First Woman Archbishop (EDM2392)

First Woman Archbishop

EDM number 2392 in 2005-06, proposed by Chris Bryant on 19/06/2006.

That this House congratulates the bishops of the US Episcopal Church on electing Katharine Jefferts Schori as the next leader of the Episcopal Church in the USA (ECUSA); notes that ECUSA is the first church in the Anglican Communion to elect a woman archbishop; and looks forward to the day when the Church of England consecrates women bishops and archbishops.

This motion has been signed by a total of 44 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Chris Bryant	19/06/2006	Rhondda	Labour	Proposed
Bob Spink	19/06/2006	Castle Point	Conservative	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	20/06/2006	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
David Taylor	20/06/2006	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Seconded
Greg Pope	20/06/2006	Hyndburn	Labour	Seconded
Martin Caton	20/06/2006	Gower	Labour	Seconded
Paul Holmes	20/06/2006	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Glenda Jackson	20/06/2006	Hampstead and Highgate	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	20/06/2006	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	20/06/2006	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Harry Cohen	20/06/2006	Leyton and Wanstead	Labour	Signed
David Drew	21/06/2006	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Jim Devine	21/06/2006	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Stephen Williams	21/06/2006	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	21/06/2006	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	21/06/2006	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	22/06/2006	Barnsley West and Penistone	Labour	Signed
Janet Anderson	22/06/2006	Rossendale and Darwen	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	22/06/2006	Conwy	Labour	Signed
John Leech	22/06/2006	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Vincent Cable	26/06/2006	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	26/06/2006	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	27/06/2006	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	27/06/2006	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Borrow	27/06/2006	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	28/06/2006	Carshalton and Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Derek Conway	28/06/2006	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Conservative	Signed
Ann Cryer	28/06/2006	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Lyn Brown	28/06/2006	West Ham	Labour	Signed
John Robertson	29/06/2006	Glasgow North West	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	29/06/2006	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	29/06/2006	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Roger Williams	29/06/2006	Brecon and Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sarah McCarthy-Fry	03/07/2006	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	03/07/2006	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	12/07/2006	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris McCafferty	13/07/2006	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Diana Johnson	13/07/2006	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	17/07/2006	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Joan Ruddock	25/07/2006	Lewisham, Deptford	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	09/10/2006	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Simon Hughes	09/10/2006	North Southwark and Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Bercow	10/10/2006	Buckingham	Conservative	Signed
John McDonnell	06/11/2006	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed

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