150th Anniversary Of The Speech Of Frederick Douglass To The People Of Leeds (EDM2081)

150th Anniversary Of The Speech Of Frederick Douglass To The People Of Leeds

EDM number 2081 in 2008-09, proposed by Colin Burgon on 19/10/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Cultural heritage, Equality and Racial discrimination.

That this House congratulates the City of Leeds, the City of Louisville in Kentucky, Leeds Metropolitan University, Nazareth College in Rochester, New York State and West Yorkshire Playhouse for commemorating the 150th anniversary of the speech given by Frederick Douglass to the people of Leeds on the eve of the American Civil War; notes that in this bicentennial year of the birth of Abraham Lincoln the people of the United States have elected their first ever President of African descent, Barack Obama; and acknowledges the contribution made by those British people who supported the struggle to end slavery in the United States.

This motion has been signed by a total of 35 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Colin Burgon	19/10/2009	Elmet	Labour	Proposed
Paul Truswell	19/10/2009	Pudsey	Labour	Seconded
John Battle	19/10/2009	Leeds West	Labour	Seconded
Fabian Hamilton	19/10/2009	Leeds North East	Labour	Seconded
Colin Challen	19/10/2009	Morley and Rothwell	Labour	Seconded
Diane Abbott	19/10/2009	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	Labour	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	19/10/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
David Taylor	19/10/2009	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	20/10/2009	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	20/10/2009	Blackpool North and Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	20/10/2009	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	20/10/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	20/10/2009	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	20/10/2009	Hendon	Labour	Signed
David Anderson	21/10/2009	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Linda Riordan	21/10/2009	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	21/10/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	21/10/2009	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	21/10/2009	Glasgow South West	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	22/10/2009	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	22/10/2009	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	26/10/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Nigel Evans	26/10/2009	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
Ian McCartney	27/10/2009	Makerfield	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	27/10/2009	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	27/10/2009	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	27/10/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	27/10/2009	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	28/10/2009	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	28/10/2009	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Greg Mulholland	28/10/2009	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Hamilton	03/11/2009	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	05/11/2009	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	05/11/2009	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	10/11/2009	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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