Access To Elected Office Fund

EDM number 74 in 2017-19, proposed by Caroline Lucas on 28/06/2017.
Categorised under the topics of Elections, Equality and Members of Parliament.

That this House welcomes the election of five disabled hon. Members on 8 June 2017, an increase of three on the 2015-2017 Parliament; notes that disabled people are still under-represented in the House, and in politics more widely; further notes that a strong democracy is an inclusive one, and that, as elected representatives, disabled people can directly contribute valuable lived experience to the development of inclusive policy; is concerned that we need to do much more to encourage a diverse mix of local, regional and national election candidates that better reflects the society we live in; deeply regrets the time taken to date to evaluate the pilot Access to Elected Office Fund since its closure in May 2015; notes the Equality and Human Rights Commission's September 2015 recommendation that the Government reopen the Fund in England and work with the Scottish and Welsh Governments to explore options for making the scheme, or similar funds, available across Great Britain; further welcomes the success of the pilot Access to Elected Office Fund (Scotland), administered by Inclusion Scotland and funded by the Scottish Government, which provided support to 39 candidates in the 2017 Scottish local authority elections, 15 of whom were elected; and calls on the Government to act on the recommendation of the Equality and Human Rights Commission without further delay.

This motion has been signed by a total of 93 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Caroline Lucas	28/06/2017	Brighton, Pavilion	Green	Proposed
Jared O'Mara	28/06/2017	Sheffield, Hallam	Labour	Seconded
Marsha de Cordova	28/06/2017	Battersea	Labour	Seconded
Liz Saville Roberts	28/06/2017	Dwyfor Meirionnydd	Plaid Cymru	Seconded
Angela Crawley	28/06/2017	Lanark and Hamilton East	Scottish National Party	Seconded
Stephen Lloyd	28/06/2017	Eastbourne	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	28/06/2017	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Jo Swinson	28/06/2017	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Cunningham	28/06/2017	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Martyn Day	28/06/2017	Linlithgow and East Falkirk	Scottish National Party	Signed
Anneliese Dodds	28/06/2017	Oxford East	Labour/Co-operative	Signed
Angus MacNeil	28/06/2017	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
Ged Killen	28/06/2017	Rutherglen and Hamilton West	Labour/Co-operative	Signed
Jonathan Edwards	28/06/2017	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Laura Pidcock	28/06/2017	North West Durham	Labour	Signed
Patrick Grady	28/06/2017	Glasgow North	Scottish National Party	Signed
Drew Hendry	28/06/2017	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey	Scottish National Party	Signed
Ruth George	28/06/2017	High Peak	Labour	Signed
Emma Hardy	28/06/2017	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle	Labour	Signed
Ben Lake	28/06/2017	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Paul Flynn	28/06/2017	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Alison Thewliss	28/06/2017	Glasgow Central	Scottish National Party	Signed
Hywel Williams	28/06/2017	Arfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Layla Moran	28/06/2017	Oxford West and Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kate Green	28/06/2017	Stretford and Urmston	Labour	Signed
Tonia Antoniazzi	28/06/2017	Gower	Labour	Signed
Mike Gapes	29/06/2017	Ilford South	Labour	Signed
Clive Lewis	29/06/2017	Norwich South	Labour	Signed
Chris Stephens	29/06/2017	Glasgow South West	Scottish National Party	Signed
Chris Law	29/06/2017	Dundee West	Scottish National Party	Signed
Stewart McDonald	29/06/2017	Glasgow South	Scottish National Party	Signed
David Drew	29/06/2017			Signed
Jim Shannon	29/06/2017	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Rachael Maskell	29/06/2017	York Central	Labour/Co-operative	Signed
