Recognition For Mary Seacole

EDM number 744 in 2003-04, proposed by Roy Beggs on 02/03/2004.

That this House recognises the results of the recent 100 Great Black Britons poll organised through the Every Generation website; notes that the poll plays a vital role in celebrating the United Kingdom's black culture and heritage; further notes that the campaign is an excellent medium through which citizens of the United Kingdom can learn about the contributions made by black people to the country; pays tribute to the poll winner, the late Mary Seacole; recognises the valuable work undertaken by the West Indian-born nurse tending to wounded soldiers during the Crimean War; further recognises that her dedication to providing assistance to the wounded is exemplified in the effort she made to overcome discrimination and prejudice which led her to travel to the Crimea at her own expense; notes that other than being awarded a Crimean medal for her work, Mary Seacole has been largely unrecognised for over a century; supports the recent calls by the Royal College of Nursing for a statue to be erected in London in her honour; and calls on the Government to provide funding for such a statue.

This motion has been signed by a total of 180 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Roy Beggs	02/03/2004	East Antrim	UUP	Proposed
Pete Wishart	02/03/2004	North Tayside	Scottish National Party	Signed
Ann Winterton	02/03/2004	Congleton	Independent Conservative	Signed
David Trimble	02/03/2004	Upper Bann	UUP	Signed
Simon Thomas	02/03/2004	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Neil Gerrard	02/03/2004	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Annabelle Ewing	02/03/2004	Perth	Scottish National Party	Signed
Nigel Evans	02/03/2004	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
Sydney Chapman	02/03/2004	Chipping Barnet	Conservative	Signed
David Burnside	02/03/2004	South Antrim	UUP	Signed
Adam Price	02/03/2004	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Alex Salmond	02/03/2004	Banff & Buchan	Scottish National Party	Signed
Martin Smyth	02/03/2004	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
Lady Hermon	02/03/2004	North Down	UUP	Signed
Paul Keetch	02/03/2004	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Austin Mitchell	02/03/2004	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
George Mudie	02/03/2004	Leeds East	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	03/03/2004	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Louise Ellman	03/03/2004	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Jim Dobbin	03/03/2004	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Denzil Davies	03/03/2004	Llanelli	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	03/03/2004	Glasgow, Pollok	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Claire Curtis-Thomas	03/03/2004	Crosby	Labour	Signed
Win Griffiths	03/03/2004	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	03/03/2004	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
John Battle	03/03/2004	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Anne Begg	03/03/2004	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
Gerry Steinberg	03/03/2004	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	03/03/2004	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dennis Turner	03/03/2004	Wolverhampton South East	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Brian White	03/03/2004	North East Milton Keynes	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	03/03/2004	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	03/03/2004	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	03/03/2004	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Ken Purchase	03/03/2004	Wolverhampton North East	Labour/Co-operative	Signed
Bob Russell	03/03/2004	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Geraldine Smith	03/03/2004	Morecambe & Lunesdale	Labour	Signed
Bob Spink	03/03/2004	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Paul Holmes	03/03/2004	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	03/03/2004	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	03/03/2004	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	03/03/2004	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
David Clelland	03/03/2004	Tyne Bridge	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	03/03/2004	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Alice Mahon	03/03/2004	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	03/03/2004	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
Tim Loughton	03/03/2004	East Worthing & Shoreham	Conservative	Signed
Lynne Jones	03/03/2004	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Huw Edwards	04/03/2004	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Mike Gapes	04/03/2004	Ilford South	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Mike Hancock	04/03/2004	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Borrow	04/03/2004	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	04/03/2004	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Paul Tyler	04/03/2004	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	04/03/2004	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Nigel Dodds	04/03/2004	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Andrew Rosindell	04/03/2004	Romford	Conservative	Signed
Alan Simpson	04/03/2004	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	04/03/2004	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	04/03/2004	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	04/03/2004	Bristol North West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Martin Caton	04/03/2004	Gower	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	05/03/2004	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	08/03/2004	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	08/03/2004	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Karen Buck	08/03/2004			Signed
Kevin McNamara	08/03/2004	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Marion Roe	08/03/2004	Broxbourne	Conservative	Signed
David Lepper	09/03/2004	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Michael Clapham	09/03/2004	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Jenny Tonge	09/03/2004	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Vincent Cable	10/03/2004	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	10/03/2004	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Nigel Jones	10/03/2004	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julie Morgan	12/03/2004	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Joan Ruddock	16/03/2004	Lewisham, Deptford	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	16/03/2004	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	16/03/2004	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Patsy Calton	16/03/2004	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Salter	17/03/2004	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Tony Clarke	23/03/2004	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
