PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
BOLTON INSTITUTE'S BID FOR UNIVERSITY STATUS (26 April 1998)
Motion Details
That this House recognises that Bolton Institute is a university in all but name, since it has awarded its own degrees and higher degrees for some years, and that its bid for university status has a considerable amount of public support, not only within Bolton but across the country; and calls upon the Government to support this bid.
Sponsored by:
Dr Brian Iddon (Labour)
EDMS Sponsor By Party
Party
Votes
%
Labour
66
80%
Independent
7
8%
Liberal Democrat
5
6%
Conservative
2
2%
Speaker
1
1%
Democratic Unionist Party
1
1%
Ulster Unionist Party
1
1%
Sponsor List (83 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lab
Mr Joe Ashton
Lab
Mr Harry Barnes
Lab
Mr Nigel Beard
UUP
Mr Roy Beggs
Ind
Mr Martin Bell
Lab
Mr Tony Benn
Lab
Mr Gerry Bermingham
Lab
Mr Bob Blizzard
Lab
Mr David S. Borrow
Lab
Mr Russell Brown
Lab
Roger Casale
Ind
Mr David Chaytor
Lab
Mrs Helen Clark
Lab
Mr Eric Clarke
Lab
Ann Clwyd
Con
Michael Colvin
Ind
Jeremy Corbyn
Islington North
Lab
Sir David Crausby
Lab
Lord Cryer
Lab
Mrs Ann Cryer
Lab
Mr Lawrence Cunliffe
Lab
Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas
Lab
Tam Dalyell
Lab
Mr Hilton Dawson
Lab
Jim Dobbin
Lab
Maria Eagle
Liverpool Garston
Ind
Dame Louise Ellman
Lab
Bill Etherington
Con
Mr Nigel Evans
LD
Lord Fearn
Lab
Paul Flynn
Lab
Mr Neil Gerrard
Lab
Paul Goggins
LD
Dr Evan Harris
LD
Sir Nick Harvey
Lab
Stephen Hesford
Spk
Sir Lindsay Hoyle
Chorley
Lab
Baroness Hughes of Stretford
Lab
Mrs Joan Humble
Lab
Dr Brian Iddon (Sponsor)
Lab
Helen Jones
Lab
Ms Sally Keeble
Lab
Ruth Kelly
Lab
Dr Ashok Kumar
Ind
Mr Ivan Lewis
Lab
Mr Terry Lewis
Ind
Mr Ken Livingstone
Lab
Alice Mahon
Lab
Judy Mallaber
Lab
Gordon Marsden
Ind
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
Lab
Mr Tony McWalter
Lab
Mr John McWilliam
Lab
Mr Bill Michie
Lab
Sir Bill O'Brien
Lab
Mr Bill Olner
Lab
Mr Colin Pickthall
Lab
Mr Peter Pike
Lab
Mr Kerry Pollard
Lab
Mr Gordon Prentice
Lab
Syd Rapson
DUP
Mr Peter Robinson
Lab
Chris Ruane
Lab
Christine Russell
Lab
Martin Salter
Lab
Mr Malcolm Savidge
Lab
Jonathan Shaw
Lab
Mr Marsha Singh
Lab
Mr Dennis Skinner
Lab
Geraldine Smith
Lab
Ian Stewart
Lab
Roger Stott
LD
Lord Stunell
Lab
David Taylor
Lab
Dr Desmond Turner
Lab
Derek Twigg
Widnes and Halewood
Lab
Dr Rudi Vis
Lab
Joan Walley
Lab
Lord Watts
Lab
Mrs Betty Williams
LD
Lord Willis of Knaresborough
Lab
Mrs Audrey Wise
Lab
Mike Wood
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