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PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
LABOUR CONTROLLED MONKLANDS DISTRICT COUNCIL (19 June 1995)

Motion Details

That this House is appalled by the findings of Professor Robert Black's investigation into the affairs of Labour controlled Monklands District Council; notes the report concludes that there have been unfair spending distortions between Catholic Coatbridge and the Protestant town of Airdrie, unfair employment practices which led to 68 relatives of councillors being employed by the council; further notes that the report concluded that more than 30 employees of the council were prominent Labour Party members who obtained jobs and promotions for which they lacked the required qualifications and abilities, that Labour councillors had their houses repaired ahead of ordinary tenants and arranged preferential allocation of council houses for Labour Party members ahead of the homeless, disabled and the sick; and believes this to be the worst example of nepotism and political corruption and political bias in the history of local government in the United Kingdom.

Sponsored by:
Mr David Shaw (Conservative)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Conservative
56
95%
 
 
Liberal Democrat
1
2%
 
 
Labour
1
2%
 
 
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2%
 
Sponsor List (59 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Con
David Ashby
Con
Mr David Atkinson
Con
Mr Peter Atkinson
Con
Spencer Batiste
Con
Sir Nicholas Bonsor
Con
Sir Rhodes Boyson
Con
Sir Julian Brazier
Con
Michael Brown
Con
John Carlisle
Con
Sir William Cash
Con
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
North Cotswolds
Con
Mr David Congdon
Con
Anthony Coombs
Con
Mr Stephen Day
Con
Nirj Deva
Con
Den Dover
Con
Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Chingford and Woodford Green
Con
Sir Alan Duncan
Con
Harold Elletson
Con
Michael Fabricant
Con
Mr Phil Gallie
Sir George Gardiner
Con
Mrs Teresa Gorman
Con
Harry Greenway
Con
Andrew Hargreaves
Con
Mr Nick Hawkins
Con
Robert Hughes
Con
Sir Bernard Jenkin
Harwich and North Essex
Con
Toby Jessel
Con
Lady Olga Maitland
Con
Lord McLoughlin
Con
Sir David Mitchell
Con
Sir Fergus Montgomery
Con
Sir Michael Neubert
Con
David Nicholson
Con
Lord Pickles
Con
William Powell
Con
Graham Riddick
Con
Dame Marion Roe
Con
Mr David Shaw (Sponsor)
Con
Sir Giles Shaw
Con
Sir James Spicer
Con
Michael Stephen
Con
Michael Stern
Con
Allan Stewart
Con
David Sumberg
Con
Walter Sweeney
Con
Mr John Sykes
Con
Roy Thomason
LD
Peter Thurnham
Con
Richard Tracey
Con
Lord Trimble
Con
Sir Neville Trotter
Con
Dr Ian Twinn
Lab
Sir Harold Walker
Con
Mr Nigel Waterson
Con
Ann Winterton
Con
Sir Nicholas Winterton
Con
Mark Wolfson

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