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Gap Between Rich And Poor

EDM number 681 in 2004-05, proposed by Bob Russell on 08/02/2005.

That this House calls on the Prime Minister to state whether he regards it as a success or failure of his Government's policies that since 1997 the richest one per cent. of the UK population have increased their share of the national wealth from 20 per cent. to 23 per cent. and that the richest 10 per cent. of the population have seen their share of the national wealth increase from 47 per cent. to 54 per cent.

This motion has been signed by a total of 29 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Bob Russell08/02/2005ColchesterLiberal DemocratProposed
Paul Holmes09/02/2005ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Elfyn Llwyd09/02/2005Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Parmjit Gill09/02/2005Leicester SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Mike Hancock09/02/2005Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Peter Bottomley09/02/2005Worthing WestConservativeSigned
John Pugh10/02/2005SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Nick Harvey10/02/2005North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Nigel Jones10/02/2005CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Vincent Cable10/02/2005TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew George10/02/2005St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Tyler10/02/2005North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Stunell21/02/2005Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Jenny Tonge21/02/2005Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Austin Mitchell21/02/2005Great GrimsbyLabourSigned
Adam Price21/02/2005Carmarthen East & DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Bob Spink22/02/2005Castle PointConservativeSigned
Simon Thomas22/02/2005CeredigionPlaid CymruSigned
Lady Hermon23/02/2005North DownUUPSigned
Tom Brake23/02/2005Carshalton & WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
David Taylor23/02/2005North West LeicestershireLabour Co-operativeSigned
Hywel Williams23/02/2005CaernarfonPlaid CymruSigned
Gregory Campbell24/02/2005East LondonderryDUPSigned
Michael Clapham24/02/2005Barnsley West & PenistoneLabourSigned
Bill Etherington25/02/2005Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Evan Harris28/02/2005Oxford West & AbingdonLiberal DemocratSigned
David Drew01/03/2005StroudLabour Co-operativeSigned
John Barrett01/03/2005Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Stephen Hepburn08/03/2005JarrowLabourSigned

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