Parliamentary Approval For Participation In Armed Conflict
EDM number 85 in 2005-06, proposed by Neil Gerrard on 17/05/2005.
That this House believes that the decision to deploy British armed forces in conflict is of the most serious nature possible; notes that this is a decision to be taken by Ministers via the Royal Prerogative and that Parliament has no right to decide on the matter or even to be consulted; further notes that the Public Administration Select Committee has recommended in its report of 4th March 2004 that this situation should be ended and that Parliament should have the right to decide this matter in advance, or in cases of emergency retrospectively; further notes that in the last session of Parliament over 200 honourable Members supported this view; and therefore calls on the Government to introduce legislation to this effect.
This motion has been signed by a total of 234 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.
| MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
|---|
| Neil Gerrard | 17/05/2005 | Walthamstow | Labour | Proposed |
| Adrian Sanders | 17/05/2005 | Torbay | Liberal Democrat | Seconded |
| David Drew | 17/05/2005 | Stroud | Labour | Seconded |
| Paul Flynn | 17/05/2005 | Newport West | Labour | Seconded |
| Alan Simpson | 17/05/2005 | Nottingham South | Labour | Seconded |
| Norman Baker | 17/05/2005 | Lewes | Liberal Democrat | Seconded |
| Roger Williams | 17/05/2005 | Brecon & Radnorshire | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Robert Wareing | 17/05/2005 | Liverpool, West Derby | Labour | Signed |
| Rudi Vis | 17/05/2005 | Finchley & Golders Green | Labour | Signed |
| Roger Berry | 17/05/2005 | Kingswood | Labour | Signed |
| Mike Hancock | 17/05/2005 | Portsmouth South | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Jeremy Corbyn | 17/05/2005 | Islington North | Labour | Signed |
| Lynne Jones | 17/05/2005 | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Holmes | 17/05/2005 | Chesterfield | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Ian Gibson | 18/05/2005 | Norwich North | Labour | Signed |
| Diane Abbott | 18/05/2005 | Hackney North & Stoke Newington | Labour | Signed |
| Peter Bottomley | 18/05/2005 | Worthing West | Conservative | Signed |
| Desmond Turner | 18/05/2005 | Brighton, Kemptown | Labour | Signed |
| Tony Wright | 18/05/2005 | Cannock Chase | Labour | Signed |
| David Anderson | 18/05/2005 | Blaydon | Labour | Signed |
| Tim Farron | 18/05/2005 | Westmorland & Lonsdale | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Harry Cohen | 18/05/2005 | Leyton & Wanstead | Labour | Signed |
| Vincent Cable | 18/05/2005 | Twickenham | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Colin Breed | 18/05/2005 | South East Cornwall | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Angus Robertson | 18/05/2005 | Moray | Scottish National Party | Signed |
| Nick Harvey | 18/05/2005 | North Devon | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| David Heath | 18/05/2005 | Somerton & Frome | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Kelvin Hopkins | 18/05/2005 | Luton North | Labour | Signed |
| Brian Iddon | 18/05/2005 | Bolton South East | Labour | Signed |
| Glenda Jackson | 18/05/2005 | Hampstead & Highgate | Labour | Signed |
| Tom Brake | 18/05/2005 | Carshalton & Wallington | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Greg Mulholland | 19/05/2005 | Leeds North West | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Andrew Stunell | 19/05/2005 | Hazel Grove | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| John Austin | 19/05/2005 | Erith & Thamesmead | Labour | Signed |
| Andrew George | 19/05/2005 | St Ives | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Mark Fisher | 19/05/2005 | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Labour | Signed |
