Labour Friends of Palestine and the Middle East explained

Labour Friends of Palestine and the Middle East
Abbreviation:LFPME
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Location Country:United Kingdom
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Leader Title:Chair
Leader Name: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 was chaired by Julie Elliott until 2024. 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]

Current parliamentary members

Parliament is currently dissolved pending the 2024 United Kingdom general election.

Members 2019-2024

In the 2019-2024 parliament, the members were:[6]

Members until 2019

Until 2019, the parliamentary members of the group were:[7]

MPConstituency
Diane AbbottHackney North
Debbie AbrahamsOldham East and Saddleworth
Rushanara AliBethnal Green
Jon AshworthLeicester South
Clive BettsSheffield, Attercliffe
Paul BlomfieldSheffield Central
Lyn BrownWest Ham
Chris BryantRhondda
Karen BuckWestminster North
Richard BurgonLeeds East
Dawn ButlerBrent Central
Liam ByrneBirmingham Hodge Hill
Ruth CadburyBrentford and Isleworth
Sarah ChampionRotherham
Jeremy CorbynIslington North
Neil CoyleBermondsey and Old Southwark
Alex CunninghamStockton North
Thangam DebbonaireBristol South
Stephen DoughtyCardiff South and Penarth
Peter DowdBootle
Jack DromeyBirmingham Erdington
Angela EagleWallasey
Clive EffordEltham
Julie ElliottSunderland Central
Bill EstersonSefton Central
MPConstituency
Colleen FletcherCoventry North East
Vicky FoxcroftLewisham Deptford
Mary GlindonNorth Tyneside
Lilian GreenwoodNottingham South
Nia GriffithLlanelli
Louise HaighSheffield Heeley
Fabian HamiltonLeeds North East
Carolyn HarrisSwansea East
Sharon HodgsonGateshead East and Washington West
Kate HollernBlackburn
George HowarthKnowsley North and Sefton East
Rupa HuqEaling Central and Acton
Imran HussainBradford East
Diana JohnsonKingston upon Hull North
Gerald JonesMerthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
Afzal KhanManchester Gorton
Stephen KinnockAberavon
David LammyTottenham
Ian LaveryWansbeck
Tony LloydRochdale
Rebecca Long-BaileySalford and Eccles
Holly LynchHalifax
Shabana MahmoodBirmingham, Ladywood
Chris MathesonCity of Chester
Rachael MaskellYork Central
Kerry McCarthyBristol East
MPConstituency
Andy McDonaldMiddlesbrough
John McDonnellHayes and Harlington
Conor McGinnSt Helens North
Grahame MorrisEasington
Ian MurrayEdinburgh South
Lisa NandyWigan
Kate OsamorEdmonton
Matthew PennycookGreenwich
Teresa PearceErith and Thamesmead
Toby PerkinsChesterfield
Bridget PhillipsonHoughton & Sunderland South
Yasmin QureshiBolton South East
Angela RaynerAshton-under-Lyme
Christina ReesNeath
Marie RimmerSt Helens South and Whiston
Geoffrey RobinsonCoventry North East
Naz ShahBradford West
Virendra SharmaEaling Southall
Barry SheermanHuddersfield
Tulip SiddiqHampstead and Kilburn
Andy SlaughterHammersmith
Cat SmithLancaster and Fleetwood
Nick SmithBlaenau Gwent
Owen SmithPontypridd
Keir StarmerHolborn and St Pancras
Jo StevensCardiff Central
MPConstituency
Wes StreetingIlford North
Graham StringerBlackley and Broughton
Mark TamiAlyn and Deeside
Gareth ThomasHarrow West
Nick Thomas-SymondsTorfaen
Emily ThornberryIslington South and Finsbury
Stephen TimmsEast Ham
Jon TrickettHemsworth
Karl TurnerKingston upon Hull East
Derek TwiggHalton
Valerie VazWalsall South
Alan WhiteheadSouthampton, Test
Catherine WestHornsey and Wood Green
Rosie WintertonDoncaster Central
Daniel ZeichnerCambridge

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: About LFPME. Labour Friends of Palestine & the Middle East. 7 April 2014.
  2. Web site: Labour Friends of Palestine & the Middle East (Lfpme) Competitors, Revenue and Employees - Owler Company Profile. Owler.
  3. Web site: Companies House Company information - Labour Friends of Palestine and the Middle East. Companies House.
  4. Web site: Archives: Parliamentary Supporters. 9 December 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191209103149/https://www.lfpme.org/supporters/page/4.
  5. News: Keir Starmer is UK Labour's new leader. Will he set a new course on Israel and Antisemitism?. https://web.archive.org/web/20200410200028/https://fathomjournal.org/who-is-keir-starmer-and-will-uk-labours-new-leader-set-a-new-course-on-israel-and-antisemitism/. 10 April 2020.
  6. Web site: Parliamentary Supporters .
  7. Web site: Parliamentary Supporters. LFPME. 25 February 2019.