Conduct Of The Right Honourable Member For Huntingdon And Westminster City Council
EDM number 630 in 1997-98, proposed by Andrew Dismore on 12/01/1998.
That this House condemns the fact, despite assurances previously given by the former Conservative Prime Minister, the Right honourable Member for Huntingdon, that he would unreservedly condemn Dame Shirley Porter if she were found guilty in a court of law, no condemnation or criticism has yet been made by any Conservative Member of this House or of Westminster City Council consequent upon the judgement of the High Court of 19th December 1997, that Dame Shirley Porter and Councillor David Weeks (formerly Lead and Deputy Leader of Westminster City Council) were guilty of wilful misconduct resulting in a loss to Westminster City Council of ú27,023,376 as a consequence of their illegal homes for votes gerrymandering policy, carried out on behalf of the Conservative Party; also condemns the failure of Westminster City Council to take any steps whatsoever to recover ú27 million now owed to the people of Westminster; notes that Dame Shirley Porter was made a Dame of the British Empire in recognition of her services to local government, but, in view of the court's judgement, considers that she is no longer a fit person to hold this honour; and calls upon the Government to make representation to Her Majesty the Queen to remove from Dame Shirley Porter her DBE.
This motion has been signed by a total of 143 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.
| MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
|---|
| Andrew Dismore | 12/01/1998 | Hendon | Labour | Proposed |
| Keith Darvill | 12/01/1998 | Upminster | Labour | Signed |
| Jim Fitzpatrick | 12/01/1998 | Poplar & Canning Town | Labour | Signed |
| Barry Gardiner | 12/01/1998 | Brent North | Labour | Signed |
| Neil Gerrard | 12/01/1998 | Walthamstow | Labour | Signed |
| Eileen Gordon | 12/01/1998 | Romford | Labour | Signed |
| Diane Abbott | 12/01/1998 | Hackney North & Stoke Newington | Labour | Signed |
| John Austin | 12/01/1998 | Erith & Thamesmead | Labour | Signed |
| Gerry Sutcliffe | 12/01/1998 | Bradford South | Labour | Signed |
| Stephen Twigg | 12/01/1998 | Enfield, Southgate | Labour | Signed |
| Alan Whitehead | 12/01/1998 | Southampton, Test | Labour | Signed |
| John Cryer | 12/01/1998 | Hornchurch | Labour | Signed |
| Iain Coleman | 12/01/1998 | Hammersmith & Fulham | Labour | Signed |
| Harry Cohen | 12/01/1998 | Leyton & Wanstead | Labour | Signed |
| Linda Perham | 12/01/1998 | Ilford North | Labour | Signed |
| Joan Ryan | 12/01/1998 | Enfield North | Labour | Signed |
| Debra Shipley | 12/01/1998 | Stourbridge | Labour | Signed |
| Clive Soley | 12/01/1998 | | | Signed |
| Phyllis Starkey | 12/01/1998 | Milton Keynes South West | Labour | Signed |
| Oona King | 12/01/1998 | Bethnal Green & Bow | Labour | Signed |
| Martin Linton | 12/01/1998 | Battersea | Labour | Signed |
| Peter Bradley | 12/01/1998 | Wrekin, The | Labour | Signed |
| Russell Brown | 12/01/1998 | Dumfries | Labour | Signed |
| Karen Buck | 12/01/1998 | | | Signed |
| Ann Cryer | 13/01/1998 | Keighley | Labour | Signed |
| Ian Davidson | 13/01/1998 | Glasgow, Pollok | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Clive Efford | 13/01/1998 | Eltham | Labour | Signed |
| Caroline Flint | 13/01/1998 | Don Valley | Labour | Signed |
| Robin Corbett | 13/01/1998 | Birmingham, Erdington | Labour | Signed |
| Tony Colman | 13/01/1998 | Putney | Labour | Signed |
| Vernon Coaker | 13/01/1998 | Gedling | Labour | Signed |
| Ann Clwyd | 13/01/1998 | Cynon Valley | Labour | Signed |
| Michael Clapham | 13/01/1998 | Barnsley West & Penistone | Labour | Signed |
| Ivor Caplin | 13/01/1998 | Hove | Labour | Signed |
