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Rosa Parks Of Montgomary, Alabama, US

EDM number 752 in 2016-17, proposed by Martin Docherty on 30/11/2016.
Categorised under the topics of Human rights, North America and Racial discrimination.

That this House notes that on 1 December 1955 Rosa Parks took a seat and changed the world; recognises the courage of a young, black woman to challenge the white racist segregation of public transport and civic life in Montgomery, Alabama, US; thanks the NAACP who supported Rosa Parks after her arrest for taking a seat in a whites-only section of a public service bus; further recognises that Rosa Parks' case was filed in the US District Court, which ruled in her favour, declaring segregated seating on buses unconstitutional, a decision later upheld by the US Supreme Court; and further notes the importance of this case in setting in motion the turning point in the 20th century of the African American and world battle for civil rights, which is as necessary today as it was in 1955.

This motion has been signed by a total of 49 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Martin Docherty30/11/2016West DunbartonshireScottish National PartyProposed
Hannah Bardell30/11/2016LivingstonScottish National PartySeconded
Brendan O'Hara30/11/2016Argyll and ButeScottish National PartySeconded
Stuart McDonald30/11/2016Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch EastScottish National PartySeconded
Deidre Brock30/11/2016Edinburgh North and LeithScottish National PartySeconded
Peter Grant30/11/2016GlenrothesScottish National PartySeconded
Liz Saville Roberts30/11/2016Dwyfor MeirionnyddPlaid CymruSigned
Jonathan Edwards30/11/2016Carmarthen East and DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Paul Monaghan30/11/2016Caithness, Sutherland and Easter RossScottish National PartySigned
Alex Salmond30/11/2016Signed
Margaret Ferrier30/11/2016Rutherglen and Hamilton WestScottish National PartySigned
Roger Mullin30/11/2016Kirkcaldy and CowdenbeathScottish National PartySigned
Kirsten Oswald30/11/2016East RenfrewshireScottish National PartySigned
Alan Brown30/11/2016Kilmarnock and LoudounScottish National PartySigned
Gavin Newlands30/11/2016Paisley and Renfrewshire NorthScottish National PartySigned
Corri Wilson30/11/2016Ayr, Carrick and CumnockScottish National PartySigned
Hywel Williams30/11/2016ArfonPlaid CymruSigned
Patrick Grady30/11/2016Glasgow NorthScottish National PartySigned
Chris Stephens30/11/2016Glasgow South WestScottish National PartySigned
Michelle Thomson30/11/2016Edinburgh WestScottish National PartySigned
Richard Arkless30/11/2016Dumfries and GallowayScottish National PartySigned
Ronnie Cowan30/11/2016InverclydeScottish National PartySigned
Mark Durkan30/11/2016FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Joanna Cherry30/11/2016Edinburgh South WestScottish National PartySigned
Marion Fellows30/11/2016Motherwell and WishawScottish National PartySigned
Dennis Skinner01/12/2016BolsoverLabourSigned
Jim Shannon01/12/2016StrangfordDUPSigned
Greg Mulholland01/12/2016Leeds North WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Kelvin Hopkins01/12/2016Luton NorthLabourSigned
Chris Law01/12/2016Dundee WestScottish National PartySigned
Ian Blackford01/12/2016Ross, Skye and LochaberScottish National PartySigned
Natalie McGarry02/12/2016Glasgow EastScottish National PartySigned
John McNally02/12/2016FalkirkScottish National PartySigned
Martyn Day02/12/2016Linlithgow and East FalkirkScottish National PartySigned
Stewart McDonald05/12/2016Glasgow SouthScottish National PartySigned
Anne McLaughlin05/12/2016Glasgow North EastScottish National PartySigned
Gavin Robinson05/12/2016Belfast EastDUPSigned
Owen Thompson05/12/2016MidlothianScottish National PartySigned
Danny Kinahan06/12/2016South AntrimUUPSigned
Tom Elliott06/12/2016Fermanagh and South TyroneUUPSigned
Margaret Ritchie06/12/2016South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Alan Meale06/12/2016MansfieldLabourSigned
Jim Cunningham06/12/2016Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley07/12/2016Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Alasdair McDonnell07/12/2016Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Lisa Cameron08/12/2016East Kilbride, Strathaven and LesmahagowScottish National PartySigned
Drew Hendry19/12/2016Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and StrathspeyScottish National PartySigned
John Nicolson19/12/2016East DunbartonshireScottish National PartySigned
Stephen Gethins02/03/2017North East FifeScottish National PartySigned

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