Abolition Of Regional Assemblies

EDM number 56 in 2005-06, proposed by Caroline Spelman on 17/05/2005.

That this House note the overwhelming and decisive rejection of elected regional assemblies in the North East referendum by 78 per cent. to 22 per cent. and widespread public opposition to regional government in England, to higher taxes and to more politicians; further notes that the transfer of powers to regional chambers was predicated on the ultimate establishment of elected regional assemblies; believes that there is now a clear democratic deficit, as the regional chambers have no accountability, no mandate and no legitimacy; and calls on the Government to end its regionalisation by stealth and for the regional chambers to be abolished, and for the powers that have been seized by the chambers to be returned to England's boroughs, counties and cities.

This motion has been signed by a total of 82 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Caroline Spelman	17/05/2005	Meriden	Conservative	Proposed
Robert Syms	17/05/2005	Poole	Conservative	Seconded
Alistair Burt	17/05/2005	North East Bedfordshire	Conservative	Seconded
Angela Watkinson	17/05/2005	Upminster	Conservative	Seconded
John Randall	18/05/2005	Uxbridge	Conservative	Seconded
Tim Loughton	18/05/2005	East Worthing & Shoreham	Conservative	Seconded
Ann Winterton	18/05/2005	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
Peter Bottomley	18/05/2005	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
James Gray	18/05/2005	North Wiltshire	Conservative	Signed
Cheryl Gillan	18/05/2005	Chesham & Amersham	Conservative	Signed
Derek Conway	18/05/2005	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Conservative	Signed
Malcolm Moss	18/05/2005	North East Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
Peter Luff	18/05/2005	Mid Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
Gerald Howarth	18/05/2005	Aldershot	Conservative	Signed
Michael Penning	19/05/2005	Hemel Hempstead	Conservative	Signed
John Whittingdale	19/05/2005	Maldon & East Chelmsford	Conservative	Signed
Peter Atkinson	19/05/2005	Hexham	Conservative	Signed
Stephen O'Brien	19/05/2005	Eddisbury	Conservative	Signed
Mark Prisk	19/05/2005	Hertford & Stortford	Conservative	Signed
Edward Vaizey	23/05/2005	Wantage	Conservative	Signed
Robert Walter	23/05/2005	North Dorset	Conservative	Signed
Desmond Swayne	23/05/2005	New Forest West	Conservative	Signed
David Amess	23/05/2005	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Edward Garnier	23/05/2005	Harborough	Conservative	Signed
Michael Fabricant	23/05/2005	Lichfield	Conservative	Signed
Andrew MacKay	23/05/2005	Bracknell	Conservative	Signed
Bob Spink	23/05/2005	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Philip Dunne	24/05/2005	Ludlow	Conservative	Signed
Robert Goodwill	24/05/2005	Scarborough & Whitby	Conservative	Signed
Theresa May	24/05/2005	Maidenhead	Conservative	Signed
Jacqui Lait	24/05/2005	Beckenham	Conservative	Signed
Oliver Heald	24/05/2005	North East Hertfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Eric Pickles	24/05/2005	Brentwood & Ongar	Conservative	Signed
Hugh Robertson	25/05/2005	Faversham & Mid Kent	Conservative	Signed
David Ruffley	25/05/2005	Bury St Edmunds	Conservative	Signed
Eleanor Laing	25/05/2005	Epping Forest	Conservative	Signed
Tim Yeo	26/05/2005	South Suffolk	Conservative	Signed
David Wilshire	26/05/2005	Spelthorne	Conservative	Signed
Anne McIntosh	26/05/2005	Vale of York	Conservative	Signed
David Maclean	26/05/2005	Penrith & The Border	Conservative	Signed
Julie Kirkbride	26/05/2005	Bromsgrove	Conservative	Signed
Charles Hendry	26/05/2005	Wealden	Conservative	Signed
Stewart Jackson	06/06/2005	Peterborough	Conservative	Signed
Ian Taylor	06/06/2005	Esher & Walton	Conservative	Signed
Mark Francois	06/06/2005	Rayleigh	Conservative	Signed
Michael Mates	06/06/2005	East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Humfrey Malins	06/06/2005	Woking	Conservative	Signed
Julian Lewis	06/06/2005	New Forest East	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Rosindell	06/06/2005	Romford	Conservative	Signed
Mark Lancaster	06/06/2005	North East Milton Keynes	Conservative	Signed
Philip Davies	07/06/2005	Shipley	Conservative	Signed
John Baron	09/06/2005	Billericay	Conservative	Signed
Patrick Mercer	13/06/2005	Newark	Conservative	Signed
Philip Hammond	15/06/2005	Runnymede & Weybridge	Conservative	Signed
Michael Gove	15/06/2005	Surrey Heath	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Lansley	20/06/2005	South Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
Jeremy Hunt	22/06/2005	South West Surrey	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Murrison	22/06/2005	Westbury	Conservative	Signed
Greg Clark	23/06/2005	Tunbridge Wells	Conservative	Signed
Anne Main	23/06/2005	St Albans	Conservative	Signed
David Gauke	30/06/2005	South West Hertfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Hugo Swire	30/06/2005	East Devon	Conservative	Signed
Anne Milton	11/07/2005	Guildford	Conservative	Signed
Henry Bellingham	14/07/2005	North West Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
Bill Wiggin	19/07/2005	Leominster	Conservative	Signed
Mark Harper	20/07/2005	Forest of Dean	Conservative	Signed
James Brokenshire	20/07/2005	Hornchurch	Conservative	Signed
James Paice	20/07/2005	South East Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
Jeremy Wright	21/07/2005	Rugby & Kenilworth	Conservative	Signed
James Duddridge	21/07/2005	Rochford & Southend East	Conservative	Signed
Adam Holloway	21/07/2005	Gravesham	Conservative	Signed
John Gummer	21/07/2005	Suffolk Coastal	Conservative	Signed
Peter Ainsworth	21/07/2005	East Surrey	Conservative	Signed
Christopher Fraser	21/07/2005	South West Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
John Horam	21/07/2005	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
John Hayes	21/07/2005	South Holland & The Deepings	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Selous	21/07/2005	South West Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Laurence Robertson	21/07/2005	Tewkesbury	Conservative	Signed
Stephen Hammond	10/10/2005	Wimbledon	Conservative	Signed
David Jones	10/10/2005	Clwyd West	Conservative	Signed
Julian Brazier	03/11/2005	Canterbury	Conservative	Signed
Shailesh Vara	10/11/2005	North West Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed

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