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PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
TOMMY COOPER (1921 TO 1984) (25 February 2008)

Motion Details

That this House welcomes the recent unveiling of a statue in Caerphilly in memory of one of its most famous sons, Tommy Cooper; congratulates the Tommy Cooper Society on this important initiative in giving public recognition to one of the great comedians of the 20th century; praises Port Talbot-born Sir Anthony Hopkins for associating himself with this development by unveiling the statue; and calls on the Secretary of State for Wales to encourage the Welsh Assembly Government to support more public recognition of past and present Welsh achievements in the creative industries and performing arts.

Sponsored by:
Dr Hywel Francis (Labour)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Labour
48
68%
 
 
Liberal Democrat
7
10%
 
 
Conservative
4
6%
 
 
Democratic Unionist Party
3
4%
 
 
Independent
3
4%
 
 
Plaid Cymru
2
3%
 
 
The Independent Group for Change
1
1%
 
 
Your Party
1
1%
 
 
Not Available
1
1%
 
 
Social Democratic & Labour Party
1
1%
 
Sponsor List (71 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lab
Nick Ainger
Lab
John Austin
Lab
Roger Berry
Con
Sir Peter Bottomley
Lab
Colin Burgon
LD
Sir Vince Cable
DUP
Mr Gregory Campbell
East Londonderry
Lab
Mr Ronnie Campbell
Lab
Martin Caton
Lab
Mr Michael Clapham
Lab
Mr David Clelland
Derek Conway
Lab
Frank Cook
YP
Jeremy Corbyn
Islington North
Lab
Sir David Crausby
Lab
Mrs Ann Cryer
Lab
John Cummings
Lab
Mrs Janet Dean
Lab
Mr Jim Devine
Lab
Mr Andrew Dismore
Lab
Jim Dobbin
Lab
Dr David Drew
Lab
Bill Etherington
Lab
Paul Flynn
Lab
Dr Hywel Francis (Sponsor)
IGC
Mike Gapes
LD
Andrew George
St Ives
Ind
Mr Mike Hancock
Lab
Mr Dai Havard
LD
John Hemming
Lab
Mr Doug Henderson
Ind
Kelvin Hopkins
Con
Lord Horam
Lab
Dr Brian Iddon
Ind
Mr Eric Illsley
Lab
Mrs Siân C. James
Lab
Mr Brian Jenkins
Lab
Lynne Jones
Lab
Mr Martyn Jones
LD
Mr Paul Keetch
LD
Mr John Leech
Lab
David Lepper
PC
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Lab
Ian C. Lucas
Lab
Mr Khalid Mahmood
Lab
Mr Eric Martlew
SDLP
Dr Alasdair McDonnell
Lab
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
Lab
Sir Alan Meale
Lab
Laura Moffatt
Lab
Sandra Osborne
Lab
Albert Owen
Lab
Mr Gordon Prentice
PC
Adam Price
Con
Mark Pritchard
The Wrekin
Lab
Mr Andy Reed
Lab
Chris Ruane
Lab
Martin Salter
Lab
Mr Siôn Simon
Lab
Alan Simpson
DUP
David Simpson
Lab
Andy Slaughter
Hammersmith and Chiswick
Lab
David Taylor
Lab
Lord Touhig
Lab
Keith Vaz
Lab
Dr Rudi Vis
LD
Mr Mark Williams
Lab
Mrs Betty Williams
LD
Stephen Williams
DUP
Sammy Wilson
East Antrim
Con
Ann Winterton

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