40th Anniversary Of Death Of Senator Robert Kennedy

EDM number 1351 in 2007-08, proposed by Simon Burns on 21/04/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Death and North America.

That this House notes with sadness the 40th anniversary of the death of Senator Robert Kennedy, assassinated in Los Angeles on 5th/6th June 1968 following his victory in the California and South Dakota primary elections; agrees with his brother, Senator Edward Kennedy, that he should be remembered `simply as a good and decent man, who saw wrong and tried to right it, saw suffering and tried to heal it, saw war and tried to stop it'; applauds his life because he gave his strength for those who were weak, gave his voice for those who had no special interest to speak for them and always remembered those who were forgotten; and believes that the tragedy of his death is best summed up by his friend the composer John Stewart who said `when a chill wind takes the sky, we should remember the years he gave us hope, for they can never die'.

This motion has been signed by a total of 232 MPs, 4 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Simon Burns	21/04/2008	West Chelmsford	Conservative	Proposed
Lynne Jones	21/04/2008	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Seconded
Ann Cryer	21/04/2008	Keighley	Labour	Seconded
Mark Durkan	21/04/2008	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Seconded
Nicholas Soames	22/04/2008	Mid Sussex	Conservative	Seconded
Keith Simpson	22/04/2008	Mid Norfolk	Conservative	Seconded
Mike Hancock	22/04/2008	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Patrick Hall	22/04/2008	Bedford	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	22/04/2008	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Damian Green	22/04/2008	Ashford	Conservative	Signed
Robert Goodwill	22/04/2008	Scarborough & Whitby	Conservative	Signed
Janet Anderson	22/04/2008	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
James Arbuthnot	22/04/2008	North East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
John Austin	22/04/2008	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Alan Beith	22/04/2008	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stuart Bell	22/04/2008	Middlesbrough	Labour	Signed
John Bercow	22/04/2008	Buckingham	Conservative	Signed
Roger Berry	22/04/2008	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	22/04/2008	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	22/04/2008	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Gapes	22/04/2008	Ilford South	Labour	Signed
Patrick Cormack	22/04/2008	South Staffordshire	Conservative	Signed
Jon Cruddas	22/04/2008	Dagenham	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	22/04/2008	Easington	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	22/04/2008	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	22/04/2008	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Frank Dobson	22/04/2008	Holborn & St Pancras	Labour	Signed
Brian H Donohoe	22/04/2008	Ayrshire Central	Labour	Signed
Jim Dowd	22/04/2008	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
Michael Fabricant	22/04/2008	Lichfield	Conservative	Signed
Paul Farrelly	22/04/2008	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Mark Fisher	22/04/2008	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	22/04/2008	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Gisela Stuart	22/04/2008	Birmingham, Edgbaston	Labour	Signed
Robert Syms	22/04/2008	Poole	Conservative	Signed
Jeremy Browne	22/04/2008	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nadine Dorries	22/04/2008	Mid Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Tobias Ellwood	22/04/2008	Bournemouth East	Conservative	Signed
Mark Harper	22/04/2008	Forest of Dean	Conservative	Signed
Daniel Kawczynski	22/04/2008	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Conservative	Signed
Stewart Hosie	22/04/2008	Dundee East	Scottish National Party	Signed
David Howarth	22/04/2008	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Angus MacNeil	22/04/2008	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
Angela Smith	22/04/2008	Sheffield, Hillsborough	Labour	Signed
Mark Pritchard	22/04/2008	Wrekin, The	Conservative	Signed
Lee Scott	22/04/2008	Ilford North	Conservative	Signed
Jennifer Willott	22/04/2008	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Binley	22/04/2008	Northampton South	Conservative	Signed
Sharon Hodgson	22/04/2008	Gateshead East & Washington West	Labour	Signed
Dari Taylor	22/04/2008	Stockton South	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	22/04/2008	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Richard Taylor	22/04/2008	Wyre Forest	Independent	Signed
John Thurso	22/04/2008	Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Don Touhig	22/04/2008	Islwyn	Labour	Signed
Keith Vaz	22/04/2008	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	22/04/2008	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	22/04/2008	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
Phil Willis	22/04/2008	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Winnick	22/04/2008	Walsall North	Labour	Signed
Pete Wishart	22/04/2008	Perth & Perthshire North	Scottish National Party	Signed
Tim Yeo	22/04/2008	South Suffolk	Conservative	Signed
Jim Devine	22/04/2008	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Derek Conway	22/04/2008	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Independent	Signed
Nigel Griffiths	22/04/2008	Edinburgh South	Labour	Signed
Oliver Heald	22/04/2008	North East Hertfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Doug Henderson	22/04/2008	Newcastle upon Tyne North	Labour	Signed
