PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
PARLIAMENTARY APPROVAL FOR PARTICIPATION IN ARMED CONFLICT (16 May 2005)
Motion Details
That this House believes that the decision to deploy British armed forces in conflict is of the most serious nature possible; notes that this is a decision to be taken by Ministers via the Royal Prerogative and that Parliament has no right to decide on the matter or even to be consulted; further notes that the Public Administration Select Committee has recommended in its report of 4th March 2004 that this situation should be ended and that Parliament should have the right to decide this matter in advance, or in cases of emergency retrospectively; further notes that in the last session of Parliament over 200 honourable Members supported this view; and therefore calls on the Government to introduce legislation to this effect.
Sponsored by:
Mr Neil Gerrard (Labour)
EDMS Sponsor By Party
Party
Votes
%
Labour
113
48%
Liberal Democrat
61
26%
Conservative
30
13%
Independent
14
6%
Scottish National Party
5
2%
Plaid Cymru
3
1%
Social Democratic & Labour Party
3
1%
Not Available
2
1%
Speaker
1
0%
Crossbench
1
0%
Workers Party of Britain
1
0%
Non-affiliated
1
0%
Sponsor List (235 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lab
Ms Diane Abbott
Hackney North and Stoke Newington
LD
Danny Alexander
Con
Sir David Amess
Lab
Mr David Anderson
Lord Austin of Dudley
Lab
John Austin
LD
Norman Baker
Lab
Ms Celia Barlow
LD
John Barrett
Lab
Sir Hugh Bayley
LD
Lord Beith
Spk
John Bercow
Lab
Roger Berry
Lab
Mr Clive Betts
Sheffield South East
Lab
Mr Bob Blizzard
Ind
Mr Peter Bone
Lab
Mr David S. Borrow
Con
Sir Peter Bottomley
LD
Tom Brake
LD
Mr Colin Breed
LD
Annette Brooke
Ind
Mr Nicholas Brown
Lab
Ms Lyn Brown
LD
Mr Jeremy Browne
LD
Lord Bruce of Bennachie
Lab
Richard Burden
Lab
Colin Burgon
Con
Sir Simon Burns
LD
Paul Burstow
LD
Baroness Burt of Solihull
Lab
Dawn Butler
Brent East
Con
Sir John Butterfill
LD
Sir Vince Cable
LD
Lord Campbell of Pittenweem
Lab
Mr Ronnie Campbell
LD
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Orkney and Shetland
Ind
Mr Douglas Carswell
Lab
Martin Caton
Lab
Colin Challen
Ind
Mr David Chaytor
Lab
Mr Michael Clapham
Lab
Baroness Clark of Kilwinning
LD
Mr Nick Clegg
Lab
Mr David Clelland
Lab
Harry Cohen
Lab
Michael Connarty
Derek Conway
Lab
Frank Cook
Lab
Mr Robin Cook
Ind
Jeremy Corbyn
Islington North
Lab
Jim Cousins
Lab
Sir David Crausby
Lab
Mrs Ann Cryer
LD
Ed Davey
Kingston and Surbiton
Lab
Mr Ian Davidson
Lab
Lord Davies of Stamford
Lab
Mrs Janet Dean
Con
Lord Deben
Lab
Mr Jim Devine
Lab
Jim Dobbin
Lab
Frank Dobson
Lab
Mr Brian H. Donohoe
Lab
Mr Frank Doran
Con
Ms Nadine Dorries
Lab
Dr David Drew
Lab
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody
SDLP
Mark Durkan
Lab
Clive Efford
Eltham and Chislehurst
Con
Mr Tobias Ellwood
Lab
Jeff Ennis
Lab
Bill Etherington
LD
Tim Farron
Westmorland and Lonsdale
LD
Baroness Featherstone
XB
Lord Field of Birkenhead
Lab
Mark Fisher
Lab
Paul Flynn
LD
Lord Foster of Bath
Lab
Michael Jabez Foster
WPB
George Galloway
LD
Andrew George
St Ives
Lab
Mr Neil Gerrard (Sponsor)
Lab
Dr Ian Gibson
LD
Sandra Gidley
Lab
Mr Roger Godsiff
LD
Julia Goldsworthy
Lab
Helen Goodman
Lab
Dame Nia Griffith
Llanelli
Lab
John Grogan
Lab
Andrew Gwynne
