National Sikh War Memorial (EDM708)

National Sikh War Memorial

EDM number 708 in 2017-19, proposed by Tanmanjit Singh Dhesi on 19/12/2017.
Categorised under the topics of Armed forces, Religion and faith communities and Veterans.

That this House appreciates the extraordinary bravery and sacrifices of Sikh soldiers in service of Great Britain, including during both World Wars, and supports the erection of a permanent national monument in a prime central London location to commemorate and highlight these contributions; notes that for over a decade there has been a demand from various quarters for the installation of such a national monument; welcomes the recent statement by the Mayor of London, who said it is only right that these brave individuals should have a memorial in our capital city; notes that, though Sikhs made up only two per cent of the population of British India, they formed 20 per cent of the British Indian Army during the First World War, and that hundreds of thousands of Sikh soldiers saw active service during the two major wars and many other conflicts; further notes that more than 83,000 turbaned Sikh soldiers laid down their lives and more than 100,000 were injured during the World Wars; and calls on the Government to actively support a memorial dedicated to those who made or were willing to make the ultimate sacrifice for the freedom of our country.

This motion has been signed by a total of 266 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi	19/12/2017	Slough	Labour	Proposed
Dominic Grieve	19/12/2017	Beaconsfield	Conservative	Seconded
John McDonnell	19/12/2017	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Seconded
Alison Thewliss	19/12/2017	Glasgow Central	Scottish National Party	Seconded
Jeffrey M Donaldson	19/12/2017	Lagan Valley	DUP	Seconded
Liz Saville Roberts	19/12/2017	Dwyfor Meirionnydd	Plaid Cymru	Seconded
Nigel Evans	19/12/2017	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
Jonathan Ashworth	19/12/2017	Leicester South	Labour	Signed
Jonathan Edwards	19/12/2017	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Hywel Williams	19/12/2017	Arfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Liam Byrne	19/12/2017	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Labour	Signed
Martin Docherty	19/12/2017	West Dunbartonshire	Scottish National Party	Signed
Dan Jarvis	19/12/2017	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Stella Creasy	19/12/2017	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Yvette Cooper	19/12/2017	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford	Labour	Signed
Alex Norris	19/12/2017	Nottingham North	Labour/Co-operative	Signed
John Mann	19/12/2017	Bassetlaw	Labour	Signed
Robert Syms	19/12/2017	Poole	Conservative	Signed
John Cryer	19/12/2017	Leyton and Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Stephanie Peacock	19/12/2017	Barnsley East	Labour	Signed
Bambos Charalambous	19/12/2017	Enfield, Southgate	Labour	Signed
Ben Lake	19/12/2017	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Carol Monaghan	19/12/2017	Glasgow North West	Scottish National Party	Signed
Patrick Grady	19/12/2017	Glasgow North	Scottish National Party	Signed
Stephen Gethins	19/12/2017	North East Fife	Scottish National Party	Signed
Mark Tami	19/12/2017	Alyn and Deeside	Labour	Signed
Lisa Nandy	19/12/2017	Wigan	Labour	Signed
Mohammad Yasin	19/12/2017	Bedford	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	19/12/2017	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Stephen Pound	19/12/2017	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
Faisal Rashid	19/12/2017	Warrington South	Labour	Signed
Nia Griffith	19/12/2017	Llanelli	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	19/12/2017	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Chris Evans	19/12/2017	Islwyn	Labour	Signed
