PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP (14 July 2015)

Motion Details

That this House congratulates the Royal and Ancient Golf Club on hosting the 144th Open Championship on the historic Old Course at St Andrews, the Home of Golf; notes that this is the 29th time The Open has been played on the Old Course, making it the most frequent host of the tournament since its founding in 1860; further notes that golf has been played on the links at St Andrews since the early 1400s with the Old Course being founded in 1552, making it the most historic, as well as the best known of golf courses in the world; praises the hard work of the event's organisers and workers in arranging and running the tournament; wishes the tournament, competitors, spectators and townsfolk well for the week ahead; encourages visitors to enjoy the hospitality so generously offered by the ancient town of St Andrews; and sends best wishes to all those taking part.

Sponsored by:
Stephen Gethins (Scottish National Party)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Scottish National Party
34
77%
 
 
Independent
5
11%
 
 
Conservative
2
5%
 
 
Democratic Unionist Party
2
5%
 
 
Labour
1
2%
 
Sponsor List (44 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
SNP
Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh
Lab
Mr David Anderson
SNP
Richard Arkless
SNP
Mhairi Black
SNP
Ian Blackford
SNP
Kirsty Blackman
Aberdeen North
SNP
Philip Boswell
SNP
Alan Brown
Con
Dr Lisa Cameron
SNP
Angela Crawley
SNP
Martyn Day
SNP
Stuart Blair Donaldson
Ind
Jonathan Edwards
SNP
Stephen Gethins (Sponsor)
Arbroath and Broughty Ferry
SNP
Peter Grant
SNP
Neil Gray
SNP
Drew Hendry
SNP
Stewart Hosie
SNP
Chris Law
Dundee Central
Con
Sir Julian Lewis
New Forest East
Ind
Angus Brendan MacNeil
SNP
Callum McCaig
SNP
Stewart Malcolm McDonald
SNP
Stuart C McDonald
Ind
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
Ind
Natalie McGarry
SNP
Anne McLaughlin
SNP
John McNally
SNP
Carol Monaghan
SNP
Dr Paul Monaghan
SNP
Roger Mullin
SNP
Gavin Newlands
SNP
John Nicolson
SNP
Brendan O'Hara
Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber
SNP
Kirsten Oswald
DUP
Gavin Robinson
Belfast East
SNP
Alex Salmond
DUP
Jim Shannon
Strangford
SNP
Chris Stephens
SNP
Owen Thompson
Ind
Michelle Thomson
SNP
Mike Weir
SNP
Dr Philippa Whitford
SNP
Corri Wilson

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