PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
300th ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNION (29 April 2007)
Motion Details
That this House notes that 1st May 2007 is the 300th anniversary of the Act of Union between England and Scotland; believes that the 300-year partnership has been a phenomenal success; further believes that this anniversary provides an excellent opportunity to proclaim the great British values of democracy, freedom, fairness and tolerance that have made this country great; and resolves to do everything possible to strengthen the Union for the future.
Sponsored by:
Lord Austin of Dudley (Non-affiliated)
EDMS Sponsor By Party
Party
Votes
%
Labour
57
67%
Conservative
6
7%
Independent
6
7%
Liberal Democrat
6
7%
Democratic Unionist Party
5
6%
Speaker
1
1%
The Independent Group for Change
1
1%
Crossbench
1
1%
Not Available
1
1%
Non-affiliated
1
1%
Sponsor List (85 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lord Austin of Dudley (Sponsor)
DUP
Lord Bannside
Lab
Mr David S. Borrow
Con
Sir Peter Bottomley
Lab
Ms Lyn Brown
Lab
Chris Bryant
Rhondda and Ogmore
LD
Sir Vince Cable
DUP
Mr Gregory Campbell
East Londonderry
Lab
Martin Caton
Lab
Baroness Clark of Kilwinning
Lab
Mr Tom Clarke
Derek Conway
Lab
Sir David Crausby
Lab
John Cummings
Lab
Mr Jim Cunningham
Lab
Lord Davies of Stamford
Con
Sir Philip Davies
Lab
Mrs Janet Dean
Lab
Mr Jim Devine
Lab
Mr Andrew Dismore
Lab
Jim Dobbin
DUP
Lord Dodds of Duncairn
Lab
Clive Efford
Eltham and Chislehurst
Lab
Jeff Ennis
Lab
Bill Etherington
Lab
Michael Jabez Foster
Lab
Dr Hywel Francis
IGC
Mike Gapes
Lab
Mr Roger Godsiff
Con
Michael Gove
Lab
Fabian Hamilton
Leeds North East
Ind
Mr Mike Hancock
LD
Sir Nick Harvey
LD
John Hemming
Ind
Lady Hermon
Ind
Kelvin Hopkins
Lab
Sir George Howarth
Spk
Sir Lindsay Hoyle
Chorley
Lab
Mrs Joan Humble
Con
Jeremy Hunt
Godalming and Ash
Lab
Dr Brian Iddon
Ind
Mr Eric Illsley
Lab
Mr Brian Jenkins
Lab
Tony Lloyd
Lab
Ian C. Lucas
Lab
Mr Khalid Mahmood
Lab
Lord Mann
Lab
Rob Marris
Lab
Gordon Marsden
Lab
Chris McCafferty
Lab
Kerry McCarthy
Bristol East
Lab
Sarah McCarthy-Fry
DUP
Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown
Lab
Dame Siobhain McDonagh
Mitcham and Morden
Lab
Ann McKechin
Lab
Sir Alan Meale
Lab
Laura Moffatt
Lab
Mrs Madeleine Moon
Lab
Mr Elliot Morley
Lab
Lord Murphy of Torfaen
Lab
Dr Doug Naysmith
Lab
Sandra Osborne
Lab
Albert Owen
Ind
Mr Andrew Pelling
LD
Willie Rennie
Lab
Mr Geoffrey Robinson
Con
Andrew Rosindell
Romford
Lab
Martin Salter
Lab
Jim Sheridan
Lab
Mr Siôn Simon
Lab
Alan Simpson
DUP
David Simpson
Ind
Bob Spink
XB
Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston
LD
Jo Swinson
Lab
Lord Touhig
Lab
Jon Trickett
Normanton and Hemsworth
Lab
Keith Vaz
Lab
Dr Rudi Vis
Lab
Lynda Waltho
Lab
Lord Watson of Wyre Forest
LD
Stephen Williams
Con
Ann Winterton
Lab
David Wright
Lab
Mr Iain Wright
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