EUROPEAN ELECTIONS - Early Day Motions - UK Parliament

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Early Day Motions

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Motion text

That this House notes that the Labour candidate, Kathleen Walker Shaw, came third in the North-East Scotland Euro By-Election, receiving a mere 18 per cent. of the vote, and that one reason was no doubt the reaction of voters to the candidate's false claim to have been born in Aberdeen a claim subsequently retracted and replaced with the bizarre claim that she had been conceived there; and further notes with concern that the effects of the Government's proposals for european elections are that the electorate would be unable to register a vote against a particular candidate who, for example, has misled the electorate, that Mrs Walker Shaw could be elected nonetheless under the closed list system because she is in a high position on Labour's list, and that under the proposed system such by-elections would not take place in future.

Signatures (57)

Supporters (57)
Withdrawn signatures (0)

The first 6 Members who have signed to support the motion are the sponsors. The primary sponsor is generally the person who tabled the motion and has responsibility for it. The date shown is when the Member signed the motion.

Hamilton, Sir Archie

1 December 1998

Epsom and Ewell

Clappison, Mr James

1 December 1998

Greenway, Mr John

1 December 1998

Ainsworth, Mr Peter

1 December 1998

Winterton, Sir Nicholas

1 December 1998

Mackay, Mr Andrew

1 December 1998

In addition to the sponsors, the following Members have signed to support the motion.

Ulster Unionist Party

1 December 1998

1 December 1998

Blunt, Mr Crispin

1 December 1998

Bottomley, Sir Peter

1 December 1998

Brazier, Mr Julian

1 December 1998

Burns, Mr Simon

1 December 1998

West Chelmsford

Butterfill, Sir John

1 December 1998

Bournemouth West

Cash, Mr William

1 December 1998

Chapman, Sir Sydney

11 January 1999

Chipping Barnet

Chope, Mr Christopher

1 December 1998

Colvin, Michael

10 December 1998

1 December 1998

Beverley and Holderness

Davies, Mr Quentin

1 December 1998

Grantham and Stamford

Dorrell, Mr Stephen

1 December 1998

Evans, Mr Nigel

1 December 1998

Faber, Mr David

1 December 1998

Fallon, Mr Michael

2 December 1998

Flight, Mr Howard

1 December 1998

Arundel and South Downs

1 December 1998

Bognor Regis and Littlehampton

3 December 1998

North Wiltshire

Gummer, Mr John

1 December 1998

Suffolk Coastal

Hammond, Mr Philip

1 December 1998

Runnymede and Weybridge

Hawkins, Mr Nick

1 December 1998

3 December 1998

South Holland and The Deepings

1 December 1998

Hunter, Mr Andrew

1 December 1998

Jenkin, Mr Bernard

1 December 1998

Kirkbride, Julie

1 December 1998

Laing, Mrs Eleanor

1 December 1998

Lewis, Dr Julian

1 December 1998

New Forest East

Lloyd, Sir Peter

1 December 1998

2 December 1998

East Worthing and Shoreham

3 December 1998

Mid Worcestershire

Malins, Mr Humfrey

1 December 1998

Mates, Lt Col Michael

1 December 1998

May, Mrs Theresa

1 December 1998

Norman, Mr Archie

1 December 1998

Tunbridge Wells

Page, Mr Richard

1 December 1998

South West Hertfordshire

Paterson, Mr Owen

1 December 1998

North Shropshire

Roe, Mrs Marion

8 December 1998

Ruffley, Mr David

1 December 1998

Bury St. Edmunds

Smyth, The Rev Martin

Ulster Unionist Party

1 December 1998

Spelman, Mrs Caroline

3 December 1998

Stunell, Andrew

Liberal Democrat

14 December 1998

Swayne, Mr Desmond

1 December 1998

New Forest West

Taylor, Mr John D.

1 December 1998

Taylor, Sir Teddy

1 December 1998

Rochford and Southend East

Thompson, Mr William

Ulster Unionist Party

1 December 1998

Wells, Mr Bowen

1 December 1998

Hertford and Stortford

Wilkinson, Mr John

3 December 1998

Ruislip-Northwood

2 December 1998

There are no withdrawn signatures for this motion.

Amendments (1)

After a motion has been tabled, other Members can table amendments to it. Amendments to this motion are shown below.

EUROPEAN ELECTIONS (Amendment 1)

leave out from 'notes' to end and add 'that the Conservative Party supports the first past the post electoral system which depends on a closed list of one and therefore allows no way of protesting against the Conservative candidate other than by voting for candidates of other parties, which the overwhelming majority of the electorate did at the last General Election.'.

Malcolm Bruce

Liberal Democrat, Gordon

31

signatures

EDM 68A1: tabled on 2 December 1998