John Charles (EDM1565)

John Charles

EDM number 1565 in 2001-02, proposed by Chris Ruane on 04/07/2002.

That this House recognises the contribution of John Charles to Welsh, European and world football; notes that he was the first British player to succeed in Italy when he was bought by Juventus for Ãº57,000 in 1957; further notes that his personal record of 31 Welsh caps, his prolific goalscoring capability of 30 goals in the first season with Leeds and 42 in his second season and his captaincy of the Welsh side in the 1958 World Cup finals; and applauds his sportsmanship as he was never booked or sent off in his long footballing career.

This motion has been signed by a total of 34 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Chris Ruane	04/07/2002	Vale of Clwyd	Labour	Proposed
Martyn Jones	04/07/2002	Clwyd South	Labour	Seconded
Roger Williams	04/07/2002	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Betty Williams	04/07/2002	Conwy	Labour	Seconded
Ann Clwyd	04/07/2002	Cynon Valley	Labour	Seconded
Colin Burgon	04/07/2002	Elmet	Labour	Seconded
Elfyn Llwyd	04/07/2002	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Gareth Thomas	04/07/2002	Clwyd West	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	08/07/2002	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	09/07/2002	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Kevin Brennan	09/07/2002	Cardiff West	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	09/07/2002	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Simon Thomas	09/07/2002	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Ian Lucas	10/07/2002	Wrexham	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	10/07/2002	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	10/07/2002	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	10/07/2002	Gower	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	11/07/2002	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	11/07/2002	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Alan Williams	12/07/2002	Swansea West	Labour	Signed
Jon Owen Jones	15/07/2002	Cardiff Central	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Julian Lewis	15/07/2002	New Forest East	Conservative	Signed
John McDonnell	15/07/2002	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
David Burnside	15/07/2002	South Antrim	UUP	Signed
Jeff Ennis	15/07/2002	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
John Lyons	16/07/2002	Strathkelvin & Bearsden	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	16/07/2002	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	16/07/2002	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	17/07/2002	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Albert Owen	18/07/2002	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	18/07/2002	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
George Galloway	19/07/2002	Glasgow, Kelvin	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	22/07/2002	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	24/07/2002	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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