| Brian H Donohoe | 19/05/2005 | Ayrshire Central | Labour | Signed |
| Annette Brooke | 19/05/2005 | Mid Dorset & North Poole | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Chris McCafferty | 19/05/2005 | Calder Valley | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Keetch | 19/05/2005 | Hereford | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Clare Short | 19/05/2005 | Birmingham, Ladywood | Labour | Signed |
| Richard Shepherd | 19/05/2005 | Aldridge-Brownhills | Conservative | Signed |
| John Pugh | 19/05/2005 | Southport | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Patrick Hall | 23/05/2005 | Bedford | Labour | Signed |
| Hywel Williams | 23/05/2005 | Caernarfon | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
| Lorely Burt | 23/05/2005 | Solihull | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Martin Horwood | 23/05/2005 | Cheltenham | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| David Howarth | 23/05/2005 | Cambridge | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Stephen Williams | 23/05/2005 | Bristol West | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Roger Godsiff | 23/05/2005 | Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath | Labour | Signed |
| Bill Etherington | 23/05/2005 | Sunderland North | Labour | Signed |
| Gwyneth Dunwoody | 23/05/2005 | Crewe & Nantwich | Labour | Signed |
| Dennis Skinner | 23/05/2005 | Bolsover | Labour | Signed |
| John McDonnell | 23/05/2005 | Hayes & Harlington | Labour | Signed |
| Chris Mole | 23/05/2005 | Ipswich | Labour | Signed |
| Ann Cryer | 23/05/2005 | Keighley | Labour | Signed |
| Ian Davidson | 23/05/2005 | Glasgow South West | Labour | Signed |
| Jim Dobbin | 23/05/2005 | Heywood & Middleton | Labour | Signed |
| Jim Cousins | 24/05/2005 | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Labour | Signed |
| Clive Efford | 24/05/2005 | Eltham | Labour | Signed |
| John Grogan | 24/05/2005 | Selby | Labour | Signed |
| Clive Betts | 24/05/2005 | Sheffield, Attercliffe | Labour | Signed |
| Graham Stringer | 24/05/2005 | Manchester, Blackley | Labour | Signed |
| Michael Weir | 24/05/2005 | Angus | Scottish National Party | Signed |
| Julia Goldsworthy | 24/05/2005 | Falmouth & Camborne | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Michael Connarty | 24/05/2005 | Linlithgow & Falkirk East | Labour | Signed |
| Michael Clapham | 24/05/2005 | Barnsley West & Penistone | Labour | Signed |
| Ronnie Campbell | 24/05/2005 | Blyth Valley | Labour | Signed |
| Dai Havard | 24/05/2005 | Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney | Labour | Signed |
| David Heyes | 24/05/2005 | Ashton-under-Lyne | Labour | Signed |
| Andrew Love | 24/05/2005 | Edmonton | Labour | Signed |
| Ian Lucas | 24/05/2005 | Wrexham | Labour | Signed |
| Rob Marris | 24/05/2005 | Wolverhampton South West | Labour | Signed |
| Mark Oaten | 24/05/2005 | Winchester | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Richard Ottaway | 24/05/2005 | Croydon South | Conservative | Signed |
| Daniel Rogerson | 25/05/2005 | North Cornwall | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Mike Wood | 25/05/2005 | Batley & Spen | Labour | Signed |
| Bob Blizzard | 25/05/2005 | Waveney | Labour | Signed |
| Martin Caton | 25/05/2005 | Gower | Labour | Signed |
| Elfyn Llwyd | 25/05/2005 | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
| Brian Jenkins | 25/05/2005 | Tamworth | Labour | Signed |
| Stephen Hepburn | 25/05/2005 | Jarrow | Labour | Signed |
| Marsha Singh | 25/05/2005 | Bradford West | Labour | Signed |
| Joan Ruddock | 25/05/2005 | Lewisham, Deptford | Labour | Signed |
| Adam Price | 25/05/2005 | Carmarthen East & Dinefwr | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
