PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
GEC Ferranti (18 June 1990)
Motion Details
That this House expresses opposition to GEC-Ferranti's plans to dismiss 550 of its employees at its Edinburgh plants; and calls for Government support so that the company can diversify into non-military areas of engineering to prevent further redundancies.
Sponsored by:
Ron Brown ()
EDMS Sponsor By Party
Party
Votes
%
Labour
59
88%
Independent
3
4%
Not Available
3
4%
Conservative
1
1%
Scottish National Party
1
1%
Sponsor List (67 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lab
Mr Harry Barnes
Lab
Sir Kevin Barron
Lab
John Battle
Lab
Mr Tony Benn
Lab
Lord Boateng
Lab
Lord Bradley
Ron Brown (Sponsor)
Lab
Mr Richard Caborn
Lab
James Callaghan
Lab
Mr Ronnie Campbell
Lab
Bob Clay
Lab
Harry Cohen
Lab
Frank Cook
Ind
Jeremy Corbyn
Islington North
Lab
Tom Cox
Lab
John Cummings
Lab
Tam Dalyell
SNP
Dick Douglas
Lab
Jimmy Dunnachie
Lab
Alex Eadie
Terry Fields
Lab
Martin Flannery
Lab
Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
Lab
Mrs Maria Fyfe
Lab
Edward Garrett
Lab
Dr Norman Godman
Mr Tommy Graham
Lab
Bernie Grant
Lab
Nigel Griffiths
Lab
Peter Hardy
Lab
Norman Hogg
Lab
Mr Jim Hood
Lab
Lord Hoyle
Lab
John Hughes
Con
Robert Hughes
Ind
Mr Eric Illsley
Lab
Mr Martyn Jones
Lab
David Lambie
Lab
Mr Terry Lewis
Lab
Robert Litherland
Ind
Mr Ken Livingstone
Lab
Eddie Loyden
Lab
Alice Mahon
Lab
Mr John McAllion
Lab
Allen McKay
Lab
William McKelvey
Lab
Mr John McWilliam
Lab
Sir Alan Meale
Lab
Alun Michael
Lab
Mr Bill Michie
Lab
Mr Chris Mullin
Lab
Robert Parry
Lab
Mr Peter Pike
Lab
Baroness Primarolo
Lab
Martin Redmond
Lab
Lord Reid of Cardowan
Lab
Mr Ernie Ross
Lab
Mr Dennis Skinner
Lab
Lord Smith of Finsbury
Lab
Lord Soley
Lab
Mr Gerry Steinberg
Lab
Jack Thompson
Lab
Keith Vaz
Lab
Gareth Wardell
Lab
Lord Watson of Invergowrie
Lab
Tony Worthington
Lab
Mr Jimmy Wray
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