Posthumous Pardon For Derek Bentley
EDM number 49 in 1990-91, proposed by Robert Parry on 12/11/1990.
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This motion has been signed by a total of 153 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.
| MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
|---|
| Robert Parry | 12/11/1990 | Liverpool, Riverside | | Proposed |
| Peter Pike | 12/11/1990 | Burnley | | Signed |
| Terry Patchett | 12/11/1990 | Barnsley East | | Signed |
| Tom Pendry | 12/11/1990 | Stalybridge & Hyde | | Signed |
| Martin Redmond | 12/11/1990 | Don Valley | | Signed |
| Allan Rogers | 12/11/1990 | Rhondda | | Signed |
| Jeff Rooker | 12/11/1990 | Birmingham, Perry Barr | | Signed |
| Ernie Ross | 12/11/1990 | Dundee West | | Signed |
| Ted Rowlands | 12/11/1990 | Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney | | Signed |
| Alex Salmond | 12/11/1990 | Banff & Buchan | | Signed |
| Brian Sedgemore | 12/11/1990 | Hackney South & Shoreditch | | Signed |
| Clare Short | 12/11/1990 | Birmingham, Ladywood | | Signed |
| Chris Smith | 12/11/1990 | Islington South & Finsbury | | Signed |
| John Smith | 12/11/1990 | Vale of Glamorgan | | Signed |
| Peter Hardy | 12/11/1990 | Wentworth | | Signed |
| Norman Hogg | 12/11/1990 | Cumbernauld & Kilsyth | | Signed |
| George Howarth | 12/11/1990 | Knowsley North | | Signed |
| Doug Hoyle | 12/11/1990 | Warrington North | | Signed |
| Eric Illsley | 12/11/1990 | Barnsley Central | | Signed |
| David Knox | 12/11/1990 | Staffordshire Moorlands | | Signed |
| David Lambie | 12/11/1990 | Cunninghame South | | Signed |
| Terry Lewis | 12/11/1990 | Worsley | | Signed |
| Robert Litherland | 12/11/1990 | Manchester Central | | Signed |
| Tony Lloyd | 12/11/1990 | Stretford | | Signed |
| Geoffrey Lofthouse | 12/11/1990 | Pontefract & Castleford | | Signed |
| Eddie Loyden | 12/11/1990 | Liverpool, Garston | | Signed |
| Alice Mahon | 12/11/1990 | Halifax | | Signed |
| David Marshall | 12/11/1990 | Glasgow, Shettleston | | Signed |
| John McAllion | 12/11/1990 | Dundee East | | Signed |
| Ian McCartney | 12/11/1990 | Makerfield | | Signed |
| William McKelvey | 12/11/1990 | Kilmarnock & Loudoun | | Signed |
| John McWilliam | 12/11/1990 | Blaydon | | Signed |
| Alan Meale | 12/11/1990 | Mansfield | | Signed |
| Chris Mullin | 12/11/1990 | Sunderland South | | Signed |
| Gordon Oakes | 12/11/1990 | Halton | | Signed |
| Edward O'Hara | 12/11/1990 | Knowsley South | | Signed |
| Keith Bradley | 12/11/1990 | Manchester, Withington | | Signed |
| Ronald Brown | 12/11/1990 | Edinburgh Leith | | Signed |
| James Callaghan | 12/11/1990 | Heywood & Middleton | | Signed |
| Ronnie Campbell | 12/11/1990 | Blyth Valley | | Signed |
| David Clelland | 12/11/1990 | Tyne Bridge | | Signed |
| Harry Cohen | 12/11/1990 | Leyton | | Signed |
| Frank Cook | 12/11/1990 | Stockton North | | Signed |
| Robin Corbett | 12/11/1990 | Birmingham, Erdington | | Signed |
| Jeremy Corbyn | 12/11/1990 | Islington North | | Signed |
| Tom Cox | 12/11/1990 | Tooting | | Signed |
| Bob Cryer | 12/11/1990 | Bradford South | | Signed |
| John Cummings | 12/11/1990 | Easington | | Signed |
