Tommy Cooper (1921 To 1984)

EDM number 1035 in 2007-08, proposed by Hywel Francis on 25/02/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Arts, Broadcasting, Cultural heritage and Performing arts.

That this House welcomes the recent unveiling of a statue in Caerphilly in memory of one of its most famous sons, Tommy Cooper; congratulates the Tommy Cooper Society on this important initiative in giving public recognition to one of the great comedians of the 20th century; praises Port Talbot-born Sir Anthony Hopkins for associating himself with this development by unveiling the statue; and calls on the Secretary of State for Wales to encourage the Welsh Assembly Government to support more public recognition of past and present Welsh achievements in the creative industries and performing arts.

This motion has been signed by a total of 71 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Hywel Francis	25/02/2008	Aberavon	Labour	Proposed
Dai Havard	25/02/2008	Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney	Labour	Seconded
Mark Pritchard	25/02/2008	Wrekin, The	Conservative	Seconded
Nick Ainger	25/02/2008	Carmarthen West & South Pembrokeshire	Labour	Seconded
Colin Burgon	25/02/2008	Elmet	Labour	Seconded
John Cummings	25/02/2008	Easington	Labour	Signed
John Austin	25/02/2008	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	25/02/2008	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	25/02/2008	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Stephen Williams	25/02/2008	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Frank Cook	25/02/2008	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	25/02/2008	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Chris Ruane	25/02/2008	Vale of Clwyd	Labour	Signed
Martin Salter	25/02/2008	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Doug Henderson	25/02/2008	Newcastle upon Tyne North	Labour	Signed
Martyn Jones	25/02/2008	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	25/02/2008	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	26/02/2008	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	26/02/2008	Burton	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	26/02/2008	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	26/02/2008	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Signed
David Drew	26/02/2008	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	26/02/2008	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	26/02/2008	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Don Touhig	26/02/2008	Islwyn	Labour	Signed
Keith Vaz	26/02/2008	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
Ann Winterton	26/02/2008	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
Jim Devine	26/02/2008	Livingston	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	26/02/2008	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	26/02/2008	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Derek Conway	26/02/2008	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Independent	Signed
Gordon Prentice	26/02/2008	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Andy Reed	26/02/2008	Loughborough	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	26/02/2008	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	26/02/2008	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	26/02/2008	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	26/02/2008	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	26/02/2008	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Sandra Osborne	26/02/2008	Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	26/02/2008	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Martin Caton	26/02/2008	Gower	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	26/02/2008	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	27/02/2008	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	27/02/2008	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	27/02/2008	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andy Slaughter	27/02/2008			Signed
Andrew George	27/02/2008	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Clelland	27/02/2008	Tyne Bridge	Labour	Signed
Eric Martlew	27/02/2008	Carlisle	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	27/02/2008	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Brian Jenkins	27/02/2008	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
David Simpson	27/02/2008	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Sian James	28/02/2008	Swansea East	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	28/02/2008	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	03/03/2008	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Betty Williams	03/03/2008	Conwy	Labour	Signed
John Leech	03/03/2008	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Gapes	04/03/2008	Ilford South	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	04/03/2008	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	04/03/2008	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	04/03/2008	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Khalid Mahmood	05/03/2008	Birmingham, Perry Barr	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	05/03/2008	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Horam	06/03/2008	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
Mark Williams	11/03/2008	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	11/03/2008	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	25/03/2008	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	02/04/2008	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Sammy Wilson	02/06/2008	East Antrim	DUP	Signed
Sion Simon	Unknown			Withdrawn
Ian Lucas	Unknown			Withdrawn

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