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President-Elect Barack Obama

EDM number 2418 in 2007-08, proposed by Simon Burns on 05/11/2008.
Categorised under the topics of International politics and government and North America.

That this House congratulates Senator Barack Obama on his convincing election as President-Elect of the United States; and looks forward to improved relations between the United States and other countries around the world, universal healthcare for American citizens, a tax cut for the middle classes and, through working with a greatly enhanced Democratic US Congress, an end to the disastrous and divisive policies of the George W Bush Presidency.

This motion has been signed by a total of 18 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Simon Burns05/11/2008West ChelmsfordConservativeProposed
Jeremy Corbyn06/11/2008Islington NorthLabourSeconded
Lynne Jones06/11/2008Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSeconded
John Leech10/11/2008Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSeconded
Andrew Dismore10/11/2008HendonLabourSeconded
Roger Godsiff10/11/2008Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small HeathLabourSeconded
Mark Hunter11/11/2008CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Angus MacNeil11/11/2008Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySigned
Mark Durkan11/11/2008FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Martin Caton11/11/2008GowerLabourSigned
Jo Swinson12/11/2008East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Janet Dean13/11/2008BurtonLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins17/11/2008Luton NorthLabourSigned
John Hemming17/11/2008Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Menzies Campbell18/11/2008North East FifeLiberal DemocratSigned
Rudi Vis19/11/2008Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
David Howarth19/11/2008CambridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
John McDonnell25/11/2008Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned

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