Early Day Motions (EDMs) are motions submitted by MPs for debate in parliament. Very few EDMS are actually tabled for debate in the House but by sponsoring and supporting motions, MPs indicate an interest and concern in a matter or an event sufficient to want to bring the matter to greater attention.
A full listing of EDMs can be searched here.
For EDMs and signatures prior to 1989/90, please contact the House of Commons Information Office 020 7219 4272
The EDMs below state the motion reference, the date it was submitted, the sponsor of the motion, the number of MPs that signed in support of it and their names.
If your MP has sponsored or supported an EDM on a subject of which you feel strongly, why not write and thank him/her for doing this?
If you feel there is a subject that your MP should sponsor or support, why not write to them and ask them to do this?
Some of the EDMs presented in the current and previous parliamentary term (2007 - 2008) can be found below. Further examples can be found in Hansard.
EDM 585
DEC GAZA CRISIS APPEAL
26.01.2009
Burden, Richard
122 signatures
'That this House is astonished by the refusal of the BBC and Sky to broadcast the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) Gaza Crisis Appeal; considers that the explanations given for this decision by BBC spokespersons are both unconvincing and incoherent; and draws attention to the fact that people wishing to obtain information about the Gaza appeal can contact the DEC by visiting www.dec.org.uk.'
Abbott, Diane
Alexander, Danny
Atkins, Charlotte
Austin, John
Barrett, John
Battle, John
Begg, Anne
Berry, Roger
Betts, Clive
Bottomley, Peter
Brake, Tom
Breed, Colin
Brown, Lyn
Bruce, Malcolm
Buck, Karen
Burstow, Paul
Burt, Lorely
Caborn, Richard
Campbell, Menzies
Carmichael, Alistair
Caton, Martin
Chaytor, David
Clark, Katy
Clelland, David
Clwyd, Ann
Cohen, Harry
Connarty, Michael
Cook, Frank
Corbyn, Jeremy
Cunningham, Jim
Davies, Dai
Dean, Janet
Devine, Jim
Dhanda, Parmjit
Dobbin, Jim
Dowd, Jim
Drew, David
Efford, Clive
Flynn, Paul
Foster, Don
Francis, Hywel
Galloway, George
Gapes, Mike
George, Andrew
George, Bruce
Gerrard, Neil
Gibson, Ian
Griffith, Nia
Gwynne, Andrew
Hain, Peter
Hamilton, Fabian
Hancock, Mike
Hemming, John
Holmes, Paul
Hopkins, Kelvin
Horwood, Martin
Hosie, Stewart
Hughes, Simon
Iddon, Brian
Illsley, Eric
Jackson, Glenda
Jones, Lynne
Jones, Martyn
Kaufman, Gerald
Keeble, Sally
Key, Robert
Kidney, David
Lamb, Norman
Lazarowicz, Mark
Leech, John
Levitt, Tom
Linton, Martin
Love, Andrew
Luff, Peter
MacNeil, Angus
Mahmood, Khalid
Main, Anne
Mallaber, Judy
Marshall-Andrews, Robert
Mason, John
Meacher, Michael
Michael, Alun
Moffatt, Laura
Moore, Michael
Morgan, Julie
Mulholland, Greg
Naysmith, Doug
Owen, Albert
Pelling, Andrew
Prentice, Gordon
Purchase, Ken
Reid, Alan
Robertson, Angus
Robertson, John
Rooney, Terry
Rowen, Paul
Russell, Bob
Salmond, Alex
Salter, Martin
Sarwar, Mohammad
Short, Clare
Singh, Marsha
Slaughter, Andy
Smith, Robert
Soames, Nicholas
Soulsby, Peter
Starkey, Phyllis
Swinson, Jo
Taylor, Ian
Teather, Sarah
Thornberry, Emily
Touhig, Don
Vaz, Keith
Walter, Robert
Webb, Steve
Weir, Mike
Williams, Betty
Williams, Hywel
Winnick, David
Wishart, Pete
Wyatt, Derek