| Lawrence Cunliffe | 12/11/1990 | Leigh | | Signed |
| Tam Dalyell | 12/11/1990 | Linlithgow | | Signed |
| Terry Davis | 12/11/1990 | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | | Signed |
| Jimmy Dunnachie | 12/11/1990 | Glasgow, Pollok | | Signed |
| Alexander Eadie | 12/11/1990 | Midlothian | | Signed |
| Kenneth Eastham | 12/11/1990 | Manchester, Blackley | | Signed |
| John Evans | 12/11/1990 | St Helens North | | Signed |
| Harry Ewing | 12/11/1990 | Falkirk East | | Signed |
| Ronnie Fearn | 12/11/1990 | Southport | | Signed |
| Maria Fyfe | 12/11/1990 | Glasgow, Maryhill | | Signed |
| George Galloway | 12/11/1990 | Glasgow Hillhead | | Signed |
| Norman Godman | 12/11/1990 | Greenock and Port Glasgow | | Signed |
| Llin Golding | 12/11/1990 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | | Signed |
| Tommy Graham | 12/11/1990 | Renfrew West and Inverclyde | | Signed |
| Bruce Grocott | 12/11/1990 | Wrekin, The | | Signed |
| Tony Banks | 12/11/1990 | Newham North West | | Signed |
| Harry Barnes | 12/11/1990 | North East Derbyshire | | Signed |
| John Battle | 12/11/1990 | Leeds West | | Signed |
| Tony Benn | 12/11/1990 | Chesterfield | | Signed |
| Gerry Bermingham | 12/11/1990 | St Helens South | | Signed |
| Gavin Strang | 12/11/1990 | Edinburgh East | | Signed |
| Jack Thompson | 12/11/1990 | Wansbeck | | Signed |
| Dennis Turner | 12/11/1990 | Wolverhampton South East | | Signed |
| Keith Vaz | 12/11/1990 | Leicester East | | Signed |
| Gareth Wardell | 12/11/1990 | Gower | | Signed |
| Robert Wareing | 12/11/1990 | Liverpool, West Derby | | Signed |
| Michael Welsh | 12/11/1990 | Doncaster North | | Signed |
| James Wray | 12/11/1990 | Glasgow Provan | | Signed |
| David Young | 12/11/1990 | Bolton South East | | Signed |
| Joyce Quin | 13/11/1990 | Gateshead East | | Signed |
| David Hinchliffe | 13/11/1990 | Wakefield | | Signed |
| Michael Martin | 13/11/1990 | Glasgow, Springburn | | Signed |
| Roland Boyes | 13/11/1990 | Houghton and Washington | | Signed |
| Alistair Darling | 13/11/1990 | Edinburgh Central | | Signed |
| Mildred Gordon | 13/11/1990 | Bow and Poplar | | Signed |
| Joe Ashton | 13/11/1990 | Bassetlaw | | Signed |
| Max Madden | 14/11/1990 | Bradford West | | Signed |
| Dawn Primarolo | 14/11/1990 | Bristol South | | Signed |
| Roy Hughes | 14/11/1990 | Newport East | | Signed |
| Martyn Jones | 14/11/1990 | Clwyd South West | | Signed |
| Joan Lestor | 14/11/1990 | Eccles | | Signed |
| Jim Marshall | 14/11/1990 | Leicester South | | Signed |
| Thomas McAvoy | 14/11/1990 | Glasgow, Rutherglen | | Signed |
| Alf Morris | 14/11/1990 | Manchester Wythenshawe | | Signed |
| Paul Murphy | 14/11/1990 | Torfaen | | Signed |
| Bill O'Brien | 14/11/1990 | Normanton | | Signed |
| Frank Doran | 14/11/1990 | Aberdeen South | | Signed |
| Bruce George | 14/11/1990 | Walsall South | | Signed |
| Win Griffiths | 14/11/1990 | Bridgend | | Signed |
| David Steel | 14/11/1990 | Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale | | Signed |
| Gerry Steinberg | 14/11/1990 | Durham, City of | | Signed |
| Robert Hughes | 15/11/1990 | Aberdeen North | | Signed |
| Austin Mitchell | 15/11/1990 | Great Grimsby | | Signed |
