2015 in the United Kingdom
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Events from the year 2015 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Incumbents
- Monarch – Elizabeth II
- Prime Minister – David Cameron (Conservative)
Events
January
- 2 January – Buckingham Palace denies "any suggestion of impropriety with underage minors" by Prince Andrew, Duke of York, after he was named in U.S. court documents related to a lawsuit against convicted sex offender, American financier Jeffrey Epstein.[1]
- 3 January – Eight people are reported missing after a cargo vessel, the Cemfjord, capsizes in the Pentland Firth, Scotland.[2][3]
- 4 January – The Höegh Osaka, a Singaporean cargo ship transporting luxury cars, runs aground near the Isle of Wight after it started listing shortly after leaving the Port of Southampton.[4] An investigation is launched.[5]
- 5 January – The Met Office reports that 2014 was the hottest year on record for the UK.[6]
- 6 January –
- Figures from the last three months show that England's A&E waiting time performance has dropped to its worst levels for a decade.[7]
- Comedian and actor Stephen Fry confirms he is to marry his partner, Elliott Spencer.[8] The couple are married two weeks later at a registry office in Norfolk.[9]
- 7 January – The SMMT announce that car sales surged in 2014 with 2.47 million new cars registered; a 9% increase from 2013 and the best annual performance since 2004.[10]
- 9 January –
- Hurricane-force winds cause travel disruption and leave tens of thousands of homes without power across Scotland.[11]
- Circle Holdings, the first private company to operate an NHS hospital, announces plans to withdraw from its contract to run Hinchingbrooke Hospital because it believes the franchise is "no longer viable under current terms".[12]
- Chancellor George Osborne says that tackling terrorism is a "national priority" and security services will get all of the resources they need in light of the recent Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris, and the MI5 confirming that three UK plots had been recently stopped.[13]
- Abu Hamza, the former head of London's Finsbury Park mosque who preached Islamic terrorism, is sentenced to life in prison by a US court.[14]
- 11 January – Major London landmarks, including Trafalgar Square and Tower Bridge, are lit in the colours of the French national flag in tribute to the victims of the recent terrorist attacks in Paris.[15]
- 12 January –
- 19-year old Lewis Daynes who murdered 14-year old Breck Bednar after meeting him online in February 2014, is sentenced to life in prison.[16]
- Security chiefs meet with David Cameron to review the risk of a terrorist attack, similar to the recent attacks in Paris, as the likelihood of such an event becomes greater.[17]
- David Cameron brands Fox News' terror expert a "complete idiot" after he claims that Birmingham is "totally Muslim" and "non-Muslims just simply don't go in".[18]
- 13 January – Figures show that inflation rates fell to 0.5% in December, the joint lowest on record, mainly due to the drop in fuel prices.[19]
- 14 January –
- The Met Office warns that a storm, dubbed "Storm Rachel", will bring snow, ice, rain, floods and gale force winds to the UK.[20] It's after severe heavy snow and gales hit Scotland, and a tornado struck homes in Wales the previous night.[21]
- Ed Miliband, Nick Clegg and Nigel Farage, the three respective leaders of Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the UK Independence Party, have written to Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader David Cameron to say that they will still take part in the planned pre-election televised debates even if he is not present. Cameron had said he would not take part unless the Green Party was included, but the other leaders will call for the various broadcasters holding the debates to include an empty podium, enabling Cameron to be included if he changes his mind.[22]
- 15 January –
- A set of council offices, a funeral parlour, and a thatched cottage are extensively damaged after they are set ablaze due to a spate of arson attacks in South Oxfordshire.[23] A suspect is arrested.[24]
- Ethel Lang, the last person living in the UK who was born in the reign of Queen Victoria, dies at the age of 114.[25]
- 16 January – UK counter-terrorism police warn that members of the Jewish community could be at risk following the recent terror incidents in Paris.[26]
- 21 January –
- Sir John Chilcot says that his report into the Iraq war will be published after the general election. A draft version has been completed, but time is needed for those criticised by the findings of the inquiry to respond.[27]
- The Sun defiantly denies that it is to cease publishing topless women on Page 3 after posting a preview of its next publication featuring topless model Nicole Neal, calling the recent absence of the feature a "mammary lapse".[28]
- 23 January – New proposals are published by the UK's major broadcasters to include the leaders of more political parties in the forthcoming televised debates. The BBC and ITV will now host seven-way debates between the leaders of the Conservatives, Labour, the Liberal Democrats, UK Independence Party, the Green Party, the Scottish National Party and Plaid Cymru. Meanwhile, Channel 4 and Sky will host head-to-head debates between David Cameron and Ed Miliband.[29]
- 24 January –
- David Cameron and HRH Prince Charles fly to Saudi Arabia to pay respects to the late King Abdullah who passed away the previous day.[30]
