Campaign For A Trade Union Freedom Bill

EDM number 1170 in 2005-06, proposed by Tony Lloyd on 30/11/2005.

That this House recognises that free and independent trade unions are a force for good in UK society and around the world, and are vital to democracy; welcomes the positive role modern unions play in providing protection for working people and winning fairness at work; notes the 1906 Trades Disputes Act granted unions the legal freedom to take industrial action; regrets that successive anti-union legislation has meant that trade union rights are now weaker than those introduced by the Trades Disputes Act; notes the overwhelming support at both the Trades Union Congress and Labour Party Conference for the Gate Gourmet workers and for improvements in union rights, including measures to simplify ballot procedures and to allow limited supportive action, following a ballot, in specific circumstances; further notes that these conferences called for legislation which conformed to International Labour Organisation Conventions ratified by the UK; and therefore welcomes the decision of the 2005 Trades Union Congress to campaign for a Trade Union Freedom Bill to mark the 100th anniversary of the 1906 Trades Disputes Act.

This motion has been signed by a total of 187 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Tony Lloyd	30/11/2005	Manchester Central	Labour	Proposed
Frank Dobson	30/11/2005	Holborn & St Pancras	Labour	Seconded
Jon Cruddas	30/11/2005	Dagenham	Labour	Seconded
Frank Doran	30/11/2005	Aberdeen North	Labour	Seconded
Alan Keen	30/11/2005	Feltham & Heston	Labour	Seconded
John McDonnell	30/11/2005	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Seconded
Gavin Strang	30/11/2005	Edinburgh East	Labour	Signed
Clive Betts	30/11/2005	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Labour	Signed
John Austin	30/11/2005	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	30/11/2005	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	30/11/2005	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	30/11/2005	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	30/11/2005	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	30/11/2005	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Gwyneth Dunwoody	30/11/2005	Crewe & Nantwich	Labour	Signed
David Drew	30/11/2005	Stroud	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	30/11/2005	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Jon Trickett	30/11/2005	Hemsworth	Labour	Signed
Jim Devine	30/11/2005	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Linda Riordan	30/11/2005	Halifax	Labour	Signed
James McGovern	30/11/2005	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Nia Griffith	30/11/2005	Llanelli	Labour	Signed
Katy Clark	30/11/2005	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
David Anderson	30/11/2005	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	30/11/2005	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	30/11/2005	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	30/11/2005	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	30/11/2005	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	30/11/2005	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	30/11/2005	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Michael Meacher	30/11/2005	Oldham West & Royton	Labour	Signed
Peter Kilfoyle	30/11/2005	Liverpool, Walton	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	30/11/2005	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	30/11/2005	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Kate Hoey	30/11/2005	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	30/11/2005	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Clare Short	30/11/2005	Birmingham, Ladywood	Labour	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	30/11/2005	Glasgow Central	Labour	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	30/11/2005	Dover	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	30/11/2005	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	30/11/2005	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Austin Mitchell	30/11/2005	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	30/11/2005	Glasgow South West	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	30/11/2005	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Jim Cousins	30/11/2005	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	30/11/2005	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	30/11/2005	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	30/11/2005	Linlithgow & Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	30/11/2005	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	30/11/2005	Gower	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	30/11/2005	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
George Mudie	30/11/2005	Leeds East	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	01/12/2005	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	01/12/2005	Easington	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	01/12/2005	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Borrow	01/12/2005	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	01/12/2005	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	01/12/2005	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	01/12/2005	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	01/12/2005	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	01/12/2005	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	01/12/2005	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	01/12/2005	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	01/12/2005	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Janet Dean	02/12/2005	Burton	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	05/12/2005	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	05/12/2005	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	05/12/2005	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Paul Farrelly	05/12/2005	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	05/12/2005	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	05/12/2005	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Lyn Brown	06/12/2005	West Ham	Labour	Signed
Gordon Banks	06/12/2005	Ochil & Perthshire South	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	06/12/2005	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Richard Burden	06/12/2005	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Andrew Miller	06/12/2005	Ellesmere Port & Neston	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	06/12/2005	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	06/12/2005	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	06/12/2005	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	06/12/2005	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Ken Purchase	06/12/2005	Wolverhampton North East	Labour	Signed
