PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
All England Lawn Tennis Club proposal to develop Wimbledon Park (23 July 2024)

Motion Details

That this House congratulates the All England Lawn Tennis Club on this year's successful Championships; acknowledges the Club's status as the host of the world’s premier tennis tournament; recognises their plans to build a 10 storey stadium, nine further outbuildings, 38 tennis courts and over 9km of roads on Capability Brown's historic parkland in Wimbledon Park; notes the impact the proposed expansion will have on both the local community and the environment; urges the Club to fully and constructively engage with residents and other stakeholders to reach a compromise that addresses the needs of all parties; and calls upon the All England Club to honour and abide by the solemn promises and legal undertakings they committed to when they originally purchased this environmentally significant area of Metropolitan Open Land.

Sponsored by:
Mr Paul Kohler (Liberal Democrat)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Liberal Democrat
8
62%
 
 
Labour
3
23%
 
 
Green Party
2
15%
 
Sponsor List (13 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Green
Siân Berry
Brighton Pavilion
Lab
Dawn Butler
Brent East
LD
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Orkney and Shetland
Green
Carla Denyer
Bristol Central
LD
Sarah Dyke
Glastonbury and Somerton
LD
Tim Farron
Westmorland and Lonsdale
LD
Pippa Heylings
South Cambridgeshire
LD
Mr Paul Kohler (Sponsor)
Wimbledon
LD
Layla Moran
Oxford West and Abingdon
LD
Sarah Olney
Richmond Park
Lab
Kate Osborne
Jarrow and Gateshead East
Lab
Andy Slaughter
Hammersmith and Chiswick
LD
Luke Taylor
Sutton and Cheam

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