2016 in the United Kingdom explained
Events from the year 2016 in the United Kingdom. The year was dominated by the UK's vote to leave the European Union and the subsequent political fallout.
Incumbents
Events
January
- 4 January – As strong winds and heavy rain continue to batter parts of Scotland, more than 30 flood warnings are issued by SEPA.[1]
- 6 January – Labour MPs Jonathan Reynolds and Stephen Doughty quit over the sacking of the shadow Europe minister Pat McFadden, after party leader Jeremy Corbyn reshuffles his shadow cabinet and makes controversial changes within his team.[2]
- 11 January
- 12 January – Junior doctors in England providing non-emergency care strike for 24 hours in a dispute with Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt over pay and working hours.[5]
- 14 January
- The gang of "brazen burglars" involved in the £14m Hatton Garden jewellery heist, dubbed the "largest burglary in English legal history", face jail after the final three are convicted of involvement.[6]
- The Metropolitan Police announce that an extra 600 armed officers are to be trained and patrols more than doubled to help counter the threat of a terrorist attack in London.[7]
- 15 January – Tim Peake conducts the first spacewalk by an "official" British astronaut, stepping outside an ISS airlock.[8]
- 20 January – Unemployment rates fall to 5.1%, their lowest level in almost a decade, but figures show that wage growth has slowed.[9]
- 21 January
- An inquiry finds that the murder of British ex-Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko in 2006 in London was "probably" approved by Russian President Vladimir Putin.[10]
- Figures show that murders and killings in England and Wales have increased to their highest level for five years, largely due to an abnormally high number of deaths in June when 75 people were killed.[11]
- 28 January – After three weeks of appeals, Camelot receive a "valid claim" for the record breaking £33m Lotto jackpot prize drawn on 9 January.[12]
- 29 January – The last Land Rover Defender rolls off the production line at Solihull, ending 68 years of production.[13]
February
- 1 February – Scientists are given the go-ahead by regulators to genetically modify human embryos which were to be destroyed in seven days.[14]
- 3 February – The High Court gives permission for Lord Lucan to be declared dead, and for a death certificate to be issued 42 years after his disappearance.[15]
- 8 February – Storm Imogen hits the United Kingdom, causing thousands of power outages and structural damage across the country, along with disruption for many commuters.[16]
- 10 February – Junior doctors walk out in their second recent strike over Saturday working arrangements, causing disruption to medical services.[17]
- 12 February – After many years as print newspapers, it is announced that the UK newspapers The Independent and the Independent on Sunday will cease to print and become online-only at the end of March.[18] Its stablemate, the i, will be sold to Johnston Press.[19]
- 16 February – BBC Three becomes the first UK television network to become online only, having broadcast for its final night after 13 years as a television channel.[20]
- 20 February – David Cameron announces that the United Kingdom will hold a referendum on the United Kingdom's membership of the European Union on 23 June.[21]
- 21 February – Mayor of London Boris Johnson announces he is to campaign for the UK to leave the European Union.[22]
- 22 February – The pound hits its lowest level against the dollar, falling down as much as 2.4%, in almost seven years amid concerns about a possible exit from the European Union.[23]
March
- 7 March – Official tourist figures for 2015 show the British Museum remains the most popular attraction in the United Kingdom.[24]
- 9 March
- Four of the gang of "brazen burglars" involved in the Hatton Garden jewellery heist are sentenced to seven years' imprisonment, while a fifth is given six years.[25]
- Junior doctors strike for the third time over new contracts, with NHS England saying that more than 5,000 operations have been cancelled as a result.[26]
- 16 March – Chancellor George Osborne announces the Budget for 2016 and the year ahead.[27]
- 18 March – Iain Duncan Smith resigns as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions claiming that he came under pressure from the Treasury to "salami slice" welfare, and voicing his objection to £4bn of planned cuts to disability benefits announced in the Budget.[28] Duncan Smith is succeeded in the post by Stephen Crabb.[29]
- 19 March – England win the Six Nations Grand Slam (rugby union) — their first since 2003.[30]
- 21 March – Brian Reader, the ringleader in the Hatton Garden jewellery heist, and the last of the gang to be sentenced, is given more than six years in jail.[31]
- 22 March – Transgender fell-runner Lauren Jeska attempts to murder UK Athletics official Ralph Knibbs, stabbing him multiple times in Birmingham. Jeska had feared her records and ability to compete in women's events would be investigated due to the unfair advantage she had from being born male.[32]
- 23 March – Drivers on London Underground's Piccadilly line go on strike for 24 hours over bullying allegations.[33]
- 28 March – Storm Katie rips through parts of the United Kingdom through the Easter weekend and many parts of the country suffer damage. The storm causes disruption with many flights cancelled or diverted as a result.[34]
- 30 March – British steel maker Tata Steel reports that it will sell off its British operations in a move to save money, leaving many thousands of jobs at risk, including those at the large Port Talbot steelworks in Wales.[35]
- 31 March
- Prime Minister David Cameron cuts short his spring break to return to the UK for an emergency meeting with ministers on the planned closure of the Tata Steel works.[36]
- This Morning agony aunt Denise Robertson dies aged 83 after a short battle with pancreatic cancer having been diagnosed in early 2016.