Sarah McCarthy-Fry	07/12/2005	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	07/12/2005	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	08/12/2005	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	08/12/2005	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	12/12/2005	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hywel Francis	12/12/2005	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Ann McKechin	12/12/2005	Glasgow North	Labour	Signed
George Howarth	12/12/2005	Knowsley North & Sefton East	Labour	Signed
Andrew Love	13/12/2005	Edmonton	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	13/12/2005	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Brian H Donohoe	13/12/2005	Ayrshire Central	Labour	Signed
Sian James	13/12/2005	Swansea East	Labour	Signed
David Clelland	14/12/2005	Tyne Bridge	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	14/12/2005	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Dai Havard	14/12/2005	Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney	Labour	Signed
Jim Sheridan	14/12/2005	Paisley & Renfrewshire North	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	15/12/2005	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Joan Ruddock	19/12/2005	Lewisham, Deptford	Labour	Signed
David Marshall	19/12/2005	Glasgow East	Labour	Signed
Emily Thornberry	09/01/2006	Islington South & Finsbury	Labour	Signed
Howard Stoate	09/01/2006	Dartford	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	09/01/2006	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Judy Mallaber	09/01/2006	Amber Valley	Labour	Signed
Jeff Ennis	10/01/2006	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Ian Austin	11/01/2006	Dudley North	Labour	Signed
Hywel Williams	11/01/2006	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	11/01/2006	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	12/01/2006	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Angela Eagle	12/01/2006	Wallasey	Labour	Signed
Natascha Engel	17/01/2006	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	17/01/2006	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	17/01/2006	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	13/02/2006	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
George Galloway	14/02/2006	Bethnal Green & Bow	Respect	Signed
Sandra Osborne	27/02/2006	Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Anne Moffat	03/03/2006	East Lothian	Labour	Signed
Kitty Ussher	03/03/2006	Burnley	Labour	Signed
Janet Anderson	10/03/2006	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
Helen Southworth	16/03/2006	Warrington South	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	21/03/2006	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Helen Jones	21/03/2006	Warrington North	Labour	Signed
Bill Olner	21/03/2006	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Nick Brown	21/03/2006	Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend	Labour	Signed
Mark Todd	22/03/2006	South Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Celia Barlow	27/03/2006	Hove	Labour	Signed
Mary Creagh	28/03/2006	Wakefield	Labour	Signed
Louise Ellman	30/03/2006	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour	Signed
Linda Gilroy	30/03/2006	Plymouth, Sutton	Labour	Signed
Meg Hillier	30/03/2006	Hackney South & Shoreditch	Labour	Signed
Kerry McCarthy	18/04/2006	Bristol East	Labour	Signed
Shahid Malik	18/04/2006	Dewsbury	Labour	Signed
Rosie Cooper	18/04/2006	West Lancashire	Labour	Signed
Hugh Bayley	18/04/2006	York, City of	Labour	Signed
Patrick Hall	18/04/2006	Bedford	Labour	Signed
Claire Curtis-Thomas	18/04/2006	Crosby	Labour	Signed
Karen Buck	18/04/2006			Signed
Martyn Jones	18/04/2006	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
John Battle	20/04/2006	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Dari Taylor	20/04/2006	Stockton South	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	20/04/2006	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Anthony D Wright	24/04/2006	Great Yarmouth	Labour	Signed
Mark Hendrick	24/04/2006	Preston	Labour	Signed
Martin Salter	24/04/2006	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Eddie McGrady	26/04/2006	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Denis Murphy	26/04/2006	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Paul Clark	26/04/2006	Gillingham	Labour	Signed
John Smith	27/04/2006	Vale of Glamorgan	Labour	Signed
Madeleine Moon	27/04/2006	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Mark Tami	02/05/2006	Alyn & Deeside	Labour	Signed
Paul Murphy	03/05/2006	Torfaen	Labour	Signed
Paddy Tipping	03/05/2006	Sherwood	Labour	Signed
Keith Vaz	03/05/2006	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
Sharon Hodgson	04/05/2006	Gateshead East & Washington West	Labour	Signed
Michael Weir	08/05/2006	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Colin Burgon	08/05/2006	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Gerald Kaufman	08/05/2006	Manchester, Gorton	Labour	Signed
Angus Robertson	08/05/2006	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
Richard Taylor	10/05/2006	Wyre Forest	Independent	Signed
Chris Mullin	15/05/2006	Sunderland South	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	16/05/2006	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	16/05/2006	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Doug Henderson	17/05/2006	Newcastle upon Tyne North	Labour	Signed
Graham Stringer	17/05/2006	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Roberta Blackman-Woods	17/05/2006	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	18/05/2006	Hastings & Rye	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	22/05/2006	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Fraser Kemp	23/05/2006	Houghton & Washington East	Labour	Signed
Alex Salmond	24/05/2006	Banff & Buchan	Scottish National Party	Signed
Alison Seabeck	24/05/2006	Plymouth, Devonport	Labour	Signed
Tom Clarke	25/05/2006	Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	25/05/2006	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Geraldine Smith	05/06/2006	Morecambe & Lunesdale	Labour	Signed
Jimmy Hood	05/06/2006	Lanark & Hamilton East	Labour	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	12/06/2006	Medway	Labour	Signed
Iain Wright	14/06/2006	Hartlepool	Labour	Signed
Ian Stewart	19/06/2006	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Anne Begg	19/06/2006	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
John Robertson	19/06/2006	Glasgow North West	Labour	Signed
David Simpson	20/06/2006	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Clive Efford	28/06/2006	Eltham	Labour	Signed
Joe Benton	11/07/2006	Bootle	Labour	Signed
Jamie Reed	09/10/2006	Copeland	Labour	Signed
Dawn Butler	20/10/2006	Brent South	Labour	Signed
Eric Joyce	25/10/2006	Falkirk	Labour	Signed
Jim Dowd	06/11/2006	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
Bruce George	06/11/2006	Walsall South	Labour	Signed

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