| Gordon Prentice | 25/05/2005 | Pendle | Labour | Signed |
| Greg Pope | 25/05/2005 | Hyndburn | Labour | Signed |
| Julie Morgan | 25/05/2005 | Cardiff North | Labour | Signed |
| John Leech | 26/05/2005 | Manchester, Withington | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Andrew Gwynne | 26/05/2005 | Denton & Reddish | Labour | Signed |
| David Wilshire | 26/05/2005 | Spelthorne | Conservative | Signed |
| Jon Trickett | 26/05/2005 | Hemsworth | Labour | Signed |
| Menzies Campbell | 26/05/2005 | Fife North East | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Michael Penning | 06/06/2005 | Hemel Hempstead | Conservative | Signed |
| James McGovern | 06/06/2005 | Dundee West | Labour | Signed |
| Angus MacNeil | 06/06/2005 | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | Scottish National Party | Signed |
| Lynne Featherstone | 06/06/2005 | Hornsey & Wood Green | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Robert Walter | 06/06/2005 | North Dorset | Conservative | Signed |
| Joan Walley | 06/06/2005 | Stoke-on-Trent North | Labour | Signed |
| John Thurso | 06/06/2005 | Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Richard Taylor | 06/06/2005 | Wyre Forest | Independent | Signed |
| Mark Durkan | 06/06/2005 | Foyle | Social Democratic and Labour Party | Signed |
| Edward Davey | 06/06/2005 | Kingston & Surbiton | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Frank Cook | 06/06/2005 | Stockton North | Labour | Signed |
| Alan Keen | 06/06/2005 | Feltham & Heston | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Rowen | 07/06/2005 | Rochdale | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Danny Alexander | 08/06/2005 | Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Nicholas Clegg | 08/06/2005 | Sheffield, Hallam | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| David Chaytor | 08/06/2005 | Bury North | Labour | Signed |
| Colin Challen | 08/06/2005 | Morley & Rothwell | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Burstow | 08/06/2005 | Sutton & Cheam | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Ann McKechin | 09/06/2005 | Glasgow North | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Truswell | 09/06/2005 | Pudsey | Labour | Signed |
| Jo Swinson | 13/06/2005 | East Dunbartonshire | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Pete Wishart | 13/06/2005 | Perth & Perthshire North | Scottish National Party | Signed |
| David Hamilton | 13/06/2005 | Midlothian | Labour | Signed |
| Robert Marshall-Andrews | 13/06/2005 | Medway | Labour | Signed |
| Simon Hughes | 13/06/2005 | North Southwark & Bermondsey | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Doug Naysmith | 14/06/2005 | Bristol North West | Labour | Signed |
| Alistair Carmichael | 15/06/2005 | Orkney & Shetland | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Don Foster | 15/06/2005 | Bath | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Alan Beith | 15/06/2005 | Berwick-upon-Tweed | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Steve Webb | 15/06/2005 | Northavon | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| John Whittingdale | 20/06/2005 | Maldon & East Chelmsford | Conservative | Signed |
| Michael Moore | 21/06/2005 | Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| John Barrett | 21/06/2005 | Edinburgh West | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Stewart Hosie | 21/06/2005 | Dundee East | Scottish National Party | Signed |
| Lynda Waltho | 21/06/2005 | Stourbridge | Labour | Signed |
| Lembit | 22/06/2005 | Montgomeryshire | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Katy Clark | 23/06/2005 | Ayrshire North & Arran | Labour | Signed |
| Hugh Bayley | 23/06/2005 | York, City of | Labour | Signed |
| Michael Jabez Foster | 23/06/2005 | Hastings & Rye | Labour | Signed |
