PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT (10 February 2000)
Motion Details
That this House welcomes the greater public access to meetings and information provided by the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985; believes that such provisions are important for democracy; and hopes that they will be continued as part of the new arrangements for local government executives and directly-elected mayors envisaged under the current Local Government Bill.
Sponsored by:
Mark Fisher (Labour)
EDMS Sponsor By Party
Party
Votes
%
Labour
128
64%
Liberal Democrat
36
18%
Conservative
15
8%
Independent
7
4%
Plaid Cymru
4
2%
Not Available
2
1%
Ulster Unionist Party
2
1%
Social Democratic & Labour Party
1
1%
Non-affiliated
1
1%
Crossbench
1
1%
The Independent Group for Change
1
1%
Workers Party of Britain
1
1%
Sponsor List (199 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lab
Ms Diane Abbott
Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Con
Sir David Amess
Lab
Charlotte Atkins
Con
Mr David Atkinson
Lab
John Austin
LD
Norman Baker
LD
Jackie Ballard
Lab
Mr Harry Barnes
UUP
Mr Roy Beggs
LD
Lord Beith
Lab
Hilary Benn
Leeds South
Lab
Mr Tony Benn
Lab
Mr Gerry Bermingham
Lab
Roger Berry
Lab
Mr Harold Best
Con
Sir Richard Body
Lab
Mr David S. Borrow
Con
Sir Peter Bottomley
Lab
Peter Bradley
Con
Lord Brady of Altrincham
LD
Tom Brake
LD
Dr Peter Brand
Con
Sir Julian Brazier
LD
Mr Colin Breed
LD
Lord Bruce of Bennachie
LD
Lord Burnett
LD
Paul Burstow
Lab
Christine Butler
LD
Sir Vince Cable
LD
Lord Campbell of Pittenweem
Lab
Mr Ronnie Campbell
Lab
Lord Campbell-Savours
Ind
Dennis Canavan
Lab
Roger Casale
Lab
Martin Caton
Con
Sir Sydney Chapman
Ind
Mr David Chaytor
LD
Lord Chidgey
Lab
Lord Clark of Windermere
Lab
Mrs Helen Clark
Lab
Ann Clwyd
Lab
Harry Cohen
Con
Michael Colvin
Lab
Michael Connarty
Lab
Frank Cook
Lab
Lord Corbett of Castle Vale
LD
Lord Cotter
Lab
Jim Cousins
Lab
Tom Cox
Lab
Sir David Crausby
Lab
Mrs Ann Cryer
Lab
John Cummings
Lab
Mr Lawrence Cunliffe
Lab
Mr Jim Cunningham
Con
Mr David Curry
Lab
Mr Keith Darvill
LD
Ed Davey
Kingston and Surbiton
Lab
Denzil Davies
Lab
Mr Ron Davies
Lab
Mrs Janet Dean
Lab
Mr Andrew Dismore
Lab
Mr Brian H. Donohoe
Lab
Dr David Drew
Lab
Julia Drown
Lab
Mr Huw Edwards
Lab
Bill Etherington
Con
Michael Fabricant
LD
Lord Fearn
XB
Lord Field of Birkenhead
Lab
Mark Fisher (Sponsor)
Lab
Paul Flynn
Lab
Barbara Follett
LD
Lord Foster of Bath
Lab
Lord Foster of Bishop Auckland
Lab
Mr Michael Foster
WPB
George Galloway
IGC
Mike Gapes
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
Lab
Baroness Golding
LD
Mr Donald Gorrie
Mr Tommy Graham
Lab
Bernie Grant
Lab
Mr Win Griffiths
Lab
John Grogan
Lab
Mr John Gunnell
Lab
Patrick Hall
Lab
Fabian Hamilton
Leeds North East
Ind
Mr Mike Hancock
LD
Sir Nick Harvey
LD
Mr David Heath
Lab
Mr Jim Hood
Ind
Kelvin Hopkins
LD
Simon Hughes
Lab
Dr Brian Iddon
Lab
Glenda Jackson
Lab
Mr Robert Jackson
Con
Sir Geoffrey Johnson Smith
LD
Lord Jones of Cheltenham
Lab
Lord Jones
Lab
Lynne Jones
PC
Mr Ieuan Wyn Jones
Lab
Mr Jon Owen Jones
Lab
Alan Keen
Lab
Ann Keen
LD
Mr Paul Keetch
Lab
Mr Piara S Khabra
Lab
Baroness King of Bow
Lab
Andy King
LD
Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope
Lab
Dr Ashok Kumar
Lab
Dr Stephen Ladyman
Lab
Mr Bob Laxton
Lab
David Lepper
Lab
Martin Linton
Ind
Mr Ken Livingstone
LD
Lord Livsey of Talgarth
PC
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Lab
Mr Andrew Love
Lab
Andrew Mackinlay
LD
Lord Maclennan of Rogart
Lab
Alice Mahon
Lab
Judy Mallaber
SDLP
Mr Seamus Mallon
Ind
Mr Paul Marsden
Lab
Mr Jim Marshall
Lab
Mr Robert Marshall-Andrews
Lab
Mr John McAllion
Lab
Chris McCafferty
Mr Robert McCartney
Ind
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
Lab
Mr Tony McWalter
Lab
Mr John McWilliam
Lab
Sir Alan Meale
LD
Mrs Ray Michie
Lab
Austin Mitchell
Lab
Julie Morgan
Lab
Dr Doug Naysmith
Lab
Dan Norris
North East Somerset and Hanham
Lab
Mr Bill Olner
LD
Lembit Öpik
Lab
Diana Organ
Lab
Dr Nick Palmer
Lab
Mr Peter Pike
Lab
Mr Kerry Pollard
Lab
Sir Raymond Powell
Lab
Mr Gordon Prentice
Lab
Gwyn Prosser
Lab
Lawrie Quinn
Lab
Bill Rammell
Lab
Syd Rapson
Lab
Mr Andy Reed
LD
Mr David Rendel
UUP
Mr William Ross
Lab
Dame Joan Ruddock
LD
Sir Bob Russell
LD
Mr Adrian Sanders
Lab
Phil Sawford
Lab
Mr Barry Sheerman
Con
Sir Richard Shepherd
Lab
Alan Simpson
Lab
Mr Marsha Singh
Lab
Lord Snape
Lab
Mr George Stevenson
Lab
Ian Stewart
Lab
Mr David Stewart
Lab
Mr Paul Stinchcombe
LD
Lord Stunell
LD
Lord Taylor of Goss Moor
Lab
David Taylor
Lab
Ms Dari Taylor
Con
Sir Teddy Taylor
Lab
Gareth Thomas
PC
Mr Simon Thomas
Lab
Mr Mark Todd
Baroness Tonge
Lab
Mr Paul Truswell
Lab
Dr Desmond Turner
Lab
Mr Neil Turner
LD
Lord Tyler
Lab
Dr Rudi Vis
Lab
Joan Walley
LD
Steve Webb
Con
Mr Bowen Wells
Lab
Brian White
PC
Lord Wigley
Lab
Dr Alan Williams
Lab
Mrs Betty Williams
LD
Lord Willis of Knaresborough
Con
Sir Nicholas Winterton
Lab
Mrs Audrey Wise
Lab
Mike Wood
Lab
Mr Jimmy Wray
Lab
Dr Tony Wright
Lab
Derek Wyatt
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