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Black People And The Electoral Register

EDM number 547 in 2005-06, proposed by Diane Abbott on 11/07/2005.

That this House notes with concern that millions of black people are missing from the electoral register and that the population of voting age is increasing yet fewer people are registered to vote; further notes that this gap reflects patterns of social exclusion and recognises that people from the inner cities and poor and ethnic minority communities are those most likely to be missing from the electoral register; further notes that the UK is made up of diverse communities and that it is important to ensure all communities have a voice; and supports Operation Black Vote in its campaign to encourage black and ethnic minority communities to register.

This motion has been signed by a total of 54 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Diane Abbott11/07/2005Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonLabourProposed
Peter Bottomley12/07/2005Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Mike Hancock12/07/2005Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSeconded
Andrew George12/07/2005St IvesLiberal DemocratSeconded
David Drew12/07/2005StroudLabourSeconded
Martin Caton12/07/2005GowerLabourSeconded
Julie Morgan12/07/2005Cardiff NorthLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins12/07/2005Luton NorthLabourSigned
Lynne Jones12/07/2005Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn12/07/2005Islington NorthLabourSigned
Linda Riordan12/07/2005HalifaxLabourSigned
Stephen Williams12/07/2005Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Iris Robinson13/07/2005StrangfordDUPSigned
Lady Hermon13/07/2005North DownUUPSigned
Mark Lazarowicz13/07/2005Edinburgh North and LeithLabourSigned
Adam Price14/07/2005Carmarthen East and DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Rudi Vis14/07/2005Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Mark Durkan14/07/2005FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Glenda Jackson14/07/2005Hampstead and HighgateLabourSigned
Marsha Singh18/07/2005Bradford WestLabourSigned
Ann Cryer18/07/2005KeighleyLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore18/07/2005HendonLabourSigned
Keith Vaz19/07/2005Leicester EastLabourSigned
John Barrett19/07/2005Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Janet Dean19/07/2005BurtonLabourSigned
David Clelland19/07/2005Tyne BridgeLabourSigned
Gregory Campbell19/07/2005East LondonderryDUPSigned
Tom Brake19/07/2005Carshalton and WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Sandra Osborne19/07/2005Ayr, Carrick and CumnockLabourSigned
Alan Simpson19/07/2005Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
John Pugh19/07/2005SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Vincent Cable19/07/2005TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Chris McCafferty20/07/2005Calder ValleyLabourSigned
John McDonnell20/07/2005Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Michael Clapham20/07/2005Barnsley West and PenistoneLabourSigned
Sarah Teather21/07/2005Brent EastLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Rowen21/07/2005RochdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Pelling21/07/2005Croydon CentralConservativeSigned
Peter Soulsby21/07/2005Leicester SouthLabourSigned
Andrew Love21/07/2005EdmontonLabourSigned
Tony Lloyd21/07/2005Manchester CentralLabourSigned
Simon Hughes21/07/2005North Southwark and BermondseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Nick Harvey21/07/2005North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
John Smith21/07/2005Vale of GlamorganLabourSigned
Angus Robertson10/10/2005MorayScottish National PartySigned
Alex Salmond10/10/2005Banff and BuchanScottish National PartySigned
Bill Etherington10/10/2005Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Pete Wishart10/10/2005Perth and North PerthshireScottish National PartySigned
Stewart Hosie10/10/2005Dundee EastScottish National PartySigned
Angus MacNeil10/10/2005Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySigned
John Hemming11/10/2005Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Emily Thornberry18/10/2005Islington South and FinsburyLabourSigned
Derek Conway20/10/2005Old Bexley & SidcupConservativeSigned
Austin Mitchell25/10/2005Great GrimsbyLabourSigned

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