Independent Commission On Voting Systems (EDM537)

Independent Commission On Voting Systems

EDM number 537 in 1997-98, proposed by Stephen Twigg on 01/12/1997.

That this House welcomes the establishment of an independent commission on voting systems to recommend a proportional alternative to the first-past-the-post system for election to the House of Commons which can then be put to a referendum of the British people before the next general election; and believes that open and informed discussion of the options for electoral reform will be good for democracy in the United Kingdom.

This motion has been signed by a total of 112 MPs, 3 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Stephen Twigg	01/12/1997	Enfield, Southgate	Labour	Proposed
Nick Palmer	01/12/1997	Broxtowe	Labour	Signed
Lawrie Quinn	01/12/1997	Scarborough & Whitby	Labour	Signed
Bill Rammell	01/12/1997	Harlow	Labour	Signed
Evan Harris	01/12/1997	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Jones	01/12/1997	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	01/12/1997	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Oona King	01/12/1997	Bethnal Green & Bow	Labour	Signed
Martin Linton	01/12/1997	Battersea	Labour	Signed
Rhodri Morgan	01/12/1997	Cardiff West	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	01/12/1997	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Burden	01/12/1997	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Anne Campbell	01/12/1997	Cambridge	Labour	Signed
Ann Clwyd	01/12/1997	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	01/12/1997	Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Huw Edwards	01/12/1997	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
George Galloway	01/12/1997	Glasgow, Kelvin	Labour	Signed
Linda Gilroy	01/12/1997	Plymouth, Sutton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Hugh Bayley	01/12/1997	York, City of	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	01/12/1997	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	01/12/1997	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jenny Tonge	01/12/1997	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Tyler	01/12/1997	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Steve Webb	01/12/1997	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
James Plaskitt	02/12/1997	Warwick & Leamington	Labour	Signed
David Rendel	02/12/1997	Newbury	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Johnson	02/12/1997	Kingston upon Hull West & Hessle	Labour	Signed
Ruth Kelly	02/12/1997	Bolton West	Labour	Signed
Charles Kennedy	02/12/1997	Ross, Skye & Inverness West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kevin McNamara	02/12/1997	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Peter Brand	02/12/1997	Isle of Wight	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	02/12/1997	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robin Corbett	02/12/1997	Birmingham, Erdington	Labour	Signed
Norman Godman	02/12/1997	Greenock & Inverclyde	Labour	Signed
Alan Beith	02/12/1997	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Matthew Taylor	02/12/1997	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Temple-Morris	02/12/1997	Leominster	Independent Conservative	Signed
Jim Wallace	02/12/1997	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Williams	02/12/1997	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	03/12/1997	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Marek	03/12/1997	Wrexham	Labour	Signed
Austin Mitchell	03/12/1997	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Dan Norris	03/12/1997	Wansdyke	Labour	Signed
Mark Oaten	03/12/1997	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Diana Organ	03/12/1997	Forest of Dean	Labour	Signed
Ben Bradshaw	03/12/1997	Exeter	Labour	Signed
David Drew	03/12/1997	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Richard Allan	03/12/1997	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	03/12/1997	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joe Ashton	03/12/1997	Bassetlaw	Labour	Signed
Nigel Beard	03/12/1997	Bexleyheath & Crayford	Labour	Signed
Mark Todd	03/12/1997	South Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Alan Whitehead	03/12/1997	Southampton, Test	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	04/12/1997	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Richard Livsey	04/12/1997	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McAllion	04/12/1997	Dundee East	Labour	Signed
Menzies Campbell	04/12/1997	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ronnie Fearn	04/12/1997	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Don Foster	04/12/1997	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Baker	04/12/1997	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	05/12/1997	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Fiona Mactaggart	05/12/1997	Slough	Labour	Signed
Michael Moore	05/12/1997	Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Brake	05/12/1997	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Judith Church	05/12/1997	Dagenham	Labour	Signed
Valerie Davey	05/12/1997	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
Barbara Follett	05/12/1997	Stevenage	Labour	Signed
Jane Griffiths	05/12/1997	Reading East	Labour	Signed
Jackie Ballard	05/12/1997	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Giles Radice	08/12/1997	North Durham	Labour	Signed
Ieuan Wyn Jones	08/12/1997	Ynys M	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Nigel Jones	08/12/1997	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lewis Moonie	08/12/1997	Kirkcaldy	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Edward Davey	08/12/1997	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	08/12/1997	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Charlotte Atkins	08/12/1997	Staffordshire Moorlands	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	08/12/1997	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	08/12/1997	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Dafydd Wigley	08/12/1997	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Jackie Lawrence	10/12/1997	Preseli Pembrokeshire	Labour	Signed
Gareth Thomas	10/12/1997	Harrow West	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Wicks	10/12/1997	Croydon North	Labour	Signed
Brian Cotter	11/12/1997	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gisela Stuart	11/12/1997	Birmingham, Edgbaston	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hesford	12/12/1997	Wirral West	Labour	Signed
Patrick Hall	12/12/1997	Bedford	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	12/12/1997	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	12/12/1997	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Ivan Lewis	15/12/1997	Bury South	Labour	Signed
John Grogan	15/12/1997	Selby	Labour	Signed
Julia Drown	16/12/1997	South Swindon	Labour	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	17/12/1997	Medway	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	17/12/1997	Bristol North West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Simon Hughes	18/12/1997	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lembit	19/12/1997	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Home Robertson	22/12/1997	East Lothian	Labour	Signed
Rosemary McKenna	22/12/1997	Cumbernauld & Kilsyth	Labour	Signed
Eric Clarke	22/12/1997	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Donald Gorrie	22/12/1997	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Hume	12/01/1998	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	12/01/1998	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
David Lock	12/01/1998	Wyre Forest	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	12/01/1998	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ivor Caplin	12/01/1998	Hove	Labour	Signed
Tony Colman	12/01/1998	Putney	Labour	Signed
David Chidgey	14/01/1998	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris McCafferty	10/02/1998	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Robert Smith	17/02/1998	West Aberdeenshire & Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Willis	08/04/1998	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Margaret Hodge	Unknown			Withdrawn
Calum Macdonald	Unknown			Withdrawn
Keith Hill	Unknown			Withdrawn

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