Result of the Private Members' Bill ballot: Session 2012-13

The 20 successful MPs are given priority in presenting a Bill of their choice and putting it down for second reading on one of the Private Members' Bills Fridays.

The Bills of the MPs successful in the ballot are formally presented in the House on the fifth sitting Wednesday, 20 June 2012. In general, only the titles of the Bills are known at this stage; their texts may not appear in print until some time after this date.

The Private Members' Bills ballot for the 2012-13 session took place on Thursday 17 May 2012.

Ballot Results

The 20 MPs successful in the ballot were as follows:

  1. John McDonnell

  2. Richard Ottaway

  3. Barbara Keeley

  4. Gavin Barwell

  5. Peter Aldous

  6. John Hemming

  7. Neil Carmichael

  8. Paul Beresford

  9. Richard Harrington

  10. Mike Weir

  11. Stuart Andrew

  12. Sheryll Murray

  13. Lindsay Roy

  14. John Glen

  15. Jo Swinson

  16. Mark Hendrick

  17. Simon Kirby

  18. Michael Meacher

  19. Michael Connarty

  20. Douglas Carswell

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