PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
BUILDING SOCIETIES (No. 2) (24 May 1999)
Motion Details
That this House urges the Government, in the interests of equity, to consider raising the percentage of borrowers needed to support conversion or take-over of building societies to 75 per cent., on a minimum 50 per cent. turnout, to bring them into line with the criteria required for savers, recognising the long-term interest of borrowers in the future of their society.
Sponsored by:
Sir Vince Cable (Liberal Democrat)
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Party
Votes
%
Labour
53
58%
Liberal Democrat
21
23%
Conservative
7
8%
Independent
7
8%
Plaid Cymru
2
2%
Scottish National Party
1
1%
Not Available
1
1%
Sponsor List (92 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lab
John Austin
LD
Lord Beith
Ind
Mr Martin Bell
Lab
Roger Berry
Lab
Mr Harold Best
Con
Sir Richard Body
Con
Sir Peter Bottomley
LD
Tom Brake
Lab
Mr Russell Brown
LD
Paul Burstow
LD
Sir Vince Cable (Sponsor)
LD
Lord Campbell of Pittenweem
Ind
Mr David Chaytor
Lab
Mrs Helen Clark
Ind
Jeremy Corbyn
Islington North
LD
Lord Cotter
Lab
John Cummings
Lab
Mr Lawrence Cunliffe
Lab
Mr Jim Cunningham
PC
Cynog Dafis
LD
Ed Davey
Kingston and Surbiton
Lab
Valerie Davey
Lab
Mr Ian Davidson
Lab
Mr Terry Davis
Lab
Mrs Janet Dean
Lab
Dr David Drew
Lab
Julia Drown
Lab
Bill Etherington
LD
Lord Fearn
Con
Lord Flight
Lab
Mrs Maria Fyfe
LD
Andrew George
St Ives
Lab
Mr Neil Gerrard
Lab
Dr Norman Godman
Lab
Mr Roger Godsiff
LD
Mr Donald Gorrie
Lab
Mr Win Griffiths
Lab
John Grogan
Lab
Patrick Hall
Ind
Mr Mike Hancock
LD
Dr Evan Harris
LD
Sir Nick Harvey
Ind
Kelvin Hopkins
Lab
Dr Brian Iddon
LD
Lord Jones of Cheltenham
Lab
Lynne Jones
Lab
Baroness King of Bow
Lab
Andy King
Lab
Ms Tess Kingham
Lab
Dr Stephen Ladyman
Lab
Mrs Jackie Lawrence
Lab
David Lepper
LD
Lord Livsey of Talgarth
Lab
Mr Andrew Love
Mr Robert McCartney
Ind
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
Lab
Mr Bill Michie
LD
Mrs Ray Michie
Lab
Austin Mitchell
SNP
Mr Alasdair Morgan
Lab
Dr Doug Naysmith
Lab
Sir Bill O'Brien
Lab
Lord O'Neill of Clackmannan
Lab
Mr Bill Olner
Lab
Dr Nick Palmer
Lab
Mr Peter Pike
Lab
Mr Kerry Pollard
Lab
Mr Andy Reed
LD
Mr David Rendel
LD
Sir Bob Russell
LD
Mr Adrian Sanders
Lab
Phil Sawford
Lab
Mr Barry Sheerman
Con
Baroness Shephard of Northwold
Lab
Ms Debra Shipley
Lab
Mr Marsha Singh
Lab
Lord Snape
Lab
Graham Stringer
Blackley and Middleton South
LD
Lord Stunell
Con
Mr John D. Taylor
Lab
Mr Mark Todd
Lab
Mr Paul Truswell
Lab
Dr Desmond Turner
LD
Lord Tyler
Lab
Dr Rudi Vis
Ind
Mr Robert N. Wareing
PC
Lord Wigley
Lab
Mrs Betty Williams
LD
Lord Willis of Knaresborough
Con
Ann Winterton
Con
Sir Nicholas Winterton
Lab
Mike Wood
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