- Ferrybridge Power Station in West Yorkshire closes after 50 years of electricity generation to make way for a greener future after major fire destroyed part of the plant on 31 July 2014.
April
- 1 April – A new National Living Wage comes into force in the United Kingdom, requiring employers to pay all workers over 25 years old at least £7.20 per hour.[37]
- 6 April – The 2016 Dog Microchipping Legislation comes into force, requiring every dog in England, Scotland and Wales to be micro-chipped if they are over eight weeks old. The law was already introduced in Northern Ireland in 2012.[38]
- 7 April – A junior doctors' strike over pay disputes enters its second day, with over 5,000 operations and procedures being postponed.[39]
- 10 April – English golfer Danny Willett wins the 2016 Masters Tournament, the first time a Briton has won the tournament since Nick Faldo in 1996.[40]
- 13 April – Stoke Gifford Parish Council in Gloucestershire votes to charge the weekly Little Stoke Parkrun event for use of its park, becoming the first in the UK to do so. The move is wildly condemned.[41]
- 14 April – In the final report following the Shoreham Airshow disaster in August 2015, the Civil Aviation Authority tightens the rules of all future airshows over safety fears.[42]
- 15 April – The European Union membership referendum campaign gets underway in the UK as both sides prepare to persuade voters to decide whether they want to leave or remain in the EU when the referendum takes place in June.[43]
- 16 April – Thousands of people take part in a protest against austerity cuts in central London, including the Shadow Chancellor, John McDonnell.[44]
- 21 April
- Welsh Footballer Ched Evans has his 2012 conviction for rape quashed by the Court of Appeal. Evans had been wrongly imprisoned for two and half years, a retrial was ordered to take place in October.[45]
- Queen Elizabeth II marks her 90th birthday.
- 26 April
May
June
- 1 June – Archaeologists announce identification of one of the Roman Bloomberg tablets found during 2010–13 excavations in advance of construction of new Bloomberg London offices in the City of London as the oldest known hand-written document in the United Kingdom, dating back to AD 57.[52]
- 12 June – UEFA threatens to disqualify England from Euro 2016 after "totally unacceptable" violent hooliganism between England and Russia fans during an England-Russia game on 11 June.[53]
- 16 June – Labour MP Jo Cox dies at Leeds General Infirmary after being shot and stabbed as she prepared to hold a meeting with constituents in Birstall, West Yorkshire.[54]
- 21 June – Both sides of the referendum on the UK's membership of the European Union take part in the biggest live debate at Wembley Arena on a special edition of Question Time on the BBC. Panelists include former Mayor of London Boris Johnson, for Leave, and his successor Sadiq Khan for Remain.[55]
- 23 June – The 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum is held in the UK and Gibraltar, the first of its kind since the 1975 referendum on the UK's membership of the then European Economic Community.[21]
- 24 June
- 26 June
- 27 June
- Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne makes a statement to calm the markets, claiming the UK is ready to face the future "from a position of strength" and indicating there won't be an immediate emergency Budget.[60]
- Ratings agency Standard & Poor's state the referendum result could lead to "a deterioration of the UK's economic performance, including its large financial services sector" as the United Kingdom loses its top AAA credit rating.[61]
- England are knocked out of UEFA Euro 2016 after a shock 2–1 defeat to Iceland in the round of 16.[62] England manager Roy Hodgson resigns in the wake of the result.[63]
- 28 June
- 30 June – Michael Gove, Theresa May, Andrea Leadsom and Liam Fox announce their candidacies for leadership of the Conservative Party and subsequently Prime Minister.[65] Boris Johnson, a front runner for the job according to political analysts, surprisingly declares his intentions not to campaign.[66]
July
- 1 July
- 4 July – UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage resigns, saying his "political ambition had been achieved" with the UK voting to leave the European Union.[70]
- 6 July – The Chilcot Inquiry report into the Iraq War is released, more than seven years after the inquiry was first announced, showing that the UK went to war before peaceful options were exhausted, that military action was not the "last resort", ill-prepared troops were sent into battle with inadequate plans for the aftermath, and that the threat from Saddam Hussein was overstated; ultimately rejecting former Prime Minister Tony Blair's case for the 2003 invasion.[71]
- 8 July – Women are now permitted to serve in close combat roles in the British armed services.[72]
- 10 July – Angela Eagle announces she will challenge Jeremy Corbyn for leadership of the Labour Party, triggering a leadership election.[73]
- Andy Murray defeated Milos Raonic of Canada in straight sets for his 2nd Men Singles title at Wimbledon 2016. Andy Murray became the first British man since Fred Perry in 1935 to win the Wimbledon Championships multiple times.[74]
- 11 July – Theresa May is announced as the Conservative Party leader, and Prime Minister-designate, after Andrea Leadsom withdraws from the leadership election.[75]
- 13 July
- 18 July – MPs vote to back the renewal of the UK's Trident nuclear weapons programme, in a vote of 472 to 117.[77]
- 19 July – Angela Eagle withdraws from the 2016 Labour Party leadership election, leaving Owen Smith to challenge Jeremy Corbyn for the leadership in a head-to-head race.
