MPs fall silent as Jess Phillips lists the names of women killed by men in the last 12 months

Nearly one in five women killed by men in the UK over the past year are suspected to have been murdered by their own sons, according to new data presented in Parliament.

The stark figures emerged as Labour MP Jess Phillips read out the names of 108 women killed in the past 12 months during the annual International Women’s Day debate in the UK Parliament.

Among them were 19 mothers whose sons are suspected of their deaths — the highest number recorded in more than 16 years of tracking by the Femicide Census project.

A grim roll call in Parliament

Phillips’ reading of the names has become a yearly ritual intended to force lawmakers to confront the scale of violence against women.

It again required special permission to exceed the normal speaking time for MPs. Addressing the chamber, she warned that women and girls are facing abuse and violence “in every part” of the country.

“The scale of violence against women and girls shames our society,” she said.

Matricide emerges as a growing threat

Researchers behind the Counting Dead Women initiative say the rising number of mothers killed by their sons is deeply alarming.

Co-founder Clarrie O’Callaghan said many of the perpetrators had histories of violence or abuse in previous relationships before moving back into family homes.

Mental illness, substance misuse and housing instability are frequently cited factors. Yet she warned that older women are rarely recognised as being at risk of fatal violence from their own children.

Warnings ignored for years

Analysis by the Femicide Census previously found that more than 170 mothers were killed by their sons between 2009 and 2021.

Despite years of warnings, campaigners say no national strategy has directly addressed the risk of matricide.

“There are few dedicated services for older women in the UK,” O’Callaghan said, warning the problem remains largely invisible to policymakers.

Government promises action — critics demand more

The Home Office has pledged new oversight of recommendations from domestic homicide reviews, which examine killings within family or domestic settings.

But campaigners argue the government’s wider Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy lacks sufficient funding to meet its goal of halving such violence within a decade.

For Phillips, the annual reading of the names is a reminder that the stakes are measured in lives already lost — and those still at risk.

Sons were suspects in nearly one in five cases of women killed by men in UK in past year

U.K Woman can be confrontational and annoying .

That is the problem that needs to be addressed

Yeah, if you needed any more signs of the degradation of the human race.

7 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

U.K Woman can be confrontational and annoying .

That is the problem that needs to be addressed

I had difficult parents.

And so .... you just deal with it and still look after them.

People are getting stupider and crazier.

Story lacks information about ethnicity of the murderers.

3 minutes ago, FlorC said:

Story lacks information about ethnicity of the murderers.

Statistics for the year ending March 2025:

Domestic Homicide Totals: There were 111 domestic homicides in the year ending March 2025. Of these victims, 75 were women and 36 were men.

• General Victim Ethnicity:

  • White: 70% (367 victims).

  • Black: 14% (73 victims). This group saw a 25% decrease in victimisation compared to the previous year.

  • Asian: 7% (39 victims).

• Perpetrator Trends: For the three years to March 2025, approximately 61% of convicted homicide suspects were White, 24% were Black, and 8% were Asian.

• Regional Disparity: London remains the only region where homicide victims are more likely to be from the Black ethnic group (42%) compared to the rest of England and Wales (10%).

  GOV.UK +3

ethnic background of cases of matricide in UK last year - Google Search

31 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

U.K Woman can be confrontational and annoying .

That is the problem that needs to be addressed

Straight to the victim blaming.

30 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

U.K Woman can be confrontational and annoying .

That is the problem that needs to be addressed

This is a very disturbing post. Do you honestly believe this? And that being confrontational and annoying deserves execution? Do you have any evidence that this was the situation in the 19 cases of matricide in the UK in the past year?

1 hour ago, bannork said:

Statistics for the year ending March 2025:

Domestic Homicide Totals: There were 111 domestic homicides in the year ending March 2025. Of these victims, 75 were women and 36 were men.

• General Victim Ethnicity:

  • White: 70% (367 victims).

  • Black: 14% (73 victims). This group saw a 25% decrease in victimisation compared to the previous year.

  • Asian: 7% (39 victims).

• Perpetrator Trends: For the three years to March 2025, approximately 61% of convicted homicide suspects were White, 24% were Black, and 8% were Asian.

• Regional Disparity: London remains the only region where homicide victims are more likely to be from the Black ethnic group (42%) compared to the rest of England and Wales (10%).

  GOV.UK +3

ethnic background of cases of matricide in UK last year - Google Search

I used the word : ethnicity for a reason . From wiki :

An ethnicity or ethnic group is a group of humans who identify with each other on the basis of perceived shared attributes that distinguish them from other groups. Attributes that ethnicities believe to share include language, culture, common sets of ancestry, traditions, society, religion, history, or social treatment. Ethnicities are maintained through long-term endogamy and may have a narrow or broad spectrum of genetic ancestry, with some groups having mixed genetic ancestry

I did not ask for black/white/asian.

