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Celebrating The Blaydon Races

EDM number 116 in 2012-13, proposed by David Anderson on 22/05/2012.
Categorised under the topics of Performing arts and Sports.

That this House notes that 9 June2012 marks the 150th anniversary of the Blaydon Races event that is immortalised in the song of the same name and is widely accepted as the Geordie national anthem; is delighted that local people have organised numerous cultural events throughout the week leading up to the annual race along the route made famous in the song; acknowledges the huge importance of the song to the people of Tyneside and the wider North East; and sends everyone connected with the Races all the best for 2012 and many years to come.

This motion has been signed by a total of 32 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
David Anderson22/05/2012BlaydonLabourProposed
Jamie Reed22/05/2012CopelandLabourSeconded
Pat Glass22/05/2012North West DurhamLabourSeconded
Mary Glindon22/05/2012North TynesideLabourSeconded
Ian Mearns22/05/2012GatesheadLabourSeconded
Grahame Morris22/05/2012EasingtonLabourSeconded
Chi Onwurah22/05/2012Newcastle upon Tyne CentralLabourSigned
Catherine McKinnell22/05/2012Newcastle upon Tyne NorthLabourSigned
Ian Lavery22/05/2012WansbeckLabourSigned
Alex Cunningham22/05/2012Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Bridget Phillipson22/05/2012Houghton and Sunderland SouthLabourSigned
Helen Goodman22/05/2012Bishop AucklandLabourSigned
Sharon Hodgson22/05/2012Washington and Sunderland WestLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley22/05/2012Worthing WestConservativeSigned
David Crausby22/05/2012Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Kevan Jones22/05/2012North DurhamLabourSigned
Stephen Hepburn22/05/2012JarrowLabourSigned
Dennis Skinner22/05/2012BolsoverLabourSigned
Jim Sheridan22/05/2012Paisley and Renfrewshire NorthLabourSigned
Bob Russell22/05/2012ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Gerry Sutcliffe22/05/2012Bradford SouthLabourSigned
John McDonnell23/05/2012Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Steve Rotheram23/05/2012Liverpool, WaltonLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin23/05/2012Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell23/05/2012Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Albert Owen23/05/2012Ynys MLabourSigned
Alan Meale23/05/2012MansfieldLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins23/05/2012Luton NorthLabourSigned
Martin Caton24/05/2012GowerLabourSigned
Tony Lloyd11/06/2012Manchester CentralLabourSigned
Peter Hain11/09/2012NeathLabourSigned
George Mudie23/01/2013Leeds EastLabourSigned

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