Open Championship (EDM315)

Open Championship

EDM number 315 in 2015-16, proposed by Stephen Gethins on 15/07/2015.
Categorised under the topic of Sports.

That this House congratulates the Royal and Ancient Golf Club on hosting the 144th Open Championship on the historic Old Course at St Andrews, the Home of Golf; notes that this is the 29th time The Open has been played on the Old Course, making it the most frequent host of the tournament since its founding in 1860; further notes that golf has been played on the links at St Andrews since the early 1400s with the Old Course being founded in 1552, making it the most historic, as well as the best known of golf courses in the world; praises the hard work of the event's organisers and workers in arranging and running the tournament; wishes the tournament, competitors, spectators and townsfolk well for the week ahead; encourages visitors to enjoy the hospitality so generously offered by the ancient town of St Andrews; and sends best wishes to all those taking part.

This motion has been signed by a total of 44 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Stephen Gethins	15/07/2015	North East Fife	Scottish National Party	Proposed
Brendan O'Hara	15/07/2015	Argyll and Bute	Scottish National Party	Seconded
Callum McCaig	15/07/2015	Aberdeen South	Scottish National Party	Seconded
Angus MacNeil	15/07/2015	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Seconded
Richard Arkless	15/07/2015	Dumfries and Galloway	Scottish National Party	Seconded
Stewart Hosie	15/07/2015	Dundee East	Scottish National Party	Seconded
Neil Gray	15/07/2015	Airdrie and Shotts	Scottish National Party	Signed
Lisa Cameron	15/07/2015	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow	Scottish National Party	Signed
Carol Monaghan	15/07/2015	Glasgow North West	Scottish National Party	Signed
Angela Crawley	15/07/2015	Lanark and Hamilton East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Anne McLaughlin	15/07/2015	Glasgow North East	Scottish National Party	Signed
John Nicolson	15/07/2015	East Dunbartonshire	Scottish National Party	Signed
Stuart McDonald	15/07/2015	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Stewart McDonald	15/07/2015	Glasgow South	Scottish National Party	Signed
Owen Thompson	15/07/2015	Midlothian	Scottish National Party	Signed
Tasmina Sheikh	16/07/2015	Ochil and South Perthshire	Scottish National Party	Signed
Michelle Thomson	16/07/2015	Edinburgh West	Scottish National Party	Signed
Chris Law	16/07/2015	Dundee West	Scottish National Party	Signed
Chris Stephens	16/07/2015	Glasgow South West	Scottish National Party	Signed
Gavin Robinson	16/07/2015	Belfast East	DUP	Signed
Jim Shannon	16/07/2015	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Michael Weir	16/07/2015	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Jonathan Edwards	16/07/2015	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Phil Boswell	16/07/2015	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill	Scottish National Party	Signed
Martyn Day	16/07/2015	Linlithgow and East Falkirk	Scottish National Party	Signed
John McDonnell	16/07/2015	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Corri Wilson	20/07/2015	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock	Scottish National Party	Signed
Philippa Whitford	20/07/2015	Central Ayrshire	Scottish National Party	Signed
Alan Brown	20/07/2015	Kilmarnock and Loudoun	Scottish National Party	Signed
John McNally	20/07/2015	Falkirk	Scottish National Party	Signed
Ian Blackford	20/07/2015	Ross, Skye and Lochaber	Scottish National Party	Signed
Natalie McGarry	20/07/2015	Glasgow East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Paul Monaghan	20/07/2015	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	Scottish National Party	Signed
Gavin Newlands	20/07/2015	Paisley and Renfrewshire North	Scottish National Party	Signed
Kirsten Oswald	21/07/2015	East Renfrewshire	Scottish National Party	Signed
Kirsty Blackman	21/07/2015	Aberdeen North	Scottish National Party	Signed
Mhairi Black	21/07/2015	Paisley and Renfrewshire South	Scottish National Party	Signed
Alex Salmond	21/07/2015			Signed
David Anderson	21/07/2015	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Drew Hendry	07/09/2015	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey	Scottish National Party	Signed
Roger Mullin	07/09/2015	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath	Scottish National Party	Signed
Julian Lewis	07/09/2015	New Forest East	Conservative	Signed
Stuart Donaldson	08/09/2015	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine	Scottish National Party	Signed
Peter Grant	08/09/2015	Glenrothes	Scottish National Party	Signed

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