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Abbreviation | LFPME |
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Formation | 2009 |
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Chair | Julie Elliott |
Affiliations | Labour Party |
Website | https://www.lfpme.co.uk |
Labour Friends of Palestine and the Middle East (LFPME) is a parliamentary group within the British Labour Party that promotes support for Palestine and campaigns for "peace and justice in the Middle East through the implementation of international law and respect for human rights". [1] LFPME was formed in 2009 as a private company. [2] It was re-established as a private limited company in 2023. [3]
According to their website, "LFPME supports a viable two-state solution that delivers justice and freedom for the Palestinian people as called for by the overwhelming international consensus and enshrined under international law and in UN resolutions." [1]
It is chaired by Julie Elliott. The late Jo Cox was a supporter, and so is former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. [1] Current Labour leader Keir Starmer is also a supporter. [4] [5]
As of 2024 (https://www.lfpme.co.uk/parliamentary-supporters) the members are:
As of 2019, the parliamentary members of the group are: [6]
MP | Constituency |
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Diane Abbott | Hackney North |
Debbie Abrahams | Oldham East and Saddleworth |
Rushanara Ali | Bethnal Green |
Jon Ashworth | Leicester South |
Clive Betts | Sheffield, Attercliffe |
Paul Blomfield | Sheffield Central |
Lyn Brown | West Ham |
Chris Bryant | Rhondda |
Karen Buck | Westminster North |
Richard Burgon | Leeds East |
Dawn Butler | Brent Central |
Liam Byrne | Birmingham Hodge Hill |
Ruth Cadbury | Brentford and Isleworth |
Sarah Champion | Rotherham |
Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North |
Neil Coyle | Bermondsey and Old Southwark |
Alex Cunningham | Stockton North |
Thangam Debbonaire | Bristol South |
Stephen Doughty | Cardiff South and Penarth |
Peter Dowd | Bootle |
Jack Dromey | Birmingham Erdington |
Angela Eagle | Wallasey |
Clive Efford | Eltham |
Julie Elliott | Sunderland Central |
Bill Esterson | Sefton Central |
MP | Constituency |
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Colleen Fletcher | Coventry North East |
Vicky Foxcroft | Lewisham Deptford |
Mary Glindon | North Tyneside |
Lilian Greenwood | Nottingham South |
Nia Griffith | Llanelli |
Louise Haigh | Sheffield Heeley |
Fabian Hamilton | Leeds North East |
Carolyn Harris | Swansea East |
Sharon Hodgson | Gateshead East and Washington West |
Kate Hollern | Blackburn |
George Howarth | Knowsley North and Sefton East |
Rupa Huq | Ealing Central and Acton |
Imran Hussain | Bradford East |
Diana Johnson | Kingston upon Hull North |
Gerald Jones | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney |
Afzal Khan | Manchester Gorton |
Stephen Kinnock | Aberavon |
David Lammy | Tottenham |
Ian Lavery | Wansbeck |
Tony Lloyd | Rochdale |
Rebecca Long-Bailey | Salford and Eccles |
Holly Lynch | Halifax |
Shabana Mahmood | Birmingham, Ladywood |
Chris Matheson | City of Chester |
Rachael Maskell | York Central |
Kerry McCarthy | Bristol East |
MP | Constituency |
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Andy McDonald | Middlesbrough |
John McDonnell | Hayes and Harlington |
Conor McGinn | St Helens North |
Grahame Morris | Easington |
Ian Murray | Edinburgh South |
Lisa Nandy | Wigan |
Kate Osamor | Edmonton |
Matthew Pennycook | Greenwich |
Teresa Pearce | Erith and Thamesmead |
Toby Perkins | Chesterfield |
Bridget Phillipson | Houghton & Sunderland South |
Yasmin Qureshi | Bolton South East |
Angela Rayner | Ashton-under-Lyme |
Christina Rees | Neath |
Marie Rimmer | St Helens South and Whiston |
Geoffrey Robinson | Coventry North East |
Naz Shah | Bradford West |
Virendra Sharma | Ealing Southall |
Barry Sheerman | Huddersfield |
Tulip Siddiq | Hampstead and Kilburn |
Andy Slaughter | Hammersmith |
Cat Smith | Lancaster and Fleetwood |
Nick Smith | Blaenau Gwent |
Owen Smith | Pontypridd |
Keir Starmer | Holborn and St Pancras |
Jo Stevens | Cardiff Central |
MP | Constituency |
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Wes Streeting | Ilford North |
Graham Stringer | Blackley and Broughton |
Mark Tami | Alyn and Deeside |
Gareth Thomas | Harrow West |
Nick Thomas-Symonds | Torfaen |
Emily Thornberry | Islington South and Finsbury |
Stephen Timms | East Ham |
Jon Trickett | Hemsworth |
Karl Turner | Kingston upon Hull East |
Derek Twigg | Halton |
Valerie Vaz | Walsall South |
Alan Whitehead | Southampton, Test |
Catherine West | Hornsey and Wood Green |
Rosie Winterton | Doncaster Central |
Daniel Zeichner | Cambridge |
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