Indian General Election 2004 (EDM1243)

Indian General Election 2004

EDM number 1243 in 2003-04, proposed by Stephen Pound on 20/05/2004.

That this House congratulates the Election Commission of India on conducting the world's largest democratic exercise in which India's electorate cast their votes electronically to elect a new government; furthermore notes that the election occurred in a peaceful, organised and, importantly, in a transparent manner verified by international agencies and media coverage; applauds outgoing Prime Minister Vajpayee for promoting constructive cooperation in opposition in the true spirit of democracy; congratulates the Congress Party for their electoral success; and especially notes the stability of Indian democracy proved by the peaceful handover of governments.

This motion has been signed by a total of 42 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Stephen Pound	20/05/2004	Ealing North	Labour	Proposed
Rob Marris	20/05/2004	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	21/05/2004	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	24/05/2004	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Iddon	24/05/2004	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	24/05/2004	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Huw Edwards	24/05/2004	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	24/05/2004	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Bottomley	24/05/2004	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Martin Smyth	25/05/2004	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
Hywel Williams	25/05/2004	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Rudi Vis	25/05/2004	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Win Griffiths	25/05/2004	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	25/05/2004	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	25/05/2004	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	25/05/2004	Gower	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	25/05/2004	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Wayne David	26/05/2004	Caerphilly	Labour	Signed
Roy Beggs	26/05/2004	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
Tom Brake	26/05/2004	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Lamb	26/05/2004	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	26/05/2004	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	26/05/2004	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	27/05/2004	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	27/05/2004	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	27/05/2004	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Tony Colman	27/05/2004	Putney	Labour	Signed
David Drew	27/05/2004	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Bill Etherington	27/05/2004	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	27/05/2004	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	07/06/2004	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	07/06/2004	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	07/06/2004	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Laura Moffatt	07/06/2004	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Paul Marsden	07/06/2004	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Pike	07/06/2004	Burnley	Labour	Signed
Adrian Bailey	08/06/2004	West Bromwich West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Nigel Jones	16/06/2004	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeff Ennis	17/06/2004	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	18/06/2004	Glasgow, Govan	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	24/06/2004	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	16/09/2004	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed

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