- 24 July – Chris Froome wins the Tour de France for the second year running and third time overall. Froome's victory means that a British rider has won four of the last five editions of the race.[78]
- 28 July – EDF approves investment in the first new nuclear power plant to be built in the UK in 20 years at Hinkley Point, Somerset; however, the government delay a final decision, calling for it to be reviewed by the autumn.[79]
August
- 1 August – Permission is given to enlarge the Yorkshire Dales and Lake District National Parks in northern England.[80]
- 4 August – The Bank of England cuts interest rates from 0.5% to 0.25% – a record low and the first cut since 2009.[81]
- 8 August – A five-day strike by workers on Southern Rail begins, disrupting train services between London, Surrey and Sussex, the longest rail strike in the United Kingdom since 1968.[82]
- 12 August – Mumin Sahin and Emin Ozmen are jailed for a total of 42 years for their part in the UK's largest ever drugs haul, in which 3.2 tonnes of cocaine worth £512 million was seized from a vessel in the North Sea.[83]
- 16 August
- The radical Islamic cleric Anjem Choudary and his assistant Mohammed Mizahnur Rahman are found guilty at the Old Bailey of inviting support for a proscribed terrorist organisation, Islamic State.[84]
- The world's largest ever wind farm, consisting of 300 turbines producing 1.8 gigawatts of clean energy, is approved for construction off the Yorkshire coast.[85]
- 17 August – The Airlander 10 hybrid airship, the world's largest aircraft at 92 m (302 ft) in length and 38,000 m3 (1,300,000 cu ft) in volume, has its maiden civilian flight in Bedfordshire.[86]
- 21 August – Team GB finish competing at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. They finish second in the medal table, with 27 golds, 23 silvers, and 17 bronze medals; their best Olympic result in over a century.[87]
September
October
November
December
- 7 December – HMS Illustrious, the last, makes its final voyage out of Portsmouth Harbour to a ship recycling company in Turkey.[115]
- 16 December – A riot occurs at HMP Birmingham, described as the worst since the Strangeways prison riot and protest of 1990. Authorities regain control of all four wings after more than 12 hours of disorder involving 600 inmates.[116]
Undated
- London based cloud-computing company Carrenza is acquired by Six Degrees.[117]
Publications
Deaths
January
- 1 January – Mark B, 45, hip-hop record producer.
- 2 January
- 3 January
- 4 January
- Tom Allin, 28, cricket player (Warwickshire).
- Robert Balser, 88, animator (Yellow Submarine, Heavy Metal, The Jackson 5ive).
- Colin Butler, 102, entomologist.
- John Roberts, 69, footballer (Arsenal, Birmingham, Wrexham).
- Robert Stigwood, 81, band manager (Bee Gees, Cream) and film producer (Grease, Saturday Night Fever, Evita).
- 5 January
- 7 January
- 8 January – Ida Gaskin, 96, teacher and quiz show contestant.
- 9 January
- 10 January
- David Bowie, 69, singer-songwriter ("Space Oddity", Ziggy Stardust, Station to Station), record producer and actor (Labyrinth).
- Anthony Mellows, 79, barrister and academic, Lord Prior of the Order of St John (2008–2014).
- John Stokes, 70, soldier and mountaineer.
- 11 January
- 12 January
- 13 January
- Brian Bedford, 80, actor (Robin Hood, Nixon, Much Ado About Nothing).
- Sir Albert McQuarrie, 98, Scottish politician, MP for East Aberdeenshire (1979–1983) and Banff and Buchan (1983–1987).
- Conrad Phillips, 90, television and film actor (The Adventures of William Tell).
- Mike Salmon, 82, racing driver.
- 14 January
- Glyn W. Humphreys, 61, neuropsychologist.
- Alan Rickman, 69, actor (Harry Potter, Die Hard, Love Actually).[119]
- Robert Banks Stewart, 84, television writer (Doctor Who, Bergerac, Shoestring).
- 15 January
- 17 January
- 18 January
- 19 January
- 20 January
- Stuart Cowden, 90, footballer (Stoke City).
- Brian Key, 68, politician, MEP for Yorkshire South (1979–1984).
- George Weidenfeld, Baron Weidenfeld, 96, publisher, philanthropist, and newspaper columnist.
- 21 January
- 22 January
- Jack Bannister, 85, cricket player (Warwickshire) and commentator.
- Tommy Bryceland, 76, footballer (St Mirren, Norwich, Oldham Athletic).
- John Dowie, 60, footballer (Fulham, Celtic).
- Ian Murray, 83, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Argyll and the Isles (1999–2008).
- Denise Newman, 91, Olympic diver (1948).
