General Election Campaign Night

EDM number 2033 in 2008-09, proposed by Tom Harris on 13/10/2009.
Categorised under the topic of General elections.

That this House is concerned at reports that growing numbers of Returning Officers are considering postponing the counting of votes cast on the day of the General Election until the day after polling; believes that in the 21st century it would be a regressive move not to announce constituency results as early as possible; further believes that public confidence in the results could be undermined by delays in the counting of ballot papers and that fewer voters would be able to watch the results being announced if this were done on a Friday afternoon; and calls on local authorities throughout the United Kingdom to ensure that all ballot papers are counted immediately after the close of polls on General Election night, as has been the practice in previous General Elections.

This motion has been signed by a total of 220 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Tom Harris	13/10/2009	Glasgow South	Labour	Proposed
Geraldine Smith	13/10/2009	Morecambe & Lunesdale	Labour	Seconded
Eric Pickles	13/10/2009	Brentwood & Ongar	Conservative	Seconded
Elfyn Llwyd	13/10/2009	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Seconded
Peter Bone	13/10/2009	Wellingborough	Conservative	Seconded
Bob Russell	13/10/2009	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Norman Baker	13/10/2009	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Syms	13/10/2009	Poole	Conservative	Signed
Desmond Turner	13/10/2009	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	13/10/2009	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	13/10/2009	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
Angela Watkinson	13/10/2009	Upminster	Conservative	Signed
James Arbuthnot	13/10/2009	North East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Graham Allen	13/10/2009	Nottingham North	Labour	Signed
James Gray	13/10/2009	North Wiltshire	Conservative	Signed
Robert Goodwill	13/10/2009	Scarborough & Whitby	Conservative	Signed
Edward Garnier	13/10/2009	Harborough	Conservative	Signed
Paul Flynn	13/10/2009	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Paul Farrelly	13/10/2009	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	13/10/2009	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Michael Weir	13/10/2009	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
John Whittingdale	13/10/2009	Maldon & East Chelmsford	Conservative	Signed
Lindsay Roy	13/10/2009	Glenrothes	Labour	Signed
Phil Wilson	13/10/2009	Sedgefield	Labour	Signed
Robert Wilson	13/10/2009	Reading East	Conservative	Signed
Maria Miller	13/10/2009	Basingstoke	Conservative	Signed
James McGovern	13/10/2009	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Jo Swinson	13/10/2009	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Angus MacNeil	13/10/2009	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
Daniel Kawczynski	13/10/2009	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Conservative	Signed
Sian James	13/10/2009	Swansea East	Labour	Signed
James Duddridge	13/10/2009	Rochford & Southend East	Conservative	Signed
Nadine Dorries	13/10/2009	Mid Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Katy Clark	13/10/2009	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	13/10/2009	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Ann Winterton	13/10/2009	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Dismore	13/10/2009	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Parmjit Dhanda	13/10/2009	Gloucester	Labour	Signed
Alan Keen	13/10/2009	Feltham & Heston	Labour	Signed
Gerald Kaufman	13/10/2009	Manchester, Gorton	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	13/10/2009	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	13/10/2009	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Keith Simpson	13/10/2009	Mid Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
Alan Simpson	13/10/2009	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Jim Sheridan	13/10/2009	Paisley & Renfrewshire North	Labour	Signed
Andrew Selous	13/10/2009	South West Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Rosindell	13/10/2009	Romford	Conservative	Signed
John Robertson	13/10/2009	Glasgow North West	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	13/10/2009	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Palmer	13/10/2009	Broxtowe	Labour	Signed
James Plaskitt	13/10/2009	Warwick & Leamington	Labour	Signed
Fraser Kemp	13/10/2009	Houghton & Washington East	Labour	Signed
Peter Kilfoyle	13/10/2009	Liverpool, Walton	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	13/10/2009	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	13/10/2009	Glasgow South West	Labour	Signed
Tom Clarke	13/10/2009	Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill	Labour	Signed
Ian Cawsey	13/10/2009	Brigg & Goole	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	13/10/2009	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Russell Brown	13/10/2009	Dumfries & Galloway	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	13/10/2009	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Brake	13/10/2009	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
James Paice	13/10/2009	South East Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
