PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
LAW RELATING TO UNMARRIED COUPLES (10 January 2006)
Motion Details
That this House believes that the law relating to unmarried couples is shambolic and in urgent need of reform because there is little or no legal protection for cohabitants on relationship breakdown; and, while welcoming the introduction of civil partnerships for same sex couples, calls on the Government to introduce a new law to provide a safety net for couples of whatever sexual orientation who live together as its next priority.
Sponsored by:
Mary Creagh (Labour)
EDMS Sponsor By Party
Party
Votes
%
Labour
79
64%
Liberal Democrat
28
23%
Independent
6
5%
Conservative
4
3%
Plaid Cymru
2
2%
Speaker
1
1%
Crossbench
1
1%
Not Available
1
1%
Social Democratic & Labour Party
1
1%
Sponsor List (123 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lab
Ms Diane Abbott
Hackney North and Stoke Newington
LD
Danny Alexander
Lab
Janet Anderson
Lab
Mr David Anderson
Lab
John Austin
Lab
Gordon Banks
Lab
Ms Celia Barlow
Spk
John Bercow
Lab
Roger Berry
Lab
Mr Clive Betts
Sheffield South East
Con
Sir Peter Bottomley
LD
Tom Brake
LD
Mr Colin Breed
Ind
Mr Nicholas Brown
Lab
Ms Lyn Brown
LD
Lord Bruce of Bennachie
Lab
Richard Burden
Lab
Colin Burgon
LD
Baroness Burt of Solihull
LD
Sir Vince Cable
LD
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Orkney and Shetland
Lab
Martin Caton
Lab
Colin Challen
Lab
Baroness Clark of Kilwinning
LD
Mr Nick Clegg
Lab
Mr David Clelland
Lab
Harry Cohen
Lab
Michael Connarty
Lab
Frank Cook
Lab
Rosie Cooper
Ind
Jeremy Corbyn
Islington North
Lab
Jim Cousins
Lab
Sir David Crausby
Lab
Mary Creagh (Sponsor)
Coventry East
Lab
Mr Jim Cunningham
LD
Ed Davey
Kingston and Surbiton
Lab
Mrs Janet Dean
Lab
Mr Jim Devine
Lab
Mr Andrew Dismore
Lab
Clive Efford
Eltham and Chislehurst
Lab
Natascha Engel
Lab
Bill Etherington
Con
Mr Nigel Evans
LD
Baroness Featherstone
XB
Lord Field of Birkenhead
Lab
Paul Flynn
LD
Lord Foster of Bath
LD
Andrew George
St Ives
Lab
Mr Neil Gerrard
Lab
Dr Ian Gibson
LD
Sandra Gidley
Lab
Mr Roger Godsiff
Lab
Fabian Hamilton
Leeds North East
Ind
Mr Mike Hancock
LD
Dr Evan Harris
LD
Sir Nick Harvey
LD
Mr David Heath
Lab
David Heyes
Lab
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
Washington and Gateshead South
LD
Paul Holmes
Ind
Kelvin Hopkins
LD
David Howarth
LD
Mark Hunter
Lab
Dr Brian Iddon
Ind
Mr Eric Illsley
Lab
Glenda Jackson
Lab
Mr Brian Jenkins
Lab
Lynne Jones
Lab
Mr Martyn Jones
Lab
Ms Sally Keeble
Lab
Baroness Keeley
LD
Mr Paul Keetch
Lab
Mr Fraser Kemp
Lab
Mr Piara S Khabra
LD
Baroness Kramer
LD
Norman Lamb
Con
Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
Lab
David Lepper
Lab
Martin Linton
Lab
Tony Lloyd
PC
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Lab
Gordon Marsden
Lab
Mr David Marshall
Lab
Chris McCafferty
Lab
Kerry McCarthy
Bristol East
Lab
Sarah McCarthy-Fry
SDLP
Dr Alasdair McDonnell
Lab
Sir Alan Meale
Lab
Andrew Miller
Lab
Austin Mitchell
Lab
Anne Moffat
Lab
Laura Moffatt
Lab
Mrs Madeleine Moon
Lab
Jessica Morden
Newport East
Lab
Mr Denis Murphy
Lab
Sandra Osborne
Lab
Mr Gordon Prentice
Lab
Mr Jamie Reed
Lab
Mr Terry Rooney
Lab
Dame Joan Ruddock
LD
Sir Bob Russell
Lab
Mr Mohammad Sarwar
Clare Short
Lab
Alan Simpson
Lab
Mr Marsha Singh
Ind
Bob Spink
Lab
Graham Stringer
Blackley and Middleton South
LD
Jo Swinson
Lab
Mark Tami
Alyn and Deeside
Lab
David Taylor
Lab
Dr Desmond Turner
Lab
Dr Rudi Vis
Lab
Joan Walley
Con
Mr Robert Walter
LD
Steve Webb
PC
Hywel Williams
LD
Mr Mark Williams
Lab
Mrs Betty Williams
LD
Roger Williams
Lab
Mike Wood
Lab
Mr Anthony Wright
Lab
Derek Wyatt
LD
Richard Younger-Ross
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