- Cecil Parkinson, Lord Parkinson, 84, Conservative politician and cabinet minister, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1983), Energy (1987–1989), and Transport (1989–1990), and Chairman of the Conservative Party (1997–1998).
- Anthony Simmons, 93, screenwriter and film director (The Optimists of Nine Elms, Black Joy).
- Alec Wishart, 76, musician (Hogsnort Rupert).
- 23 January
- 24 January
- 26 January
- 27 January
- 28 January
- Tommy O'Hara, 62, footballer (Queen of the South, Washington Diplomats, Motherwell).
- Nigel Peel, 48, cricketer (Cheshire).
- Nadine Senior, 76, English dance teacher.
- Dave Thomson, 77, footballer (Dunfermline Athletic).
- 29 January
- 30 January
- 31 January
February
- 1 February
- 2 February – Seth Cardew, 81, studio potter.
- 4 February
- William Gaskill, 85, theatre director.
- Harry Glasgow, 76, footballer (Clyde).
- Harry Harpham, 61, politician, MP for Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough (since 2015).
- Sir Jeremy Morse, 87, banker and crossword compiler.
- David Sloan, 74, footballer (Scunthorpe United, Oxford United, Walsall).
- 6 February
- 8 February
- 9 February
- 10 February
- 11 February
- 12 February
- 13 February
- Flakey Dove, 30, racehorse, winner of the 1994 Champion Hurdle.
- Sir Christopher Zeeman, 91, mathematician.
- Members of the band Viola Beach killed in a car accident:
- Jack Dakin, 19, drummer.
- Kris Leonard, 20, singer and guitarist.
- Tomas Lowe, 27, bassist.
- River Reeves, 19, guitarist.
- Craig Tarry, 32, manager.
- 14 February
- Ali Brownlee, 56, radio sports broadcaster (Middlesbrough F.C. on BBC Tees).
- Drewe Henley, 75, actor (Star Wars).
- David Hey, 77, historian.
- Eric Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury, 87, politician, MP for Orpington (1962–1970).
- 15 February – Walter McGowan, 73, boxer, world champion (1966).
- 16 February
- 18 February
- Sir Tony Durant, 88, politician, MP (1974–1997).
- Brendan Healy, 59, actor and musician.
- Bruce Lacey, 89, artist and actor.
- Johnny Miller, 65, footballer (Ipswich Town).
- Don Rossiter, 80, footballer and politician.
- 19 February
- Freddie Goodwin, 82, football player (Manchester United, Leeds United) and manager (Birmingham City).
- Sir Anthony Hidden, 79, judge.
- Sir William O'Brien, 99, admiral, Naval Secretary (1964–1966).
- Vi Subversa, 80, musician (Poison Girls).
- 20 February – Jon Rollason, 84, actor (The Avengers,Coronation Street, Doctor Who).
- 21 February
- Eric Brown, 97, test pilot.
- Roger Chorley, 2nd Baron Chorley, 85, nobleman.
- Vlasta Dalibor, 94, puppeteer (Pinky and Perky).
- David Duffield, 84, sports commentator and cyclist.
- Andrew Herxheimer, 90, physician and clinical pharmacologist.[121]
- Peter Marlow, 63, news photographer.
- 22 February – Douglas Slocombe, 103, cinematographer (Indiana Jones, The Lion in Winter, Jesus Christ Superstar).
- 24 February
- 25 February
- 26 February
- 27 February
- 28 February
- 29 February – Louise Rennison, 64, author (Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging).
March
- 1 March
- 2 March
- 3 March
- Lord James Blears, 92, professional wrestler.
- Anthony Carrigan, 35, academic.
- Cyril Denis, 71, land developer (London Docklands) and hotelier.[122]
- Andrew Derbyshire, 92, architect.
- Tony Dyson, 68, film prop designer (R2-D2).
- John Thomas, 63, guitarist (Budgie).
- 4 March
- 5 March
- John Douglas, 21st Earl of Morton, 88, nobleman.
- John Evans, Baron Evans of Parkside, 85, politician, MP for Newton (1974–1983) and St Helens North (1983–1997).
- Alan Henry, 68, motorsport journalist.
- Henry Hobhouse, 91, author ().
- 6 March
- 7 March
- Leonard Berney, 95, military officer, a liberator of Bergen-Belsen.[124]
- Scott Goodall, 80, comic book writer.
- Michael White, 80, film and theatre producer (Monty Python and the Holy Grail, The Rocky Horror Picture Show), Tony Award-winner (1971, 1972 and 1976), and subject of The Last Impresario.
- 8 March
- Jack Jones, 90, Olympic water polo player (1952, 1956).
- Sir George Martin, 90, record producer (The Beatles), composer, arranger and engineer, six times Grammy Award winner.
- 9 March
- 10 March
- Sir Ken Adam, 95, production designer (Dr. Strangelove, James Bond, The Madness of King George), Oscar winner (1975, 1994).
- Anita Brookner, 87, novelist (Hotel du Lac) and art historian, Man Booker Prize winner (1984).
- Keith Emerson, 71, progressive rock and rock keyboardist (The Nice, Emerson, Lake & Palmer).
