PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
RECOGNITION OF SIKHS AS A DISTINCT ETHNIC CATEGORY (2 March 1999)
Motion Details
That this House believes in the importance of the statistical accuracy of the 10 yearly population census; notes that the information gathered is used to determine the distribution of scarce resources between disparate geographic and ethnic communities; further notes that many local authorities collect ethnicity data on the significant minority communities that live within their jurisdiction; and urges the Office for National Statistics to revise the ethnicity categories for the 2001 census and include Sikhs as a distinct ethnic group.
Sponsored by:
Mr Marsha Singh (Labour)
EDMS Sponsor By Party
Party
Votes
%
Labour
59
64%
Liberal Democrat
14
15%
Conservative
10
11%
Independent
5
5%
Plaid Cymru
2
2%
Not Available
1
1%
Non-affiliated
1
1%
Sponsor List (92 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Con
Sir David Amess
Lab
John Austin
LD
Lord Beith
Lab
Mr Harold Best
Lab
Mr David S. Borrow
Con
Sir Peter Bottomley
LD
Tom Brake
LD
Paul Burstow
LD
Lord Campbell of Pittenweem
Lab
Martin Caton
Con
Sir Sydney Chapman
Lab
Mr Malcolm Chisholm
Lab
Mrs Helen Clark
Lab
Harry Cohen
Con
Michael Colvin
Lab
Frank Cook
Ind
Jeremy Corbyn
Islington North
Lab
Tom Cox
Lab
Lord Cryer
Lab
Mrs Ann Cryer
PC
Cynog Dafis
LD
Ed Davey
Kingston and Surbiton
Lab
Mr Ian Davidson
Lab
Mr Andrew Dismore
Lab
Jim Dobbin
Lab
Julia Drown
Lab
Bill Etherington
Lab
Paul Flynn
LD
Lord Foster of Bath
Lab
Mrs Maria Fyfe
Lab
Barry Gardiner
Brent West
LD
Andrew George
St Ives
Lab
Mr Neil Gerrard
Lab
Dr Ian Gibson
Lab
Dr Norman Godman
Lab
Mr Roger Godsiff
LD
Mr Donald Gorrie
Ind
Mr Mike Hancock
LD
Dr Evan Harris
LD
Sir Nick Harvey
Lab
Dr Brian Iddon
LD
Lord Jones of Cheltenham
PC
Mr Ieuan Wyn Jones
Lab
Ms Jenny Jones
Lab
Alan Keen
Lab
Mr Piara S Khabra
Lab
Baroness King of Bow
Lab
Andy King
LD
Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope
Lab
Dr Ashok Kumar
Con
Lord Lansley
Lab
David Lepper
Ind
Mr Ken Livingstone
Con
Tim Loughton
Lab
Mr Andrew Love
Con
Sir Peter Luff
Mr Robert McCartney
Ind
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
Lab
Mr Kevin McNamara
Lab
Austin Mitchell
Lab
Mr Edward O'Hara
Lab
Lord O'Neill of Clackmannan
LD
Lembit Öpik
Lab
Dr Nick Palmer
Lab
Linda Perham
Lab
Mr Kerry Pollard
Lab
Mr Chris Pond
Lab
Stephen Pound
Con
Lord Randall of Uxbridge
Lab
Syd Rapson
LD
Mr David Rendel
Lab
Mr Geoffrey Robinson
Lab
Mr Allan Rogers
Lab
Mr Terry Rooney
Lab
Martin Salter
Lab
Mr Mohammad Sarwar
Lab
Phil Sawford
Lab
Ms Debra Shipley
Lab
Mr Marsha Singh (Sponsor)
Lab
Mr George Stevenson
Lab
Ian Stewart
Lab
Mr Paul Stinchcombe
Con
Sir Teddy Taylor
Lab
Mr Mark Todd
Baroness Tonge
Lab
Mr Paul Truswell
Lab
Stephen Twigg
Lab
Dr Rudi Vis
Ind
Mr Robert N. Wareing
Con
Mr John Wilkinson
Lab
Mike Wood
Lab
Tony Worthington
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