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PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
WOMEN BISHOPS (27 January 2011)

Motion Details

That this House welcomes the current moves by the General Synod of the Church of England to pass legislation permitting women to be bishops; notes that the Synod is currently engaged in consulting the Dioceses on the Women in the Episcopate: draft bishops and priests (consecration and ordination of women) Measure; further notes that General Synod expects to debate the final approval stage of the Measure in July 2012; encourages the House of Bishops to commend the Measure as currently drafted; and calls on Her Majesty's Government to remove any exemptions pertaining to gender under existing equality legislation, in the event that the Measure has overwhelming support in the dioceses but fails through a technicality to receive final approval in General Synod.

Sponsored by:
Lord Field of Birkenhead (Crossbench)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Labour
25
48%
 
 
Conservative
9
17%
 
 
Liberal Democrat
9
17%
 
 
Independent
4
8%
 
 
The Independent Group for Change
2
4%
 
 
Green Party
1
2%
 
 
Crossbench
1
2%
 
 
Plaid Cymru
1
2%
 
Sponsor List (52 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lab
Mr Bob Ainsworth
Lab
Heidi Alexander
Swindon South
Lab
Sir Hugh Bayley
Lab
Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods
Lab
Paul Blomfield
Lab
Lord Blunkett
Con
Sir Peter Bottomley
Lab
Martin Caton
IGC
Ann Coffey
Ind
Jeremy Corbyn
Islington North
Con
Dame Tracey Crouch
Lab
Frank Dobson
Lab
Natascha Engel
XB
Lord Field of Birkenhead (Sponsor)
Lab
Paul Flynn
IGC
Mike Gapes
Lab
Paul Goggins
LD
Duncan Hames
Lab
Fabian Hamilton
Leeds North East
Ind
Mr Mike Hancock
Lab
Mr Dai Havard
LD
John Hemming
Ind
Mr Stephen Hepburn
LD
Simon Hughes
LD
Dr Julian Huppert
Lab
Glenda Jackson
Con
Sir Bernard Jenkin
Harwich and North Essex
Lab
Dame Diana Johnson
Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham
Con
Baroness Laing of Elderslie
LD
Stephen Lloyd
Lab
Tony Lloyd
PC
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Green
Caroline Lucas
Lab
Lord Mann
Lab
Kerry McCarthy
Bristol East
Ind
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
Lab
Sir Alan Meale
Con
Penny Mordaunt
Lab
Dame Joan Ruddock
LD
Sir Bob Russell
Lab
Mr Marsha Singh
Lab
Mr Dennis Skinner
Con
Lord Soames of Fletching
Con
Sir John Stanley
LD
Ian Swales
Lab
Sir Stephen Timms
East Ham
Lab
Valerie Vaz
Walsall and Bloxwich
Con
Martin Vickers
Brigg and Immingham
LD
Stephen Williams
Lab
Mike Wood
LD
Simon Wright
Con
Mr Tim Yeo

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