Early Day Motions

EARLY DAY MOTIONS

EDM (Early Day Motion) 432: tabled on 07 July 2010

Tabled in the 2010-12 session.

This motion has been signed by 46 Members. It has received 1 amendment.

As this motion is using historical data, we may not have the record of the original ordering, in which case signatories are listed alphabetically.

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Motion text

That this House regrets the continuing decline in importance of Early Day Motions which have become a campaign tool for external organisations; notes the role of public affairs professionals in drafting Early Day Motions and encouraging members of the organisations they represent to send pro forma emails and postcards to hon. Members; further notes the huge volume of correspondence that this generates and the consequent office and postage costs incurred; believes that the organisations involved derive little benefit from Early Day Motions, which very rarely have any influence on policy; further believes that public affairs professionals are aware of the ineffectiveness of Early Day Motions, but continue to use them to attempt to justify their services; questions the value for money to the taxpayer of Early Day Motions of whatever origin; and calls for the system of Early Day Motions to be reformed or abolished.

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.

Evans, Graham
Conservative
Signed on 7 July 2010
Weaver Vale
Primary
de Bois, Nick
Conservative
Signed on 8 July 2010
Enfield North
Baker, Steve
Conservative
Signed on 8 July 2010
Wycombe
Opperman, Guy
Conservative
Signed on 8 July 2010
Hexham
Lilley, Mr Peter
Conservative
Signed on 12 July 2010
Hitchin and Harpenden
Stewart, Rory
Conservative
Signed on 12 July 2010
Penrith and The Border

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

Ainsworth, Mr Bob
Labour
Signed on 14 July 2011
Coventry North East
Amess, Mr David
Conservative
Signed on 6 September 2010
Southend West
Arbuthnot, Mr James
Conservative
Signed on 6 July 2011
North East Hampshire
Bailey, Mr Adrian
Labour
Signed on 21 July 2010
West Bromwich West
Bingham, Andrew
Conservative
Signed on 5 July 2011
High Peak
Blackman, Bob
Conservative
Signed on 19 July 2010
Harrow East
Bottomley, Sir Peter
Conservative
Signed on 30 January 2012
Worthing West
Brady, Mr Graham
Conservative
Signed on 19 July 2010
Altrincham and Sale West
Bridgen, Andrew
Conservative
Signed on 6 July 2011
North West Leicestershire
Carmichael, Neil
Conservative
Signed on 5 July 2011
Stroud
Clifton-Brown, Geoffrey
Conservative
Signed on 4 July 2011
The Cotswolds
Davidson, Mr Ian
Labour
Signed on 11 July 2011
Glasgow South West
Davies, David T. C.
Conservative
Signed on 13 July 2010
Monmouth
Dinenage, Caroline
Conservative
Signed on 15 July 2010
Gosport
Doyle-Price, Jackie
Conservative
Signed on 15 July 2010
Thurrock
Drax, Richard
Conservative
Signed on 13 July 2011
South Dorset
Field, Mr Frank
Labour
Signed on 4 July 2011
Birkenhead
Freeman, George
Conservative
Signed on 5 July 2011
Mid Norfolk
Freer, Mike
Conservative
Signed on 11 July 2011
Finchley and Golders Green
Garnier, Mark
Conservative
Signed on 6 September 2010
Wyre Forest
Hancock, Matthew
Conservative
Signed on 7 July 2011
West Suffolk
Henderson, Gordon
Conservative
Signed on 4 July 2011
Sittingbourne and Sheppey
Hollingbery, George
Conservative
Signed on 27 July 2010
Meon Valley
Holloway, Mr Adam
Conservative
Signed on 15 July 2010
Gravesham
Jones, Mr Marcus
Conservative
Signed on 6 February 2012
Nuneaton
Latham, Pauline
Conservative
Signed on 11 July 2011
Mid Derbyshire
Leadsom, Andrea
Conservative
Signed on 12 July 2010
South Northamptonshire
Lewis, Brandon
Conservative
Signed on 5 July 2011
Great Yarmouth
Lord, Jonathan
Conservative
Signed on 13 July 2010
Woking
McCartney, Jason
Conservative
Signed on 4 July 2011
Colne Valley
Nokes, Caroline
Conservative
Signed on 4 July 2011
Romsey and Southampton North
Ollerenshaw, Eric
Conservative
Signed on 19 July 2010
Lancaster and Fleetwood
Ottaway, Richard
Conservative
Signed on 19 July 2010
Croydon South
Poulter, Dr Daniel
Conservative
Signed on 19 July 2010
Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
Redwood, Mr John
Conservative
Signed on 13 July 2010
Wokingham
Smith, Henry
Conservative
Signed on 19 July 2010
Crawley
Smith, Nick
Labour
Signed on 8 September 2010
Blaenau Gwent
Stevenson, John
Conservative
Signed on 20 July 2010
Carlisle
Uppal, Paul
Conservative
Signed on 19 July 2010
Wolverhampton South West
Williamson, Gavin
Conservative
Signed on 12 July 2011
South Staffordshire

There are no withdrawn signatures for this motion.

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

EARLY DAY MOTIONS (Amendment 1)
leave out from `House' to end and add `recognises that Early Day Motions provide one of only a few methods of registering the views of large numbers of hon. Members, other than by votes in the House; believes that they enable hon. Members to generate support for worthwhile causes; consequently opposes their abolition; and accordingly advises hon. Members who do not wish to sign them simply to decline to do so.'.
Dr Julian Lewis
Conservative, New Forest East
7
signatures
EDM 432A1: tabled on 8 July 2010