| Menzies Campbell | 15/11/1990 | Fife North East | | Signed |
| Ron Davies | 15/11/1990 | Caerphilly | | Signed |
| Kevin Barron | 15/11/1990 | Rother Valley | | Signed |
| Brian Wilson | 15/11/1990 | Cunninghame North | | Signed |
| Stuart Randall | 19/11/1990 | Kingston upon Hull West | | Signed |
| Joan Ruddock | 20/11/1990 | Lewisham, Deptford | | Signed |
| Andrew Smith | 20/11/1990 | Oxford East | | Signed |
| Lewis Moonie | 20/11/1990 | Kirkcaldy | | Signed |
| Nick Brown | 20/11/1990 | Newcastle upon Tyne East | | Signed |
| Joe Benton | 20/11/1990 | Bootle | | Signed |
| David Winnick | 20/11/1990 | Walsall North | | Signed |
| Jerry Hayes | 21/11/1990 | Harlow | | Signed |
| Simon Hughes | 21/11/1990 | Southwark and Bermondsey | | Signed |
| Elliot Morley | 21/11/1990 | Glanford and Scunthorpe | | Signed |
| Denzil Davies | 21/11/1990 | Llanelli | | Signed |
| Andrew Faulds | 21/11/1990 | Warley East | | Signed |
| Mo Mowlam | 22/11/1990 | Redcar | | Signed |
| Audrey Wise | 22/11/1990 | Preston | | Signed |
| Jim Cousins | 26/11/1990 | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | | Signed |
| John Reid | 27/11/1990 | Motherwell North | | Signed |
| Kim Howells | 27/11/1990 | Pontypridd | | Signed |
| Ann Clwyd | 27/11/1990 | Cynon Valley | | Signed |
| Eddie McGrady | 29/11/1990 | South Down | | Signed |
| Paul Boateng | 03/12/1990 | Brent South | | Signed |
| John Home Robertson | 04/12/1990 | East Lothian | | Signed |
| Rhodri Morgan | 04/12/1990 | Cardiff West | | Signed |
| Mike Watson | 04/12/1990 | Glasgow Central | | Signed |
| Tony Worthington | 04/12/1990 | Clydebank & Milngavie | | Signed |
| Charles Kennedy | 05/12/1990 | Ross and Cromarty and Skye | | Signed |
| David Blunkett | 05/12/1990 | Sheffield, Brightside | | Signed |
| Nigel Griffiths | 06/12/1990 | Edinburgh South | | Signed |
| Russell Johnston | 06/12/1990 | Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber | | Signed |
| Paul Flynn | 06/12/1990 | Newport West | | Signed |
| John Garrett | 06/12/1990 | Norwich South | | Signed |
| Peter Snape | 12/12/1990 | West Bromwich East | | Signed |
| John Marek | 12/12/1990 | Wrexham | | Signed |
| Alun Michael | 12/12/1990 | Cardiff South & Penarth | | Signed |
| Tom Clarke | 12/12/1990 | Monklands West | | Signed |
| Graham Allen | 12/12/1990 | Nottingham North | | Signed |
| Joan Walley | 14/01/1991 | Stoke-on-Trent North | | Signed |
| Clive Soley | 17/01/1991 | Hammersmith | | Signed |
| Diane Abbott | 17/01/1991 | Hackney North & Stoke Newington | | Signed |
| Michael Foot | 21/01/1991 | Blaenau Gwent | | Signed |
| John McFall | 23/01/1991 | Dumbarton | | Signed |
| Dafydd Wigley | 25/02/1991 | Caernarfon | | Signed |
| Harry Greenway | 14/03/1991 | Ealing North | | Signed |
| Richard Body | 14/03/1991 | Holland with Boston | | Signed |
| Calum MacDonald | 15/04/1991 | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | | Signed |
| Geoffrey Robinson | 24/04/1991 | Coventry North West | | Signed |
| Jim Wallace | 25/04/1991 | Orkney & Shetland | | Signed |
| Kate Hoey | 15/07/1991 | Vauxhall | | Signed |
| Ken Livingstone | Unknown | | | Withdrawn |
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