PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
KOFI ANNAN'S VISIT TO WESTERN SAHARA (8 December 1998)
Motion Details
That this House notes and applauds the recent efforts of the Secretary General of the United Nations to ensure that a free and fair referendum of self-determination is held under the auspices of the United Nations to determine the status of Western Sahara; welcomes the clarity with which his new proposals have been agreed to by the Polisario Front; further looks forward to the acceptance of the new proposals by Morocco; and calls on Her Majesty's Government to use all avenues open to it to exert pressure on Morocco to comply with the proposals.
Sponsored by:
Ms Tess Kingham (Labour)
EDMS Sponsor By Party
Party
Votes
%
Labour
99
73%
Liberal Democrat
19
14%
Conservative
6
4%
Independent
5
4%
Plaid Cymru
3
2%
Non-affiliated
2
1%
Your Party
1
1%
Scottish National Party
1
1%
Sponsor List (136 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lab
Ms Diane Abbott
Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Lord Allan of Hallam
Con
Sir David Amess
Lab
Ms Candy Atherton
Lab
Charlotte Atkins
Lab
John Austin
Lab
Mr Harry Barnes
Lab
Mr Tony Benn
Lab
Roger Berry
Lab
Mr Harold Best
Lab
Liz Blackman
Con
Sir Peter Bottomley
Con
Lord Brady of Altrincham
LD
Tom Brake
LD
Mr Colin Breed
LD
Lord Campbell of Pittenweem
Lab
Lord Campbell-Savours
Ind
Dennis Canavan
Lab
Roger Casale
Lab
Martin Caton
Lab
Mr Malcolm Chisholm
Lab
Mr Michael Clapham
Lab
Mr Eric Clarke
Lab
Ann Clwyd
Lab
Harry Cohen
Con
Michael Colvin
YP
Jeremy Corbyn
Islington North
Lab
Jim Cousins
Lab
Tom Cox
Lab
Lord Cryer
Lab
Mrs Ann Cryer
Lab
John Cummings
PC
Cynog Dafis
Lab
Valerie Davey
Ind
Geraint Davies
Lab
Mr Terry Davis
Lab
Mrs Janet Dean
Lab
Mr Andrew Dismore
Lab
Jim Dobbin
Lab
Dr David Drew
Lab
Julia Drown
Lab
Mr Huw Edwards
Lab
Clive Efford
Eltham and Chislehurst
Lab
Bill Etherington
LD
Lord Fearn
Lab
Mrs Lorna Fitzsimons
Lab
Paul Flynn
LD
Lord Foster of Bath
Lab
Mr Michael Foster
Lab
Mrs Maria Fyfe
LD
Andrew George
St Ives
Lab
Mr Neil Gerrard
Lab
Dr Norman Godman
LD
Mr Donald Gorrie
Lab
Jane Griffiths
Lab
Patrick Hall
Lab
Fabian Hamilton
Leeds North East
Ind
Mr Mike Hancock
LD
Sir Nick Harvey
LD
Mr David Heath
Ind
Kelvin Hopkins
LD
Simon Hughes
Lab
Mrs Joan Humble
LD
Lord Jones of Cheltenham
Lab
Lynne Jones
Lab
Ms Jenny Jones
LD
Mr Paul Keetch
Lab
Mr Piara S Khabra
Lab
Baroness King of Bow
Lab
Andy King
Lab
Ms Tess Kingham (Sponsor)
Lab
Dr Ashok Kumar
Lab
Mr Bob Laxton
Lab
David Lepper
Ind
Mr Ken Livingstone
LD
Lord Livsey of Talgarth
PC
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Lab
Mr Andrew Love
Lab
Alice Mahon
Lab
Judy Mallaber
Lab
Dr John Marek
Con
Mr Michael Mates
Lab
Mr John McAllion
Lab
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
Lab
Mr Tony McWalter
Lab
Mr John McWilliam
Lab
Mr Bill Michie
Lab
Andrew Miller
Lab
Austin Mitchell
Lab
Laura Moffatt
SNP
Mr Alasdair Morgan
Lab
Mr Chris Mullin
Lab
Dr Doug Naysmith
Lab
Lord O'Neill of Clackmannan
Lab
Mr Bill Olner
LD
Lembit Öpik
Lab
Diana Organ
Lab
Sandra Osborne
Lab
Dr Nick Palmer
Lab
Mr Colin Pickthall
Lab
Mr Peter Pike
Lab
Stephen Pound
Lab
Syd Rapson
Lab
Mr Andy Reed
LD
Mr David Rendel
Lab
Mr Allan Rogers
Lab
Dame Joan Ruddock
Lab
Martin Salter
LD
Mr Adrian Sanders
Lab
Phil Sawford
LD
Mr Brian Sedgemore
Lab
Jonathan Shaw
Lab
Ms Debra Shipley
Lab
Alan Simpson
Lab
Mr Dennis Skinner
Lab
Dr Phyllis Starkey
Lab
Mr Paul Stinchcombe
Lab
Dr Gavin Strang
Lab
Ms Dari Taylor
Con
Sir Teddy Taylor
Lab
Mr Mark Todd
Baroness Tonge
Lab
Mr Paul Truswell
Lab
Dr Desmond Turner
Lab
Dr Rudi Vis
LD
Lord Wallace of Tankerness
Lab
Joan Walley
Lab
Dr Alan Whitehead
PC
Lord Wigley
Lab
Dr Alan Williams
Lab
Mrs Betty Williams
LD
Lord Willis of Knaresborough
Lab
Mrs Audrey Wise
Lab
Mr Phil Woolas
Lab
Tony Worthington
Lab
Derek Wyatt
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