War Memorials
EDM number 2070 in 2008-09, proposed by Shona McIsaac on 16/10/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Cultural heritage and Military operations.
That this House praises the British Legion's Roll of Honour, English Heritage, the War Memorials Trust, the Imperial War Museum and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission for their work dedicated to commemorating those who have died as a result of conflict and to preserving war memorials in the UK and abroad; calls upon the Government to examine ways of assisting communities to preserve and restore the UK's war memorials and rolls of honour in advance of the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914; and further calls on the Government to establish a national code of practice to protect war memorials from destruction, and to have a national day of commemoration on the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War.
This motion has been signed by a total of 209 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.
| MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
| Shona McIsaac | 16/10/2009 | Cleethorpes | Labour | Proposed |
| Andrew MacKinlay | 16/10/2009 | Thurrock | Labour | Seconded |
| John Hutton | 16/10/2009 | Barrow and Furness | Labour | Seconded |
| Judy Mallaber | 16/10/2009 | Amber Valley | Labour | Seconded |
| Lindsay Hoyle | 16/10/2009 | Chorley | Labour | Seconded |
| Andrew Dismore | 16/10/2009 | Hendon | Labour | Seconded |
| John Grogan | 19/10/2009 | Selby | Labour | Signed |
| David Hamilton | 19/10/2009 | Midlothian | Labour | Signed |
| Mike Hancock | 19/10/2009 | Portsmouth South | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Charlotte Atkins | 19/10/2009 | Staffordshire Moorlands | Labour | Signed |
| Adrian Bailey | 19/10/2009 | West Bromwich West | Labour | Signed |
| Kevin Barron | 19/10/2009 | Rother Valley | Labour | Signed |
| Mike Gapes | 19/10/2009 | Ilford South | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Farrelly | 19/10/2009 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Labour | Signed |
| David Drew | 19/10/2009 | Stroud | Labour | Signed |
| Ann Cryer | 19/10/2009 | Keighley | Labour | Signed |
| David Crausby | 19/10/2009 | Bolton North East | Labour | Signed |
| Harry Cohen | 19/10/2009 | Leyton and Wanstead | Labour | Signed |
| Michael Clapham | 19/10/2009 | Barnsley West and Penistone | Labour | Signed |
| Ian Cawsey | 19/10/2009 | Brigg and Goole | Labour | Signed |
| John Battle | 19/10/2009 | Leeds West | Labour | Signed |
| Anne Begg | 19/10/2009 | Aberdeen South | Labour | Signed |
| Clive Betts | 19/10/2009 | Sheffield, Attercliffe | Labour | Signed |
| Lindsay Roy | 19/10/2009 | Glenrothes | Labour | Signed |
| Phil Wilson | 19/10/2009 | Sedgefield | Labour | Signed |
| Linda Riordan | 19/10/2009 | Halifax | Labour | Signed |
| Angela Smith | 19/10/2009 | Sheffield, Hillsborough | Labour | Signed |
| Angus MacNeil | 19/10/2009 | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | Scottish National Party | Signed |
| Robert Flello | 19/10/2009 | Stoke-on-Trent South | Labour | Signed |
| Robert Wareing | 19/10/2009 | Liverpool, West Derby | Independent | Signed |
| Joan Walley | 19/10/2009 | Stoke-on-Trent North | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Truswell | 19/10/2009 | Pudsey | Labour | Signed |
| Don Touhig | 19/10/2009 | Islwyn | Labour | Signed |
| Ian Stewart | 19/10/2009 | Eccles | Labour | Signed |
| Peter Bottomley | 19/10/2009 | Worthing West | Conservative | Signed |
| David Borrow | 19/10/2009 | South Ribble | Labour | Signed |
| David Blunkett | 19/10/2009 | Sheffield, Brightside | Labour | Signed |
| Martin Caton | 19/10/2009 | Gower | Labour | Signed |
| David Cairns | 19/10/2009 | Inverclyde | Labour | Signed |
| Colin Burgon | 19/10/2009 | Elmet | Labour | Signed |
| George Howarth | 19/10/2009 | Knowsley North and Sefton East | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Holmes | 19/10/2009 | Chesterfield | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Stephen Hesford | 19/10/2009 | Wirral West | Labour | Signed |
