Women Bishops (EDM133)

Women Bishops

EDM number 133 in 2008-09, proposed by Mike Hancock on 04/12/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Religion and faith communities and Sex discrimination.

That this House declares that candidates for the office of bishop should be considered on merit; and that sex is not merit.

This motion has been signed by a total of 22 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Mike Hancock	04/12/2008	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Peter Bottomley	08/12/2008	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Jeremy Corbyn	08/12/2008	Islington North	Labour	Seconded
Paul Flynn	08/12/2008	Newport West	Labour	Seconded
Stephen Williams	08/12/2008	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
David Wilshire	08/12/2008	Spelthorne	Conservative	Seconded
Elfyn Llwyd	08/12/2008	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Ann Cryer	08/12/2008	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	09/12/2008	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Devine	09/12/2008	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	09/12/2008	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Dismore	09/12/2008	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	09/12/2008	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	10/12/2008	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	10/12/2008	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Caton	10/12/2008	Gower	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	10/12/2008	Barnsley West and Penistone	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	10/12/2008	Burton	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	11/12/2008	Batley and Spen	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	15/12/2008	Leyton and Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Hywel Williams	18/12/2008	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Greg Pope	14/01/2009	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed

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