PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
WORLD PARKINSON'S DISEASE DAY (8 June 1997)

Motion Details

That this House notes Parkinson's Disease is a leading cause of neurological disability affecting over 120,000 people in the United Kingdom; and welcomes the pioneering efforts of the Parkinson's Disease Society of the United Kingdom to provide help and support for people with Parkinson's and their families living with this progressive and incurable illnes; and further notes that the launch of the first ever World Parkinson's Disease Day on 11th April 1997, co-sponsored by the World Health Organisation and initiated by the European Parkinson's Disease Association, has provided the opportunity for global collaboration to increase awareness of this condition throughout this year until World Parkinson's Disease Day 1998.

Sponsored by:
Mrs Betty Williams (Labour)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Labour
105
62%
 
 
Liberal Democrat
22
13%
 
 
Conservative
17
10%
 
 
Independent
10
6%
 
 
Social Democratic & Labour Party
3
2%
 
 
Ulster Unionist Party
3
2%
 
 
Scottish National Party
2
1%
 
 
Not Available
2
1%
 
 
Non-affiliated
1
1%
 
 
The Independent Group for Change
1
1%
 
 
Crossbench
1
1%
 
 
Plaid Cymru
1
1%
 
 
Democratic Unionist Party
1
1%
 
Sponsor List (169 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lab
Ms Diane Abbott
Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Con
Sir David Amess
Lab
Mr Joe Ashton
Lab
John Austin
LD
Jackie Ballard
Lab
Mr Harry Barnes
Lab
Mr Nigel Beard
Lab
Dame Anne Begg
UUP
Mr Roy Beggs
Lab
Mr Tony Benn
Lab
Mr Gerry Bermingham
Lab
Lord Bilston
Con
Sir Peter Bottomley
Lab
Mr Ben Bradshaw
LD
Dr Peter Brand
Con
Mr Ian Bruce
Lab
Ms Karen Buck
Lab
Colin Burgon
LD
Paul Burstow
LD
Sir Vince Cable
Lab
Martin Caton
Lab
Mr Ian Cawsey
LD
Lord Chidgey
Lab
Mr Eric Clarke
Lab
Harry Cohen
Lab
Mr Tony Colman
Con
Michael Colvin
Lab
Michael Connarty
Lab
Frank Cook
Lab
Lord Corbett of Castle Vale
Ind
Jeremy Corbyn
Islington North
Lab
Baroness Corston
LD
Lord Cotter
Lab
Tom Cox
Lab
Sir David Crausby
Lab
Mrs Ann Cryer
Lab
John Cummings
Lab
Mr Lawrence Cunliffe
SNP
Ms Roseanna Cunningham
Lab
Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas
Lab
Mr Keith Darvill
Lab
Valerie Davey
Lab
Mr Hilton Dawson
Lab
Jim Dobbin
Ind
Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson
Lab
Mr Brian H. Donohoe
Lab
Julia Drown
Lab
Jeff Ennis
Lab
Bill Etherington
Con
Sir Michael Fallon
LD
Lord Fearn
Lab
Jim Fitzpatrick
LD
Lord Foster of Bath
Lab
Barry Gardiner
Brent West
LD
Andrew George
St Ives
Lab
Mr Neil Gerrard
Lab
Dr Norman Godman
Mr Tommy Graham
Con
James Gray
Lab
Mr John Gunnell
Lab
Patrick Hall
Ind
Mr Mike Hancock
Lab
Lord Hanson of Flint
LD
Sir Nick Harvey
Ind
Ms Patricia Hewitt
Lab
Mr David Hinchliffe
Lab
Mr Jim Hood
Lab
Phil Hope
SDLP
Mr John Hume
Ind
Mr Eric Illsley
Lab
Helen Jackson
LD
Lord Jones of Cheltenham
Lab
Lord Jones
Lab
Lynne Jones
Lab
Mr Martyn Jones
Lab
Ms Jenny Jones
Lab
Sir Gerald Kaufman
Lab
Ann Keen
Lab
Ruth Kelly
Lab
Mr Piara S Khabra
Lab
Mr David Kidney
Lab
Andy King
Lab
Ms Tess Kingham
Lab
Dr Ashok Kumar
Lab
David Lepper
Ind
Sir Oliver Letwin
Ind
Mr Ivan Lewis
Ind
Mr Ken Livingstone
LD
Lord Livsey of Talgarth
Con
Sir Peter Lloyd
PC
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Con
Tim Loughton
Lab
Mr Andrew Love
Con
Sir Peter Luff
Lab
Andrew Mackinlay
LD
Lord Maclennan of Rogart
Lab
Alice Mahon
SDLP
Mr Seamus Mallon
Mr Robert McCartney
Ind
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
SDLP
Mr Eddie McGrady
Lab
Mr Kevin McNamara
Lab
Mr John McWilliam
Lab
Sir Alan Meale
Lab
Mr Bill Michie
LD
Mrs Ray Michie
Lab
Andrew Miller
Lab
Austin Mitchell
Lab
Mr Edward O'Hara
Lab
Lord O'Neill of Clackmannan
LD
Mr Mark Oaten
LD
Lembit Öpik
Lab
Mr Colin Pickthall
Lab
Mr Peter Pike
Lab
Mr James Plaskitt
Lab
Mr Chris Pond
Lab
Lawrie Quinn
Con
Lord Randall of Uxbridge
Lab
Mr Andy Reed
LD
Mr David Rendel
Con
Mr Laurence Robertson
DUP
Mr Peter Robinson
Con
Dame Marion Roe
Lab
Mr Allan Rogers
Lab
Mr Ernie Ross
Lab
Chris Ruane
Con
Mr David Ruffley
IGC
Joan Ryan
LD
Mr Brian Sedgemore
Lab
Mr Barry Sheerman
Lab
Ms Debra Shipley
Lab
Mr Marsha Singh
Lab
Mr Dennis Skinner
Lab
Baroness Smith of Malvern
LD
Angela Smith
Lab
John Smith
Lab
Llew Smith
UUP
The Rev Martin Smyth
Lab
Lord Snape
Lab
Rachel Squire
Lab
Mr Gerry Steinberg
Lab
Mr Paul Stinchcombe
Lab
Dr Howard Stoate
XB
Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston
Lab
Mr Gerry Sutcliffe
Con
Mr Ian Taylor
Con
Mr John D. Taylor
Lab
Gareth Thomas
Harrow West
UUP
Mr William Thompson
Baroness Tonge
Lab
Lord Touhig
Con
David Tredinnick
Lab
Stephen Twigg
LD
Lord Tyler
Lab
Dr Rudi Vis
LD
Lord Wallace of Tankerness
Lab
Joan Walley
Ind
Mr Robert N. Wareing
Lab
Lord Watts
SNP
Mr Andrew Welsh
Lab
Dr Alan Whitehead
Lab
Dr Alan Williams
Lab
Mr Alan Williams
Lab
Mrs Betty Williams (Sponsor)
LD
Lord Willis of Knaresborough
Lab
Mr David Winnick
Con
Sir Nicholas Winterton
Lab
Mrs Audrey Wise
Lab
Derek Wyatt

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