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Imprisonment Of Iranian Labour Activists

EDM number 1228 in 2005-06, proposed by John McDonnell on 08/12/2005.

That this House expresses its deep concern at the imprisonment by the Iranian government of seven Iranian labour activists for organising a May Day rally in the city of Saghez in 2004 and for organising a trade union organisation independent of the Iranian state; and calls upon the UK Government to press the Iranian government for the release of these activists and the dropping of these charges.

This motion has been signed by a total of 53 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
John McDonnell08/12/2005Hayes and HarlingtonLabourProposed
Jeremy Corbyn08/12/2005Islington NorthLabourSeconded
Graham Stringer12/12/2005Manchester, BlackleyLabourSeconded
Adam Price12/12/2005Carmarthen East and DinefwrPlaid CymruSeconded
Mike Hancock12/12/2005Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSeconded
Diane Abbott12/12/2005Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonLabourSeconded
Bob Spink12/12/2005Castle PointConservativeSigned
Lynne Jones12/12/2005Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Ann Cryer12/12/2005KeighleyLabourSigned
John Cummings12/12/2005EasingtonLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley12/12/2005Worthing WestConservativeSigned
David Lepper13/12/2005Brighton, PavilionLabourSigned
Robert Wareing13/12/2005Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSigned
David Drew13/12/2005StroudLabourSigned
Martin Caton13/12/2005GowerLabourSigned
Ken Purchase13/12/2005Wolverhampton North EastLabourSigned
Greg Pope14/12/2005HyndburnLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd14/12/2005Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
William McCrea14/12/2005South AntrimDUPSigned
Michael Clapham14/12/2005Barnsley West and PenistoneLabourSigned
Mark Durkan14/12/2005FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Paul Flynn14/12/2005Newport WestLabourSigned
Rudi Vis14/12/2005Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Jim Devine15/12/2005LivingstonLabourSigned
Mark Lazarowicz15/12/2005Edinburgh North and LeithLabourSigned
John Pugh15/12/2005SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Nick Harvey15/12/2005North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Kelvin Hopkins19/12/2005Luton NorthLabourSigned
David Marshall19/12/2005Glasgow EastLabourSigned
Alan Meale19/12/2005MansfieldLabourSigned
Colin Breed19/12/2005South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Dismore19/12/2005HendonLabourSigned
Nigel Dodds19/12/2005Belfast NorthDUPSigned
John Leech19/12/2005Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Betty Williams20/12/2005ConwyLabourSigned
Alan Simpson09/01/2006Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Janet Dean09/01/2006BurtonLabourSigned
Bill Etherington09/01/2006Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Andrew Pelling09/01/2006Croydon CentralConservativeSigned
Eric Illsley12/01/2006Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Mark Pritchard16/01/2006The WrekinConservativeSigned
David Hamilton17/01/2006MidlothianLabourSigned
Vincent Cable19/01/2006TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Williams19/01/2006CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Louise Ellman20/01/2006Liverpool, RiversideLabourSigned
Mohammad Sarwar30/01/2006Glasgow CentralLabourSigned
Diana Johnson31/01/2006Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
Sharon Hodgson04/05/2006Gateshead East and Washington WestLabourSigned
Laura Moffatt11/05/2006CrawleyLabourSigned
John Barrett15/05/2006Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Katy Clark15/05/2006North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned
Albert Owen16/05/2006Ynys MLabourSigned
Alasdair McDonnell14/07/2006Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned

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