PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
LOCAL FOOD IS MILES BETTER CAMPAIGN (15 November 2006)
Motion Details
That this House supports Farmers Weekly Local Food is Miles Better campaign; believes that buying locally grown food is an excellent way for consumers to reconnect with farmers and develop a better understanding of where their food comes from; recognises that producing and buying food locally can help the environment, boost the economy and support British farming; and calls for supermarkets to promote, stock and label locally produced food to cut food miles and support local producers.
Sponsored by:
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Conservative)
EDMS Sponsor By Party
Party
Votes
%
Conservative
83
61%
Liberal Democrat
18
13%
Labour
16
12%
Independent
7
5%
Democratic Unionist Party
2
1%
Plaid Cymru
2
1%
Your Party
1
1%
Reform UK
1
1%
Speaker
1
1%
Crossbench
1
1%
Not Available
1
1%
Social Democratic & Labour Party
1
1%
Scottish National Party
1
1%
Sponsor List (135 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Con
Mr Peter Ainsworth
Con
Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom
Con
Mr Peter Atkinson
Con
Sir Tony Baldry
Con
Lord Barker of Battle
LD
John Barrett
XB
Lord Benyon
Spk
John Bercow
Con
Lord Blencathra
Con
Sir Peter Bottomley
Con
Sir Julian Brazier
LD
Mr Colin Breed
Con
James Brokenshire
LD
Annette Brooke
LD
Lord Bruce of Bennachie
Con
Sir Simon Burns
Con
Alistair Burt
DUP
Mr Gregory Campbell
East Londonderry
Lab
Martin Caton
Con
Mr James Clappison
Con
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Sponsor)
North Cotswolds
Derek Conway
YP
Jeremy Corbyn
Islington North
Con
Stephen Crabb
LD
Ed Davey
Kingston and Surbiton
Lab
Mrs Janet Dean
Con
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
DUP
Lord Dodds of Duncairn
Con
Sir James Duddridge
Con
Sir Alan Duncan
Con
Philip Dunne
Lab
Jeff Ennis
Con
Mr Nigel Evans
Con
Michael Fabricant
Con
Sir Michael Fallon
Con
Sir Liam Fox
Con
Christopher Fraser
Con
Lord Garnier
LD
Andrew George
St Ives
Con
Dame Cheryl Gillan
Lab
Helen Goodman
Con
Michael Gove
Con
James Gray
Ind
Mr Dominic Grieve
Lab
Mr David Hamilton
Con
Lord Hammond of Runnymede
Con
Stephen Hammond
Ind
Mr Mike Hancock
LD
Dr Evan Harris
Con
Sir Oliver Heald
LD
Mr David Heath
LD
John Hemming
Con
Charles Hendry
Con
Adam Holloway
Con
Lord Horam
LD
Mark Hunter
Con
Lord Jackson of Peterborough
Lab
Mr Brian Jenkins
Lab
Lynne Jones
Con
Mr David Jones
Lab
Sir Gerald Kaufman
Con
Daniel Kawczynski
Con
Robert Key
Con
Baroness Laing of Elderslie
Con
Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
Lab
Mark Lazarowicz
LD
Mr John Leech
Con
Sir Julian Lewis
New Forest East
Con
Sir David Lidington
PC
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Con
Tim Loughton
Con
Sir Peter Luff
Con
Mr Andrew Mackay
Con
Mrs Anne Main
Lab
Rob Marris
Lab
Gordon Marsden
Con
Mr Michael Mates
Con
Baroness May of Maidenhead
SDLP
Dr Alasdair McDonnell
Lab
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
Con
Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
Ind
Patrick Mercer
Con
Dame Maria Miller
Ind
Anne Milton
Con
Mr Malcolm Moss
Con
David Mundell
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
Con
Dr Andrew Murrison
South West Wiltshire
Con
Mr Stephen O'Brien
Con
Sir Richard Ottaway
Lab
Albert Owen
Con
Sir James Paice
Ind
Mr Andrew Pelling
Con
Sir Mike Penning
Con
Lord Pickles
PC
Adam Price
Con
Mr Mark Prisk
LD
John Pugh
Ind
Mrs Iris Robinson
LD
Dan Rogerson
RUK
Andrew Rosindell
Romford
LD
Paul Rowen
Con
Mr David Ruffley
Con
Mr Lee Scott
Con
Andrew Selous
Con
Grant Shapps
Con
Sir Richard Shepherd
Lab
Alan Simpson
Con
Mr Keith Simpson
Con
Lord Soames of Fletching
Con
Dame Caroline Spelman
Ind
Bob Spink
Con
Sir Gary Streeter
Con
Graham Stuart
Beverley and Holderness
Con
Sir Desmond Swayne
New Forest West
LD
Jo Swinson
Con
Lord Swire
Lab
David Taylor
Con
Lord Vaizey of Didcot
Con
Sir Peter Viggers
Lab
Dr Rudi Vis
Con
Mr Ben Wallace
Con
Mr Robert Walter
Con
Mr Nigel Waterson
Con
Dame Angela Watkinson
SNP
Mike Weir
Con
Sir John Whittingdale
Maldon
Con
Miss Ann Widdecombe
Con
Sir Bill Wiggin
LD
Mr Mark Williams
LD
Roger Williams
LD
Stephen Williams
Con
Ann Winterton
Con
Sir Nicholas Winterton
Con
Sir Jeremy Wright
Kenilworth and Southam
Con
Mr Tim Yeo
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