PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
EQUAL AGE OF CONSENT (26 July 1998)
Motion Details
That this House reaffirms its support for an equal age of consent at 16; and calls on the Government to introduce a Government Bill starting in this House as early as possible in the next session of Parliament.
Sponsored by:
Ann Keen (Labour)
EDMS Sponsor By Party
Party
Votes
%
Labour
98
88%
Liberal Democrat
6
5%
Independent
3
3%
The Independent Group for Change
2
2%
Conservative
1
1%
Crossbench
1
1%
Scottish National Party
1
1%
Sponsor List (112 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lab
Ms Diane Abbott
Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Lab
Charlotte Atkins
Lab
John Austin
Lab
Mr Harry Barnes
Lab
Dame Anne Begg
Lab
Mr Bob Blizzard
Lab
Mr David S. Borrow
Lab
Mr Ben Bradshaw
LD
Dr Peter Brand
Lab
Mr Russell Brown
Lab
Sir Alan Campbell
Tynemouth
Lab
Mr Ivor Caplin
Lab
Martin Caton
Lab
Mr Ian Cawsey
Lab
Mr Michael Clapham
XB
Baroness Clark of Calton
Lab
Mrs Helen Clark
Lab
Mr Tony Clarke
Lab
Lord Coaker
Lab
Mr Iain Coleman
Lab
Yvette Cooper
Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley
Lab
Lord Cryer
Lab
Mrs Ann Cryer
Lab
John Cummings
Lab
Mr Jim Cunningham
Lab
Valerie Davey
Lab
Mr Terry Davis
Lab
Mrs Janet Dean
Lab
Mr Andrew Dismore
Lab
Julia Drown
Lab
Clive Efford
Eltham and Chislehurst
Lab
Bill Etherington
Lab
Jim Fitzpatrick
Lab
Barbara Follett
Lab
Mr Michael Foster
Lab
Mrs Maria Fyfe
Lab
Barry Gardiner
Brent West
Lab
Mr Neil Gerrard
Lab
Dr Ian Gibson
Lab
Dr Norman Godman
Lab
Mrs Eileen Gordon
LD
Mr Donald Gorrie
Lab
Fabian Hamilton
Leeds North East
LD
Sir Nick Harvey
Lab
John Healey
Rawmarsh and Conisbrough
Lab
Mr Ivan Henderson
Lab
Mr John Heppell
Ind
Ms Patricia Hewitt
Lab
Mr David Hinchliffe
Lab
Phil Hope
Ind
Kelvin Hopkins
Lab
Baroness Hughes of Stretford
Lab
Mrs Joan Humble
Lab
Alan Johnson
Lab
Helen Jones
Lab
Lynne Jones
Lab
Ann Keen (Sponsor)
Lab
Dr Ashok Kumar
Con
Baroness Laing of Elderslie
Lab
Mr Bob Laxton
Lab
David Lepper
IGC
Mr Chris Leslie
Lab
Tom Levitt
Lab
Mr Andrew Love
Lab
Alice Mahon
Lab
Judy Mallaber
Lab
Gordon Marsden
Lab
Chris McCafferty
Lab
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
Lab
Rosemary McKenna
Lab
Baroness Merron
Lab
Laura Moffatt
Lab
Julie Morgan
Lab
Mr Rhodri Morgan
Lab
Dr Doug Naysmith
Ind
Dan Norris
North East Somerset and Hanham
Lab
Sandra Osborne
Lab
Linda Perham
Lab
Mr Peter Pike
Lab
Mr James Plaskitt
Lab
Stephen Pound
Lab
Syd Rapson
Lab
Mr Andy Reed
Lab
Mr Ernie Ross
Lab
Christine Russell
IGC
Joan Ryan
SNP
Alex Salmond
LD
Mr Brian Sedgemore
Lab
Alan Simpson
Lab
Mr Dennis Skinner
LD
Angela Smith
Lab
Lord Soley
Lab
Helen Southworth
Lab
Ian Stewart
Lab
Graham Stringer
Blackley and Middleton South
Lab
Ms Dari Taylor
Lab
Paddy Tipping
Lab
Mr Mark Todd
Lab
Mr Paul Truswell
Lab
Dr Desmond Turner
Lab
Derek Twigg
Widnes and Halewood
Lab
Stephen Twigg
Lab
Dr Rudi Vis
LD
Lord Wallace of Tankerness
Lab
Brian White
Lab
Dr Alan Whitehead
Lab
Baroness Winterton of Doncaster
Lab
Mrs Audrey Wise
Lab
Mr Shaun Woodward
Lab
Mr Phil Woolas
Lab
Mr Anthony Wright
Lab
Derek Wyatt
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