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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