PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
INDEPENDENT COMMISSION ON VOTING SYSTEMS (1 December 1997)
Motion Details
That this House welcomes the establishment of an independent commission on voting systems to recommend a proportional alternative to the first-past-the-post system for election to the House of Commons which can then be put to a referendum of the British people before the next general election; and believes that open and informed discussion of the options for electoral reform will be good for democracy in the United Kingdom.
Sponsored by:
Stephen Twigg (Labour)
EDMS Sponsor By Party
Party
Votes
%
Labour
66
58%
Liberal Democrat
35
31%
Plaid Cymru
4
4%
Non-affiliated
3
3%
Independent
2
2%
Social Democratic & Labour Party
1
1%
Crossbench
1
1%
Workers Party of Britain
1
1%
Sponsor List (113 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lord Allan of Hallam
Lab
Mr Joe Ashton
Lab
Charlotte Atkins
LD
Norman Baker
LD
Jackie Ballard
Lab
Sir Hugh Bayley
Lab
Mr Nigel Beard
LD
Lord Beith
Lab
Mr Harold Best
Lab
Mr David S. Borrow
Lab
Mr Ben Bradshaw
LD
Tom Brake
LD
Dr Peter Brand
LD
Mr Colin Breed
LD
Lord Bruce of Bennachie
Lab
Richard Burden
LD
Sir Vince Cable
LD
Lord Campbell of Pittenweem
Lab
Mrs Anne Campbell
Lab
Mr Ivor Caplin
LD
Lord Chidgey
Lab
Ms Judith Church
Lab
Mr Eric Clarke
Lab
Ann Clwyd
Lab
Mr Tony Colman
Lab
Michael Connarty
Lab
Lord Corbett of Castle Vale
LD
Lord Cotter
PC
Cynog Dafis
LD
Ed Davey
Kingston and Surbiton
Lab
Valerie Davey
Lab
Dr David Drew
Lab
Julia Drown
Lab
Mr Huw Edwards
LD
Lord Fearn
Lab
Barbara Follett
LD
Lord Foster of Bath
WPB
George Galloway
LD
Andrew George
St Ives
Lab
Linda Gilroy
Lab
Dr Norman Godman
LD
Mr Donald Gorrie
Lab
Jane Griffiths
Lab
John Grogan
Lab
Patrick Hall
Ind
Mr Mike Hancock
LD
Dr Evan Harris
LD
Sir Nick Harvey
Lab
Stephen Hesford
Lab
Keith Hill
Lab
Baroness Hodge of Barking
Lab
Mr John Home Robertson
LD
Simon Hughes
SDLP
Mr John Hume
Lab
Alan Johnson
LD
Lord Jones of Cheltenham
Lab
Lynne Jones
PC
Mr Ieuan Wyn Jones
LD
Mr Paul Keetch
Lab
Ruth Kelly
LD
Mr Charles Kennedy
Lab
Baroness King of Bow
Lab
Mrs Jackie Lawrence
Lab
David Lepper
Ind
Mr Ivan Lewis
Lab
Martin Linton
LD
Lord Livsey of Talgarth
PC
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Lab
Mr David Lock
Lab
Dr Calum MacDonald
Lab
Fiona Mactaggart
Lab
Dr John Marek
Lab
Mr Robert Marshall-Andrews
Lab
Mr John McAllion
Lab
Chris McCafferty
Lab
Rosemary McKenna
Lab
Mr Kevin McNamara
Lab
Austin Mitchell
Lord Moonie
LD
Michael Moore
Lab
Mr Rhodri Morgan
Lab
Dr Doug Naysmith
Lab
Dan Norris
North East Somerset and Hanham
LD
Mr Mark Oaten
LD
Lembit Öpik
Lab
Diana Organ
Lab
Dr Nick Palmer
Lab
Mr James Plaskitt
Lab
Lawrie Quinn
Lab
Lord Radice
Lab
Bill Rammell
LD
Mr David Rendel
LD
Mr Adrian Sanders
LD
Sir Robert Smith
XB
Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston
LD
Lord Stunell
LD
Lord Taylor of Goss Moor
Lab
David Taylor
Lab
Lord Temple-Morris
Lab
Gareth Thomas
Harrow West
Lab
Mr Mark Todd
Baroness Tonge
Lab
Mr Paul Truswell
Lab
Dr Desmond Turner
Lab
Stephen Twigg (Sponsor)
LD
Lord Tyler
LD
Lord Wallace of Tankerness
LD
Steve Webb
Lab
Dr Alan Whitehead
Lab
Malcolm Wicks
PC
Lord Wigley
Lab
Dr Alan Williams
LD
Lord Willis of Knaresborough
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