| Mike Gapes | 13/01/1998 | Ilford South | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Norman Godman | 13/01/1998 | Greenock & Inverclyde | Labour | Signed |
| Rudi Vis | 13/01/1998 | Finchley & Golders Green | Labour | Signed |
| Derek Twigg | 13/01/1998 | Halton | Labour | Signed |
| Desmond Turner | 13/01/1998 | Brighton, Kemptown | Labour | Signed |
| Gareth Thomas | 13/01/1998 | Harrow West | Labour | Signed |
| Bob Blizzard | 13/01/1998 | Waveney | Labour | Signed |
| Kevin Barron | 13/01/1998 | Rother Valley | Labour | Signed |
| Harry Barnes | 13/01/1998 | North East Derbyshire | Labour | Signed |
| Candy Atherton | 13/01/1998 | Falmouth & Camborne | Labour | Signed |
| Joe Ashton | 13/01/1998 | Bassetlaw | Labour | Signed |
| Jane Griffiths | 13/01/1998 | Reading East | Labour | Signed |
| Dale Campbell-Savours | 13/01/1998 | Workington | Labour | Signed |
| Colin Burgon | 13/01/1998 | Elmet | Labour | Signed |
| Lynne Jones | 13/01/1998 | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Labour | Signed |
| Helen Jones | 13/01/1998 | Warrington North | Labour | Signed |
| Melanie Johnson | 13/01/1998 | Welwyn Hatfield | Labour | Signed |
| Jacqui Smith | 13/01/1998 | Redditch | Labour | Signed |
| Dennis Skinner | 13/01/1998 | Bolsover | Labour | Signed |
| Brian Sedgemore | 13/01/1998 | Hackney South & Shoreditch | Labour | Signed |
| Martin Salter | 13/01/1998 | Reading West | Labour | Signed |
| Allan Rogers | 13/01/1998 | Rhondda | Labour | Signed |
| Syd Rapson | 13/01/1998 | Portsmouth North | Labour | Signed |
| Lawrie Quinn | 13/01/1998 | Scarborough & Whitby | Labour | Signed |
| Sally Keeble | 13/01/1998 | Northampton North | Labour | Signed |
| Alan Keen | 13/01/1998 | Feltham & Heston | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Edward O'Hara | 13/01/1998 | Knowsley South | Labour | Signed |
| Kali Mountford | 13/01/1998 | Colne Valley | Labour | Signed |
| Gillian Merron | 13/01/1998 | Lincoln | Labour | Signed |
| Tony McNulty | 13/01/1998 | Harrow East | Labour | Signed |
| Siobhain McDonagh | 13/01/1998 | Mitcham & Morden | Labour | Signed |
| Judy Mallaber | 13/01/1998 | Amber Valley | Labour | Signed |
| Andrew Love | 13/01/1998 | Edmonton | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Ivan Lewis | 13/01/1998 | Bury South | Labour | Signed |
| Bob Laxton | 13/01/1998 | Derby North | Labour | Signed |
| Ann Keen | 13/01/1998 | Brentford & Isleworth | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Flynn | 14/01/1998 | Newport West | Labour | Signed |
| Ian Gibson | 14/01/1998 | Norwich North | Labour | Signed |
| Fabian Hamilton | 14/01/1998 | Leeds North East | Labour | Signed |
| Nigel Beard | 14/01/1998 | Bexleyheath & Crayford | Labour | Signed |
| Jeff Ennis | 14/01/1998 | Barnsley East & Mexborough | Labour | Signed |
| Maria Eagle | 14/01/1998 | Liverpool, Garston | Labour | Signed |
| Hilton Dawson | 14/01/1998 | Lancaster & Wyre | Labour | Signed |
| Geraint Davies | 14/01/1998 | Croydon Central | Labour | Signed |
| John Cummings | 14/01/1998 | Easington | Labour | Signed |
| David Crausby | 14/01/1998 | Bolton North East | Labour | Signed |
| Tom Cox | 14/01/1998 | Tooting | Labour | Signed |
| Liz Blackman | 14/01/1998 | Erewash | Labour | Signed |
| Gerry Steinberg | 14/01/1998 | Durham, City of | Labour | Signed |
| Anthony D Wright | 14/01/1998 | Great Yarmouth | Labour | Signed |
| David Winnick | 14/01/1998 | Walsall North | Labour | Signed |
| Alan Williams | 14/01/1998 | Swansea West | Labour | Signed |
| Brian White | 14/01/1998 | North East Milton Keynes | Labour | Signed |
| Dave Watts | 14/01/1998 | St Helens North | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Truswell | 14/01/1998 | Pudsey | Labour | Signed |
| Dari Taylor | 14/01/1998 | Stockton South | Labour | Signed |
| Gisela Stuart | 14/01/1998 | Birmingham, Edgbaston | Labour | Signed |
