Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Alex Sobel (Labour), on Monday, 15 September 2025, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 8 members in total.

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Barry Winter

That this House recognises the pioneering political and intellectual work over seven decades as a writer and organiser of Barry Winter who was a leading light in the Independent Labour Party and from 1975 Independent Labour Publications, a respected pressure group within the Labour Party; notes that he contributed to increased understanding of issues as varied as the importance of the Italian theorist, Antonio Gramsci, the murderous nature of Stalinism in the Spanish civil war, the iniquities of the poll tax, and the diminishing authority of local government; further notes that he and his colleagues did much to improve left-wing understanding of the complexities of the Troubles in Northern Ireland that added to the power of grassroots organisations to help advance the Good Friday Agreement in 1998; further recognises that his widely respected kindness, decency, and openness made him a popular friend and mentor, especially in his university work in Leeds; and believes that his life well spent deserves wider appreciation.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1916 

Session

2024-26

Other sponsors

Jim Shannon

Jon Trickett

Euan Stainbank

Richard Burgon

Chris Hinchliff

Subjects

Winter, Barry

Link

View this Early day motion on edm.parliament.uk