Scottish Election Inquiry Access To Ballot Papers (EDM1672)

Scottish Election Inquiry Access To Ballot Papers

EDM number 1672 in 2006-07, proposed by Jo Swinson on 12/06/2007.

That this House expresses serious concern at the 146,097 spoiled ballot papers in the recent Scottish Parliamentary elections; notes with concern that the inquiry led by independent expert Ron Gould will not be allowed access to the ballot papers; believes that examination and analysis of the ballot papers is essential for the inquiry to be fully comprehensive; and calls on the Secretary of State for Scotland to bring forward legislation to enable the inquiry to view the ballot papers, with appropriate measures to preserve the integrity of the secret ballot.

This motion has been signed by a total of 19 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Jo Swinson	12/06/2007	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
John Barrett	12/06/2007	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Michael Moore	12/06/2007	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Alistair Carmichael	12/06/2007	Orkney and Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Malcolm Bruce	12/06/2007	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Alan Reid	12/06/2007	Argyll and Bute	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Danny Alexander	12/06/2007	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Cohen	13/06/2007	Leyton and Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Robert Smith	14/06/2007	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	14/06/2007	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Vincent Cable	14/06/2007	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Pugh	14/06/2007	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Hughes	15/06/2007	North Southwark and Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Holmes	18/06/2007	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Charles Kennedy	18/06/2007	Ross, Skye and Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Derek Conway	18/06/2007	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Conservative	Signed
Peter Bottomley	18/06/2007	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Willie Rennie	18/06/2007	Dunfermline and West Fife	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	19/06/2007	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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