National Policy For Local Elections (EDM1816)

National Policy For Local Elections

EDM number 1816 in 2008-09, proposed by Bob Spink on 06/07/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Elections.

That this House believes that a national policy to promote competition in local election contests should be adopted before the next dissolution of Parliament; further believes that this policy should include a comprehensive plan to inform the public of all local election contests; and urges the Government to introduce a mandatory code of conduct for returning officers to raise public engagement in local elections and to ensure greater consistency in the application of election law.

This motion has been signed by a total of 19 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Bob Spink	06/07/2009	Castle Point	Independent	Proposed
Peter Bottomley	06/07/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Bob Russell	06/07/2009	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Brian Iddon	07/07/2009	Bolton South East	Labour	Seconded
Lynne Jones	07/07/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Seconded
Elfyn Llwyd	08/07/2009	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Seconded
Andrew Dismore	09/07/2009	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Dai Davies	09/07/2009	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
John Leech	09/07/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	09/07/2009	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	09/07/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	09/07/2009	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	13/07/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	13/07/2009	Conwy	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	13/07/2009	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	14/07/2009	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	14/07/2009	Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	15/07/2009	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
David Drew	15/07/2009	Stroud	Labour	Signed

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