Adrian Bailey	25/03/2004	West Bromwich West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Marsha Singh	26/03/2004	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Richard Burden	30/03/2004	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	30/03/2004	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Tom Clarke	30/03/2004	Coatbridge & Chryston	Labour	Signed
Brian H Donohoe	30/03/2004	Cunninghame South	Labour	Signed
Gwyneth Dunwoody	30/03/2004	Crewe & Nantwich	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	30/03/2004	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Mark Tami	30/03/2004	Alyn & Deeside	Labour	Signed
Bill Tynan	30/03/2004	Hamilton South	Labour	Signed
David Winnick	30/03/2004	Walsall North	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	30/03/2004	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Tony McWalter	30/03/2004	Hemel Hempstead	Labour Co-operative	Signed
John Robertson	30/03/2004	Glasgow, Anniesland	Labour	Signed
Ernie Ross	30/03/2004	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Chris Ruane	30/03/2004	Vale of Clwyd	Labour	Signed
Jim Sheridan	30/03/2004	West Renfrewshire	Labour	Signed
Dai Havard	30/03/2004	Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	30/03/2004	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Jimmy Hood	30/03/2004	Clydesdale	Labour	Signed
George Howarth	30/03/2004	Knowsley North & Sefton East	Labour	Signed
Terry Lewis	30/03/2004	Worsley	Labour	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	31/03/2004	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Graham Stringer	31/03/2004	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Virginia Bottomley	31/03/2004	South West Surrey	Conservative	Signed
Lembit	31/03/2004	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony Lloyd	31/03/2004	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Peter Kilfoyle	31/03/2004	Liverpool, Walton	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Savidge	31/03/2004	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	31/03/2004	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Angus Robertson	01/04/2004	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
Michael Fallon	27/04/2004	Sevenoaks	Conservative	Signed
Peter Bradley	27/04/2004	Wrekin, The	Labour	Signed
Desmond Swayne	28/04/2004	New Forest West	Conservative	Signed
Tim Boswell	28/04/2004	Daventry	Conservative	Signed
John Austin	28/04/2004	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Mark Fisher	28/04/2004	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	28/04/2004	Burton	Labour	Signed
Helen Clark	28/04/2004	Peterborough	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	28/04/2004	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Julian Brazier	28/04/2004	Canterbury	Conservative	Signed
Richard Shepherd	28/04/2004	Aldridge-Brownhills	Conservative	Signed
Brian Iddon	28/04/2004	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Eleanor Laing	28/04/2004	Epping Forest	Conservative	Signed
Julian Lewis	28/04/2004	New Forest East	Conservative	Signed
James Paice	28/04/2004	South East Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
Roger Williams	29/04/2004	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Atkinson	29/04/2004	Hexham	Conservative	Signed
Donald Anderson	29/04/2004	Swansea East	Labour	Signed
Frank Field	29/04/2004	Birkenhead	Labour	Signed
Stephen Dorrell	29/04/2004	Charnwood	Conservative	Signed
Valerie Davey	29/04/2004	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	29/04/2004	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Piara S Khabra	29/04/2004	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Alan Howarth	29/04/2004	Newport East	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	29/04/2004	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Matthew Green	30/04/2004	Ludlow	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Don Foster	30/04/2004	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sue Doughty	30/04/2004	Guildford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Cryer	30/04/2004	Hornchurch	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	04/05/2004	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Teddy Taylor	04/05/2004	Rochford & Southend East	Conservative	Signed
John Grogan	04/05/2004	Selby	Labour	Signed
Peter Ainsworth	04/05/2004	East Surrey	Conservative	Signed
Jim Cousins	04/05/2004	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Derek Conway	04/05/2004	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Conservative	Signed
David Chidgey	04/05/2004	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Menzies Campbell	04/05/2004	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jane Griffiths	05/05/2004	Reading East	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	05/05/2004	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	06/05/2004	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Barbara Follett	06/05/2004	Stevenage	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	10/05/2004	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	10/05/2004	Keighley	Labour	Signed
John McWilliam	10/05/2004	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
John Randall	10/05/2004	Uxbridge	Conservative	Signed
Joyce Quin	10/05/2004	Gateshead East & Washington West	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	11/05/2004	Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Diana Organ	11/05/2004	Forest of Dean	Labour	Signed
Doug Henderson	11/05/2004	Newcastle upon Tyne North	Labour	Signed
Evan Harris	11/05/2004	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Horam	13/05/2004	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
Calum MacDonald	13/05/2004	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	13/05/2004	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Geoffrey Robinson	14/05/2004	Coventry North West	Labour	Signed
Alistair Burt	18/05/2004	North East Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
John Lyons	18/05/2004	Strathkelvin & Bearsden	Labour	Signed
Beverley Hughes	18/05/2004	Stretford & Urmston	Labour	Signed
Ann Keen	19/05/2004	Brentford & Isleworth	Labour	Signed
John Smith	20/05/2004	Vale of Glamorgan	Labour	Signed
Iain Coleman	24/05/2004	Hammersmith & Fulham	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	25/05/2004	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	25/05/2004	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Anne Campbell	26/05/2004	Cambridge	Labour	Signed
David Amess	16/06/2004	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Kerry Pollard	28/06/2004	St Albans	Labour	Signed
Paul Burstow	12/10/2004	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Terry Davis	Unknown			Withdrawn
Tom Watson	Unknown			Withdrawn

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