- UK Independence Party MEP Amjad Bashir defects to the Conservative Party, describing his former party as one of "ruthless self-interest". In response UKIP claims Bashir was suspended from the party over "extremely serious" financial issues, something the MEP dismisses as "absurd and made-up allegations".[31]
- 26 January – The Church of England ordains Libby Lane as their first female bishop, at York Minster.[32]
- 27 January – Helen Macdonald wins the 2014 Costa Book Awards with her autobiography H is for Hawk.[33]
- 28 January – An earthquake of magnitude 3.8 is felt across the East Midlands.[34]
- 30 January – Commemorations are made for the 50th anniversary of Sir Winston Churchill's funeral, including a service at Westminster Abbey, and the retracing of the same boat journey that carried Churchill's coffin along the River Thames in 1965.[35]
- 31 January – The head of the Police Federation expresses his controversial support for all front-line police officers to be offered Tasers in light of the increased terrorism threat to the UK.[36]
February
- 2 February – London's population hits a record high of 8.6m and is forecast to reach 11m by 2050.[37]
- 3 February – MPs approve a controversial new technique to allow babies created from three people. If passed by the House of Lords, the UK will become the first country in the world to offer this medical procedure.[38]
- 4 February –
- The entire cabinet of Rotherham Borough Council announces its intention to resign from office after a report into the Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal concludes the council's handling of the scandal was "not fit for purpose".[39]
- Home Secretary Theresa May appoints New Zealand judge Lowell Goddard to lead a new statutory inquiry into historical child sexual abuse.[40]
- 5 February – Former pop star Gary Glitter is found guilty of sexually abusing three young girls between 1975 and 1980.[41]
- 6 February –
- Huge changes to the NHS in recent years have been "disastrous" and distracted from patient care, a report by the King's Fund says.[42]
- The Investigatory Powers Tribunal rules that GCHQ breached human rights laws by failing to disclose shared full details of information it shared with the United States that was garnered from data from mass internet surveillance.[43]
- 9 February – A child and three adults are killed whilst four others are left seriously injured after a tipper truck crashes down a hill in Bath.[44] An investigation is launched.[45]
- 11 February – The government announces a review into road regulations and maintenance checks in preparation for driverless car technology.[46]
- 13 February
- Former TV weatherman Fred Talbot is convicted of indecently assaulting two boys while he worked at a school in Greater Manchester, and remanded in custody to await sentence. He is cleared of a further eight charges.[47]
- The Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition sign a cross-party, non-partisan agreement to tackle climate change, seek a strong global climate deal, and to end the use of coal for power generation in the UK.[48][49]
- 14 February – Four people are killed following two separate accidents on major motorways; three die after a coach collides with a stationary car on the M1 and one person dies in a forty vehicle pileup on the M40.[50]
- 16 February – A study by King's College, London indicates an increased risk of psychosis among those who smoke potent cannabis.[51]
- 17 February –
- Consumer price inflation fell to 0.3% in January, according to latest official figures, its lowest level since records began.[52]
- Abid Naseer, a man who plotted a terrorist attack on a shopping centre in Manchester in 2009, which would have reportedly only come second to the September 11 attacks in its impact, stands on trial in the U.S.[53]
- Five Britons are amongst the 100 Mars One applicants shortlisted for a one-way trip to Mars to become the first humans to set foot on the planet.[54]
- 18 February – The Metropolitan Police says it will examine video footage appearing to show fans of Chelsea football club preventing a black man from boarding a train on the Paris Metro.[55]
- 20 February – Police appeal for help after it's feared that three London schoolgirls who have gone missing, are heading to Turkey with the intention of crossing the border into Syria and join terror group ISIL.[56]
- 21 February – The government pledges £300m for tackling dementia, aiming to become a "world leader" in research with a global fund to produce new treatments by 2025.[57][58]
- 24 February – Conservative MP Sir Malcolm Rifkind resigns as chair of the Parliamentary Intelligence and Security Committee, and announces he will vacate his seat at the general election following a cash for access scandal.[59]
- 26 February –
- An independent report finds that Jimmy Saville sexually abused 63 people connected to Stoke Mandeville Hospital between 1968 and 1992, but the one formal complaint made was ignored.[60]
- The masked Islamic State militant known as "Jihadi John", responsible for the beheadings of numerous Western hostages, is named as Mohammed Emwazi from West London.[61]
- 27 February – Following his guilty verdict on 5 February, former pop star Gary Glitter is sentenced to 16 years' imprisonment.[62]
March
- 4 March – The stepbrother of 16-year old Becky Watts, a schoolgirl who was reported missing two weeks previously, is charged with her murder after body parts are found at a house in Barton Hill, Bristol.[63]
- 5 March – David Cameron is accused of "cowering" from the public as he confirms that he will only take part in one televised debate ahead of the general election, rejecting proposals for a head-to-head with Labour leader Ed Miliband.[64]
- 6 March –
