Save General Election Night Campaign

EDM number 334 in 2009-10, proposed by Tom Harris on 02/12/2009.
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This motion has been signed by a total of 116 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Tom Harris	02/12/2009	Glasgow South	Labour	Proposed
Peter Bone	02/12/2009	Wellingborough	Conservative	Seconded
Bob Russell	02/12/2009	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Elfyn Llwyd	02/12/2009	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Seconded
Geraldine Smith	02/12/2009	Morecambe & Lunesdale	Labour	Seconded
Eric Pickles	02/12/2009	Brentwood & Ongar	Conservative	Seconded
Angela Watkinson	02/12/2009	Upminster	Conservative	Signed
Derek Twigg	02/12/2009	Halton	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	02/12/2009	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	02/12/2009	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Richard Taylor	02/12/2009	Wyre Forest	Independent	Signed
Gisela Stuart	02/12/2009	Birmingham, Edgbaston	Labour	Signed
Norman Baker	02/12/2009	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
James Gray	02/12/2009	North Wiltshire	Conservative	Signed
Don Foster	02/12/2009	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Weir	02/12/2009	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Betty Williams	02/12/2009	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Michael Penning	02/12/2009	Hemel Hempstead	Conservative	Signed
Greg Mulholland	02/12/2009	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jo Swinson	02/12/2009	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nadine Dorries	02/12/2009	Mid Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Philip Davies	02/12/2009	Shipley	Conservative	Signed
John Hemming	02/12/2009	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Derek Wyatt	02/12/2009	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	02/12/2009	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Ann Winterton	02/12/2009	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
Nigel Evans	02/12/2009	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
David Drew	02/12/2009	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	02/12/2009	Glasgow South West	Labour	Signed
Alan Keen	02/12/2009	Feltham & Heston	Labour	Signed
John Horam	02/12/2009	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
Paul Holmes	02/12/2009	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	02/12/2009	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Spink	02/12/2009	Castle Point	Independent	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	02/12/2009	Glasgow Central	Labour	Signed
Andrew Rosindell	02/12/2009	Romford	Conservative	Signed
John Robertson	02/12/2009	Glasgow North West	Labour	Signed
Parmjit Dhanda	02/12/2009	Gloucester	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	02/12/2009	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Fraser Kemp	02/12/2009	Houghton & Washington East	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	02/12/2009	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Graham Brady	02/12/2009	Altrincham & Sale West	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Miller	02/12/2009	Ellesmere Port & Neston	Labour	Signed
Judy Mallaber	02/12/2009	Amber Valley	Labour	Signed
Humfrey Malins	02/12/2009	Woking	Conservative	Signed
Tom Levitt	02/12/2009	High Peak	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	02/12/2009	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour	Signed
Peter Kilfoyle	02/12/2009	Liverpool, Walton	Labour	Signed
Robert Key	02/12/2009	Salisbury	Conservative	Signed
David Taylor	03/12/2009	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Withdrawn
Andrew Dismore	03/12/2009	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Mike Gapes	03/12/2009	Ilford South	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	03/12/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	03/12/2009	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Stephen Williams	03/12/2009	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	03/12/2009	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	03/12/2009	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	03/12/2009	Pendle	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	03/12/2009	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Iddon	03/12/2009	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	03/12/2009	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	03/12/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Tim Loughton	03/12/2009	East Worthing & Shoreham	Conservative	Signed
Nigel Waterson	07/12/2009	Eastbourne	Conservative	Signed
Keith Vaz	07/12/2009	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
James Arbuthnot	07/12/2009	North East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Mike Hancock	07/12/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Hamilton	07/12/2009	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	07/12/2009	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	07/12/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	07/12/2009	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	07/12/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	07/12/2009	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	07/12/2009	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Moss	07/12/2009	North East Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
Mark Williams	08/12/2009	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Borrow	08/12/2009	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
David Amess	08/12/2009	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
David Chaytor	08/12/2009	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Ian Cawsey	08/12/2009	Brigg & Goole	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	08/12/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	08/12/2009	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dai Havard	08/12/2009	Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney	Labour	Signed
Edward Timpson	09/12/2009	Crewe & Nantwich	Conservative	Signed
Mark Hunter	09/12/2009	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	09/12/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Widdecombe	09/12/2009	Maidstone & The Weald	Conservative	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	09/12/2009	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
Janet Dean	09/12/2009	Burton	Labour	Signed
Denis Murphy	09/12/2009	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	09/12/2009	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Iris Robinson	10/12/2009	Strangford	DUP	Withdrawn
Daniel Rogerson	10/12/2009	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Graham Stuart	10/12/2009	Beverley & Holderness	Conservative	Signed
Rudi Vis	10/12/2009	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	10/12/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	14/12/2009	Hornsey & Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sandra Gidley	15/12/2009	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heyes	16/12/2009	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Andrew Love	16/12/2009	Edmonton	Labour	Signed
Sammy Wilson	16/12/2009	East Antrim	DUP	Signed
Chris McCafferty	05/01/2010	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	11/01/2010	Dumfries & Galloway	Labour	Signed
Greg Hands	13/01/2010	Hammersmith & Fulham	Conservative	Signed
Ann Clwyd	14/01/2010	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Richard Ottaway	20/01/2010	Croydon South	Conservative	Signed
Clive Efford	20/01/2010	Eltham	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	21/01/2010	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Crausby	21/01/2010	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Oliver Heald	21/01/2010	North East Hertfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Patrick Hall	25/01/2010	Bedford	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	25/01/2010	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Christopher Huhne	28/01/2010	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Mundell	01/02/2010	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale	Conservative	Signed
Simon Burns	02/02/2010	West Chelmsford	Conservative	Signed
Bruce George	08/02/2010	Walsall South	Labour	Signed

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