| Quentin Davies | 23/06/2005 | Grantham & Stamford | Conservative | Signed |
| Andy Slaughter | 27/06/2005 | | | Signed |
| Stewart Jackson | 27/06/2005 | Peterborough | Conservative | Signed |
| Andrew Mitchell | 27/06/2005 | Sutton Coldfield | Conservative | Signed |
| Tony Lloyd | 27/06/2005 | Manchester Central | Labour | Signed |
| Peter Kilfoyle | 27/06/2005 | Liverpool, Walton | Labour | Signed |
| Robert Smith | 27/06/2005 | Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Desmond Swayne | 28/06/2005 | New Forest West | Conservative | Signed |
| David Crausby | 29/06/2005 | Bolton North East | Labour | Signed |
| Linda Riordan | 29/06/2005 | Halifax | Labour | Signed |
| John Hemming | 30/06/2005 | Birmingham, Yardley | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Nick Brown | 30/06/2005 | Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend | Labour | Signed |
| Michael Meacher | 30/06/2005 | Oldham West & Royton | Labour | Signed |
| Christopher Huhne | 30/06/2005 | Eastleigh | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Charles Hendry | 30/06/2005 | Wealden | Conservative | Signed |
| Simon Burns | 04/07/2005 | West Chelmsford | Conservative | Signed |
| Nick Hurd | 04/07/2005 | Ruislip - Northwood | Conservative | Signed |
| Jeremy Browne | 05/07/2005 | Taunton | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Diana Johnson | 05/07/2005 | Kingston upon Hull North | Labour | Signed |
| Frank Dobson | 06/07/2005 | Holborn & St Pancras | Labour | Signed |
| Betty Williams | 07/07/2005 | Conwy | Labour | Signed |
| Tim Loughton | 07/07/2005 | East Worthing & Shoreham | Conservative | Signed |
| Alex Salmond | 07/07/2005 | Banff & Buchan | Scottish National Party | Signed |
| Eddie McGrady | 11/07/2005 | South Down | Social Democratic and Labour Party | Signed |
| Janet Dean | 11/07/2005 | Burton | Labour | Signed |
| Gavin Strang | 11/07/2005 | Edinburgh East | Labour | Signed |
| Mark Williams | 11/07/2005 | Ceredigion | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Kerry McCarthy | 12/07/2005 | Bristol East | Labour | Signed |
| Richard Burden | 12/07/2005 | Birmingham, Northfield | Labour | Signed |
| David Laws | 12/07/2005 | Yeovil | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Norman Lamb | 13/07/2005 | North Norfolk | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Lyn Brown | 13/07/2005 | West Ham | Labour | Signed |
| Edward Vaizey | 13/07/2005 | Wantage | Conservative | Signed |
| George Galloway | 14/07/2005 | Bethnal Green & Bow | Respect | Signed |
| Denis Murphy | 18/07/2005 | Wansbeck | Labour | Signed |
| John Butterfill | 18/07/2005 | Bournemouth West | Conservative | Signed |
| Peter Soulsby | 19/07/2005 | Leicester South | Labour | Signed |
| Susan Kramer | 19/07/2005 | Richmond Park | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Matthew Taylor | 19/07/2005 | Truro & St Austell | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| David Lepper | 20/07/2005 | Brighton, Pavilion | Labour | Signed |
| Derek Wyatt | 20/07/2005 | Sittingbourne & Sheppey | Labour | Signed |
| Jennifer Willott | 20/07/2005 | Cardiff Central | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Andrew Pelling | 21/07/2005 | Croydon Central | Conservative | Signed |
| Helen Goodman | 21/07/2005 | Bishop Auckland | Labour | Signed |
| Sarah Teather | 21/07/2005 | Brent East | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Sandra Gidley | 21/07/2005 | Romsey | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Martyn Jones | 21/07/2005 | Clwyd South | Labour | Signed |
| David Amess | 10/10/2005 | Southend West | Conservative | Signed |
| Fabian Hamilton | 10/10/2005 | Leeds North East | Labour | Signed |
| John Bercow | 10/10/2005 | Buckingham | Conservative | Signed |
