PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
40th anniversary of the killings at Darkley (20 November 2023)

Motion Details

That this House remembers the Darkley massacre of 20 November 1983, in which three Republican gunmen attacked worshippers at the Mountain Lodge Pentecostal Church, murdering three members; expresses its sorrow at the loss of life of Harold Brown, Victor Cunningham, and David Wilson in what was a blatant sectarian motivated attack; remembers all those innocent victims of the attack and their families on this 40th anniversary of the attack; and reiterates its opposition to sectarianism, terrorism and the glorification of such actions by terrorists

Sponsored by:
Carla Lockhart (Democratic Unionist Party)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Democratic Unionist Party
4
57%
 
 
Conservative
2
29%
 
 
Independent
1
14%
 
Sponsor List (7 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Con
Bob Blackman
Harrow East
Ind
Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson
DUP
Paul Girvan
DUP
Carla Lockhart (Sponsor)
Upper Bann
Con
Sir Mike Penning
DUP
Gavin Robinson
Belfast East
DUP
Jim Shannon
Strangford

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