PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
100th BIRTHDAY OF DAME VERA LYNN (23 March 2017)
Motion Details
That this House celebrates the 100th birthday of Dame Vera Lynn; thanks her for the truly inspirational role she undertook as the Forces' Sweetheart; extends its best wishes to Dame Vera on her new album in the hope that it will become a best-seller; and rejoices in Dame Vera's long life, boundless energy, warm smile, beautiful voice and generosity of spirit that spurred a generation and has inspired generations since then in a way that makes us all proud to be British.
Sponsored by:
Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party)
EDMS Sponsor By Party
Party
Votes
%
Democratic Unionist Party
3
23%
Labour
3
23%
Conservative
2
15%
Independent
2
15%
Ulster Unionist Party
2
15%
Social Democratic & Labour Party
1
8%
Sponsor List (13 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Con
Bob Blackman
Harrow East
Ind
Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson
UUP
Lord Elliott of Ballinamallard
Ind
Lady Hermon
UUP
Danny Kinahan
Con
Sir Julian Lewis
New Forest East
SDLP
Dr Alasdair McDonnell
Lab
Sir Alan Meale
DUP
Ian Paisley
DUP
Jim Shannon (Sponsor)
Strangford
DUP
David Simpson
Lab
Wes Streeting
Ilford North
Lab
Keith Vaz
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