Trade Union Freedom Bill Campaign

EDM number 532 in 2006-07, proposed by John McDonnell on 18/12/2006.

That this House recognises that free and independent trade unions are a force for good in UK society around the world and are vital to democracy; welcomes the positive role modern unions play in providing protection for working people and winning fairness at work; notes the 1906 Trades Disputes Act granted unions the legal freedom to take industrial action; regrets that successive anti-union legislation has meant that trade union rights are now weaker than those introduced by the 1906 Trades Disputes Act; therefore welcomes and supports the TUC campaign for a Trade Union Freedom Bill whose principles include better protection for workers, such as those sacked by Gate Gourmet in 2005, the simplification of ballot procedures and to allow limited supportive action, following a ballot, in specific circumstances; and therefore urges the Government to bring forward legislation to address these proposals.

This motion has been signed by a total of 135 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
John McDonnell	18/12/2006	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Proposed
Dennis Skinner	18/12/2006	Bolsover	Labour	Seconded
Katy Clark	18/12/2006	North Ayrshire and Arran	Labour	Seconded
David Anderson	18/12/2006	Blaydon	Labour	Seconded
Jon Cruddas	18/12/2006	Dagenham	Labour	Seconded
Alan Keen	18/12/2006	Feltham and Heston	Labour	Seconded
David Hamilton	18/12/2006	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
John Austin	18/12/2006	Erith and Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	18/12/2006	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Paddy Tipping	18/12/2006	Sherwood	Labour	Signed
Jon Trickett	18/12/2006	Hemsworth	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	18/12/2006	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	18/12/2006	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Nia Griffith	18/12/2006	Llanelli	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	18/12/2006	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	18/12/2006	Burton	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	18/12/2006	Glasgow South West	Labour	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	18/12/2006	Dover	Labour	Signed
Ken Purchase	18/12/2006	Wolverhampton North East	Labour	Signed
Dai Havard	18/12/2006	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	18/12/2006	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	18/12/2006	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	18/12/2006	Leyton and Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	18/12/2006	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	18/12/2006	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	19/12/2006	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
David Drew	19/12/2006	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	19/12/2006	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	19/12/2006	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	19/12/2006	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Jim McGovern	08/01/2007	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Angus MacNeil	08/01/2007	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
Betty Williams	08/01/2007	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	08/01/2007	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	08/01/2007	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	08/01/2007	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	09/01/2007	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	09/01/2007	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Jim Dobbin	09/01/2007	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	09/01/2007	Islington North	Labour	Signed
David Clelland	09/01/2007	Tyne Bridge	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	09/01/2007	Gower	Labour	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	09/01/2007	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
Jim Sheridan	09/01/2007	Paisley and Renfrewshire North	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	09/01/2007	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Dai Davies	10/01/2007	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Madeleine Moon	10/01/2007	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Si	10/01/2007	Swansea East	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	10/01/2007	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hywel Francis	10/01/2007	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	10/01/2007	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	10/01/2007	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	10/01/2007	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	10/01/2007	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	10/01/2007	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	10/01/2007	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	11/01/2007	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Kate Hoey	15/01/2007	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
Hywel Williams	15/01/2007	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Albert Owen	16/01/2007	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	16/01/2007	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	18/01/2007	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	18/01/2007	Edinburgh North and Leith	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	18/01/2007	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	22/01/2007	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
David Crausby	31/01/2007	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Austin Mitchell	01/02/2007	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	05/02/2007	Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Gavin Strang	08/02/2007	Edinburgh East	Labour	Signed
Keith Vaz	19/02/2007	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	20/02/2007	Linlithgow and East Falkirk	Labour	Signed
Gerald Kaufman	21/02/2007	Manchester, Gorton	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	23/02/2007	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	27/02/2007	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	27/02/2007	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	27/02/2007	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Linda Riordan	28/02/2007	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Mike Gapes	01/03/2007	Ilford South	Labour	Signed
Peter Soulsby	01/03/2007	Leicester South	Labour	Signed
Tony Wright	02/03/2007	Cannock Chase	Labour	Signed
Clive Betts	05/03/2007	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	07/03/2007	Barnsley West and Penistone	Labour	Signed
Brian H Donohoe	13/03/2007	Central Ayrshire	Labour	Signed
George Howarth	14/03/2007	Knowsley North and Sefton East	Labour	Signed
Karen Buck	27/03/2007	Regent's Park and Kensington North	Labour	Signed
Geraldine Smith	29/03/2007	Morecambe and Lunesdale	Labour	Signed
Emily Thornberry	17/04/2007	Islington South and Finsbury	Labour	Signed
Janet Anderson	18/04/2007	Rossendale and Darwen	Labour	Signed
Paul Rowen	18/04/2007	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sandra Gidley	30/04/2007	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Derek Wyatt	22/05/2007	Sittingbourne and Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Alex Salmond	07/06/2007	Banff and Buchan	Scottish National Party	Signed
Frank Dobson	07/06/2007	Holborn and St Pancras	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	11/06/2007	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	11/06/2007	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
David Marshall	11/06/2007	Glasgow East	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	12/06/2007	Blackpool North and Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Eddie McGrady	13/06/2007	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Anne Moffat	14/06/2007	East Lothian	Labour	Signed
Michael Meacher	15/06/2007	Oldham West and Royton	Labour	Signed
Denis Murphy	18/06/2007	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	19/06/2007	Batley and Spen	Labour	Signed
Jimmy Hood	19/06/2007	Lanark and Hamilton East	Labour	Signed
John MacDougall	21/06/2007	Glenrothes	Labour	Signed
Dawn Butler	21/06/2007	Brent South	Labour	Signed
Anthony D Wright	25/06/2007	Great Yarmouth	Labour	Signed
Bill Olner	26/06/2007	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	02/07/2007	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	04/07/2007	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	04/07/2007	Newport West	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	18/07/2007	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	19/07/2007	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	26/07/2007	Morley and Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Don Touhig	08/10/2007	Islwyn	Labour	Signed
Anne Begg	08/10/2007	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
Paul Farrelly	08/10/2007	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	08/10/2007	Medway	Labour	Signed
Bob Laxton	08/10/2007	Derby North	Labour	Signed
Clare Short	08/10/2007	Birmingham, Ladywood	Independent Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	10/10/2007	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	11/10/2007	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	11/10/2007	Harrogate and Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony Lloyd	15/10/2007	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Ian Stewart	15/10/2007	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Virendra Sharma	15/10/2007	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Kerry McCarthy	19/10/2007	Bristol East	Labour	Signed
Clive Efford	23/10/2007	Eltham	Labour	Signed
Fraser Kemp	25/10/2007	Houghton and Washington East	Labour	Signed
Eric Martlew	25/10/2007	Carlisle	Labour	Signed
Ann McKechin	25/10/2007	Glasgow North	Labour	Signed
Patrick Hall	25/10/2007	Bedford	Labour	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	29/10/2007	Hastings and Rye	Labour	Signed
Graham Stringer	29/10/2007	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Sadiq Khan	Unknown			Withdrawn
Iain Wright	Unknown			Withdrawn

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