- A 13-year-old boy pleads guilty to the murder of 53-year old Christopher Barry who was fatally stabbed in Edmonton in December, making him one of the youngest killers in British history.[65]
- The UK's major broadcasters confirm they will press ahead with plans for three television debates, even though David Cameron said he would participate in only one of them.[66]
- 7 March –
- Deputy Prime Minister and Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg says he will take David Cameron's place in the forthcoming television debates if Cameron is unwilling to participate.[67]
- A pitch invasion by Aston Villa fans temporarily halts the club's FA Cup quarter final match against West Bromwich Albion. Several fans run onto the pitch during stoppage time to prematurely celebrate Villa's 2–0 victory over West Bromwich, forcing referee Anthony Taylor to stop the game while order is restored, before hundreds of fans then invade the field on the final whistle. The incident will be investigated by the Football Association.[68][69]
- 8 March – Ed Miliband says that a future Labour government would introduce legislation to make televised debates a permanent feature of future general election campaigns, meaning politicians could not attempt to prevent them from taking place through self-interest.[70]
- 9 March – Thendara Satisfaction, an Irish setter who competed at this year's Crufts, dies after being supposedly poisoned at the Birmingham show.[71] Organisers of the event say sabotage will not be tolerated after rumours that various other dogs were also poisoned this year.[72]
- 10 March –
- Queen Elizabeth II names the new luxury cruise ship Britannia, the largest ever cruise ship designed for the British holiday market.[73]
- TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson is suspended from Top Gear, one of the BBC's most popular and profitable shows, after a "fracas" with a producer. The remainder of the series will be scrapped, the BBC says.[74][75]
- 11 March – The government announces the first NHS patients to be diagnosed through genome sequencing.[76]
- 13 March – Following his guilty verdict on 13 February, former TV weatherman Fred Talbot is sentenced to five years in prison.[77]
- 17 March –
- Chief Superintendent David Duckenfield admits that his failure to shut a tunnel to football terraces was the direct cause of 96 deaths at the Hillsborough disaster in 1989.[78]
- David Cameron confirms he has accepted an offer from the major broadcasters to participate in a seven-way televised debate at the beginning of April. However, the full details of this are yet to be confirmed.[79]
- 19 March – One Briton is confirmed to be amongst the 21 victims killed in the ISIL backed Bardo National Museum shootings in the Tunisian capital, Tunis.[80]
- 20 March –
- A partial solar eclipse occurs, ranging from 85% totality in London and southern England to 98% totality in northern Scotland.[81]
- UKIP MEP and general election candidate Janice Atkinson is suspended from the party after a member of her staff tried to overcharge EU expenses for a restaurant bill. The incident emerges as another UKIP election candidate, Stephen Howe, is suspended amid harassment allegations, and a third, Jonathan Stanley, resigns from the party because of what he alleges to be its "open racism and sanctimonious bullying."[82]
- 21 March – The UK's major broadcasters say they have agreed to hold a seven-party televised leaders debate on 2 April, which will be staged by ITV and chaired by Julie Etchingham. However, there will be no head-to-head between David Cameron and Ed Miliband, with them instead taking part in separate question and answer sessions aired jointly by Sky News and Channel 4 on 26 March. A debate featuring five opposition leaders will air on BBC One on 16 April.[83]
- 22 March – Membership of the Scottish National Party officially crosses the 100,000 mark, meaning that 1 in every 50 of the population of Scotland is now a member.[84]
- 23 March –
- Afzal Amin, the Conservative candidate for Dudley North, resigns from the party after being accused of allegedly conspiring with the English Defence League to win votes.[85]
- David Cameron tells BBC News he will not serve a third term as Prime Minister if the Conservatives are elected to government again.[86]
- Janice Atkinson is expelled from UKIP for "bringing the party into disrepute".[87]
- 24 March – UK inflation fell to zero percent in February, the lowest level since records began, according to official figures.[88]
- 25 March –
- It is confirmed that three Britons were among those killed when an Airbus A320 crashed in the French Alps the previous day, with no survivors.[89]
- Following a two-week investigation into a verbal and physical attack on producer Oisin Tymon, the BBC confirms that Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson has been sacked from the programme.[90]
- 29 March – Police are investigating alleged death threats against BBC Director-General Tony Hall over the decision to sack Jeremy Clarkson from his Top Gear presenting role.[91]
April
- 2 April – The only televised leaders debate to include Prime Minister David Cameron is aired by ITV. The debate features the leaders of the Conservatives, Labour, the Liberal Democrats, UKIP, the Greens, the Scottish National Party and Plaid Cymru.[92]
- 2–7 April – An estimated £200 million-worth of jewels are stolen from Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Ltd, Hatton Garden central London, in a meticulously-planned heist that takes place over the Easter weekend.[93][94] CCTV footage later emerges, at the website of UK newspaper the Daily Mirror, showing the thieves dressed as building workers and using wheelie bins.
