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Mothers' Names And Marriage Certificates

EDM number 446 in 2015-16, proposed by Caroline Lucas on 14/09/2015.
Categorised under the topic of Registration of births, deaths and marriages.

That this House notes that regulations from 1986 mean it is still the case that the particulars to be registered for marriage include details of the fathers and not the mothers of the bride and groom; believes our law should not perpetuate the offensive and outdated message that marriage is a business transaction between fathers; also notes both mothers and fathers are recorded on a civil partnership certificate and believes the same should be the case on a marriage certificate; also believes change is needed so that mothers are no longer erased from these important historical records; notes the Prime Minister accepted these arguments and promised to address this inequality over a year ago but nothing has happened; and calls on the Home Secretary to make the necessary legislative update without further delay.

This motion has been signed by a total of 122 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Caroline Lucas14/09/2015Brighton, PavilionGreenProposed
Valerie Vaz14/09/2015Walsall SouthLabourSeconded
Angela Crawley14/09/2015Lanark and Hamilton EastScottish National PartySeconded
Peter Bottomley14/09/2015Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Gavin Robinson15/09/2015Belfast EastDUPSeconded
Alan Meale15/09/2015MansfieldLabourSeconded
Chris Stephens15/09/2015Glasgow South WestScottish National PartySigned
Roger Mullin15/09/2015Kirkcaldy and CowdenbeathScottish National PartySigned
Liz Saville Roberts15/09/2015Dwyfor MeirionnyddPlaid CymruSigned
Kirsten Oswald16/09/2015East RenfrewshireScottish National PartySigned
Owen Thompson16/09/2015MidlothianScottish National PartySigned
Kelvin Hopkins16/09/2015Luton NorthLabourSigned
Carol Monaghan17/09/2015Glasgow North WestScottish National PartySigned
Mary Glindon17/09/2015North TynesideLabourSigned
George Howarth12/10/2015KnowsleyLabourSigned
Jess Phillips12/10/2015Birmingham, YardleyLabourSigned
Fiona Mactaggart12/10/2015SloughLabourSigned
Ruth Smeeth12/10/2015Stoke-on-Trent NorthLabourSigned
Angela Rayner12/10/2015Ashton-under-LyneLabourSigned
Steven Paterson12/10/2015StirlingScottish National PartySigned
Thangam Debbonaire12/10/2015Bristol WestLabourSigned
Paul Monaghan12/10/2015Caithness, Sutherland and Easter RossScottish National PartySigned
Hannah Bardell12/10/2015LivingstonScottish National PartySigned
Lisa Cameron12/10/2015East Kilbride, Strathaven and LesmahagowScottish National PartySigned
Calum Kerr12/10/2015Berwickshire, Roxburgh and SelkirkScottish National PartySigned
Michelle Thomson12/10/2015Edinburgh WestScottish National PartySigned
Peter Dowd12/10/2015BootleLabourSigned
Jonathan Edwards12/10/2015Carmarthen East and DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Mark Tami12/10/2015Alyn and DeesideLabourSigned
Tommy Sheppard12/10/2015Edinburgh EastScottish National PartySigned
Rosie Cooper12/10/2015West LancashireLabourSigned
Graham Allen12/10/2015Nottingham NorthLabourSigned
David Anderson12/10/2015BlaydonLabourSigned
Harry Harpham12/10/2015Sheffield, Brightside and HillsboroughLabourSigned
Danny Kinahan12/10/2015South AntrimUUPSigned
Martyn Day12/10/2015Linlithgow and East FalkirkScottish National PartySigned
Chris Matheson12/10/2015City of ChesterLabourSigned
Nick Thomas-Symonds12/10/2015TorfaenLabourSigned
Gerald Kaufman12/10/2015Manchester, GortonLabourSigned
Mark Durkan12/10/2015FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Alison Thewliss12/10/2015Glasgow CentralScottish National PartySigned
Roger Godsiff12/10/2015Birmingham, Hall GreenLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell12/10/2015Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Lady Hermon12/10/2015North DownIndependentSigned
Julie Cooper13/10/2015BurnleyLabourSigned
Stephen Twigg13/10/2015Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSigned
Paul Flynn13/10/2015Newport WestLabourSigned
Jenny Chapman13/10/2015DarlingtonLabourSigned
Tom Brake13/10/2015Carshalton and WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Rupa Huq13/10/2015Ealing Central and ActonLabourSigned
