State Of Electoral Registration
EDM number 147 in 1995-96, proposed by Harry Barnes on 04/12/1995.
That this House notes that the latest official electoral figures show that there is an average of five per cent. of the eligible population missing from electoral registers in the United Kingdom; further notes that these figures under-state the problem and that as many as three to four million people may be absent from registers, a claim that is described as broadly correct by the OPCS Director of Statistics; believes that this continuing and high level of voter under-registration, particularly in inner city areas and among the homeless and rootless, black people and youth, should be of urgent concern to democrats in all parties and none as it undermines the quality of parliamentary democracy; further notes that Saturday 16th December is the deadline for people having their names included in the annual register of voters published in February; and encourages those who have not already done so to register by this deadline; further believes that reforming the current outdated voter registration system through the introduction of a rolling register will help to reverse the dramatic shortfall in electoral registration as this will allow people to register where they live, when they live there and will give extra duties for electoral registration officers, greater local and national publicity and increased access by disabled people to polling stations and to voting; and congratulates the Full Franchise umbrella group for seeking to bring all these matters to the attention of Parliament and the people during its week of activities from 3rd December.
This motion has been signed by a total of 169 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.
MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
Harry Barnes | 04/12/1995 | North East Derbyshire | | Proposed |
Nigel Griffiths | 04/12/1995 | Edinburgh South | | Signed |
David Hanson | 04/12/1995 | Delyn | | Signed |
Max Madden | 04/12/1995 | Bradford West | | Signed |
Colin Pickthall | 04/12/1995 | West Lancashire | | Signed |
Peter Pike | 04/12/1995 | Burnley | | Signed |
Robert Parry | 04/12/1995 | Liverpool, Riverside | | Signed |
Greg Pope | 04/12/1995 | Hyndburn | | Signed |
Raymond Powell | 04/12/1995 | Ogmore | | Signed |
Bridget Prentice | 04/12/1995 | Lewisham East | | Signed |
Gordon Prentice | 04/12/1995 | Pendle | | Signed |
Ken Purchase | 04/12/1995 | Wolverhampton North East | | Signed |
Joyce Quin | 04/12/1995 | Gateshead East | | Signed |
Martin Redmond | 04/12/1995 | Don Valley | | Signed |
Ted Rowlands | 04/12/1995 | Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney | | Signed |
Joan Ruddock | 04/12/1995 | Lewisham, Deptford | | Signed |
Richard Shepherd | 04/12/1995 | Aldridge-Brownhills | | Signed |
Peter Shore | 04/12/1995 | Bethnal Green and Stepney | | Signed |
Alan Simpson | 04/12/1995 | Nottingham South | | Signed |
Dennis Skinner | 04/12/1995 | Bolsover | | Signed |
Llew Smith | 04/12/1995 | Blaenau Gwent | | Signed |
Martin Smyth | 04/12/1995 | Belfast South | | Signed |
Clive Soley | 04/12/1995 | Hammersmith | | Signed |
Nick Harvey | 04/12/1995 | North Devon | | Signed |
John Heppell | 04/12/1995 | Nottingham East | | Signed |
Keith Hill | 04/12/1995 | Streatham | | Signed |
Norman Hogg | 04/12/1995 | Cumbernauld & Kilsyth | | Signed |
John Home Robertson | 04/12/1995 | East Lothian | | Signed |
Alan Howarth | 04/12/1995 | Stratford-on-Avon | | Signed |
Kevin Hughes | 04/12/1995 | Doncaster North | | Signed |
Helen Jackson | 04/12/1995 | Sheffield, Hillsborough | | Signed |
David Jamieson | 04/12/1995 | Plymouth, Devonport | | Signed |
Jon Owen Jones | 04/12/1995 | Cardiff Central | | Signed |
Lynne Jones | 04/12/1995 | Birmingham, Selly Oak | | Signed |
Martyn Jones | 04/12/1995 | Clwyd South West | | Signed |
Tessa Jowell | 04/12/1995 | Dulwich | | Signed |
