Historic Counties Of The United Kingdom (EDM317)

Historic Counties Of The United Kingdom

EDM number 317 in 2004-05, proposed by Andrew Rosindell on 06/12/2004.

That this House recognises that the historic counties of the United Kingdom are an important part of the history, geography and cultural life of the nation; acknowledges that the United Kingdom requires a fixed popular geographical framework that is divorced from the ever- changing local government boundaries, instead being rooted in history, public understanding and commonly held notions of community and identity; believes that the historic counties are the only choice for such a geographical framework; and therefore calls upon the Government to direct the Ordnance Survey properly to mark the boundaries of the historic counties on its maps, to produce regulations which will ensure that the boundaries of all the historic counties are clearly marked by appropriate boundary signs at places where they cross major highways, to amend local government terminology so that the word 'county', as it applies to local government areas, is amended to the more appropriate phrase 'administrative county', and to return the ceremonial office of Lord Lieutenant to the areas of the historic counties.

This motion has been signed by a total of 38 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Andrew Rosindell	06/12/2004	Romford	Conservative	Proposed
John Randall	06/12/2004	Uxbridge	Conservative	Signed
Bob Russell	06/12/2004	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Spink	06/12/2004	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	06/12/2004	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Julian Lewis	06/12/2004	New Forest East	Conservative	Signed
Albert Owen	06/12/2004	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Nigel Evans	06/12/2004	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
Angela Watkinson	06/12/2004	Upminster	Conservative	Signed
David Wilshire	07/12/2004	Spelthorne	Conservative	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	07/12/2004	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Peter Bottomley	07/12/2004	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
James Gray	07/12/2004	North Wiltshire	Conservative	Signed
Edward Garnier	07/12/2004	Harborough	Conservative	Signed
Adrian Flook	07/12/2004	Taunton	Conservative	Signed
Gregory Campbell	07/12/2004	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Tim Loughton	07/12/2004	East Worthing & Shoreham	Conservative	Signed
Tony Lloyd	07/12/2004	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Terry Lewis	07/12/2004	Worsley	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	07/12/2004	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	07/12/2004	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
Martin Smyth	08/12/2004	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
David Burnside	08/12/2004	South Antrim	UUP	Signed
Ann Cryer	08/12/2004	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	08/12/2004	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Winterton	08/12/2004	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
Greg Pope	09/12/2004	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	09/12/2004	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Marion Roe	09/12/2004	Broxbourne	Conservative	Signed
Alan Hurst	13/12/2004	Braintree	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	13/12/2004	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	13/12/2004	Burton	Labour	Signed
John Wilkinson	13/12/2004	Ruislip - Northwood	Conservative	Signed
Roy Beggs	14/12/2004	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
Eric Illsley	16/12/2004	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Crispin Blunt	20/12/2004	Reigate	Conservative	Signed
David Heyes	13/01/2005	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Moss	20/01/2005	North East Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed

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