Margaret Ritchie13/10/2015South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Ian Blackford13/10/2015Ross, Skye and LochaberScottish National PartySigned
John McNally13/10/2015FalkirkScottish National PartySigned
Paula Sherriff13/10/2015DewsburyLabourSigned
Stuart Donaldson14/10/2015West Aberdeenshire and KincardineScottish National PartySigned
Richard Arkless14/10/2015Dumfries and GallowayScottish National PartySigned
Mark Williams14/10/2015CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Tasmina Sheikh14/10/2015Ochil and South PerthshireScottish National PartySigned
Gordon Henderson14/10/2015Sittingbourne and SheppeyConservativeSigned
Patrick Grady14/10/2015Glasgow NorthScottish National PartySigned
Graham Brady15/10/2015Altrincham and Sale WestConservativeSigned
Joan Ryan15/10/2015Signed
John Cryer15/10/2015Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
Gerald Jones15/10/2015Merthyr Tydfil and RhymneyLabourSigned
Marie Rimmer19/10/2015St Helens South and WhistonLabourSigned
Chris Evans19/10/2015IslwynLabourSigned
Graham Stringer19/10/2015Blackley and BroughtonLabourSigned
Edward Leigh19/10/2015GainsboroughConservativeSigned
Liz McInnes19/10/2015Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
Colleen Fletcher20/10/2015Coventry North EastLabourSigned
Jim Dowd20/10/2015Lewisham West and PengeLabourSigned
Neil Gray20/10/2015Airdrie and ShottsScottish National PartySigned
Fabian Hamilton21/10/2015Leeds North EastLabourSigned
Stephen Kinnock21/10/2015AberavonLabourSigned
Bill Esterson21/10/2015Sefton CentralLabourSigned
David Hanson21/10/2015DelynLabourSigned
Norman Lamb21/10/2015North NorfolkLiberal DemocratSigned
Gavin Shuker21/10/2015Luton SouthLabourSigned
Stephen Hepburn22/10/2015JarrowLabourSigned
Nick Brown22/10/2015Newcastle upon Tyne EastLabourSigned
Greg Mulholland22/10/2015Leeds North WestLiberal DemocratSigned
David Crausby22/10/2015Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Jeffrey M Donaldson22/10/2015Lagan ValleyDUPSigned
Sammy Wilson22/10/2015East AntrimDUPSigned
Frank Field22/10/2015BirkenheadLabourSigned
Kevin Barron23/10/2015Rother ValleyLabourSigned
Helen Goodman26/10/2015Bishop AucklandLabourSigned
Ann Clwyd26/10/2015Cynon ValleyLabourSigned
John Mann26/10/2015BassetlawLabourSigned
Yasmin Qureshi26/10/2015Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Jo Stevens26/10/2015Cardiff CentralLabourSigned
Angus MacNeil27/10/2015Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySigned
Callum McCaig27/10/2015Aberdeen SouthScottish National PartySigned
Hywel Williams27/10/2015ArfonPlaid CymruSigned
Barry Sheerman27/10/2015HuddersfieldLabourSigned
John Pugh28/10/2015SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Nigel Dodds28/10/2015Belfast NorthDUPSigned
Ruth Cadbury04/11/2015Brentford and IsleworthLabourSigned
Nicholas Dakin04/11/2015ScunthorpeLabourSigned
Albert Owen04/11/2015Ynys MLabourSigned
Paul Blomfield05/11/2015Sheffield CentralLabourSigned
Kate Hoey06/11/2015VauxhallLabourSigned
Mike Gapes09/11/2015Ilford SouthLabourSigned
Margaret Greenwood16/11/2015Wirral WestLabourSigned
Laurence Robertson24/11/2015TewkesburyConservativeSigned
David Simpson25/11/2015Upper BannDUPSigned
Robert Flello25/11/2015Stoke-on-Trent SouthLabourSigned
Jamie Reed25/11/2015CopelandLabourSigned
Martin Vickers26/11/2015CleethorpesConservativeSigned
Carolyn Harris30/11/2015Swansea EastLabourSigned
Geoffrey Robinson01/12/2015Coventry North WestLabourSigned
Helen Hayes02/12/2015Dulwich and West NorwoodLabourSigned
Alison McGovern07/12/2015Wirral SouthLabourSigned
Corri Wilson15/12/2015Ayr, Carrick and CumnockScottish National PartySigned
Patricia Gibson05/01/2016North Ayrshire and ArranScottish National PartySigned
Paul Farrelly29/01/2016Newcastle-under-LymeLabourSigned
Margaret Ferrier04/02/2016Rutherglen and Hamilton WestScottish National PartySigned
Dawn Butler22/02/2016Signed
Jon Cruddas21/03/2016Dagenham and RainhamLabourSigned
Khalid Mahmood21/03/2016Birmingham, Perry BarrLabourSigned
Alan Brown13/04/2016Kilmarnock and LoudounScottish National PartySigned
Phil Boswell03/05/2016Coatbridge, Chryston and BellshillScottish National PartySigned

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