LONGEST SERVING COMPTROLLER OF HER MAJESTY'S HOUSEHOLD AND GOVERNMENT WHIP

EDM number 2597 in 2005-06, proposed by Don Touhig on 18/07/2006.

That this House notes the outstanding achievement of the right hon. Member for Rutherglen and Hamilton West in becoming the longest continually serving Comptroller of Her Majesty's Household and Government Whip since records began; recognises the difficult task he has of securing government business whilst accommodating the parliamentary, political and personal requirements of 352 Labour colleagues; acknowledges the respect he has earned from all sides of the House for his ability to perform these duties; and wishes him well in a role that with his unique qualities, he has made his own.

This motion has been signed by a total of 137 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Don Touhig	18/07/2006	Islwyn	Labour	Proposed
Graham Allen	18/07/2006	Nottingham North	Labour	Seconded
Linda Gilroy	18/07/2006	Plymouth, Sutton	Labour	Seconded
Paul Murphy	18/07/2006	Torfaen	Labour	Seconded
John McFall	18/07/2006	West Dunbartonshire	Labour	Seconded
Dari Taylor	18/07/2006	Stockton South	Labour	Seconded
Angela Eagle	18/07/2006	Wallasey	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	18/07/2006	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	18/07/2006	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Mike Gapes	18/07/2006	Ilford South	Labour	Signed
Bruce George	18/07/2006	Walsall South	Labour	Signed
Jim Dowd	18/07/2006	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
Frank Doran	18/07/2006	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
Brian H Donohoe	18/07/2006	Ayrshire Central	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	18/07/2006	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	18/07/2006	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Wayne David	18/07/2006	Caerphilly	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	18/07/2006	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	18/07/2006	Easington	Labour	Signed
Nick Ainger	18/07/2006	Carmarthen West & South Pembrokeshire	Labour	Signed
Kevin Barron	18/07/2006	Rother Valley	Labour	Signed
Stuart Bell	18/07/2006	Middlesbrough	Labour	Signed
Lynda Waltho	18/07/2006	Stourbridge	Labour	Signed
Jessica Morden	18/07/2006	Newport East	Labour	Signed
Sarah McCarthy-Fry	18/07/2006	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Sian James	18/07/2006	Swansea East	Labour	Signed
Nia Griffith	18/07/2006	Llanelli	Labour	Signed
Dawn Butler	18/07/2006	Brent South	Labour	Signed
Ian Austin	18/07/2006	Dudley North	Labour	Signed
Dave Watts	18/07/2006	St Helens North	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	18/07/2006	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	18/07/2006	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Mark Tami	18/07/2006	Alyn & Deeside	Labour	Signed
Ian Stewart	18/07/2006	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Joe Benton	18/07/2006	Bootle	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	18/07/2006	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Ian Pearson	18/07/2006	Dudley South	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	18/07/2006	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Kevan Jones	18/07/2006	North Durham	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	18/07/2006	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	18/07/2006	Chorley	Labour	Signed
George Howarth	18/07/2006	Knowsley North & Sefton East	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hesford	18/07/2006	Wirral West	Labour	Signed
Mark Hendrick	18/07/2006	Preston	Labour	Signed
Doug Henderson	18/07/2006	Newcastle upon Tyne North	Labour	Signed
John Spellar	18/07/2006	Warley	Labour	Signed
Si	18/07/2006	Birmingham, Erdington	Labour	Signed
Chris Ruane	18/07/2006	Vale of Clwyd	Labour	Signed
Ken Purchase	18/07/2006	Wolverhampton North East	Labour	Signed
Stephen Pound	18/07/2006	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
Alan Keen	18/07/2006	Feltham & Heston	Labour	Signed
Ian Lucas	18/07/2006	Wrexham	Labour	Signed
Ann Clwyd	18/07/2006	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	18/07/2006	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Richard Burden	18/07/2006	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Chris Bryant	18/07/2006	Rhondda	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	18/07/2006	Dumfries & Galloway	Labour	Signed
Nick Brown	18/07/2006	Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	18/07/2006	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
George Mudie	18/07/2006	Leeds East	Labour	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	18/07/2006	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
Denis MacShane	18/07/2006	Rotherham	Labour	Signed
Judy Mallaber	18/07/2006	Amber Valley	Labour	Signed
David Marshall	18/07/2006	Glasgow East	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	18/07/2006	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Alun Michael	18/07/2006	Cardiff South & Penarth	Labour	Signed
Jeff Ennis	19/07/2006	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Mark Fisher	19/07/2006	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	19/07/2006	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Austin	19/07/2006	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	19/07/2006	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	19/07/2006	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Graham Stringer	19/07/2006	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	19/07/2006	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Jamie Reed	19/07/2006	Copeland	Labour	Signed
Jim Devine	19/07/2006	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Tony Cunningham	19/07/2006	Workington	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	19/07/2006	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	19/07/2006	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	19/07/2006	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	19/07/2006	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Andrew MacKay	19/07/2006	Bracknell	Conservative	Signed
Eric Martlew	19/07/2006	Carlisle	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	19/07/2006	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Ann McKechin	19/07/2006	Glasgow North	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	19/07/2006	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	19/07/2006	Gower	Labour	Signed
Derek Conway	19/07/2006	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Conservative	Signed
Janet Dean	20/07/2006	Burton	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	20/07/2006	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Hugh Bayley	20/07/2006	York, City of	Labour	Signed
David Blunkett	20/07/2006	Sheffield, Brightside	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	20/07/2006	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Vincent Cable	20/07/2006	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Burgon	20/07/2006	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	20/07/2006	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	20/07/2006	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	20/07/2006	Glasgow Central	Labour	Signed
Khalid Mahmood	20/07/2006	Birmingham, Perry Barr	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	20/07/2006	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	20/07/2006	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	24/07/2006	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gregory Campbell	24/07/2006	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Clive Efford	24/07/2006	Eltham	Labour	Signed
Janet Anderson	24/07/2006	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
Keith Vaz	24/07/2006	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
David Anderson	24/07/2006	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
John Leech	24/07/2006	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
James McGovern	24/07/2006	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Ian Paisley	24/07/2006	North Antrim	DUP	Signed
Kali Mountford	24/07/2006	Colne Valley	Labour	Signed
Bridget Prentice	24/07/2006	Lewisham East	Labour	Signed
Peter Robinson	24/07/2006	Belfast East	DUP	Signed
Bob Russell	24/07/2006	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phyllis Starkey	24/07/2006	Milton Keynes South West	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	24/07/2006	North Down	UUP	Signed
Kate Hoey	24/07/2006	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	24/07/2006	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Andrew Miller	24/07/2006	Ellesmere Port & Neston	Labour	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	25/07/2006	Hastings & Rye	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	25/07/2006	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	25/07/2006	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paddy Tipping	25/07/2006	Sherwood	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	25/07/2006	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Derek Wyatt	25/07/2006	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	25/07/2006	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Sandra Osborne	25/07/2006	Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	25/07/2006	Crawley	Labour	Signed
John Randall	25/07/2006	Uxbridge	Conservative	Signed
Joan Ruddock	25/07/2006	Lewisham, Deptford	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	25/07/2006	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Sally Keeble	25/07/2006	Northampton North	Labour	Signed
Fraser Kemp	25/07/2006	Houghton & Washington East	Labour	Signed
David Maclean	25/07/2006	Penrith & The Border	Conservative	Signed
Sammy Wilson	09/10/2006	East Antrim	DUP	Signed
Gordon Banks	09/10/2006	Ochil & Perthshire South	Labour	Signed
Tom Harris	Unknown			Withdrawn

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