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Victor Akinbile

EDM number 580 in 2014-15, proposed by Keith Vaz on 28/11/2014.
Categorised under the topics of Employment, Ethnic groups and House of Commons.

That this House applauds the Serjeant at Arms on his appointment of Victor Akinbile, the first ethnic minority representative from the office of the Serjeant at Arms to sit in the House of Commons chamber in parliamentary history; and supports further measures to increase diversity in House of Commons staff, whilst continuing to hire on merit, to reflect the multiculturalism of the UK.

This motion has been signed by a total of 22 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Keith Vaz28/11/2014Leicester EastLabourProposed
Mike Hancock01/12/2014Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSeconded
Jim Shannon01/12/2014StrangfordDUPSeconded
John McDonnell01/12/2014Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSeconded
Paul Flynn02/12/2014Newport WestLabourSeconded
David Anderson02/12/2014BlaydonLabourSeconded
William McCrea02/12/2014South AntrimDUPSigned
Martin Caton02/12/2014GowerLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn02/12/2014Islington NorthLabourSigned
Lady Hermon03/12/2014North DownIndependentSigned
Virendra Sharma03/12/2014Ealing, SouthallLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins03/12/2014Luton NorthLabourSigned
Nigel Dodds03/12/2014Belfast NorthDUPSigned
Diane Abbott03/12/2014Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
David Ward04/12/2014Bradford EastLiberal DemocratSigned
Steve Rotheram04/12/2014Liverpool, WaltonLabourSigned
Mary Glindon04/12/2014North TynesideLabourSigned
David Crausby08/12/2014Bolton North EastLabourSigned
John Leech09/12/2014Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Roger Godsiff15/12/2014Birmingham, Hall GreenLabourSigned
Gregory Campbell07/01/2015East LondonderryDUPSigned
George Galloway11/02/2015Bradford WestRespectSigned

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