Eric Martlew	13/10/2009	Carlisle	Labour	Signed
Anne McGuire	13/10/2009	Stirling	Labour	Signed
Andrew Miller	13/10/2009	Ellesmere Port & Neston	Labour	Signed
Elliot Morley	13/10/2009	Scunthorpe	Labour	Signed
Stephen O'Brien	13/10/2009	Eddisbury	Conservative	Signed
Albert Owen	13/10/2009	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Richard Bacon	14/10/2009	South Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
Mike Hancock	14/10/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Godsiff	14/10/2009	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	14/10/2009	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Frank Field	14/10/2009	Birkenhead	Labour	Signed
David Evennett	14/10/2009			Signed
Nigel Evans	14/10/2009	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
Clive Efford	14/10/2009	Eltham	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	14/10/2009	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	14/10/2009	Burton	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	14/10/2009	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	14/10/2009	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Ann Clwyd	14/10/2009	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	14/10/2009	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	14/10/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Howard Stoate	14/10/2009	Dartford	Labour	Signed
Mark Pritchard	14/10/2009	Wrekin, The	Conservative	Signed
Anne Main	14/10/2009	St Albans	Conservative	Signed
Peter Soulsby	14/10/2009	Leicester South	Labour	Signed
Greg Hands	14/10/2009	Hammersmith & Fulham	Conservative	Signed
Greg Clark	14/10/2009	Tunbridge Wells	Conservative	Signed
Douglas Carswell	14/10/2009	Harwich	Conservative	Signed
Gordon Banks	14/10/2009	Ochil & Perthshire South	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	14/10/2009	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Sammy Wilson	14/10/2009	East Antrim	DUP	Signed
Nigel Waterson	14/10/2009	Eastbourne	Conservative	Signed
Rudi Vis	14/10/2009	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Graham Stringer	14/10/2009	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Stephen Williams	14/10/2009	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	14/10/2009	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	14/10/2009	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	14/10/2009	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Christopher Huhne	14/10/2009	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	14/10/2009	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Kim Howells	14/10/2009	Pontypridd	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	14/10/2009	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Mark Hendrick	14/10/2009	Preston	Labour	Signed
Bob Spink	14/10/2009	Castle Point	Independent	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	14/10/2009	Glasgow Central	Labour	Signed
Joan Ryan	14/10/2009	Enfield North	Labour	Signed
Iris Robinson	14/10/2009	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Andy Reed	14/10/2009	Loughborough	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	14/10/2009	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Glenda Jackson	14/10/2009	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	14/10/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	14/10/2009	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Graham Brady	14/10/2009	Altrincham & Sale West	Conservative	Signed
Bill Olner	14/10/2009	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Chris Mullin	14/10/2009	Sunderland South	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	14/10/2009	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	14/10/2009	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
William McCrea	14/10/2009	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	14/10/2009	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
David Laws	14/10/2009	Yeovil	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Laxton	14/10/2009	Derby North	Labour	Signed
Tom Levitt	14/10/2009	High Peak	Labour	Signed
Julian Lewis	14/10/2009	New Forest East	Conservative	Signed
Tim Loughton	14/10/2009	East Worthing & Shoreham	Conservative	Signed
Clive Betts	15/10/2009	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Labour	Signed
Keith Vaz	15/10/2009	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
David Anderson	15/10/2009	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Greg Mulholland	15/10/2009	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lee Scott	15/10/2009	Ilford North	Conservative	Signed
Mark Hunter	15/10/2009	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Devine	15/10/2009	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Dai Davies	15/10/2009	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Don Foster	15/10/2009	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	15/10/2009	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	15/10/2009	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	15/10/2009	Dover	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	15/10/2009	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Oliver Heald	15/10/2009	North East Hertfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Lady Hermon	15/10/2009	North Down	UUP	Signed
Michael Howard	15/10/2009	Folkestone & Hythe	Conservative	Signed
