More Westminster woo-woo
Since last I wrote about it, several more MPs have pledged their support for the Dark Arts in the form of EDM 908 in defence of homeopathy.
Here’s the updated score card:
| Tredinnick, David | Conservative |
| Simpson, Alan | Labour |
| Russell, Bob | Liberal Democrats |
| Pound, Stephen | Labour |
| Dismore, Andrew | Labour |
| Simpson, David | Democratic Unionist |
| McDonnell, John | Labour |
| Campbell, Gregory | Democratic Unionist |
| Cohen, Harry | Labour |
| Corbyn, Jeremy | Labour |
| Drew, David | Labour |
| Gray, James | Conservative |
| Hancock, Mike | Liberal Democrats |
| Hermon, Lady | Ulster Unionist |
| Key, Robert | Conservative |
| Hemming, John | Liberal Democrats |
| Bone, Peter | Conservative |
| Davies, Dai | Independent |
| Mates, Michael | Conservative |
| Dodds, Nigel | Democratic Unionist |
| Wyatt, Derek | Labour |
| Sarwar, Mohammad | Labour |
| Hamilton, Fabian | Labour |
| Winterton, Nicholas | Conservative |
| Davies, Philip | Conservative |
And scaled by the number of MPs in each party:
| Party | Signatories | Total MPs | Proportion | Last time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 7 | 193 | 3.6% | 1.0% |
| Labour | 10 | 346 | 2.9% | 2.0% |
| Liberal Democrat | 3 | 63 | 4.8% | 3.2% |
| Democratic Unionist | 3 | 8 | 38% | 25% |
The Lib Dems have consolidated their top ranking among the main parties, whilst the DUP pull out even further in front overall. In a shock upset, however, the Tories have lost their place as standard-bearers of rationality to Labour.
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2010-03-03 00:39 UTC. Comments: 1.
Daniel Hardy
Wrote at 2010-03-03 19:59 UTC using Firefox 3.5.8 on Mac OS X:
Wow, Stephen Pound is my local MP, I think I might have to email him about this. His slim chances of my vote just got slimmer.