| Mark Hendrick | 19/10/2009 | Preston | Labour | Signed |
| Phyllis Starkey | 19/10/2009 | Milton Keynes South West | Labour | Signed |
| Bob Spink | 19/10/2009 | Castle Point | Independent | Signed |
| Helen Southworth | 19/10/2009 | Warrington South | Labour | Signed |
| Alan Simpson | 19/10/2009 | Nottingham South | Labour | Signed |
| Jim Sheridan | 19/10/2009 | Paisley and Renfrewshire North | Labour | Signed |
| Barry Sheerman | 19/10/2009 | Huddersfield | Labour | Signed |
| Adrian Sanders | 19/10/2009 | Torbay | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Terry Rooney | 19/10/2009 | Bradford North | Labour | Signed |
| John Robertson | 19/10/2009 | Glasgow North West | Labour | Signed |
| Ken Purchase | 19/10/2009 | Wolverhampton North East | Labour | Signed |
| Brian Iddon | 19/10/2009 | Bolton South East | Labour | Signed |
| Martyn Jones | 19/10/2009 | Clwyd South | Labour | Signed |
| Fraser Kemp | 19/10/2009 | Houghton and Washington East | Labour | Signed |
| Russell Brown | 19/10/2009 | Dumfries and Galloway | Labour | Signed |
| Sandra Osborne | 19/10/2009 | Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock | Labour | Signed |
| Austin Mitchell | 19/10/2009 | Great Grimsby | Labour | Signed |
| Andrew Miller | 19/10/2009 | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Labour | Signed |
| Alun Michael | 19/10/2009 | Cardiff South and Penarth | Labour | Signed |
| Alan Meale | 19/10/2009 | Mansfield | Labour | Signed |
| John McDonnell | 19/10/2009 | Hayes and Harlington | Labour | Signed |
| Siobhain McDonagh | 19/10/2009 | Mitcham and Morden | Labour | Signed |
| Ashok Kumar | 19/10/2009 | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Labour | Signed |
| Mark Lazarowicz | 19/10/2009 | Edinburgh North and Leith | Labour | Signed |
| David Lepper | 19/10/2009 | Brighton, Pavilion | Labour | Signed |
| Andrew Love | 19/10/2009 | Edmonton | Labour | Signed |
| Gordon Marsden | 19/10/2009 | Blackpool South | Labour | Signed |
| Ian McCartney | 19/10/2009 | Makerfield | Labour | Signed |
| Richard Burden | 20/10/2009 | Birmingham, Northfield | Labour | Signed |
| Jeremy Corbyn | 20/10/2009 | Islington North | Labour | Signed |
| John Cummings | 20/10/2009 | Easington | Labour | Signed |
| Edward Davey | 20/10/2009 | Kingston and Surbiton | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| James Gray | 20/10/2009 | North Wiltshire | Conservative | Signed |
| Jeremy Browne | 20/10/2009 | Taunton | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Colin Breed | 20/10/2009 | South East Cornwall | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Elliot Morley | 20/10/2009 | Scunthorpe | Labour | Signed |
| Iris Robinson | 20/10/2009 | Strangford | DUP | Signed |
| Dai Havard | 20/10/2009 | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Labour | Signed |
| David Heath | 20/10/2009 | Somerton & Frome | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Kelvin Hopkins | 20/10/2009 | Luton North | Labour | Signed |
| Joan Humble | 20/10/2009 | Blackpool North and Fleetwood | Labour | Signed |
| Julian Lewis | 20/10/2009 | New Forest East | Conservative | Signed |
| Dai Davies | 21/10/2009 | Blaenau Gwent | Independent | Signed |
| Mark Hunter | 21/10/2009 | Cheadle | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Stephen Williams | 21/10/2009 | Bristol West | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Janet Dean | 21/10/2009 | Burton | Labour | Signed |
| Gregory Campbell | 21/10/2009 | East Londonderry | DUP | Signed |
| Annette Brooke | 21/10/2009 | Mid Dorset and North Poole | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Edward O'Hara | 21/10/2009 | Knowsley South | Labour | Signed |
| Laura Moffatt | 21/10/2009 | Crawley | Labour | Signed |
| David Heyes | 21/10/2009 | Ashton-under-Lyne | Labour | Signed |
| Jacqui Smith | 21/10/2009 | Redditch | Labour | Signed |
| Roger Williams | 22/10/2009 | Brecon and Radnorshire | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Paul Flynn | 22/10/2009 | Newport West | Labour | Signed |
