Army Deaths

EDM number 63 in 2002-03, proposed by Kevin McNamara on 13/11/2002.

That this House expresses its sadness that more than 1,748 members of Her Majesty's armed forces have lost their lives through non-natural causes since 1990 and sends condolences to all their families; notes that almost 200 deaths have been caused by discharge of firearms and further that some 200 are described as self-inflicted; notes the growing public perception that the Ministry of Defence response to these deaths is inadequate and distressing to the bereaved; applauds the courage and determination of the friends and families of Sean Benton, James Collinson, Geoff Gray and Cheryl James who died at Deepcut barracks in Surrey; and of Paul Cochrane, Ross Collins, Richard Donkin, Tony Green, Dale Little, Aled Martin Jones, Alfie Manship, Gary Riches, Richard Robertson, Alan Sharples, David Shipley and Christopher Young who have subsequently come forward to make public their own grievances and frustrations at the hands of the military authorities; believes the Army has a duty of care and protection towards all personnel, particularly young soldiers; believes that the culture of secrecy surrounding the varied cause of these deaths must give way to greater transparency; believes that the environment in which these deaths continue to occur and the absence of a system for prompt, effective and independent investigation of deaths has led to a breakdown in public confidence that can only be restored through a full and independent public inquiry; and urges the Government to establish a tribunal of inquiry without delay.

