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Primacy Of The House Of Commons

EDM number 1275 in 2001-02, proposed by David Clelland on 10/05/2002.

That this House believes that a reformed House of Lords should not be a duplicate of the House of Commons; further believes that the primacy of the elected House of Commons and its special responsibility of representing people must be maintained and that an elected second chamber, however constituted, would inevitably challenge that primacy and lead to bad government; and notes that it is entirely possible to create a representative and accountable second chamber without direct elections.

This motion has been signed by a total of 63 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
David Clelland10/05/2002Tyne BridgeLabourProposed
Bridget Prentice10/05/2002Lewisham EastLabourSigned
Tom Watson10/05/2002West Bromwich EastLabourSigned
Dennis Turner10/05/2002Wolverhampton South EastLabour Co-operativeSigned
Mike Gapes10/05/2002Ilford SouthLabour Co-operativeSigned
Ross Cranston10/05/2002Dudley NorthLabourSigned
Bill Olner10/05/2002NuneatonLabourSigned
Alan Meale10/05/2002MansfieldLabourSigned
John Mann10/05/2002BassetlawLabourSigned
Kevan Jones10/05/2002North DurhamLabourSigned
Terry Rooney10/05/2002Bradford NorthLabourSigned
Peter Pike13/05/2002BurnleyLabourSigned
Eric Joyce13/05/2002Falkirk WestLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell13/05/2002Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Jackie Lawrence14/05/2002Preseli PembrokeshireLabourSigned
Lynne Jones15/05/2002Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Stephen McCabe15/05/2002Birmingham, Hall GreenLabourSigned
Calum MacDonald15/05/2002Na h-Eileanan an IarLabourSigned
Stephen Hepburn15/05/2002JarrowLabourSigned
Eric Illsley16/05/2002Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Janet Dean16/05/2002BurtonLabourSigned
Desmond Turner16/05/2002Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
Syd Rapson20/05/2002Portsmouth NorthLabourSigned
Kevin Hughes20/05/2002Doncaster NorthLabourSigned
Betty Williams20/05/2002ConwyLabourSigned
Ann Widdecombe22/05/2002Maidstone & The WealdConservativeSigned
Khalid Mahmood24/05/2002Birmingham, Perry BarrLabourSigned
Iain Luke10/06/2002Dundee EastLabourSigned
Teddy Taylor10/06/2002Rochford & Southend EastConservativeSigned
Tam Dalyell10/06/2002LinlithgowLabourSigned
David Cairns10/06/2002Greenock & InverclydeLabourSigned
Colin Burgon10/06/2002ElmetLabourSigned
Siobhain McDonagh10/06/2002Mitcham & MordenLabourSigned
Phil Hope10/06/2002CorbyLabour Co-operativeSigned
Jimmy Hood10/06/2002ClydesdaleLabourSigned
Tom Harris10/06/2002Glasgow, CathcartLabourSigned
Colin Pickthall10/06/2002West LancashireLabourSigned
Jim Marshall10/06/2002Leicester SouthLabourSigned
Gerald Kaufman11/06/2002Manchester, GortonLabourSigned
Piara S Khabra11/06/2002Ealing, SouthallLabourSigned
Julie Kirkbride11/06/2002BromsgroveConservativeSigned
David Lepper11/06/2002Brighton, PavilionLabour Co-operativeSigned
Russell Brown11/06/2002DumfriesLabourSigned
Si12/06/2002Birmingham, ErdingtonLabourSigned
Geoffrey Robinson13/06/2002Coventry North WestLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins13/06/2002TamworthLabourSigned
David Amess13/06/2002Southend WestConservativeSigned
Nicholas Winterton17/06/2002MacclesfieldConservativeSigned
Alan Howarth17/06/2002Newport EastLabourSigned
Frank Cook18/06/2002Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Mark Tami26/06/2002Alyn & DeesideLabourSigned
Barry Sheerman02/07/2002HuddersfieldLabour Co-operativeSigned
Marion Roe04/07/2002BroxbourneConservativeSigned
John McFall10/07/2002DumbartonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Tony Clarke17/07/2002Northampton SouthLabourSigned
John Cummings06/11/2002EasingtonLabourSigned
George Foulkes06/11/2002Carrick, Cumnock and Doon ValleyLabour Co-operativeSigned
Ernie Ross07/11/2002Dundee WestLabourSigned
Kate Hoey07/11/2002VauxhallLabourSigned
Rosemary McKenna07/11/2002Cumbernauld & KilsythLabourSigned
Irene Adams07/11/2002Paisley NorthLabourSigned
Anne Begg07/11/2002Aberdeen SouthLabourSigned
David Stewart07/11/2002Inverness East, Nairn and LochaberLabourSigned

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