Postal Dispute

EDM number 2035 in 2008-09, proposed by Geraldine Smith on 13/10/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Industrial relations and Postal services.

That this House welcomes the proposals put forward by the Communication Workers Union seeking to find a resolution to the current postal dispute, in particular their offer to explore the possibility of third party mediation; and calls on the Government to do all in its power to ensure that Royal Mail responds positively to the union's proposal.

This motion has been signed by a total of 164 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Geraldine Smith	13/10/2009	Morecambe & Lunesdale	Labour	Proposed
Michael Connarty	13/10/2009	Linlithgow & Falkirk East	Labour	Seconded
Jim Dobbin	13/10/2009	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Seconded
David Crausby	13/10/2009	Bolton North East	Labour	Seconded
John McDonnell	13/10/2009	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Seconded
Colin Burgon	13/10/2009	Elmet	Labour	Seconded
Diane Abbott	13/10/2009	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Graham Allen	13/10/2009	Nottingham North	Labour	Signed
John Grogan	13/10/2009	Selby	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	13/10/2009	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Joe Benton	13/10/2009	Bootle	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	13/10/2009	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Mark Fisher	13/10/2009	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Nigel Evans	13/10/2009	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
Bill Etherington	13/10/2009	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Louise Ellman	13/10/2009	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour	Signed
David Drew	13/10/2009	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Frank Dobson	13/10/2009	Holborn & St Pancras	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	13/10/2009	Glasgow South West	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	13/10/2009	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	13/10/2009	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Roy	13/10/2009	Glenrothes	Labour	Signed
James McGovern	13/10/2009	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Katy Clark	13/10/2009	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Gordon Banks	13/10/2009	Ochil & Perthshire South	Labour	Signed
Anthony D Wright	13/10/2009	Great Yarmouth	Labour	Signed
David Winnick	13/10/2009	Walsall North	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	13/10/2009	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	13/10/2009	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
Joan Walley	13/10/2009	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	13/10/2009	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	13/10/2009	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	13/10/2009	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	13/10/2009	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	13/10/2009	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Jon Cruddas	13/10/2009	Dagenham	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	13/10/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	13/10/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	13/10/2009	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	13/10/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Dai Havard	13/10/2009	Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	13/10/2009	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	13/10/2009	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Jim Sheridan	13/10/2009	Paisley & Renfrewshire North	Labour	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	13/10/2009	Glasgow Central	Labour	Signed
John Robertson	13/10/2009	Glasgow North West	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	13/10/2009	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Anne Moffat	13/10/2009	East Lothian	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	13/10/2009	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Peter Kilfoyle	13/10/2009	Liverpool, Walton	Labour	Signed
Ashok Kumar	13/10/2009	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Jim Cousins	13/10/2009	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Ann Clwyd	13/10/2009	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Tom Clarke	13/10/2009	Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	13/10/2009	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	13/10/2009	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	13/10/2009	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	13/10/2009	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Andrew Miller	13/10/2009	Ellesmere Port & Neston	Labour	Signed
Bob Laxton	13/10/2009	Derby North	Labour	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	13/10/2009	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	13/10/2009	Medway	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	13/10/2009	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Shona McIsaac	13/10/2009	Cleethorpes	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	14/10/2009	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	14/10/2009	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	14/10/2009	Burton	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	14/10/2009	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	14/10/2009	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Mike Hancock	14/10/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Soulsby	14/10/2009	Leicester South	Labour	Signed
Emily Thornberry	14/10/2009	Islington South & Finsbury	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	14/10/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	14/10/2009	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Bill Olner	14/10/2009	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Iris Robinson	14/10/2009	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	14/10/2009	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	14/10/2009	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	14/10/2009	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	14/10/2009	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	14/10/2009	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	14/10/2009	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
William McCrea	14/10/2009	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Dai Davies	15/10/2009	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Jim Devine	15/10/2009	Livingston	Labour	Signed
David Anderson	15/10/2009	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	15/10/2009	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Anne Begg	15/10/2009	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	15/10/2009	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	15/10/2009	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Terry Rooney	15/10/2009	Bradford North	Labour	Signed
Andy Reed	15/10/2009	Loughborough	Labour	Signed
Nick Ainger	16/10/2009	Carmarthen West & South Pembrokeshire	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	16/10/2009	Easington	Labour	Signed
Gerald Kaufman	16/10/2009	Manchester, Gorton	Labour	Signed
Martyn Jones	16/10/2009	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	16/10/2009	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Stephen Pound	16/10/2009	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	19/10/2009	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	19/10/2009	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	19/10/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Mike Gapes	19/10/2009	Ilford South	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	19/10/2009	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Neil Gerrard	19/10/2009	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	19/10/2009	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	19/10/2009	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Austin Mitchell	19/10/2009	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	19/10/2009	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	19/10/2009	Dover	Labour	Signed
Ken Purchase	19/10/2009	Wolverhampton North East	Labour	Signed
Clare Short	19/10/2009	Birmingham, Ladywood	Independent Labour	Signed
Kate Hoey	19/10/2009	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
George Howarth	19/10/2009	Knowsley North & Sefton East	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	19/10/2009	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	19/10/2009	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Tom Levitt	19/10/2009	High Peak	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	20/10/2009	Bury North	Labour	Signed
David Clelland	20/10/2009	Tyne Bridge	Labour	Signed
Frank Field	20/10/2009	Birkenhead	Labour	Signed
Janet Anderson	20/10/2009	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
Graham Stringer	20/10/2009	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	20/10/2009	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	20/10/2009	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Richard Burden	20/10/2009	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Sandra Osborne	20/10/2009	Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Parmjit Dhanda	20/10/2009	Gloucester	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	20/10/2009	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Fraser Kemp	20/10/2009	Houghton & Washington East	Labour	Signed
Michael Meacher	20/10/2009	Oldham West & Royton	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	20/10/2009	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Denis Murphy	20/10/2009	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
John Mason	21/10/2009	Glasgow East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Linda Riordan	21/10/2009	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Frank Doran	21/10/2009	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	21/10/2009	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Tony Lloyd	21/10/2009	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	21/10/2009	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dari Taylor	22/10/2009	Stockton South	Labour	Signed
Sian James	22/10/2009	Swansea East	Labour	Signed
Andy Slaughter	26/10/2009			Signed
Pete Wishart	26/10/2009	Perth & Perthshire North	Scottish National Party	Signed
Malcolm Wicks	26/10/2009	Croydon North	Labour	Signed
Michael Weir	26/10/2009	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Howard Stoate	26/10/2009	Dartford	Labour	Signed
George Galloway	26/10/2009	Bethnal Green & Bow	Respect	Signed
Frank Cook	26/10/2009	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
John Mann	26/10/2009	Bassetlaw	Labour	Signed
Gavin Strang	27/10/2009	Edinburgh East	Labour	Signed
Ian Stewart	27/10/2009	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Chris Mullin	27/10/2009	Sunderland South	Labour	Signed
Stewart Hosie	28/10/2009	Dundee East	Scottish National Party	Signed
John Leech	28/10/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Martlew	29/10/2009	Carlisle	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hesford	29/10/2009	Wirral West	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	02/11/2009	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Alan Keen	04/11/2009	Feltham & Heston	Labour	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	04/11/2009	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
John Hemming	05/11/2009	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	09/11/2009	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
Eddie McGrady	09/11/2009	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Alex Salmond	09/11/2009	Banff & Buchan	Scottish National Party	Signed
Paul Murphy	11/11/2009	Torfaen	Labour	Signed
Ian Cawsey	11/11/2009	Brigg & Goole	Labour	Signed
John Austin	11/11/2009	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed

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