Thomas Paine 1737-1809 (EDM445)

Thomas Paine 1737-1809

EDM number 445 in 1996-97, proposed by Graham Allen on 27/01/1997.

This this House commemorates the anniversary of the birth of Thomas Paine on 29th January; notes the continuing relevance of his writings, the Rights of Man and Common Sense, for Britons to become citizens not subjects; and looks forward, on the anniversary of the Leader of the Opposition's John Smi th Memorial Lecture on Democracy, to the next government drawing continuing inspiration from the works of Britain's foremost democrat.

This motion has been signed by a total of 51 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Type
Graham Allen	27/01/1997	Nottingham North	Proposed
Gordon Prentice	28/01/1997	Pendle	Signed
Robert Wareing	28/01/1997	Liverpool, West Derby	Signed
Hugh Bayley	28/01/1997	York, City of	Signed
Harry Barnes	28/01/1997	North East Derbyshire	Signed
Tony Banks	28/01/1997	Newham North West	Signed
Norman Godman	28/01/1997	Greenock and Port Glasgow	Signed
Maria Fyfe	28/01/1997	Glasgow, Maryhill	Signed
Michael Connarty	28/01/1997	Falkirk East	Signed
William McKelvey	28/01/1997	Kilmarnock & Loudoun	Signed
John McAllion	28/01/1997	Dundee East	Signed
Eric Illsley	28/01/1997	Barnsley Central	Signed
Peter Hardy	28/01/1997	Wentworth	Signed
Ernie Ross	28/01/1997	Dundee West	Signed
John Cummings	28/01/1997	Easington	Signed
John McWilliam	29/01/1997	Blaydon	Signed
Harold Walker	29/01/1997	Doncaster Central	Signed
Don Touhig	29/01/1997	Islwyn	Signed
Mike Hall	29/01/1997	Warrington South	Signed
John Evans	29/01/1997	St Helens North	Signed
Kenneth Eastham	29/01/1997	Manchester, Blackley	Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	29/01/1997	Leigh	Signed
Michael Clapham	29/01/1997	Barnsley West & Penistone	Signed
Ken Livingstone	29/01/1997	Brent East	Signed
Colin Pickthall	29/01/1997	West Lancashire	Signed
Barry Sheerman	30/01/1997	Huddersfield	Signed
Win Griffiths	30/01/1997	Bridgend	Signed
Jim Cunningham	30/01/1997	Coventry South East	Signed
Angela Eagle	30/01/1997	Wallasey	Signed
James Callaghan	03/02/1997	Heywood & Middleton	Signed
Ann Clwyd	03/02/1997	Cynon Valley	Signed
John Gunnell	03/02/1997	Leeds South and Morley	Signed
Allan Rogers	04/02/1997	Rhondda	Signed
Bill Michie	04/02/1997	Sheffield, Heeley	Signed
Dennis Turner	04/02/1997	Wolverhampton South East	Signed
Joe Benton	05/02/1997	Bootle	Signed
Mike Watson	05/02/1997	Glasgow Central	Signed
Tommy Graham	05/02/1997	Renfrew West and Inverclyde	Signed
Jean Corston	05/02/1997	Bristol East	Signed
Eric Clarke	05/02/1997	Midlothian	Signed
Alan Meale	05/02/1997	Mansfield	Signed
Bridget Prentice	06/02/1997	Lewisham East	Signed
Robert Hughes	06/02/1997	Aberdeen North	Signed
Denis MacShane	06/02/1997	Rotherham	Signed
Jack Thompson	06/02/1997	Wansbeck	Signed
Rachel Squire	10/02/1997	Dunfermline West	Signed
Audrey Wise	10/02/1997	Preston	Signed
Anne Campbell	11/02/1997	Cambridge	Signed
Martyn Jones	13/02/1997	Clwyd South West	Signed
Mildred Gordon	13/02/1997	Bow and Poplar	Signed
John Battle	13/02/1997	Leeds West	Signed

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