PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
POST OFFICE CLOSURES (21 February 2008)
Motion Details
That this House regrets the proposal to close up to 2,500 post offices; recognises the seminal role post offices play in local communities; notes the unpopularity amongst the general public of closing such a large portion of the network; has concerns that the access criteria laid down for the closures consultation do not adequately take into account local geographical factors and public transport networks; is concerned that the consultation period is only scheduled to last for six weeks rather than three months; and believes that options for business expansion which may have helped individual post offices to remain open should be explored further.
Sponsored by:
Mr Nigel Evans (Conservative)
EDMS Sponsor By Party
Party
Votes
%
Conservative
87
52%
Labour
30
18%
Liberal Democrat
20
12%
Independent
10
6%
Democratic Unionist Party
3
2%
Scottish National Party
3
2%
Social Democratic & Labour Party
3
2%
Speaker
2
1%
Non-affiliated
2
1%
Crossbench
2
1%
Plaid Cymru
2
1%
The Independent Group for Change
1
1%
Workers Party of Britain
1
1%
Not Available
1
1%
Sponsor List (167 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Con
Mr Peter Ainsworth
Con
Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom
Lab
Charlotte Atkins
Con
Mr Peter Atkinson
Lab
John Austin
Con
Mr Richard Bacon
LD
Norman Baker
Con
Lord Barker of Battle
Con
Mr John Baron
LD
John Barrett
XB
Lord Benyon
Spk
John Bercow
Con
Mr Brian Binley
Con
Lord Blencathra
Lord Boswell of Aynho
Con
Sir Peter Bottomley
Con
Lord Brady of Altrincham
LD
Annette Brooke
Lab
Ms Karen Buck
Lab
Colin Burgon
Con
Mr David Burrowes
LD
Baroness Burt of Solihull
LD
Sir Vince Cable
DUP
Mr Gregory Campbell
East Londonderry
Con
Sir Christopher Chope
Christchurch
Lab
Mr Michael Clapham
Con
Greg Clark
Con
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
North Cotswolds
Derek Conway
Lab
Frank Cook
Con
Stephen Crabb
Lab
Mrs Ann Cryer
Con
Mr David Curry
Con
David T C Davies
Ind
Mr Dai Davies
Con
Sir Philip Davies
Con
Lord Deben
Lab
Mr Andrew Dismore
DUP
Lord Dodds of Duncairn
Lab
Dr David Drew
Con
Sir James Duddridge
Con
Philip Dunne
SDLP
Mark Durkan
Lab
Bill Etherington
Con
Mr Nigel Evans (Sponsor)
Con
Sir David Evennett
Con
Michael Fabricant
Con
Sir Michael Fallon
XB
Lord Field of Birkenhead
Lab
Mark Fisher
Con
Sir Liam Fox
Con
Christopher Fraser
Con
Sir Roger Gale
Herne Bay and Sandwich
WPB
George Galloway
Con
Lord Garnier
LD
Andrew George
St Ives
LD
Sandra Gidley
Lab
Mr Roger Godsiff
Con
Sir Robert Goodwill
Con
James Gray
Ind
Justine Greening
Con
Stephen Hammond
Ind
Mr Mike Hancock
Con
Greg Hands
Con
Mr Mark Harper
Con
Sir Oliver Heald
LD
John Hemming
Con
Charles Hendry
Ind
Lady Hermon
Baroness Hoey
Con
Adam Holloway
LD
Paul Holmes
Ind
Kelvin Hopkins
Con
Lord Horam
SNP
Stewart Hosie
Con
Sir Gerald Howarth
Spk
Sir Lindsay Hoyle
Chorley
LD
Simon Hughes
Lab
Mrs Joan Humble
Con
Jeremy Hunt
Godalming and Ash
LD
Mark Hunter
Con
Mr Michael Jack
Con
Lord Jackson of Peterborough
Lab
Glenda Jackson
Con
Sir Bernard Jenkin
Harwich and North Essex
Lab
Mr Brian Jenkins
Lab
Lynne Jones
Con
Mr David Jones
Con
Daniel Kawczynski
Con
Robert Key
Con
Baroness Laing of Elderslie
Con
Mrs Jacqui Lait
Con
Lord Lansley
LD
Mr John Leech
Con
Sir Julian Lewis
New Forest East
PC
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Con
The Marquess of Lothian
Con
Tim Loughton
Con
Sir Peter Luff
Con
Mr Andrew Mackay
Ind
Angus Brendan MacNeil
Con
Mrs Anne Main
Con
Mr Humfrey Malins
Lab
Gordon Marsden
Con
Mr Michael Mates
DUP
Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown
SDLP
Dr Alasdair McDonnell
Ind
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
SDLP
Mr Eddie McGrady
Con
Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
Lab
Sir Alan Meale
Ind
Patrick Mercer
Con
Dame Maria Miller
Con
Mr Andrew Mitchell
Sutton Coldfield
Con
Mr Malcolm Moss
LD
Greg Mulholland
Lab
Dr Doug Naysmith
Con
Sir Robert Neill
Con
Mr Stephen O'Brien
LD
Lembit Öpik
Con
John Penrose
Lab
Mr Greg Pope
Lab
Mr Gordon Prentice
PC
Adam Price
LD
John Pugh
Lab
Mrs Linda Riordan
SNP
Angus Robertson
Con
Mr Laurence Robertson
Ind
Mrs Iris Robinson
Con
Andrew Rosindell
Romford
IGC
Joan Ryan
Lab
Mr Mohammad Sarwar
Con
Mr Lee Scott
Con
Andrew Selous
Con
Grant Shapps
Lab
Alan Simpson
Lab
Andy Slaughter
Hammersmith and Chiswick
Con
Lord Soames of Fletching
Con
Dame Caroline Spelman
Ind
Bob Spink
Con
Sir Gary Streeter
Con
Graham Stuart
Beverley and Holderness
LD
Lord Stunell
Con
Sir Desmond Swayne
New Forest West
Con
Lord Swire
Con
Sir Robert Syms
Con
Mr Ian Taylor
Lab
Lord Touhig
Con
David Tredinnick
Lab
Mr Paul Truswell
Con
Lord Vaizey of Didcot
Con
Sir Peter Viggers
Lab
Dr Rudi Vis
Con
Mr Ben Wallace
Lab
Lynda Waltho
Con
Mr Nigel Waterson
Con
Dame Angela Watkinson
SNP
Mike Weir
Con
Sir John Whittingdale
Maldon
Con
Sir Bill Wiggin
LD
Mr Mark Williams
Lab
Mrs Betty Williams
LD
Stephen Williams
LD
Lord Willis of Knaresborough
Con
Sir Nicholas Winterton
Con
Sir Jeremy Wright
Kenilworth and Southam
LD
Richard Younger-Ross
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