Electing The House Of Commons
EDM number 1754 in 2001-02, proposed by Tom Harris on 15/10/2002.
That this House agrees that the first-past-the-post electoral system is the most appropriate for electing honourable Members of Parliament.
This motion has been signed by a total of 142 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.
MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
Tom Harris | 15/10/2002 | Glasgow, Cathcart | Labour | Proposed |
Ian Lucas | 15/10/2002 | Wrexham | Labour | Seconded |
Robert Wareing | 15/10/2002 | Liverpool, West Derby | Labour | Seconded |
Hywel Francis | 15/10/2002 | Aberavon | Labour | Seconded |
Dave Watts | 15/10/2002 | St Helens North | Labour | Seconded |
Wayne David | 15/10/2002 | Caerphilly | Labour | Seconded |
Stephen Pound | 15/10/2002 | Ealing North | Labour | Signed |
Frank Roy | 15/10/2002 | Motherwell & Wishaw | Labour | Signed |
Chris Ruane | 15/10/2002 | Vale of Clwyd | Labour | Signed |
Jim Sheridan | 15/10/2002 | West Renfrewshire | Labour | Signed |
Dennis Skinner | 15/10/2002 | Bolsover | Labour | Signed |
Doug Henderson | 15/10/2002 | Newcastle upon Tyne North | Labour | Signed |
Mark Hendrick | 15/10/2002 | Preston | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
Stephen Hepburn | 15/10/2002 | Jarrow | Labour | Signed |
Jimmy Hood | 15/10/2002 | Clydesdale | Labour | Signed |
George Howarth | 15/10/2002 | Knowsley North & Sefton East | Labour | Signed |
Brian Iddon | 15/10/2002 | Bolton South East | Labour | Signed |
Brian Jenkins | 15/10/2002 | Tamworth | Labour | Signed |
Kevan Jones | 15/10/2002 | North Durham | Labour | Signed |
Julie Kirkbride | 15/10/2002 | Bromsgrove | Conservative | Signed |
Iain Luke | 15/10/2002 | Dundee East | Labour | Signed |
Eric Martlew | 15/10/2002 | Carlisle | Labour | Signed |
John McFall | 15/10/2002 | Dumbarton | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
David Cairns | 15/10/2002 | Greenock & Inverclyde | Labour | Signed |
Michael Clapham | 15/10/2002 | Barnsley West & Penistone | Labour | Signed |
Jon Cruddas | 15/10/2002 | Dagenham | Labour | Signed |
Ann Cryer | 15/10/2002 | Keighley | Labour | Signed |
John Cryer | 15/10/2002 | Hornchurch | Labour | Signed |
Jim Cunningham | 15/10/2002 | Coventry South | Labour | Signed |
Jim Dobbin | 15/10/2002 | Heywood & Middleton | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
Frank Dobson | 15/10/2002 | Holborn & St Pancras | Labour | Signed |
George Foulkes | 15/10/2002 | Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
Neil Gerrard | 15/10/2002 | Walthamstow | Labour | Signed |
Irene Adams | 15/10/2002 | Paisley North | Labour | Signed |
David Hamilton | 15/10/2002 | Midlothian | Labour | Signed |
Candy Atherton | 15/10/2002 | Falmouth & Camborne | Labour | Signed |
David Stewart | 15/10/2002 | Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber | Labour | Signed |
Mark Tami | 15/10/2002 | Alyn & Deeside | Labour | Signed |
Bill Tynan | 15/10/2002 | Hamilton South | Labour | Signed |
Keith Vaz | 15/10/2002 | Leicester East | Labour | Signed |
Tom Watson | 15/10/2002 | West Bromwich East | Labour | Signed |
Anthony D Wright | 15/10/2002 | Great Yarmouth | Labour | Signed |
Linda Perham | 16/10/2002 | Ilford North | Labour | Signed |
