Trade Union Recognition (EDM1706)

Trade Union Recognition

EDM number 1706 in 2005-06, proposed by Fraser Kemp on 28/02/2006.

That this House notes that Asda Wal-Mart has been fined Â£850,000 in the United Kingdom for offering employees a pay rise to give up union rights at their depot in Washington Tyne and Wear; congratulates the GMB union on its successful campaign on the legal right to maintain union recognition which is fundamental to society; expresses concern over the role of the Portland public relations company in its attempts to discredit the GMB; and further notes that trade unions play a constructive role in the United Kingdom for employees and employers.

This motion has been signed by a total of 159 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Fraser Kemp	28/02/2006	Houghton and Washington East	Labour	Proposed
Mark Durkan	28/02/2006	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Seconded
Alan Meale	01/03/2006	Mansfield	Labour	Seconded
Jim Dobbin	01/03/2006	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Seconded
Rudi Vis	01/03/2006	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Seconded
Andrew Dismore	01/03/2006	Hendon	Labour	Seconded
Paul Holmes	01/03/2006	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Jenkins	01/03/2006	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	01/03/2006	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	01/03/2006	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	01/03/2006	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	01/03/2006	Gower	Labour	Signed
David Clelland	01/03/2006	Tyne Bridge	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	01/03/2006	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	01/03/2006	Keighley	Labour	Signed
David Drew	01/03/2006	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	01/03/2006	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Graham Stringer	01/03/2006	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Michael Weir	01/03/2006	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Sharon Hodgson	01/03/2006	Gateshead East and Washington West	Labour	Signed
Jim McGovern	01/03/2006	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	02/03/2006	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	02/03/2006	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Dean	02/03/2006	Burton	Labour	Signed
Jeff Ennis	02/03/2006	Barnsley East and Mexborough	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	02/03/2006	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	03/03/2006	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	03/03/2006	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	03/03/2006	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Wareing	03/03/2006	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Ian Austin	03/03/2006	Dudley North	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	06/03/2006	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Tom Levitt	06/03/2006	High Peak	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	06/03/2006	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Colin Burgon	06/03/2006	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	06/03/2006	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	06/03/2006	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	06/03/2006	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Ken Purchase	07/03/2006	Wolverhampton North East	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	07/03/2006	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Doug Henderson	07/03/2006	Newcastle upon Tyne North	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hesford	07/03/2006	Wirral West	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	07/03/2006	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Paul Murphy	07/03/2006	Torfaen	Labour	Signed
Nick Brown	07/03/2006	Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	07/03/2006	Glasgow South West	Labour	Signed
Frank Doran	07/03/2006	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
Clive Efford	07/03/2006	Eltham	Labour	Signed
Anne Begg	07/03/2006	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
Madeleine Moon	07/03/2006	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Alison Seabeck	07/03/2006	Plymouth, Devonport	Labour	Signed
Mark Hunter	07/03/2006	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Devine	07/03/2006	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	08/03/2006	Glasgow Central	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	08/03/2006	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	08/03/2006	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	08/03/2006	Hastings and Rye	Labour	Signed
Stuart Bell	08/03/2006	Middlesbrough	Labour	Signed
Iain Wright	08/03/2006	Hartlepool	Labour	Signed
Roberta Blackman-Woods	08/03/2006	City of Durham	Labour	Signed
Mary Creagh	08/03/2006	Wakefield	Labour	Signed
Stephen Williams	08/03/2006	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Clare Short	09/03/2006	Birmingham, Ladywood	Labour	Signed
Phyllis Starkey	09/03/2006	Milton Keynes South West	Labour	Signed
Helen Jones	09/03/2006	Warrington North	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	09/03/2006	Edinburgh North and Leith	Labour	Signed
Bill Olner	09/03/2006	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	09/03/2006	Barnsley West and Penistone	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	09/03/2006	Linlithgow and East Falkirk	Labour	Signed
Jon Cruddas	09/03/2006	Dagenham	Labour	Signed
Gwyneth Dunwoody	09/03/2006	Crewe & Nantwich	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	09/03/2006	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Si	09/03/2006	Swansea East	Labour	Signed
Kate Hoey	10/03/2006	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