- 11 March
- 13 March
- 14 March
- 15 March
- 16 March
- 17 March
- Paul Daniels, 77, magician and television presenter (The Paul Daniels Magic Show, Odd One Out, Every Second Counts, Wipeout, Wizbit).
- DJ Derek, 73, disc jockey. (death reported on this date).
- Sandy McDonald, 78, Church of Scotland minister, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland (1997–1998).
- Trevor J. Phillips, 89, educational philosopher (see Transactionalism).
- 18 March
- 19 March
- 20 March
- 21 March – Robert McNeill Alexander, 81, zoologist.
- 22 March – Petra Davies, 85, actress.
- 23 March
- 24 March – Brendan Sloan, 67, Gaelic football player (Down).
- 25 March
- 26 March
- 28 March
- 30 March
- 31 March
- Ian Britton, 61, footballer (Chelsea, Blackpool, Burnley) and manager (Nelson).
- Ronnie Corbett, 85, actor and comedian (The Two Ronnies, The Frost Report, Sorry!).
- Sir Robert Finch, 71, Lord Mayor of London (2003).
- Dame Zaha Hadid, 65, Iraqi-born architect.
- Denise Robertson, 83, writer and television broadcaster (This Morning).
- Jimmy Toner, 92, footballer (Dundee, Leeds United).
- Kris Travis, 33, professional wrestler.
- Douglas Wilmer, 96, actor (Sherlock Holmes, Octopussy, Cleopatra).
April
- 1 April
- 2 April – Gareth Jones, 85, legal academic.
- 3 April
- 4 April
- 5 April
- 6 April – Sid Nathan, 93, boxer and referee (death reported on this date).
- 7 April
- Adrian Greenwood, 42, art dealer and author.
- Rachel Johnson, 93, last native of the Scottish island of St Kilda (death reported on this date).[126]
- Garry Jones, 65, footballer (Bolton Wanderers).
- Charles Thomas, 87, archaeologist.
- Ruth Westbrook, 85, cricket player and coach (England).
- 8 April
- 9 April
- 10 April
- Howard Marks, 70, cannabis smuggler, writer and campaigner.
- Adrian St John, 22, cricketer.[127]
- 11 April
- 12 April
- 13 April
- Srinivas Aravamudan, 54, academic.
- Steve Quinn, 64, rugby league player (York Wasps, Featherstone Rovers).
- Jock Scot, 64, poet and recording artist.
- Gareth Thomas, 71, actor (Blake's 7, Children of the Stones, Star Maidens).
- Gwyn Thomas, 79, poet and academic, National Poet of Wales (2006–2008).
- 14 April
- David Collischon, 78, executive (Filofax).
- Martin Fitzmaurice, 75, darts personality.
- Ted Gundry, 81, radio broadcaster (BBC).
- Sir David MacKay, 48, author, scientist and professor (University of Cambridge).
- Phil Sayer, 62, voice artist ("Mind the gap").
- 15 April
- 16 April
- 18 April
- Adrian Berry, 4th Viscount Camrose, 78, peer and journalist.
- Barry Davies, 71, soldier and extractor of Lufthansa Flight 181 hostages.
- Karina Huff, 55, actress (The House of Clocks, Time for Loving, Voices from Beyond) and television personality.
- Sir John Leslie, 4th Baronet, 99, aristocrat and media personality.
- 19 April
- 20 April
- Cynthia Cooke, 96, nurse, Matron-in-Chief of the Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service (1973–1976).
- Guy Hamilton, 93, film director (James Bond, Battle of Britain, Evil Under the Sun).
- Avril Henry, 81, academic.
- Victoria Wood, 62, comedian and actress (New Faces, , dinnerladies).
- Jack Tafari, 69, activist.
- 21 April – John Walton, Baron Walton of Detchant, 93, peer.
- 22 April
- 23 April
- Patrick George, 92, painter.
- Sir Richard Parsons, 88, diplomat, Ambassador to Hungary, Spain and Sweden.
- Maurice Peston, Baron Peston, 85, peer, politician and economist.
- 26 April – Mark Farmer, 53, actor (Grange Hill, Minder, Johnny Jarvis).
- 27 April
- 28 April
- 29 April
- 30 April
May
- 1 May – Richard Gilpin, 76, Anglican vicar, Archdeacon of Totnes (1996–2005).
- 2 May
- Basil Blackshaw, 84, artist.
- Jonathan Cainer, 58, astrologer (Daily Mail).
- Richard Davis, 66, radio astronomer.
- Paul McDowell, 84, actor and singer (The Temperance Seven).
- Roger Millward, 68, rugby league player (Hull Kingston Rovers, Castleford Tigers, Great Britain).
- 3 May – Kristian Ealey, 38, actor (Brookside, Hollyoaks) and musician.[128]
- 4 May
- 5 May – Matt Irwin, 36, photographer.
- 6 May
- 7 May
- 8 May – Sir Iain Glidewell, 91, jurist, Lord Justice of Appeal (1985–1995).
