Post Office Closures

EDM number 997 in 2007-08, proposed by Nigel Evans on 21/02/2008.
Categorised under the topic of Service industries.

That this House regrets the proposal to close up to 2,500 post offices; recognises the seminal role post offices play in local communities; notes the unpopularity amongst the general public of closing such a large portion of the network; has concerns that the access criteria laid down for the closures consultation do not adequately take into account local geographical factors and public transport networks; is concerned that the consultation period is only scheduled to last for six weeks rather than three months; and believes that options for business expansion which may have helped individual post offices to remain open should be explored further.

This motion has been signed by a total of 167 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Nigel Evans	21/02/2008	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Proposed
Lindsay Hoyle	21/02/2008	Chorley	Labour	Seconded
Ann Cryer	21/02/2008	Keighley	Labour	Seconded
Paul Holmes	21/02/2008	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Lee Scott	21/02/2008	Ilford North	Conservative	Seconded
Joan Humble	22/02/2008	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Seconded
Richard Younger-Ross	22/02/2008	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Weir	22/02/2008	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Peter Bottomley	22/02/2008	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
John Austin	22/02/2008	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	22/02/2008	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
David Drew	22/02/2008	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	22/02/2008	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	22/02/2008	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Derek Conway	22/02/2008	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Independent	Signed
Brian Jenkins	22/02/2008	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	22/02/2008	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Peter Atkinson	25/02/2008	Hexham	Conservative	Signed
Michael Ancram	25/02/2008	Devizes	Conservative	Signed
James Gray	25/02/2008	North Wiltshire	Conservative	Signed
Andrew George	25/02/2008	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
George Galloway	25/02/2008	Bethnal Green & Bow	Respect	Signed
Roger Gale	25/02/2008	North Thanet	Conservative	Signed
Christopher Fraser	25/02/2008	South West Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
Frank Field	25/02/2008	Birkenhead	Labour	Signed
John Bercow	25/02/2008	Buckingham	Conservative	Signed
Tim Boswell	25/02/2008	Daventry	Conservative	Signed
Don Touhig	25/02/2008	Islwyn	Labour	Signed
Dai Davies	25/02/2008	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Mark Hunter	25/02/2008	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Hammond	25/02/2008	Wimbledon	Conservative	Signed
Philip Davies	25/02/2008	Shipley	Conservative	Signed
Lorely Burt	25/02/2008	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Benyon	25/02/2008	Newbury	Conservative	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	25/02/2008	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Angela Watkinson	25/02/2008	Upminster	Conservative	Signed
Michael Fabricant	25/02/2008	Lichfield	Conservative	Signed
David Davies	25/02/2008	Monmouth	Conservative	Signed
Kate Hoey	25/02/2008	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
Caroline Spelman	25/02/2008	Meriden	Conservative	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	25/02/2008	Glasgow Central	Labour	Signed
Andrew Rosindell	25/02/2008	Romford	Conservative	Signed
Laurence Robertson	25/02/2008	Tewkesbury	Conservative	Signed
Adam Price	25/02/2008	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Gordon Prentice	25/02/2008	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	25/02/2008	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Gerald Howarth	25/02/2008	Aldershot	Conservative	Signed
Glenda Jackson	25/02/2008	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	25/02/2008	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Christopher Chope	25/02/2008	Christchurch	Conservative	Signed
Karen Buck	25/02/2008			Signed
Graham Brady	25/02/2008	Altrincham & Sale West	Conservative	Signed
John McDonnell	25/02/2008	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Michael Mates	25/02/2008	East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Gordon Marsden	25/02/2008	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Jacqui Lait	25/02/2008	Beckenham	Conservative	Signed
Robert Key	25/02/2008	Salisbury	Conservative	Signed
Stephen Williams	26/02/2008	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Anne Main	26/02/2008	St Albans	Conservative	Signed
Graham Stuart	26/02/2008	Beverley & Holderness	Conservative	Signed
Greg Hands	26/02/2008	Hammersmith & Fulham	Conservative	Signed
David Tredinnick	26/02/2008	Bosworth	Conservative	Signed
Ian Taylor	26/02/2008	Esher & Walton	Conservative	Signed
Gregory Campbell	26/02/2008	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Colin Burgon	26/02/2008	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	26/02/2008	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Nicholas Soames	26/02/2008	Mid Sussex	Conservative	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
John Leech	27/02/2008	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	27/02/2008	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Godsiff	27/02/2008	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Mark Fisher	27/02/2008	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
William McCrea	27/02/2008	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Simon Hughes	27/02/2008	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Spink	27/02/2008	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Annette Brooke	28/02/2008	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Crabb	29/02/2008	Preseli Pembrokeshire	Conservative	Signed
