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Liverpool University And Departmental Closures

EDM number 1013 in 2008-09, proposed by Peter Kilfoyle on 09/03/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Higher education.

That this House deplores the intention of the University of Liverpool to close down three departments - Philosophy, Politics and Communications and Statistics without any meaningful consultation; supports the resistance of staff and students to the threatened closures; and calls on the University Senate to reject these short-sighted plans of the university's strategic management team.

This motion has been signed by a total of 54 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Peter Kilfoyle09/03/2009Liverpool, WaltonLabourProposed
Ann Clwyd09/03/2009Cynon ValleyLabourSeconded
Robert Wareing09/03/2009Liverpool, West DerbyIndependentSeconded
Geraldine Smith09/03/2009Morecambe and LunesdaleLabourSeconded
Michael Clapham09/03/2009Barnsley West and PenistoneLabourSeconded
David Crausby09/03/2009Bolton North EastLabourSeconded
Greg Pope10/03/2009HyndburnLabourSigned
Stephen Hesford10/03/2009Wirral WestLabourSigned
Lindsay Hoyle10/03/2009ChorleyLabourSigned
Eric Illsley10/03/2009Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn10/03/2009Islington NorthLabourSigned
Ann Cryer10/03/2009KeighleyLabourSigned
John Cummings10/03/2009EasingtonLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin10/03/2009Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
David Drew10/03/2009StroudLabourSigned
Louise Ellman10/03/2009Liverpool, RiversideLabourSigned
Austin Mitchell11/03/2009Great GrimsbyLabourSigned
Mark Hunter11/03/2009CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Graham Stringer11/03/2009Manchester, BlackleyLabourSigned
Frank Field11/03/2009BirkenheadLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell11/03/2009Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
John Pugh12/03/2009SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Simpson12/03/2009Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins12/03/2009Luton NorthLabourSigned
Brian Binley12/03/2009Northampton SouthConservativeSigned
Katy Clark12/03/2009North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned
David Anderson13/03/2009BlaydonLabourSigned
Keith Vaz13/03/2009Leicester EastLabourSigned
Janet Anderson13/03/2009Rossendale and DarwenLabourSigned
Mohammad Sarwar16/03/2009Glasgow CentralLabourSigned
Edward O'Hara16/03/2009Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
Claire Curtis-Thomas16/03/2009CrosbyLabourSigned
Mark Durkan16/03/2009FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Mike Hancock16/03/2009Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Betty Williams16/03/2009ConwyLabourSigned
Lorely Burt16/03/2009SolihullLiberal DemocratSigned
Chris McCafferty17/03/2009Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Andrew Miller17/03/2009Ellesmere Port and NestonLabourSigned
Jim Devine17/03/2009LivingstonLabourSigned
Rudi Vis18/03/2009Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Paul Burstow19/03/2009Sutton and CheamLiberal DemocratSigned
David Hamilton19/03/2009MidlothianLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins19/03/2009TamworthLabourSigned
Ian McCartney23/03/2009MakerfieldLabourSigned
David Borrow24/03/2009South RibbleLabourSigned
Vincent Cable25/03/2009TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Nick Harvey26/03/2009North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
John Leech30/03/2009Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Bob Russell21/04/2009ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Meacher22/04/2009Oldham West and RoytonLabourSigned
Don Foster22/04/2009BathLiberal DemocratSigned
David Howarth17/06/2009CambridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Simon Hughes20/07/2009North Southwark and BermondseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Ian GibsonUnknownWithdrawn

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