PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
FEMALE EXPEDITION TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH POLE (25 January 2000)
Motion Details
That this House congratulates the five British women for managing to enter the record books by becoming the first all-female expedition to reach both North and South Poles; pays tribute to the five women involved for their effort and determination; hopes that this contributes to their efforts to raise awareness and funds for Special Olympics UK, Britain's biggest sports charity; and hopes to see future British expeditions achieve similar success.
Sponsored by:
Sir Lindsay Hoyle (Speaker)
EDMS Sponsor By Party
Party
Votes
%
Labour
40
80%
Liberal Democrat
5
10%
Independent
4
8%
Speaker
1
2%
Sponsor List (50 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lab
John Austin
Lab
Mr Harry Barnes
Lab
Mr Harold Best
Lab
Mr Russell Brown
Lab
Mr Ronnie Campbell
Lab
Lord Campbell-Savours
Lab
Mr Michael Clapham
Lab
Mrs Helen Clark
Lab
Mr Eric Clarke
Lab
Harry Cohen
Lab
Lord Corbett of Castle Vale
Ind
Jeremy Corbyn
Islington North
Lab
Sir David Crausby
Lab
Mrs Ann Cryer
Lab
Mr Lawrence Cunliffe
LD
Ed Davey
Kingston and Surbiton
Lab
Mrs Janet Dean
Lab
Mr Andrew Dismore
Lab
Jim Dobbin
Lab
Jeff Ennis
Lab
Bill Etherington
LD
Lord Fearn
Lab
Mrs Lorna Fitzsimons
Lab
Mrs Eileen Gordon
Lab
Jane Griffiths
Ind
Mr Mike Hancock
Spk
Sir Lindsay Hoyle (Sponsor)
Chorley
Lab
Dr Brian Iddon
LD
Lord Jones of Cheltenham
Lab
Lord Jones
Lab
Baroness King of Bow
Lab
Dr Ashok Kumar
Lab
Mr Bob Laxton
Lab
Alice Mahon
Ind
Mr Paul Marsden
Ind
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
Lab
Mr Kevin McNamara
Lab
Mr Bill Michie
Lab
Laura Moffatt
Lab
Diana Organ
Lab
Linda Perham
Lab
Mr Peter Pike
Lab
Syd Rapson
LD
Mr David Rendel
Lab
Chris Ruane
LD
Sir Bob Russell
Lab
Ms Debra Shipley
Lab
Alan Simpson
Lab
Dr Rudi Vis
Lab
Derek Wyatt
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