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Carl Bridgewater Case

EDM number 1390 in 1992-93, proposed by Chris Mullin on 15/02/1993.

That this House regrets the decision of the Home Secretary not to refer the Carl Bridgewater case back to the Court of Appeal; notes that the convictions rest mainly on an uncorroborated confession extracted by West Midlands police officers after 55 hours of questioning without access to a solicitor; recalls that one of the interviewing officers, DC John Perkins, was subsequently disciplined for fabricating a confession in another case; notes that another prosecution witness was described by the Appeal Court in 1988 as 'a pathological liar'; further notes that the most likely suspect for the murder of Carl Bridgewater is presently serving a life sentence for a similar crime; and believes that the failure to resolve this case will continue to undermine public confidence in the criminal justice system.

This motion has been signed by a total of 107 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Chris Mullin15/02/1993Sunderland SouthProposed
Roy Hattersley15/02/1993Birmingham SparkbrookSigned
Gerald Kaufman15/02/1993Manchester, GortonSigned
Menzies Campbell15/02/1993Fife North EastSigned
Harry Greenway15/02/1993Ealing NorthSigned
Richard Body15/02/1993Holland with BostonSigned
Robert Parry16/02/1993Liverpool, RiversideSigned
Ernie Ross16/02/1993Dundee WestSigned
Peter Hardy16/02/1993WentworthSigned
David Hinchliffe16/02/1993WakefieldSigned
Eric Illsley16/02/1993Barnsley CentralSigned
Lynne Jones16/02/1993Birmingham, Selly OakSigned
Nigel Jones16/02/1993CheltenhamSigned
John McAllion16/02/1993Dundee EastSigned
Ian McCartney16/02/1993MakerfieldSigned
William McKelvey16/02/1993Kilmarnock & LoudounSigned
Alan Meale16/02/1993MansfieldSigned
Bill Michie16/02/1993Sheffield, HeeleySigned
Andrew Miller16/02/1993Ellesmere Port & NestonSigned
Ronnie Campbell16/02/1993Blyth ValleySigned
Eric Clarke16/02/1993MidlothianSigned
Michael Connarty16/02/1993Falkirk EastSigned
Robin Corbett16/02/1993Birmingham, ErdingtonSigned
Jean Corston16/02/1993Bristol EastSigned
Bryan Davies16/02/1993Oldham Central and RoytonSigned
Jim Dowd16/02/1993Lewisham WestSigned
Jimmy Dunnachie16/02/1993Glasgow, PollokSigned
Norman Godman16/02/1993Greenock and Port GlasgowSigned
Win Griffiths16/02/1993BridgendSigned
Bruce Grocott16/02/1993Wrekin, TheSigned
Colin Pickthall17/02/1993West LancashireSigned
Peter Pike17/02/1993BurnleySigned
Martin Redmond17/02/1993Don ValleySigned
Ken Livingstone17/02/1993Brent EastSigned
Eddie Loyden17/02/1993Liverpool, GarstonSigned
Liz Lynne17/02/1993RochdaleSigned
Estelle Morris17/02/1993Birmingham, YardleySigned
Keith Bradley17/02/1993Manchester, WithingtonSigned
Richard Burden17/02/1993Birmingham, NorthfieldSigned
Stephen Byers17/02/1993WallsendSigned
Michael Clapham17/02/1993Barnsley West & PenistoneSigned
John Cummings17/02/1993EasingtonSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe17/02/1993LeighSigned
John Evans17/02/1993St Helens NorthSigned
Mike Gapes17/02/1993Ilford SouthSigned
Harry Barnes17/02/1993North East DerbyshireSigned
Mike Watson17/02/1993Glasgow CentralSigned
Mike O'Brien18/02/1993North WarwickshireSigned
Nick Harvey18/02/1993North DevonSigned
Andrew Faulds18/02/1993Warley EastSigned
Jack Thompson18/02/1993WansbeckSigned
Dennis Turner18/02/1993Wolverhampton South EastSigned
Keith Vaz18/02/1993Leicester EastSigned
Kim Howells19/02/1993PontypriddSigned
Tony Lloyd19/02/1993StretfordSigned
Terry Davis19/02/1993Birmingham, Hodge HillSigned
Derek Enright19/02/1993HemsworthSigned
Jimmy Hood22/02/1993ClydesdaleSigned
Alex Carlile22/02/1993MontgomerySigned
Neil Gerrard22/02/1993WalthamstowSigned
Jim Wallace22/02/1993Orkney & ShetlandSigned
Joyce Quin23/02/1993Gateshead EastSigned
Barry Jones23/02/1993Alyn & DeesideSigned
Martyn Jones23/02/1993Clwyd South WestSigned
Terry Lewis23/02/1993WorsleySigned
Roland Boyes23/02/1993Houghton and WashingtonSigned
Harry Cohen23/02/1993LeytonSigned
Jeremy Corbyn23/02/1993Islington NorthSigned
Geoffrey Robinson24/02/1993Coventry North WestSigned
Peter Kilfoyle24/02/1993Liverpool, WaltonSigned
Alistair Darling24/02/1993Edinburgh CentralSigned
John Heppell25/02/1993Nottingham EastSigned
Jamie Cann25/02/1993IpswichSigned
Kenneth Eastham25/02/1993Manchester, BlackleySigned
Bill Etherington25/02/1993Sunderland NorthSigned
Tommy Graham25/02/1993Renfrew West and InverclydeSigned
Mike Hall25/02/1993Warrington SouthSigned
Bridget Prentice01/03/1993Lewisham EastSigned
David Jamieson02/03/1993Plymouth, DevonportSigned
David Winnick02/03/1993Walsall NorthSigned
Gerry Steinberg03/03/1993Durham, City ofSigned
Allan Rogers04/03/1993RhonddaSigned
Doug Hoyle04/03/1993Warrington NorthSigned
Joan Lestor04/03/1993EcclesSigned
David Alton04/03/1993Liverpool Mossley HillSigned
Jeff Rooker08/03/1993Birmingham, Perry BarrSigned
Joan Ruddock08/03/1993Lewisham, DeptfordSigned
Stan Orme10/03/1993Salford EastSigned
Audrey Wise17/03/1993PrestonSigned
Frank Cook23/03/1993Stockton NorthSigned
Andrew MacKinlay25/03/1993ThurrockSigned
Brian Sedgemore15/04/1993Hackney South & ShoreditchSigned
Barbara Roche04/05/1993Hornsey & Wood GreenSigned
Diane Abbott06/05/1993Hackney North & Stoke NewingtonSigned
Ray Michie07/06/1993Argyll & ButeSigned
Ieuan Wyn Jones09/06/1993Ynys MSigned
Paddy Tipping10/06/1993SherwoodSigned
Dennis Skinner15/06/1993BolsoverSigned
Charles Kennedy15/06/1993Ross and Cromarty and SkyeSigned
Clare Short16/06/1993Birmingham, LadywoodSigned
Tony Benn17/06/1993ChesterfieldSigned
Neil Kinnock18/06/1993IslwynSigned
Kate Hoey22/06/1993VauxhallSigned
Rachel Squire25/06/1993Dunfermline WestSigned
Austin Mitchell12/07/1993Great GrimsbySigned
Mildred Gordon19/07/1993Bow and PoplarSigned
Joe Benton20/07/1993BootleSigned

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