PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
RACE RELATIONS (14 January 1999)
Motion Details
That this House accepts the fact that the United Kingdom is a multi-racial society; reasserts the right of all individuals to enjoy equal rights irrespective of their race, colour or creed; deplores the fact that racial discrimination continues to blight the lives of many British citizens, and many other ethnic minorities who live in the United Kingdom; and urges the Home Secretary to fully accept the recommendations by the Commission for Racial Equality and reform the Race Relations Act 1976.
Sponsored by:
Baroness King of Bow (Labour)
EDMS Sponsor By Party
Party
Votes
%
Labour
143
72%
Liberal Democrat
28
14%
Independent
11
6%
Plaid Cymru
4
2%
Conservative
3
2%
Scottish National Party
2
1%
Social Democratic & Labour Party
2
1%
Ulster Unionist Party
2
1%
Non-affiliated
2
1%
Not Available
1
1%
Workers Party of Britain
1
1%
Sponsor List (199 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lab
Ms Diane Abbott
Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Lord Allan of Hallam
Lab
Mr Joe Ashton
Lab
Ms Candy Atherton
Lab
Charlotte Atkins
Lab
John Austin
LD
Jackie Ballard
Lab
Mr Harry Barnes
Lab
Dame Anne Begg
LD
Lord Beith
Lab
Mr Tony Benn
Lab
Mr Joe Benton
Lab
Mr Gerry Bermingham
Lab
Roger Berry
Lab
Mr Harold Best
Lab
Liz Blackman
Lab
Mr David S. Borrow
Con
Sir Peter Bottomley
Lab
Peter Bradley
LD
Tom Brake
LD
Dr Peter Brand
LD
Mr Colin Breed
Lab
Mr Russell Brown
LD
Paul Burstow
Lab
Christine Butler
LD
Sir Vince Cable
LD
Lord Campbell of Pittenweem
Lab
Mr Ronnie Campbell
Ind
Dennis Canavan
Lab
Martin Caton
Lab
Mr Ian Cawsey
Ind
Mr David Chaytor
LD
Lord Chidgey
Lab
Mr Malcolm Chisholm
Lab
Mr Michael Clapham
Lab
Mrs Helen Clark
Lab
Mr Tony Clarke
Lab
Harry Cohen
Lab
Mr Iain Coleman
Lab
Michael Connarty
Lab
Frank Cook
Lab
Lord Corbett of Castle Vale
Ind
Jeremy Corbyn
Islington North
LD
Lord Cotter
Lab
Tom Cox
Lab
Mrs Ann Cryer
Lab
Mr Lawrence Cunliffe
Lab
Mr Jim Cunningham
PC
Cynog Dafis
Lab
Tam Dalyell
Lab
Mr Keith Darvill
LD
Ed Davey
Kingston and Surbiton
Lab
Valerie Davey
Lab
Mr Ian Davidson
Lab
Mr Terry Davis
Lab
Mr Hilton Dawson
Lab
Mrs Janet Dean
Lab
Mr Andrew Dismore
Lab
Jim Dobbin
Lab
Dr David Drew
Lab
Maria Eagle
Liverpool Garston
Lab
Mr Huw Edwards
Ind
Dame Louise Ellman
Lab
Bill Etherington
SNP
Mrs Margaret Ewing
Lab
Mark Fisher
Lab
Jim Fitzpatrick
Lab
Mrs Lorna Fitzsimons
Lab
Paul Flynn
LD
Lord Foster of Bath
Lab
Michael Jabez Foster
Lab
Mr Michael Foster
Lab
Mrs Maria Fyfe
WPB
George Galloway
LD
Andrew George
St Ives
Lab
Mr Neil Gerrard
Lab
Dr Ian Gibson
