PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
APPOINTMENT OF EUROPEAN COMMISSIONERS (16 March 1999)
Motion Details
That in the opinion of this House the names of British commissioners to serve in the European Union should be approved by the House of Commons before appointment.
Sponsored by:
Mr Tony Benn (Labour)
EDMS Sponsor By Party
Party
Votes
%
Labour
29
38%
Conservative
27
36%
Independent
7
9%
Liberal Democrat
7
9%
Ulster Unionist Party
2
3%
Not Available
1
1%
Speaker
1
1%
Non-affiliated
1
1%
Crossbench
1
1%
Sponsor List (76 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lab
Mr Harry Barnes
Lab
Mr Tony Benn (Sponsor)
Spk
John Bercow
Con
Mr Ian Bruce
LD
Sir Vince Cable
Lab
Mr Ronnie Campbell
Con
Sir William Cash
Con
Sir Sydney Chapman
Lab
Mr Michael Clapham
Con
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
North Cotswolds
Ind
Jeremy Corbyn
Islington North
Lab
Tom Cox
Lab
Lord Cryer
Lab
Mrs Ann Cryer
Lab
John Cummings
LD
Ed Davey
Kingston and Surbiton
Lab
Mr Ian Davidson
Ind
Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson
Lab
Dr David Drew
Lab
Bill Etherington
Con
Mr Nigel Evans
Con
Michael Fabricant
Con
Sir Michael Fallon
XB
Lord Field of Birkenhead
Con
Lord Flight
Lab
Paul Flynn
Lab
Mrs Maria Fyfe
LD
Andrew George
St Ives
Con
Mr Christopher Gill
Lab
Dr Norman Godman
Con
Mrs Teresa Gorman
LD
Mr Donald Gorrie
Ind
Mr Mike Hancock
Con
Mr Nick Hawkins
Con
Sir John Hayes
South Holland and The Deepings
Ind
Kelvin Hopkins
Con
Sir Gerald Howarth
LD
Lord Jones of Cheltenham
Lab
Lynne Jones
Lab
Dr Ashok Kumar
Con
Lord Lansley
Con
Sir Edward Leigh
Gainsborough
Con
Sir Julian Lewis
New Forest East
Ind
Mr Ken Livingstone
Con
Tim Loughton
Con
Sir Peter Luff
Con
Mr John Major
Ind
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
Lab
Mr Kevin McNamara
Lab
Mr Tony McWalter
Lab
Austin Mitchell
Lab
Dr Doug Naysmith
Con
Mr Owen Paterson
Lab
Mr Gordon Prentice
Con
Lord Randall of Uxbridge
Con
Dame Marion Roe
Con
Mr David Ruffley
LD
Sir Bob Russell
Lab
Phil Sawford
Mr Jonathan Sayeed
LD
Mr Brian Sedgemore
Lab
Alan Simpson
UUP
The Rev Martin Smyth
Lab
Mr Paul Stinchcombe
Lab
Roger Stott
Con
Sir Desmond Swayne
New Forest West
Con
Sir Robert Syms
Lab
David Taylor
UUP
Mr William Thompson
Lord Tyrie
Lab
Dr Rudi Vis
Ind
Mr Robert N. Wareing
Con
Mr John Wilkinson
Con
Sir Nicholas Winterton
Lab
Mr Shaun Woodward
Lab
Derek Wyatt
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