Robert Key	15/10/2009	Salisbury	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Lansley	15/10/2009	South Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
Humfrey Malins	15/10/2009	Woking	Conservative	Signed
Philip Davies	16/10/2009	Shipley	Conservative	Signed
Richard Taylor	16/10/2009	Wyre Forest	Independent	Signed
Jonathan Djanogly	16/10/2009	Huntingdon	Conservative	Signed
John Cummings	16/10/2009	Easington	Labour	Signed
Richard Ottaway	16/10/2009	Croydon South	Conservative	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	16/10/2009	Medway	Labour	Signed
Judy Mallaber	16/10/2009	Amber Valley	Labour	Signed
Graham Stuart	19/10/2009	Beverley & Holderness	Conservative	Signed
Stewart Jackson	19/10/2009	Peterborough	Conservative	Signed
Betty Williams	19/10/2009	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Mark Fisher	19/10/2009	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	19/10/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Lembit	19/10/2009	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	19/10/2009	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Jacqui Lait	19/10/2009	Beckenham	Conservative	Signed
Kate Hoey	19/10/2009	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
Bill Wiggin	20/10/2009	Leominster	Conservative	Signed
Mike Wood	20/10/2009	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Browne	20/10/2009	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adam Holloway	20/10/2009	Gravesham	Conservative	Signed
Michael Penning	20/10/2009	Hemel Hempstead	Conservative	Signed
Edward Timpson	20/10/2009	Crewe & Nantwich	Conservative	Signed
Paul Truswell	20/10/2009	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Gisela Stuart	20/10/2009	Birmingham, Edgbaston	Labour	Signed
Patrick Hall	20/10/2009	Bedford	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	20/10/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
John Horam	20/10/2009	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
Ian McCartney	20/10/2009	Makerfield	Labour	Signed
David Mundell	20/10/2009	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale	Conservative	Signed
Edward Davey	20/10/2009	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Cheryl Gillan	20/10/2009	Chesham & Amersham	Conservative	Signed
David Tredinnick	21/10/2009	Bosworth	Conservative	Signed
Ian Taylor	21/10/2009	Esher & Walton	Conservative	Signed
Michael Fabricant	21/10/2009	Lichfield	Conservative	Signed
Jim Dowd	21/10/2009	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
Denis Murphy	21/10/2009	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	21/10/2009	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Eleanor Laing	21/10/2009	Epping Forest	Conservative	Signed
Caroline Spelman	21/10/2009	Meriden	Conservative	Signed
Laurence Robertson	21/10/2009	Tewkesbury	Conservative	Signed
Grant Shapps	22/10/2009	Welwyn Hatfield	Conservative	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	22/10/2009	Hornsey & Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dari Taylor	22/10/2009	Stockton South	Labour	Signed
Michael Ancram	22/10/2009	Devizes	Conservative	Signed
David Hamilton	22/10/2009	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
David Amess	22/10/2009	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Bill Etherington	22/10/2009	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Stephen Dorrell	22/10/2009	Charnwood	Conservative	Signed
Anne McIntosh	22/10/2009	Vale of York	Conservative	Signed
Paul Keetch	22/10/2009	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Hemming	26/10/2009	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Hunt	26/10/2009	South West Surrey	Conservative	Signed
Andy Slaughter	26/10/2009			Signed
Mark Williams	26/10/2009	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Anderson	26/10/2009	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	26/10/2009	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
George Galloway	26/10/2009	Bethnal Green & Bow	Respect	Signed
Frank Cook	26/10/2009	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Alistair Burt	26/10/2009	North East Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Malcolm Moss	26/10/2009	North East Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Love	27/10/2009	Edmonton	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	27/10/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Theresa May	28/10/2009	Maidenhead	Conservative	Signed
Paul Murphy	28/10/2009	Torfaen	Labour	Signed
Christopher Fraser	28/10/2009	South West Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
Ann Widdecombe	28/10/2009	Maidstone & The Weald	Conservative	Signed
John Leech	28/10/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Derek Twigg	29/10/2009	Halton	Labour	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	03/11/2009	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
Ashok Kumar	03/11/2009	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	05/11/2009	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	10/11/2009	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jennifer Willott	10/11/2009	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Evan Harris	11/11/2009	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Austin	11/11/2009	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed

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