Names of 120 women murdered in UK in past 12 months read out to Commons to mark International Women's Day

Jess Phillips, MP

MP Jess Phillips today stood up in the House of Commons to read out the name of each and every one of the 120 women murdered in the UK in the past 12 months.

Since the last International Women's Day, an average of one woman has been murdered every three days - with their killers commonly partners or members of their family.

"These were women who were every age - they were teachers, dinner ladies, doctors, dancers and daughters," Ms Phillips said, having read out the names collected by the Counting Dead Women project.

"Their perpetrators were not feckless drunks, they were respected fathers, city bankers, emminent lawyers.

"Violence against women has no one face. We must do better."

MPs broke out into applause as she finished her speech, and before allowing the discussion to continue, Speaker John Bercow said he had been "moved" by what he had heard.

The list as read out by Jess Phillips:

  • Lucy Ayris, 25

  • Alison Wilson, 36

  • Janet Muller, 21

  • Melissa Liddle,23

  • Sarah Pollock, 41

  • Jill Goldsmith, 49

  • Zaneta Balazova, 23

  • Cecilia Powell, 95

  • Marian Smith, 74

  • Violet Price, 80

  • Karen Buckley, 24

  • Susan Davenport, 63

  • Sandra Thomas, 57

  • Sarah Fox, 27

  • Bernadette Fox, 57

  • Aileen Bell, 60

  • Frances Cleary-Senior, 49

  • Tracey Woodford, 47

  • Mariola Cudworth, 36

  • Anna Rosenberg, 43

  • Wendy Milligan, 46

  • Gloria Perring, 76

  • Mahala Rhodes,42

  • Marta Ligman, 23

  • Emma Crowhurst, 36

  • Joanna Doman, 55

  • Shiggi Rethishkumar, 35

  • Neya Rethishkumar, 13

  • Niya Rethishkumar, 13

  • Grace Kissell, 33

  • Jan Jordon, 48

  • Ramute Butkiene, 42

  • Anne Dunkley, 67

  • Phyllis Hayes, 65

  • Nazia Akhtar, 31

  • Nadia Khan, 24

  • Jennifer Edwards, 45

  • Stacey Henderson, 35

  • Rita Stephens, 67

  • Jennifer Williams, 25

  • Amy Smith, 17

  • Anita Kapoor, 34

  • Linda Norcup, 46

  • Lisa Anthony, 47

  • Ava Anthony, 14

  • Lorraine Barwell, 54

  • Laura Davies, 21

  • Tracey Baker, 42

  • Florisse Corette, 81

  • Isobel (known as Becky) Parker, 23

  • Gillian Phillips, 54

  • Amal Abdi, 21

  • Jenny Foote, 38

  • Miriam Nyazema, 35

  • Denisa Silman, 25

  • Jennifer Dornan, 30

  • Jan Bennett, 67

  • Laura Holden, 36

  • Elife Beqa, 34

  • Katelyn Parker, 24

  • Elizabeth Nnyanzi, 31

  • Wendy Mann, 26

  • Lauren Masters, 20

  • Samantha Ho, 39

  • Natalia Strelchenko, 38

  • Julie Collier, 55

  • Karen Reid, 53

  • Petra Atkinson, 42

  • Anne Marrie Cropper, 47

  • Nicola Cross, 37

  • Shelley Saxton-Cooper, 45

  • Sarrah Garba, 27

  • Jourdain John-Baptiste, 22

  • Maxine Showers, 42

  • Helen Lancaster, 54

  • Malgorzata Marczak, 29

  • Usha Patel, 44

  • Leighanne Cameron, 29

  • Imelda Molina, 49

  • Kerry Reeves, 26

  • Christine Tunnicliffe-Massey, 57

  • Bianca Shepherd, 58

  • Barbara Barniecka, 43

  • Kayleigh Haywood, 15

  • Susan Mitchelson, 45

  • Kelly Pearce, 36

  • Jean Robertson, 85

  • Wendy Goodman, 48

  • Josephine Williamson, 83

  • Sian Roberts, 36

  • Hilda Mary Oakland, 71

  • Ravinder Jutla, 43

  • Jackie Abbott, 54

  • Lija Aroustamova, 52

  • Mumtaz Member, 56

  • Sian Blake, 43

  • Kathleen Griffin, 57

  • Mambero Ghebreflafie, 22

  • Daria Pionko, 21

  • Katie Locke, 23

  • Rita King, 81

  • Marjorie Elphick, 83

  • Katy Rourke, 25

  • Katrina O'Hara, 44

  • Georgina Symonds, 25

  • Lisa Lyttle, 49

  • Andrea Lewis, 51

  • India Chipchase 20

  • Guida Rufino, 38

  • Elidona Demiraj, 25

  • Geraldine Newman, 51

  • Caroline Andrews, 52

  • Sheila Jefferson, 73

  • Leanne Wall, 36

  • Jessica McGraa, 37

  • Maria Byrne, 35

  • Lisa Reynolds, 30

  • Natasha Bradbury, 28

  • Julie Hill, 51

  • Rose Hill, 75