ELECTION TITLES

Early day motion 42, tabled 22 May 1997 by Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat). Signed by 81 members.

That this House is concerned that the wishes of the electorate are being distorted by individuals who are standing for election under misleading titles and that the current trend to describe themselves in similar terms to the established national party candidates is misleading, and therefore calls on the Home Secretary to consider devising and implementing methods to stop this at future elections.

Signatures by party: Labour 38, Liberal Democrat 32, Labour/Co-operative 5, Conservative 4, Scottish National Party 1, Unknown 1.