Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Tom Clarke (Labour), on Monday, 7 December 2009, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 145 members in total.

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PEOPLE WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY AND VOTING

That this House is concerned that less than 20 per cent. of those eligible to vote with a learning disability voted in the last General Election; believes that in order to encourage more effective engagement of people with a learning disability in the democratic process, local authorities, political parties and central government should produce accessible material in relation to electoral matters; notes the work of Mencap's Get My Vote campaign to encourage political parties to produce easy to read manifestos and United Response's Every Vote Counts campaign to ensure that people with a learning disability are engaged in the democratic process; and calls on all prospective parliamentary candidates to make their election material easily accessible for people with a learning disability.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

383 

Session

2009-10

Other sponsors

Gavin Strang

Brian Jenkins

Tom Levitt

Shona McIsaac

Roberta Blackman-Woods

Subjects

Elections Mental health

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk