WILBERFORCE 2007 AND HULL

Early day motion 1526A2, tabled 6 February 2006 by Martin Linton (Labour). Signed by 4 members.

at end add `and on Battersea where William Wilberforce lived throughout his time in Parliament, where he persuaded his colleagues to support him in his Oval Library at Broomwood House and where, a century later, John Archer, the grandson of a slave, became Britain's first black mayor, and on Holy Trinity Church Clapham where Wilberforce led the `Clapham Sect' in their many campaigns, most notably against slavery but also in favour of village schools, smallpox vaccinations, better prison conditions and many other causes.'.

Signatures by party: Labour 4.