Wes Streeting	19/12/2017	Ilford North	Labour	Signed
Naseem Shah	19/12/2017	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Eleanor Smith	19/12/2017	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Rupa Huq	19/12/2017	Ealing Central and Acton	Labour	Signed
Oliver Heald	19/12/2017	North East Hertfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Mike Kane	19/12/2017	Wythenshawe and Sale East	Labour	Signed
Vernon Coaker	19/12/2017	Gedling	Labour	Signed
Stewart Hosie	19/12/2017	Dundee East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Ronnie Cowan	19/12/2017	Inverclyde	Scottish National Party	Signed
Edward Leigh	19/12/2017	Gainsborough	Conservative	Signed
Sharon Hodgson	19/12/2017	Washington and Sunderland West	Labour	Signed
Andrew Bowie	19/12/2017	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine	Conservative	Signed
Ian Mearns	19/12/2017	Gateshead	Labour	Signed
Mike Gapes	19/12/2017	Ilford South	Labour	Signed
Clive Efford	19/12/2017	Eltham	Labour	Signed
David Hanson	19/12/2017	Delyn	Labour	Signed
Graham Jones	19/12/2017	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Siobhain McDonagh	19/12/2017	Mitcham and Morden	Labour	Signed
Joan Ryan	19/12/2017			Signed
Jim Cunningham	19/12/2017	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Richard Bacon	19/12/2017	South Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
Jim Shannon	19/12/2017	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Philip Davies	19/12/2017	Shipley	Conservative	Signed
Jim McMahon	19/12/2017	Oldham West and Royton	Labour/Co-operative	Signed
Laura Smith	19/12/2017	Crewe and Nantwich	Labour	Signed
Martin Whitfield	19/12/2017	East Lothian	Labour	Signed
Holly Walker-Lynch	19/12/2017	Halifax	Labour	Signed
David Drew	19/12/2017			Signed
Lady Hermon	19/12/2017	North Down	Independent	Signed
Rosie Cooper	19/12/2017	West Lancashire	Labour	Signed
Philippa Whitford	19/12/2017	Central Ayrshire	Scottish National Party	Signed
Paul Williams	19/12/2017	Stockton South	Labour	Signed
Jess Phillips	19/12/2017	Birmingham, Yardley	Labour	Signed
Jo Platt	19/12/2017	Leigh	Labour/Co-operative	Signed
Chris Williamson	19/12/2017	Derby North	Labour	Signed
Stephen McCabe	19/12/2017	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Seema Malhotra	19/12/2017	Feltham and Heston	Labour	Signed
John Spellar	19/12/2017	Warley	Labour	Signed
Lloyd Russell-Moyle	19/12/2017	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour/Co-operative	Signed
Dennis Skinner	19/12/2017	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Stephen Timms	19/12/2017	East Ham	Labour	Signed
Mike Amesbury	19/12/2017	Weaver Vale	Labour	Signed
Matt Western	19/12/2017	Warwick and Leamington	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	19/12/2017	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Preet Kaur Gill	19/12/2017	Birmingham, Edgbaston	Labour/Co-operative	Signed
Peter Bone	19/12/2017	Wellingborough	Conservative	Signed
Afzal Khan	19/12/2017	Manchester, Gorton	Labour	Signed
Ian Blackford	19/12/2017	Ross, Skye and Lochaber	Scottish National Party	Signed
Deidre Brock	19/12/2017	Edinburgh North and Leith	Scottish National Party	Signed
Matthew Pennycook	19/12/2017	Greenwich and Woolwich	Labour	Signed
Ian Lucas	19/12/2017	Wrexham	Labour	Signed
Matt Rodda	19/12/2017	Reading East	Labour	Signed
Chris Law	19/12/2017	Dundee West	Scottish National Party	Signed
Richard Benyon	19/12/2017	Newbury	Conservative	Signed
Ellie Reeves	19/12/2017	Lewisham West and Penge	Labour	Signed
Bob Stewart	19/12/2017	Beckenham	Conservative	Signed
Peter Dowd	19/12/2017	Bootle	Labour	Signed
Debbie Abrahams	19/12/2017	Oldham East and Saddleworth	Labour	Signed
John Grogan	19/12/2017			Signed
Tom Watson	19/12/2017	West Bromwich East	Labour	Signed
