Nancy Astor's Seventieth Anniversary;Amdt. line 2:

EDM number 16A1 in 1989-90, proposed by Jeremy Corbyn on 24/11/1989.

After 'seat', insert 'but recalls that the first woman elected to the House of Commons was Constance Markiewicz, who true to her republican principles and belief in Irish freedom, did not take up her seat;'.

This is a ammendment to 16.

This motion has been signed by a total of 5 MPs.