Political Fund Ballots And The Rmt (EDM220)

Political Fund Ballots And The Rmt

EDM number 220 in 2004-05, proposed by John Mann on 29/11/2004.

That this House notes the recent ballot held by the RMT in which 88 per cent voted to keep the political fund; further notes that under legislation introduced by the Conservative Government in 1984, trade unions wishing to contribute to political parties or engage in other political activities must establish a political fund; further notes that each union must ballot their members every 10 years on whether to retain this fund; recognises that all individual union members have the right to opt out of paying into a political fund should they so choose; is concerned that trade unions bear an excessive financial burden in order to fulfil their natural role of representing their members' interest; believes that in the light of the RMT members' recent overwhelming vote in favour of retaining the union's political fund the Government should abolish the legislation that puts such excessive burdens on trade unions.

This motion has been signed by a total of 58 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
John Mann	29/11/2004	Bassetlaw	Labour	Proposed
Eric Illsley	30/11/2004	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	30/11/2004	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	30/11/2004	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	30/11/2004	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	30/11/2004	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	30/11/2004	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Paul Farrelly	30/11/2004	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	30/11/2004	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	30/11/2004	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Martin Caton	01/12/2004	Gower	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	01/12/2004	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	01/12/2004	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	01/12/2004	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	01/12/2004	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	01/12/2004	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	01/12/2004	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Alice Mahon	01/12/2004	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	01/12/2004	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Syd Rapson	01/12/2004	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	01/12/2004	Dover	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	02/12/2004	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	02/12/2004	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Alan Meale	02/12/2004	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	02/12/2004	Burton	Labour	Signed
David Drew	02/12/2004	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
John Austin	02/12/2004	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	02/12/2004	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	06/12/2004	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	06/12/2004	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	06/12/2004	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Austin Mitchell	06/12/2004	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Richard Burden	06/12/2004	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	06/12/2004	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Huw Edwards	06/12/2004	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Andy Reed	07/12/2004	Loughborough	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Terry Lewis	07/12/2004	Worsley	Labour	Signed
Helen Clark	07/12/2004	Peterborough	Labour	Signed
David Clelland	07/12/2004	Tyne Bridge	Labour	Signed
Tom Cox	07/12/2004	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	07/12/2004	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	08/12/2004	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Jeff Ennis	08/12/2004	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Mark Tami	08/12/2004	Alyn & Deeside	Labour	Signed
Bill Tynan	09/12/2004	Hamilton South	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	09/12/2004	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	13/12/2004	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	13/12/2004	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	16/12/2004	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Tony Clarke	21/12/2004	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
Mike Gapes	21/12/2004	Ilford South	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Harold Best	10/01/2005	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
John Cryer	13/01/2005	Hornchurch	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	13/01/2005	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Jon Trickett	17/01/2005	Hemsworth	Labour	Signed
Llew Smith	09/02/2005	Blaenau Gwent	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	09/02/2005	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Dennis Turner	10/02/2005	Wolverhampton South East	Labour Co-operative	Signed

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