Proportional Representation (EDM764)

Proportional Representation

EDM number 764 in 2006-07, proposed by Daniel Kawczynski on 30/01/2007.

That this House notes with concern the rapid move to more elections by proportional representation, especially in the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish devolved bodies, and for EU elections; further notes that proportional representation can lead to unstable coalition government, and that in comparison to a first past the post system proportional representation leads to a lack of accountability with an elected representative who is not accountable to a certain geographical area, and to a specific local community; and seeks reassurance from the Government that such changes in the electoral process will not be considered for local and parliamentary elections in England.

This motion has been signed by a total of 27 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Daniel Kawczynski	30/01/2007	Shrewsbury and Atcham	Conservative	Proposed
Philip Davies	31/01/2007	Shipley	Conservative	Seconded
Andrew Dismore	31/01/2007	Hendon	Labour	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	31/01/2007	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Graham Stringer	31/01/2007	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Seconded
David Wilshire	31/01/2007	Spelthorne	Conservative	Seconded
Alan Simpson	31/01/2007	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Andrew Rosindell	01/02/2007	Romford	Conservative	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	01/02/2007	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Michael Ancram	01/02/2007	Devizes	Conservative	Signed
Stewart Jackson	01/02/2007	Peterborough	Conservative	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	02/02/2007	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	02/02/2007	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Ann Winterton	05/02/2007	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	05/02/2007	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Brian Jenkins	06/02/2007	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Greg Hands	06/02/2007	Hammersmith and Fulham	Conservative	Signed
Ken Purchase	07/02/2007	Wolverhampton North East	Labour	Signed
Michael Mates	07/02/2007	East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Paul Murphy	07/02/2007	Torfaen	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	07/02/2007	Burton	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	07/02/2007	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Signed
John Whittingdale	07/02/2007	Maldon and East Chelmsford	Conservative	Signed
Roger Godsiff	19/02/2007	Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	21/02/2007	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Julian Lewis	26/02/2007	New Forest East	Conservative	Signed
Bill Etherington	27/02/2007	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed

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