Review Of Electoral Law (EDM1253)

Review Of Electoral Law

EDM number 1253 in 1997-98, proposed by John McWilliam on 27/04/1998.

That this House calls upon Her Majesty's Government urgently to review electoral law with regard to candidates' descriptions to prevent candidates describing themselves in ways which are designed to mislead or confuse the electorate.

This motion has been signed by a total of 58 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
John McWilliam	27/04/1998	Blaydon	Labour	Proposed
Lawrence Cunliffe	27/04/1998	Leigh	Labour	Seconded
Jamie Cann	27/04/1998	Ipswich	Labour	Seconded
Bob Russell	28/04/1998	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	28/04/1998	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	28/04/1998	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Ashok Kumar	28/04/1998	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Julian Lewis	28/04/1998	New Forest East	Conservative	Signed
Paul Flynn	28/04/1998	Newport West	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	28/04/1998	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Tom Cox	29/04/1998	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Paul Tyler	29/04/1998	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	29/04/1998	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward Davey	29/04/1998	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Clarke	29/04/1998	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	29/04/1998	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	29/04/1998	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	30/04/1998	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	30/04/1998	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Dafydd Wigley	30/04/1998	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Jim Wallace	30/04/1998	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Truswell	30/04/1998	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	30/04/1998	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	30/04/1998	Easington	Labour	Signed
John Cryer	30/04/1998	Hornchurch	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	30/04/1998	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Ivan Henderson	30/04/1998	Harwich	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	30/04/1998	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jenny Jones	30/04/1998	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Andy King	30/04/1998	Rugby & Kenilworth	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	30/04/1998	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Judy Mallaber	30/04/1998	Amber Valley	Labour	Signed
Jim Marshall	30/04/1998	Leicester South	Labour	Signed
Bill Michie	30/04/1998	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour	Signed
Alasdair Morgan	30/04/1998	Galloway & Upper Nithsdale	Scottish National Party	Signed
Evan Harris	05/05/1998	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Kidney	05/05/1998	Stafford	Labour	Signed
Syd Rapson	06/05/1998	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Jeff Ennis	06/05/1998	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	07/05/1998	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Valerie Davey	07/05/1998	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	11/05/1998	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Dismore	11/05/1998	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Mark Oaten	11/05/1998	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Fitzpatrick	13/05/1998	Poplar & Canning Town	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	13/05/1998	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kevin McNamara	18/05/1998	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	19/05/1998	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Austin	19/05/1998	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	21/05/1998	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Brand	01/06/1998	Isle of Wight	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martyn Jones	02/06/1998	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
Andrew Love	04/06/1998	Edmonton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Ivan Lewis	16/06/1998	Bury South	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	18/06/1998	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Tony Clarke	25/06/1998	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
Ken Livingstone	16/07/1998	Brent East	Labour	Signed
Huw Edwards	Unknown			Withdrawn

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