Largs Viking Festival (EDM1231)

Largs Viking Festival

EDM number 1231 in 2008-09, proposed by Katy Clark on 31/03/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Cultural heritage.

That this House notes that the Largs Viking Festival began in 1980 as a celebration of the 1263 Battle of Largs and to celebrate and promote the strong historical importance of Largs in defeating the Vikings in Scotland; further notes the importance of Vikings to Largs as evidenced by the number of references to Vikings around Largs, including the famous monument popularly known as The Pencil which commemorates the battle, the Vikingar, an interactive exhibit of Viking tales and myths, and the many street names around the town; pays tribute to the strong local commitment that has enabled this event to grow from a small celebration into a popular annual week-long festival featuring battle re-enactments and the ceremonial burning of the Longboat; recognises that the festival plays an important role in highlighting the historical significance of Largs in defeating the Vikings; and congratulates all those involved in the organisation of the Largs Viking Festival for its continuing success, and wishes the new Viking Festival Committee well for the Festival in 2009 and beyond.

This motion has been signed by a total of 36 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Katy Clark	31/03/2009	North Ayrshire and Arran	Labour	Proposed
Mark Fisher	31/03/2009	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Seconded
Hugo Swire	31/03/2009	East Devon	Conservative	Seconded
Alistair Carmichael	31/03/2009	Orkney and Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Angus MacNeil	31/03/2009	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Seconded
Sandra Osborne	31/03/2009	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock	Labour	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	31/03/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Ann Cryer	01/04/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	01/04/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	01/04/2009	Edinburgh North and Leith	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	01/04/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	01/04/2009	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	01/04/2009	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Alex Salmond	02/04/2009	Banff and Buchan	Scottish National Party	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	02/04/2009	Islington North	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	02/04/2009	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	02/04/2009	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Mason	02/04/2009	Glasgow East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Nick Harvey	20/04/2009	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Devine	20/04/2009	Livingston	Labour	Signed
John Leech	20/04/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Hamilton	20/04/2009	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	20/04/2009	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Signed
Menzies Campbell	20/04/2009	North East Fife	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	20/04/2009	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Eric Illsley	22/04/2009	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	23/04/2009	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Roy	23/04/2009	Glenrothes	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	24/04/2009	Barnsley West and Penistone	Labour	Signed
Linda Riordan	29/04/2009	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	30/04/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
David Anderson	05/05/2009	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	06/05/2009	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Willie Rennie	20/05/2009	Dunfermline and West Fife	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	08/06/2009	Glasgow Central	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	Unknown			Withdrawn

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