Unicameral Parliament (EDM1238)

Unicameral Parliament

EDM number 1238 in 2006-07, proposed by Kelvin Hopkins on 27/03/2007.

That this House notes with great interest that following the Commons debate on Reform of the House of Lords on 6th and 7th March, 169 Labour hon. Members voted for a bicameral Parliament and 155 voted against, suggesting that almost half of Labour hon. Members favour a unicameral parliament; believes that this reflects a widely held view among Labour Party members, trade unionists and working people generally that the House of Lords should simply be abolished; is seriously concerned that the unicameral option was deliberately excluded from consideration by the Royal Commission on the Reform of the House of Lords and from the Labour Party internal debate; considers that the case for a unicameral parliament has not been properly considered nor answered; and believes therefore that the issue remains politically live and will be revisited in the foreseeable future.

This motion has been signed by a total of 50 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Kelvin Hopkins	27/03/2007	Luton North	Labour	Proposed
George Howarth	27/03/2007	Knowsley North and Sefton East	Labour	Seconded
Ken Purchase	27/03/2007	Wolverhampton North East	Labour	Seconded
Helen Jones	27/03/2007	Warrington North	Labour	Seconded
Frank Dobson	27/03/2007	Holborn and St Pancras	Labour	Seconded
Dennis Skinner	27/03/2007	Bolsover	Labour	Seconded
Ian Davidson	27/03/2007	Glasgow South West	Labour	Signed
John Austin	27/03/2007	Erith and Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Brian H Donohoe	27/03/2007	Central Ayrshire	Labour	Signed
Clive Efford	27/03/2007	Eltham	Labour	Signed
Jeff Ennis	27/03/2007	Barnsley East and Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	27/03/2007	Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Howard Stoate	27/03/2007	Dartford	Labour	Signed
Graham Stringer	27/03/2007	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Jon Trickett	27/03/2007	Hemsworth	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	27/03/2007	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	27/03/2007	Sittingbourne and Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Lyn Brown	27/03/2007	West Ham	Labour	Signed
Katy Clark	27/03/2007	North Ayrshire and Arran	Labour	Signed
Nia Griffith	27/03/2007	Llanelli	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	27/03/2007	Linlithgow and East Falkirk	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	27/03/2007	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Dai Havard	27/03/2007	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	27/03/2007	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	27/03/2007	Blackpool North and Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Kevan Jones	27/03/2007	North Durham	Labour	Signed
Peter Kilfoyle	27/03/2007	Liverpool, Walton	Labour	Signed
Bob Laxton	27/03/2007	Derby North	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	27/03/2007	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	27/03/2007	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Eric Martlew	27/03/2007	Carlisle	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	27/03/2007	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	27/03/2007	Barnsley West and Penistone	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	27/03/2007	Leyton and Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	28/03/2007	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	28/03/2007	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	28/03/2007	Burton	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	28/03/2007	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	28/03/2007	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	28/03/2007	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	29/03/2007	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	29/03/2007	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	17/04/2007	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Jim McGovern	17/04/2007	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Sandra Osborne	18/04/2007	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	18/04/2007	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	23/04/2007	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	24/04/2007	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	26/04/2007	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	01/05/2007	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed

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