John Heppell	22/04/2008	Nottingham East	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	22/04/2008	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	22/04/2008	Luton North	Labour	Signed
George Howarth	22/04/2008	Knowsley North & Sefton East	Labour	Signed
Gerald Howarth	22/04/2008	Aldershot	Conservative	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	22/04/2008	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	22/04/2008	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	22/04/2008	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	22/04/2008	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Fraser Kemp	22/04/2008	Houghton & Washington East	Labour	Signed
Dai Havard	22/04/2008	Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney	Labour	Signed
Phyllis Starkey	22/04/2008	Milton Keynes South West	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	22/04/2008	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	22/04/2008	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Ken Purchase	22/04/2008	Wolverhampton North East	Labour	Signed
Terry Rooney	22/04/2008	Bradford North	Labour	Signed
Andrew Rosindell	22/04/2008	Romford	Conservative	Signed
David Ruffley	22/04/2008	Bury St Edmunds	Conservative	Signed
Joan Ryan	22/04/2008	Enfield North	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	22/04/2008	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Geraldine Smith	22/04/2008	Morecambe & Lunesdale	Labour	Signed
John Smith	22/04/2008	Vale of Glamorgan	Labour	Signed
Helen Southworth	22/04/2008	Warrington South	Labour	Signed
Bob Spink	22/04/2008	Castle Point	UKIP	Signed
Robert Key	22/04/2008	Salisbury	Conservative	Signed
Harry Cohen	22/04/2008	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
George Mudie	22/04/2008	Leeds East	Labour	Signed
Andrew Murrison	22/04/2008	Westbury	Conservative	Signed
Doug Naysmith	22/04/2008	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Bill Olner	22/04/2008	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Sandra Osborne	22/04/2008	Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	22/04/2008	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Karen Buck	22/04/2008			Signed
Richard Burden	22/04/2008	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	22/04/2008	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	22/04/2008	Gower	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	22/04/2008	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Tom Clarke	22/04/2008	Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	22/04/2008	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Andrew Miller	22/04/2008	Ellesmere Port & Neston	Labour	Signed
Ashok Kumar	22/04/2008	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
David Laws	22/04/2008	Yeovil	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Levitt	22/04/2008	High Peak	Labour	Signed
Julian Lewis	22/04/2008	New Forest East	Conservative	Signed
Tony Lloyd	22/04/2008	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Andrew Love	22/04/2008	Edmonton	Labour	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	22/04/2008	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
Denis MacShane	22/04/2008	Rotherham	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	22/04/2008	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	22/04/2008	Medway	Labour	Signed
John Mann	22/04/2008	Bassetlaw	Labour	Signed
Judy Mallaber	22/04/2008	Amber Valley	Labour	Signed
Humfrey Malins	22/04/2008	Woking	Conservative	Signed
Desmond Turner	23/04/2008	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Howard Stoate	23/04/2008	Dartford	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	23/04/2008	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
John Battle	23/04/2008	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Gregory Barker	23/04/2008	Bexhill & Battle	Conservative	Signed
Tony Baldry	23/04/2008	Banbury	Conservative	Signed
James Gray	23/04/2008	North Wiltshire	Conservative	Signed
Linda Gilroy	23/04/2008	Plymouth, Sutton	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	23/04/2008	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Ben Wallace	23/04/2008	Lancaster & Wyre	Conservative	Signed
Betty Williams	23/04/2008	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Dai Davies	23/04/2008	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Stephen Williams	23/04/2008	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Penning	23/04/2008	Hemel Hempstead	Conservative	Signed
Brooks Newmark	23/04/2008	Braintree	Conservative	Signed
John Leech	23/04/2008	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Lancaster	23/04/2008	North East Milton Keynes	Conservative	Signed
Greg Hands	23/04/2008	Hammersmith & Fulham	Conservative	Signed
Michael Gove	23/04/2008	Surrey Heath	Conservative	Signed
Don Foster	23/04/2008	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Evans	23/04/2008	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
Charles Kennedy	23/04/2008	Ross, Skye & Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Keen	23/04/2008	Feltham & Heston	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	23/04/2008	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Hendrick	23/04/2008	Preston	Labour	Signed
Clare Short	23/04/2008	Birmingham, Ladywood	Independent Labour	Signed
Jim Sheridan	23/04/2008	Paisley & Renfrewshire North	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	23/04/2008	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Pound	23/04/2008	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
Peter Kilfoyle	23/04/2008	Liverpool, Walton	Labour	Signed
Eleanor Laing	23/04/2008	Epping Forest	Conservative	Signed
Bob Laxton	23/04/2008	Derby North	Labour	Signed