| Graham Stringer | 14/01/1998 | Manchester, Blackley | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Stinchcombe | 14/01/1998 | Wellingborough | Labour | Signed |
| Derek Wyatt | 14/01/1998 | Sittingbourne & Sheppey | Labour | Signed |
| Eric Clarke | 14/01/1998 | Midlothian | Labour | Signed |
| Eric Illsley | 14/01/1998 | Barnsley Central | Labour | Signed |
| Brian Iddon | 14/01/1998 | Bolton South East | Labour | Signed |
| Phil Hope | 14/01/1998 | Corby | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Ivan Henderson | 14/01/1998 | Harwich | Labour | Signed |
| Mohammad Sarwar | 14/01/1998 | Glasgow, Govan | Labour | Signed |
| Chris Ruane | 14/01/1998 | Vale of Clwyd | Labour | Signed |
| David Rendel | 14/01/1998 | Newbury | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Bill Rammell | 14/01/1998 | Harlow | Labour | Signed |
| Stephen Pound | 14/01/1998 | Ealing North | Labour | Signed |
| Nick Palmer | 14/01/1998 | Broxtowe | Labour | Signed |
| Piara S Khabra | 14/01/1998 | Ealing, Southall | Labour | Signed |
| David Kidney | 14/01/1998 | Stafford | Labour | Signed |
| Ashok Kumar | 14/01/1998 | Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland | Labour | Signed |
| Malcolm Chisholm | 14/01/1998 | Edinburgh North & Leith | Labour | Signed |
| David Chaytor | 14/01/1998 | Bury North | Labour | Signed |
| Ronnie Campbell | 14/01/1998 | Blyth Valley | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Burstow | 14/01/1998 | Sutton & Cheam | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Bill Olner | 14/01/1998 | Nuneaton | Labour | Signed |
| Kevin McNamara | 14/01/1998 | Kingston upon Hull North | Labour | Signed |
| Ken Livingstone | 14/01/1998 | Brent East | Labour | Signed |
| Christopher Leslie | 14/01/1998 | Shipley | Labour | Signed |
| Jackie Lawrence | 14/01/1998 | Preseli Pembrokeshire | Labour | Signed |
| Stephen Ladyman | 14/01/1998 | South Thanet | Labour | Signed |
| John McDonnell | 15/01/1998 | Hayes & Harlington | Labour | Signed |
| Chris Mullin | 15/01/1998 | Sunderland South | Labour | Signed |
| Edward Davey | 15/01/1998 | Kingston & Surbiton | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Llin Golding | 15/01/1998 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Labour | Signed |
| Robert Marshall-Andrews | 15/01/1998 | Medway | Labour | Signed |
| Elfyn Llwyd | 15/01/1998 | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
| Tom Levitt | 15/01/1998 | High Peak | Labour | Signed |
| Kelvin Hopkins | 15/01/1998 | Luton North | Labour | Signed |
| Gordon Prentice | 15/01/1998 | Pendle | Labour | Signed |
| Chris Pond | 15/01/1998 | Gravesham | Labour | Signed |
| Alan Williams | 16/01/1998 | Carmarthen East & Dinefwr | Labour | Signed |
| Huw Edwards | 19/01/1998 | Monmouth | Labour | Signed |
| Robert Wareing | 19/01/1998 | Liverpool, West Derby | Labour | Signed |
| David Chidgey | 22/01/1998 | Eastleigh | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Dafydd Wigley | 27/01/1998 | Caernarfon | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
| Bill Michie | 28/01/1998 | Sheffield, Heeley | Labour | Signed |
| Peter Pike | 02/02/1998 | Burnley | Labour | Signed |
| Audrey Wise | 02/02/1998 | Preston | Labour | Signed |
| Roger Casale | 10/03/1998 | Wimbledon | Labour | Signed |
| Malcolm Savidge | 12/03/1998 | Aberdeen North | Labour | Signed |
| Lembit | 26/03/1998 | Montgomeryshire | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Vincent Cable | 01/04/1998 | Twickenham | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Donald Gorrie | 01/04/1998 | Edinburgh West | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Margaret Hodge | Unknown | | | Withdrawn |
| Charles Clarke | Unknown | | | Withdrawn |
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