- 9 May
- Comply or Die, 17, thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the 2008 Grand National.
- Gareth Gwenlan, 79, television producer (One Foot in the Grave, Only Fools and Horses, The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, To the Manor Born).
- Bill MacIlwraith, 88, playwright and screenwriter (Two's Company).
- Dennis Nineham, 94, theologian.
- John Warr, 88, cricketer (Middlesex).
- 10 May
- 11 May
- 12 May – Sidney Brazier, 96, army bomb disposal officer.
- 14 May
- 15 May – Bobby McIlvenny, 89, footballer (Oldham Athletic).
- 16 May
- Sir Gavyn Farr Arthur, 64, judge, Lord Mayor of London (2002–2003).
- Anthony Bird, 85, Anglican priest and academic.
- Ken Cameron, 74, trade unionist.
- John O. Hughes, 97, football administrator.
- David Rendel, 67, politician, MP for Newbury (1993–2005).
- 18 May
- 19 May
- 20 May
- 21 May
- Jane Fawcett, 95, codebreaker at Bletchley Park during the Second World War, and key figure in the sinking of the Bismarck.
- Sir Denys Henderson, 83, businessman, chairman of ICI (1987–1995).
- Alan Lewis, 61, footballer (Reading, Derby County, Peterborough United).
- Chris Meek, 86, racing driver and businessman, owner of Mallory Park.
- 24 May – Burt Kwouk, 85, actor (The Pink Panther, Last of the Summer Wine, Goldfinger).
- 25 May
- 27 May – Henrietta Phipps, 84, landscape gardener.
- 28 May
- 29 May
- Alan Devereux, 75, actor (The Archers).
- Edward Morris, 75, art historian.
- Berrick Saul, 91, economist and academic administrator (death reported on this date).
- 31 May
- James Campbell, 81, historian.
- Carla Lane, 87, television writer (The Liver Birds, Butterflies, Bread).
- Peter Owen, 89, publisher.
- Pam Royds, 91, publisher.
June
- 1 June
- 2 June – Sir Tom Kibble, 83, physicist.
- 3 June – Dave Swarbrick, 75, folk musician and singer-songwriter (Fairport Convention).
- 4 June
- Annie Castledine, 77, theatre director.
- Nicky Jennings, 70, footballer (Portsmouth, Exeter City).
- Sir Brian McGrath, 90, courtier, private secretary to the Duke of Edinburgh.
- Alan Rathbone, 57, rugby league player (Bradford, Warrington).
- 6 June
- Harry Gregory, 72, footballer.
- John Harding, 2nd Baron Harding of Petherton, 88, army officer and peer.
- Sir Peter Shaffer, 90, playwright (Black Comedy, Equus, Amadeus) and screenwriter, Tony Award winner (1975, 1981).
- 7 June
- 8 June – Michael Manser, 87, architect.
- 9 June
- 10 June – Alex Govan, 86, footballer (Plymouth Argyle, Birmingham City).
- 11 June
- 12 June
- 14 June
- 15 June
- 16 June – Jo Cox, 41, politician, MP for Batley and Spen (since 2015), assassinated.
- 17 June
- 19 June – Bob Williamson, 67, songwriter and comedian.
- 21 June
- 22 June
- 23 June – Peter Morley, 91, filmmaker.
- 24 June – Steven Hancock, 58, Olympic kayaker (1980) and business executive.
- 25 June
- 28 June – Freddie Gilroy, 80, bantamweight boxer, Olympic bronze medallist (1956).
- 30 June
July
- 1 July
- 2 July
- Caroline Aherne, 52, comedian, writer and actress (The Mrs Merton Show, The Fast Show, The Royle Family).
- Euan Lloyd, 92, film producer (The Wild Geese).
- Harold "H" Nelson, 88, cycling coach.
- Robert Nye, 77, poet.
- 3 July
- 4 July – Geoffrey Shovelton, 80, opera singer and illustrator.
- 5 July
- Beatrice de Cardi, 102, archaeologist.
- John Baillie-Hamilton, 13th Earl of Haddington, 74, peer.
- David Jones, 66, politician, member of the States of Guernsey.
- Brian White, 59, politician, MP for North East Milton Keynes (1997–2005).
- Victor P. Whittaker, 97, biochemist.
- 6 July – Matthew Evans, Baron Evans of Temple Guiting, 74, politician and publisher (Faber).
- 7 July
- 8 July
- Frank Dickens, 84, cartoonist (Bristow).
- William Lucas, 91, actor (The Adventures of Black Beauty).
- Cicely Mayhew, 92, diplomat.
- Jackie McInally, 76, footballer (Kilmarnock, Motherwell, Hamilton Academical).
- Paddy Phelan, 78, cricketer (Essex) (death reported on this date).
- 9 July
- 10 July – David Stride, 58, footballer (Chelsea).
- 11 July – Elaine Fantham, 83, classicist.
- 13 July – George Allen, 84, footballer (Birmingham City).
- 14 July – Michael J. Elliott, 65, newspaper and magazine editor (Time, Newsweek, The Economist).
