Signed
John MacDougall	16/05/2006	Glenrothes	Labour	Signed
Richard Shepherd	17/05/2006	Aldridge-Brownhills	Conservative	Signed
Clare Short	17/05/2006	Birmingham, Ladywood	Labour	Signed
Charles Kennedy	17/05/2006	Ross, Skye and Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Diane Abbott	17/05/2006	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Ian Stewart	17/05/2006	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Gavin Strang	17/05/2006	Edinburgh East	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	18/05/2006	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Barry Sheerman	18/05/2006	Huddersfield	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	18/05/2006	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Rosie Cooper	18/05/2006	West Lancashire	Labour	Signed
Sharon Hodgson	22/05/2006	Gateshead East and Washington West	Labour	Signed
John Spellar	23/05/2006	Warley	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	23/05/2006	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Bernard Jenkin	23/05/2006	North Essex	Conservative	Signed
Richard Taylor	23/05/2006	Wyre Forest	Independent	Signed
Desmond Turner	23/05/2006	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	23/05/2006	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	24/05/2006	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Sarah McCarthy-Fry	24/05/2006	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	25/05/2006	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
John Grogan	25/05/2006	Selby	Labour	Signed
George Galloway	05/06/2006	Bethnal Green and Bow	Respect	Signed
John Barrett	05/06/2006	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Doug Naysmith	06/06/2006	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Robert Flello	07/06/2006	Stoke-on-Trent South	Labour	Signed
Michael Moore	13/06/2006	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Williams	14/06/2006	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Thurso	16/06/2006	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Charles Hendry	19/06/2006	Wealden	Conservative	Signed
Alan Duncan	19/06/2006	Rutland and Melton	Conservative	Signed
Crispin Blunt	19/06/2006	Reigate	Conservative	Signed
Danny Alexander	21/06/2006	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Russell Brown	22/06/2006	Dumfries and Galloway	Labour	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	26/06/2006	Glasgow Central	Labour	Signed
Oliver Heald	26/06/2006	North East Hertfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Lembit	26/06/2006	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Greg Hands	27/06/2006	Hammersmith and Fulham	Conservative	Signed
Jo Swinson	27/06/2006	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Anne Main	27/06/2006	St Albans	Conservative	Signed
Eleanor Laing	28/06/2006	Epping Forest	Conservative	Signed
Sandra Osborne	28/06/2006	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Tom Clarke	28/06/2006	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill	Labour	Signed
Roberta Blackman-Woods	28/06/2006	City of Durham	Labour	Signed
Peter Luff	29/06/2006	Mid Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
James Duddridge	11/07/2006	Rochford and Southend East	Conservative	Signed
Evan Harris	12/07/2006	Oxford West and Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	06/11/2006	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Tom Harris	Unknown			Withdrawn

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