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ELECTIONS IN BURMA

EDM (Early Day Motion) 682: tabled on 09 November 2015

Tabled in the 2015-16 session.

This motion has been signed by 29 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 welcomes the democratic elections in Burma; congratulates Ms Suu Kyi's National League of Democracy on its success at the elections; looks forward to the return to a full democracy after years of military rule; and further notes that the Government offers moral and economic support and assistance to other new governments.

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.

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

Ahmed-Sheikh, Ms Tasmina
Scottish National Party
Signed on 23 November 2015
Ochil and South Perthshire
Black, Mhairi
Scottish National Party
Signed on 10 November 2015
Paisley and Renfrewshire South
Blackford, Ian
Scottish National Party
Signed on 10 November 2015
Ross, Skye and Lochaber
Bottomley, Sir Peter
Conservative
Signed on 10 November 2015
Worthing West
Cherry, Joanna
Scottish National Party
Signed on 16 November 2015
Edinburgh South West
Crawley, Angela
Scottish National Party
Signed on 11 May 2016
Lanark and Hamilton East
Edwards, Jonathan
Plaid Cymru
Signed on 10 November 2015
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
Grady, Patrick
Scottish National Party
Signed on 10 November 2015
Glasgow North
Gray, Neil
Scottish National Party
Signed on 10 November 2015
Airdrie and Shotts
Hendry, Drew
Scottish National Party
Signed on 10 November 2015
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
Hermon, Lady
Independent
Signed on 10 November 2015
North Down
Law, Chris
Scottish National Party
Signed on 10 November 2015
Dundee West
McNally, John
Scottish National Party
Signed on 16 November 2015
Falkirk
O'Hara, Brendan
Scottish National Party
Signed on 10 November 2015
Argyll and Bute
Paterson, Steven
Scottish National Party
Signed on 16 November 2015
Stirling
Saville Roberts, Liz
Plaid Cymru
Signed on 10 November 2015
Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Simpson, David
Democratic Unionist Party
Signed on 10 November 2015
Upper Bann
Thewliss, Alison
Scottish National Party
Signed on 10 November 2015
Glasgow Central
Thomson, Michelle
Independent
Signed on 24 November 2015
Edinburgh West
Tolhurst, Kelly
Conservative
Signed on 23 November 2015
Rochester and Strood
Vaz, Valerie
Labour
Signed on 10 November 2015
Walsall South

These members had previously signed the motion, but have now withdrawn their support. The date shown is when the Member withdrew their signature from the motion.

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

ELECTIONS IN BURMA (Amendment 1)
leave out 'and' to end and insert ', but further notes that 25 per cent of seats in the Burmese Parliament are reserved for the military and that ethnic groups such as the Rohingya remain persecuted and disenfranchised; and calls on the Government to immediately raise these concerns with the new Burmese authorities.'
Labour, Bradford East
6
signatures
EDM 682A1: tabled on 10 November 2015