Ken Purchase | 16/10/2002 | Wolverhampton North East | Labour/Co-operative | Signed |
Syd Rapson | 16/10/2002 | Portsmouth North | Labour | Signed |
John Robertson | 16/10/2002 | Glasgow, Anniesland | Labour | Signed |
Ernie Ross | 16/10/2002 | Dundee West | Labour | Signed |
Malcolm Savidge | 16/10/2002 | Aberdeen North | Labour | Signed |
Si | 16/10/2002 | Birmingham, Erdington | Labour | Signed |
Martin Smyth | 16/10/2002 | Belfast South | UUP | Signed |
Bob Spink | 16/10/2002 | Castle Point | Conservative | Signed |
Lady Hermon | 16/10/2002 | North Down | UUP | Signed |
Kelvin Hopkins | 16/10/2002 | Luton North | Labour | Signed |
Lindsay Hoyle | 16/10/2002 | Chorley | Labour | Signed |
Joan Humble | 16/10/2002 | Blackpool North & Fleetwood | Labour | Signed |
Huw Irranca-Davies | 16/10/2002 | Ogmore | Labour | Signed |
Boris Johnson | 16/10/2002 | Henley | Conservative | Signed |
Eric Joyce | 16/10/2002 | Falkirk West | Labour | Signed |
Alan Keen | 16/10/2002 | Feltham & Heston | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
Terry Lewis | 16/10/2002 | Worsley | Labour | Signed |
Andrew MacKay | 16/10/2002 | Bracknell | Conservative | Signed |
Siobhain McDonagh | 16/10/2002 | Mitcham & Morden | Labour | Signed |
George Mudie | 16/10/2002 | Leeds East | Labour | Signed |
Ian Paisley | 16/10/2002 | North Antrim | DUP | Signed |
Andy Burnham | 16/10/2002 | Leigh | Labour | Signed |
David Burnside | 16/10/2002 | South Antrim | UUP | Signed |
Alistair Burt | 16/10/2002 | North East Bedfordshire | Conservative | Signed |
Ronnie Campbell | 16/10/2002 | Blyth Valley | Labour | Signed |
Helen Clark | 16/10/2002 | Peterborough | Labour | Signed |
David Clelland | 16/10/2002 | Tyne Bridge | Labour | Signed |
Jeremy Corbyn | 16/10/2002 | Islington North | Labour | Signed |
John Cummings | 16/10/2002 | Easington | Labour | Signed |
Brian H Donohoe | 16/10/2002 | Cunninghame South | Labour | Signed |
Peter Duncan | 16/10/2002 | Galloway & Upper Nithsdale | Conservative | Signed |
Ian Gibson | 16/10/2002 | Norwich North | Labour | Signed |
Roy Beggs | 16/10/2002 | East Antrim | UUP | Signed |
David Winnick | 16/10/2002 | Walsall North | Labour | Signed |
Iris Robinson | 17/10/2002 | Strangford | DUP | Signed |
Peter Luff | 17/10/2002 | Mid Worcestershire | Conservative | Signed |
Khalid Mahmood | 17/10/2002 | Birmingham, Perry Barr | Labour | Signed |
Alice Mahon | 17/10/2002 | Halifax | Labour | Signed |
Tom Cox | 17/10/2002 | Tooting | Labour | Signed |
Janet Dean | 17/10/2002 | Burton | Labour | Signed |
Mark Francois | 17/10/2002 | Rayleigh | Conservative | Signed |
Edward Garnier | 17/10/2002 | Harborough | Conservative | Signed |
Peter Bottomley | 17/10/2002 | Worthing West | Conservative | Signed |
Rudi Vis | 17/10/2002 | Finchley & Golders Green | Labour | Signed |
Peter Pike | 21/10/2002 | Burnley | Labour | Signed |
Andrew Rosindell | 21/10/2002 | Romford | Conservative | Signed |
Robert Key | 21/10/2002 | Salisbury | Conservative | Signed |
Tim Loughton | 21/10/2002 | East Worthing & Shoreham | Conservative | Signed |
George Osborne | 21/10/2002 | Tatton | Conservative | Signed |
Bill Etherington | 21/10/2002 | Sunderland North | Labour | Signed |
Paul Farrelly | 21/10/2002 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Labour | Signed |
