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Hansard to 9 November 2026 · 31,243 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
All voices01 Voice · Sector leader · Assisted dying
Richard Bastable: no photograph is held, so the sector leader plate is shown instead.
Sector leader
Richard Bastable
Church of England vicar in West London
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press citation on 1 topic since 23 Sept 2026 · last quoted 23 Sept 2026
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Richard Bastable: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Sector leader
- Role
- Church of England vicar in West London
- Quoted on
- Assisted dying
- Tracked press citations
- 1
- Most recently quoted
- 23 Sept 2026
04 The signal · where Richard Bastable sits on assisted dying
Ranked 21= of 100 voices quoted in the press on assisted dying, level with 79 others on 1 citation.
Ranked on press citations on this topic only, not across all topics. Joint positions share a rank.
- 1
Dr Gordon MacdonaldSector leaderChief Executive, Care Not Killing9 - 2
Dr Alex AllinsonClinicianGP; former Member of the House of Keys (MHK) for Ramsey, Isle of Man4 - 3=
Prof Nicola RangerUnionGeneral Secretary and Chief Executive, Royal College of Nursing3 - 21=Gerald DworkinAcademicphilosopher1
- 21=George CareySector leaderformer Archbishop of Canterbury1
- 21=Richard BastableSector leaderChurch of England vicar in West London1
- 21=Dame Sarah MullallySector leaderArchbishop of Canterbury1
- 21=Dr. Jim DenisonAcademicAuthor of resource on euthanasia and assisted suicide1
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05 On the record · press
What Richard Bastable has said
By outlet · linked articles
- christianitytoday.com1
Where Richard Bastable has been quoted
- 01Christians Came Together to Help Defeat UK’s Assisted Dying Billchristianitytoday.com · 23 Sept 2026
Verbatim
“If we try to evacuate our point of view, our opinions, our ethical beliefs, our Christian principles, then we end up saying something that doesn't really need listening to”
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