Women Bishops (EDM1825)

Women Bishops

EDM number 1825 in 2007-08, proposed by Ann Cryer on 17/06/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Church and state, Equality and Sex discrimination.

That this House calls on the Church of England to remove all legal obstacles which at present prevent women from becoming bishops; and asks the Church to end this unacceptable form of discrimination against women clergy.

This motion has been signed by a total of 96 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Ann Cryer	17/06/2008	Keighley	Labour	Proposed
Frank Field	17/06/2008	Birkenhead	Labour	Seconded
Susan Kramer	17/06/2008	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Robert Key	17/06/2008	Salisbury	Conservative	Seconded
Simon Hughes	17/06/2008	North Southwark and Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	17/06/2008	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Mark Fisher	17/06/2008	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Linda Riordan	17/06/2008	Halifax	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	17/06/2008	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Gary Streeter	17/06/2008	South West Devon	Conservative	Signed
Janet Dean	17/06/2008	Burton	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	17/06/2008	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	17/06/2008	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Holmes	18/06/2008	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Williams	18/06/2008	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	18/06/2008	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	18/06/2008	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
John Baron	18/06/2008	Billericay	Conservative	Signed
David Drew	18/06/2008	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	18/06/2008	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	18/06/2008	Leyton and Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	18/06/2008	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	18/06/2008	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	18/06/2008	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	18/06/2008	Hampstead and Highgate	Labour	Signed
Clive Efford	19/06/2008	Eltham	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	19/06/2008	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Richard Burden	19/06/2008	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	19/06/2008	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Vincent Cable	19/06/2008	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Laws	20/06/2008	Yeovil	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	20/06/2008	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bruce George	20/06/2008	Walsall South	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	23/06/2008	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	24/06/2008	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	24/06/2008	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	24/06/2008	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	24/06/2008	Gower	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	24/06/2008	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Janet Anderson	24/06/2008	Rossendale and Darwen	Labour	Signed
John Leech	24/06/2008	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Doug Naysmith	25/06/2008	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Sharon Hodgson	25/06/2008	Gateshead East and Washington West	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	25/06/2008	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	25/06/2008	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	26/06/2008	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Peter Soulsby	26/06/2008	Leicester South	Labour	Signed
John Austin	30/06/2008	Erith and Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
John Redwood	01/07/2008	Wokingham	Conservative	Signed
Jim Devine	01/07/2008	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Edward Vaizey	01/07/2008	Wantage	Conservative	Signed
Lorely Burt	01/07/2008	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roberta Blackman-Woods	01/07/2008	City of Durham	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	01/07/2008	Batley and Spen	Labour	Signed
Robert Walter	01/07/2008	North Dorset	Conservative	Signed
Richard Taylor	01/07/2008	Wyre Forest	Independent	Signed
David Borrow	01/07/2008	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Anne Begg	01/07/2008	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
Patrick Hall	01/07/2008	Bedford	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	01/07/2008	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	01/07/2008	Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	01/07/2008	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Curry	01/07/2008	Skipton and Ripon	Conservative	Signed
David Chaytor	01/07/2008	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	01/07/2008	Orkney and Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Murrison	01/07/2008	Westbury	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Selous	01/07/2008	South West Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Kevin Barron	01/07/2008	Rother Valley	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	02/07/2008	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hammond	02/07/2008	Wimbledon	Conservative	Signed
Rudi Vis	02/07/2008	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	02/07/2008	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Mark Todd	02/07/2008	South Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Tim Boswell	02/07/2008	Daventry	Conservative	Signed
Clive Betts	02/07/2008	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	02/07/2008	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	02/07/2008	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Clare Short	03/07/2008	Birmingham, Ladywood	Independent Labour	Signed
Tony Baldry	03/07/2008	Banbury	Conservative	Signed
Ann Clwyd	03/07/2008	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Sandra Osborne	03/07/2008	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Patrick Mercer	03/07/2008	Newark	Conservative	Signed
Marsha Singh	03/07/2008	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Bernard Jenkin	07/07/2008	North Essex	Conservative	Signed
John Bercow	07/07/2008	Buckingham	Conservative	Signed
Caroline Spelman	08/07/2008	Meriden	Conservative	Signed
Tom Levitt	08/07/2008	High Peak	Labour	Signed
Norman Lamb	09/07/2008	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lyn Brown	14/07/2008	West Ham	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	15/07/2008	Dumfries and Galloway	Labour	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	15/07/2008	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jo Swinson	22/07/2008	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian McCartney	06/10/2008	Makerfield	Labour	Signed
David Howarth	06/10/2008	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris Bryant	Unknown			Withdrawn
Dawn Butler	Unknown			Withdrawn

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