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JEFF TORRINGTON'S NOVEL `SWING HAMMER SWING`

EDM number 1482 in 1992-93, proposed by Thomas Graham on 25/02/1993.

That this House congratulates Jeff Torrington, born and bred in the Gorbals, now living in Linwood, Renfrewshire, former Linwood Talbot car worker and author of the ú20.000 prize Whitbread Book of the Year Award, for his first novel 'Swing Hammer Swing'; and notes the international recognition that his success has brought him as a working class writer of great esteem.

This motion has been signed by a total of 148 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Tommy Graham25/02/1993Renfrew West and InverclydeProposed
Nigel Griffiths25/02/1993Edinburgh SouthSigned
Max Madden25/02/1993Bradford WestSigned
Mike O'Brien25/02/1993North WarwickshireSigned
Colin Pickthall25/02/1993West LancashireSigned
Peter Pike25/02/1993BurnleySigned
Raymond Powell25/02/1993OgmoreSigned
Dawn Primarolo25/02/1993Bristol SouthSigned
Martin Redmond25/02/1993Don ValleySigned
John Reid25/02/1993Motherwell NorthSigned
Geoffrey Robinson25/02/1993Coventry North WestSigned
Ernie Ross25/02/1993Dundee WestSigned
Joan Ruddock25/02/1993Lewisham, DeptfordSigned
Brian Sedgemore25/02/1993Hackney South & ShoreditchSigned
Peter Shore25/02/1993Bethnal Green and StepneySigned
Clare Short25/02/1993Birmingham, LadywoodSigned
Alan Simpson25/02/1993Nottingham SouthSigned
Dennis Skinner25/02/1993BolsoverSigned
Llew Smith25/02/1993Blaenau GwentSigned
Peter Snape25/02/1993West Bromwich EastSigned
Clive Soley25/02/1993HammersmithSigned
John Spellar25/02/1993Warley WestSigned
Rachel Squire25/02/1993Dunfermline WestSigned
Peter Hardy25/02/1993WentworthSigned
Harriet Harman25/02/1993PeckhamSigned
David Hinchliffe25/02/1993WakefieldSigned
John Home Robertson25/02/1993East LothianSigned
Jimmy Hood25/02/1993ClydesdaleSigned
Geoff Hoon25/02/1993AshfieldSigned
George Howarth25/02/1993Knowsley NorthSigned
Doug Hoyle25/02/1993Warrington NorthSigned
Kevin Hughes25/02/1993Doncaster NorthSigned
Robert Hughes25/02/1993Aberdeen NorthSigned
Roy Hughes25/02/1993Newport EastSigned
Eric Illsley25/02/1993Barnsley CentralSigned
Adam Ingram25/02/1993East KilbrideSigned
Helen Jackson25/02/1993Sheffield, HillsboroughSigned
Martyn Jones25/02/1993Clwyd South WestSigned
Tessa Jowell25/02/1993DulwichSigned
Jane Kennedy25/02/1993Liverpool BroadgreenSigned
Peter Kilfoyle25/02/1993Liverpool, WaltonSigned
Ron Leighton25/02/1993Newham North EastSigned
Terry Lewis25/02/1993WorsleySigned
Robert Litherland25/02/1993Manchester CentralSigned
Ken Livingstone25/02/1993Brent EastSigned
Tony Lloyd25/02/1993StretfordSigned
Eddie Loyden25/02/1993Liverpool, GarstonSigned
John Marek25/02/1993WrexhamSigned
Jim Marshall25/02/1993Leicester SouthSigned
Michael Martin25/02/1993Glasgow, SpringburnSigned
Eric Martlew25/02/1993CarlisleSigned
John Maxton25/02/1993Glasgow, CathcartSigned
John McAllion25/02/1993Dundee EastSigned
Thomas McAvoy25/02/1993Glasgow, RutherglenSigned
Ian McCartney25/02/1993MakerfieldSigned
William McKelvey25/02/1993Kilmarnock & LoudounSigned
Henry McLeish25/02/1993Central FifeSigned
Alan Meale25/02/1993MansfieldSigned
Alun Michael25/02/1993Cardiff South & PenarthSigned
Andrew Miller25/02/1993Ellesmere Port & NestonSigned
Lewis Moonie25/02/1993KirkcaldySigned
Rhodri Morgan25/02/1993Cardiff WestSigned
Elliot Morley25/02/1993Glanford and ScunthorpeSigned
Alf Morris25/02/1993Manchester WythenshaweSigned
Estelle Morris25/02/1993Birmingham, YardleySigned
George Mudie25/02/1993Leeds EastSigned
Chris Mullin25/02/1993Sunderland SouthSigned