This motion has been signed by a total of 209 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Kevin McNamara	13/11/2002	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Proposed
Evan Harris	13/11/2002	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Hughes	13/11/2002	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lembit	13/11/2002	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Annabelle Ewing	13/11/2002	Perth	Scottish National Party	Signed
Brian White	14/11/2002	North East Milton Keynes	Labour	Signed
Paul Tyler	14/11/2002	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	14/11/2002	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Terry Davis	14/11/2002	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	14/11/2002	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Iddon	14/11/2002	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	14/11/2002	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Chidgey	15/11/2002	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sue Doughty	15/11/2002	Guildford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Thomas	18/11/2002	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Win Griffiths	18/11/2002	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Frank Field	18/11/2002	Birkenhead	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	18/11/2002	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
David Rendel	18/11/2002	Newbury	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony Banks	19/11/2002	West Ham	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	19/11/2002	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Patsy Calton	19/11/2002	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	19/11/2002	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Paul Marsden	19/11/2002	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Smyth	19/11/2002	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
Brian Sedgemore	19/11/2002	Hackney South & Shoreditch	Labour	Signed
Syd Rapson	19/11/2002	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	20/11/2002	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	20/11/2002	Burton	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	20/11/2002	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Roy Beggs	20/11/2002	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
Hywel Williams	20/11/2002	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Jimmy Wray	20/11/2002	Glasgow, Baillieston	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	20/11/2002	Gower	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	20/11/2002	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Khalid Mahmood	20/11/2002	Birmingham, Perry Barr	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	20/11/2002	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Terry Lewis	20/11/2002	Worsley	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	20/11/2002	North Down	UUP	Signed
Alan Simpson	20/11/2002	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Iris Robinson	20/11/2002	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Joan Walley	21/11/2002	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	21/11/2002	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	21/11/2002	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	21/11/2002	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	25/11/2002	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	25/11/2002	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	25/11/2002	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	25/11/2002	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	25/11/2002	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	25/11/2002	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	26/11/2002	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Bill Tynan	26/11/2002	Hamilton South	Labour	Signed
Teddy Taylor	26/11/2002	Rochford & Southend East	Conservative	Signed
Louise Ellman	26/11/2002	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Helen Clark	26/11/2002	Peterborough	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	26/11/2002	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Lucas	26/11/2002	Wrexham	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	26/11/2002	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Archy Kirkwood	26/11/2002	Roxburgh & Berwickshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Angus Robertson	26/11/2002	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
Jenny Tonge	27/11/2002	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martyn Jones	27/11/2002	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	27/11/2002	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	28/11/2002	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Matthew Green	28/11/2002	Ludlow	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sandra Gidley	28/11/2002	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Brake	28/11/2002	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Debra Shipley	02/12/2002	Stourbridge	Labour	Signed
Paul Farrelly	02/12/2002	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Barbara Follett	02/12/2002	Stevenage	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	02/12/2002	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Cousins	03/12/2002	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	03/12/2002	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	04/12/2002	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Alice Mahon	04/12/2002	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Brian Cotter	04/12/2002	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Williams	05/12/2002	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	05/12/2002	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Ann Clwyd	05/12/2002	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Tony Clarke	05/12/2002	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
John Mann	05/12/2002	Bassetlaw	Labour	Signed
Iain Coleman	09/12/2002	Hammersmith & Fulham	Labour	Signed
George Galloway	10/12/2002	Glasgow, Kelvin	Labour	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	10/12/2002	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin O'Neill	11/12/2002	Ochil	Labour	Signed
Mark Tami	16/12/2002	Alyn & Deeside	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	16/12/2002	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeff Ennis	17/12/2002	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Vera Baird	17/12/2002	Redcar	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	07/01/2003	Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Eric Martlew	14/01/2003	Carlisle	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	15/01/2003	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Lamb	15/01/2003	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Moore	27/01/2003	Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Anne Begg	29/01/2003	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
Candy Atherton	29/01/2003	Falmouth & Camborne	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	29/01/2003	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	29/01/2003	Bristol North West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Piara S Khabra	29/01/2003	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	29/01/2003	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dennis Skinner	29/01/2003	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	30/01/2003	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Pete Wishart	30/01/2003	North Tayside	Scottish National Party	Signed
Andrew Stunell	30/01/2003	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Stinchcombe	30/01/2003	Wellingborough	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	30/01/2003	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Brian H Donohoe	30/01/2003	Cunninghame South	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	30/01/2003	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John MacDougall	30/01/2003	Central Fife	Labour	Signed
David Laws	30/01/2003	Yeovil	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joan Humble	30/01/2003	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Si	30/01/2003	Birmingham, Erdington	Labour	Signed
Michael Weir	31/01/2003	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Colin Challen	31/01/2003	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Andrew Bennett	03/02/2003	Denton & Reddish	Labour	Signed
David Clelland	03/02/2003	Tyne Bridge	Labour	Signed
Kate Hoey	03/02/2003	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
Clive Soley	03/02/2003			Signed
Alex Salmond	03/02/2003	Banff & Buchan	Scottish National Party	Signed
Adam Price	03/02/2003	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Ian Davidson	04/02/2003	Glasgow, Pollok	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Mark Fisher	04/02/2003	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
John Grogan	04/02/2003	Selby	Labour	Signed
Gerry Steinberg	04/02/2003	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
Richard Taylor	04/02/2003	Wyre Forest	Independent	Signed
Jon Trickett	04/02/2003	Hemsworth	Labour	Signed
Wayne David	04/02/2003	Caerphilly	Labour	Signed
John Cryer	04/02/2003	Hornchurch	Labour	Signed
Peter Robinson	04/02/2003	Belfast East	DUP	Signed
Phil Sawford	04/02/2003	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Jim Sheridan	04/02/2003	West Renfrewshire	Labour	Signed
Calum MacDonald	04/02/2003	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Labour	Signed
Richard Burden	04/02/2003	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	04/02/2003	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
John Wilkinson	05/02/2003	Ruislip - Northwood	Conservative	Signed
Steve Webb	05/02/2003	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joe Benton	05/02/2003	Bootle	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	05/02/2003	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julia Drown	05/02/2003	South Swindon	Labour	Signed
Frank Dobson	05/02/2003	Holborn & St Pancras	Labour	Signed
Diana Organ	05/02/2003	Forest of Dean	Labour	Signed
Austin Mitchell	05/02/2003	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Ann McKechin	05/02/2003	Glasgow, Maryhill	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	06/02/2003	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Huw Edwards	06/02/2003	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	06/02/2003	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Gordon Prentice	06/02/2003	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	07/02/2003	Lagan Valley	UUP	Signed
Nigel Dodds	07/02/2003	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
John Lyons	07/02/2003	Strathkelvin & Bearsden	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	07/02/2003	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Kevin Brennan	10/02/2003	Cardiff West	Labour	Signed
Paul Burstow	10/02/2003	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Cunningham	10/02/2003	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Tony Cunningham	10/02/2003	Workington	Labour	Signed
Tam Dalyell	10/02/2003	Linlithgow	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	10/02/2003	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Bercow	12/02/2003	Buckingham	Conservative	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	12/02/2003	Dover	Labour	Signed
Peter Pike	12/02/2003	Burnley	Labour	Signed
Jon Owen Jones	13/02/2003	Cardiff Central	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Albert Owen	13/02/2003	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	13/02/2003	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Derek Foster	13/02/2003	Bishop Auckland	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	24/02/2003	Easington	Labour	Signed
Tony McWalter	24/02/2003	Hemel Hempstead	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Malcolm Savidge	24/02/2003	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
Geoffrey Robinson	24/02/2003	Coventry North West	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	24/02/2003	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
David Amess	28/02/2003	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Nick Harvey	04/03/2003	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Hunter	25/03/2003	Basingstoke	Independent Conservative	Signed
Norman Baker	08/09/2003	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Hamilton	08/09/2003	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Jane Griffiths	08/09/2003	Reading East	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	08/09/2003	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	08/09/2003	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	08/09/2003	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Clive Betts	08/09/2003	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Labour	Signed
Gavin Strang	08/09/2003	Edinburgh East & Musselburgh	Labour	Signed
Dennis Turner	08/09/2003	Wolverhampton South East	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Desmond Turner	08/09/2003	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Robert Walter	08/09/2003	North Dorset	Conservative	Signed
Tony Worthington	08/09/2003	Clydebank & Milngavie	Labour	Signed
Valerie Davey	08/09/2003	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
Claire Curtis-Thomas	08/09/2003	Crosby	Labour	Signed
Kerry Pollard	08/09/2003	St Albans	Labour	Signed
Andrew Selous	08/09/2003	South West Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	08/09/2003	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Helen Jackson	08/09/2003	Sheffield, Hillsborough	Labour	Signed
Andy King	08/09/2003	Rugby & Kenilworth	Labour	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	08/09/2003	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	08/09/2003	Medway	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	08/09/2003	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
John McWilliam	08/09/2003	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	08/09/2003	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Denis Murphy	08/09/2003	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	08/09/2003	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Linda Perham	10/09/2003	Ilford North	Labour	Signed
Nigel Beard	17/09/2003	Bexleyheath & Crayford	Labour	Signed
David Atkinson	17/09/2003	Bournemouth East	Conservative	Signed
Edward O'Hara	14/10/2003	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
George Foulkes	14/10/2003	Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Irene Adams	14/10/2003	Paisley North	Labour	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	22/10/2003	Hastings & Rye	Labour	Signed
Menzies Campbell	23/10/2003	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Russell Brown	29/10/2003	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Chris Mullin	Unknown			Withdrawn

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