Conviction Of George Kelly (EDM1176)

Conviction Of George Kelly

EDM number 1176 in 2008-09, proposed by Adrian Sanders on 24/03/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Administration of justice.

That this House notes the quashing after the longest campaign in English legal history lasting 53 years of the conviction of George Kelly who was wrongly convicted of murder in the Cameo Cinema murder case and who was executed in 1950; recognises the efforts of those, including relatives who have died, who sought to overturn the conviction; and calls for a public inquiry into the gross miscarriage of justice.

This motion has been signed by a total of 19 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Adrian Sanders	24/03/2009	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Andrew George	24/03/2009	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Mark Durkan	24/03/2009	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	25/03/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Mike Hancock	25/03/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Jim Dobbin	25/03/2009	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Seconded
Lynne Jones	25/03/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Ian McCartney	25/03/2009	Makerfield	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	25/03/2009	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	26/03/2009	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	27/03/2009	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Edward O'Hara	30/03/2009	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	30/03/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Mike Gapes	30/03/2009	Ilford South	Labour	Signed
Louise Ellman	31/03/2009	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	20/04/2009	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Linda Riordan	29/04/2009	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	06/05/2009	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	11/11/2009	North Southwark and Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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