Alan Keen | 04/12/1995 | Feltham & Heston | | Signed |
Jane Kennedy | 04/12/1995 | Liverpool Broadgreen | | Signed |
Terry Lewis | 04/12/1995 | Worsley | | Signed |
Robert Litherland | 04/12/1995 | Manchester Central | | Signed |
Ken Livingstone | 04/12/1995 | Brent East | | Signed |
Tony Lloyd | 04/12/1995 | Stretford | | Signed |
Calum MacDonald | 04/12/1995 | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | | Signed |
Robert Maclennan | 04/12/1995 | Caithness and Sutherland | | Signed |
Denis MacShane | 04/12/1995 | Rotherham | | Signed |
Diana Maddock | 04/12/1995 | Christchurch | | Signed |
Alice Mahon | 04/12/1995 | Halifax | | Signed |
John Marek | 04/12/1995 | Wrexham | | Signed |
Eric Martlew | 04/12/1995 | Carlisle | | Signed |
John McAllion | 04/12/1995 | Dundee East | | Signed |
Thomas McAvoy | 04/12/1995 | Glasgow, Rutherglen | | Signed |
Ian McCartney | 04/12/1995 | Makerfield | | Signed |
John McFall | 04/12/1995 | Dumbarton | | Signed |
Austin Mitchell | 04/12/1995 | Great Grimsby | | Signed |
Lewis Moonie | 04/12/1995 | Kirkcaldy | | Signed |
Rhodri Morgan | 04/12/1995 | Cardiff West | | Signed |
Elliot Morley | 04/12/1995 | Glanford and Scunthorpe | | Signed |
Alf Morris | 04/12/1995 | Manchester Wythenshawe | | Signed |
Estelle Morris | 04/12/1995 | Birmingham, Yardley | | Signed |
Chris Mullin | 04/12/1995 | Sunderland South | | Signed |
Bill O'Brien | 04/12/1995 | Normanton | | Signed |
Edward O'Hara | 04/12/1995 | Knowsley South | | Signed |
Bill Olner | 04/12/1995 | Nuneaton | | Signed |
Keith Bradley | 04/12/1995 | Manchester, Withington | | Signed |
Richard Burden | 04/12/1995 | Birmingham, Northfield | | Signed |
Stephen Byers | 04/12/1995 | Wallsend | | Signed |
Anne Campbell | 04/12/1995 | Cambridge | | Signed |
Malcolm Chisholm | 04/12/1995 | Edinburgh Leith | | Signed |
Judith Church | 04/12/1995 | Dagenham | | Signed |
Michael Clapham | 04/12/1995 | Barnsley West & Penistone | | Signed |
Ann Clwyd | 04/12/1995 | Cynon Valley | | Signed |
Ann Coffey | 04/12/1995 | Stockport | | Signed |
Michael Connarty | 04/12/1995 | Falkirk East | | Signed |
Frank Cook | 04/12/1995 | Stockton North | | Signed |
Robin Corbett | 04/12/1995 | Birmingham, Erdington | | Signed |
Jean Corston | 04/12/1995 | Bristol East | | Signed |
Jim Cousins | 04/12/1995 | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | | Signed |
John Cummings | 04/12/1995 | Easington | | Signed |
Jim Cunningham | 04/12/1995 | Coventry South East | | Signed |
Tam Dalyell | 04/12/1995 | Linlithgow | | Signed |
Bryan Davies | 04/12/1995 | Oldham Central and Royton | | Signed |
Terry Davis | 04/12/1995 | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | | Signed |
Brian H Donohoe | 04/12/1995 | Cunninghame South | | Signed |
Jim Dowd | 04/12/1995 | Lewisham West | | Signed |
Gwyneth Dunwoody | 04/12/1995 | Crewe & Nantwich | | Signed |
Angela Eagle | 04/12/1995 | Wallasey | | Signed |
Kenneth Eastham | 04/12/1995 | Manchester, Blackley | | Signed |
Bill Etherington | 04/12/1995 | Sunderland North | | Signed |
Margaret Ewing | 04/12/1995 | Moray | | Signed |
Andrew Faulds | 04/12/1995 | Warley East | | Signed |
Mark Fisher | 04/12/1995 | Stoke-on-Trent Central | | Signed |
Paul Flynn | 04/12/1995 | Newport West | | Signed |
John Garrett | 04/12/1995 | Norwich South | | Signed |
Neil Gerrard | 04/12/1995 | Walthamstow | | Signed |
Llin Golding | 04/12/1995 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | | Signed |
Diane Abbott | 04/12/1995 | Hackney North & Stoke Newington | | Signed |
Nick Ainger | 04/12/1995 | Pembroke | | Signed |
David Alton | 04/12/1995 | Liverpool Mossley Hill | | Signed |
John Gunnell | 04/12/1995 | Leeds South and Morley | | Signed |
Mike Hall | 04/12/1995 | Warrington South | | Signed |
Joe Ashton | 04/12/1995 | Bassetlaw | | Signed |
John Battle | 04/12/1995 | Leeds West | | Signed |