Rosena Allin-Khan	19/12/2017	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Rosie Duffield	19/12/2017	Canterbury	Labour	Signed
Jamie Stone	19/12/2017	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Steve Reed	19/12/2017	Croydon North	Labour	Signed
Zac Goldsmith	19/12/2017	Richmond Park	Conservative	Signed
Karen Lee	19/12/2017	Lincoln	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	19/12/2017	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Emma Hardy	19/12/2017	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle	Labour	Signed
Ian Lavery	19/12/2017	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Andy Slaughter	19/12/2017	Hammersmith	Labour	Signed
Tracy Brabin	19/12/2017	Batley and Spen	Labour/Co-operative	Signed
Sandy Martin	19/12/2017	Ipswich	Labour	Signed
Toby Perkins	19/12/2017	Chesterfield	Labour	Signed
Richard Burgon	19/12/2017	Leeds East	Labour	Signed
Catherine West	19/12/2017	Hornsey and Wood Green	Labour	Signed
Kate Osamor	19/12/2017	Edmonton	Labour/Co-operative	Signed
Nicholas Dakin	19/12/2017	Scunthorpe	Labour	Signed
Paul Sweeney	19/12/2017	Glasgow North East	Labour	Signed
Stewart McDonald	20/12/2017	Glasgow South	Scottish National Party	Signed
Gareth Snell	20/12/2017	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour/Co-operative	Signed
Gavin Robinson	20/12/2017	Belfast East	DUP	Signed
Tim Farron	20/12/2017	Westmorland and Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	20/12/2017	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	20/12/2017	Kingston and Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Blackman	20/12/2017	Harrow East	Conservative	Signed
Jared O'Mara	20/12/2017	Sheffield, Hallam	Independent	Signed
Bill Grant	20/12/2017	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock	Conservative	Signed
John McNally	20/12/2017	Falkirk	Scottish National Party	Signed
David Simpson	20/12/2017	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Teresa Pearce	20/12/2017	Erith and Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Lisa Cameron	20/12/2017	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow	Scottish National Party	Signed
Julian Lewis	20/12/2017	New Forest East	Conservative	Signed
Mike Hill	20/12/2017	Hartlepool	Labour	Signed
Kevin Barron	20/12/2017	Rother Valley	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	20/12/2017	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Graham Brady	20/12/2017	Altrincham and Sale West	Conservative	Signed
Alex Cunningham	20/12/2017	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
James Gray	20/12/2017	North Wiltshire	Conservative	Signed
Kate Green	20/12/2017	Stretford and Urmston	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Lefroy	20/12/2017	Stafford	Conservative	Signed
Caroline Lucas	20/12/2017	Brighton, Pavilion	Green	Signed
Emma Reynolds	20/12/2017	Wolverhampton North East	Labour	Signed
Marie Rimmer	20/12/2017	St Helens South and Whiston	Labour	Signed
Barry Sheerman	20/12/2017	Huddersfield	Labour	Signed
Ruth Smeeth	20/12/2017	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Sammy Wilson	20/12/2017	East Antrim	DUP	Signed
Diane Abbott	20/12/2017	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Adrian Bailey	20/12/2017	West Bromwich West	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	20/12/2017	Carshalton and Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kevin Brennan	20/12/2017	Cardiff West	Labour	Signed
Dan Carden	20/12/2017	Liverpool, Walton	Labour	Signed
Colin Clark	20/12/2017	Gordon	Conservative	Signed
Kenneth Clarke	20/12/2017	Rushcliffe	Conservative	Signed
Wayne David	20/12/2017	Caerphilly	Labour	Signed
Marsha de Cordova	20/12/2017	Battersea	Labour	Signed
Jack Dromey	20/12/2017	Birmingham, Erdington	Labour	Signed
Chris Elmore	20/12/2017	Ogmore	Labour	Signed
