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175th Anniversary Of The Launch Of The People's Charter

EDM number 1088 in 2012-13, proposed by Hywel Francis on 13/02/2013.
Categorised under the topics of Electoral franchise, Parliament and Political parties.

That this House celebrates the 175th anniversary of the launch of the People's Charter on 8 May 1838 which was a blue print for our Parliamentary democracy; salutes the men and women of the Chartist Movement across the UK who sacrificed so much to achieve universal adult suffrage; acknowledges the Black Chartist leader William Cuffay and others who were transported to Australia for striving for political justice; recognises that it was left to the Suffragist and Suffragette movements to win universal female suffrage; notes the subsequent roles of political parties in legislating for many of the Chartist demands including the secret ballot; and welcomes the work of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Archives and History to commemorate in appropriate ways the debt that all parliaments owe to the selfless campaigning of the Chartists in achieving democracies in many countries.

This motion has been signed by a total of 78 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Hywel Francis13/02/2013AberavonLabourProposed
Simon Hughes13/02/2013Bermondsey and Old SouthwarkLiberal DemocratSeconded
Chris Skidmore13/02/2013KingswoodConservativeSeconded
Tristram Hunt13/02/2013Stoke-on-Trent CentralLabourSeconded
Hywel Williams13/02/2013ArfonPlaid CymruSeconded
Si13/02/2013Swansea EastLabourSeconded
Bob Russell13/02/2013ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Murphy13/02/2013TorfaenLabourSigned
John Cryer13/02/2013Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
Paul Flynn13/02/2013Newport WestLabourSigned
Nick Smith13/02/2013Blaenau GwentLabourSigned
Dominic Raab13/02/2013Esher and WaltonConservativeSigned
Owen Smith13/02/2013PontypriddLabourSigned
Stephen Doughty13/02/2013Cardiff South and PenarthLabourSigned
Jim Shannon14/02/2013StrangfordDUPSigned
Virendra Sharma14/02/2013Ealing, SouthallLabourSigned
Hugh Bayley14/02/2013York CentralLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn14/02/2013Islington NorthLabourSigned
Alan Meale14/02/2013MansfieldLabourSigned
Dennis Skinner14/02/2013BolsoverLabourSigned
Jonathan Edwards25/02/2013Carmarthen East and DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Valerie Vaz25/02/2013Walsall SouthLabourSigned
Mark Durkan25/02/2013FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Mark Williams25/02/2013CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Jessica Morden25/02/2013Newport EastLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley25/02/2013Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Mike Hancock25/02/2013Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Jonathan Evans25/02/2013Cardiff NorthConservativeSigned
Wayne David25/02/2013CaerphillyLabourSigned
Mark Hendrick25/02/2013PrestonLabourSigned
Margaret Ritchie26/02/2013South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Martin Caton26/02/2013GowerLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin26/02/2013Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
Jim McGovern26/02/2013Dundee WestLabourSigned
David Ward26/02/2013Bradford EastLiberal DemocratSigned
Chris Evans26/02/2013IslwynLabourSigned
David Morris26/02/2013Morecambe and LunesdaleConservativeSigned
Ian Lavery27/02/2013WansbeckLabourSigned
Katy Clark27/02/2013North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned
Gordon Marsden27/02/2013Blackpool SouthLabourSigned
Naomi Long27/02/2013Belfast EastAllianceSigned
Kelvin Hopkins27/02/2013Luton NorthLabourSigned
Alasdair McDonnell27/02/2013Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Michael Weir28/02/2013AngusScottish National PartySigned
David Anderson28/02/2013BlaydonLabourSigned
Greg Mulholland06/03/2013Leeds North WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Chris Ruane11/03/2013Vale of ClwydLabourSigned
Stephen Williams12/03/2013Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Fiona O'Donnell12/03/2013East LothianLabourSigned
Stephen McCabe13/03/2013Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Graeme Morrice13/03/2013LivingstonLabourSigned
Paul Blomfield13/03/2013Sheffield CentralLabourSigned
Mike Gapes13/03/2013Ilford SouthLabourSigned
Ann Coffey13/03/2013StockportLabourSigned
Dai Havard13/03/2013Merthyr Tydfil and RhymneyLabourSigned
Jim Sheridan13/03/2013Paisley and Renfrewshire NorthLabourSigned
Geraint Davies14/03/2013Swansea WestLabourSigned
David Wright14/03/2013TelfordLabourSigned
Alex Cunningham14/03/2013Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Jimmy Hood18/03/2013Lanark and Hamilton EastLabourSigned
Grahame Morris18/03/2013EasingtonLabourSigned
Julian Huppert18/03/2013CambridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Ian Davidson18/03/2013Glasgow South WestLabourSigned
Andrew Love18/03/2013EdmontonLabourSigned
Mark Lazarowicz19/03/2013Edinburgh North and LeithLabourSigned
Tony Cunningham19/03/2013WorkingtonLabourSigned
David Blunkett19/03/2013Sheffield, Brightside and HillsboroughLabourSigned
Michael Connarty20/03/2013Linlithgow and East FalkirkLabourSigned
Sarah Champion20/03/2013RotherhamLabourSigned
Frank Doran21/03/2013Aberdeen NorthLabourSigned
Clive Betts21/03/2013Sheffield South EastLabourSigned
Nia Griffith21/03/2013LlanelliLabourSigned
Lindsay Roy21/03/2013GlenrothesLabourSigned
John McDonnell22/03/2013Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Mike Wood25/03/2013Batley and SpenLabourSigned
John Hemming26/03/2013Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
John Pugh17/04/2013SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Sandra Osborne18/04/2013Ayr, Carrick and CumnockLabourSigned

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