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SEGOLèNE ROYAL

Early day motion 190, tabled 21 November 2006 by Sharon Hodgson (Labour). Signed by 41 members.

That this House warmly congratulates Segolène Royal on being decisively elected by party members as the first mainstream, and first ever French Socialist, female party candidate for the French Presidency; believes that her victory is an important sign of positive change in both her party and French society, which only gave women the vote in 1944; and notes that if she wins the presidency she will be the first female ruler of France since Catherine de Medici.

Signatures by party: Labour 35, Liberal Democrat 3, Scottish National Party 2, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1.