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Public Inquiry Into Westminster City Council

EDM number 128 in 1997-98, proposed by Andrew Dismore on 17/06/1997.

That this House unreservedly condemns the role of the Conservative Party under Dame Shirley Porter and her successors in the many scandals revealed so far involving Westminster City Council, including the sale of the cemeteries for 15p, the placing of homeless families in asbestos-ridden towerblocks, and the 'homes for votes' gerrymandering of local elections; notes the failure of successive Conservative governments to take action against Westminster Council or condemn its wrongdoings; notes that many issues remain to be investigated, including the abuse of environment and planning policies for Conservative party electoral advantage; notes that the statutory powers of the Local Government Ombudsman and appointed auditor are inadequate to get to the bottom of the story timeously or at all; and calls on the Secretary of State for the Environment to institute a public inquiry into the running of Westminster City Council by the Conservatives under Dame Shirley Porter and her successors to establish the truth and the full extent of what happended in Westminster, to return to the people of Westminster their rights, and to recover the ú100 million of missing public money misapplied for party advantage by the Westminster Conservative Group.

This motion has been signed by a total of 103 MPs, 4 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Andrew Dismore17/06/1997HendonLabourProposed
Barbara Follett17/06/1997StevenageLabourSigned
Jim Fitzpatrick17/06/1997Poplar & Canning TownLabourSigned
Louise Ellman17/06/1997Liverpool, RiversideLabour Co-operativeSigned
Clive Efford17/06/1997ElthamLabourSigned
Maria Eagle17/06/1997Liverpool, GarstonLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin17/06/1997Heywood & MiddletonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Jeremy Corbyn17/06/1997Islington NorthLabourSigned
Tony Colman17/06/1997PutneyLabourSigned
Iain Coleman17/06/1997Hammersmith & FulhamLabourSigned
Karen Buck17/06/1997Signed
Ben Bradshaw17/06/1997ExeterLabourSigned
Peter Bradley17/06/1997Wrekin, TheLabourSigned
Denis Murphy17/06/1997WansbeckLabourSigned
Barry Gardiner17/06/1997Brent NorthLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard17/06/1997WalthamstowLabourSigned
Ian Gibson17/06/1997Norwich NorthLabourSigned
Anthony D Wright17/06/1997Great YarmouthLabourSigned
Alan Whitehead17/06/1997Southampton, TestLabourSigned
Keith Vaz17/06/1997Leicester EastLabourSigned
Stephen Twigg17/06/1997Enfield, SouthgateLabourSigned
George Turner17/06/1997North West NorfolkLabourSigned
Gareth Thomas17/06/1997Harrow WestLabourSigned
Gareth Thomas17/06/1997Clwyd WestLabourSigned
Dari Taylor17/06/1997Stockton SouthLabourSigned
Ian Stewart17/06/1997EcclesLabourSigned
Charlotte Atkins17/06/1997Staffordshire MoorlandsLabourSigned
Candy Atherton17/06/1997Falmouth & CamborneLabourSigned
Diane Abbott17/06/1997Hackney North & Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
Jane Griffiths17/06/1997Reading EastLabourSigned
Kali Mountford17/06/1997Colne ValleyLabourSigned
Gillian Merron17/06/1997LincolnLabourSigned
John McWilliam17/06/1997BlaydonLabourSigned
Jenny Jones17/06/1997Wolverhampton South WestLabourSigned
Brian Iddon17/06/1997Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Stephen Hepburn17/06/1997JarrowLabourSigned
Phyllis Starkey17/06/1997Milton Keynes South WestLabourSigned
Clive Soley17/06/1997Signed
Jacqui Smith17/06/1997RedditchLabourSigned
Angela Smith17/06/1997BasildonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Debra Shipley17/06/1997StourbridgeLabourSigned
Martin Salter17/06/1997Reading WestLabourSigned
Joan Ryan17/06/1997Enfield NorthLabourSigned
Stephen Pound17/06/1997Ealing NorthLabourSigned
Michael Foster17/06/1997WorcesterLabourSigned
James Plaskitt17/06/1997Warwick & LeamingtonLabourSigned
Sally Keeble17/06/1997Northampton NorthLabourSigned
Alan Keen17/06/1997Feltham & HestonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Ann Keen17/06/1997Brentford & IsleworthLabourSigned
Tony McNulty17/06/1997Harrow EastLabourSigned
John McDonnell17/06/1997Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Siobhain McDonagh17/06/1997Mitcham & MordenLabourSigned
Stephen McCabe17/06/1997Birmingham, Hall GreenLabourSigned
Judy Mallaber17/06/1997Amber ValleyLabourSigned
Fiona Mactaggart17/06/1997SloughLabourSigned
Andrew Love17/06/1997EdmontonLabour Co-operativeSigned
David Lock17/06/1997Wyre ForestLabourSigned
Ken Livingstone17/06/1997Brent EastLabourSigned
Martin Linton17/06/1997BatterseaLabourSigned
Christopher Leslie17/06/1997ShipleyLabourSigned
Oona King17/06/1997Bethnal Green & BowLabourSigned
Fraser Kemp17/06/1997Houghton & Washington EastLabourSigned
Robin Corbett18/06/1997Birmingham, ErdingtonLabourSigned
Jean Corston18/06/1997Bristol EastLabourSigned
John Cryer18/06/1997HornchurchLabourSigned
John Austin18/06/1997Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Harry Barnes18/06/1997North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Derek Wyatt18/06/1997Sittingbourne & SheppeyLabourSigned
Edward O'Hara18/06/1997Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
Terry Lewis18/06/1997WorsleyLabourSigned
Lawrie Quinn18/06/1997Scarborough & WhitbyLabourSigned
Ernie Ross18/06/1997Dundee WestLabourSigned
Dennis Skinner18/06/1997BolsoverLabourSigned
David Hinchliffe18/06/1997WakefieldLabourSigned
Helen Jackson18/06/1997Sheffield, HillsboroughLabourSigned
Ashok Kumar18/06/1997Middlesbrough South & East ClevelandLabourSigned
Maria Fyfe19/06/1997Glasgow, MaryhillLabourSigned
Bill Etherington19/06/1997Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe19/06/1997LeighLabourSigned
John Cummings19/06/1997EasingtonLabourSigned
David Chaytor19/06/1997Bury NorthLabourSigned
Lynne Jones19/06/1997Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins19/06/1997Luton NorthLabourSigned
Phil Hope19/06/1997CorbyLabour Co-operativeSigned
Colin Pickthall19/06/1997West LancashireLabourSigned
Desmond Turner19/06/1997Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
Tom Cox20/06/1997TootingLabourSigned
Eric Illsley23/06/1997Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Alan Williams23/06/1997Carmarthen East & DinefwrLabourSigned
Alan Johnson24/06/1997Kingston upon Hull West & HessleLabourSigned
Audrey Wise25/06/1997PrestonLabourSigned
Brian White25/06/1997North East Milton KeynesLabourSigned
Andrew Stunell25/06/1997Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Eric Clarke25/06/1997MidlothianLabourSigned
Margaret Moran25/06/1997Luton SouthLabourSigned
Bill Michie25/06/1997Sheffield, HeeleyLabourSigned
Rachel Squire25/06/1997Dunfermline WestLabourSigned
Nigel Jones26/06/1997CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Jeff Ennis26/06/1997Barnsley East & MexboroughLabourSigned
Patricia HewittUnknownWithdrawn
Margaret HodgeUnknownWithdrawn
Charles ClarkeUnknownWithdrawn
Alan MealeUnknownWithdrawn

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