Book Towns (EDM2214)

Book Towns

EDM number 2214 in 2005-06, proposed by Timothy Farron on 22/05/2006.

That this House celebrates the fact that Sedbergh became England's first Book Town on 12th May 2006; commends the beautiful Yorkshire Dales market town, which is home to six specialist book stores, as an excellent place for bibliophiles to visit; and praises the International Book Town movement, which was started by Richard Booth in Hay-on-Wye in the late 1970s.

This motion has been signed by a total of 31 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Tim Farron	22/05/2006	Westmorland and Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Graham Stringer	23/05/2006	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Seconded
Gordon Prentice	23/05/2006	Pendle	Labour	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	23/05/2006	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Jeremy Corbyn	23/05/2006	Islington North	Labour	Seconded
Hywel Francis	23/05/2006	Aberavon	Labour	Seconded
Ann Cryer	23/05/2006	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	23/05/2006	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Iris Robinson	24/05/2006	Strangford	DUP	Signed
John McDonnell	24/05/2006	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	24/05/2006	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	24/05/2006	Gower	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	24/05/2006	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Stephen Williams	24/05/2006	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Pugh	25/05/2006	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Jenkins	05/06/2006	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Janet Anderson	05/06/2006	Rossendale and Darwen	Labour	Signed
Derek Conway	07/06/2006	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Conservative	Signed
Mark Williams	07/06/2006	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	08/06/2006	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	12/06/2006	Kingston and Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	12/06/2006	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Mark Fisher	12/06/2006	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	12/06/2006	Sittingbourne and Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Martin Horwood	12/06/2006	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Brake	14/06/2006	Carshalton and Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dan Rogerson	14/06/2006	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hugh Bayley	16/06/2006	City of York	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	19/06/2006	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Hemming	22/06/2006	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	27/06/2006	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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