CHARTIST DAY

Early day motion 946, tabled 2 November 2010 by Paul Flynn (Labour). Signed by 36 members.

That this House commemorates the courage and idealism of the Chartist movement; recalls the brutal killing of 20 Welsh Chartists in Newport on 4 November 1839; and congratulates the people of Newport for keeping the memory of their sacrifices alive with commemorative events on Chartist Day.

Signatures by party: Labour 22, Liberal Democrat 9, Conservative 2, Plaid Cymru 2, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1.