- 10 April – Police are investigating after it emerged that they received an emergency call from the scene of the Hatton Garden safety deposit raid, but decided not to respond.[95]
- 11 April –
- Many Clouds, ridden by Leighton Aspell, wins the 2015 Grand National.[96]
- Oxford beat Cambridge in the first Women's Boat Race to be staged alongside the Men's race. Oxford also win the Men's race.[97]
- Tennis player Andy Murray marries his partner Kim Sears at a ceremony in his home town of Dunblane.[98]
- 16 April – The Crown Prosecution Service issues a statement indicating that Labour peer Greville Janner will not face prosecution over allegations of child sexual abuse owing to his poor health.[99][100]
- 21 April – Following a six-week trial, Justin Robertson is jailed for life with a minimum tariff of 32 years for the September 2014 contract killing of Pennie Davis at the behest of her stepson. Benjamin Carr, who paid Robertson £1,500 to carry out the killing, is convicted of conspiracy to murder and will serve at least 30 years.[101]
- 22 April – Supermarket retailer Tesco posts a record £6.4bn annual loss for the year ending in February 2015.[102]
- 26 April –
- More than 38,000 people take part in this year's London Marathon, making it the biggest in the event's 35-year history.[103]
- The government donates £5 million and humanitarian aid to help people affected by the recent earthquake in Nepal, which kills over 6,000 people.[104]
- 27 April –
- The British Red Cross confirms that there are still dozens of Britons who have still not been traced following the earthquake in Nepal two days ago.[105]
- Former Oxfordshire nurse Andrew Hutchinson is jailed for 18 years for a rape, sexual assault and voyeurism case involving unconscious women between 2011 and 2013; two of which that took place at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford.[106]
- 28 April – Figures show that the rate of economic growth halved to 0.3% in the first quarter, marking the slowest quarterly growth in two years.[107]
- 29 April –
- The UK Supreme Court rules that the government must take immediate action to cut air pollution,[108] following a case brought by lawyers at ClientEarth.[109]
- 18-year-old Kazi Islam, who was inspired by the murder of Lee Rigby, is convicted by a jury at the Old Bailey of grooming a vulnerable friend to kill two soldiers, and buying ingredients for a pipe bomb.[110]
- The Foreign Office confirms that a Briton living overseas was among the 6,000 killed in the Nepal earthquake, and it's feared that a further British national has been killed at the Everest Base Camp.[111]
- A blaze causes extensive damage at Clandon Park, a stately home in Surrey.[112]
- 30 April – The three main party leaders, David Cameron, Ed Milliband and Nick Clegg, take part in the final televised debate before the general election on a special edition of Question Time.[113]
May
- 7 May – The United Kingdom local elections and the general election are due to take place.[114]
June
- 30 June – A leap second will occur meaning dials will read 11:59:60 as clocks wait for a second to allow the Earth’s rotation to catch up with atomic time.[115]
September
- 10 September – If still reigning, Queen Elizabeth II will surpass her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria as Britain's longest-reigning monarch.[116]
Births
May
- HRH the Duchess of Cambridge is due to have her second child with HRH the Duke of Cambridge. The baby will be the fourth in line to the throne after its grandfather, father and elder brother.
Deaths
Main article: Deaths in 2015
January
Leon Brittan (1939–2015) in 2011
Ethel Lang (1900–2015), the eighth oldest living person in the world in 2008
Barrie Ingham (1932–2015) in 2011
- 1 January –
- Barbara Atkinson, 88, actress.
- Matthew Cogley, 30, musician and songwriter (Failsafe).
- Fiona Cumming, 77, actress and director (Doctor Who).
- 2 January –
- Danny Dunton, 90, speedway rider and promoter.
- Bob Gilmore, 53, musicologist.
- Roger Kitter, 64, actor ('Allo 'Allo!)
- Derek Minter, 82, Grand Prix motorcycle and short-circuit road racer.
- 3 January – Terence Ranger, 85, historian of Africa.
- 4 January –
- John McPhee, 77, footballer (Blackpool, Motherwell).
- Bernard Williams, 72, film producer (A Clockwork Orange, Ragtime, Star Trek: Generations).
- 5 January –
- Khan Bonfils, 42, actor (Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, Batman Begins, Skyfall).
