Fixed Term Parliaments (EDM511)

Fixed Term Parliaments

EDM number 511 in 2000-01, proposed by Austin Mitchell on 02/04/2001.

That this House notes the current uncertainties about the timing of the General Election; considers that all recent governments have used their freedom to call elections at the time which offers them the best party prospects, with all too little consideration of the wishes of the people or the needs of democracy, by going to the country early when things were going well, hanging on to the last possible moment when they weren't and generally viewing election timing opportunistically as an issue of party convenience to maximise the advantages of the incumbent government; and suggests that the need to strengthen and modernise British democracy now points firmly to fixed-term four year parliaments with elections held only when a Government has no majority to carry on, or Parliament resolves that an election is necessary to form a new Government.

This motion has been signed by a total of 41 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Austin Mitchell	02/04/2001	Great Grimsby	Labour	Proposed
Brian Cotter	02/04/2001	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	03/04/2001	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Bill Michie	03/04/2001	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	03/04/2001	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Dobbin	03/04/2001	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
David Taylor	03/04/2001	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Jenny Tonge	03/04/2001	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Wareing	03/04/2001	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	03/04/2001	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	03/04/2001	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Jones	04/04/2001	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	04/04/2001	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	04/04/2001	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Paul Marsden	04/04/2001	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	04/04/2001	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Paul Tyler	05/04/2001	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony Banks	05/04/2001	West Ham	Labour	Signed
Norman Baker	05/04/2001	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sandra Gidley	05/04/2001	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Clarke	05/04/2001	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	05/04/2001	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Brand	05/04/2001	Isle of Wight	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	05/04/2001	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	05/04/2001	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Patrick Cormack	05/04/2001	South Staffordshire	Conservative	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	06/04/2001	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	06/04/2001	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	09/04/2001	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Teddy Taylor	09/04/2001	Rochford & Southend East	Conservative	Signed
David Chidgey	10/04/2001	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Borrow	10/04/2001	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	10/04/2001	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Rendel	10/04/2001	Newbury	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Keetch	23/04/2001	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Cryer	23/04/2001	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Stephen Twigg	23/04/2001	Enfield, Southgate	Labour	Signed
Linda Perham	25/04/2001	Ilford North	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Savidge	26/04/2001	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	26/04/2001	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Donald Gorrie	30/04/2001	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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