Future Of Manchester United Football Club (EDM1693)

Future Of Manchester United Football Club

EDM number 1693 in 2003-04, proposed by Chris Grayling on 11/10/2004.

That this house notes the interest of American businessman, Malcolm Glazer, in taking over Manchester United Football Club; notes that while Manchester United is open to takeover as is any listed company, it is much more than a business and that it is an important part of the community in the North West and to the millions of people who support the club; notes the immense success nationally and internationally that the club has enjoyed under the managership of Sit Alex Ferguson; expresses its concern about any takeover proposal which would leave what is a debt-free club heavily indebted for the future; further notes the strength of feeling among supporters' groups, but calls on supporters to exercise restraint in those protests against Mr Glazer's proposals and to ensure that their actions are within the law; and calls upon Mr Glazer not to launch a bid unless he can clearly demonstrate that he will strengthen rather than weaken the club.

This motion has been signed by a total of 49 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Chris Grayling	11/10/2004	Epsom & Ewell	Conservative	Proposed
Alistair Burt	11/10/2004	North East Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Iris Robinson	12/10/2004	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Ann Winterton	12/10/2004	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
Nick Hawkins	13/10/2004	Surrey Heath	Conservative	Signed
Malcolm Moss	14/10/2004	North East Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
David Ruffley	15/10/2004	Bury St Edmunds	Conservative	Signed
Paul Holmes	18/10/2004	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gerald Kaufman	18/10/2004	Manchester, Gorton	Labour	Signed
Terry Lewis	19/10/2004	Worsley	Labour	Signed
Bill Olner	19/10/2004	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	19/10/2004	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Tim Loughton	20/10/2004	East Worthing & Shoreham	Conservative	Signed
Rudi Vis	20/10/2004	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Andrew Bennett	20/10/2004	Denton & Reddish	Labour	Signed
Mark Field	20/10/2004	Cities of London & Westminster	Conservative	Signed
David Drew	20/10/2004	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Andrew Dismore	20/10/2004	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	20/10/2004	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heyes	20/10/2004	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Geraldine Smith	21/10/2004	Morecambe & Lunesdale	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	21/10/2004	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Barbara Follett	21/10/2004	Stevenage	Labour	Signed
Sarah Teather	21/10/2004	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Cox	25/10/2004	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	25/10/2004	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Grogan	25/10/2004	Selby	Labour	Signed
Tony Cunningham	25/10/2004	Workington	Labour	Signed
Lorna Fitzsimons	25/10/2004	Rochdale	Labour	Signed
Patsy Calton	26/10/2004	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Evans	26/10/2004	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
Janet Anderson	26/10/2004	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	27/10/2004	North Down	UUP	Signed
Anne Campbell	27/10/2004	Cambridge	Labour	Signed
Matthew Green	27/10/2004	Ludlow	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Matthew Taylor	27/10/2004	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Valerie Davey	28/10/2004	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
David Cameron	28/10/2004	Witney	Conservative	Signed
Michael Mates	28/10/2004	East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Barbara Roche	01/11/2004	Hornsey & Wood Green	Labour	Signed
Chris Ruane	01/11/2004	Vale of Clwyd	Labour	Signed
James Clappison	01/11/2004	Hertsmere	Conservative	Signed
Richard Taylor	01/11/2004	Wyre Forest	Independent	Signed
Cheryl Gillan	02/11/2004	Chesham & Amersham	Conservative	Signed
Phil Sawford	04/11/2004	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Paul Stinchcombe	08/11/2004	Wellingborough	Labour	Signed
Ian Lucas	09/11/2004	Wrexham	Labour	Signed
Richard Allan	11/11/2004	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Dowd	15/11/2004	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed

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