<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><edm>
<id>39555</id>
<session>2009-10</session>
<number>18</number>
<title>General Election Count Timing</title>
<proposer id="11245">Bob Spink</proposer>
<date>2009-11-18</date>
<text>That this House believes the counting of votes cast for the General Election should be carried out without delay and constituency results announced as early as possible; further believes that public interest and engagement are better served by the immediate counting of ballot papers and enabling as many voters as possible to watch the results being announced; 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.</text>
<topics>
	<topic>General elections</topic>
</topics>
<signatures>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11245">Bob Spink</mp>
		<date>2009-11-18</date>
		<type>Proposed</type>
		<constituency>Castle Point</constituency>
		<party>Independent</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10057">Peter Bottomley</mp>
		<date>2009-11-19</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Worthing West</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10298">Simon Hughes</mp>
		<date>2009-11-19</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>North Southwark &amp; Bermondsey</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10133">Jeremy Corbyn</mp>
		<date>2009-11-19</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Islington North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10066">Colin Breed</mp>
		<date>2009-11-19</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>South East Cornwall</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10521">Bob Russell</mp>
		<date>2009-11-19</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Colchester</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11816">Philip Davies</mp>
		<date>2009-11-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Shipley</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10623">Robert Wareing</mp>
		<date>2009-11-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Liverpool, West Derby</constituency>
		<party>Independent</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10021">John Austin</mp>
		<date>2009-11-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Erith &amp; Thamesmead</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10304">Brian Iddon</mp>
		<date>2009-11-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bolton South East</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10295">Lindsay Hoyle</mp>
		<date>2009-11-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Chorley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10647">Nicholas Winterton</mp>
		<date>2009-11-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Macclesfield</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11323">Hywel Williams</mp>
		<date>2009-11-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Caernarfon</constituency>
		<party>Plaid Cymru</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11312">Michael Weir</mp>
		<date>2009-11-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Angus</constituency>
		<party>Scottish National Party</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10383">John McDonnell</mp>
		<date>2009-11-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hayes &amp; Harlington</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="13735">Dai Davies</mp>
		<date>2009-11-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Blaenau Gwent</constituency>
		<party>Independent</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="12016">Mark Hunter</mp>
		<date>2009-11-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Cheadle</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11707">John Leech</mp>
		<date>2009-11-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Manchester, Withington</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10177">David Drew</mp>
		<date>2009-11-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Stroud</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10166">Janet Dean</mp>
		<date>2009-11-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Burton</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10157">Ian Davidson</mp>
		<date>2009-11-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Glasgow South West</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10142">Ann Cryer</mp>
		<date>2009-11-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Keighley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10679">William McCrea</mp>
		<date>2009-11-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South Antrim</constituency>
		<party>DUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10299">Joan Humble</mp>
		<date>2009-11-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Blackpool North &amp; Fleetwood</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10282">Kate Hoey</mp>
		<date>2009-11-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Vauxhall</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11174">John Pugh</mp>
		<date>2009-11-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Southport</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10616">Rudi Vis</mp>
		<date>2009-11-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Finchley &amp; Golders Green</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11345">Richard Younger-Ross</mp>
		<date>2009-11-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Teignbridge</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11420">John Hemming</mp>
		<date>2009-11-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Birmingham, Yardley</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="14142">Lindsay Roy</mp>
		<date>2009-11-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Glenrothes</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10012">Janet Anderson</mp>
		<date>2009-11-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Rossendale &amp; Darwen</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10224">Neil Gerrard</mp>
		<date>2009-11-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Walthamstow</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10096">Martin Caton</mp>
		<date>2009-11-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Gower</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11148">Albert Owen</mp>
		<date>2009-11-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ynys M</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10379">Ian McCartney</mp>
		<date>2009-11-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Makerfield</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10368">Elfyn Llwyd</mp>
		<date>2009-11-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Meirionnydd Nant Conwy</constituency>
		<party>Plaid Cymru</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10313">Brian Jenkins</mp>
		<date>2009-11-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Tamworth</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11798">Anne Main</mp>
		<date>2009-11-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>St Albans</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10189">Bill Etherington</mp>
		<date>2009-11-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Sunderland North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10331">Paul Keetch</mp>
		<date>2009-11-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hereford</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11275">Richard Taylor</mp>
		<date>2009-12-01</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Wyre Forest</constituency>
		<party>Independent</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10606">Paul Truswell</mp>
		<date>2009-12-01</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Pudsey</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10198">Mark Fisher</mp>
		<date>2009-12-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Stoke-on-Trent Central</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11971">Jo Swinson</mp>
		<date>2009-12-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>East Dunbartonshire</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10305">Eric Illsley</mp>
		<date>2009-12-07</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Barnsley Central</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10097">Ian Cawsey</mp>
		<date>2009-12-08</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Brigg &amp; Goole</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10780">Gregory Campbell</mp>
		<date>2009-12-08</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>East Londonderry</constituency>
		<party>DUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10262">Nick Harvey</mp>
		<date>2009-12-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North Devon</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10218">George Galloway</mp>
		<date>2009-12-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bethnal Green &amp; Bow</constituency>
		<party>Respect</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11513">Daniel Rogerson</mp>
		<date>2009-12-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North Cornwall</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11402">Alasdair McDonnell</mp>
		<date>2009-12-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Belfast South</constituency>
		<party>Social Democratic and Labour Party</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10288">Kelvin Hopkins</mp>
		<date>2009-12-15</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Luton North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10500">Andy Reed</mp>
		<date>2010-01-07</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Loughborough</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11672">Greg Mulholland</mp>
		<date>2010-01-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Leeds North West</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10294">Kim Howells</mp>
		<date>2010-01-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Pontypridd</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11494">Martin Horwood</mp>
		<date>2010-01-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Cheltenham</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11565">Christopher Huhne</mp>
		<date>2010-01-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Eastleigh</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11843">Robert Flello</mp>
		<date>2010-02-01</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Stoke-on-Trent South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10001">Diane Abbott</mp>
		<date>2010-02-08</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hackney North &amp; Stoke Newington</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
</signatures>
</edm>