James Frith	20/12/2017	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Paul Girvan	20/12/2017	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Helen Grant	20/12/2017	Maidstone and The Weald	Conservative	Signed
Robert Halfon	20/12/2017	Harlow	Conservative	Signed
Wera Hobhouse	20/12/2017	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kate Hoey	20/12/2017	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
Christine Jardine	20/12/2017	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gerald Jones	20/12/2017	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney	Labour	Signed
Khalid Mahmood	20/12/2017	Birmingham, Perry Barr	Labour	Signed
Anna McMorrin	20/12/2017	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Ian Murray	20/12/2017	Edinburgh South	Labour	Signed
Angela Rayner	20/12/2017	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Gareth Thomas	20/12/2017	Harrow West	Labour	Signed
Valerie Vaz	20/12/2017	Walsall South	Labour	Signed
Nicholas Soames	20/12/2017	Mid Sussex	Conservative	Signed
Alan Brown	20/12/2017	Kilmarnock and Loudoun	Scottish National Party	Signed
Ged Killen	20/12/2017	Rutherglen and Hamilton West	Labour/Co-operative	Signed
Hannah Bardell	21/12/2017	Livingston	Scottish National Party	Signed
Rushanara Ali	21/12/2017	Bethnal Green and Bow	Labour	Signed
Tonia Antoniazzi	21/12/2017	Gower	Labour	Signed
Henry Bellingham	21/12/2017	North West Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
Hilary Benn	21/12/2017	Leeds Central	Labour	Signed
Kirsty Blackman	21/12/2017	Aberdeen North	Scottish National Party	Signed
Lyn Brown	21/12/2017	West Ham	Labour	Signed
Karen Buck	21/12/2017	Westminster North	Labour	Signed
Richard Burden	21/12/2017	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Dawn Butler	21/12/2017			Signed
Vincent Cable	21/12/2017	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ruth Cadbury	21/12/2017	Brentford and Isleworth	Labour	Signed
Douglas Chapman	21/12/2017	Dunfermline and West Fife	Scottish National Party	Signed
Ann Clwyd	21/12/2017	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	21/12/2017	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Jon Cruddas	21/12/2017	Dagenham and Rainham	Labour	Signed
Judith Cummins	21/12/2017	Bradford South	Labour	Signed
Geraint Davies	21/12/2017	Swansea West	Labour	Signed
Thangam Debbonaire	21/12/2017	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
Emma Dent Coad	21/12/2017	Kensington	Labour	Signed
Stephen Doughty	21/12/2017	Cardiff South and Penarth	Labour	Signed
Angela Eagle	21/12/2017	Wallasey	Labour	Signed
Bill Esterson	21/12/2017	Sefton Central	Labour	Signed
Paul Farrelly	21/12/2017	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Yvonne Fovargue	21/12/2017	Makerfield	Labour	Signed
Helen Goodman	21/12/2017	Bishop Auckland	Labour	Signed
Peter Grant	21/12/2017	Glenrothes	Scottish National Party	Signed
Margaret Greenwood	21/12/2017	Wirral West	Labour	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	21/12/2017	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
Helen Hayes	21/12/2017	Dulwich and West Norwood	Labour	Signed
Margaret Hodge	21/12/2017	Barking	Labour	Signed
Kate Hollern	21/12/2017	Blackburn	Labour	Signed
Kevin Hollinrake	21/12/2017	Thirsk and Malton	Conservative	Signed
Imran Hussain	21/12/2017	Bradford East	Labour	Signed
Darren Jones	21/12/2017	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Sarah Jones	21/12/2017	Croydon Central	Labour	Signed
Stephen Kinnock	21/12/2017	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Lesley Laird	21/12/2017	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath	Labour	Signed
David Lammy	21/12/2017	Tottenham	Labour	Signed
Emma Lewell-Buck	21/12/2017	South Shields	Labour	Signed
Clive Lewis	21/12/2017	Norwich South	Labour	Signed