- Albert Firth, 77, rugby league footballer (Wakefield Trinity).
- Ken Hale, 75, football player and manager.
- Anthony Ledwith, 81, chemist.
- Geoff Truett, 79, footballer (Crystal Palace).
- 6 January –
- Gene Kemp, 88, children's author (The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler).
- Sir Basil John Mason, 91, meteorologist.
- Lance Percival, 81, actor and comedian.
- 7 January –
- Michael Fisher, 68, solicitor.
- Nancy Thomas, 96, television producer (Monitor).
- 8 January –
- Peter Hill, 83, footballer (Coventry City).
- Richard Meade, 76, Olympic equestrian.
- Ray McFall, 88, former The Cavern Club owner.
- 10 January –
- Brian Clemens, 83, screenwriter (Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde) and television producer (The Avengers).
- Roger Wosahlo, 67, footballer (Peterborough).
- 11 January –
- Chic Littlewood, 84, New Zealand television personality.
- Albert McPherson, 87, footballer (Walsall) and coach (West Bromwich Albion).
- 12 January –
- John Bayley, 89, literary critic and writer.
- Steve Gold, 58, computer journalist.
- Paul Morgan, 40, rugby union and rugby league footballer.
- 13 January –
- Sir Jack Hayward, 91, businessman.
- Mike Marqusee, 61, writer and activist.
- Ronnie Ronalde, 91, music hall singer and siffleur.
- Trevor Ward-Davies, 70, bassist (Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich).
- 14 January –
- Danny Malloy, 84, footballer (Cardiff City, Dundee).
- Darren Shahlavi, 42, actor (Arrow, Night at the Museum, Watchmen) and martial artist.
- 15 January –
- Ena Baxter, 90, food manufacturer (Baxters).
- Archibald Kennedy, 8th Marquess of Ailsa, 58, peer, hereditary chief of Clan Kennedy.
- Ethel Lang, 114, last person living in the UK who was born in the reign of Queen Victoria.
- 16 January –
- Bill Dodd, 78, footballer.
- Ted Harrison, 88, painter.
- Tony Ridler, 59, darts player.
- 17 January –
- Ken Furphy, 83, footballer and manager.
- Louis Martin, 78, weightlifter, Olympic silver (1964) and bronze (1960) medalist.
- Terence Miller, 96, palaeontologist.
- 18 January – June Randall, 87, British script supervisor (The Spy Who Loved Me, A Clockwork Orange, The Shining).
- 19 January –
- Anne Kirkbride, 60, actress (Coronation Street).
- Bob Symes, 90, inventor and television presenter.
- 21 January –
- Leon Brittan, 75, politician, Home Secretary (1983–85).
- Martin Honeysett, 71, cartoonist and illustrator.
- Frank Hooley, 91, politician, MP for Sheffield Heeley (1966–1970, 1974–1983).
- Pauline Yates, 85, actress (The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin).
- 22 January –
- Douglas Cromb, 84, football administrator (Hibernian).
- Joan Hinde, 81, trumpeter and entertainer.
- 23 January – Barrie Ingham, 82, actor (The Great Mouse Detective, Doctor Who, A Challenge for Robin Hood).
- 24 January –
- Peter Bridges, 89, Anglican priest, Archdeacon of Southend (1972–1977), Coventry (1977–1983) and Warwick (1983–1990).
- Frances Lennon, 102, artist.
- 25 January –
- Sir Robert Atkinson, 98, businessman and naval officer.
- Pauline Fisk, 66. author.
- Ian Towers, 74, footballer (Burnley, Oldham Athletic).
- 26 January – Lee Spick, 34, snooker player.
- 27 January –
- Roger Cowley, 75, physicist.
- David Landau, 67, journalist and newspaper editor (Haaretz).
- Margot Moir, 55, singer (The Moir Sisters).
- 28 January –
- Francis Bennion, 92, lawyer.
- Tommie Manderson, 102, make-up artist (An Age of Kings, Alien, The Killing Fields).
- Katharine Worth, 92, drama academic.
- 29 January –
- Terry Hollindrake, 80, rugby league player.
- Noel Lister, 87, businessman (MFI Group).
- Danny McCulloch, 69, bassist (The Animals)
- Derek Robertson, 65, footballer (St. Johnstone).
- 30 January –
- Johnny Goodman, 87, television producer.
- Harold Hassall, 85, footballer (Bolton Wanderers).
- John Hopkins, 78, photographer, activist and promoter (Notting Hill Carnival, International Times).
- Howard Norris, 80, rugby union player (Wales national union team, British and Irish Lions).
- Geraldine McEwan, 82, actress (Agatha Christie's Marple).
