First Past The Post And Future Elections To The European Parliament

EDM number 1490 in 2001-02, proposed by Tom Watson on 21/06/2002.

That this House notes the comments of the Right honourable Member for Greenwich and Woolwich, the Minister responsible for electoral law, that 'Any provisions on European Parliament elections laid down by the Council (including amendments to the 1976 Act) need to be ratified with an Act of Parliament in the UK'; further notes that the UK is, therefore, free to adopt any electoral system of its choosing for future elections to the European Parliament; believes that, by removing the vital link between each elected representative and their constituents and consequently encouraging voter apathy, proportional representation has not served the UK well; also notes with concern that proportional voting systems in other parts of Europe have allowed far-right parties to gain a foothold; and further believes that the UK's next elections to the European Parliament could, and should, be held under the First Past the Post electoral system.

This motion has been signed by a total of 87 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Tom Watson	21/06/2002	West Bromwich East	Labour	Proposed
Brian H Donohoe	21/06/2002	Cunninghame South	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	21/06/2002	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Terry Davis	21/06/2002	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Labour	Signed
Denzil Davies	21/06/2002	Llanelli	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	21/06/2002	Glasgow, Pollok	Labour Co-operative	Signed
John Cummings	21/06/2002	Easington	Labour	Signed
John Cryer	21/06/2002	Hornchurch	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	21/06/2002	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	21/06/2002	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	21/06/2002	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	21/06/2002	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	21/06/2002	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Mark Tami	21/06/2002	Alyn & Deeside	Labour	Signed
George Stevenson	21/06/2002	Stoke-on-Trent South	Labour	Signed
Clive Betts	21/06/2002	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	21/06/2002	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Andrew Bennett	21/06/2002	Denton & Reddish	Labour	Signed
Stuart Bell	21/06/2002	Middlesbrough	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	21/06/2002	Islington North	Labour	Signed
David Clelland	21/06/2002	Tyne Bridge	Labour	Signed
Helen Clark	21/06/2002	Peterborough	Labour	Signed
Gerald Kaufman	21/06/2002	Manchester, Gorton	Labour	Signed
Helen Jones	21/06/2002	Warrington North	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	21/06/2002	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Kevin Hughes	21/06/2002	Doncaster North	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	21/06/2002	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Jimmy Hood	21/06/2002	Clydesdale	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	21/06/2002	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Peter Pike	21/06/2002	Burnley	Labour	Signed
Piara S Khabra	21/06/2002	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Peter Kilfoyle	21/06/2002	Liverpool, Walton	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	21/06/2002	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Martin O'Neill	21/06/2002	Ochil	Labour	Signed
Bill Olner	21/06/2002	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Bill O'Brien	21/06/2002	Normanton	Labour	Signed
John McWilliam	21/06/2002	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Siobhain McDonagh	21/06/2002	Mitcham & Morden	Labour	Signed
Alice Mahon	21/06/2002	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Khalid Mahmood	21/06/2002	Birmingham, Perry Barr	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	24/06/2002	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Alan Hurst	25/06/2002	Braintree	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	25/06/2002	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Andrew Rosindell	25/06/2002	Romford	Conservative	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	26/06/2002	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Clive Efford	26/06/2002	Eltham	Labour	Signed
Syd Rapson	27/06/2002	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	27/06/2002	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Bill Tynan	27/06/2002	Hamilton South	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	01/07/2002	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Jonathan Sayeed	02/07/2002	Mid Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
David Maclean	02/07/2002	Penrith & The Border	Conservative	Signed
Stephen O'Brien	02/07/2002	Eddisbury	Conservative	Signed
Adrian Flook	04/07/2002	Taunton	Conservative	Signed
Malcolm Moss	04/07/2002	North East Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
Terry Lewis	04/07/2002	Worsley	Labour	Signed
Julian Lewis	04/07/2002	New Forest East	Conservative	Signed
Tom Harris	04/07/2002	Glasgow, Cathcart	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	04/07/2002	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
John Redwood	04/07/2002	Wokingham	Conservative	Signed
Eleanor Laing	05/07/2002	Epping Forest	Conservative	Signed
Rudi Vis	08/07/2002	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Peter Duncan	09/07/2002	Galloway & Upper Nithsdale	Conservative	Signed
Peter Luff	11/07/2002	Mid Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
Ann Widdecombe	11/07/2002	Maidstone & The Weald	Conservative	Signed
Bob Spink	16/07/2002	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Caroline Spelman	17/07/2002	Meriden	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Hunter	17/07/2002	Basingstoke	Conservative	Signed
Tony Clarke	17/07/2002	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
Patrick Mercer	18/07/2002	Newark	Conservative	Signed
Philip Hammond	19/07/2002	Runnymede & Weybridge	Conservative	Signed
Bill Wiggin	22/07/2002	Leominster	Conservative	Signed
Edward Garnier	23/07/2002	Harborough	Conservative	Signed
Cheryl Gillan	23/07/2002	Chesham & Amersham	Conservative	Signed
Peter Ainsworth	23/07/2002	East Surrey	Conservative	Signed
Mark Francois	24/07/2002	Rayleigh	Conservative	Signed
Charles Hendry	24/07/2002	Wealden	Conservative	Signed
Graham Stringer	30/10/2002	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Tony McWalter	31/10/2002	Hemel Hempstead	Labour Co-operative	Signed
James Gray	05/11/2002	North Wiltshire	Conservative	Signed
Anne McIntosh	06/11/2002	Vale of York	Conservative	Signed
David Marshall	06/11/2002	Glasgow, Shettleston	Labour	Signed
Andrew Selous	06/11/2002	South West Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Desmond Swayne	07/11/2002	New Forest West	Conservative	Signed
Hugo Swire	07/11/2002	East Devon	Conservative	Signed
Angela Watkinson	07/11/2002	Upminster	Conservative	Signed
James Plaskitt	Unknown			Withdrawn

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