Members of Parliament Who Have Been Accidentally Killed
| Title/Rank | Name known by while in Commons | Born | Killed | Political Party | MP's Seat | Offices Held |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lord | Richard Barry, 7th Earl of Barrymore | 1789 | 1793 (accidentally shot himself) | Heytesbury (1791–death) | ||
| Lieut-Col | Frank Heilgers | 1892 | 1944 (train crash) | Conservative | Bury St Edmunds (1931–death) | |
| Sir | William Allen | 1866 | 1947 (Hit by lorry) | Ulster Unionist Party | Armagh (1922–death) | |
| Mr | William Huskisson | 1770 | 1830 (killed by train) | Conservative | Liverpool (1823–death) | President of the Board of Trade (1823–1827) Secretary of State for War (1827–1828) |
| Mr | Alfred Dobbs | 1882 | 1945 (car accident) | Labour | Smethwick (1945-death) | Chairman of Labour Party (1943–1943) |
| Mr | Anthony Crossley | 1903 | 1939 (plane crash) | Conservative | Stretford (1935–death) | |
| Mr | Francis Beattie | 1885 | 1945 (Car accident) | Unionist Party (Scotland) | Glasgow Cathcart (1942–death) | |
| Mr | John Jagger | 1872 | 1942 (motorcycle accident) | Labour | Manchester Clayton (1935–death) | |
| Mr | James Walker | 1883 | 1945 (road accident) | Labour | Motherwell(1935–death) | |
| Mr | Richard Fort | 1907 | 1959 (car accident) | Conservative | Clitheroe (1950-death) | |
| Mr | Luke Thompson | 1867 | 1941 (killed by winch) | Conservative | Sunderland (1931–1935) | |
| Mr | Evan Durbin | 1906 | 1948 (drowned) | Labour | Edmonton (1945–1948) | Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Works, 1947–1948 |
| Mr | David Penhaligon | 1944 | 1986 (car accident) | Liberal | Truro (1974-death) | President of Liberal Party, 1985-1986 |
| Rt Hon | Joseph Westwood | 1884 | 1948 (car accident) | Labour | Stirling and Falkirk (1935–death) | Secretary of State for Scotland 1945–1947 |
| Viscount | Antony Bulwer-Lytton | 1903 | 1933 (plane crash) | Conservative | Hitchin (1931–death) |
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