Proposed Closure Of Wandsworth Museum (EDM809)

Proposed Closure Of Wandsworth Museum

EDM number 809 in 2006-07, proposed by Martin Linton on 01/02/2007.

That this House regrets the proposal from Wandsworth Council to close Wandsworth Museum; values the work of the museum's small but dedicated staff; notes the museum's success in attracting 30,000 visits last year, including 8,300 school-children; commends the museum for its success in attracting ethnic minority visitors and celebrating immigrant communities in the borough from the Huguenots to the Windrush; congratulates it on being one of only six local authority-funded museums in London to be granted Accredited Status by Museums London; and urges the Council to think again and come forward with options as the basis for consultation with the Wandsworth Historical Society, civic societies and other stakeholders.

This motion has been signed by a total of 56 MPs, 3 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Martin Linton	01/02/2007	Battersea	Labour	Proposed
Ann Cryer	02/02/2007	Keighley	Labour	Seconded
Andrew Dismore	02/02/2007	Hendon	Labour	Seconded
Glenda Jackson	02/02/2007	Hampstead and Highgate	Labour	Seconded
Lynda Waltho	05/02/2007	Stourbridge	Labour	Seconded
Robert Wareing	05/02/2007	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	06/02/2007	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	06/02/2007	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	06/02/2007	Leyton and Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	06/02/2007	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Tom Brake	06/02/2007	Carshalton and Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Jones	06/02/2007	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	06/02/2007	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	06/02/2007	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
David Simpson	07/02/2007	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Janet Anderson	07/02/2007	Rossendale and Darwen	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	07/02/2007	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	07/02/2007	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	07/02/2007	Burton	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	07/02/2007	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	07/02/2007	Gower	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	07/02/2007	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
William McCrea	07/02/2007	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Alan Simpson	07/02/2007	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	08/02/2007	Edinburgh North and Leith	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	08/02/2007	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Dowd	08/02/2007	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	08/02/2007	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Paul Burstow	19/02/2007	Sutton and Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Susan Kramer	19/02/2007	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	19/02/2007	Hornsey and Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	19/02/2007	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Anderson	19/02/2007	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Sarah Teather	20/02/2007	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	21/02/2007	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
George Galloway	26/02/2007	Bethnal Green and Bow	Respect	Signed
Brian Jenkins	28/02/2007	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Dai Davies	01/03/2007	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
John McDonnell	07/03/2007	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	07/03/2007	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	07/03/2007	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Nia Griffith	07/03/2007	Llanelli	Labour	Signed
Frank Field	08/03/2007	Birkenhead	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	08/03/2007	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	09/03/2007	Linlithgow and East Falkirk	Labour	Signed
Sharon Hodgson	09/03/2007	Gateshead East and Washington West	Labour	Signed
Kerry McCarthy	09/03/2007	Bristol East	Labour	Signed
Dai Havard	12/03/2007	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	12/03/2007	Glasgow South West	Labour	Signed
Charlotte Atkins	12/03/2007	Staffordshire Moorlands	Labour	Signed
Clive Betts	12/03/2007	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Labour	Signed
Ian Austin	14/03/2007	Dudley North	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	29/03/2007	Kingston and Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sadiq Khan	Unknown			Withdrawn
Joan Ruddock	Unknown			Withdrawn
Shahid Malik	Unknown			Withdrawn

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