David Linden	21/12/2017	Glasgow East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Emma Little Pengelly	21/12/2017	Belfast South	DUP	Signed
Rebecca Long-Bailey	21/12/2017	Salford and Eccles	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	21/12/2017	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Chris Matheson	21/12/2017	City of Chester	Labour	Signed
Andrew McDonald	21/12/2017	Middlesbrough	Labour	Signed
Alison McGovern	21/12/2017	Wirral South	Labour	Signed
Liz McInnes	21/12/2017	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Signed
Maria Miller	21/12/2017	Basingstoke	Conservative	Signed
Bob Neill	21/12/2017	Bromley and Chislehurst	Conservative	Signed
Gavin Newlands	21/12/2017	Paisley and Renfrewshire North	Scottish National Party	Signed
Brendan O'Hara	21/12/2017	Argyll and Bute	Scottish National Party	Signed
Albert Owen	21/12/2017	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Michael Penning	21/12/2017	Hemel Hempstead	Conservative	Signed
Laura Pidcock	21/12/2017	North West Durham	Labour	Signed
Luke Pollard	21/12/2017	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport	Labour/Co-operative	Signed
Yasmin Qureshi	21/12/2017	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Rachel Reeves	21/12/2017	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Tommy Sheppard	21/12/2017	Edinburgh East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Owen Smith	21/12/2017	Pontypridd	Labour	Signed
Alex Sobel	21/12/2017	Leeds North West	Labour/Co-operative	Signed
Jo Swinson	21/12/2017	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Emily Thornberry	21/12/2017	Islington South and Finsbury	Labour	Signed
Liz Twist	21/12/2017	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Chuka Umunna	21/12/2017	Streatham	Labour	Signed
Keith Vaz	21/12/2017	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
Thelma Walker	21/12/2017	Colne Valley	Labour	Signed
Alan Whitehead	21/12/2017	Southampton, Test	Labour	Signed
Daniel Zeichner	21/12/2017	Cambridge	Labour	Signed
Grahame Morris	21/12/2017	Easington	Labour	Signed
Drew Hendry	21/12/2017	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey	Scottish National Party	Signed
Chris Stephens	21/12/2017	Glasgow South West	Scottish National Party	Signed
Mary Glindon	21/12/2017	North Tyneside	Labour	Signed
Frank Field	21/12/2017	Birkenhead	Labour	Signed
Caroline Spelman	08/01/2018	Meriden	Conservative	Signed
Hugh Gaffney	08/01/2018	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill	Labour	Signed
Adam Afriyie	08/01/2018	Windsor	Conservative	Signed
Gregory Campbell	09/01/2018	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Stephen Kerr	09/01/2018	Stirling	Conservative	Signed
Mhairi Black	10/01/2018	Paisley and Renfrewshire South	Scottish National Party	Signed
Jim Fitzpatrick	10/01/2018	Poplar and Limehouse	Labour	Signed
Tulip Siddiq	11/01/2018	Hampstead and Kilburn	Labour	Signed
Neil Coyle	15/01/2018	Bermondsey and Old Southwark	Labour	Signed
George Howarth	15/01/2018	Knowsley	Labour	Signed
Nick Brown	16/01/2018	Newcastle upon Tyne East	Labour	Signed
Mark Hendrick	16/01/2018	Preston	Labour	Signed
Conor McGinn	17/01/2018	St Helens North	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	17/01/2018	Birmingham, Hall Green	Labour	Signed
Anneliese Dodds	18/01/2018	Oxford East	Labour/Co-operative	Signed
Lucy Allan	18/01/2018	Telford	Conservative	Signed
Graham Stringer	22/01/2018	Blackley and Broughton	Labour	Signed
Harriet Harman	22/01/2018	Camberwell and Peckham	Labour	Signed
Clive Betts	23/01/2018	Sheffield South East	Labour	Signed
Geoffrey Robinson	23/01/2018	Coventry North West	Labour	Signed
Barbara Keeley	31/01/2018	Worsley and Eccles South	Labour	Signed
Giles Watling	02/02/2018	Clacton	Conservative	Signed
Eddie Hughes	02/02/2018	Walsall North	Conservative	Signed

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