February
Jeffrey Segal (1920–2015) in 2008
Steve Strange (1959–2015), the lead singer of Visage in 2014
Pamela Cundell (1920–2015) in 2011
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John Davies (1938–2015)
- 1 February –
- Sir Douglas Hague, 88, economist.
- Beryl Platt, Baroness Platt of Writtle, 91, engineer and politician.
- Michael Saward, 82, Anglican priest and hymnist.
- Marie-José Villiers, 98, WWII spy and countess.
- 2 February –
- Roy Little, 83, footballer (Manchester City).
- Sandra Chalmers, 74, broadcaster (Woman's Hour).
- 3 February – Sir Martin Gilbert, 78, historian and biographer, member of the Iraq Inquiry panel.
- 4 February –
- Richard Bonehill, 67, actor and stuntman (Doctor Who, Return of the Jedi).
- Martin Green, 82, writer and publisher.
- 5 February –
- Sir Gordon Linacre, 94, newspaper executive and bomber pilot.
- Jeffrey Segal, 94, actor (Fawlty Towers, Z-Cars).
- 6 February – Carl Cunningham-Cole, ceramic artist.
- 7 February –
- Robert Gavron, Baron Gavron, 84, businessman and philanthropist, Labour life peer.
- Brian Reynolds, 82, cricketer (Northamptonshire).
- 8 February –
- Stan Cowan, 83, rugby league player (Hull).
- Geoff Morris, 66, footballer (Walsall).
- Andrew Rosenfeld, 52, businessman.
- Sir David Watson, 65, academic and educationalist (University of Oxford).
- 9 February –
- Drew McDonald, 59, professional wrestler.
- Nicholas Mackintosh, 79, experimental psychologist.
- Nick Sharkey, 71, footballer (Sunderland).
- 10 February –
- John Fox, 90, composer and conductor.
- Sir William Lawrence, 5th Baronet, 60, peer.
- Tom McQueen, 85, footballer (Accrington Stanley, Hibernian).
- Anne Naysmith, 77, concert pianist.
- 11 February –
- Christopher Greener, 71, basketball player and actor.
- Gus Moffat, 66, football player and coach.
- 12 February –
- Anthony Low, 87, historian.
- Oliver Rackham, 75, landscape ecologist.
- Steve Strange, 55, musician (Visage).
- Mike Thresh, 84, plant pathologist.
- 13 February –
- John McCabe, 75, composer and pianist.
- Hugh Walters, 75, actor.
- 14 February –
- Pamela Cundell, 95, actress (Dad's Army, EastEnders, A Fantastic Fear of Everything).
- Sheila Girling, 90, British artist.
- John D. Hargreaves, 91, historian.
- Alan Howard, 77, actor.
- Richard Perham, 77, molecular biologist.
- 15 February – John Treadgold, 83, Anglican priest, Dean of Chichester (1989–2001).
- 16 February –
- Gavin Clark, 46, singer (UNKLE, Clayhill).
- John Davies, 76, historian.
- Brett Ewins, 59, comic book artist (Judge Dredd, 2000 AD).
- Geoff Morris, 66, footballer (Walsall).
- Sir Robert Wade-Gery, 85, diplomat, High Commissioner to India (1982–1987).
- 17 February – George Mackie, Baron Mackie of Benshie, 95, politician, Liberal Democrat life peer.
- 18 February – Allan Beard, 95, civil servant. (death announced on this date)
- 19 February – Dennis Davis, 88, mountaineer.
- 21 February –
- Meredydd Evans, 95, professor, musician and television producer.
- Sir Anthony Grabham, 84, surgeon and army officer.
- John Knapp-Fisher, 83, painter.
- Christopher Price, 83, politician, MP for Birmingham Perry Barr (1966–1970) and Lewisham West (1974–1983).
- Daniel Topolski, 69, rowing coach and commentator.
- 22 February – Roger Cecil, 72, painter.
- 23 February –
- David Freeman, 86, solicitor.
- Gerald Lockwood, 87, English rugby league player.
- John Rowlands, 76, author and novelist.
- Dave Williams, 72, football player and coach (Newport County).
- Andy King, 72, footballer (Kilmarnock F.C.).
- 24 February –
- Joseph Beltrami, 83, lawyer.
- Geoffrey Owen Whittaker, 83, civil servant, Governor of Anguilla (1987–1989).
- 25 February –
- Terry Gill, 75, actor ("Crocodile" Dundee, Prisoner (TV series), The Flying Doctors).
- Barry Newbery, 88, production designer (Doctor Who).
- Chris Rainbow, 68, rock musician (The Alan Parsons Project).
- Raymond Smallman, 85, metallurgist.
- 26 February –
- Bob Braithwaite, 89, Olympian trap shooter.