Bill Olner25/02/1993NuneatonSigned
Martin O'Neill25/02/1993ClackmannanSigned
Stan Orme25/02/1993Salford EastSigned
Jeremy Bray25/02/1993Motherwell SouthSigned
Richard Burden25/02/1993Birmingham, NorthfieldSigned
Stephen Byers25/02/1993WallsendSigned
Richard Caborn25/02/1993Sheffield CentralSigned
Anne Campbell25/02/1993CambridgeSigned
Ronnie Campbell25/02/1993Blyth ValleySigned
Dale Campbell-Savours25/02/1993WorkingtonSigned
Malcolm Chisholm25/02/1993Edinburgh LeithSigned
Michael Clapham25/02/1993Barnsley West & PenistoneSigned
Eric Clarke25/02/1993MidlothianSigned
David Clelland25/02/1993Tyne BridgeSigned
Ann Coffey25/02/1993StockportSigned
Harry Cohen25/02/1993LeytonSigned
Michael Connarty25/02/1993Falkirk EastSigned
Frank Cook25/02/1993Stockton NorthSigned
Jean Corston25/02/1993Bristol EastSigned
Jim Cousins25/02/1993Newcastle upon Tyne CentralSigned
Tom Cox25/02/1993TootingSigned
Bob Cryer25/02/1993Bradford SouthSigned
John Cummings25/02/1993EasingtonSigned
Ian Davidson25/02/1993Glasgow, GovanSigned
Denzil Davies25/02/1993LlanelliSigned
Terry Davis25/02/1993Birmingham, Hodge HillSigned
Donald Dewar25/02/1993Glasgow GarscaddenSigned
Brian H Donohoe25/02/1993Cunninghame SouthSigned
Jimmy Dunnachie25/02/1993Glasgow, PollokSigned
Angela Eagle25/02/1993WallaseySigned
Kenneth Eastham25/02/1993Manchester, BlackleySigned
Bill Etherington25/02/1993Sunderland NorthSigned
Mark Fisher25/02/1993Stoke-on-Trent CentralSigned
Paul Flynn25/02/1993Newport WestSigned
George Foulkes25/02/1993Carrick, Cumnock and Doon ValleySigned
John Fraser25/02/1993NorwoodSigned
Maria Fyfe25/02/1993Glasgow, MaryhillSigned
George Galloway25/02/1993Glasgow HillheadSigned
Mike Gapes25/02/1993Ilford SouthSigned
Bruce George25/02/1993Walsall SouthSigned
Norman Godman25/02/1993Greenock and Port GlasgowSigned
Roger Godsiff25/02/1993Birmingham Small HeathSigned
Llin Golding25/02/1993Newcastle-under-LymeSigned
Mildred Gordon25/02/1993Bow and PoplarSigned
Irene Adams25/02/1993Paisley NorthSigned
Nick Ainger25/02/1993PembrokeSigned
Graham Allen25/02/1993Nottingham NorthSigned
Bruce Grocott25/02/1993Wrekin, TheSigned
John Gunnell25/02/1993Leeds South and MorleySigned
Peter Hain25/02/1993NeathSigned
Donald Anderson25/02/1993Swansea EastSigned
Tony Banks25/02/1993Newham North WestSigned
Harry Barnes25/02/1993North East DerbyshireSigned
Kevin Barron25/02/1993Rother ValleySigned
John Battle25/02/1993Leeds WestSigned
Hugh Bayley25/02/1993York, City ofSigned
Stuart Bell25/02/1993MiddlesbroughSigned
Tony Benn25/02/1993ChesterfieldSigned
Gerry Bermingham25/02/1993St Helens SouthSigned
Paul Boateng25/02/1993Brent SouthSigned
Jimmy Boyce25/02/1993RotherhamSigned
George Stevenson25/02/1993Stoke-on-Trent SouthSigned
Gavin Strang25/02/1993Edinburgh EastSigned
Jack Thompson25/02/1993WansbeckSigned
Keith Vaz25/02/1993Leicester EastSigned
Robert Wareing25/02/1993Liverpool, West DerbySigned
Mike Watson25/02/1993Glasgow CentralSigned
David Winnick25/02/1993Walsall NorthSigned
Audrey Wise25/02/1993PrestonSigned
Tony Worthington25/02/1993Clydebank & MilngavieSigned
James Wray25/02/1993Glasgow ProvanSigned
Bill Michie26/02/1993Sheffield, HeeleySigned
Bridget Prentice01/03/1993Lewisham EastSigned
Jim Dowd01/03/1993Lewisham WestSigned
Janet Anderson01/03/1993Rossendale & DarwenSigned
Lynne Jones02/03/1993Birmingham, Selly OakSigned
John Evans02/03/1993St Helens NorthSigned
Andrew Faulds02/03/1993Warley EastSigned
Mike Hall04/03/1993Warrington SouthSigned
Alan Williams04/03/1993Swansea WestSigned
Joyce Quin11/03/1993Gateshead EastSigned

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