PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
Virtual participation in debates (17 November 2020)

Motion Details

That this House notes with deep concern that some Members have not been able to take part virtually in debates, which means that those Members have been disenfranchised; further notes that this, in effect, disenfranchises those constituents who are left without a voice in House of Commons debates; recognises that several Members are shielding from coronavirus or are clinically vulnerable; believes in the equal right of all Members to participate in Commons proceedings; and calls on the Government to ensure that the remote participation motion is open to debate for all Members and held as a free vote.

Sponsored by:
Dawn Butler (Labour)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Labour
28
43%
 
 
Scottish National Party
13
20%
 
 
Independent
8
12%
 
 
Liberal Democrat
5
8%
 
 
Conservative
3
5%
 
 
Plaid Cymru
3
5%
 
 
Social Democratic & Labour Party
2
3%
 
 
Green Party
1
2%
 
 
Democratic Unionist Party
1
2%
 
 
Alba Party
1
2%
 
Sponsor List (65 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lab
Ms Diane Abbott
Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Lab
Rushanara Ali
Bethnal Green and Stepney
SNP
Hannah Bardell
Lab
Paula Barker
Liverpool Wavertree
Ind
Apsana Begum
Poplar and Limehouse
Lab
Hilary Benn
Leeds South
Con
Bob Blackman
Harrow East
Lab
Olivia Blake
Sheffield Hallam
SNP
Steven Bonnar
Con
Sir Peter Bottomley
Lab
Dawn Butler (Sponsor)
Brent East
SNP
Douglas Chapman
LD
Daisy Cooper
St Albans
Lab
Rosie Cooper
SNP
Ronnie Cowan
SNP
Angela Crawley
Ind
Geraint Davies
Con
David Davis
Goole and Pocklington
SNP
Allan Dorans
SDLP
Colum Eastwood
Foyle
Ind
Jonathan Edwards
SNP
Marion Fellows
Lab
Mary Kelly Foy
City of Durham
Lab
Andrew Gwynne
Gorton and Denton
SDLP
Claire Hanna
Belfast South and Mid Down
Lab
Baroness Harman
LD
Wera Hobhouse
Bath
Lab
Rachel Hopkins
Luton South and South Bedfordshire
LD
Christine Jardine
Edinburgh West
Lab
Kim Johnson
Liverpool Riverside
PC
Ben Lake
Ceredigion Preseli
Lab
Ian Lavery
Blyth and Ashington
Lab
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
South Shields
Lab
Clive Lewis
Norwich South
Lab
Tony Lloyd
Ind
Rebecca Long Bailey
Salford
Green
Caroline Lucas
Alba
Kenny MacAskill
Ind
Angus Brendan MacNeil
SNP
Stewart Malcolm McDonald
SNP
Stuart C McDonald
Ind
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
Lab
Navendu Mishra
Stockport
LD
Layla Moran
Oxford West and Abingdon
Lab
Grahame Morris
Easington
SNP
John Nicolson
Lab
Kate Osamor
Edmonton and Winchmore Hill
Lab
Kate Osborne
Jarrow and Gateshead East
Lab
Bell Ribeiro-Addy
Clapham and Brixton Hill
DUP
Gavin Robinson
Belfast East
Lab
Lloyd Russell-Moyle
PC
Liz Saville Roberts
Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Lab
Mr Virendra Sharma
SNP
Tommy Sheppard
Lab
Andy Slaughter
Hammersmith and Chiswick
SNP
Chris Stephens
LD
Jamie Stone
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Ind
Zarah Sultana
Coventry South
SNP
Alison Thewliss
Lab
Jon Trickett
Normanton and Hemsworth
Ind
Claudia Webbe
Lab
Mick Whitley
PC
Hywel Williams
Lab
Beth Winter
Lab
Mohammad Yasin
Bedford

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