Lisa Cameron	03/07/2017	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow	Scottish National Party	Signed
Ronnie Cowan	04/07/2017	Inverclyde	Scottish National Party	Signed
Neil Gray	04/07/2017	Airdrie and Shotts	Scottish National Party	Signed
Hannah Bardell	04/07/2017	Livingston	Scottish National Party	Signed
Peter Grant	04/07/2017	Glenrothes	Scottish National Party	Signed
Alan Brown	04/07/2017	Kilmarnock and Loudoun	Scottish National Party	Signed
David Linden	04/07/2017	Glasgow East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Matt Western	04/07/2017	Warwick and Leamington	Labour	Signed
Mhairi Black	05/07/2017	Paisley and Renfrewshire South	Scottish National Party	Signed
Jo Stevens	10/07/2017	Cardiff Central	Labour	Signed
Tommy Sheppard	18/07/2017	Edinburgh East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Tim Farron	18/07/2017	Westmorland and Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Lamb	18/07/2017	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McNally	18/07/2017	Falkirk	Scottish National Party	Signed
Philippa Whitford	19/07/2017	Central Ayrshire	Scottish National Party	Signed
Vincent Cable	20/07/2017	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen McCabe	05/09/2017	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Sandy Martin	09/10/2017	Ipswich	Labour	Signed
Jon Cruddas	17/04/2018	Dagenham and Rainham	Labour	Signed
Hilary Benn	17/04/2018	Leeds Central	Labour	Signed
Alex Cunningham	17/04/2018	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	17/04/2018	Orkney and Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rosie Duffield	17/04/2018	Canterbury	Labour	Signed
Helen Hayes	17/04/2018	Dulwich and West Norwood	Labour	Signed
Alex Sobel	17/04/2018	Leeds North West	Labour/Co-operative	Signed
Jess Phillips	17/04/2018	Birmingham, Yardley	Labour	Signed
Gareth Thomas	17/04/2018	Harrow West	Labour	Signed
Rosie Cooper	17/04/2018	West Lancashire	Labour	Signed
Andy Slaughter	17/04/2018	Hammersmith	Labour	Signed
Jamie Stone	17/04/2018	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gavin Newlands	18/04/2018	Paisley and Renfrewshire North	Scottish National Party	Signed
Mike Amesbury	18/04/2018	Weaver Vale	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	18/04/2018	Birmingham, Hall Green	Labour	Signed
Daniel Zeichner	18/04/2018	Cambridge	Labour	Signed
Ian Blackford	18/04/2018	Ross, Skye and Lochaber	Scottish National Party	Signed
Chuka Umunna	19/04/2018	Streatham	Labour	Signed
Pete Wishart	19/04/2018	Perth and North Perthshire	Scottish National Party	Signed
Wes Streeting	23/04/2018	Ilford North	Labour	Signed
Wera Hobhouse	23/04/2018	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Marie Rimmer	23/04/2018	St Helens South and Whiston	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	23/04/2018	Carshalton and Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Grahame Morris	23/04/2018	Easington	Labour	Signed
David Lammy	26/04/2018	Tottenham	Labour	Signed
Mike Hill	26/04/2018	Hartlepool	Labour	Signed
Karen Buck	26/04/2018	Westminster North	Labour	Signed
Virendra Sharma	26/04/2018	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Ivan Lewis	26/04/2018	Bury South	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	26/04/2018	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Lloyd Russell-Moyle	26/04/2018	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour/Co-operative	Signed
Catherine McKinnell	30/04/2018	Newcastle upon Tyne North	Labour	Signed
John Grogan	30/04/2018			Signed
Barry Sheerman	01/05/2018	Huddersfield	Labour	Signed
Stephen Kinnock	01/05/2018	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Emma Lewell-Buck	02/05/2018	South Shields	Labour	Signed
Lisa Nandy	08/05/2018	Wigan	Labour	Signed
Christine Jardine	08/05/2018	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward Davey	08/05/2018	Kingston and Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
George Howarth	10/05/2018	Knowsley	Labour	Signed
Catherine West	04/06/2018	Hornsey and Wood Green	Labour	Signed

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