University Salaries

EDM number 704 in 2003-04, proposed by Ian Gibson on 26/02/2004.

That this House believes our universities, and the staff who work within them, are a valuable part of our society and our economy; notes that university staff have delivered all that has been asked of them over the last two decades but have not been adequately rewarded for their achievements; notes with particular concern the long-term decline in university salaries which has seen academic pay drop by 40 per cent. compared to average earnings; believes this is a contributory factor to the growing recruitment and retention problems which exist across the higher education sector; warmly welcomes the cross-party support for higher salaries for academic and related staff and, in particular, believes they should receive their fair share of the 18 per cent. real terms funding increase in England and the funding increases in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland; is therefore dismayed that academic staff in the 'old' universities are being offered longer scales and shorter increments, thus worsening their career prospects, while all academic and related staff are being offered a pay rise barely above inflation; further notes that university vice-chancellors have received an average pay increase of 6 per cent., double that offered to their employees; and urges the university vice-chancellors to make their staff a priority, return to the negotiating table and seek a settlement to the current pay dispute which is in the interests of staff, students and the country as a whole.

This motion has been signed by a total of 130 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Ian Gibson	26/02/2004	Norwich North	Labour	Proposed
Simon Thomas	26/02/2004	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Phil Willis	26/02/2004	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jane Griffiths	27/02/2004	Reading East	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	27/02/2004	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Spink	27/02/2004	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Paul Flynn	01/03/2004	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	01/03/2004	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	01/03/2004	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	01/03/2004	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Smyth	01/03/2004	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
Bob Russell	01/03/2004	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Iris Robinson	01/03/2004	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Syd Rapson	01/03/2004	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	01/03/2004	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Colin Challen	02/03/2004	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	02/03/2004	Keighley	Labour	Signed
David Drew	02/03/2004	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Annabelle Ewing	02/03/2004	Perth	Scottish National Party	Signed
Harry Barnes	02/03/2004	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	02/03/2004	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Caton	02/03/2004	Gower	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	02/03/2004	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Paul Marsden	02/03/2004	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Sedgemore	02/03/2004	Hackney South & Shoreditch	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	02/03/2004	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	02/03/2004	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	02/03/2004	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	02/03/2004	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Iain Luke	02/03/2004	Dundee East	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	03/03/2004	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
John Battle	03/03/2004	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
John Austin	03/03/2004	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	03/03/2004	Burton	Labour	Signed
Ross Cranston	03/03/2004	Dudley North	Labour	Signed
Denis Murphy	03/03/2004	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	03/03/2004	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Andy Reed	03/03/2004	Loughborough	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Gordon Prentice	03/03/2004	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	04/03/2004	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Nigel Dodds	04/03/2004	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Roy Beggs	04/03/2004	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
Paul Stinchcombe	04/03/2004	Wellingborough	Labour	Signed
Paul Tyler	04/03/2004	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony Worthington	04/03/2004	Clydebank & Milngavie	Labour	Signed
Tony Colman	04/03/2004	Putney	Labour	Signed
Menzies Campbell	04/03/2004	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward O'Hara	04/03/2004	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	04/03/2004	Bristol North West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Chris McCafferty	04/03/2004	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	04/03/2004	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	04/03/2004	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	04/03/2004	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	04/03/2004	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Win Griffiths	05/03/2004	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
David Chidgey	05/03/2004	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joyce Quin	05/03/2004	Gateshead East & Washington West	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	08/03/2004	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	08/03/2004	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	08/03/2004	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sue Doughty	08/03/2004	Guildford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Cunningham	08/03/2004	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Keith Bradley	08/03/2004	Manchester, Withington	Labour	Signed
Martin O'Neill	08/03/2004	Ochil	Labour	Signed
Gerald Kaufman	08/03/2004	Manchester, Gorton	Labour	Signed
Andrew Hunter	08/03/2004	Basingstoke	Independent Conservative	Signed
Nick Harvey	08/03/2004	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Wood	09/03/2004	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Jenny Tonge	09/03/2004	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Graham Stringer	09/03/2004	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	09/03/2004	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Annette Brooke	09/03/2004	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andy King	09/03/2004	Rugby & Kenilworth	Labour	Signed
Brian White	10/03/2004	North East Milton Keynes	Labour	Signed
Teddy Taylor	10/03/2004	Rochford & Southend East	Conservative	Signed
Neil Gerrard	10/03/2004	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Jeff Ennis	10/03/2004	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Julia Drown	10/03/2004	South Swindon	Labour	Signed
Brian Cotter	10/03/2004	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Chaytor	10/03/2004	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Patsy Calton	10/03/2004	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martyn Jones	10/03/2004	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	10/03/2004	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Berry	11/03/2004	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Valerie Davey	11/03/2004	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
Jim Cousins	11/03/2004	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Lembit	11/03/2004	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Hesford	11/03/2004	Wirral West	Labour	Signed
Phil Sawford	11/03/2004	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Gavin Strang	12/03/2004	Edinburgh East & Musselburgh	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	12/03/2004	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	12/03/2004	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Sydney Chapman	15/03/2004	Chipping Barnet	Conservative	Signed
Louise Ellman	15/03/2004	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour Co-operative	Signed
David Borrow	15/03/2004	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Austin Mitchell	16/03/2004	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Peter Mandelson	16/03/2004	Hartlepool	Labour	Signed
Joan Ruddock	16/03/2004	Lewisham, Deptford	Labour	Signed
Martin Salter	17/03/2004	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Claire Curtis-Thomas	17/03/2004	Crosby	Labour	Signed
Frank Field	17/03/2004	Birkenhead	Labour	Signed
Matthew Green	17/03/2004	Ludlow	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Angela Eagle	18/03/2004	Wallasey	Labour	Signed
Steve Webb	18/03/2004	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McWilliam	22/03/2004	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Eddie McGrady	22/03/2004	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Tony Clarke	23/03/2004	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
Robert Jackson	24/03/2004	Wantage	Conservative	Signed
Paul Farrelly	24/03/2004	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	24/03/2004	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Michael Moore	25/03/2004	Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	26/03/2004	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	31/03/2004	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Christine Russell	01/04/2004	Chester, City of	Labour	Signed
Peter Kilfoyle	19/04/2004	Liverpool, Walton	Labour	Signed
Michael Meacher	19/04/2004	Oldham West & Royton	Labour	Signed
Richard Burden	19/04/2004	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	20/04/2004	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Geraldine Smith	22/04/2004	Morecambe & Lunesdale	Labour	Signed
David Heath	22/04/2004	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Williams	29/04/2004	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Jenkins	04/05/2004	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	06/05/2004	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Tony McWalter	17/05/2004	Hemel Hempstead	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Helen Clark	18/05/2004	Peterborough	Labour	Signed
John Smith	20/05/2004	Vale of Glamorgan	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Savidge	24/05/2004	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	26/05/2004	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Parmjit Dhanda	01/07/2004	Gloucester	Labour	Signed
Terry Davis	Unknown			Withdrawn

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