- Brian Cumby, 64, British shipwright.
- Sheppard Frere, 98, historian and archaeologist.
- Victor Watson, 86, executive (Waddingtons).
- 27 February – Patrick Whitefield, 66, permaculturist.
- 28 February –
- Clifford Edmund Bosworth, 86, oriental historian.
- Sarah Foot, 75, journalist and author.
March
Terry Pratchett (1948–2015), the author of the acclaimed Discworld series
Dave Mackay (1934–2015) in 2006
Lil' Chris (1990–2015), famed for starring in the reality series Rock School, in 2008
Suzanne Farrington (centre) (1933–2015) in 1950
- 1 March –
- Malcolm Bennett, 56, poet and author.
- William Bowyer, 88, painter.
- Suzanne Farrington, 81, actress.
- Stuart McGrady, 29, footballer (Ayr United, Queen's Park).
- 2 March –
- Dennis Barker, 85, journalist.
- Leslie Chamberlain, 81, English rugby league footballer.
- Dave Mackay, 80, football player and manager (Tottenham Hotspur, Derby County).
- Jem Marsh, 84, automotive engineer, co-founder of Marcos Engineering.
- Mal Peet, 67, author and illustrator.
- 3 March –
- Ernest Braun, 89, academic and author.
- Denis Coe, 86, politician, MP for Middleton and Prestwich (1966–1970).
- Roy McCrohan, 84, footballer (Norwich City).
- 4 March –
- Ray Hatton, 83, author.
- John Simopoulos, 91, philosopher.
- 6 March –
- Mick Clark, 78, rugby league player (Leeds).
- Osi Rhys Osmond, painter and television presenter.
- 7 March – Derek Day, 87, diplomat, Ambassador to Ethiopia (1975–1978) and High Commissioner to Canada (1984–1987).
- 9 March – James Molyneaux, Baron Molyneaux of Killead, 94, Northern Irish Unionist politician.
- 10 March –
- Vic Harris, 69, snooker player.
- Kenneth Smales, 87, cricketer and football administrator.
- Stuart Wagstaff, 90, entertainer.
- John Howard Wilson, 85, rugby union player.
- 11 March –
- Christopher Morris, 72, accountant.
- Harri Pritchard Jones, 81, writer, critic, and psychiatrist.
- 12 March –
- Terry Pratchett, 66, author (Discworld series).
- Alice Teichova, 94, economic historian.
- Sir Jerry Wiggin, 78, politician, MP for Weston-super-Mare (1969–1997).
- 13 March –
- Lilian Bader, 97, WAAF aircraftwoman and teacher.
- Jenifer Haselgrove, 84, physicist and computer scientist.
- 14 March –
- L. S. Cousins, 72, scholar in Buddhist studies.
- Rosalind Dallas, 66, television graphic designer.
- Milton Huddart, 54, English rugby league footballer (Whitehaven).
- 15 March –
- Robert Clatworthy, 87, sculptor.
- Fritz Wegner, 90, illustrator.
- 16 March –
- Stuart Croft, 45, filmmaker and educator.
- Andy Fraser, 62, musician (John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, Free) and songwriter ("All Right Now", "Every Kinda People").
- 17 March – Bob Appleyard, 90, cricketer (Yorkshire, national team).
- 18 March – Shaw Taylor, 90, actor and television presenter.
- 19 March –
- David Harrison, 88, zoologist (Harrison Institute).
- Peter Katin, 84, pianist.
- Joy Tamblin, 89, WRAF officer.
- 20 March –
- Mary Clarke, 91, dance critic.
- Eddie Mulheron, 72, footballer (Clyde, Durban United).
- 21 March –
- John Dymoke, 88, noble, Queen's Champion.
- John Walter Guerrier Lund, 102, psychologist.
- Sir Hal Miller, 86, politician, Member of Parliament (1974–1992).
- Sir James Spicer, 89, politician, MP for West Dorset (1974–1997).
- Jackie Trent, 74, singer-songwriter and actress.
- Robert Williams, 89, chemist.
- 22 March –
- Derek Chinnery, 89, radio controller (BBC Radio 1).
- Anthony Garner, 88, political organiser.
- Helen Landis, 92, singer and actress.
- 23 March –
- Lil' Chris, 24, singer-songwriter, actor, and television personality.
- Roy Douglas, 107, composer.
- 24 March – R. Geraint Gruffydd, 86, celtist.
- 25 March –
- Martyn Goff, 91, bookseller, administrator of the Man Booker Prize.
- Jimmy McGill (footballer, born 1946), 68, footballer (Huddersfield Town, Hull City).
- Allen Sheppard, Baron Sheppard of Didgemere, 82, industrialist and politician.
