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 |
Marsha de Cordova | 28/06/2017 | Battersea | Labour | Seconded |
Liz Saville Roberts | 28/06/2017 | Dwyfor Meirionnydd | Plaid Cymru | Seconded |
Stephen Lloyd | 28/06/2017 | Eastbourne | Liberal Democrat | Seconded |
Angela Crawley | 28/06/2017 | Lanark and Hamilton East | Scottish National Party | Seconded |
Jared O'Mara | 28/06/2017 | Sheffield, Hallam | Labour | Seconded |
Laura Pidcock | 28/06/2017 | North West Durham | Labour | Signed |
Jonathan Edwards | 28/06/2017 | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
Ged Killen | 28/06/2017 | Rutherglen and Hamilton West | Labour/Co-operative | Signed |
Angus MacNeil | 28/06/2017 | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Anneliese Dodds | 28/06/2017 | Oxford East | Labour/Co-operative | Signed |
Martyn Day | 28/06/2017 | Linlithgow and East Falkirk | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Jim Cunningham | 28/06/2017 | Coventry South | Labour | Signed |
Jo Swinson | 28/06/2017 | East Dunbartonshire | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Peter Bottomley | 28/06/2017 | Worthing West | Conservative | Signed |
Patrick Grady | 28/06/2017 | Glasgow North | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Tonia Antoniazzi | 28/06/2017 | Gower | Labour | Signed |
Kate Green | 28/06/2017 | Stretford and Urmston | Labour | Signed |
Layla Moran | 28/06/2017 | Oxford West and Abingdon | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Hywel Williams | 28/06/2017 | Arfon | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
Alison Thewliss | 28/06/2017 | Glasgow Central | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Paul Flynn | 28/06/2017 | Newport West | Labour | Signed |
Ben Lake | 28/06/2017 | Ceredigion | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
Emma Hardy | 28/06/2017 | Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle | Labour | Signed |
Ruth George | 28/06/2017 | High Peak | Labour | Signed |
Drew Hendry | 28/06/2017 | Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Clive Lewis | 29/06/2017 | Norwich South | Labour | Signed |
Chris Stephens | 29/06/2017 | Glasgow South West | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Mike Gapes | 29/06/2017 | Ilford South | Labour | 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 |
Matt Western | 04/07/2017 | Warwick and Leamington | Labour | Signed |
David Linden | 04/07/2017 | Glasgow East | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Alan Brown | 04/07/2017 | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Peter Grant | 04/07/2017 | Glenrothes | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Hannah Bardell | 04/07/2017 | Livingston | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Neil Gray | 04/07/2017 | Airdrie and Shotts | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Ronnie Cowan | 04/07/2017 | Inverclyde | Scottish National Party | 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 |
John McNally | 18/07/2017 | Falkirk | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Norman Lamb | 18/07/2017 | North Norfolk | Liberal Democrat | 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 |
Rosie Duffield | 17/04/2018 | Canterbury | Labour | Signed |
Alistair Carmichael | 17/04/2018 | Orkney and Shetland | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Alex Cunningham | 17/04/2018 | Stockton North | Labour | Signed |
Hilary Benn | 17/04/2018 | Leeds Central | 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 |
Ian Blackford | 18/04/2018 | Ross, Skye and Lochaber | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Daniel Zeichner | 18/04/2018 | Cambridge | Labour | Signed |
Roger Godsiff | 18/04/2018 | Birmingham, Hall Green | Labour | Signed |
Mike Amesbury | 18/04/2018 | Weaver Vale | Labour | Signed |
Gavin Newlands | 18/04/2018 | Paisley and Renfrewshire North | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Pete Wishart | 19/04/2018 | Perth and North Perthshire | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Chuka Umunna | 19/04/2018 | Streatham | Labour | 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 |
Mike Hill | 26/04/2018 | Hartlepool | Labour | Signed |
David Lammy | 26/04/2018 | Tottenham | 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 |
Stephen Kinnock | 01/05/2018 | Aberavon | Labour | Signed |
Barry Sheerman | 01/05/2018 | Huddersfield | 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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