Young People And Party Politics (EDM1994)

Young People And Party Politics

EDM number 1994 in 2007-08, proposed by Norman Baker on 08/07/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Local government and Political parties.

That this House congratulates Councillor Carla Butler on becoming the youngest ever person to chair Lewes District Council; further congratulates her on, according to the Brighton Argus, becoming the youngest ever person, at 26 years of age, to chair any council in the UK; notes the under-representation of young people in party politics; believes that the contribution of younger councillors on councils is invaluable; and encourages the active involvement of young people in local government, local politics and local communities.

This motion has been signed by a total of 24 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Norman Baker	08/07/2008	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Mike Hancock	09/07/2008	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Stephen Williams	09/07/2008	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Paul Flynn	09/07/2008	Newport West	Labour	Seconded
Paul Holmes	09/07/2008	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Jeremy Corbyn	09/07/2008	Islington North	Labour	Seconded
John Pugh	10/07/2008	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	10/07/2008	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Dai Davies	10/07/2008	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Lynne Jones	14/07/2008	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	14/07/2008	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	15/07/2008	Gower	Labour	Signed
John Leech	16/07/2008	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	17/07/2008	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	17/07/2008	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	21/07/2008	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	21/07/2008	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	22/07/2008	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jo Swinson	22/07/2008	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	06/10/2008	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Hywel Francis	06/10/2008	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Willie Rennie	06/10/2008	Dunfermline and West Fife	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sarah Teather	27/10/2008	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Barrett	04/11/2008	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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