Love Music Hate Racism

EDM number 1389 in 2007-08, proposed by Harry Cohen on 22/04/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Equality, Performing arts and Racial discrimination.

That this House welcomes the Love Music Hate Racism Carnival due to take place in East London on Sunday 27th April 2008; recognises the historic impact and importance of the Rock Against Racism Concert which took place in Victoria Park in 1978; congratulates Love Music Hate Racism performers, organisers and supporters including trade unions; is aware that many anti-racism activists have campaigned over a long period to thwart the spread of racism in the United Kingdom over the past 30 years and to stop it being considered in any way acceptable; notes that the racist BNP are hoping to secure a seat in the forthcoming London Assembly elections and in other council elections; and calls on voters in London and throughout the country to use their vote on 1st May to keep the racists out of public office.

This motion has been signed by a total of 47 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Harry Cohen	22/04/2008	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Proposed
Jon Cruddas	22/04/2008	Dagenham	Labour	Seconded
Paul Holmes	23/04/2008	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Lynne Jones	23/04/2008	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	23/04/2008	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Ian Gibson	23/04/2008	Norwich North	Labour	Seconded
John Leech	23/04/2008	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Wareing	23/04/2008	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
Rudi Vis	23/04/2008	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
John Battle	23/04/2008	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	23/04/2008	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	23/04/2008	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Evans	23/04/2008	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
Martin Caton	23/04/2008	Gower	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	23/04/2008	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	23/04/2008	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	23/04/2008	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	24/04/2008	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	24/04/2008	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	24/04/2008	Burton	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	24/04/2008	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	24/04/2008	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Jim Devine	25/04/2008	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	25/04/2008	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Mark Hunter	28/04/2008	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Katy Clark	28/04/2008	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
George Galloway	28/04/2008	Bethnal Green & Bow	Respect	Signed
Hywel Francis	28/04/2008	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	28/04/2008	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	28/04/2008	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	28/04/2008	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	28/04/2008	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	29/04/2008	Hastings & Rye	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	29/04/2008	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	29/04/2008	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	29/04/2008	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Ken Purchase	29/04/2008	Wolverhampton North East	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	30/04/2008	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	30/04/2008	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	01/05/2008	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Jo Swinson	06/05/2008	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Anderson	07/05/2008	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	14/05/2008	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	15/05/2008	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	19/05/2008	Glasgow Central	Labour	Signed
Linda Riordan	19/05/2008	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Jon Trickett	Unknown			Withdrawn

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