- 15 July
- 18 July
- 19 July
- 20 July – Jim Pressdee, 83, cricketer (Glamorgan).
- 21 July
- 23 July
- 24 July – Keith Gemmell, 68, musician (Audience, Stackridge, Pasadena Roof Orchestra).
- 25 July
- 26 July
- Roye Albrighton, 67, rock guitarist and singer (Nektar).
- Anne Balfour-Fraser, 92, film producer.
- Maggie Macdonald, 63, singer in Scottish Gaelic.
- Sylvia Peters, 90, continuity announcer and actress (BBC TV).
- Dave Syrett, 60, footballer (Swindon Town, Mansfield Town, Peterborough United).
- 28 July
- 29 July – Ken Barrie, 83, voice actor (Postman Pat) and singer.
- 31 July
August
- 1 August
- 2 August
- Jonathan Borwein, 65, mathematician.
- Tony Chater, 86, communist activist and newspaper editor (Morning Star).
- John Fox, 87, cricketer (Durham, Warwickshire, Devon).
- Neil Wilkinson, 61, footballer (Blackburn Rovers, Port Vale, Crewe Alexandra).
- 3 August – Russell Coughlin, 56, footballer (Carlisle United, Plymouth Argyle, Swansea City).
- 5 August
- David Attwooll, 67, poet and publisher.
- Sir Robin Chichester-Clark, 88, politician, MP for Londonderry (1955–1974).
- Joe Davis, 75, footballer (Hibernian, Carlisle United).
- Harold Hillman, 85, scientist.
- Sir Leonard Peach, 83–84, civil servant, Chief Executive of the NHS (1986–1989).
- John Alan Robinson, 86, philosopher, mathematician and computer scientist.
- 6 August
- Alan Dossor, 74, theatre director.
- Kenneth Durham, 62, educationalist, headmaster of University College School.
- Mel Slack, 72, footballer (Southend United, Cambridge United).
- Samuel Robin Spark, 78, artist.
- 7 August
- 8 August – Edward Daly, 82, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Derry (1974–1993).
- 9 August
- 11 August
- 12 August
- 13 August
- 14 August
- 15 August
- 17 August
- 18 August – Michael Napier Brown, 79, actor, theatre director and playwright.
- 19 August
- 20 August
- 21 August
- 22 August
- 23 August – Dennis Hackett, 87, journalist and editor (Queen, Nova, Today).
- 25 August
- 26 August
- 27 August
- 28 August – Ken Purchase, 77, politician, MP for Wolverhampton North East (1992–2010).
- 29 August
- 30 August
- 31 August
September
- 1 September – Frans ten Bos, 79, rugby union player (Scotland).
- 2 September
- 4 September
- 5 September
- 7 September
- 8 September
- 9 September
- 11 September
- 12 September
- 13 September
- 14 September
- 18 September
- 20 September
- 21 September – Jack Rawlings, 93, footballer (Hayes, Hendon).
- 23 September – David Coleman, 73, footballer (Colchester United).
- 24 September
- 25 September
- 26 September
- 27 September
- 28 September – Graham Hawkins, 70, footballer and football manager.
- 29 September
- Terence Brady, 77, writer (Upstairs, Downstairs), and actor.
- Ann Emery, 86, actress (Rentaghost, Billy Elliot, Julia Jekyll and Harriet Hyde).
- Anthony Ryle, 89, doctor.
- 30 September
October
- 1 October – David Herd, 82, footballer (Arsenal, Manchester United, Scotland).
- 2 October
- 3 October
- 4 October
- 5 October – Rod Temperton, 66, keyboardist (Heatwave) and songwriter ("Rock with You", "Give Me the Night", "Thriller"). (death reported on this date).
- 6 October
- 7 October
- 8 October
- 9 October
- Angus Grant, 49, fiddler (Shooglenifty, Swamptrash).
- Sir Anthony Grant, 91, politician, MP for Harrow Central (1964–1983), and Cambridgeshire South West (1983–1997).
- David Konstant, 86, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Leeds (1985–2004).
- 10 October
- Gerry Gow, 64, footballer (Bristol City, Manchester City, Rotherham United).
- Graham C. Greene, 80, publisher (Jonathan Cape).
- Drew Nelson, 60, solicitor, politician, and Grand Secretary of the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland.
- Eddie O'Hara, 80, footballer (Falkirk, Everton, Barnsley).
- 11 October
- 12 October
- 13 October – William Gilbert Chaloner, 87, palaeobotanist.
- 14 October
- 15 October
- 16 October
- 17 October – George Peebles, 80, footballer (Dunfermline Athletic, Stirling Albion).
- 18 October
- Dave Colclough, 52, professional poker player.
- Alan Collins, 88, sculptor.
- Mike Daniels, 88, jazz trumpeter and bandleader.
- Marianne de Trey, 102, potter.
- Huw Jones, 82, Anglican clergyman, Bishop of St. David's (1996–2001).
- William McKelvey, 82, politician, MP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun (1983–1997).
