Local Democracy Week, 14-18 October 2002

EDM number 1724 in 2001-02, proposed by Andrew Stunell on 24/09/2002.

That this House expresses its support for Local Democracy Week, which is being held between 14th and 18th October; congratulates local councils, the Local Government Association, the British Youth Council, Charter 88, the Citizenship Foundation, the County Council's Network, the Improvement and Development Agency, the Institute for Citizenship, the New Economics Foundation, SOLACE and DEMOS for promoting this initiative; notes that the theme of Local Democracy Week this year is 'the communicating council', which involves improving consultation and participation with the public, raising awareness of the role and functions of local councils and improving the communications capacity of councils; and encourages honourable Members to work with their local council and partners to promote local democracy in their areas.

This motion has been signed by a total of 159 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Andrew Stunell	24/09/2002	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Betty Williams	24/09/2002	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	24/09/2002	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	24/09/2002	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Virginia Bottomley	24/09/2002	South West Surrey	Conservative	Signed
Roy Beggs	24/09/2002	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
Don Foster	24/09/2002	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian H Donohoe	24/09/2002	Cunninghame South	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	24/09/2002	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Harry Cohen	24/09/2002	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Peter Bradley	24/09/2002	Wrekin, The	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	24/09/2002	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	24/09/2002	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Julia Drown	15/10/2002	South Swindon	Labour	Signed
Louise Ellman	15/10/2002	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Mark Fisher	15/10/2002	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	15/10/2002	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Derek Foster	15/10/2002	Bishop Auckland	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	15/10/2002	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sandra Gidley	15/10/2002	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	15/10/2002	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Jim Cunningham	15/10/2002	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Jon Cruddas	15/10/2002	Dagenham	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	15/10/2002	Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Iain Coleman	15/10/2002	Hammersmith & Fulham	Labour	Signed
Helen Clark	15/10/2002	Peterborough	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	15/10/2002	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Roger Casale	15/10/2002	Wimbledon	Labour	Signed
Patsy Calton	15/10/2002	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jane Griffiths	15/10/2002	Reading East	Labour	Signed
Peter Ainsworth	15/10/2002	East Surrey	Conservative	Signed
David Amess	15/10/2002	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Tony Wright	15/10/2002	Cannock Chase	Labour	Signed
Hywel Williams	15/10/2002	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Nigel Waterson	15/10/2002	Eastbourne	Conservative	Signed
Robert Walter	15/10/2002	North Dorset	Conservative	Signed
Paddy Tipping	15/10/2002	Sherwood	Labour	Signed
Teddy Taylor	15/10/2002	Rochford & Southend East	Conservative	Signed
David Taylor	15/10/2002	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Peter Bottomley	15/10/2002	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Clive Betts	15/10/2002	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	15/10/2002	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Alan Beith	15/10/2002	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Atkinson	15/10/2002	Bournemouth East	Conservative	Signed
Candy Atherton	15/10/2002	Falmouth & Camborne	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	15/10/2002	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Grogan	15/10/2002	Selby	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	15/10/2002	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Peter Pike	15/10/2002	Burnley	Labour	Signed
George Howarth	15/10/2002	Knowsley North & Sefton East	Labour	Signed
Alan Howarth	15/10/2002	Newport East	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	15/10/2002	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	15/10/2002	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heyes	15/10/2002	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Phil Sawford	15/10/2002	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	15/10/2002	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Christine Russell	15/10/2002	Chester, City of	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	15/10/2002	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ernie Ross	15/10/2002	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Iris Robinson	15/10/2002	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Syd Rapson	15/10/2002	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	15/10/2002	Dover	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	15/10/2002	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Chris Pond	15/10/2002	Gravesham	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	15/10/2002	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Kevan Jones	15/10/2002	North Durham	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	15/10/2002	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	15/10/2002	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Richard Burden	15/10/2002	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	15/10/2002	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Brake	15/10/2002	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Olner	15/10/2002	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	15/10/2002	Bristol North West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Chris Mole	15/10/2002	Ipswich	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	15/10/2002	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Austin Mitchell	15/10/2002	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Andy King	15/10/2002	Rugby & Kenilworth	Labour	Signed
