PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
FATHER OF THE HOUSE (7 July 1996)
Motion Details
That this House salutes the Right honourable Member for Old Bexley and Sidcup, Father of the House, on the occasion of his 80th birthday; pays tribute to his long and distinguished Parliamentary service; and wishes him many more happy returns of the day.
Sponsored by:
Lord Cormack (Conservative)
EDMS Sponsor By Party
Party
Votes
%
Conservative
161
55%
Labour
95
32%
Liberal Democrat
16
5%
Crossbench
5
2%
Not Available
4
1%
Social Democratic & Labour Party
3
1%
Independent
3
1%
Non-affiliated
2
1%
Ulster Unionist Party
2
1%
Democratic Unionist Party
1
0%
Scottish National Party
1
0%
Plaid Cymru
1
0%
Lord Speaker
1
0%
Sponsor List (295 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lab
Baroness Adams of Craigielea
Con
Mr Peter Ainsworth
Con
Jonathan Aitken
Con
Richard Alexander
Con
Michael Alison
Con
Rupert Allason
XB
Lord Alton of Liverpool
Con
Sir David Amess
Lab
Lord Anderson of Swansea
Con
Sir Thomas Arnold
Con
David Ashby
Lab
Mr Joe Ashton
Con
Sir Robert Atkins
Con
Mr David Atkinson
Lab
John Austin
Con
Lord Baker of Dorking
Con
Sir Nicholas Baker
Con
Matthew Banks
Con
Robert Banks
Lab
Mr Harry Barnes
Con
Spencer Batiste
Lab
Sir Hugh Bayley
UUP
Mr Roy Beggs
Lab
Sir Stuart Bell
Con
Lord Bellingham
Lab
Mr Tony Benn
Lab
Lord Bilston
Con
Hartley Booth
Con
Sir Peter Bottomley
Con
Sir Andrew Bowden
Lab
Roland Boyes
Con
Sir Rhodes Boyson
Lab
Lord Bradley
Lab
Dr Jeremy Bray
Con
Sir Julian Brazier
Con
Sir Graham Bright
Con
Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville
Con
Michael Brown
Con
Mr Ian Bruce
Con
Nicholas Budgen
Con
Sir John Butterfill
Lab
Mr Richard Caborn
LD
Lord Campbell of Pittenweem
Lab
Mrs Anne Campbell
Ind
Dennis Canavan
XB
Lord Carlile of Berriew
Con
Sir Kenneth Carlisle
Con
Lord Carrington of Fulham
Con
Paul Channon
Con
Sir Sydney Chapman
Lab
Mr Malcolm Chisholm
Lab
Ms Judith Church
Con
Winston Churchill
Con
Dr Michael Clark
Con
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
North Cotswolds
Con
Michael Colvin
Con
Mr David Congdon
Lab
Frank Cook
Con
Anthony Coombs
Con
Lord Cope of Berkeley
Lab
Lord Corbett of Castle Vale
Con
Lord Cormack (Sponsor)
Lab
Baroness Corston
Con
James Couchman
Lab
Tom Cox
Con
Sir Julian Critchley
Lab
Mr Lawrence Cunliffe
Con
Mrs Edwina Currie
PC
Cynog Dafis
Lab
Lord Davies of Stamford
LD
Chris Davies
Con
Mr Stephen Day
Lab
Lord Dixon
Lab
Mr Brian H. Donohoe
Con
Sir Alan Duncan
Con
Mr Bob Dunn
Con
Sir Anthony Durant
XB
Lord Dykes
Lab
Ken Eastham
Con
Harold Elletson
Con
Sir Peter Emery
Lab
Bill Etherington
Lab
Lord Evans of Parkside
Con
Mr Nigel Evans
SNP
Mrs Margaret Ewing
Con
Mr David Faber
Con
Michael Fabricant
Lab
Andrew Faulds
Con
Dame Peggy Fenner
XB
Lord Field of Birkenhead
Con
Dudley Fishburn
Con
Nigel Forman
LD
Lord Foster of Bath
Con
Sir Marcus Fox
Con
Lord Framlingham
Lab
John Fraser
Con
Douglas French
Con
Sir Roger Gale
Herne Bay and Sandwich
Con
Lord Garel-Jones
Con
Lord Garnier
Lab
Mr Neil Gerrard
Lab
Lord Gilbert
Con
Dr Charles Goodson-Wickes
Sir John Gorst
Mr Tommy Graham
Lab
Bernie Grant
Con
Sir Anthony Grant
Con
Harry Greenway
Lab
Mr Win Griffiths
Con
Peter Griffiths
Lab
Lord Grocott
Lab
Mr John Gunnell
Lab
Mr Mike Hall
Con
Dr Keith Hampson
Con
Sir John Hannam
LD
Sir Nick Harvey
Con
Lord Haselhurst
Con
Charles Hendry
Lab
Mr John Heppell
Con
Sir Robert Hicks
Con
Lord Higgins
Lab
Keith Hill
Con
Sir James Hill
Lab
Norman Hogg
Lab
Mr John Home Robertson
Con
Sir Peter Hordern
Lab
Lord Howarth of Newport
Con
Lord Howell of Guildford
Con
Sir Ralph Howell
Con
Robert Hughes
Lab
Roy Hughes
LD
