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Posthumous Pardon For Derek Bentley

EDM number 51 in 1991-92, proposed by Robert Parry on 31/10/1991.

That this House welcomes the book To Encourage the 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This motion has been signed by a total of 165 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Robert Parry31/10/1991Liverpool, RiversideProposed
Nigel Griffiths31/10/1991Edinburgh SouthSigned
Peter Hardy31/10/1991WentworthSigned
Jerry Hayes31/10/1991HarlowSigned
David Hinchliffe31/10/1991WakefieldSigned
Kate Hoey31/10/1991VauxhallSigned
Norman Hogg31/10/1991Cumbernauld & KilsythSigned
John Home Robertson31/10/1991East LothianSigned
George Howarth31/10/1991Knowsley NorthSigned
Kim Howells31/10/1991PontypriddSigned
Doug Hoyle31/10/1991Warrington NorthSigned
Robert Hughes31/10/1991Aberdeen NorthSigned
Roy Hughes31/10/1991Newport EastSigned
Simon Hughes31/10/1991Southwark and BermondseySigned
Eric Illsley31/10/1991Barnsley CentralSigned
Russell Johnston31/10/1991Inverness, Nairn and LochaberSigned
Martyn Jones31/10/1991Clwyd South WestSigned
Charles Kennedy31/10/1991Ross and Cromarty and SkyeSigned
David Knox31/10/1991Staffordshire MoorlandsSigned
David Lambie31/10/1991Cunninghame SouthSigned
Joan Lestor31/10/1991EcclesSigned
Terry Lewis31/10/1991WorsleySigned
Robert Litherland31/10/1991Manchester CentralSigned
Tony Lloyd31/10/1991StretfordSigned
Geoffrey Lofthouse31/10/1991Pontefract & CastlefordSigned
Eddie Loyden31/10/1991Liverpool, GarstonSigned
Roland Boyes31/10/1991Houghton and WashingtonSigned
Keith Bradley31/10/1991Manchester, WithingtonSigned
Nick Brown31/10/1991Newcastle upon Tyne EastSigned
Ronald Brown31/10/1991Edinburgh LeithSigned
James Callaghan31/10/1991Heywood & MiddletonSigned
Menzies Campbell31/10/1991Fife North EastSigned
Ronnie Campbell31/10/1991Blyth ValleySigned
Tom Clarke31/10/1991Monklands WestSigned
David Clelland31/10/1991Tyne BridgeSigned
Ann Clwyd31/10/1991Cynon ValleySigned
Harry Cohen31/10/1991LeytonSigned
Robin Corbett31/10/1991Birmingham, ErdingtonSigned
Jeremy Corbyn31/10/1991Islington NorthSigned
Jim Cousins31/10/1991Newcastle upon Tyne CentralSigned
Tom Cox31/10/1991TootingSigned
Bob Cryer31/10/1991Bradford SouthSigned
John Cummings31/10/1991EasingtonSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe31/10/1991LeighSigned
Tam Dalyell31/10/1991LinlithgowSigned
Alistair Darling31/10/1991Edinburgh CentralSigned
Denzil Davies31/10/1991LlanelliSigned
Ron Davies31/10/1991CaerphillySigned
Terry Davis31/10/1991Birmingham, Hodge HillSigned
Frank Doran31/10/1991Aberdeen SouthSigned
Patrick Duffy31/10/1991Sheffield, AttercliffeSigned
Jimmy Dunnachie31/10/1991Glasgow, PollokSigned
Alexander Eadie31/10/1991MidlothianSigned
Kenneth Eastham31/10/1991Manchester, BlackleySigned
John Evans31/10/1991St Helens NorthSigned
Harry Ewing31/10/1991Falkirk EastSigned
Andrew Faulds31/10/1991Warley EastSigned
Ronnie Fearn31/10/1991SouthportSigned
Paul Flynn31/10/1991Newport WestSigned
Michael Foot31/10/1991Blaenau GwentSigned
Maria Fyfe31/10/1991Glasgow, MaryhillSigned
George Galloway31/10/1991Glasgow HillheadSigned
John Garrett31/10/1991Norwich SouthSigned
Bruce George31/10/1991Walsall SouthSigned
Norman Godman31/10/1991Greenock and Port GlasgowSigned
Llin Golding31/10/1991Newcastle-under-LymeSigned
Mildred Gordon31/10/1991Bow and PoplarSigned
Tommy Graham31/10/1991Renfrew West and InverclydeSigned
Harry Greenway31/10/1991Ealing NorthSigned
Diane Abbott31/10/1991Hackney North & Stoke NewingtonSigned
Graham Allen31/10/1991Nottingham NorthSigned
Win Griffiths31/10/1991BridgendSigned
Bruce Grocott31/10/1991Wrekin, TheSigned
Joe Ashton31/10/1991BassetlawSigned
Tony Banks31/10/1991Newham North WestSigned
Harry Barnes31/10/1991North East DerbyshireSigned
Kevin Barron31/10/1991Rother ValleySigned
