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Posthumous Pardon For Derek Bentley

EDM number 49 in 1990-91, proposed by Robert Parry on 12/11/1990.

That this House welcomes the book To Encourage Others by David A. Yallop, calling for an independent public inquiry into the hanging of Derek Bentley in 1952; requests the Home Secretary to set up the inquiry as a matter of urgency; hopes that such a request will lead to a posthumous pardon; and feels that this will end a grave miscarriage of justice which leaves a permanent blot on the British judicial system - the hanging of an innocent man

This motion has been signed by a total of 153 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Robert Parry12/11/1990Liverpool, RiversideProposed
Peter Pike12/11/1990BurnleySigned
Terry Patchett12/11/1990Barnsley EastSigned
Tom Pendry12/11/1990Stalybridge & HydeSigned
Martin Redmond12/11/1990Don ValleySigned
Allan Rogers12/11/1990RhonddaSigned
Jeff Rooker12/11/1990Birmingham, Perry BarrSigned
Ernie Ross12/11/1990Dundee WestSigned
Ted Rowlands12/11/1990Merthyr Tydfil & RhymneySigned
Alex Salmond12/11/1990Banff & BuchanSigned
Brian Sedgemore12/11/1990Hackney South & ShoreditchSigned
Clare Short12/11/1990Birmingham, LadywoodSigned
Chris Smith12/11/1990Islington South & FinsburySigned
John Smith12/11/1990Vale of GlamorganSigned
Peter Hardy12/11/1990WentworthSigned
Norman Hogg12/11/1990Cumbernauld & KilsythSigned
George Howarth12/11/1990Knowsley NorthSigned
Doug Hoyle12/11/1990Warrington NorthSigned
Eric Illsley12/11/1990Barnsley CentralSigned
David Knox12/11/1990Staffordshire MoorlandsSigned
David Lambie12/11/1990Cunninghame SouthSigned
Terry Lewis12/11/1990WorsleySigned
Robert Litherland12/11/1990Manchester CentralSigned
Tony Lloyd12/11/1990StretfordSigned
Geoffrey Lofthouse12/11/1990Pontefract & CastlefordSigned
Eddie Loyden12/11/1990Liverpool, GarstonSigned
Alice Mahon12/11/1990HalifaxSigned
David Marshall12/11/1990Glasgow, ShettlestonSigned
John McAllion12/11/1990Dundee EastSigned
Ian McCartney12/11/1990MakerfieldSigned
William McKelvey12/11/1990Kilmarnock & LoudounSigned
John McWilliam12/11/1990BlaydonSigned
Alan Meale12/11/1990MansfieldSigned
Chris Mullin12/11/1990Sunderland SouthSigned
Gordon Oakes12/11/1990HaltonSigned
Edward O'Hara12/11/1990Knowsley SouthSigned
Keith Bradley12/11/1990Manchester, WithingtonSigned
Ronald Brown12/11/1990Edinburgh LeithSigned
James Callaghan12/11/1990Heywood & MiddletonSigned
Ronnie Campbell12/11/1990Blyth ValleySigned
David Clelland12/11/1990Tyne BridgeSigned
Harry Cohen12/11/1990LeytonSigned
Frank Cook12/11/1990Stockton NorthSigned
Robin Corbett12/11/1990Birmingham, ErdingtonSigned
Jeremy Corbyn12/11/1990Islington NorthSigned
Tom Cox12/11/1990TootingSigned
Bob Cryer12/11/1990Bradford SouthSigned
John Cummings12/11/1990EasingtonSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe12/11/1990LeighSigned
Tam Dalyell12/11/1990LinlithgowSigned
Terry Davis12/11/1990Birmingham, Hodge HillSigned
Jimmy Dunnachie12/11/1990Glasgow, PollokSigned
Alexander Eadie12/11/1990MidlothianSigned
Kenneth Eastham12/11/1990Manchester, BlackleySigned
John Evans12/11/1990St Helens NorthSigned
Harry Ewing12/11/1990Falkirk EastSigned
Ronnie Fearn12/11/1990SouthportSigned
Maria Fyfe12/11/1990Glasgow, MaryhillSigned
George Galloway12/11/1990Glasgow HillheadSigned
Norman Godman12/11/1990Greenock and Port GlasgowSigned
Llin Golding12/11/1990Newcastle-under-LymeSigned
Tommy Graham12/11/1990Renfrew West and InverclydeSigned
Bruce Grocott12/11/1990Wrekin, TheSigned
Tony Banks12/11/1990Newham North WestSigned
Harry Barnes12/11/1990North East DerbyshireSigned
John Battle12/11/1990Leeds WestSigned
Tony Benn12/11/1990ChesterfieldSigned
Gerry Bermingham12/11/1990St Helens SouthSigned
Gavin Strang12/11/1990Edinburgh EastSigned
