John Passmore Edwards (EDM1671)

John Passmore Edwards

EDM number 1671 in 2010-12, proposed by Sarah Newton on 30/03/2011.
Categorised under the topic of Equality.

That this House notes the 100th anniversary of the death of John Passmore Edwards on 22 April 2011; recognises his contribution to society, as social and political reformer, anti-slavery and peace activist, newspaper owner, hon. Member for Salisbury and philanthropist; furthernotes the contribution made by Edwards in promoting the Free Library Acts and, through his benevolence, funding the building of 24 public libraries and providing more than 80,000 books for libraries, funding more than 70 public buildings, stretching from St Ives in Cornwall - the county of his birth - to Herne Bay, in Kent, including hospitals, convalescent homes, libraries, schools, orphanages, institutes, art galleries and museums; and welcomes the many commemorative events that will be taking place in Cornwall, across the South and South East and in London to celebrate the continuing good work associated with his bequests and to mark the anniversary over the coming year.

This motion has been signed by a total of 26 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Sarah Newton	30/03/2011	Truro and Falmouth	Conservative	Proposed
Simon Hughes	30/03/2011	Bermondsey and Old Southwark	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Dan Rogerson	30/03/2011	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
John McDonnell	30/03/2011	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Seconded
Andrew George	30/03/2011	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Stephen Gilbert	30/03/2011	St Austell and Newquay	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	30/03/2011	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Stephen Williams	31/03/2011	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	31/03/2011	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Gapes	31/03/2011	Ilford South	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	31/03/2011	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	31/03/2011	Gower	Labour	Signed
Graham Brady	31/03/2011	Altrincham and Sale West	Conservative	Signed
Bob Russell	31/03/2011	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Flynn	01/04/2011	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	04/04/2011	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Frank Field	04/04/2011	Birkenhead	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	05/04/2011	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony Baldry	05/04/2011	Banbury	Conservative	Signed
Alan Beith	05/04/2011	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Hemming	05/04/2011	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sandra Osborne	26/04/2011	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Katy Clark	26/04/2011	North Ayrshire and Arran	Labour	Signed
John Leech	26/04/2011	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Whittingdale	27/04/2011	Maldon	Conservative	Signed
Paul Blomfield	12/05/2011	Sheffield Central	Labour	Signed

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