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PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
GRAHAM GOOCH (21 July 1997)

Motion Details

That this House pays tribute to former England and Essex cricket captain Graham Gooch on his retirement from first class cricket after nearly 25 years at the top during which time he played a record 118 tests for his county, 34 of them as captain, and scored a record 8,900 runs; congratulates him on the major contribution he made to the many successes of Essex County Cricket Club including six county championships and other county trophies in a career in which he scored 40,859 runs including 113 centuries; and wishes this great cricketing ambassador continued success and good health in his continuing service to the game as a test selector and in other ways.

Sponsored by:
Sir Bob Russell (Liberal Democrat)

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Party
Votes
%
 
Conservative
9
45%
 
 
Labour
6
30%
 
 
Liberal Democrat
4
20%
 
 
Non-affiliated
1
5%
 
Sponsor List (20 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Con
Sir David Amess
Con
Mr David Atkinson
Con
Sir Simon Burns
Con
Dr Michael Clark
Lab
Mr Huw Edwards
LD
Lord Fearn
Lab
Dr Norman Godman
Con
Mrs Teresa Gorman
LD
Sir Nick Harvey
Lab
Mr Ivan Henderson
Lab
Mr Alan Hurst
LD
Mr Paul Keetch
Lab
Tom Levitt
Con
Lord Pickles
LD
Sir Bob Russell (Sponsor)
Con
Sir Teddy Taylor
Baroness Tonge
Con
Sir John Whittingdale
Maldon
Con
Sir Nicholas Winterton
Lab
Derek Wyatt

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