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Review Of Polling Districts And Polling Places In Leeds

EDM number 36 in 2007-08, proposed by Paul Truswell on 06/11/2007.
Categorised under the topic of Elections.

That this House views with grave concern proposals by the Leeds Conservative Group, backed in most cases by its Liberal Democrat allies, to remove polling stations and merge polling districts in a way that would make it more difficult for the overwhelming majority of those electors in the affected areas to cast their votes; welcomes the fact that council officers evaluating such proposals against the appropriate accessibility tests have refused to support them; notes that council officers have endorsed proposals from all parties that genuinely attempt to improve access to polling places; expresses concern that despite this objective scrutiny by officers it still remains open for the controlling coalition of Conservatives and Liberal Democrats to use their majority to vote their proposals through the council; and calls on the Electoral Commission to monitor closely the review of polling districts and polling places in Leeds to ensure that voting is not made more difficult and that the objectivity of council officers is maintained.

This motion has been signed by a total of 12 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Paul Truswell06/11/2007PudseyLabourProposed
Colin Burgon06/11/2007ElmetLabourSeconded
Fabian Hamilton06/11/2007Leeds North EastLabourSeconded
John Battle06/11/2007Leeds WestLabourSeconded
Colin Challen07/11/2007Morley and RothwellLabourSeconded
Rudi Vis08/11/2007Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSeconded
Greg Pope13/11/2007HyndburnLabourSigned
John McDonnell14/11/2007Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Paul Flynn14/11/2007Newport WestLabourSigned
Alan Simpson15/11/2007Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Ann Cryer19/11/2007KeighleyLabourSigned
Bill Etherington22/11/2007Sunderland NorthLabourSigned

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