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PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
EUROPEAN ELECTIONS (1 December 1998)

Motion Details

That this House notes that the Labour candidate, Kathleen Walker Shaw, came third in the North-East Scotland Euro By-Election, receiving a mere 18 per cent. of the vote, and that one reason was no doubt the reaction of voters to the candidate's false claim to have been born in Aberdeen a claim subsequently retracted and replaced with the bizarre claim that she had been conceived there; and further notes with concern that the effects of the Government's proposals for european elections are that the electorate would be unable to register a vote against a particular candidate who, for example, has misled the electorate, that Mrs Walker Shaw could be elected nonetheless under the closed list system because she is in a high position on Labour's list, and that under the proposed system such by-elections would not take place in future.

Sponsored by:
Lord Hamilton of Epsom (Conservative)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Conservative
49
86%
 
 
Ulster Unionist Party
3
5%
 
 
Independent
1
2%
 
 
Speaker
1
2%
 
 
Democratic Unionist Party
1
2%
 
 
Labour
1
2%
 
 
Liberal Democrat
1
2%
 
Sponsor List (57 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Con
Mr Peter Ainsworth
UUP
Mr Roy Beggs
Spk
John Bercow
Ind
Crispin Blunt
Con
Sir Peter Bottomley
Con
Sir Julian Brazier
Con
Sir Simon Burns
Con
Sir John Butterfill
Con
Sir William Cash
Con
Sir Sydney Chapman
Con
Sir Christopher Chope
Christchurch
Con
Mr James Clappison
Con
Michael Colvin
Con
Mr James Cran
Lab
Lord Davies of Stamford
Con
Lord Deben
Con
Mr Stephen Dorrell
Con
Mr Nigel Evans
Con
Mr David Faber
Con
Sir Michael Fallon
Con
Lord Flight
Con
Nick Gibb
Con
James Gray
Con
Mr John Greenway
Con
Lord Hamilton of Epsom (Sponsor)
Con
Lord Hammond of Runnymede
Con
Mr Nick Hawkins
Con
Sir John Hayes
South Holland and The Deepings
Con
Lord Horam
DUP
Mr Andrew Hunter
Con
Sir Bernard Jenkin
Harwich and North Essex
Con
Julie Kirkbride
Con
Baroness Laing of Elderslie
Con
Sir Julian Lewis
New Forest East
Con
Sir Peter Lloyd
Con
Tim Loughton
Con
Sir Peter Luff
Con
Mr Andrew Mackay
Con
Mr Humfrey Malins
Con
Mr Michael Mates
Con
Baroness May of Maidenhead
Con
Mr Archie Norman
Con
Mr Richard Page
Con
Mr Owen Paterson
Con
Dame Marion Roe
Con
Mr David Ruffley
UUP
The Rev Martin Smyth
Con
Dame Caroline Spelman
LD
Lord Stunell
Con
Sir Desmond Swayne
New Forest West
Con
Mr John D. Taylor
Con
Sir Teddy Taylor
UUP
Mr William Thompson
Con
Mr Bowen Wells
Con
Mr John Wilkinson
Con
Ann Winterton
Con
Sir Nicholas Winterton

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