Kevan Jones	10/03/2006	North Durham	Labour	Signed
Jim Dowd	10/03/2006	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
Frank Field	10/03/2006	Birkenhead	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	10/03/2006	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
David Anderson	10/03/2006	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Helen Goodman	10/03/2006	Bishop Auckland	Labour	Signed
Kerry McCarthy	10/03/2006	Bristol East	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	13/03/2006	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	13/03/2006	Blackpool North and Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Bob Laxton	13/03/2006	Derby North	Labour	Signed
Chris Mullin	13/03/2006	Sunderland South	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	13/03/2006	Morley and Rothwell	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	13/03/2006	Easington	Labour	Signed
George Galloway	13/03/2006	Bethnal Green and Bow	Respect	Signed
Roger Godsiff	13/03/2006	Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Gavin Strang	13/03/2006	Edinburgh East	Labour	Signed
Celia Barlow	13/03/2006	Hove	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	14/03/2006	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Dai Havard	14/03/2006	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	14/03/2006	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Gerald Kaufman	14/03/2006	Manchester, Gorton	Labour	Signed
Ashok Kumar	14/03/2006	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	14/03/2006	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	14/03/2006	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	14/03/2006	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Peter Soulsby	14/03/2006	Leicester South	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	15/03/2006	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Piara S Khabra	15/03/2006	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
George Mudie	15/03/2006	Leeds East	Labour	Signed
Denis Murphy	15/03/2006	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Keith Vaz	15/03/2006	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
Jessica Morden	15/03/2006	Newport East	Labour	Signed
John McFall	16/03/2006	West Dunbartonshire	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	16/03/2006	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Joe Benton	16/03/2006	Bootle	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	16/03/2006	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Nia Griffith	16/03/2006	Llanelli	Labour	Signed
Diana Johnson	16/03/2006	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Joan Ruddock	17/03/2006	Lewisham, Deptford	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	17/03/2006	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Martyn Jones	17/03/2006	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
Alan Keen	17/03/2006	Feltham and Heston	Labour	Signed
Janet Anderson	17/03/2006	Rossendale and Darwen	Labour	Signed
George Howarth	20/03/2006	Knowsley North and Sefton East	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	20/03/2006	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Rosie Cooper	20/03/2006	West Lancashire	Labour	Signed
Natascha Engel	20/03/2006	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Robert Flello	20/03/2006	Stoke-on-Trent South	Labour	Signed
Jamie Reed	20/03/2006	Copeland	Labour	Signed
Jim Sheridan	21/03/2006	Paisley and Renfrewshire North	Labour	Signed
Austin Mitchell	21/03/2006	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	21/03/2006	Batley and Spen	Labour	Signed
Martin Salter	22/03/2006	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Mark Todd	22/03/2006	South Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Sarah McCarthy-Fry	22/03/2006	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	23/03/2006	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Howard Stoate	23/03/2006	Dartford	Labour	Signed
Katy Clark	23/03/2006	North Ayrshire and Arran	Labour	Signed
John Robertson	27/03/2006	Glasgow North West	Labour	Signed
John Grogan	27/03/2006	Selby	Labour	Signed
Dari Taylor	28/03/2006	Stockton South	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	29/03/2006	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	29/03/2006	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Kitty Ussher	29/03/2006	Burnley	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	30/03/2006	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Chris Bryant	30/03/2006	Rhondda	Labour	Signed
John Austin	30/03/2006	Erith and Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	18/04/2006	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Tom Clarke	19/04/2006	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill	Labour	Signed
Hywel Williams	19/04/2006	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Lyn Brown	25/04/2006	West Ham	Labour	Signed
Linda Riordan	25/04/2006	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Mark Hendrick	26/04/2006	Preston	Labour	Signed
Ann McKechin	26/04/2006	Glasgow North	Labour	Signed
Sandra Osborne	26/04/2006	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock	Labour	Signed
John Smith	27/04/2006	Vale of Glamorgan	Labour	Signed
Steve Webb	02/05/2006	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Stewart	17/05/2006	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Judy Mallaber	23/05/2006	Amber Valley	Labour	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	12/06/2006	Medway	Labour	Signed
Martin Linton	14/06/2006	Battersea	Labour	Signed
Ann Keen	15/06/2006	Brentford and Isleworth	Labour	Signed
Paul Farrelly	22/06/2006	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Dawn Butler	29/06/2006	Brent South	Labour	Signed
Tom Harris	Unknown			Withdrawn

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