PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
BRITISH OPEN GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP WINNER (18 July 1999)

Motion Details

That this House congratulates Aberdonian Paul Lawrie on his magnificent and dramatic victory in the 128th British Open at Carnoustie, the first British or European golfer to win the Open since 1992, the first home-based Scottish golfer to win the Championship in Scotland since 1893 and the first ever competitor to come through final qualifying to take the title.

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Mr Malcolm Savidge (Labour)

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74%
 
 
Liberal Democrat
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11%
 
 
Conservative
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6%
 
 
Independent
6
4%
 
 
Ulster Unionist Party
3
2%
 
 
Non-affiliated
2
1%
 
 
Your Party
1
1%
 
 
Speaker
1
1%
 
 
Scottish National Party
1
1%
 
 
Workers Party of Britain
1
1%
 
 
Plaid Cymru
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1%
 
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Member
Constituency
Lab
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Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Lab
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Lab
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Lothian East
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Lab
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UUP
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Lab
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Lab
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Lab
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Con
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Lab
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Lab
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LD
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LD
Sir Vince Cable
Lab
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Lab
Roger Casale
LD
Lord Chidgey
Lab
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Lab
Mr Michael Clapham
Lab
Lord Clark of Windermere
Lab
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Lab
Mr Eric Clarke
Lab
Mr Tom Clarke
Lab
Lord Coaker
Lab
Harry Cohen
Con
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Lab
Michael Connarty
Lab
Frank Cook
Lab
Lord Corbett of Castle Vale
YP
Jeremy Corbyn
Islington North
Lab
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Lab
Lord Cryer
Lab
Mrs Ann Cryer
Lab
Mr Lawrence Cunliffe
Lab
Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas
Lab
Mr Ian Davidson
Ind
Geraint Davies
Lab
Mr Terry Davis
Lab
Mrs Janet Dean
Lab
Jim Dobbin
Ind
Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson
Lab
Mr Brian H. Donohoe
Lab
Mr Frank Doran
Lab
Mr Huw Edwards
Lab
Clive Efford
Eltham and Chislehurst
Lab
Jeff Ennis
LD
Lord Fearn
Lab
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Lab
Mrs Lorna Fitzsimons
Lab
Paul Flynn
Lab
Lord Foster of Bishop Auckland
Lab
Mr Michael Foster
Lab
Mrs Maria Fyfe
WPB
George Galloway
LD
Andrew George
St Ives
Lab
Mr Bruce George
Lab
Mr Neil Gerrard
Lab
Dr Ian Gibson
Lab
Dr Norman Godman
Con
Mrs Teresa Gorman
LD
Mr Donald Gorrie
Lab
Jane Griffiths
Lab
Mr John Gunnell
Lab
Fabian Hamilton
Leeds North East
Con
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Lab
Baroness Harman
LD
Sir Nick Harvey
Lab
Mr Jim Hood
Lab
Phil Hope
Spk
Sir Lindsay Hoyle
Chorley
LD
Simon Hughes
Ind
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LD
Lord Jones of Cheltenham
Lab
Lord Jones
Lab
Lynne Jones
Lab
Ms Fiona Jones
Lab
Alan Keen
Lab
Ann Keen
LD
Mr Paul Keetch
Lab
Mr Fraser Kemp
Lab
Mr Piara S Khabra
Lab
Baroness King of Bow
LD
Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope
Lab
Mr Bob Laxton
Con
Sir Julian Lewis
New Forest East
Con
Sir David Lidington
Ind
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PC
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Lab
Andrew Mackinlay
Lab
Alice Mahon
Lab
Judy Mallaber
Lab
Gordon Marsden
Lab
Mr David Marshall
Lab
Mr John McAllion
Lab
Steve McCabe
Lab
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
Lab
Rosemary McKenna
Lab
Mr Kevin McNamara
Lab
Mr Tony McWalter
Lab
Mr John McWilliam
Lab
Mr Bill Michie
LD
Mrs Ray Michie
Lab
Austin Mitchell
Lord Moonie
LD
Michael Moore
Ind
Margaret Moran
Lab
Mr Rhodri Morgan
Lab
Mr Chris Mullin
Lab
Mr Jim Murphy
LD
Lembit Öpik
Lab
Sandra Osborne
Lab
Lord Pendry
Lab
Mr Peter Pike
Lab
Mr Chris Pond
Lab
Stephen Pound
Lab
Mr Gordon Prentice
Lab
Mr Ken Purchase
Lab
Lawrie Quinn
Lab
Syd Rapson
Lab
Lord Rowlands
Lab
Dame Joan Ruddock
Lab
Mr Mohammad Sarwar
Lab
Mr Malcolm Savidge (Sponsor)
LD
Mr Brian Sedgemore
Lab
Alan Simpson
Lab
Mr Marsha Singh
Lab
Mr Dennis Skinner
LD
Sir Robert Smith
UUP
The Rev Martin Smyth
Lab
Lord Snape
Lab
Lord Soley
Lab
Rachel Squire
Lab
Mr Gerry Steinberg
Lab
Ian Stewart
Lab
Mr David Stewart
Lab
Dr Howard Stoate
Lab
Dr Gavin Strang
Lab
Graham Stringer
Blackley and Middleton South
Lab
Mr Gerry Sutcliffe
Con
Sir Desmond Swayne
New Forest West
SNP
Mr John Swinney
Con
Sir Robert Syms
LD
Lord Taylor of Goss Moor
Lab
Ms Dari Taylor
Lab
Lord Temple-Morris
UUP
Mr William Thompson
Lab
Lord Touhig
Lab
Dr Desmond Turner
Con
Sir Peter Viggers
Lab
Dr Rudi Vis
Lab
Joan Walley
Lab
Claire Ward
Ind
Mr Robert N. Wareing
Lab
Malcolm Wicks
Lab
Mr Alan Williams
Lab
Mr David Winnick
Lab
Tony Worthington
Lab
Mr Jimmy Wray
Lab
Derek Wyatt

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