Early Day Motions
No. 302: Civil Rights for Transsexuals
1995-96 session
In the course of the 1992-97 parliament, 282 MPs of all parties were known to have been approached by at least one constituent on the issue of a change in the law to grant full civil rights and liberties to transsexual people. Of these, 188 made a clear statement in favour of such a change. Only 4 spoke against it. 68 MPs also went so far as to sign Dr. Lynne Jones’s Early Day Motion No. 302.
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House of Commons
Early Day Motion No. 302 of the 1995-96 session
Civil Rights for Transsexuals
That this House welcomes the granting of legal aid to transsexuals fighting for legal recignition; condemns the fact that transsexuals should have to be taking such action in order to gain their basic civil rights;urges the government to support the Gender Identity (Registration and Civil Status) Bill on 2nd February which, if it became law, would end the legal difficulties presently being experienced by around 10,000 transsexual people in the United Kingdom; and believes that, since gender dysphoria is a recognised medical condition, full legal rights for transsexuals are long overdue.
Motion tabled by Dr Lynne Jones MP (Lab, Birmingham Selly Oak)
Other signatories who were returned in the 1997 General Election:
Labour Party MPs
- Janet Anderson (Rossendale & Darwen)
- John Austin-Walker (Erith & Thamesmead)
- Tony Banks (West Ham)
- Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire)
- John Battle (Leeds West)
- Roger Berry (Kingswood)
- Keith Bradley (Manchester, Withington)
- Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield)
- Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington)
- Anne Campbell (Cambridge)
- Malcolm Chisholm (Edinburgh North & Leith)
- Judith Church (Dagenham)
- Michael Clapham (Barnsley West & Penistone)
- Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley)
- Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead)
- Michael Connarty (Falkirk East)
- Robin Corbett (Birmingham,Erdington)
- Jean Corston (Bristol East)
- Tom Cox (Tooting)
- Angela Eagle (Wallasey)
- Bill Etherington (Sunderland North)
- Paul Flynn (Newport West)
- Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow)
- Llin Golding (Newcastle-under-Lyme)
- Bernie Grant (Tottenham)
- Win Griffiths (Bridgend)
- David Hanson (Delyn)
- Doug Henderson (Newcastle upon Tyne North)
- Keith Hill (Streatham)
- Jimmy Hood (Clydesdale)
- Alan Howarth (Newport East)
- Kim Howells (Pontypridd)
- Glenda Jackson (Hampstead & Highgate)
- Helen Jackson (Sheffield,Hillsborough)
- Barry Jones (Alyn & Deeside)
- Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak)
- Ken Livingstone (Brent East)
- Alice Mahon (Halifax)
- Eric Martlew (Carlisle)
- Ian McCartney (Makerfield)
- Gordon McMaster (Paisley South)
- Bill Michie (Sheffield, Heeley)
- Andrew Miller (Ellesmere Port & Neston)
- Colin Pickthall (West Lancashire)
- Greg Pope (Hyndburn)
- Joyce Quin (Gateshead East & Washington West)
- Alan Simpson (Nottingham South)
- Dennis Skinner (Bolsover)
- Gerry Steinberg (City of Durham)
- Paddy Tipping (Sherwood)
- Alan Williams (Swansea West)
- Audrey Wise (Preston)
Liberal Democrats
- David Chidgey (Eastleigh)
- Nick Harvey (North Devon)
- Nigel Jones (Cheltenham)
- Ray Michie (Argyll & Bute)
- Jim Wallace (Orkney & Shetland)
Plaid Cymru
- Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon)
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