Editing Tony Benn (section)

==Plaques==
During his final years in Parliament, Benn placed three plaques within the [[Houses of Parliament]]. Two are in a room between the Central Lobby and [[Strangers' Gallery]] that holds a permanent display about the [[suffragette]]s.<ref>{{cite web|title=Suffragettes display|url=http://www.parliament.uk/visiting/exhibitions-and-events/exhibitions/suffragettes/|work=www.parliament.uk|publisher=UK Parliament|access-date=12 February 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015074122/http://www.parliament.uk/visiting/exhibitions-and-events/exhibitions/suffragettes/|archive-date=15 October 2013}}</ref> The first was placed in 1995. The second was placed in 1996 and is dedicated to all who work within the Houses of Parliament.

The third is dedicated to [[Emily Wilding Davison]], who died for the cause of [[Elections in the United Kingdom|"Votes for women"]], and was placed in the broom cupboard next to the Undercroft Chapel, where Davison is said to have hidden during the night of the [[Census in the United Kingdom|1911 census]] in order to establish her address as the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]].<ref name="NZBenn's secret tribute to suffragette martyr">{{cite news|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article6529773.ece|title=Benn's secret tribute to suffragette martyr|access-date=3 November 2011|work= BBC News|date=17 March 1999}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Plaque to Emily Wilding Davison|url=http://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/transformingsociety/electionsvoting/womenvote/case-study-emily-wilding-davison/ewd/tony-benn-plaque|work=www.parliament.uk|publisher=Uk Parliament|access-date=12 February 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222220733/http://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/transformingsociety/electionsvoting/womenvote/case-study-emily-wilding-davison/ewd/tony-benn-plaque/|archive-date=22 February 2014}}</ref>

In 2011, Benn unveiled a plaque in [[Highbury]], North London, to commemorate the [[Peasants' Revolt]] of 1381.<ref name="NZTony Benn to unveil Islington People's Plaque commemorating the Peasants' Revolt">{{cite news|url=http://www.islington.gov.uk/Council/CouncilNews/PressOffice/2011/06/PR4430.asp|title=Tony Benn to unveil Islington People's Plaque commemorating the Peasants' Revolt|first=Caroline|last=Horrocks|access-date=3 November 2011|work=Islington Borough Council|date=2 June 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113003305/http://www.islington.gov.uk/Council/CouncilNews/PressOffice/2011/06/PR4430.asp|archive-date=13 January 2012}}</ref>