PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
BSKYB TAKEOVER OF MANCHESTER UNITED PLC (20 October 1998)
Motion Details
That this House objects to the agreement where BSkyB Television will purchase Manchester United Plc; feels that this will create a unacceptable situation where BSkyB becomes both the biggest purchaser of televised football and also the owner of Europe's largest football club; is certain that this is not in the best public interest of fans, clubs or television viewers and sport in general; and calls upon the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry to refer the proposed takeover to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission in addition to setting up a full inquiry into the funding of football by television, in all its aspects.
Sponsored by:
Mr Terry Lewis (Labour)
EDMS Sponsor By Party
Party
Votes
%
Labour
103
69%
Liberal Democrat
20
13%
Conservative
12
8%
Independent
10
7%
Plaid Cymru
2
1%
Speaker
1
1%
Ulster Unionist Party
1
1%
Non-affiliated
1
1%
Sponsor List (150 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lab
Nick Ainger
Lord Allan of Hallam
Con
Sir David Amess
Lab
Mr Joe Ashton
Lab
John Austin
LD
Norman Baker
Lab
Mr Harry Barnes
Lab
Sir Kevin Barron
LD
Lord Beith
Ind
Mr Martin Bell
Lab
Mr Tony Benn
Lab
Andrew Bennett
Lab
Mr Joe Benton
Lab
Roger Berry
Lab
Lord Bilston
Ind
Crispin Blunt
Lab
Mr David S. Borrow
LD
Tom Brake
Lab
Christine Butler
LD
Sir Vince Cable
Lab
Lord Campbell-Savours
Lab
Mr Jamie Cann
Lab
Mr Ivor Caplin
Ind
Mr David Chaytor
LD
Lord Chidgey
Lab
Mr Malcolm Chisholm
Lab
Mr Eric Clarke
Lab
Mr Tony Clarke
Lab
Lord Coaker
Lab
Mr Iain Coleman
Con
Michael Colvin
Lab
Frank Cook
Lab
Lord Corbett of Castle Vale
LD
Lord Cotter
Lab
Tom Cox
Lab
Lord Cryer
Lab
Mrs Ann Cryer
Lab
John Cummings
Lab
Mr Jim Cunningham
Lab
Tam Dalyell
Lab
Mr Keith Darvill
Lab
Valerie Davey
Lab
Mrs Janet Dean
Lab
Jim Dobbin
Lab
Mr Brian H. Donohoe
Lab
Maria Eagle
Liverpool Garston
Lab
Mr Huw Edwards
Lab
Clive Efford
Eltham and Chislehurst
Ind
Dame Louise Ellman
Con
Sir Peter Emery
Lab
Bill Etherington
Con
Mr Nigel Evans
LD
Lord Fearn
Lab
Jim Fitzpatrick
Lab
Mr Michael Foster
Lab
Mrs Maria Fyfe
Lab
Barry Gardiner
Brent West
LD
Andrew George
St Ives
Lab
Mr Bruce George
Lab
Mr Neil Gerrard
Lab
Dr Ian Gibson
Lab
Mr Roger Godsiff
Lab
Mrs Eileen Gordon
LD
Mr Donald Gorrie
Con
Mr John Greenway
Ind
Mr Dominic Grieve
Lab
John Grogan
Lab
Mr John Gunnell
Ind
Mr Mike Hancock
LD
Sir Nick Harvey
Con
Mr Nick Hawkins
Lab
Mr Ivan Henderson
Ind
Mr Stephen Hepburn
Lab
Stephen Hesford
Ind
Kelvin Hopkins
Spk
Sir Lindsay Hoyle
Chorley
LD
Simon Hughes
Lab
Mrs Joan Humble
Lab
Dr Brian Iddon
Ind
Mr Eric Illsley
Con
Sir Geoffrey Johnson Smith
LD
Lord Jones of Cheltenham
Lab
Lord Jones
Lab
Lynne Jones
PC
Mr Ieuan Wyn Jones
Lab
Ms Fiona Jones
Lab
Alan Keen
LD
Mr Paul Keetch
LD
Mr Charles Kennedy
Lab
Mr Piara S Khabra
Lab
Ms Tess Kingham
Lab
Dr Ashok Kumar
Lab
Mr Bob Laxton
Lab
David Lepper
Lab
Mr Terry Lewis (Sponsor)
Lab
Martin Linton
PC
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Lab
Mr Andrew Love
Lab
Andrew Mackinlay
Lab
Alice Mahon
Lab
Gordon Marsden
Lab
Mr John McAllion
Lab
Chris McCafferty
Lab
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
Lab
Mr Bill Michie
Lab
Mr Rhodri Morgan
Lab
Mr Chris Mullin
Lab
Sir Bill O'Brien
Lab
Mr Edward O'Hara
LD
Lembit Öpik
Lab
Ian Pearson
Lab
Mr Peter Pike
Lab
Sir Raymond Powell
Lab
Gwyn Prosser
Lab
Bill Rammell
Con
Lord Randall of Uxbridge
Lab
Mr Terry Rooney
Lab
Lord Rowlands
Lab
Christine Russell
Lab
Martin Salter
LD
Mr Adrian Sanders
Lab
Mr Malcolm Savidge
Lab
Phil Sawford
Lab
Jonathan Shaw
Lab
Alan Simpson
Lab
Mr Marsha Singh
Lab
Mr Dennis Skinner
LD
Angela Smith
UUP
The Rev Martin Smyth
Lab
Helen Southworth
Lab
Mr Gerry Steinberg
Lab
Mr George Stevenson
Lab
Ian Stewart
Lab
Mr Gerry Sutcliffe
Con
Sir Desmond Swayne
New Forest West
Con
Sir Robert Syms
LD
Lord Taylor of Goss Moor
Lab
David Taylor
Lab
Gareth Thomas
Harrow West
LD
Lord Tyler
Lab
Dr Rudi Vis
Lab
Joan Walley
Lab
Claire Ward
Ind
Mr Robert N. Wareing
Lab
Lord Watts
LD
Steve Webb
Con
Ann Winterton
Con
Sir Nicholas Winterton
Lab
Mr Shaun Woodward
Lab
Dr Tony Wright
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