Jim Knight	15/10/2002	South Dorset	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	15/10/2002	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	15/10/2002	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Paul Marsden	15/10/2002	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Mates	15/10/2002	East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Alan Meale	15/10/2002	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	16/10/2002	Gower	Labour	Signed
David Clelland	16/10/2002	Tyne Bridge	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	16/10/2002	Burton	Labour	Signed
Huw Edwards	16/10/2002	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Paul Farrelly	16/10/2002	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	16/10/2002	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Win Griffiths	16/10/2002	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Menzies Campbell	16/10/2002	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Keith Bradley	16/10/2002	Manchester, Withington	Labour	Signed
Theresa May	16/10/2002	Maidenhead	Conservative	Signed
Linda Perham	16/10/2002	Ilford North	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	16/10/2002	North Down	UUP	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	16/10/2002	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Huw Irranca-Davies	16/10/2002	Ogmore	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	16/10/2002	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Lansley	16/10/2002	South Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
Peter Luff	16/10/2002	Mid Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
Mark Francois	17/10/2002	Rayleigh	Conservative	Signed
Matthew Green	17/10/2002	Ludlow	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gerry Steinberg	17/10/2002	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
Paul Stinchcombe	17/10/2002	Wellingborough	Labour	Signed
Dennis Turner	17/10/2002	Wolverhampton South East	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Paul Tyler	17/10/2002	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Williams	17/10/2002	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Barbara Follett	17/10/2002	Stevenage	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	17/10/2002	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Sydney Chapman	17/10/2002	Chipping Barnet	Conservative	Signed
John Pugh	17/10/2002	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Evan Harris	17/10/2002	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	17/10/2002	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	17/10/2002	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Gordon Marsden	17/10/2002	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Michael Moore	17/10/2002	Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Annette Brooke	17/10/2002	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Willis	21/10/2002	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gary Streeter	21/10/2002	South West Devon	Conservative	Signed
Bill Etherington	21/10/2002	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Valerie Davey	21/10/2002	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
Brian Cotter	21/10/2002	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Karen Buck	21/10/2002			Signed
Chris Bryant	21/10/2002	Rhondda	Labour	Signed
George Osborne	21/10/2002	Tatton	Conservative	Signed
Tim Loughton	21/10/2002	East Worthing & Shoreham	Conservative	Signed
David Kidney	21/10/2002	Stafford	Labour	Signed
Robert Key	21/10/2002	Salisbury	Conservative	Signed
Marsha Singh	21/10/2002	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Tony Worthington	22/10/2002	Clydebank & Milngavie	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	22/10/2002	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	22/10/2002	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
Alan Keen	22/10/2002	Feltham & Heston	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Ann Widdecombe	23/10/2002	Maidstone & The Weald	Conservative	Signed
Harold Best	23/10/2002	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	23/10/2002	Lagan Valley	UUP	Signed
Meg Munn	23/10/2002	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Eric Illsley	23/10/2002	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	24/10/2002	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Andrew Murrison	24/10/2002	Westbury	Conservative	Signed
Adrian Bailey	24/10/2002	West Bromwich West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Mike Wood	28/10/2002	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	28/10/2002	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Kerry Pollard	28/10/2002	St Albans	Labour	Signed
Jeff Ennis	04/11/2002	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Patrick Mercer	04/11/2002	Newark	Conservative	Signed
Khalid Mahmood	04/11/2002	Birmingham, Perry Barr	Labour	Signed
Bob Spink	04/11/2002	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Caroline Spelman	04/11/2002	Meriden	Conservative	Signed
Tony Clarke	05/11/2002	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
Adrian Flook	06/11/2002	Taunton	Conservative	Signed
Anne McIntosh	06/11/2002	Vale of York	Conservative	Signed
Charles Hendry	06/11/2002	Wealden	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Selous	06/11/2002	South West Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Cheryl Gillan	07/11/2002	Chesham & Amersham	Conservative	Signed
John Barrett	07/11/2002	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	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

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