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Nobel Peace Prize Nomination For Umbrella Movement

EDM number 901 in 2017-19, proposed by Fiona Bruce on 05/02/2018.
Categorised under the topics of Asia and International politics and government.

That this House welcomes the nomination of Joshua Wong, Nathan Law, Alex Chow and the entire pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong, known collectively as the Umbrella Movement, for the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize, in recognition of their peaceful efforts to defend basic freedoms, strengthen democracy and protect autonomy for Hong Kong guaranteed under the Sino-British Joint Declaration and Hong Kong's Basic Law; supports the letter released on 1 February by eight Members of the United States Congress and four United States senators to the Chair of the Nobel Peace Prize Committee; and encourages the Nobel Peace Prize Committee to give this nomination serious consideration.

This motion has been signed by a total of 22 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Fiona Bruce05/02/2018CongletonConservativeProposed
Jim Shannon06/02/2018StrangfordDUPSeconded
Bob Blackman07/02/2018Harrow EastConservativeSeconded
Marie Rimmer07/02/2018St Helens South and WhistonLabourSeconded
Catherine West07/02/2018Hornsey and Wood GreenLabourSeconded
Lady Hermon07/02/2018North DownIndependentSeconded
Kate Hoey07/02/2018VauxhallLabourSigned
Gavin Robinson08/02/2018Belfast EastDUPSigned
Hannah Bardell08/02/2018LivingstonScottish National PartySigned
Mary Glindon08/02/2018North TynesideLabourSigned
Wera Hobhouse20/02/2018BathLiberal DemocratSigned
Stephen Lloyd20/02/2018EastbourneLiberal DemocratSigned
Julian Lewis20/02/2018New Forest EastConservativeSigned
Drew Hendry20/02/2018Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and StrathspeyScottish National PartySigned
David Amess20/02/2018Southend WestConservativeSigned
Alan Brown20/02/2018Kilmarnock and LoudounScottish National PartySigned
Christine Jardine20/02/2018Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Alistair Carmichael20/02/2018Orkney and ShetlandLiberal DemocratSigned
Tom Brake20/02/2018Carshalton and WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Sammy Wilson20/02/2018East AntrimDUPSigned
David Simpson21/02/2018Upper BannDUPSigned
Sandy Martin22/03/2018IpswichLabourSigned

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