Hugh Bayley | 04/12/1995 | York, City of | | Signed |
Tony Benn | 04/12/1995 | Chesterfield | | Signed |
Joe Benton | 04/12/1995 | Bootle | | Signed |
Gerry Bermingham | 04/12/1995 | St Helens South | | Signed |
Clive Betts | 04/12/1995 | Sheffield, Attercliffe | | Signed |
Peter Bottomley | 04/12/1995 | Eltham | | Signed |
Gerry Steinberg | 04/12/1995 | Durham, City of | | Signed |
Don Touhig | 04/12/1995 | Islwyn | | Signed |
Joan Walley | 04/12/1995 | Stoke-on-Trent North | | Signed |
Malcolm Wicks | 04/12/1995 | Croydon North West | | Signed |
Alan Wynne Williams | 04/12/1995 | Carmarthen | | Signed |
David Winnick | 04/12/1995 | Walsall North | | Signed |
Tony Wright | 04/12/1995 | Cannock and Burntwood | | Signed |
Stuart Randall | 05/12/1995 | Kingston upon Hull West | | Signed |
Allan Rogers | 05/12/1995 | Rhondda | | Signed |
Terry Rooney | 05/12/1995 | Bradford North | | Signed |
Ernie Ross | 05/12/1995 | Dundee West | | Signed |
Barry Sheerman | 05/12/1995 | Huddersfield | | Signed |
Peter Hardy | 05/12/1995 | Wentworth | | Signed |
Robert Hughes | 05/12/1995 | Aberdeen North | | Signed |
Barry Jones | 05/12/1995 | Alyn & Deeside | | Signed |
Ieuan Wyn Jones | 05/12/1995 | Ynys M | | Signed |
Charles Kennedy | 05/12/1995 | Ross and Cromarty and Skye | | Signed |
Peter Kilfoyle | 05/12/1995 | Liverpool, Walton | | Signed |
David Knox | 05/12/1995 | Staffordshire Moorlands | | Signed |
Liz Lynne | 05/12/1995 | Rochdale | | Signed |
John Maxton | 05/12/1995 | Glasgow, Cathcart | | Signed |
William McKelvey | 05/12/1995 | Kilmarnock & Loudoun | | Signed |
Kevin McNamara | 05/12/1995 | Kingston upon Hull North | | Signed |
John McWilliam | 05/12/1995 | Blaydon | | Signed |
Alan Meale | 05/12/1995 | Mansfield | | Signed |
Martin O'Neill | 05/12/1995 | Clackmannan | | Signed |
Eric Clarke | 05/12/1995 | Midlothian | | Signed |
Tom Cox | 05/12/1995 | Tooting | | Signed |
Roseanna Cunningham | 05/12/1995 | Perth and Kinross | | Signed |
John Evans | 05/12/1995 | St Helens North | | Signed |
Maria Fyfe | 05/12/1995 | Glasgow, Maryhill | | Signed |
John Gilbert | 05/12/1995 | Dudley East | | Signed |
Norman Godman | 05/12/1995 | Greenock and Port Glasgow | | Signed |
Hilary Armstrong | 05/12/1995 | North West Durham | | Signed |
David Steel | 05/12/1995 | Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale | | Signed |
Paddy Tipping | 05/12/1995 | Sherwood | | Signed |
Paul Tyler | 05/12/1995 | North Cornwall | | Signed |
Jim Wallace | 05/12/1995 | Orkney & Shetland | | Signed |
Brian Wilson | 05/12/1995 | Cunninghame North | | Signed |
Glenda Jackson | 06/12/1995 | Hampstead & Highgate | | Signed |
Alex Carlile | 06/12/1995 | Montgomery | | Signed |
Jeremy Corbyn | 06/12/1995 | Islington North | | Signed |
Tony Banks | 06/12/1995 | Newham North West | | Signed |
Alex Salmond | 07/12/1995 | Banff & Buchan | | Signed |
Doug Henderson | 07/12/1995 | Newcastle upon Tyne North | | Signed |
Ray Michie | 07/12/1995 | Argyll & Bute | | Signed |
Andrew Miller | 07/12/1995 | Ellesmere Port & Neston | | Signed |
Mike Gapes | 07/12/1995 | Ilford South | | Signed |
Dafydd Wigley | 07/12/1995 | Caernarfon | | Signed |
Eric Illsley | 11/12/1995 | Barnsley Central | | Signed |
Malcolm Bruce | 11/12/1995 | Gordon | | Signed |
Rachel Squire | 12/12/1995 | Dunfermline West | | Signed |
James Callaghan | 12/12/1995 | Heywood & Middleton | | Signed |
Russell Johnston | 09/01/1996 | Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber | | Signed |
Menzies Campbell | 16/01/1996 | Fife North East | | Signed |
David Chidgey | 18/01/1996 | Eastleigh | | Signed |
Kim Howells | 25/01/1996 | Pontypridd | | Signed |
Nigel Jones | 25/01/1996 | Cheltenham | | Signed |
David Clelland | 25/01/1996 | Tyne Bridge | | Signed |
Dale Campbell-Savours | 15/02/1996 | Workington | | Signed |
Stephen Timms | Unknown | | | Withdrawn |
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