Electoral Choice And The Voting System For The House Of Commons And For Local Authorities

EDM number 1028 in 2005-06, proposed by David Chaytor on 15/11/2005.

That this House believes that the essence of democracy is the sovereignty of the people, and that the people are entitled to choose how that sovereignty is ceded to Government on their behalf; and, therefore, supports the provisions of the Electoral Choice Bill, introduced by a cross party group of honourable Members on 15th November, which would enable citizens, via a petition signed by five per cent. of the relevant electorate, to call a referendum on the voting system for this House and for each individual local authority.

This motion has been signed by a total of 68 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
David Chaytor	15/11/2005	Bury North	Labour	Proposed
Nick Harvey	15/11/2005	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
David Heath	15/11/2005	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Patrick Hall	15/11/2005	Bedford	Labour	Seconded
Richard Burden	15/11/2005	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Seconded
John Denham	15/11/2005	Southampton, Itchen	Labour	Seconded
Mark Durkan	15/11/2005	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Andrew George	15/11/2005	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Williams	16/11/2005	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	16/11/2005	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Lepper	16/11/2005	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	16/11/2005	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	16/11/2005	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Glenda Jackson	17/11/2005	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	17/11/2005	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	17/11/2005	Stroud	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	17/11/2005	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	21/11/2005	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Holmes	21/11/2005	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Vincent Cable	22/11/2005	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Stunell	22/11/2005	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	23/11/2005	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Pugh	24/11/2005	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	24/11/2005	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	24/11/2005	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Williams	28/11/2005	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Horwood	29/11/2005	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Danny Alexander	29/11/2005	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Oaten	30/11/2005	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Rowen	30/11/2005	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	30/11/2005	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Don Foster	01/12/2005	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tim Farron	01/12/2005	Westmorland & Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Barrett	06/12/2005	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Howarth	08/12/2005	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	14/12/2005	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
Alan Beith	14/12/2005	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jo Swinson	15/12/2005	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Clare Short	19/12/2005	Birmingham, Ladywood	Labour	Signed
Robert Smith	19/12/2005	Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	19/12/2005	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Jennifer Willott	20/12/2005	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lorely Burt	20/12/2005	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Laws	20/12/2005	Yeovil	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Christopher Huhne	20/12/2005	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	09/01/2006	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Austin Mitchell	09/01/2006	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	09/01/2006	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
George Galloway	09/01/2006	Bethnal Green & Bow	Respect	Signed
Phil Willis	12/01/2006	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Daniel Rogerson	16/01/2006	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Taylor	17/01/2006	Wyre Forest	Independent	Signed
Tom Brake	17/01/2006	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Baker	18/01/2006	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nicholas Clegg	31/01/2006	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Lamb	06/02/2006	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Gibson	06/02/2006	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Geraldine Smith	07/02/2006	Morecambe & Lunesdale	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	18/04/2006	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Mark Hunter	18/04/2006	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Natascha Engel	26/04/2006	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	26/04/2006	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Michael Meacher	14/06/2006	Oldham West & Royton	Labour	Signed
Joan Ruddock	26/06/2006	Lewisham, Deptford	Labour	Signed
Charles Kennedy	26/06/2006	Ross, Skye & Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Hughes	10/07/2006	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	24/07/2006	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julie Morgan	09/10/2006	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed

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