Golden Handshakes (EDM770)

Golden Handshakes

EDM number 770 in 2001-02, proposed by Harry Cohen on 30/01/2002.

That this House notes the golden handshakes of Ãº9,153,000 to Klaus Esser by Vodafone, Ãº3,187,739 to Jim Mueller by Ivensys, Ãº1,615,000 to David Allvey by Barclays, Ãº1,488,000 to Trevor Hilliard by Alliance & Leicester, Ãº1,373,000 to Peter George by the Hilton Group, Ãº1,332,000 to John Hoerner by Arcadia, Ãº1,265,000 to Jeremy Strachan by Glaxo Welcome, Ãº1,237,000 to Dino Adriano by J. Sainsbury, Ãº1,198,000 to James Cochrane by Glaxo Welcome, Ãº1,189,000 to John Parcell by Reuters, Ãº1,119,000 to Arun Sarin by Vodafone, Ãº1,110,000 to Ian Johnson by Cadbury Schweppes, Ãº1,052,000 to Andrew Bonfield by SmithKline Beecham and Ãº1,002,674 to James Moore by International Power, amongst others; notes that the Secretary of State for Trade & Industry announced in October that shareholders are to be given the right to an annual vote on director's pay; and calls for this to be extended to other payments such as golden handshakes so that there is a shareholders vote before any payment is made.

This motion has been signed by a total of 36 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Harry Cohen	30/01/2002	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Proposed
Harry Barnes	31/01/2002	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	31/01/2002	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	31/01/2002	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	31/01/2002	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	31/01/2002	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	31/01/2002	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	31/01/2002	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	31/01/2002	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	31/01/2002	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gordon Marsden	01/02/2002	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	04/02/2002	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Russell Brown	04/02/2002	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	04/02/2002	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Cryer	04/02/2002	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	04/02/2002	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	04/02/2002	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	04/02/2002	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Kevin Brennan	05/02/2002	Cardiff West	Labour	Signed
David Drew	05/02/2002	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Nigel Jones	06/02/2002	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Terry Lewis	06/02/2002	Worsley	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	06/02/2002	Gower	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	06/02/2002	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	06/02/2002	Easington	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	07/02/2002	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Tony Worthington	07/02/2002	Clydebank & Milngavie	Labour	Signed
Huw Edwards	07/02/2002	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	07/02/2002	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Peter Kilfoyle	12/02/2002	Liverpool, Walton	Labour	Signed
Terry Davis	12/02/2002	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	13/02/2002	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	25/02/2002	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	07/03/2002	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Tony McWalter	11/04/2002	Hemel Hempstead	Labour Co-operative	Signed
John Austin	23/04/2002	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed

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