Electoral Fraud

EDM number 199 in 2008-09, proposed by Brian Iddon on 09/12/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Elections and Electoral systems.

That this House notes the improved security of ballots in Northern Ireland following implementation of the Electoral Fraud (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 which has also resulted in increased levels of voter registration; further notes the successful prosecutions for electoral fraud in Slough, Peterborough and Birmingham; further notes the 2007 Council of Europe investigation into electoral fraud in the UK and the recent report entitled Purity of Elections in the UK: Causes for Concern, published by the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust Ltd which highlights how vulnerable the electoral system is to electoral fraud; and calls on the Government to improve electoral security across the rest of the UK.

This motion has been signed by a total of 96 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Brian Iddon	09/12/2008	Bolton South East	Labour	Proposed
Oliver Heald	09/12/2008	North East Hertfordshire	Conservative	Seconded
Alan Beith	09/12/2008	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Ann Cryer	09/12/2008	Keighley	Labour	Seconded
David Wilshire	09/12/2008	Spelthorne	Conservative	Seconded
Simon Hughes	09/12/2008	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Andrew George	09/12/2008	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Evans	09/12/2008	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
Stephen Williams	10/12/2008	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	10/12/2008	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Wareing	10/12/2008	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
David Drew	10/12/2008	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	10/12/2008	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	10/12/2008	Gower	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	10/12/2008	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Luff	10/12/2008	Mid Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
Lynne Jones	10/12/2008	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	10/12/2008	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	10/12/2008	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Evan Harris	10/12/2008	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Hemming	11/12/2008	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	11/12/2008	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Neil Gerrard	11/12/2008	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	11/12/2008	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	11/12/2008	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	11/12/2008	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Philip Davies	15/12/2008	Shipley	Conservative	Signed
Betty Williams	15/12/2008	Conwy	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	15/12/2008	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
John Horam	15/12/2008	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
Bob Spink	15/12/2008	Castle Point	Independent	Signed
Andrew Pelling	16/12/2008	Croydon Central	Independent	Signed
Tim Boswell	16/12/2008	Daventry	Conservative	Signed
George Galloway	16/12/2008	Bethnal Green & Bow	Respect	Signed
Bill Etherington	16/12/2008	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	16/12/2008	Burton	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	16/12/2008	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Richard Shepherd	16/12/2008	Aldridge-Brownhills	Conservative	Signed
Danny Alexander	17/12/2008	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Williams	17/12/2008	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Thurso	17/12/2008	Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Diane Abbott	17/12/2008	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	17/12/2008	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Charles Kennedy	17/12/2008	Ross, Skye & Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Christopher Huhne	17/12/2008	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Marsha Singh	17/12/2008	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Richard Taylor	18/12/2008	Wyre Forest	Independent	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	12/01/2009	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Rowen	12/01/2009	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jennifer Willott	12/01/2009	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dai Davies	12/01/2009	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Sammy Wilson	12/01/2009	East Antrim	DUP	Signed
David Amess	12/01/2009	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Michael Connarty	12/01/2009	Linlithgow & Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
William McCrea	12/01/2009	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Norman Lamb	12/01/2009	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Clare Short	12/01/2009	Birmingham, Ladywood	Independent Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	12/01/2009	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	13/01/2009	Hornsey & Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Desmond Turner	13/01/2009	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	14/01/2009	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Annette Brooke	14/01/2009	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Cohen	15/01/2009	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	15/01/2009	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Martin Horwood	19/01/2009	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	19/01/2009	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Ann Widdecombe	28/01/2009	Maidstone & The Weald	Conservative	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	02/02/2009	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
David Taylor	09/02/2009	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	09/02/2009	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	09/02/2009	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	09/02/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Tom Levitt	10/02/2009	High Peak	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	10/02/2009	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Viggers	11/02/2009	Gosport	Conservative	Signed
Menzies Campbell	11/02/2009	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Keetch	12/02/2009	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bruce George	12/02/2009	Walsall South	Labour	Signed
David Howarth	23/02/2009	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Frank Cook	23/02/2009	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Martyn Jones	23/02/2009	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	23/02/2009	Dover	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	23/02/2009	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Tom Brake	24/02/2009	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Berry	24/02/2009	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Daniel Rogerson	25/02/2009	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jonathan Djanogly	25/02/2009	Huntingdon	Conservative	Signed
Phil Willis	26/02/2009	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Truswell	27/02/2009	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
George Howarth	02/03/2009	Knowsley North & Sefton East	Labour	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	03/03/2009	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
John Barrett	06/03/2009	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Gapes	10/03/2009	Ilford South	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	11/03/2009	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Iris Robinson	16/03/2009	Strangford	DUP	Signed
John Austin	01/06/2009	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed

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