Death Of Iris Bentley

EDM number 446 in 1996-97, proposed by Jim Dowd on 27/01/1997.

That this House is saddened by the recent death of Iris Bentley, who loyally and unstintingly devoted her life to winning a posthumous pardon for her brother Derek, hanged 44 years ago on 28th January 1953 for the murder of PC Sydney Miles; extends sympathy to her family and sends its best wishes to her daughter, Maria Dingwall, who promised her mother to continue the campaign; also remembers the family of PC Miles and expresses its deep sympathy for their suffering; and urges the Homes Secretary to bring forward a rapid final decision in order that this unpleasant chapter in British judicial history is brought toan end.

This motion has been signed by a total of 64 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Jim Dowd	27/01/1997	Lewisham West		Proposed
Malcolm Wicks	27/01/1997	Croydon North West		Signed
Stephen Timms	27/01/1997	Newham North East		Signed
Janet Anderson	27/01/1997	Rossendale & Darwen		Signed
Mildred Gordon	27/01/1997	Bow and Poplar		Signed
Neil Gerrard	27/01/1997	Walthamstow		Signed
Ian Davidson	27/01/1997	Glasgow, Govan		Signed
Margaret Hodge	27/01/1997	Barking		Signed
Keith Hill	27/01/1997	Streatham		Signed
Nigel Spearing	27/01/1997	Newham South		Signed
Clive Soley	27/01/1997	Hammersmith		Signed
Joan Ruddock	27/01/1997	Lewisham, Deptford		Signed
Bridget Prentice	27/01/1997	Lewisham East		Signed
Michael Connarty	28/01/1997	Falkirk East		Signed
Tom Cox	28/01/1997	Tooting		Signed
John Cummings	28/01/1997	Easington		Signed
Norman Godman	28/01/1997	Greenock and Port Glasgow		Signed
Tony Banks	28/01/1997	Newham North West		Signed
Harry Barnes	28/01/1997	North East Derbyshire		Signed
John Battle	28/01/1997	Leeds West		Signed
Keith Bradley	28/01/1997	Manchester, Withington		Signed
William McKelvey	28/01/1997	Kilmarnock & Loudoun		Signed
John McAllion	28/01/1997	Dundee East		Signed
Colin Pickthall	28/01/1997	West Lancashire		Signed
Ernie Ross	28/01/1997	Dundee West		Signed
Peter Hardy	28/01/1997	Wentworth		Signed
Robert Hughes	28/01/1997	Aberdeen North		Signed
Eric Illsley	28/01/1997	Barnsley Central		Signed
Lynne Jones	28/01/1997	Birmingham, Selly Oak		Signed
Terry Lewis	28/01/1997	Worsley		Signed
Mike Hall	29/01/1997	Warrington South		Signed
John Evans	29/01/1997	St Helens North		Signed
Kenneth Eastham	29/01/1997	Manchester, Blackley		Signed
Michael Clapham	29/01/1997	Barnsley West & Penistone		Signed
Ken Livingstone	29/01/1997	Brent East		Signed
Joan Lestor	29/01/1997	Eccles		Signed
Roy Hughes	29/01/1997	Newport East		Signed
John Heppell	29/01/1997	Nottingham East		Signed
Win Griffiths	30/01/1997	Bridgend		Signed
Menzies Campbell	30/01/1997	Fife North East		Signed
Dennis Skinner	30/01/1997	Bolsover		Signed
Barry Sheerman	30/01/1997	Huddersfield		Signed
Peter Pike	30/01/1997	Burnley		Signed
Kevin McNamara	31/01/1997	Kingston upon Hull North		Signed
James Callaghan	03/02/1997	Heywood & Middleton		Signed
Ann Clwyd	03/02/1997	Cynon Valley		Signed
Nick Ainger	03/02/1997	Pembroke		Signed
John Gunnell	03/02/1997	Leeds South and Morley		Signed
Dennis Turner	04/02/1997	Wolverhampton South East		Signed
Bill Michie	04/02/1997	Sheffield, Heeley		Signed
Nigel Jones	04/02/1997	Cheltenham		Signed
Allan Rogers	04/02/1997	Rhondda		Signed
Joe Benton	05/02/1997	Bootle		Signed
Tommy Graham	05/02/1997	Renfrew West and Inverclyde		Signed
Donald Dixon	05/02/1997	Jarrow		Signed
Jean Corston	05/02/1997	Bristol East		Signed
Eric Clarke	05/02/1997	Midlothian		Signed
Alan Meale	05/02/1997	Mansfield		Signed
John Home Robertson	05/02/1997	East Lothian		Signed
Rachel Squire	10/02/1997	Dunfermline West		Signed
Martyn Jones	13/02/1997	Clwyd South West		Signed
Nick Harvey	19/02/1997	North Devon		Signed
Denzil Davies	05/03/1997	Llanelli		Signed
Terry Davis	05/03/1997	Birmingham, Hodge Hill		Signed

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