John Battle31/10/1991Leeds WestSigned
Tony Benn31/10/1991ChesterfieldSigned
Joe Benton31/10/1991BootleSigned
Gerry Bermingham31/10/1991St Helens SouthSigned
David Blunkett31/10/1991Sheffield, BrightsideSigned
Paul Boateng31/10/1991Brent SouthSigned
Richard Body31/10/1991Holland with BostonSigned
Max Madden04/11/1991Bradford WestSigned
Calum MacDonald04/11/1991Na h-Eileanan an IarSigned
Alan Williams04/11/1991Swansea WestSigned
Jim Wallace05/11/1991Orkney & ShetlandSigned
David Winnick05/11/1991Walsall NorthSigned
Clare Short06/11/1991Birmingham, LadywoodSigned
Andrew Smith06/11/1991Oxford EastSigned
Chris Smith06/11/1991Islington South & FinsburySigned
John Smith06/11/1991Vale of GlamorganSigned
Peter Snape06/11/1991West Bromwich EastSigned
Clive Soley06/11/1991HammersmithSigned
Alice Mahon06/11/1991HalifaxSigned
John Marek06/11/1991WrexhamSigned
David Marshall06/11/1991Glasgow, ShettlestonSigned
Jim Marshall06/11/1991Leicester SouthSigned
Michael Martin06/11/1991Glasgow, SpringburnSigned
John McAllion06/11/1991Dundee EastSigned
Thomas McAvoy06/11/1991Glasgow, RutherglenSigned
Ian McCartney06/11/1991MakerfieldSigned
John McFall06/11/1991DumbartonSigned
Eddie McGrady06/11/1991South DownSigned
William McKelvey06/11/1991Kilmarnock & LoudounSigned
John McWilliam06/11/1991BlaydonSigned
Alan Meale06/11/1991MansfieldSigned
Alun Michael06/11/1991Cardiff South & PenarthSigned
Austin Mitchell06/11/1991Great GrimsbySigned
Lewis Moonie06/11/1991KirkcaldySigned
Rhodri Morgan06/11/1991Cardiff WestSigned
Elliot Morley06/11/1991Glanford and ScunthorpeSigned
Alf Morris06/11/1991Manchester WythenshaweSigned
Mo Mowlam06/11/1991RedcarSigned
Chris Mullin06/11/1991Sunderland SouthSigned
Paul Murphy06/11/1991TorfaenSigned
Alex Carlile06/11/1991MontgomerySigned
Ian Grist06/11/1991Cardiff CentralSigned
David Steel06/11/1991Tweeddale, Ettrick and LauderdaleSigned
Gerry Steinberg06/11/1991Durham, City ofSigned
Gavin Strang06/11/1991Edinburgh EastSigned
Jack Thompson06/11/1991WansbeckSigned
Dennis Turner06/11/1991Wolverhampton South EastSigned
Keith Vaz06/11/1991Leicester EastSigned
Joan Walley06/11/1991Stoke-on-Trent NorthSigned
Gareth Wardell06/11/1991GowerSigned
Robert Wareing06/11/1991Liverpool, West DerbySigned
Mike Watson06/11/1991Glasgow CentralSigned
Michael Welsh06/11/1991Doncaster NorthSigned
Dafydd Wigley06/11/1991CaernarfonSigned
Brian Wilson06/11/1991Cunninghame NorthSigned
Audrey Wise06/11/1991PrestonSigned
Tony Worthington06/11/1991Clydebank & MilngavieSigned
James Wray06/11/1991Glasgow ProvanSigned
David Young06/11/1991Bolton South EastSigned
Peter Pike07/11/1991BurnleySigned
Dawn Primarolo07/11/1991Bristol SouthSigned
Joyce Quin07/11/1991Gateshead EastSigned
Stuart Randall07/11/1991Kingston upon Hull WestSigned
Martin Redmond07/11/1991Don ValleySigned
John Reid07/11/1991Motherwell NorthSigned
Geoffrey Robinson07/11/1991Coventry North WestSigned
Allan Rogers07/11/1991RhonddaSigned
Jeff Rooker07/11/1991Birmingham, Perry BarrSigned
Ernie Ross07/11/1991Dundee WestSigned
Ted Rowlands07/11/1991Merthyr Tydfil & RhymneySigned
Joan Ruddock07/11/1991Lewisham, DeptfordSigned
Alex Salmond07/11/1991Banff & BuchanSigned
Brian Sedgemore07/11/1991Hackney South & ShoreditchSigned
Eric Martlew07/11/1991CarlisleSigned
Gordon Oakes07/11/1991HaltonSigned
Bill O'Brien07/11/1991NormantonSigned
Edward O'Hara07/11/1991Knowsley SouthSigned
Peter Hain15/11/1991NeathSigned
Derek Enright19/11/1991HemsworthSigned
Ken Livingstone20/11/1991Brent EastSigned
Keith Raffan11/12/1991DelynSigned
Ashok Kumar17/12/1991LangbaurghSigned
Huw Edwards17/12/1991MonmouthSigned
Terry Rooney18/12/1991Bradford NorthSigned
Dave Nellist29/01/1992Coventry South EastSigned
Jimmy Hood05/02/1992ClydesdaleSigned
Tom PendryUnknownWithdrawn
Frank CookUnknownWithdrawn

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