| Nigel Dodds | 22/10/2009 | Belfast North | DUP | Signed |
| Frank Cook | 22/10/2009 | Stockton North | Labour | Signed |
| Chris McCafferty | 22/10/2009 | Calder Valley | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Keetch | 22/10/2009 | Hereford | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Glenda Jackson | 22/10/2009 | Hampstead and Highgate | Labour | Signed |
| Tom Harris | 22/10/2009 | Glasgow South | Labour | Signed |
| John Hemming | 26/10/2009 | Birmingham, Yardley | Liberal Democrat | Withdrawn |
| Jim McGovern | 26/10/2009 | Dundee West | Labour | Signed |
| Betty Williams | 26/10/2009 | Conwy | Labour | Signed |
| Roger Berry | 26/10/2009 | Kingswood | Labour | Signed |
| Roger Godsiff | 26/10/2009 | Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath | Labour | Signed |
| Nigel Evans | 26/10/2009 | Ribble Valley | Conservative | Signed |
| Lynne Jones | 26/10/2009 | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Labour | Signed |
| Robert Smith | 26/10/2009 | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Andrew Rosindell | 26/10/2009 | Romford | Conservative | Signed |
| Hazel Blears | 27/10/2009 | Salford | Labour | Signed |
| Paddy Tipping | 27/10/2009 | Sherwood | Labour | Signed |
| Rudi Vis | 27/10/2009 | Finchley and Golders Green | Labour | Signed |
| Tom Watson | 27/10/2009 | West Bromwich East | Labour | Signed |
| Alan Williams | 27/10/2009 | Swansea West | Labour | Signed |
| Emily Thornberry | 27/10/2009 | Islington South and Finsbury | Labour | Signed |
| Jim Devine | 27/10/2009 | Livingston | Labour | Signed |
| Janet Anderson | 27/10/2009 | Rossendale and Darwen | Labour | Signed |
| Frank Field | 27/10/2009 | Birkenhead | Labour | Signed |
| Jeff Ennis | 27/10/2009 | Barnsley East and Mexborough | Labour | Signed |
| Nick Palmer | 27/10/2009 | Broxtowe | Labour | Signed |
| Brian Jenkins | 27/10/2009 | Tamworth | Labour | Signed |
| Albert Owen | 27/10/2009 | Ynys M | Labour | Signed |
| David Chaytor | 27/10/2009 | Bury North | Labour | Signed |
| David Clelland | 27/10/2009 | Tyne Bridge | Labour | Signed |
| Jim Dobbin | 27/10/2009 | Heywood and Middleton | Labour | Signed |
| Mark Durkan | 27/10/2009 | Foyle | Social Democratic and Labour Party | Signed |
| Willie Rennie | 28/10/2009 | Dunfermline and West Fife | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Tim Farron | 28/10/2009 | Westmorland and Lonsdale | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Bill Etherington | 28/10/2009 | Sunderland North | Labour | Signed |
| Frank Doran | 28/10/2009 | Aberdeen North | Labour | Signed |
| Doug Naysmith | 28/10/2009 | Bristol North West | Labour | Signed |
| Mike Wood | 29/10/2009 | Batley and Spen | Labour | Signed |
| Denis MacShane | 29/10/2009 | Rotherham | Labour | Signed |
| John Pugh | 29/10/2009 | Southport | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Stephen Pound | 29/10/2009 | Ealing North | Labour | Signed |
| Julie Morgan | 02/11/2009 | Cardiff North | Labour | Signed |
| John Mann | 02/11/2009 | Bassetlaw | Labour | Signed |
| Mark Todd | 03/11/2009 | South Derbyshire | Labour | Signed |
| David Taylor | 03/11/2009 | North West Leicestershire | Labour | Signed |
| Jeffrey M Donaldson | 03/11/2009 | Lagan Valley | DUP | Signed |
| Alan Keen | 03/11/2009 | Feltham and Heston | Labour | Signed |
| Martin Salter | 03/11/2009 | Reading West | Labour | Signed |
| Joan Ryan | 03/11/2009 | Enfield North | Labour | Signed |
| Gordon Prentice | 03/11/2009 | Pendle | Labour | Signed |
| Jim Cunningham | 04/11/2009 | Coventry South | Labour | Signed |
| David Curry | 04/11/2009 | Skipton and Ripon | Conservative | Signed |
| David Davis | 04/11/2009 | Haltemprice and Howden | Conservative | Signed |
| Diane Abbott | 04/11/2009 | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Labour | Signed |
| Tim Boswell | 04/11/2009 | Daventry | Conservative | Signed |
| Keith Vaz | 04/11/2009 | Leicester East | Labour | Signed |
| Phil Willis | 04/11/2009 | Harrogate and Knaresborough | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Nicholas Winterton | 04/11/2009 | Macclesfield | Conservative | Signed |
