200th Anniversary Of The Birth Of Charles Darwin (EDM377)

200th Anniversary Of The Birth Of Charles Darwin

EDM number 377 in 2008-09, proposed by Ashok Kumar on 12/01/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Science.

That this House notes the extraordinary achievements of Charles Darwin; notes that 2009 marks both the 200th anniversary of Darwin's birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species; welcomes proposals for the creation of a Darwin Day in recognition of the ground-breaking work of the British scientist responsible for the theory of evolution by natural selection; and calls for Darwin's birthday, 12 February, to be designated a public holiday in honour of one of the fathers of modern science and one of Britain's greatest, if not the greatest, scientific minds.

This motion has been signed by a total of 83 MPs, 4 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Ashok Kumar	12/01/2009	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland	Labour	Proposed
Peter Bottomley	12/01/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Ian Stewart	12/01/2009	Eccles	Labour	Seconded
Andrew George	12/01/2009	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Brian Iddon	13/01/2009	Bolton South East	Labour	Seconded
Kelvin Hopkins	13/01/2009	Luton North	Labour	Seconded
Lindsay Hoyle	13/01/2009	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	13/01/2009	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	13/01/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Taylor	13/01/2009	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	14/01/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
Angus MacNeil	14/01/2009	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
Andrew Dismore	14/01/2009	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	14/01/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	14/01/2009	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	15/01/2009	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	15/01/2009	Kingston and Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Hemming	15/01/2009	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	19/01/2009	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	19/01/2009	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Christopher Huhne	19/01/2009	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Evan Harris	19/01/2009	Oxford West and Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
James Clappison	19/01/2009	Hertsmere	Conservative	Signed
Ken Purchase	20/01/2009	Wolverhampton North East	Labour	Signed
Gerald Kaufman	20/01/2009	Manchester, Gorton	Labour	Signed
Bob Laxton	20/01/2009	Derby North	Labour	Signed
Ian McCartney	20/01/2009	Makerfield	Labour	Signed
John Austin	20/01/2009	Erith and Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	20/01/2009	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Mark Hunter	20/01/2009	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	21/01/2009	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
John Battle	21/01/2009	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Andrew MacKay	21/01/2009	Bracknell	Conservative	Signed
John Horam	21/01/2009	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
Stephen Hesford	22/01/2009	Wirral West	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	22/01/2009	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Charlotte Atkins	22/01/2009	Staffordshire Moorlands	Labour	Signed
Andrew Pelling	26/01/2009	Croydon Central	Independent	Signed
Jeremy Browne	26/01/2009	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	26/01/2009	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	26/01/2009	Morley and Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	26/01/2009	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Adrian Sanders	26/01/2009	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Palmer	26/01/2009	Broxtowe	Labour	Signed
Mark Oaten	26/01/2009	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kim Howells	27/01/2009	Pontypridd	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	27/01/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Sally Keeble	27/01/2009	Northampton North	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	27/01/2009	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Linda Riordan	27/01/2009	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Jennifer Willott	27/01/2009	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony Lloyd	28/01/2009	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	28/01/2009	Harrogate and Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Russell	29/01/2009	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Keetch	29/01/2009	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris McCafferty	03/02/2009	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Tim Boswell	03/02/2009	Daventry	Conservative	Signed
Julie Morgan	04/02/2009	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Dari Taylor	04/02/2009	Stockton South	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	04/02/2009	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	10/02/2009	Medway	Labour	Signed
Jim Cousins	11/02/2009	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	23/02/2009	Blackpool North and Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
David Howarth	23/02/2009	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Ancram	23/02/2009	Devizes	Conservative	Signed
Paul Farrelly	23/02/2009	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	23/02/2009	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	23/02/2009	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	27/02/2009	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	03/03/2009	Hornsey and Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andy Reed	05/03/2009	Loughborough	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	05/03/2009	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Judy Mallaber	10/03/2009	Amber Valley	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	12/03/2009	Easington	Labour	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	12/03/2009	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
Susan Kramer	20/03/2009	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Cawsey	01/04/2009	Brigg and Goole	Labour	Signed
Chris Ruane	01/06/2009	Vale of Clwyd	Labour	Signed
Kevin Barron	01/07/2009	Rother Valley	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	Unknown			Withdrawn
Michael Jabez Foster	Unknown			Withdrawn
John Heppell	Unknown			Withdrawn
John Bercow	Unknown			Withdrawn

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