Alan Duncan	23/04/2008	Rutland & Melton	Conservative	Signed
Colin Burgon	23/04/2008	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	23/04/2008	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Graham Brady	23/04/2008	Altrincham & Sale West	Conservative	Signed
Edward O'Hara	23/04/2008	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Moss	23/04/2008	North East Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
Rosemary McKenna	23/04/2008	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth & Kirkintilloch East	Labour	Signed
Khalid Mahmood	23/04/2008	Birmingham, Perry Barr	Labour	Signed
David Drew	24/04/2008	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	24/04/2008	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Clive Betts	24/04/2008	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Labour	Signed
David Anderson	24/04/2008	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Lorely Burt	24/04/2008	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sian James	24/04/2008	Swansea East	Labour	Signed
Charles Walker	24/04/2008	Broxbourne	Conservative	Signed
Janet Dean	24/04/2008	Burton	Labour	Signed
Ann Clwyd	24/04/2008	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Andy Reed	24/04/2008	Loughborough	Labour	Signed
John Reid	24/04/2008	Airdrie & Shotts	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	24/04/2008	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Greg Knight	24/04/2008	East Yorkshire	Conservative	Signed
Chris Mullin	24/04/2008	Sunderland South	Labour	Signed
Julian Brazier	24/04/2008	Canterbury	Conservative	Signed
Richard Caborn	24/04/2008	Sheffield Central	Labour	Signed
Roger Williams	25/04/2008	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Greenway	25/04/2008	Ryedale	Conservative	Signed
Richard Ottaway	25/04/2008	Croydon South	Conservative	Signed
Peter Luff	25/04/2008	Mid Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
David Chaytor	28/04/2008	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	28/04/2008	Linlithgow & Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	28/04/2008	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Gummer	28/04/2008	Suffolk Coastal	Conservative	Signed
Norman Baker	28/04/2008	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Matthew Taylor	28/04/2008	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Hunt	28/04/2008	South West Surrey	Conservative	Signed
Mark Williams	28/04/2008	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Hunter	28/04/2008	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Menzies Campbell	28/04/2008	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Vincent Cable	28/04/2008	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Burstow	28/04/2008	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Angus Robertson	28/04/2008	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
Martin Salter	28/04/2008	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	28/04/2008	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gerald Kaufman	28/04/2008	Manchester, Gorton	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	28/04/2008	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Andrew Mitchell	28/04/2008	Sutton Coldfield	Conservative	Signed
Michael Moore	28/04/2008	Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Mundell	28/04/2008	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale	Conservative	Signed
James Paice	28/04/2008	South East Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
Bob Neill	29/04/2008	Bromley & Chislehurst	Conservative	Signed
Graham Stuart	29/04/2008	Beverley & Holderness	Conservative	Signed
Ann Widdecombe	29/04/2008	Maidstone & The Weald	Conservative	Signed
Henry Bellingham	29/04/2008	North West Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	29/04/2008	Hastings & Rye	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	29/04/2008	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
David Lidington	29/04/2008	Aylesbury	Conservative	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	29/04/2008	Glasgow Central	Labour	Signed
Mark Prisk	29/04/2008	Hertford & Stortford	Conservative	Signed
Jo Swinson	30/04/2008	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julia Goldsworthy	30/04/2008	Falmouth & Camborne	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Williams	30/04/2008	Swansea West	Labour	Signed
Steve Webb	30/04/2008	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Grogan	30/04/2008	Selby	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	30/04/2008	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Signed
Claire Curtis-Thomas	30/04/2008	Crosby	Labour	Signed
Elliot Morley	30/04/2008	Scunthorpe	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	01/05/2008	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	06/05/2008	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Martyn Jones	07/05/2008	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
Martin Horwood	08/05/2008	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eddie McGrady	09/05/2008	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
David Heyes	13/05/2008	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	14/05/2008	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	02/06/2008	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Bruce George	02/06/2008	Walsall South	Labour	Signed
Geoffrey Robinson	17/06/2008	Coventry North West	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	15/07/2008	Dumfries & Galloway	Labour	Signed
John Spellar	Unknown			Withdrawn
Kevan Jones	Unknown			Withdrawn
Dawn Butler	Unknown			Withdrawn
Quentin Davies	Unknown			Withdrawn

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