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Hundredth Birthday Of Mrs Elizabeth Porter

EDM number 1977 in 2008-09, proposed by Fraser Kemp on 12/10/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Local government.

That this House congratulates Mrs Elizabeth Porter who lives in Shiney Row, in Houghton and Washington East constituency, on the occasion of her hundredth birthday which falls on 23 October; notes that she was born in 1909 and that she has served as a councillor on Houghton Urban District and City of Sunderland Council and was the first woman Mayor of the City; further notes that she continues to serve in the community where she was born through her active involvement in Age Concern and the Labour Party and many other organisations and that she actively attends and contributes to meetings; further notes that as a young woman she met great figures of the Labour Movement including miners' leader, Peter Lee, and that she listened to Aneurin Bevan speak on the creation of the Health Service at Durham Miners Gala in 1947; believes that she is an inspiration to future generations; and looks forward to her continuing contribution in the years to come.

This motion has been signed by a total of 33 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Fraser Kemp12/10/2009Houghton and Washington EastLabourProposed
Lynne Jones12/10/2009Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSeconded
Tom Watson13/10/2009West Bromwich EastLabourSeconded
John Cummings13/10/2009EasingtonLabourSeconded
Eric Martlew13/10/2009CarlisleLabourSeconded
Peter Kilfoyle13/10/2009Liverpool, WaltonLabourSeconded
David Simpson13/10/2009Upper BannDUPSigned
Doug Henderson13/10/2009Newcastle upon Tyne NorthLabourSigned
Martyn Jones13/10/2009Clwyd SouthLabourSigned
John McDonnell13/10/2009Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell13/10/2009Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn13/10/2009Islington NorthLabourSigned
Mike Hancock13/10/2009Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Rudi Vis14/10/2009Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Dari Taylor14/10/2009Stockton SouthLabourSigned
Janet Dean14/10/2009BurtonLabourSigned
Frank Cook14/10/2009Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Chris Mullin14/10/2009Sunderland SouthLabourSigned
Stephen Hepburn14/10/2009JarrowLabourSigned
Alan Simpson14/10/2009Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
David Anderson15/10/2009BlaydonLabourSigned
Ann Cryer19/10/2009KeighleyLabourSigned
Andrew George19/10/2009St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Kelvin Hopkins20/10/2009Luton NorthLabourSigned
Gordon Marsden21/10/2009Blackpool SouthLabourSigned
Denis Murphy21/10/2009WansbeckLabourSigned
David Clelland21/10/2009Tyne BridgeLabourSigned
Katy Clark21/10/2009North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned
Bill Etherington22/10/2009Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Janet Anderson26/10/2009Rossendale and DarwenLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins27/10/2009TamworthLabourSigned
Paul Farrelly27/10/2009Newcastle-under-LymeLabourSigned
Adrian Bailey27/10/2009West Bromwich WestLabourSigned

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