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The names of 113 women killed by men last year were read out in Parliament today

The names of 113  women killed by men last year were read out in Parliament today

In 2016 to mark International Women's Day, Jess Phillips the Labour MP for Birmingham Yardley read aloud the 125 names of women in the UK who had been murdered by men.

Phillips vowed to repeat the act every year she is a member of the Commons.

The list, from the 'Femicide Census' records the names of women killed, where a man was the perpetrator or is the lead suspect, since last year's International Women's Day.

In their 2017 report, they record that 598 women in England and Wales were killed by their current or former partner between 2009-2015.

Among those named this year were Phillip's fellow MP, Jo Cox, who was murdered by Thomas Mair on 16 June 2016.

Here is Phillip's list of 113 women, as transcribed by the Common's record Hansard.​

  • Lyndsey Smith
  • Robyn Mercer
  • Paige Doherty
  • Carrie Ann Izzard
  • Lynne Freeman
  • Jodie Betteridge
  • Joanna Trojniak
  • Amina Begum
  • Natasha Sadler
  • Laura Marshall
  • Elizabeth MacKay
  • Marie Johnston
  • Norma Bell
  • Tracy Cockrell
  • Helen Bailey
  • Leigh-Anne Mahacci
  • Jean Ryan
  • Coleen Westlake
  • Nasreen Khan
  • Laraine Rayner
  • Fay Daniels
  • Louise O’Brien
  • Xin Liu
  • Natalie Hemming
  • Becky Morgan
  • Iris Owens
  • Julie Cook
  • Khabi Abrey
  • Anne-Marie Nield
  • Maria Mbombo
  • Maria Erte
  • Sonita Nijhawan
  • Dawn Rhodes
  • Sylvia Stuart
  • Andrena Douglas
  • Karen Hales
  • Jade Hales
  • Jo Cox
  • Helen Fraser
  • Jean Irwin
  • Nijole Sventeckiene
  • Agnieszka Szmura
  • Sarah Nash
  • Albertina Choules
  • Allison Muncaster
  • Fiona Southwell
  • Emma Baum
  • Claire Hart
  • Charlotte Hart
  • Tracy Gabriel
  • Samia Shahid
  • Nicola Haworth
  • Lenuta Haidemac
  • Hannah Pearson
  • Margaret Mayer
  • Darlene Horton
  • Gregana Prodanova
  • Lynne Braund
  • Donna Williamson
  • Xixi Bi
  • Mia Ayliffe-Chung
  • Shana Grice
  • Alison Farr-Davies
  • Melinda Korosi
  • Hayley Dean
  • Annie Besala Ekofo
  • Zofia Sadowska
  • Elizabeth Bowe
  • Nasreem Buksh
  • Zoe Morgan
  • Jackie Pattenden
  • Natasha Wake
  • Mandy Gallear
  • Lucy Jones
  • Vicky Bance
  • Alice Ruggles
  • Sophie Smith
  • Jodie Wilkinson
  • Pardeep Kaur
  • Ellia Arathoon
  • Belen Trip
  • Natasha Wild
  • Deeqa Ibrahim
  • Lisa Skidmore
  • Rebecca Johnson
  • Linda Ordinans
  • Holly Alexander
  • Andraya Webb
  • Umida Eshboboeva
  • Angela Best
  • Claire Nagle
  • Hayley Wall
  • Nicola Woodman
  • Eulin Hastings
  • Victoria Shorrock
  • Leonne Weeks
  • Kiran Daudia
  • Kulwinder Kaur
  • Anita Downey
  • Ann Furneaux
  • Chrissy Kendall
  • Gillian Zvomuya
  • Amandeep Kaur
  • Tina Billingham
  • Hannah Dorans
  • Catherine Kelly
  • Hang Yin Leung
  • Karina Batista
  • Humara Khan
  • Hazel Wilson Briant
  • Margaret Stenning
  • Avis Addison
  • Julie McCash

At the end of the Backbench Business debate, the House voted in favour of the motion:

'That this House welcomes International Women’s Day as an important occasion to recognise the achievements of women; and calls on the Government to join in this international event and pledge its commitment to gender parity.'

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