Well I suggest you look for the answers yourself. Plenty of information out there online.

2 hours ago, FlorC said:

I used the word : ethnicity for a reason . From wiki :

An ethnicity or ethnic group is a group of humans who identify with each other on the basis of perceived shared attributes that distinguish them from other groups. Attributes that ethnicities believe to share include language, culture, common sets of ancestry, traditions, society, religion, history, or social treatment. Ethnicities are maintained through long-term endogamy and may have a narrow or broad spectrum of genetic ancestry, with some groups having mixed genetic ancestry

I did not ask for black/white/asian

"I did not ask for black/white/asian"

All the forms I have ever filled out asking for ethnicity have offered me the choice of White, Black, Asian, etc or "prefer not to say".

What were you hoping for....... Romanian Gypsy Zorastrian? Mongolian Nomad Animist? Andaman Islander Ancestor Worshipper?

What Wikipedia has to say about ethnicity means **** all in the context of real world definitions of ethnicity when compiling and presenting social study statistics concerning matricide in the UK.

Before I give my tuppence worth this is merely my theory with no hard evidence.

My ex sister in law had a son who was heavily into drugs and he became paranoid people were out to get him usually mothers are the last to abandon there children through cannabis many become schizophrenic ( if you have this tendency drugs will just enhance this)

So because families are often easiest victims for junkies even murder will be the same easy targets for disturbed minds

8 minutes ago, Dave0206 said:

Before I give my tuppence worth this is merely my theory with no hard evidence.

My ex sister in law had a son who was heavily into drugs and he became paranoid people were out to get him usually mothers are the last to abandon there children through cannabis many become schizophrenic ( if you have this tendency drugs will just enhance this)

So because families are often easiest victims for junkies even murder will be the same easy targets for disturbed minds

An example of what you're saying is the murder of Rob Reiner and his wife by their son.

Psychiatrists warned them about their son's state of mind but they brushed any concerns off saying they knew their son best.

Is this an imported alien culture problem like 1st cousin marriages & the epidemic of inbred disabilities, or is this actually a British thing? Is "British" even a thing these days?

2 hours ago, SunnyinBangrak said:

Is this an imported alien culture problem like 1st cousin marriages & the epidemic of inbred disabilities, or is this actually a British thing? Is "British" even a thing these days?

Parade your ignorance why don’t you?!

First cousin marriage is not an ‘alien culture problem’ in the UK, it’s been practiced in the UK for centuries:

https://www.readersdigest.com.au/culture/12-royals-who-married-their-relatives

5 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Parade your ignorance why don’t you?!

First cousin marriage is not an ‘alien culture problem’ in the UK, it’s been practiced in the UK for centuries:

https://www.readersdigest.com.au/culture/12-royals-who-married-their-relatives

You provide 2 examples of first cousin marriage .

One marriage from 1840 and the other marriage from 1795 !!!!

Two marriages from over 400 years go to show 1 st cousin marriages in the UK are common ?????

There are a lot of Norman Bates' around, and many more children that just hate their parents, but it's severe mental illness along with a dysfunctional mother-child relationship that has this happen most times. Like Norma Bates, a twisted so-dependence has the child too dependent on the mother, which turns to anger in puberty.

These relationships usually have abuse of some sort, along with over protection, not allowing the child to be their own selves, or to socialize. It's usually in a home where the father isn't doing much, dominated by the mother, or absent entirely. The ones that kill look at it as a liberation from a prison environment.

Happens often in Thailand, a lot involving parricide, where an abused child just goes off after suffering for years the abuse from his parents, or never taught how to handle anger without violence. Spoiling also has this happen. The lack of enough mental care facilities and that loss of face has many not seeking help here, until this happens. Domestic violence here isn't looked at the same as it is in the west, often ignored by police until the fatal episode.

15 hours ago, save the frogs said:

I had difficult parents.

And so .... you just deal with it and still look after them.

People are getting stupider and crazier.

Violence is down per capita. Cannibals don't exist anymore.

15 hours ago, save the frogs said:

Yeah, if you needed any more signs of the degradation of the human race.

15 hours ago, Nick Carter icp said:

U.K Woman can be confrontational and annoying .

That is the problem that needs to be addressed

All white women are bad. In their genes and society teaches them to steal from men. But murder is worse.

More Labour government gaslighting. Any stats they can find that show illegal immigrants are not the problem will be highlighted in parliament to mask the real issues of concern to most people.

Womens Day should have been about the growth of a misogynistic religion and the covering up of the grooming gang scandal, but instead they trawled up some stats about an issue where the government is powerless to have any impact.