BBC Sports Personality Of The Year And Sports People From Northern Ireland
EDM number 735 in 2016-17, proposed by Ian Paisley Jnr on 29/11/2016.
Categorised under the topic of Sports.
That this House condemns the decision by the BBC Sports Personality of the Year panel not to include any sportsperson from Northern Ireland on the 16 person shortlist; calls on that panel to publicly spell out how Northern Ireland sports people were excluded; and demands the inclusion in that shortlist of two-weight world champion boxer Carl Frampton, two times world superbike champion Johnny Rea and most-decorated Paralympian Bethany Firth.
This motion has been signed by a total of 16 MPs.
| MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Paisley Jnr | 29/11/2016 | North Antrim | DUP | Proposed |
| Nigel Dodds | 29/11/2016 | Belfast North | DUP | Seconded |
| Margaret Ritchie | 29/11/2016 | South Down | Social Democratic and Labour Party | Seconded |
| Tom Elliott | 29/11/2016 | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | UUP | Seconded |
| Stephen Hepburn | 29/11/2016 | Jarrow | Labour | Seconded |
| David Simpson | 29/11/2016 | Upper Bann | DUP | Seconded |
| Gavin Robinson | 29/11/2016 | Belfast East | DUP | Signed |
| Sammy Wilson | 29/11/2016 | East Antrim | DUP | Signed |
| Laurence Robertson | 29/11/2016 | Tewkesbury | Conservative | Signed |
| Ronnie Cowan | 29/11/2016 | Inverclyde | Scottish National Party | Signed |
| Danny Kinahan | 30/11/2016 | South Antrim | UUP | Signed |
| Jim Shannon | 30/11/2016 | Strangford | DUP | Signed |
| Gregory Campbell | 30/11/2016 | East Londonderry | DUP | Signed |
| Alan Meale | 30/11/2016 | Mansfield | Labour | Signed |
| Alasdair McDonnell | 30/11/2016 | Belfast South | Social Democratic and Labour Party | Signed |
| Deidre Brock | 02/12/2016 | Edinburgh North and Leith | Scottish National Party | Signed |
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