Lab
Dr Norman Godman
Lab
Mr Roger Godsiff
Lab
Baroness Golding
LD
Mr Donald Gorrie
Mr Tommy Graham
Lab
Bernie Grant
Lab
Jane Griffiths
Lab
Fabian Hamilton
Leeds North East
Ind
Mr Mike Hancock
Lab
Baroness Harman
LD
Dr Evan Harris
LD
Sir Nick Harvey
Lab
Mr Ivan Henderson
Lab
Stephen Hesford
Ind
Kelvin Hopkins
LD
Simon Hughes
Lab
Mrs Joan Humble
SDLP
Mr John Hume
Lab
Dr Brian Iddon
Ind
Mr Eric Illsley
Lab
Lynne Jones
PC
Mr Ieuan Wyn Jones
Lab
Mr Martyn Jones
Lab
Ms Fiona Jones
Lab
Ms Jenny Jones
Lab
Ms Sally Keeble
Lab
Alan Keen
Lab
Mr Fraser Kemp
LD
Mr Charles Kennedy
Lab
Mr Piara S Khabra
Lab
Baroness King of Bow (Sponsor)
Lab
Andy King
LD
Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope
Lab
Dr Ashok Kumar
Lab
Mr Bob Laxton
Lab
David Lepper
Lab
Tom Levitt
Lab
Mr Terry Lewis
Ind
Mr Ken Livingstone
LD
Lord Livsey of Talgarth
PC
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Lab
Mr Andrew Love
Lab
Alice Mahon
Lab
Judy Mallaber
SDLP
Mr Seamus Mallon
Lab
Gordon Marsden
Lab
Mr John McAllion
Lab
Steve McCabe
Lab
Chris McCafferty
Ind
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
Lab
Mr Kevin McNamara
Lab
Mr Tony McWalter
Lab
Mr Bill Michie
Lab
Andrew Miller
Lab
Austin Mitchell
Lab
Laura Moffatt
Ind
Margaret Moran
Lab
Julie Morgan
Lab
Dr Doug Naysmith
Lab
Mr Edward O'Hara
Lab
Lord O'Neill of Clackmannan
LD
Lembit Öpik
Lab
Sandra Osborne
Lab
Dr Nick Palmer
Lab
Mr Peter Pike
Lab
Mr James Plaskitt
Lab
Mr Kerry Pollard
Lab
Mr Chris Pond
Lab
Stephen Pound
Lab
Gwyn Prosser
Lab
Syd Rapson
Lab
Mr Andy Reed
LD
Mr David Rendel
Lab
Mr Allan Rogers
Lab
Mr Ernie Ross
Lab
Dame Joan Ruddock
Lab
Christine Russell
LD
Sir Bob Russell
SNP
Alex Salmond
Lab
Martin Salter
Lab
Mr Mohammad Sarwar
Lab
Mr Malcolm Savidge
Lab
Phil Sawford
LD
Mr Brian Sedgemore
Lab
Jonathan Shaw
Lab
Alan Simpson
Lab
Mr Marsha Singh
Lab
Mr Dennis Skinner
LD
Angela Smith
UUP
The Rev Martin Smyth
Lab
Helen Southworth
Lab
Dr Phyllis Starkey
Lab
Ian Stewart
Lab
Mr David Stewart
Lab
Mr Paul Stinchcombe
Lab
Dr Howard Stoate
Lab
Roger Stott
Lab
Graham Stringer
Blackley and Middleton South
LD
Lord Stunell
Lab
David Taylor
Con
Mr John D. Taylor
Con
Sir Teddy Taylor
Lab
Lord Temple-Morris
UUP
Mr William Thompson
Lab
Mr Mark Todd
Baroness Tonge
Lab
Dr Desmond Turner
Lab
Stephen Twigg
LD
Lord Tyler
Lab
Dr Rudi Vis
LD
Lord Wallace of Tankerness
Lab
Joan Walley
Ind
Mr Robert N. Wareing
Lab
Brian White
Lab
Dr Alan Whitehead
PC
Lord Wigley
Lab
Mrs Betty Williams
Lab
Mr David Winnick
Lab
Mrs Audrey Wise
Lab
Mike Wood
Lab
Tony Worthington
Lab
Mr Anthony Wright
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