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PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
ABORTION LAW REFORM (30 October 1997)

Motion Details

leave out from 'House' to end and add 'believes that the Abortion Act 1967 should be reformed to stop abortion virtually on demand as practiced at present and to outlaw private fees for either recommending or carrying out abortion in order to prevent one law for the rich and another for the poor; and observes that throughout Northern Ireland the overwhelming majority of people, regardless of community or denomination, have a resolute opposition to abortion and are opposed to the extension to Northern Ireland of the law as it applies to the rest of Britain.'.

Sponsored by:
Ann Winterton (Conservative)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Conservative
11
37%
 
 
Labour
9
30%
 
 
Ulster Unionist Party
4
13%
 
 
Independent
2
7%
 
 
Democratic Unionist Party
2
7%
 
 
Liberal Democrat
1
3%
 
 
Social Democratic & Labour Party
1
3%
 
Sponsor List (30 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Con
Sir David Amess
UUP
Mr Roy Beggs
LD
Lord Beith
Lab
Mr Joe Benton
Con
Sir Julian Brazier
Con
Sir William Cash
Con
Dr Michael Clark
Lab
Mr Lawrence Cunliffe
Lab
Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas
Con
Mr Stephen Day
Lab
Jim Dobbin
Ind
Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson
Ind
Mr Dominic Grieve
DUP
Mr Andrew Hunter
Lab
Ms Fiona Jones
Con
Sir Edward Leigh
Gainsborough
SDLP
Mr Eddie McGrady
Lab
Mr Kevin McNamara
Lab
Mr Kerry Pollard
Con
Mr Laurence Robertson
DUP
Mr Peter Robinson
Con
Dame Marion Roe
UUP
Mr William Ross
Lab
Mr Frank Roy
UUP
The Rev Martin Smyth
UUP
Mr William Thompson
Lab
Keith Vaz
Con
Miss Ann Widdecombe
Con
Ann Winterton (Sponsor)
Con
Sir Nicholas Winterton

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