Jack Thompson12/11/1990WansbeckSigned
Dennis Turner12/11/1990Wolverhampton South EastSigned
Keith Vaz12/11/1990Leicester EastSigned
Gareth Wardell12/11/1990GowerSigned
Robert Wareing12/11/1990Liverpool, West DerbySigned
Michael Welsh12/11/1990Doncaster NorthSigned
James Wray12/11/1990Glasgow ProvanSigned
David Young12/11/1990Bolton South EastSigned
Joyce Quin13/11/1990Gateshead EastSigned
David Hinchliffe13/11/1990WakefieldSigned
Michael Martin13/11/1990Glasgow, SpringburnSigned
Roland Boyes13/11/1990Houghton and WashingtonSigned
Alistair Darling13/11/1990Edinburgh CentralSigned
Mildred Gordon13/11/1990Bow and PoplarSigned
Joe Ashton13/11/1990BassetlawSigned
Max Madden14/11/1990Bradford WestSigned
Dawn Primarolo14/11/1990Bristol SouthSigned
Roy Hughes14/11/1990Newport EastSigned
Martyn Jones14/11/1990Clwyd South WestSigned
Joan Lestor14/11/1990EcclesSigned
Jim Marshall14/11/1990Leicester SouthSigned
Thomas McAvoy14/11/1990Glasgow, RutherglenSigned
Alf Morris14/11/1990Manchester WythenshaweSigned
Paul Murphy14/11/1990TorfaenSigned
Bill O'Brien14/11/1990NormantonSigned
Frank Doran14/11/1990Aberdeen SouthSigned
Bruce George14/11/1990Walsall SouthSigned
Win Griffiths14/11/1990BridgendSigned
David Steel14/11/1990Tweeddale, Ettrick and LauderdaleSigned
Gerry Steinberg14/11/1990Durham, City ofSigned
Robert Hughes15/11/1990Aberdeen NorthSigned
Austin Mitchell15/11/1990Great GrimsbySigned
Menzies Campbell15/11/1990Fife North EastSigned
Ron Davies15/11/1990CaerphillySigned
Kevin Barron15/11/1990Rother ValleySigned
Brian Wilson15/11/1990Cunninghame NorthSigned
Stuart Randall19/11/1990Kingston upon Hull WestSigned
Joan Ruddock20/11/1990Lewisham, DeptfordSigned
Andrew Smith20/11/1990Oxford EastSigned
Lewis Moonie20/11/1990KirkcaldySigned
Nick Brown20/11/1990Newcastle upon Tyne EastSigned
Joe Benton20/11/1990BootleSigned
David Winnick20/11/1990Walsall NorthSigned
Jerry Hayes21/11/1990HarlowSigned
Simon Hughes21/11/1990Southwark and BermondseySigned
Elliot Morley21/11/1990Glanford and ScunthorpeSigned
Denzil Davies21/11/1990LlanelliSigned
Andrew Faulds21/11/1990Warley EastSigned
Mo Mowlam22/11/1990RedcarSigned
Audrey Wise22/11/1990PrestonSigned
Jim Cousins26/11/1990Newcastle upon Tyne CentralSigned
John Reid27/11/1990Motherwell NorthSigned
Kim Howells27/11/1990PontypriddSigned
Ann Clwyd27/11/1990Cynon ValleySigned
Eddie McGrady29/11/1990South DownSigned
Paul Boateng03/12/1990Brent SouthSigned
John Home Robertson04/12/1990East LothianSigned
Rhodri Morgan04/12/1990Cardiff WestSigned
Mike Watson04/12/1990Glasgow CentralSigned
Tony Worthington04/12/1990Clydebank & MilngavieSigned
Charles Kennedy05/12/1990Ross and Cromarty and SkyeSigned
David Blunkett05/12/1990Sheffield, BrightsideSigned
Nigel Griffiths06/12/1990Edinburgh SouthSigned
Russell Johnston06/12/1990Inverness, Nairn and LochaberSigned
Paul Flynn06/12/1990Newport WestSigned
John Garrett06/12/1990Norwich SouthSigned
Peter Snape12/12/1990West Bromwich EastSigned
John Marek12/12/1990WrexhamSigned
Alun Michael12/12/1990Cardiff South & PenarthSigned
Tom Clarke12/12/1990Monklands WestSigned
Graham Allen12/12/1990Nottingham NorthSigned
Joan Walley14/01/1991Stoke-on-Trent NorthSigned
Clive Soley17/01/1991HammersmithSigned
Diane Abbott17/01/1991Hackney North & Stoke NewingtonSigned
Michael Foot21/01/1991Blaenau GwentSigned
John McFall23/01/1991DumbartonSigned
Dafydd Wigley25/02/1991CaernarfonSigned
Harry Greenway14/03/1991Ealing NorthSigned
Richard Body14/03/1991Holland with BostonSigned
Calum MacDonald15/04/1991Na h-Eileanan an IarSigned
Geoffrey Robinson24/04/1991Coventry North WestSigned
Jim Wallace25/04/1991Orkney & ShetlandSigned
Kate Hoey15/07/1991VauxhallSigned
Ken LivingstoneUnknownWithdrawn

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