Gorton and Denton
Con
Viscount Hailsham
Lab
Patrick Hall
Lab
Fabian Hamilton
Leeds North East
Lab
Mr David Hamilton
Ind
Mr Mike Hancock
LD
Dr Evan Harris
LD
Sir Nick Harvey
Lab
Mr Dai Havard
LD
Mr David Heath
LD
John Hemming
Con
Charles Hendry
Ind
Mr Stephen Hepburn
Lab
David Heyes
LD
Paul Holmes
Ind
Kelvin Hopkins
Con
Lord Horam
LD
Martin Horwood
SNP
Stewart Hosie
LD
David Howarth
LD
Simon Hughes
LD
Chris Huhne
LD
Mark Hunter
Con
Mr Nick Hurd
Lab
Dr Brian Iddon
Con
Lord Jackson of Peterborough
Lab
Glenda Jackson
Lab
Mrs Siân C. James
Lab
Mr Brian Jenkins
Lab
Dame Diana Johnson
Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham
Lab
Lynne Jones
Lab
Mr Martyn Jones
Lab
Alan Keen
LD
Mr Paul Keetch
LD
Mr Charles Kennedy
Lab
Sadiq Khan
Lab
Mr Peter Kilfoyle
LD
Baroness Kramer
LD
Norman Lamb
Con
Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
Ind
Peter Law
LD
Mr David Laws
Lab
Mark Lazarowicz
LD
Mr John Leech
Lab
David Lepper
Con
Sir David Lidington
Lab
Tony Lloyd
PC
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Con
Tim Loughton
Lab
Mr Andrew Love
Lab
Ian C. Lucas
Ind
Angus Brendan MacNeil
Lab
Mr Shahid Malik
Lab
Rob Marris
Lab
Mr Robert Marshall-Andrews
Lab
Chris McCafferty
Lab
Kerry McCarthy
Bristol East
SDLP
Dr Alasdair McDonnell
Ind
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
Lab
Jim McGovern
SDLP
Mr Eddie McGrady
Lab
Ann McKechin
Lab
Mr Michael Meacher
Lab
Austin Mitchell
Con
Mr Andrew Mitchell
Sutton Coldfield
Lab
Chris Mole
LD
Michael Moore
Lab
Julie Morgan
Lab
Mr George Mudie
LD
Greg Mulholland
Lab
Mr Denis Murphy
Con
Dr Andrew Murrison
South West Wiltshire
Lab
Dr Doug Naysmith
LD
Mr Mark Oaten
LD
Lembit Öpik
Lab
Sandra Osborne
Con
Sir Richard Ottaway
Ind
Mr Andrew Pelling
Con
Sir Mike Penning
Con
John Penrose
Lab
Mr Greg Pope
Lab
Mr Gordon Prentice
PC
Adam Price
Lab
Gwyn Prosser
LD
John Pugh
Lab
Mr Ken Purchase
Con
Lord Randall of Uxbridge
Lab
Mr Jamie Reed
LD
Mr Alan Reid
Lab
Mrs Linda Riordan
SNP
Angus Robertson
LD
Dan Rogerson
LD
Paul Rowen
Lab
Dame Joan Ruddock
LD
Sir Bob Russell
SNP
Alex Salmond
LD
Mr Adrian Sanders
Lab
Mr Mohammad Sarwar
Con
Mr Lee Scott
Con
Sir Richard Shepherd
Clare Short
Lab
Alan Simpson
Lab
Mr Marsha Singh
Lab
Mr Dennis Skinner
Lab
Andy Slaughter
Hammersmith and Chiswick
Lab
Geraldine Smith
LD
Sir Robert Smith
Lab
Sir Peter Soulsby
Lab
Dr Gavin Strang
Lab
Graham Stringer
Blackley and Middleton South
LD
Lord Stunell
Con
Sir Desmond Swayne
New Forest West
LD
Jo Swinson
Con
Sir Robert Syms
LD
Lord Taylor of Goss Moor
Ind
Dr Richard Taylor
LD
Sarah Teather
Lab
Emily Thornberry
Islington South and Finsbury
LD
Viscount Thurso
Lab
Jon Trickett
Normanton and Hemsworth
Lab
Mr Paul Truswell
Lab
Dr Desmond Turner
Lab
Kitty Ussher
Con
Lord Vaizey of Didcot
Lab
Dr Rudi Vis
Lab
Joan Walley
Con
Mr Robert Walter
Lab
Lynda Waltho
Ind
Mr Robert N. Wareing
LD
Steve Webb
SNP
Mike Weir
Con
Sir John Whittingdale
Maldon
PC
Hywel Williams
LD
Mr Mark Williams
Lab
Mrs Betty Williams
LD
Roger Williams
LD
Stephen Williams
LD
Lord Willis of Knaresborough
LD
Jenny Willott
Con
Mr David Wilshire
SNP
Pete Wishart
Perth and Kinross-shire
Lab
Mike Wood
Lab
Dr Tony Wright
Lab
Mr Anthony Wright
Lab
Derek Wyatt
Con
Mr Tim Yeo
LD
Richard Younger-Ross
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