Hugo Swire | 21/10/2002 | East Devon | Conservative | Signed |
Betty Williams | 21/10/2002 | Conwy | Labour | Signed |
Colin Pickthall | 22/10/2002 | West Lancashire | Labour | Signed |
Phil Sawford | 22/10/2002 | Kettering | Labour | Signed |
Dai Havard | 22/10/2002 | Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney | Labour | Signed |
Helen Jones | 22/10/2002 | Warrington North | Labour | Signed |
Piara S Khabra | 22/10/2002 | Ealing, Southall | Labour | Signed |
David Marshall | 22/10/2002 | Glasgow, Shettleston | Labour | Signed |
Richard Ottaway | 22/10/2002 | Croydon South | Conservative | Signed |
Andrew Dismore | 22/10/2002 | Hendon | Labour | Signed |
Mark Field | 22/10/2002 | Cities of London & Westminster | Conservative | Signed |
Stuart Bell | 22/10/2002 | Middlesbrough | Labour | Signed |
Keith Simpson | 23/10/2002 | Mid Norfolk | Conservative | Signed |
Alan Hurst | 23/10/2002 | Braintree | Labour | Signed |
Eric Illsley | 23/10/2002 | Barnsley Central | Labour | Signed |
Stephen O'Brien | 23/10/2002 | Eddisbury | Conservative | Signed |
Peter Bradley | 23/10/2002 | Wrekin, The | Labour | Signed |
John Butterfill | 23/10/2002 | Bournemouth West | Conservative | Signed |
Jeffrey M Donaldson | 23/10/2002 | Lagan Valley | UUP | Signed |
Michael Fabricant | 23/10/2002 | Lichfield | Conservative | Signed |
Peter Ainsworth | 23/10/2002 | East Surrey | Conservative | Signed |
Harold Best | 23/10/2002 | Leeds North West | Labour | Signed |
Crispin Blunt | 23/10/2002 | Reigate | Conservative | Signed |
Robert Syms | 23/10/2002 | Poole | Conservative | Signed |
Nigel Waterson | 23/10/2002 | Eastbourne | Conservative | Signed |
Ann Winterton | 23/10/2002 | Congleton | Conservative | Signed |
Alan Simpson | 24/10/2002 | Nottingham South | Labour | Signed |
Andrew Murrison | 24/10/2002 | Westbury | Conservative | Signed |
Adrian Bailey | 24/10/2002 | West Bromwich West | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
Eleanor Laing | 28/10/2002 | Epping Forest | Conservative | Signed |
Mike Wood | 28/10/2002 | Batley & Spen | Labour | Signed |
Colin Burgon | 29/10/2002 | Elmet | Labour | Signed |
Julian Lewis | 30/10/2002 | New Forest East | Conservative | Signed |
David Heyes | 31/10/2002 | Ashton-under-Lyne | Labour | Signed |
Theresa May | 31/10/2002 | Maidenhead | Conservative | Signed |
Caroline Spelman | 04/11/2002 | Meriden | Conservative | Signed |
Patrick Mercer | 04/11/2002 | Newark | Conservative | Signed |
Jeff Ennis | 04/11/2002 | Barnsley East & Mexborough | Labour | Signed |
James Gray | 05/11/2002 | North Wiltshire | Conservative | Signed |
Andrew Selous | 06/11/2002 | South West Bedfordshire | Conservative | Signed |
Charles Hendry | 06/11/2002 | Wealden | Conservative | Signed |
Anne McIntosh | 06/11/2002 | Vale of York | Conservative | Signed |
Adrian Flook | 06/11/2002 | Taunton | Conservative | Signed |
Cheryl Gillan | 07/11/2002 | Chesham & Amersham | Conservative | Signed |
Desmond Swayne | 07/11/2002 | New Forest West | Conservative | Signed |
Angela Watkinson | 07/11/2002 | Upminster | Conservative | Signed |
Evan Harris | Unknown | | | Withdrawn |
Paul Daisley | Unknown | | | Withdrawn |
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