PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
CONDUCT OF ZIMBABWE AND EQUATORIAL GUINEA TOWARDS MR SIMON MANN (5 May 2008)

Motion Details

That this House deplores the transfer by Zimbabwe to Equatorial Guinea of Mr Simon Mann after nearly five years in gaol, in contravention of assurances given to the UK Government that this would not occur while his appeal process was still underway; is appalled that he has been held in shackles in Black Beach Prison ever since; condemns the continuing refusal to grant United Kingdom consular access to him since a single visit in March; and urges the Government to seek the support of the United States and other influential countries to safeguard Mr Mann's human rights in this perilous situation.

Sponsored by:
Sir Julian Lewis (Conservative)

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Votes
%
 
Conservative
56
47%
 
 
Labour
28
24%
 
 
Liberal Democrat
18
15%
 
 
Independent
8
7%
 
 
Speaker
2
2%
 
 
Your Party
1
1%
 
 
Reform UK
1
1%
 
 
Non-affiliated
1
1%
 
 
Democratic Unionist Party
1
1%
 
 
Crossbench
1
1%
 
 
Social Democratic & Labour Party
1
1%
 
Sponsor List (118 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Con
Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom
Lab
Charlotte Atkins
Con
Mr Peter Atkinson
Lab
John Austin
Con
Lord Bellingham
XB
Lord Benyon
Spk
John Bercow
Con
Sir Peter Bottomley
Con
Lord Brady of Altrincham
Con
Sir Julian Brazier
LD
Mr Colin Breed
LD
Annette Brooke
Con
Sir Simon Burns
LD
Baroness Burt of Solihull
Con
Sir John Butterfill
Lab
Martin Caton
Con
Mr James Clappison
Lab
Baroness Clark of Kilwinning
Con
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
North Cotswolds
Lab
Ann Clwyd
Lab
Frank Cook
YP
Jeremy Corbyn
Islington North
Lab
Mrs Ann Cryer
Con
Mr David Curry
LD
Ed Davey
Kingston and Surbiton
Lab
Lord Davies of Stamford
Ind
Mr Dai Davies
Lab
Mrs Janet Dean
Lab
Mr Jim Devine
Lab
Mr Brian H. Donohoe
Con
Sir James Duddridge
Con
Philip Dunne
SDLP
Mark Durkan
Ind
Dame Louise Ellman
Con
Mr Tobias Ellwood
Lab
Bill Etherington
Con
Mr Nigel Evans
Con
Lord Garnier
LD
Sandra Gidley
Con
Lord Goodman of Wycombe
Con
Sir Robert Goodwill
Con
James Gray
Ind
Mr Mike Hancock
Con
Greg Hands
Con
Mr Mark Harper
LD
Sir Nick Harvey
Lab
Mr Dai Havard
LD
John Hemming
Baroness Hoey
Con
Adam Holloway
Ind
Kelvin Hopkins
Con
Sir Gerald Howarth
Spk
Sir Lindsay Hoyle
Chorley
LD
Mark Hunter
Lab
Dr Brian Iddon
Con
Sir Bernard Jenkin
Harwich and North Essex
Lab
Mr Brian Jenkins
Lab
Mr Martyn Jones
Con
Daniel Kawczynski
LD
Mr Charles Kennedy
Con
Julie Kirkbride
LD
Baroness Kramer
Con
Baroness Laing of Elderslie
Con
Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
LD
Mr John Leech
Con
Sir Julian Lewis (Sponsor)
New Forest East
Con
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger
Con
Tim Loughton
Con
Sir Peter Luff
Lab
Chris McCafferty
Lab
Sir Ian McCartney
DUP
Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown
Lab
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
Ind
Patrick Mercer
Con
Dr Andrew Murrison
South West Wiltshire
Lab
Dr Doug Naysmith
Lab
Mr Bill Olner
Con
Sir Richard Ottaway
Con
Sir Mike Penning
Lab
Stephen Pound
Con
Mr Mark Prisk
Con
Mark Pritchard
The Wrekin
LD
Willie Rennie
Ind
Sir Malcolm Rifkind
Con
Sir Hugh Robertson
RUK
Andrew Rosindell
Romford
LD
Sir Bob Russell
Lab
Mr Mohammad Sarwar
Con
Mr Lee Scott
Con
Andrew Selous
Lab
Alan Simpson
Con
Lord Soames of Fletching
Ind
Bob Spink
Con
Graham Stuart
Beverley and Holderness
LD
Lord Stunell
LD
Jo Swinson
Con
Lord Swire
Con
Sir Robert Syms
Lab
David Taylor
Con
David Tredinnick
Con
Lord Vaizey of Didcot
Lab
Keith Vaz
Con
Sir Peter Viggers
Lab
Dr Rudi Vis
Con
Sir Charles Walker
Con
Mr Ben Wallace
Con
Mr Robert Walter
Ind
Mr Robert N. Wareing
Con
Dame Angela Watkinson
LD
Steve Webb
Con
Sir John Whittingdale
Maldon
Con
Sir Bill Wiggin
Lab
Mrs Betty Williams
LD
Lord Willis of Knaresborough
Con
Mr David Wilshire
Con
Ann Winterton
Con
Sir Nicholas Winterton
LD
Richard Younger-Ross

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