Simon Hughes
SDLP
Mr John Hume
Con
Lord Hunt of Wirral
Con
Sir John Hunt
DUP
Mr Andrew Hunter
Con
Lord Hurd of Westwell
Ind
Mr Eric Illsley
Lab
Helen Jackson
Lab
Mr Robert Jackson
Lab
Lord Janner of Braunstone
Con
Sir Geoffrey Johnson Smith
LD
Sir Russell Johnston
LD
Lord Jones of Cheltenham
Lab
Lord Jones
Lab
Mr Martyn Jones
Con
Lord Jopling
Lab
Sir Gerald Kaufman
Lab
Alan Keen
Con
Dame Elaine Kellett-Bowman
LD
Mr Charles Kennedy
Con
Robert Key
Lab
Mr Piara S Khabra
Con
Lord King of Bridgwater
LD
Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope
Con
Sir David Knox
Con
Lord Lamont of Lerwick
Con
Sir Ivan Lawrence
Con
Sir Edward Leigh
Gainsborough
Con
Sir Mark Lennox-Boyd
Con
Sir James Lester
Lab
Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke
Con
Sir David Lidington
Con
Sir Peter Lloyd
Con
Sir Peter Luff
Lab
Dr Calum MacDonald
Con
Lord MacGregor of Pulham Market
LD
Lord Maclennan of Rogart
Lab
Mr Denis MacShane
LD
Baroness Maddock
Con
Sir David Madel
Con
Lady Olga Maitland
SDLP
Mr Seamus Mallon
Lab
Lord Mandelson
Con
Keith Mans
Lab
Dr John Marek
Con
Paul Marland
Con
Tony Marlow
Con
Sir Michael Marshall
Lab
Mr Eric Martlew
Con
Mr Michael Mates
Lab
Lord McAvoy
Mr Robert McCartney
Lord Speaker
Lord McFall of Alcluith
SDLP
Mr Eddie McGrady
Lab
Mr Henry McLeish
Con
David Mellor
LD
Mrs Ray Michie
Lab
Andrew Miller
Con
Iain Mills
Lab
Austin Mitchell
Con
Sir David Mitchell
XB
Lord Molyneaux of Killead
Con
Sir Hector Monro
Lord Moonie
Lab
Lord Morris of Manchester
Lab
Mr George Mudie
Lab
Lord Murphy of Torfaen
Con
Sir Richard Needham
Con
Sir Michael Neubert
Con
Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne
Con
David Nicholson
Lab
Mr Edward O'Hara
Lab
Gordon Oakes
Lab
Mr Bill Olner
Con
Lord Onslow of Woking
Lab
Lord Orme
Lab
Robert Parry
Con
Sir Geoffrey Pattie
Con
Mrs Elizabeth Peacock
Lab
Mr Colin Pickthall
Lab
Mr Peter Pike
Lab
Sir Raymond Powell
Con
William Powell
Lab
Baroness Quin
Lab
Lord Radice
Con
Tim Rathbone
LD
Mr David Rendel
Con
Lord Renton of Mount Harry
Con
Graham Riddick
Con
Lord Robathan
Con
Lord Roberts of Conwy
Con
Mark Robinson
Lab
Mr Geoffrey Robinson
Lab
Mr Allan Rogers
Con
Mr Andrew Rowe
Lab
Dame Joan Ruddock
Con
Lord Ryder of Wensum
Con
Sir Tim Sainsbury
Con
Sir Nicholas Scott
LD
Mr Brian Sedgemore
Con
Mr David Shaw
Con
Sir Giles Shaw
Lab
Lord Sheldon
Con
Sir Colin Shepherd
Con
Sir Richard Shepherd
Con
Sir Michael Shersby
Lab
Peter Shore
Con
Sir Roger Sims
Con
Sir Trevor Skeet
Lab
Mr Andrew Smith
Con
Sir Dudley Smith
Con
Timothy Smith
UUP
The Rev Martin Smyth
Lab
Lord Snape
Con
Sir Keith Speed
Lab
Lord Spellar
Con
Lord Spicer
Con
Sir James Spicer
Lab
Rachel Squire
Con
Sir John Stanley
Lord Steel of Aikwood
Con
Mr Anthony Steen
Con
Michael Stephen
Lab
Roger Stott
Lab
Lord Stratford
Con
David Sumberg
Con
Sir Peter Tapsell
Con
Mr John D. Taylor
Con
Sir Teddy Taylor
Lab
Lord Temple-Morris
Con
Roy Thomason
Lab
Jack Thompson
Con
Patrick Thompson
Con
Sir Malcolm Thornton
Lab
Sir Stephen Timms
East Ham
Lab
Paddy Tipping
Lab
Lord Touhig
Con
Sir Cyril Townsend
Con
Richard Tracey
Con
David Tredinnick
Con
Sir Neville Trotter
Con
Dr Ian Twinn
LD
Lord Tyler
Con
Sir Gerard Vaughan
Con
Sir Peter Viggers
Con
George Walden
Lab
Sir Harold Walker
LD
Lord Wallace of Tankerness
Con
Gary Waller
Lab
Joan Walley
Con
Sir John Ward
Lab
Gareth Wardell
Mr Charles Wardle
Ind
Mr Robert N. Wareing
Con
Mr Nigel Waterson
Con
Sir Ray Whitney
Lab
Malcolm Wicks
Con
Sir Jerry Wiggin
Con
Mr John Wilkinson
Lab
Dr Alan Williams
Con
Mr David Wilshire
Con
Sir Nicholas Winterton
Lab
Tony Worthington
Con
Mr Tim Yeo
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