- Ron Suart, 94, football player and manager (Chelsea).
- 26 March –
- Anne Bannister, 78, psychotherapist.
- Albert Irvin, 92, abstract artist.
- Ian Moir, 71, footballer (Manchester United, Wrexham).
- John Renbourn, 70, guitarist (Pentangle).
- 27 March – Anthony Scrivener, lawyer.
- 28 March –
- Joseph Cassidy, 60, Anglican priest and academic, Principal of St Chad's College.
- Josie Jones, 57, singer (The Mighty Wah!).
- Ronald Stevenson, 87, composer and pianist.
- 29 March –
- Romany Bain, 91, show-business journalist.
- Gerry Hardstaff, 75, cricket player.
- Peter Tarsey, 77, Olympic diver (1956).
- 31 March –
- Ricky Marsh, 88, journalist.
- Dalibor Vesely, 79, architectural historian.
April
Cynthia Lennon (1939–2015) in 2010
Hayley Okines (1997–2015), a girl with the extremely rare ageing disease progeria
Ronnie Carroll (1934–2015), at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1962
Keith Harris (1947–2015), with his famous Orville the Duck
- 1 April –
- Cynthia Lennon, 75, wife of John Lennon (1962–1968).
- Dave Ball, 65, musician (Procol Harum).
- 2 April –
- Hayley Okines, 17, progeria campaigner.
- Dennis Marks, 66, television producer and music director.
- 3 April –
- Michael Birkett, 2nd Baron Birkett, 85, hereditary peer and film producer.
- Nigel Boocock, 77, speedway rider.
- Andrew Porter, 86, music critic.
- Chris Plumridge, 70, golf writer.
- Robert Rietti, 92, actor.
- 4 April –
- Bill Ellerington, 91, footballer (Southampton).
- Sir John Read, 97, executive.
- 5 April –
- Maurice Fenner, 86, cricketer.
- Sargy Mann, 77, painter.
- 6 April –
- Dave Ulliott, 61, professional poker player.
- Alan Wilson, 94, cricketer (Lancashire County Cricket Club).
- 7 April –
- Tom Coyne, 84, news broadcaster and television presenter (Top Gear).
- Harry Dowd, 76, footballer (Manchester City).
- Dickie Owen, 88, actor (Zulu).
- 8 April –
- Billy Ronson, 58, footballer.
- Ion Trewin, 71, editor, publisher and author.
- 9 April –
- Alexander Dalgarno, 87, physicist.
- Moira Gemmill, 55, designer.[117]
- 10 April –
- Ronald Hambleton, 97, broadcaster and music critic (Toronto Star).
- Margaret Rule, 86, archaeologist.
- 11 April –
- Gary Carswell, 45, motorcyclist.
- Peter Jones, 95, WWII army officer.
- Sheila Kitzinger, 86, natural childbirth activist.
- Viv Nicholson, 79, football pools winner.
- 13 April –
- Ronnie Carroll, 80, singer and political candidate.
- Claire Gordon, 74, actress (Konga, Beat Girl).
- 14 April – Kathrine Sorley Walker, 95, ballet critic.
- 15 April – Margaret Harrison, 96, peace campaigner.
- 16 April – Tommy Preston, 82, footballer (Hibernian).
- 17 April –
- Brian Couzens, 82, music industry executive (Chandos Records).
- Peter Graham, 60, cricketer.
- Keith Shackleton, 92, painter and television presenter.
- 18 April – Sir Christopher Alan Bayly, 69, historian.
- 19 April –
- Sir Raymond Carr, 96, historian.
- Tom McCabe, 60, politician, Minister for Finance and Public Service Reform (2004–2007).
- Michael J. D. Powell, 78, mathematician.
- 20 April –
- Roy Mason, 91, politician.
- Peter Howell, 96, actor (Emergency – Ward 10, The Lord of the Rings, The Prisoner).
- 21 April – Dave Walker, 73, footballer (Burnley, Southampton).
- 22 April –
- Dick Balharry, 77, conservationist.
- Desmond Boal, 85, lawyer and politician.
- Robert Penfold, 98, British Army general, general manager of the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club (1972–1979).
- Rex Robinson, 89, actor (Doctor Who, Yes Minister, Only Fools and Horses).
- 23 April – Sir Philip Carter, 87, football director (Everton).
- 24 April – Ken Birch, 81, footballer (Bangor City).
- 25 April –
- Arthur Brittenden, 90, newspaper editor.
- Richard West, 84, journalist and author.
- Colin Bloomfield, 33, radio presenter (BBC Radio Derby).
- 27 April – Chris Turner, 64, football player and manager (Peterborough).
- 28 April – Keith Harris, 67, ventriloquist.
See also
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