Charles Darwin Day (EDM706)

Charles Darwin Day

EDM number 706 in 2001-02, proposed by Ashok Kumar on 22/01/2002.

That this House notes the scientific achievements of Charles Darwin in the face of centuries of religious dogma; welcomes proposals for the creation of a 'Charles Darwin Day' in recognition of the ground-breaking work of the British scientist responsible for the theory of evolution by natural selection; and calls for Darwin's birthday, 12th February, to be designated a public holiday, in honour of one of the fathers of modern science.

This motion has been signed by a total of 47 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Ashok Kumar	22/01/2002	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Proposed
Lindsay Hoyle	22/01/2002	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Jackie Lawrence	22/01/2002	Preseli Pembrokeshire	Labour	Signed
Martin O'Neill	22/01/2002	Ochil	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	22/01/2002	Bury North	Labour	Signed
David Chidgey	22/01/2002	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Gibson	22/01/2002	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Adrian Bailey	22/01/2002	West Bromwich West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Roger Berry	22/01/2002	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	23/01/2002	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	23/01/2002	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Burden	23/01/2002	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	23/01/2002	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alice Mahon	24/01/2002	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Paul Marsden	24/01/2002	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	24/01/2002	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Jenny Tonge	24/01/2002	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Dismore	25/01/2002	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	25/01/2002	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	28/01/2002	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	28/01/2002	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	28/01/2002	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Tony Colman	28/01/2002	Putney	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	28/01/2002	Glasgow, Pollok	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	29/01/2002	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	29/01/2002	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Piara S Khabra	29/01/2002	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	29/01/2002	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Michael Clapham	29/01/2002	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	29/01/2002	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Brian Sedgemore	30/01/2002	Hackney South & Shoreditch	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	30/01/2002	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	30/01/2002	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	31/01/2002	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	12/02/2002	Bristol North West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Rudi Vis	13/02/2002	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Brian White	25/02/2002	North East Milton Keynes	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	07/03/2002	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	18/03/2002	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Richard Allan	18/03/2002	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Pickthall	19/03/2002	West Lancashire	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	19/03/2002	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Frank Dobson	21/03/2002	Holborn & St Pancras	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	25/03/2002	Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
John Horam	12/06/2002	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
David Miliband	Unknown			Withdrawn
Keith Vaz	Unknown			Withdrawn

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