Proposed Bskyb Takeover Of Manchester United

EDM number 266 in 1998-99, proposed by Terry Lewis on 02/02/1999.

That this House notes that BSkyB Television has made an offer to buy Manchester United Football Club plc; further notes that BSkyB Television currently holds the exclusive rights to live broadcasts of Premier League football matches and is likely to bid again for the broadcast rights when the current agreement expires; believes that the possibility of BSkyB Television as both a bidder for television rights to the Premier League and the owner of its most high-profile club is a matter of serious public interest and anxiety; is concerned that the BSkyB bid signals a trend whereby the interests of broadcasters take precedence over those of football clubs; warns that the deal will further concentrate wealth in the hands of an exclusive elite, thus threatening the survival of smaller football clubs and the wellbeing of the game at grassroots level; and, therefore, calls upon the Monopolies and Mergers Commission to recommend rejection of the BSkyB bid as a contribution to safeguarding the future of the national game.

This motion has been signed by a total of 124 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Terry Lewis	02/02/1999	Worsley	Labour	Proposed
Robert Wareing	02/02/1999	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Derek Twigg	02/02/1999	Halton	Labour	Signed
Ian Stewart	02/02/1999	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	02/02/1999	Leigh	Labour	Signed
David Clark	02/02/1999	South Shields	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	02/02/1999	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Alan Keen	02/02/1999	Feltham & Heston	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Brian Iddon	02/02/1999	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	02/02/1999	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	03/02/1999	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	03/02/1999	Easington	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	03/02/1999	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Maria Fyfe	03/02/1999	Glasgow, Maryhill	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	03/02/1999	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	03/02/1999	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Barnes	03/02/1999	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	03/02/1999	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Bill Michie	03/02/1999	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour	Signed
Ashok Kumar	03/02/1999	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Peter Pike	03/02/1999	Burnley	Labour	Signed
Syd Rapson	03/02/1999	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	03/02/1999	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dennis Skinner	03/02/1999	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hesford	03/02/1999	Wirral West	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	03/02/1999	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	03/02/1999	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	03/02/1999	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Audrey Wise	04/02/1999	Preston	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	04/02/1999	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Norman Godman	04/02/1999	Greenock & Inverclyde	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Fearn	04/02/1999	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Jones	04/02/1999	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Sawford	04/02/1999	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	08/02/1999	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	08/02/1999	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	09/02/1999	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Eric Clarke	09/02/1999	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	09/02/1999	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	10/02/1999	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Edward O'Hara	10/02/1999	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
David Drew	10/02/1999	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Eileen Gordon	10/02/1999	Romford	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	11/02/1999	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	11/02/1999	Bury North	Labour	Signed
John Austin	15/02/1999	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	15/02/1999	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Cryer	15/02/1999	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Matthew Taylor	16/02/1999	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kevin McNamara	22/02/1999	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	23/02/1999	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Barry Jones	23/02/1999	Alyn & Deeside	Labour	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	25/02/1999	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Crispin Blunt	25/02/1999	Reigate	Conservative	Signed
Richard Allan	25/02/1999	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	25/02/1999	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Robin Corbett	25/02/1999	Birmingham, Erdington	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	26/02/1999	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Desmond Swayne	01/03/1999	New Forest West	Conservative	Signed
David Amess	01/03/1999	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Keith Darvill	01/03/1999	Upminster	Labour	Signed
John Cryer	01/03/1999	Hornchurch	Labour	Signed
Iain Coleman	01/03/1999	Hammersmith & Fulham	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	01/03/1999	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	02/03/1999	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Peter Emery	02/03/1999	East Devon	Conservative	Signed
Brian Cotter	02/03/1999	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris McCafferty	02/03/1999	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Martin Linton	02/03/1999	Battersea	Labour	Signed
Angela Smith	02/03/1999	Basildon	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Ted Rowlands	02/03/1999	Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney	Labour	Signed
Martin Salter	03/03/1999	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	03/03/1999	Burton	Labour	Signed
Joe Ashton	03/03/1999	Bassetlaw	Labour	Signed
Dave Watts	04/03/1999	St Helens North	Labour	Signed
John Grogan	04/03/1999	Selby	Labour	Signed
Menzies Campbell	04/03/1999	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Geoffrey Johnson Smith	04/03/1999	Wealden	Conservative	Signed
John McDonnell	05/03/1999	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Jackie Ballard	05/03/1999	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony Benn	05/03/1999	Chesterfield	Labour	Signed
George Stevenson	05/03/1999	Stoke-on-Trent South	Labour	Signed
David Winnick	09/03/1999	Walsall North	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	09/03/1999	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Norman Baker	09/03/1999	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Donald Gorrie	09/03/1999	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
George Galloway	09/03/1999	Glasgow, Kelvin	Labour	Signed
Tom Levitt	09/03/1999	High Peak	Labour	Signed
Lembit	10/03/1999	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Howard Stoate	10/03/1999	Dartford	Labour	Signed
Claire Ward	10/03/1999	Watford	Labour	Signed
Shaun Woodward	11/03/1999	Witney	Conservative	Signed
Maria Eagle	11/03/1999	Liverpool, Garston	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	11/03/1999	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Paul Burstow	11/03/1999	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Brake	11/03/1999	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rhodri Morgan	11/03/1999	Cardiff West	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	12/03/1999	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Joe Benton	12/03/1999	Bootle	Labour	Signed
Gareth Thomas	15/03/1999	Clwyd West	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	16/03/1999	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Helen Southworth	16/03/1999	Warrington South	Labour	Signed
Nick Hawkins	17/03/1999	Surrey Heath	Conservative	Signed
Tess Kingham	17/03/1999	Gloucester	Labour	Signed
Ken Livingstone	17/03/1999	Brent East	Labour	Signed
Valerie Davey	17/03/1999	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
Gerry Steinberg	17/03/1999	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
Brian White	18/03/1999	North East Milton Keynes	Labour	Signed
Hilton Dawson	18/03/1999	Lancaster & Wyre	Labour	Signed
Clive Soley	18/03/1999			Signed
Nick Harvey	22/03/1999	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Evans	23/03/1999	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
David Lepper	24/03/1999	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Russell Brown	24/03/1999	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Dafydd Wigley	24/03/1999	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
David Atkinson	25/03/1999	Bournemouth East	Conservative	Signed
Sandra Osborne	25/03/1999	Ayr	Labour	Signed
Oona King	25/03/1999	Bethnal Green & Bow	Labour	Signed
David Rendel	29/03/1999	Newbury	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Casale	30/03/1999	Wimbledon	Labour	Signed
Christine Russell	13/04/1999	Chester, City of	Labour	Signed
Dari Taylor	28/04/1999	Stockton South	Labour	Signed
Chris Mullin	Unknown			Withdrawn
Jacqui Smith	Unknown			Withdrawn

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