Stephen Downing (EDM316)

Stephen Downing

EDM number 316 in 2000-01, proposed by Alan Meale on 08/02/2001.

That this House congratulates Justice Pitchforth on his actions in the Appeal Court to grant bail pending a full appeal hearing to Stephen Downing, who was wrongly jailed for murder 27 years ago; pays tribute to those who campaigned for his release including the honourable Member for Derbyshire West; and calls upon Her Majesty's Government to speed up the process by which such questionable cases are examined in future.

This motion has been signed by a total of 28 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Alan Meale	08/02/2001	Mansfield	Labour	Proposed
Tom Cox	09/02/2001	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	12/02/2001	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Ashok Kumar	12/02/2001	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	12/02/2001	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	12/02/2001	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Bill Michie	13/02/2001	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	13/02/2001	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
John Gunnell	13/02/2001	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Norman Godman	13/02/2001	Greenock & Inverclyde	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	13/02/2001	Easington	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	13/02/2001	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	13/02/2001	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	13/02/2001	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	14/02/2001	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	14/02/2001	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Alan Williams	14/02/2001	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Labour	Signed
John Austin	14/02/2001	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Terry Davis	14/02/2001	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	15/02/2001	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	15/02/2001	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Win Griffiths	15/02/2001	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	26/02/2001	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	26/02/2001	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Bob Laxton	27/02/2001	Derby North	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	01/03/2001	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	05/03/2001	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Mike Gapes	13/03/2001	Ilford South	Labour Co-operative	Signed

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