Petitions/Hold a referendum on restoring the Death Penalty for murder
StatusClosed
Opened7 Feb 2025
Closes7 Aug 2025
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Parliamentary debateNot eligible
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We call on the Government to hold a referendum on restoring the death penalty for murderers. We question why taxpayers should pay to keep convicted murderers in prison. We believe that justice betrayed is justice denied.

The death penalty was abolished in the 1960s. The last free vote in Parliament was in the 1990s. We believe it is time the people of our country had their say.

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Anna Turley
1Anna Turley MP
Redcar
7
Sir John Hayes
2Sir John Hayes MP
South Holland and The Deepings
7
Dan Jarvis
3Dan Jarvis MP
Barnsley North
6
Paulette Hamilton
4Paulette Hamilton MP
Birmingham Erdington
6
Mike Reader
5Mike Reader MP
Northampton South
6
Jim McMahon
6Jim McMahon MP
Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton
6
Ian Lavery
7Ian Lavery MP
Blyth and Ashington
5
Darren Jones
8Darren Jones MP
Bristol North West
5
Grahame Morris
9Grahame Morris MP
Easington
5
Matt Bishop
10Matt Bishop MP
Forest of Dean
5
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