Manchester United

EDM number 719 in 2004-05, proposed by Tony Lloyd on 09/02/2005.

That this House notes the renewed attempt to take over Manchester United PLC by Malcolm Glazer and his company Tampa Bay Buccaneers American football franchise; recognises that senior players, Ryan Giggs and Rio Ferdinand, have spoken out against the bid; recalls that the overwhelming majority of Manchester United supporters oppose the bid; believes that any takeover designed to transform the club into a private company would be against the interests of supporters and football; considers that profit increases in ticket and merchandise prices in order to increase shareholder return would conflict with the club's wider obligations; accepts that football clubs differ from other trading companies in owing real accountability to their customers, the supporters; calls upon the Premier League and the football authorities to use the powers that they have to ensure that full information about the benefits and disbenefits of this bid to football in general and Manchester United in particular be placed in the public domain; is aware that bankers, N M Rothschild, are backing this bid; calls on them to issue a statement explaining how they intend to measure support for this takeover from football supporters in line with statements that that is their intention; and reiterates its request to the Department of Trade and Industry to take steps to regulate any takeover on public interest grounds.

This motion has been signed by a total of 115 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Tony Lloyd	09/02/2005	Manchester Central	Labour	Proposed
Christine Russell	09/02/2005	Chester, City of	Labour	Signed
Terry Lewis	09/02/2005	Worsley	Labour	Signed
Tony Cunningham	09/02/2005	Workington	Labour	Signed
Graham Stringer	09/02/2005	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	10/02/2005	Gower	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	10/02/2005	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
David Drew	10/02/2005	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Hywel Francis	10/02/2005	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	10/02/2005	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Andy Burnham	10/02/2005	Leigh	Labour	Signed
Keith Bradley	10/02/2005	Manchester, Withington	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	10/02/2005	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
David Marshall	10/02/2005	Glasgow, Shettleston	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	10/02/2005	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	10/02/2005	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Syd Rapson	10/02/2005	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Hugh Bayley	21/02/2005	York, City of	Labour	Signed
Andrew Bennett	21/02/2005	Denton & Reddish	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	21/02/2005	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Teddy Taylor	21/02/2005	Rochford & Southend East	Conservative	Signed
Robert Wareing	21/02/2005	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
John Grogan	21/02/2005	Selby	Labour	Signed
Richard Allan	21/02/2005	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Huw Edwards	21/02/2005	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	21/02/2005	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Chris Ruane	21/02/2005	Vale of Clwyd	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	21/02/2005	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	21/02/2005	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
John McWilliam	21/02/2005	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Sarah Teather	22/02/2005	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Cheryl Gillan	22/02/2005	Chesham & Amersham	Conservative	Signed
Neil Gerrard	22/02/2005	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	22/02/2005	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Cryer	22/02/2005	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Tony Colman	22/02/2005	Putney	Labour	Signed
Michael Meacher	22/02/2005	Oldham West & Royton	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	22/02/2005	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Patsy Calton	23/02/2005	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	23/02/2005	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Jim Dowd	23/02/2005	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
Richard Taylor	23/02/2005	Wyre Forest	Independent	Signed
Rudi Vis	23/02/2005	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	23/02/2005	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	23/02/2005	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Gordon Prentice	23/02/2005	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Phil Sawford	23/02/2005	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	23/02/2005	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Helen Jones	23/02/2005	Warrington North	Labour	Signed
Martyn Jones	23/02/2005	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	24/02/2005	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	24/02/2005	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	24/02/2005	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	24/02/2005	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gordon Marsden	24/02/2005	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Ian Lucas	24/02/2005	Wrexham	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	24/02/2005	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Smyth	24/02/2005	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
Bill Etherington	25/02/2005	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Tony Banks	25/02/2005	West Ham	Labour	Signed
David Wright	25/02/2005	Telford	Labour	Signed
Steve Webb	28/02/2005	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heyes	28/02/2005	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Andrew Hunter	01/03/2005	Basingstoke	DUP	Signed
Nigel Jones	01/03/2005	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Kidney	01/03/2005	Stafford	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	01/03/2005	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Hilton Dawson	01/03/2005	Lancaster & Wyre	Labour	Signed
Vera Baird	01/03/2005	Redcar	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	02/03/2005	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	02/03/2005	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Paddy Tipping	02/03/2005	Sherwood	Labour	Signed
Michael Mates	02/03/2005	East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	02/03/2005	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	03/03/2005	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	03/03/2005	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	03/03/2005	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Willis	03/03/2005	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Barbara Follett	04/03/2005	Stevenage	Labour	Signed
Gerald Kaufman	07/03/2005	Manchester, Gorton	Labour	Signed
Jenny Tonge	08/03/2005	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gareth Thomas	08/03/2005	Clwyd West	Labour	Signed
Anne Begg	08/03/2005	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
Janet Anderson	08/03/2005	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
Tom Cox	08/03/2005	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	08/03/2005	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
John Randall	08/03/2005	Uxbridge	Conservative	Signed
Linda Perham	08/03/2005	Ilford North	Labour	Signed
Andy King	09/03/2005	Rugby & Kenilworth	Labour	Signed
Andrew Love	09/03/2005	Edmonton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Robert Walter	10/03/2005	North Dorset	Conservative	Signed
David Borrow	10/03/2005	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Andy Reed	10/03/2005	Loughborough	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Nick Hawkins	14/03/2005	Surrey Heath	Conservative	Signed
Joan Humble	16/03/2005	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Bill O'Brien	16/03/2005	Normanton	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	16/03/2005	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Clive Betts	17/03/2005	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Labour	Signed
Valerie Davey	17/03/2005	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	17/03/2005	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	18/03/2005	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Julia Drown	18/03/2005	South Swindon	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	18/03/2005	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kerry Pollard	21/03/2005	St Albans	Labour	Signed
Adrian Flook	21/03/2005	Taunton	Conservative	Signed
David Taylor	21/03/2005	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Mark Todd	21/03/2005	South Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Keith Vaz	22/03/2005	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	22/03/2005	Bristol North West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Mark Tami	23/03/2005	Alyn & Deeside	Labour	Signed
John Greenway	24/03/2005	Ryedale	Conservative	Signed
Kevin Barron	24/03/2005	Rother Valley	Labour	Signed
Barry Sheerman	04/04/2005	Huddersfield	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Mike Gapes	04/04/2005	Ilford South	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Tony Clarke	06/04/2005	Northampton South	Labour	Signed

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