Joan Ryan	29/02/2008	Enfield North	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	29/02/2008	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynda Waltho	03/03/2008	Stourbridge	Labour	Signed
Philip Dunne	03/03/2008	Ludlow	Conservative	Signed
Betty Williams	03/03/2008	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Robert Syms	03/03/2008	Poole	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Stunell	03/03/2008	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Clapham	03/03/2008	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Lembit	03/03/2008	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	03/03/2008	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
David Maclean	03/03/2008	Penrith & The Border	Conservative	Signed
Norman Baker	04/03/2008	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Bacon	04/03/2008	South Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
Humfrey Malins	04/03/2008	Woking	Conservative	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	04/03/2008	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Alan Simpson	04/03/2008	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Charlotte Atkins	05/03/2008	Staffordshire Moorlands	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	05/03/2008	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Doug Naysmith	05/03/2008	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
John Horam	06/03/2008	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
John Gummer	06/03/2008	Suffolk Coastal	Conservative	Signed
Jeremy Wright	06/03/2008	Rugby & Kenilworth	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Lansley	07/03/2008	South Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
Eddie McGrady	10/03/2008	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Brian Binley	10/03/2008	Northampton South	Conservative	Signed
Mark Williams	11/03/2008	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Linda Riordan	11/03/2008	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	11/03/2008	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	11/03/2008	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Gary Streeter	12/03/2008	South West Devon	Conservative	Signed
Phil Willis	12/03/2008	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Desmond Swayne	13/03/2008	New Forest West	Conservative	Signed
Ben Wallace	13/03/2008	Lancaster & Wyre	Conservative	Signed
Nigel Waterson	13/03/2008	Eastbourne	Conservative	Signed
John Whittingdale	13/03/2008	Maldon & East Chelmsford	Conservative	Signed
Greg Clark	13/03/2008	Tunbridge Wells	Conservative	Signed
James Arbuthnot	13/03/2008	North East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Michael Fallon	13/03/2008	Sevenoaks	Conservative	Signed
David Curry	13/03/2008	Skipton & Ripon	Conservative	Signed
Anne McIntosh	13/03/2008	Vale of York	Conservative	Signed
Andrew MacKay	13/03/2008	Bracknell	Conservative	Signed
Peter Luff	13/03/2008	Mid Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
Michael Jack	13/03/2008	Fylde	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Selous	13/03/2008	South West Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Mark Harper	14/03/2008	Forest of Dean	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Mitchell	14/03/2008	Sutton Coldfield	Conservative	Signed
John Penrose	17/03/2008	Weston-Super-Mare	Conservative	Signed
Jeremy Hunt	17/03/2008	South West Surrey	Conservative	Signed
Justine Greening	17/03/2008	Putney	Conservative	Signed
Adam Holloway	17/03/2008	Gravesham	Conservative	Signed
Peter Ainsworth	17/03/2008	East Surrey	Conservative	Signed
Stephen O'Brien	17/03/2008	Eddisbury	Conservative	Signed
Tim Loughton	17/03/2008	East Worthing & Shoreham	Conservative	Signed
Charles Hendry	17/03/2008	Wealden	Conservative	Signed
Oliver Heald	17/03/2008	North East Hertfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Grant Shapps	18/03/2008	Welwyn Hatfield	Conservative	Signed
Maria Miller	18/03/2008	Basingstoke	Conservative	Signed
Daniel Kawczynski	18/03/2008	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Conservative	Signed
David Jones	18/03/2008	Clwyd West	Conservative	Signed
Bill Wiggin	18/03/2008	Leominster	Conservative	Signed
John Baron	18/03/2008	Billericay	Conservative	Signed
Robert Goodwill	18/03/2008	Scarborough & Whitby	Conservative	Signed
Malcolm Moss	18/03/2008	North East Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown	19/03/2008	Cotswold	Conservative	Signed
Edward Garnier	19/03/2008	Harborough	Conservative	Signed
David Burrowes	19/03/2008	Enfield, Southgate	Conservative	Signed
Edward Vaizey	20/03/2008	Wantage	Conservative	Signed
Gregory Barker	20/03/2008	Bexhill & Battle	Conservative	Signed
Julian Lewis	20/03/2008	New Forest East	Conservative	Signed
Eleanor Laing	20/03/2008	Epping Forest	Conservative	Signed
Hugo Swire	25/03/2008	East Devon	Conservative	Signed
James Duddridge	26/03/2008	Rochford & Southend East	Conservative	Signed
Greg Mulholland	26/03/2008	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Evennett	31/03/2008			Signed
Patrick Mercer	01/04/2008	Newark	Conservative	Signed
Angus Robertson	03/04/2008	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
Stewart Hosie	03/04/2008	Dundee East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Angus MacNeil	03/04/2008	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
Liam Fox	21/04/2008	Woodspring	Conservative	Signed
Bernard Jenkin	21/04/2008	North Essex	Conservative	Signed
Lady Hermon	21/04/2008	North Down	UUP	Signed
Peter Viggers	22/04/2008	Gosport	Conservative	Signed
Stewart Jackson	22/04/2008	Peterborough	Conservative	Signed
Nigel Dodds	23/04/2008	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Iris Robinson	29/04/2008	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Paul Truswell	19/05/2008	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Bob Neill	11/06/2008	Bromley & Chislehurst	Conservative	Signed
John Barrett	04/11/2008	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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