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High Pay Commission

EDM number 191 in 2009-10, proposed by John Battle on 24/11/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Incomes and poverty.

That this House believes that the Government should establish a High Pay Commission to examine the effects of high pay on the economy and society; acknowledges that over the last 30 years median earners have seen incomes increase at less than the average while the super-rich including UK chief executive officers have seen their pay increase to 76 times that of the average worker; notes three main concerns over the effect of high pay in Britain: the link between excessive pay and the financial crash, the questionable link between economic performance and high pay and the social effects of inequality due to the increase of wealth concentrated at the top of society; and calls for a public inquiry to bring all of the facts, evidence and arguments into the public domain.

This motion has been signed by a total of 135 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
John Battle24/11/2009Leeds WestLabourProposed
Lindsay Hoyle24/11/2009ChorleyLabourSeconded
Bob Russell24/11/2009ColchesterLiberal DemocratSeconded
Mark Durkan24/11/2009FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
Andrew George24/11/2009St IvesLiberal DemocratSeconded
Lynne Jones24/11/2009Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSeconded
David Taylor25/11/2009North West LeicestershireLabourWithdrawn
Gordon Prentice25/11/2009PendleLabourSigned
Alan Simpson25/11/2009Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell25/11/2009Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn25/11/2009Islington NorthLabourSigned
Janet Dean25/11/2009BurtonLabourSigned
Nigel Dodds25/11/2009Belfast NorthDUPSigned
Mike Hancock25/11/2009Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Desmond Turner25/11/2009Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
Robert Wareing25/11/2009Liverpool, West DerbyIndependentSigned
Derek Wyatt25/11/2009Sittingbourne and SheppeyLabourSigned
John Leech25/11/2009Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Brian Jenkins26/11/2009TamworthLabourSigned
Ian McCartney26/11/2009MakerfieldLabourSigned
Colin Burgon26/11/2009ElmetLabourSigned
Martin Caton26/11/2009GowerLabourSigned
Ann Cryer26/11/2009KeighleyLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard26/11/2009WalthamstowLabourSigned
Janet Anderson26/11/2009Rossendale and DarwenLabourSigned
David Borrow26/11/2009South RibbleLabourSigned
Rudi Vis26/11/2009Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Betty Williams26/11/2009ConwyLabourSigned
Bill Etherington30/11/2009Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Joan Walley30/11/2009Stoke-on-Trent NorthLabourSigned
Nick Harvey01/12/2009North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Dismore01/12/2009HendonLabourSigned
John Austin01/12/2009Erith and ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Paul Truswell01/12/2009PudseyLabourSigned
Gregory Campbell02/12/2009East LondonderryDUPSigned
Mark Fisher02/12/2009Stoke-on-Trent CentralLabourSigned
Mike Gapes03/12/2009Ilford SouthLabourSigned
David Hamilton03/12/2009MidlothianLabourSigned
Stephen Hepburn07/12/2009JarrowLabourSigned
Eric Illsley07/12/2009Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Jim Cousins07/12/2009Newcastle upon Tyne CentralLabourSigned
Andrew Stunell07/12/2009Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
David Anderson07/12/2009BlaydonLabourSigned
Roger Godsiff08/12/2009Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small HeathLabourSigned
Clare Short14/12/2009Birmingham, LadywoodIndependent LabourSigned
Dai Havard14/12/2009Merthyr Tydfil and RhymneyLabourSigned
Roger Berry14/12/2009KingswoodLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins15/12/2009Luton NorthLabourSigned
Paul Murphy15/12/2009TorfaenLabourSigned
John Mason15/12/2009Glasgow EastScottish National PartySigned
Gwyn Prosser16/12/2009DoverLabourSigned
Marsha Singh16/12/2009Bradford WestLabourSigned
Evan Harris16/12/2009Oxford West and AbingdonLiberal DemocratSigned
Simon Hughes16/12/2009North Southwark and BermondseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Brian Iddon16/12/2009Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Doug Naysmith16/12/2009Bristol North WestLabourSigned
Ann Clwyd16/12/2009Cynon ValleyLabourSigned
Harry Cohen16/12/2009Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
Julia Goldsworthy16/12/2009Falmouth and CamborneLiberal DemocratSigned