| Brian Binley | 04/11/2009 | Northampton South | Conservative | Signed |
| Nadine Dorries | 04/11/2009 | Mid Bedfordshire | Conservative | Signed |
| Stewart Jackson | 04/11/2009 | Peterborough | Conservative | Signed |
| Anne Main | 04/11/2009 | St Albans | Conservative | Signed |
| Lee Scott | 04/11/2009 | Ilford North | Conservative | Signed |
| Ben Chapman | 04/11/2009 | Wirral South | Labour | Signed |
| William Cash | 04/11/2009 | Stone | Conservative | Signed |
| Parmjit Dhanda | 04/11/2009 | Gloucester | Labour | Signed |
| Dennis Skinner | 04/11/2009 | Bolsover | Labour | Signed |
| Geraldine Smith | 04/11/2009 | Morecambe and Lunesdale | Labour | Signed |
| Nicholas Soames | 04/11/2009 | Mid Sussex | Conservative | Signed |
| Jimmy Hood | 04/11/2009 | Lanark and Hamilton East | Labour | Signed |
| Gerald Kaufman | 04/11/2009 | Manchester, Gorton | Labour | Signed |
| Julie Kirkbride | 04/11/2009 | Bromsgrove | Conservative | Signed |
| Greg Knight | 04/11/2009 | East Yorkshire | Conservative | Signed |
| Simon Burns | 04/11/2009 | West Chelmsford | Conservative | Signed |
| Graham Brady | 04/11/2009 | Altrincham and Sale West | Conservative | Signed |
| Andrew Murrison | 04/11/2009 | Westbury | Conservative | Signed |
| Patrick Mercer | 04/11/2009 | Newark | Conservative | Signed |
| David Maclean | 04/11/2009 | Penrith and The Border | Conservative | Signed |
| Andrew Pelling | 05/11/2009 | Croydon Central | Independent | Signed |
| Graham Stuart | 05/11/2009 | Beverley and Holderness | Conservative | Signed |
| Desmond Turner | 05/11/2009 | Brighton, Kemptown | Labour | Signed |
| Desmond Swayne | 05/11/2009 | New Forest West | Conservative | Signed |
| John Barrett | 05/11/2009 | Edinburgh West | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Robert Goodwill | 05/11/2009 | Scarborough and Whitby | Conservative | Signed |
| Alan Duncan | 05/11/2009 | Rutland and Melton | Conservative | Signed |
| Bernard Jenkin | 05/11/2009 | North Essex | Conservative | Signed |
| Eric Illsley | 05/11/2009 | Barnsley Central | Labour | Signed |
| Jo Swinson | 09/11/2009 | East Dunbartonshire | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Ian Taylor | 09/11/2009 | Esher and Walton | Conservative | Signed |
| Gisela Stuart | 09/11/2009 | Birmingham, Edgbaston | Labour | Signed |
| Don Foster | 09/11/2009 | Bath | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Charles Kennedy | 09/11/2009 | Ross, Skye and Lochaber | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Gwyn Prosser | 09/11/2009 | Dover | Labour | Signed |
| Jennifer Willott | 10/11/2009 | Cardiff Central | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Celia Barlow | 10/11/2009 | Hove | Labour | Signed |
| David Anderson | 10/11/2009 | Blaydon | Labour | Signed |
| Nigel Waterson | 10/11/2009 | Eastbourne | Conservative | Signed |
| Derek Twigg | 10/11/2009 | Halton | Labour | Signed |
| Richard Taylor | 10/11/2009 | Wyre Forest | Independent | Signed |
| Robert Syms | 10/11/2009 | Poole | Conservative | Signed |
| David Amess | 10/11/2009 | Southend West | Conservative | Signed |
| Bruce George | 10/11/2009 | Walsall South | Labour | Signed |
| Tony Lloyd | 10/11/2009 | Manchester Central | Labour | Signed |
| Greg Pope | 10/11/2009 | Hyndburn | Labour | Signed |
| Susan Kramer | 11/11/2009 | Richmond Park | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| David Jones | 11/11/2009 | Clwyd West | Conservative | Signed |
| Adam Holloway | 11/11/2009 | Gravesham | Conservative | Signed |
| Lorely Burt | 11/11/2009 | Solihull | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| John Austin | 11/11/2009 | Erith and Thamesmead | Labour | Signed |
| Tom Brake | 11/11/2009 | Carshalton and Wallington | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Evan Harris | 11/11/2009 | Oxford West and Abingdon | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Virendra Sharma | 11/11/2009 | Ealing, Southall | Labour | Signed |
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