PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
REVIEW OF ABORTION LEGISLATION (14 June 2006)

Motion Details

That this House endorses Recommendation 77 of the Report of the Science and Technology Committee, Human Reproductive Technologies and the Law; and calls on the Government to set up a joint committee of both Houses to consider the scientific, medical and social changes in relation to abortion that have taken place since 1967, with a view to presenting options for new legislation.

Sponsored by:
Geraldine Smith (Labour)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Conservative
70
44%
 
 
Labour
37
23%
 
 
Liberal Democrat
33
21%
 
 
Independent
8
5%
 
 
Democratic Unionist Party
3
2%
 
 
Crossbench
2
1%
 
 
Social Democratic & Labour Party
2
1%
 
 
Speaker
1
1%
 
 
Workers Party of Britain
1
1%
 
 
Scottish National Party
1
1%
 
Sponsor List (158 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
LD
Danny Alexander
Con
Sir David Amess
Lab
Janet Anderson
Lab
Mr David Anderson
Con
Mr Peter Atkinson
LD
Lord Beith
Lab
Mr Joe Benton
XB
Lord Benyon
Con
Mr Brian Binley
Lab
Mr David S. Borrow
Con
Sir Peter Bottomley
Con
Lord Brady of Altrincham
LD
Tom Brake
Con
Sir Julian Brazier
LD
Mr Colin Breed
LD
Annette Brooke
Con
Sir Simon Burns
Con
Mr David Burrowes
LD
Paul Burstow
LD
Baroness Burt of Solihull
Con
Alistair Burt
LD
Sir Vince Cable
LD
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Orkney and Shetland
Con
Sir William Cash
Lab
Martin Caton
Lab
Ben Chapman
Con
Greg Clark
Lab
Mr Tom Clarke
LD
Mr Nick Clegg
Lab
Frank Cook
Con
Stephen Crabb
Lab
John Cummings
Lab
Mr Jim Cunningham
Lab
Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas
Lab
Lord Davies of Stamford
Con
David T C Davies
Con
Sir Philip Davies
Con
David Davis
Goole and Pocklington
Lab
Mrs Janet Dean
Con
Lord Deben
Lab
Jim Dobbin
DUP
Lord Dodds of Duncairn
Ind
Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson
Lab
Dr David Drew
Con
Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Chingford and Woodford Green
SDLP
Mark Durkan
Con
Mr Nigel Evans
Con
Sir David Evennett
LD
Tim Farron
Westmorland and Lonsdale
XB
Lord Field of Birkenhead
Con
Mark Field
LD
Lord Foster of Bath
Con
Sir Liam Fox
WPB
George Galloway
Con
Lord Garnier
LD
Andrew George
St Ives
Lab
Dr Ian Gibson
LD
Julia Goldsworthy
Con
Lord Goodman of Wycombe
Con
Sir Robert Goodwill
Con
Michael Gove
Con
Lord Grayling
Con
Damian Green
Ind
Mr Dominic Grieve
Lab
John Grogan
Lab
Mr David Hamilton
Con
Stephen Hammond
Ind
Mr Mike Hancock
Con
Greg Hands
Con
Mr Mark Harper
LD
Dr Evan Harris
Con
Sir John Hayes
South Holland and The Deepings
Con
Sir Oliver Heald
Con
Charles Hendry
Con
Lord Herbert of South Downs
Con
Lord Horam
Con
Lord Howard of Lympne
LD
David Howarth
Spk
Sir Lindsay Hoyle
Chorley
LD
Simon Hughes
LD
Chris Huhne
LD
Mark Hunter
Con
Lord Jackson of Peterborough
Lab
Helen Jones
Lab
Lynne Jones
Con
Mr David Jones
Lab
Sir Gerald Kaufman
Con
Daniel Kawczynski
LD
Mr Paul Keetch
Con
Robert Key
Con
Julie Kirkbride
LD
Norman Lamb
Lab
Mr Bob Laxton
Con
Sir Edward Leigh
Gainsborough
Con
Lord Lilley
Con
The Marquess of Lothian
Lab
Mr Andrew Love
Lab
Andrew Mackinlay
Ind
Angus Brendan MacNeil
Con
Mrs Anne Main
Lab
Gordon Marsden
Lab
Mr David Marshall
Con
Mr Michael Mates
Con
Baroness May of Maidenhead
DUP
Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown
Lab
Jim McGovern
SDLP
Mr Eddie McGrady
Lab
Andrew Miller
Ind
Anne Milton
Lab
Lord Murphy of Torfaen
Con
Mr Brooks Newmark
Lab
Mr Edward O'Hara
LD
Mr Mark Oaten
Con
Sir Mike Penning
Lab
Mr Greg Pope
LD
John Pugh
Con
Lord Randall of Uxbridge
Ind
Sir Malcolm Rifkind
Con
Mr Laurence Robertson
Ind
Mrs Iris Robinson
Con
Andrew Rosindell
Romford
LD
Paul Rowen
Con
Andrew Selous
Lab
Geraldine Smith (Sponsor)
LD
Sir Robert Smith
Con
Lord Soames of Fletching
Con
Lord Spicer
Ind
Bob Spink
Con
Sir Gary Streeter
Lab
Graham Stringer
Blackley and Middleton South
LD
Lord Stunell
Con
Sir Desmond Swayne
New Forest West
Lab
David Taylor
Con
Mr Ian Taylor
LD
Sarah Teather
LD
Viscount Thurso
Lab
Mr Mark Todd
Lab
Lord Touhig
Con
Lord Vaizey of Didcot
Con
Sir Charles Walker
Con
Mr Ben Wallace
Con
Mr Robert Walter
Con
Mr Nigel Waterson
Con
Dame Angela Watkinson
LD
Steve Webb
SNP
Mike Weir
Con
Miss Ann Widdecombe
LD
Roger Williams
LD
Stephen Williams
LD
Lord Willis of Knaresborough
Con
Mr Rob Wilson
DUP
Sammy Wilson
East Antrim
Con
Ann Winterton
Con
Sir Nicholas Winterton
Con
Sir Jeremy Wright
Kenilworth and Southam
Lab
Derek Wyatt
Con
Mr Tim Yeo
LD
Richard Younger-Ross

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