Stephen Williams16/12/2009Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Adrian Sanders05/01/2010TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned
Mohammad Sarwar05/01/2010Glasgow CentralLabourSigned
David Heyes05/01/2010Ashton-under-LyneLabourSigned
George Howarth05/01/2010Knowsley North and Sefton EastLabourSigned
Joan Humble05/01/2010Blackpool North and FleetwoodLabourSigned
Chris McCafferty05/01/2010Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Michael Meacher05/01/2010Oldham West and RoytonLabourSigned
Austin Mitchell05/01/2010Great GrimsbyLabourSigned
Mark Oaten05/01/2010WinchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Clapham05/01/2010Barnsley West and PenistoneLabourSigned
Frank Cook05/01/2010Stockton NorthLabourSigned
John Cummings05/01/2010EasingtonLabourSigned
David Drew05/01/2010StroudLabourSigned
Diane Abbott05/01/2010Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
Hugh Bayley05/01/2010City of YorkLabourSigned
Alan Beith05/01/2010Berwick-upon-TweedLiberal DemocratSigned
Ian Stewart05/01/2010EcclesLabourSigned
Steve Webb05/01/2010NorthavonLiberal DemocratSigned
Mike Wood05/01/2010Batley and SpenLabourSigned
Andy Slaughter05/01/2010Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's BushLabourSigned
David Crausby06/01/2010Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Jim Dowd06/01/2010Lewisham WestLabourSigned
Dan Rogerson06/01/2010North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Dai Davies06/01/2010Blaenau GwentIndependentSigned
Andy Reed07/01/2010LoughboroughLabourSigned
Jim Sheridan07/01/2010Paisley and Renfrewshire NorthLabourSigned
Patrick Hall07/01/2010BedfordLabourSigned
Hywel Williams07/01/2010CaernarfonPlaid CymruSigned
Tim Farron07/01/2010Westmorland and LonsdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
David Howarth07/01/2010CambridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Pelling07/01/2010Croydon CentralIndependentSigned
Mark Williams07/01/2010CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Parmjit Dhanda11/01/2010GloucesterLabourSigned
Nick Palmer11/01/2010BroxtoweLabourSigned
Tom Levitt11/01/2010High PeakLabourSigned
David Chaytor11/01/2010Bury NorthLabourSigned
Jim Cunningham11/01/2010Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Fabian Hamilton11/01/2010Leeds North EastLabourSigned
Gavin Strang11/01/2010Edinburgh EastLabourSigned
Roger Williams11/01/2010Brecon and RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSigned
George Galloway12/01/2010Bethnal Green and BowRespectSigned
Katy Clark12/01/2010North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned
Anne Moffat13/01/2010East LothianLabourSigned
Frank Dobson13/01/2010Holborn and St PancrasLabourSigned
Charlotte Atkins13/01/2010Staffordshire MoorlandsLabourSigned
Paul Rowen13/01/2010RochdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Julie Morgan18/01/2010Cardiff NorthLabourSigned
Jimmy Hood18/01/2010Lanark and Hamilton EastLabourSigned
Christopher Huhne18/01/2010EastleighLiberal DemocratSigned
Frank Field18/01/2010BirkenheadLabourSigned
Sandra Gidley18/01/2010RomseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Geraldine Smith19/01/2010Morecambe and LunesdaleLabourSigned
Jon Cruddas19/01/2010DagenhamLabourSigned
Gordon Banks19/01/2010Ochil and South PerthshireLabourSigned
Alan Reid20/01/2010Argyll and ButeLiberal DemocratSigned
Richard Caborn20/01/2010Sheffield CentralLabourSigned
Karen Buck21/01/2010Regent's Park and Kensington NorthLabourSigned
Mark Lazarowicz25/01/2010Edinburgh North and LeithLabourSigned
Jennifer Willott25/01/2010Cardiff CentralLiberal DemocratSigned
Bob Laxton26/01/2010Derby NorthLabourSigned
Paddy Tipping26/01/2010SherwoodLabourSigned
Robert Flello26/01/2010Stoke-on-Trent SouthLabourSigned
Jim Devine26/01/2010LivingstonLabourSigned
Laura Moffatt28/01/2010CrawleyLabourSigned
Lynne Featherstone28/01/2010Hornsey and Wood GreenLiberal DemocratSigned
Martyn Jones29/01/2010Clwyd SouthLabourSigned
Anthony D Wright29/01/2010Great YarmouthLabourSigned
Tony Lloyd01/02/2010Manchester CentralLabourSigned
Norman Baker02/02/2010LewesLiberal DemocratSigned
John Mann03/02/2010BassetlawLabourSigned
Jo Swinson03/02/2010East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Greg Mulholland10/02/2010Leeds North WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Angus Robertson22/02/2010MorayScottish National PartySigned
Richard Younger-Ross22/02/2010TeignbridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Martin Horwood17/03/2010CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned

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