| Robert Syms | 10/10/2005 | Poole | Conservative | Signed |
| Richard Younger-Ross | 10/10/2005 | Teignbridge | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Nadine Dorries | 10/10/2005 | Mid Bedfordshire | Conservative | Signed |
| Lee Scott | 10/10/2005 | Ilford North | Conservative | Signed |
| Mark Hunter | 10/10/2005 | Cheadle | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| David Clelland | 10/10/2005 | Tyne Bridge | Labour | Signed |
| Colin Burgon | 10/10/2005 | Elmet | Labour | Signed |
| Malcolm Bruce | 10/10/2005 | Gordon | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Gwyn Prosser | 10/10/2005 | Dover | Labour | Signed |
| Ken Purchase | 10/10/2005 | Wolverhampton North East | Labour | Signed |
| Alan Reid | 10/10/2005 | Argyll & Bute | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Geraldine Smith | 10/10/2005 | Morecambe & Lunesdale | Labour | Signed |
| Evan Harris | 10/10/2005 | Oxford West & Abingdon | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Douglas Hogg | 10/10/2005 | Sleaford & North Hykeham | Conservative | Signed |
| Alasdair McDonnell | 10/10/2005 | Belfast South | Social Democratic and Labour Party | Signed |
| Andrew Murrison | 10/10/2005 | Westbury | Conservative | Signed |
| Sadiq Khan | 13/10/2005 | Tooting | Labour | Signed |
| Sian James | 13/10/2005 | Swansea East | Labour | Signed |
| George Mudie | 13/10/2005 | Leeds East | Labour | Signed |
| John Randall | 13/10/2005 | Uxbridge | Conservative | Signed |
| David Lidington | 14/10/2005 | Aylesbury | Conservative | Signed |
| David Borrow | 17/10/2005 | South Ribble | Labour | Signed |
| Derek Conway | 17/10/2005 | Old Bexley & Sidcup | Conservative | Signed |
| Mark Lazarowicz | 17/10/2005 | Edinburgh North & Leith | Labour | Signed |
| Bob Russell | 18/10/2005 | Colchester | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Phil Willis | 18/10/2005 | Harrogate & Knaresborough | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Celia Barlow | 18/10/2005 | Hove | Labour | Signed |
| Emily Thornberry | 18/10/2005 | Islington South & Finsbury | Labour | Signed |
| John Penrose | 18/10/2005 | Weston-Super-Mare | Conservative | Signed |
| Frank Field | 19/10/2005 | Birkenhead | Labour | Signed |
| Austin Mitchell | 19/10/2005 | Great Grimsby | Labour | Signed |
| Sandra Osborne | 20/10/2005 | Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock | Labour | Signed |
| Mark Lancaster | 20/10/2005 | North East Milton Keynes | Conservative | Signed |
| Mohammad Sarwar | 24/10/2005 | Glasgow Central | Labour | Signed |
| Frank Doran | 24/10/2005 | Aberdeen North | Labour | Signed |
| Kitty Ussher | 24/10/2005 | Burnley | Labour | Signed |
| Tobias Ellwood | 26/10/2005 | Bournemouth East | Conservative | Signed |
| Peter Bone | 31/10/2005 | Wellingborough | Conservative | Signed |
| Jeff Ennis | 03/11/2005 | Barnsley East & Mexborough | Labour | Signed |
| Jim Devine | 03/11/2005 | Livingston | Labour | Signed |
| Anthony D Wright | 08/11/2005 | Great Yarmouth | Labour | Signed |
| Douglas Carswell | 22/11/2005 | Harwich | Conservative | Signed |
| John Horam | 09/01/2006 | Orpington | Conservative | Signed |
| Shahid Malik | 20/01/2006 | Dewsbury | Labour | Signed |
| Ian Austin | 26/01/2006 | Dudley North | Labour | Signed |
| Nia Griffith | 06/02/2006 | Llanelli | Labour | Signed |
| John Gummer | 08/02/2006 | Suffolk Coastal | Conservative | Signed |
| Tim Yeo | 28/03/2006 | South Suffolk | Conservative | Signed |
| Jamie Reed | 29/03/2006 | Copeland | Labour | Signed |
| Dawn Butler | 27/06/2006 | Brent South | Labour | Signed |
| Charles Kennedy | 05/07/2006 | Ross, Skye & Lochaber | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Peter Law | Unknown | | | Withdrawn |
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