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Armed Forces Voting

EDM number 862 in 2009-10, proposed by Nick Harvey on 10/02/2010.
Categorised under the topics of Armed forces, Elections and General elections.

That this House expresses concern that a third of service personnel are not currently registered to vote; notes the difficulties which many servicemen and women experience in voting; further notes that the extremely tight timetable for a general election with candidates only being nominated 11 days before polling day, does not leave enough time thereafter for postal ballot papers to be printed, distributed to service personnel deployed abroad, particularly those who are at present in Afghanistan, and returned in time to be included in constituency counts; and calls on the Government to amend the timetable for general elections to match the local election timetable, with candidates being nominated 16 days before polling day, thus easing the logistical barrier to service personnel exercising their right to vote.

This motion has been signed by a total of 70 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Nick Harvey10/02/2010North DevonLiberal DemocratProposed
Mark Hunter10/02/2010CheadleLiberal DemocratSeconded
John Hemming10/02/2010Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSeconded
Annette Brooke10/02/2010Mid Dorset and North PooleLiberal DemocratSeconded
Don Foster10/02/2010BathLiberal DemocratSeconded
Bob Russell10/02/2010ColchesterLiberal DemocratSeconded
Andrew Stunell10/02/2010Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Menzies Campbell10/02/2010North East FifeLiberal DemocratSigned
John Thurso10/02/2010Caithness, Sutherland and Easter RossLiberal DemocratSigned
Steve Webb10/02/2010NorthavonLiberal DemocratSigned
Roger Williams10/02/2010Brecon and RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Lorely Burt10/02/2010SolihullLiberal DemocratSigned
Susan Kramer10/02/2010Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Jo Swinson10/02/2010East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Dan Rogerson10/02/2010North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Rowen10/02/2010RochdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Stephen Williams10/02/2010Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Norman Baker10/02/2010LewesLiberal DemocratSigned
Malcolm Bruce10/02/2010GordonLiberal DemocratSigned
Colin Breed10/02/2010South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Tom Brake10/02/2010Carshalton and WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Lembit 10/02/2010MontgomeryshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Moore10/02/2010Berwickshire, Roxburgh and SelkirkLiberal DemocratSigned
Charles Kennedy10/02/2010Ross, Skye and LochaberLiberal DemocratSigned
Simon Hughes10/02/2010North Southwark and BermondseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Holmes10/02/2010ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Robert Smith10/02/2010West Aberdeenshire and KincardineLiberal DemocratSigned
Adrian Sanders10/02/2010TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned
Rudi Vis22/02/2010Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Derek Wyatt22/02/2010Sittingbourne and SheppeyLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley22/02/2010Worthing WestConservativeSigned
David Drew22/02/2010StroudLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn22/02/2010Islington NorthLabourSigned
Ann Cryer22/02/2010KeighleyLabourSigned
Bob Spink22/02/2010Castle PointIndependentSigned
Brian Iddon22/02/2010Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Alan Meale22/02/2010MansfieldLabourSigned
Gordon Prentice23/02/2010PendleLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins23/02/2010Luton NorthLabourSigned
Paul Flynn23/02/2010Newport WestLabourSigned
Mike Hancock23/02/2010Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
John Leech23/02/2010Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Chris McCafferty24/02/2010Calder ValleyLabourSigned
William McCrea24/02/2010South AntrimDUPSigned
John McDonnell24/02/2010Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Janet Dean24/02/2010BurtonLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin24/02/2010Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
David Howarth24/02/2010CambridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Williams24/02/2010CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
John Mason25/02/2010Glasgow EastScottish National PartySigned
Brian Jenkins25/02/2010TamworthLabourSigned
Dai Davies25/02/2010Blaenau GwentIndependentSigned
Evan Harris26/02/2010Oxford West and AbingdonLiberal DemocratSigned
Alistair Carmichael26/02/2010Orkney and ShetlandLiberal DemocratSigned
Nigel Dodds26/02/2010Belfast NorthDUPSigned
Betty Williams01/03/2010ConwyLabourSigned
Bill Etherington03/03/2010Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Tony Baldry03/03/2010BanburyConservativeSigned
Julia Goldsworthy03/03/2010Falmouth and CamborneLiberal DemocratSigned
Willie Rennie03/03/2010Dunfermline and West FifeLiberal DemocratSigned
Edward Davey04/03/2010Kingston and SurbitonLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Beith04/03/2010Berwick-upon-TweedLiberal DemocratSigned
Eric Illsley08/03/2010Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Andrew George09/03/2010St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Robert Syms09/03/2010PooleConservativeSigned
John Gummer15/03/2010Suffolk CoastalConservativeSigned
Patrick Mercer22/03/2010NewarkConservativeSigned
Greg Mulholland24/03/2010Leeds North WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Robert Walter30/03/2010North DorsetConservativeSigned
Andrew Pelling07/04/2010Croydon CentralIndependentSigned

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