Posthumous Pardon For Derek Bentley
EDM number 1349 in 1989-90, proposed by Robert Parry on 24/07/1990.
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This motion has been signed by a total of 78 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.
| MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Parry | 24/07/1990 | Liverpool, Riverside | Proposed | |
| Terry Patchett | 24/07/1990 | Barnsley East | Signed | |
| Robert Wareing | 24/07/1990 | Liverpool, West Derby | Signed | |
| Dennis Turner | 24/07/1990 | Wolverhampton South East | Signed | |
| Gerry Bermingham | 24/07/1990 | St Helens South | Signed | |
| Harry Barnes | 24/07/1990 | North East Derbyshire | Signed | |
| Tony Banks | 24/07/1990 | Newham North West | Signed | |
| Ronnie Fearn | 24/07/1990 | Southport | Signed | |
| Lawrence Cunliffe | 24/07/1990 | Leigh | Signed | |
| Frank Cook | 24/07/1990 | Stockton North | Signed | |
| David Clelland | 24/07/1990 | Tyne Bridge | Signed | |
| Gordon Oakes | 24/07/1990 | Halton | Signed | |
| Ronald Brown | 24/07/1990 | Edinburgh Leith | Signed | |
| Ted Rowlands | 24/07/1990 | Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney | Signed | |
| John Smith | 24/07/1990 | Vale of Glamorgan | Signed | |
| Terry Lewis | 24/07/1990 | Worsley | Signed | |
| Eddie Loyden | 24/07/1990 | Liverpool, Garston | Signed | |
| Alice Mahon | 24/07/1990 | Halifax | Signed | |
| John McWilliam | 24/07/1990 | Blaydon | Signed | |
| Alan Meale | 24/07/1990 | Mansfield | Signed | |
| Chris Mullin | 24/07/1990 | Sunderland South | Signed | |
| Keith Bradley | 25/07/1990 | Manchester, Withington | Signed | |
| Ronnie Campbell | 25/07/1990 | Blyth Valley | Signed | |
| Bob Cryer | 25/07/1990 | Bradford South | Signed | |
| John Cummings | 25/07/1990 | Easington | Signed | |
| Tam Dalyell | 25/07/1990 | Linlithgow | Signed | |
| Terry Davis | 25/07/1990 | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | Signed | |
| Alexander Eadie | 25/07/1990 | Midlothian | Signed | |
| John Evans | 25/07/1990 | St Helens North | Signed | |
| Harry Ewing | 25/07/1990 | Falkirk East | Signed | |
| Maria Fyfe | 25/07/1990 | Glasgow, Maryhill | Signed | |
| George Galloway | 25/07/1990 | Glasgow Hillhead | Signed | |
| Llin Golding | 25/07/1990 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Signed | |
| Keith Vaz | 25/07/1990 | Leicester East | Signed | |
| Michael Welsh | 25/07/1990 | Doncaster North | Signed | |
| David Young | 25/07/1990 | Bolton South East | Signed | |
| Alex Salmond | 25/07/1990 | Banff & Buchan | Signed | |
| William McKelvey | 25/07/1990 | Kilmarnock & Loudoun | Signed | |
| Peter Pike | 25/07/1990 | Burnley | Signed | |
| Allan Rogers | 25/07/1990 | Rhondda | Signed | |
| Jeff Rooker | 25/07/1990 | Birmingham, Perry Barr | Signed | |
| Ernie Ross | 25/07/1990 | Dundee West | Signed | |
| Brian Sedgemore | 25/07/1990 | Hackney South & Shoreditch | Signed | |
| Chris Smith | 25/07/1990 | Islington South & Finsbury | Signed | |
| Peter Hardy | 25/07/1990 | Wentworth | Signed | |
| Norman Hogg | 25/07/1990 | Cumbernauld & Kilsyth | Signed | |
| George Howarth | 25/07/1990 | Knowsley North | Signed | |
| David Knox | 25/07/1990 | Staffordshire Moorlands | Signed | |
| David Lambie | 25/07/1990 | Cunninghame South | Signed | |
| Geoffrey Lofthouse | 25/07/1990 | Pontefract & Castleford | Signed | |
| John McAllion | 25/07/1990 | Dundee East | Signed | |
| Tommy Graham | 06/09/1990 | Renfrew West and Inverclyde | Signed | |
| Jeremy Corbyn | 07/09/1990 | Islington North | Signed | |
| Bruce Grocott | 15/10/1990 | Wrekin, The | Signed | |
| Kenneth Eastham | 16/10/1990 | Manchester, Blackley | Signed | |
| Norman Godman | 17/10/1990 | Greenock and Port Glasgow | Signed | |
| Harry Cohen | 17/10/1990 | Leyton | Signed | |
| Jimmy Dunnachie | 17/10/1990 | Glasgow, Pollok | Signed | |
| Doug Hoyle | 18/10/1990 | Warrington North | Signed | |
| Robert Litherland | 18/10/1990 | Manchester Central | Signed | |
| John Battle | 18/10/1990 | Leeds West | Signed | |
| Tom Cox | 22/10/1990 | Tooting | Signed | |
| Jack Thompson | 22/10/1990 | Wansbeck | Signed | |
| Clare Short | 23/10/1990 | Birmingham, Ladywood | Signed | |
| James Wray | 23/10/1990 | Glasgow Provan | Signed | |
| Ian McCartney | 25/10/1990 | Makerfield | Signed | |
| Gareth Wardell | 25/10/1990 | Gower | Signed | |
| Gavin Strang | 25/10/1990 | Edinburgh East | Signed | |
| Edward O'Hara | 25/10/1990 | Knowsley South | Signed | |
| David Marshall | 25/10/1990 | Glasgow, Shettleston | Signed | |
| Eric Illsley | 25/10/1990 | Barnsley Central | Signed | |
| Martin Redmond | 30/10/1990 | Don Valley | Signed | |
| Robin Corbett | 30/10/1990 | Birmingham, Erdington | Signed | |
| Tom Pendry | 31/10/1990 | Stalybridge & Hyde | Signed | |
| Tony Lloyd | 31/10/1990 | Stretford | Signed | |
| James Callaghan | 31/10/1990 | Heywood & Middleton | Signed | |
| Tony Benn | 31/10/1990 | Chesterfield | Signed | |
| Bill Michie | Unknown | Withdrawn |
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