Death Of Iris Bentley (EDM446)

Death Of Iris Bentley

EDM number 446 in 1996-97, proposed by Jim Dowd on 27/01/1997.

That this House is saddened by the recent death of Iris Bentley, who loyally and unstintingly devoted her life to winning a posthumous pardon for her brother Derek, hanged 44 years ago on 28th January 1953 for the murder of PC Sydney Miles; extends sympathy to her family and sends its best wishes to her daughter, Maria Dingwall, who promised her mother to continue the campaign; also remembers the family of PC Miles and expresses its deep sympathy for their suffering; and urges the Homes Secretary to bring forward a rapid final decision in order that this unpleasant chapter in British judicial history is brought toan end.

This motion has been signed by a total of 64 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Type
Jim Dowd	27/01/1997	Lewisham West	Proposed
Bridget Prentice	27/01/1997	Lewisham East	Signed
Malcolm Wicks	27/01/1997	Croydon North West	Signed
Stephen Timms	27/01/1997	Newham North East	Signed
Janet Anderson	27/01/1997	Rossendale & Darwen	Signed
Mildred Gordon	27/01/1997	Bow and Poplar	Signed
Neil Gerrard	27/01/1997	Walthamstow	Signed
Ian Davidson	27/01/1997	Glasgow, Govan	Signed
Margaret Hodge	27/01/1997	Barking	Signed
Keith Hill	27/01/1997	Streatham	Signed
Nigel Spearing	27/01/1997	Newham South	Signed
Clive Soley	27/01/1997	Hammersmith	Signed
Joan Ruddock	27/01/1997	Lewisham, Deptford	Signed
Eric Illsley	28/01/1997	Barnsley Central	Signed
John Battle	28/01/1997	Leeds West	Signed
Harry Barnes	28/01/1997	North East Derbyshire	Signed
Tony Banks	28/01/1997	Newham North West	Signed
Norman Godman	28/01/1997	Greenock and Port Glasgow	Signed
John Cummings	28/01/1997	Easington	Signed
Tom Cox	28/01/1997	Tooting	Signed
Michael Connarty	28/01/1997	Falkirk East	Signed
Keith Bradley	28/01/1997	Manchester, Withington	Signed
William McKelvey	28/01/1997	Kilmarnock & Loudoun	Signed
John McAllion	28/01/1997	Dundee East	Signed
Terry Lewis	28/01/1997	Worsley	Signed
Lynne Jones	28/01/1997	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Signed
Robert Hughes	28/01/1997	Aberdeen North	Signed
Peter Hardy	28/01/1997	Wentworth	Signed
Ernie Ross	28/01/1997	Dundee West	Signed
Colin Pickthall	28/01/1997	West Lancashire	Signed
Joan Lestor	29/01/1997	Eccles	Signed
Mike Hall	29/01/1997	Warrington South	Signed
John Evans	29/01/1997	St Helens North	Signed
Kenneth Eastham	29/01/1997	Manchester, Blackley	Signed
Ken Livingstone	29/01/1997	Brent East	Signed
Roy Hughes	29/01/1997	Newport East	Signed
John Heppell	29/01/1997	Nottingham East	Signed
Michael Clapham	29/01/1997	Barnsley West & Penistone	Signed
Peter Pike	30/01/1997	Burnley	Signed
Barry Sheerman	30/01/1997	Huddersfield	Signed
Dennis Skinner	30/01/1997	Bolsover	Signed
Menzies Campbell	30/01/1997	Fife North East	Signed
Win Griffiths	30/01/1997	Bridgend	Signed
Kevin McNamara	31/01/1997	Kingston upon Hull North	Signed
James Callaghan	03/02/1997	Heywood & Middleton	Signed
Ann Clwyd	03/02/1997	Cynon Valley	Signed
Nick Ainger	03/02/1997	Pembroke	Signed
John Gunnell	03/02/1997	Leeds South and Morley	Signed
Nigel Jones	04/02/1997	Cheltenham	Signed
Dennis Turner	04/02/1997	Wolverhampton South East	Signed
Bill Michie	04/02/1997	Sheffield, Heeley	Signed
Allan Rogers	04/02/1997	Rhondda	Signed
John Home Robertson	05/02/1997	East Lothian	Signed
Alan Meale	05/02/1997	Mansfield	Signed
Eric Clarke	05/02/1997	Midlothian	Signed
Jean Corston	05/02/1997	Bristol East	Signed
Donald Dixon	05/02/1997	Jarrow	Signed
Tommy Graham	05/02/1997	Renfrew West and Inverclyde	Signed
Joe Benton	05/02/1997	Bootle	Signed
Rachel Squire	10/02/1997	Dunfermline West	Signed
Martyn Jones	13/02/1997	Clwyd South West	Signed
Nick Harvey	19/02/1997	North Devon	Signed
Denzil Davies	05/03/1997	Llanelli	Signed
Terry Davis	05/03/1997	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Signed

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