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PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
WELSH ASSEMBLY LEADERSHIP ELECTIONS (2 December 1998)

Motion Details

That this House welcomes the election of Rod Richards as leader of the Conservative candidates in Wales; congratulates the Conservative Party for democratically electing the leader in Wales by the one member one vote system; notes by contrast the parachuting in of the Secretary of State for Wales as the favoured candidate of the Prime Minister; deplores the rigged system of voting to elect the Labour leader which denies the use of a fair one member one vote system; further notes the Secretary of State for Wales' comments of 30th November, Official Report, column 639, that 'every member of the Labour Party will have a vote in the selection of the leader of the Labour party in Wales'; but regrets the fact that the unions and the honourable Members and candidates will be able to outvote the wishes of the ordinary rank and file members.

Sponsored by:
Mr Nigel Evans (Conservative)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Conservative
55
93%
 
 
Independent
2
3%
 
 
Speaker
1
2%
 
 
Labour
1
2%
 
Sponsor List (59 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Con
Sir David Amess
Con
Mr David Atkinson
Spk
John Bercow
Con
Sir Paul Beresford
Ind
Crispin Blunt
Con
Sir Peter Bottomley
Con
Lord Brady of Altrincham
Con
Sir Julian Brazier
Con
Mr Ian Bruce
Con
Sir Sydney Chapman
Con
Mr James Clappison
Con
Alan Clark
Con
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
North Cotswolds
Con
Michael Colvin
Con
Mr Stephen Dorrell
Con
Sir Alan Duncan
Con
Mr Nigel Evans (Sponsor)
Con
Michael Fabricant
Con
Sir Michael Fallon
Con
Lord Flight
Con
Mr Christopher Gill
Con
Dame Cheryl Gillan
Con
Lord Goodlad
Con
James Gray
Con
Mr John Greenway
Ind
Mr Dominic Grieve
Con
Lord Hammond of Runnymede
Con
Mr Nick Hawkins
Con
Sir Gerald Howarth
Lab
Mr Robert Jackson
Con
Sir Geoffrey Johnson Smith
Con
Lord King of Bridgwater
Con
Julie Kirkbride
Con
Baroness Laing of Elderslie
Con
Sir Edward Leigh
Gainsborough
Con
Sir Julian Lewis
New Forest East
Con
Sir Peter Lloyd
Con
Tim Loughton
Con
Sir Peter Luff
Con
Lord MacGregor of Pulham Market
Con
Mr Michael Mates
Con
Mr Patrick Nicholls
Con
Mr Archie Norman
Con
Mr Owen Paterson
Con
Dame Marion Roe
Con
Mr Andrew Rowe
Con
Mr David Ruffley
Con
Dame Caroline Spelman
Con
Sir Desmond Swayne
New Forest West
Con
Sir Robert Syms
Con
Sir Teddy Taylor
Con
Mr John Townend
Con
David Tredinnick
Con
Mr Bowen Wells
Con
Sir Ray Whitney
Con
Mr John Wilkinson
Con
Mr David Wilshire
Con
Ann Winterton
Con
Sir Nicholas Winterton

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