- Sir Sigmund Sternberg, 95, philanthropist, businessman and Labour Party donor.
- 19 October
- Mark Birch, 67, jockey.
- Rough Quest, 30, racehorse, winner of the 1996 Grand National.
- Norman Sherry, 91, author.
- Gary Sprake, 71, footballer (Leeds United, Wales).
- Sammy Smyth, 91, footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
- 20 October – Benedict Read, 71, art historian.
- 21 October
- 22 October
- 23 October
- 24 October
- 25 October – Howard Davies, 71, theatre and television director.
- 27 October
- 29 October
- 30 October – Jack Braughton, 95, Olympic long-distance runner (1948).
- 31 October
November
- 1 November
- 5 November
- 6 November
- 7 November
- 8 November – Ian Cowan, 71, footballer (Partick Thistle, Falkirk, Dunfermline Athletic).
- 9 November
- 11 November
- 12 November – Louis Devereux, 85, cricketer (Worcestershire, Glamorgan).
- 13 November
- 15 November
- 16 November – Len Allchurch, 83, footballer (Swansea City, Sheffield United, Wales).
- 17 November – Steve Truglia, 54, stuntman (The Wolfman, , Hollyoaks).
- 18 November
- 19 November – David Turner-Samuels, 98, barrister.
- 20 November
- 22 November – Craig Gill, 44, rock drummer (Inspiral Carpets).
- 23 November
- 24 November
- 25 November
- 26 November – David Provan, 75, footballer (Rangers, Crystal Palace).
- 27 November
- 28 November – Sir John Swire, 89, businessman (Swire Group).
- 29 November
- 30 November – Leonard of Mayfair, 78, hairdresser.
December
- 1 December
- 2 December
- 3 December – Arthur Latham, 86, politician, MP for Paddington North (1969–1974) and Paddington (1974–1979), Leader of the London Borough of Havering (1990–1996).
- 4 December
- 6 December
- 7 December
- Brian Bulless, 83, footballer (Hull City).
- Ian Cartwright, 52, footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
- Alex Johnstone, 55, politician, MSP for North East Scotland (since 1999).
- Greg Lake, 69, singer and musician (King Crimson, ELP).
- Helen Roseveare, 91, Christian missionary.
- Romilly Squire of Rubislaw, 63, heraldic artist.
- Allan Stewart, 74, politician, MP for East Renfrewshire (1979–1983), and Eastwood (1983–1997).
- 8 December
- Gareth Griffiths, 85, rugby union player (Cardiff, Wales).
- Peter Jackson, 90, animal conservationist and journalist.
- Dame Sheila Quinn, 96, nurse, President of the Royal College of Nursing (1982–1986).
- Fred Secombe, 98, Church in Wales priest and writer.
- Sir Alan Urwick, 86, diplomat and public servant, Ambassador to Egypt (1985–1987), High Commissioner to Canada (1987–1989), Serjeant-at-Arms of the House of Commons (1989–1995).
- 10 December
- 11 December
- 12 December
- Mark Fisher, 57, pop musician (Matt Bianco).
- Gustav Jahoda, 96, psychologist.
- Jim Prior, Baron Prior, 89, politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1981–1984) and Employment (1979–1981).
- Walter Swinburn, 55, jockey.
- 14 December
- 15 December
- 18 December
- 19 December
- Lionel Blue, 86, rabbi, journalist and broadcaster.
- Annette Karmiloff-Smith, 78, neuroscientist.
- Sir John Oakeley, 8th Baronet, 84, Olympic yachtsman (1972).
- Christopher Young, 71, rugby league player (Hull Kingston Rovers, Great Britain).
- 20 December
- 21 December
- Deddie Davies, 78, actress (The Railway Children, Stella) and musician (The Zimmers).
- John Gwilliam, 93, rugby union player (Wales).
- Bob Jeffery, 81, Anglican priest, Dean of Worcester (1987–1996).
- Nigel Nicholls, 78, civil servant, Clerk of the Privy Council (1992–1998).
- 22 December
- 23 December
- John Aitchison, 90, statistician.
- Robert Hinde, 93, zoologist, Master of St John's College, Cambridge (1989–1994).
- Piers Sellers, 61, astronaut and meteorologist.
- George Thompson, 88, politician, MP for Galloway (1974–1979).
- 24 December
- Richard Adams, 96, author (Watership Down, The Plague Dogs, Shardik).
- Rick Parfitt, 68, singer, songwriter and guitarist (Status Quo).
- Liz Smith, 95, actress (The Royle Family, I Didn't Know You Cared, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory).[134]
- 25 December
- Lady Marion Fraser, 84, music educator.
- John Sedgwick Gregson, 92, George Cross recipient.
- George Michael, 53, singer (Wham!) and songwriter ("Careless Whisper", "Last Christmas", "Faith").
- John Nike, 81, businessman.
- 26 December – Mary Wondrausch, 93, artist and potter.
- 29 December
- 30 December
- 31 December – Sir Dennis Faulkner, 90, officer in the Royal Navy.
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