Elections In Venezuela And The Victory Of Hugo Chavez

EDM number 379 in 2006-07, proposed by Colin Burgon on 04/12/2006.

That this House warmly congratulates Presdient Hugo Chavez on his election for a third term as President of Venezuela; notes that this victory occurred in the context of an unbalanced and hostile campaign by sections of the Western media; expressses hope that publications such as the Financial Times and Foreign Affairs may now consider a more balanced approach to reporting in Venezuela, including an end to the usage of outdated economic data to disparage the Chavez administration; notes the feeling of optimism evident amongst the poorest of Venezuela, who have experienced significant improvements in quality of life as a result of the pro-poor policies introduced by Chavez; and calls upon the UK Government now to engage fully with Venezuela and to assess what lessons could be learned from that country on popular participation in the democratic process by grass roots political activists and the electorate in general.

This motion has been signed by a total of 62 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Colin Burgon	04/12/2006	Elmet	Labour	Proposed
Jon Trickett	04/12/2006	Hemsworth	Labour	Seconded
Jon Cruddas	04/12/2006	Dagenham	Labour	Seconded
David Taylor	04/12/2006	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Seconded
Peter Kilfoyle	04/12/2006	Liverpool, Walton	Labour	Seconded
Mike Wood	04/12/2006	Batley & Spen	Labour	Seconded
Jeremy Corbyn	04/12/2006	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	04/12/2006	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Hywel Williams	05/12/2006	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Robert Wareing	05/12/2006	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	05/12/2006	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	05/12/2006	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Flynn	05/12/2006	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Mark Fisher	05/12/2006	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
David Drew	05/12/2006	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	05/12/2006	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	05/12/2006	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	05/12/2006	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	05/12/2006	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	05/12/2006	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	05/12/2006	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	05/12/2006	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	06/12/2006	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
John Grogan	06/12/2006	Selby	Labour	Signed
John Battle	06/12/2006	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	06/12/2006	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	06/12/2006	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	06/12/2006	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Keith Vaz	06/12/2006	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
Linda Riordan	06/12/2006	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Jeff Ennis	06/12/2006	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	06/12/2006	Linlithgow & Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	06/12/2006	Gower	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	06/12/2006	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Martin Salter	06/12/2006	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Jim Sheridan	06/12/2006	Paisley & Renfrewshire North	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	06/12/2006	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	06/12/2006	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	06/12/2006	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	06/12/2006	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	06/12/2006	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
David Anderson	07/12/2006	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	07/12/2006	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	07/12/2006	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
George Mudie	07/12/2006	Leeds East	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	07/12/2006	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	07/12/2006	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	07/12/2006	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Katy Clark	11/12/2006	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	11/12/2006	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	11/12/2006	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	11/12/2006	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Harry Cohen	12/12/2006	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Dai Davies	13/12/2006	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
David Hamilton	13/12/2006	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	13/12/2006	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	13/12/2006	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Alan Simpson	13/12/2006	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	14/12/2006	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julie Morgan	19/12/2006	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	10/01/2007	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
David Marshall	16/01/2007	Glasgow East	Labour	Signed

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