Fixed-Term Parliaments (EDM1528)

Fixed-Term Parliaments

EDM number 1528 in 2007-08, proposed by David Howarth on 09/05/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Elections and Electoral systems.

That this House supports the principle of fixing the duration of parliaments by law and removing from the Government the power to call general elections at times of its choosing.

This motion has been signed by a total of 82 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
David Howarth	09/05/2008	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Graham Allen	09/05/2008	Nottingham North	Labour	Seconded
Julia Goldsworthy	09/05/2008	Falmouth and Camborne	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Peter Bone	09/05/2008	Wellingborough	Conservative	Seconded
Adrian Sanders	12/05/2008	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Kelvin Hopkins	12/05/2008	Luton North	Labour	Seconded
David Taylor	12/05/2008	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Stephen Williams	12/05/2008	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Desmond Turner	12/05/2008	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
David Drew	12/05/2008	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Paul Burstow	12/05/2008	Sutton and Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Meale	12/05/2008	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	12/05/2008	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	12/05/2008	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	13/05/2008	Mid Dorset and North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Willie Rennie	13/05/2008	Dunfermline and West Fife	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Hunter	13/05/2008	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	13/05/2008	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Angus MacNeil	13/05/2008	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
Martin Horwood	13/05/2008	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lorely Burt	13/05/2008	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Steve Webb	13/05/2008	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	13/05/2008	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	13/05/2008	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	13/05/2008	Orkney and Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Menzies Campbell	13/05/2008	North East Fife	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	13/05/2008	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Laws	13/05/2008	Yeovil	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Holmes	13/05/2008	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Spink	13/05/2008	Castle Point	UKIP	Signed
Dai Davies	14/05/2008	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Dan Rogerson	14/05/2008	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jo Swinson	14/05/2008	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Browne	14/05/2008	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Williams	14/05/2008	Brecon and Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	14/05/2008	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	14/05/2008	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Beith	14/05/2008	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	14/05/2008	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	14/05/2008	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Don Foster	14/05/2008	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Caton	14/05/2008	Gower	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	15/05/2008	Harrogate and Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Danny Alexander	15/05/2008	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Crabb	15/05/2008	Preseli Pembrokeshire	Conservative	Signed
Tim Farron	15/05/2008	Westmorland and Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Burden	16/05/2008	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Mark Fisher	16/05/2008	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Mark Todd	16/05/2008	South Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Greg Mulholland	16/05/2008	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Marsha Singh	19/05/2008	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Daniel Kawczynski	19/05/2008	Shrewsbury and Atcham	Conservative	Signed
Norman Baker	19/05/2008	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Durkan	19/05/2008	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Edward Davey	19/05/2008	Kingston and Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Cryer	19/05/2008	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Christopher Huhne	19/05/2008	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Hughes	19/05/2008	North Southwark and Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	20/05/2008	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Clare Short	20/05/2008	Birmingham, Ladywood	Independent Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	20/05/2008	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Matthew Taylor	20/05/2008	Truro and St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lee Scott	21/05/2008	Ilford North	Conservative	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	22/05/2008	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
Sammy Wilson	22/05/2008	East Antrim	DUP	Signed
Susan Kramer	22/05/2008	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Charles Walker	22/05/2008	Broxbourne	Conservative	Signed
Norman Lamb	02/06/2008	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Brake	02/06/2008	Carshalton and Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Vincent Cable	02/06/2008	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	02/06/2008	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	03/06/2008	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Angus Robertson	04/06/2008	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
Jennifer Willott	04/06/2008	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sandra Gidley	05/06/2008	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Stunell	05/06/2008	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heath	17/06/2008	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Austin	30/06/2008	Erith and Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Charles Kennedy	08/07/2008	Ross, Skye and Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Doug Naysmith	22/07/2008	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	04/11/2008	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andy Reed	06/11/2008	Loughborough	Labour	Signed

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