Labour Friends of Palestine & the Middle East
Labour Friends of Palestine & the Middle East (LFPME) is a parliamentary group affiliated to 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]
The group strives to be a proactive voluntary group in an environment it says has long been occupied and dominated by the pro-Israeli lobby.
"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 Grahame Morris MP. The late Jo Cox was a supporter, and so is Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.[1]
Current parliamentary members
As at 2015, the parliamentary members of the group were:
- Diane Abbott MP Hackney North
- Heidi Alexander MP Lewisham East
- Rushanara Ali MP Bethnal Green
- Jonathan Ashworth MP Leicester South
- Anne Begg MP Aberdeen South
- Clive Betts MP Sheffield, Attercliffe
- Roberta Blackman-Woods MP City of Durham
- Paul Blomfield MP Sheffield Central
- Lyn Brown MP West Ham
- Chris Bryant MP Rhondda
- Karen Buck MP Westminster North
- Richard Burden MP Birmingham, Northfield
- Andy Burnham MP Leigh
- Martin Caton MP Gower
- Michael Connarty MP Linlithgow and East Falkirk
- Jeremy Corbyn MP Islington North
- David Crausby Bolton East
- Alex Cunningham MP Stockton North
- Margaret Curran MP Glasgow East
- Simon Danczuk MP Rochdale
- Jim Dobbin MP Heywood and Middleton
- Frank Dobson MP Holborn and St Pancras
- Jim Dowd MP Lewisham West
- Jack Dromey MP Birmingham Erdington
- Clive Efford MP Eltham
- Julie Elliott MP Sunderland Central
- Bill Esterson MP Sefton Central
- Jim Fitzpatrick MP Poplar and Canning Town
- Paul Flynn MP Newport West
- Hywel Francis MP Aberavon
- Mike Gapes MP Ilford South
- Roger Godsiff MP Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath
- Nia Griffith MP Llanelli
- Peter Hain MP Neath
- David Hamilton MP Midlothian
- Fabian Hamilton MP Leeds North East
- Julie Hilling MP Bolton West
- Sharon Hodgson MP Gateshead East and Washington West
- Kelvin Hopkins MP Luton North
- George Howarth MP Knowsley North and Sefton East
- Cathy Jamieson MP Kilmarnock and Loudoun
- Diana Johnson MP Kingston upon Hull North
- Gerald Kaufman MP Manchester, Gorton
- Sadiq Khan MP Tooting
- Ian Lavery MP Wansbeck
- Mark Lazarowicz MP Edinburgh North and Leith
- Chris Leslie MP Nottingham East
- Tony Lloyd MP Manchester Central
- Andy Love MP Edmonton
- Ian Lucas MP Wrexham
- Fiona Mactaggart MP Slough
- Shabana Mahmood MP Birmingham, Ladywood
- Kerry McCarthy MP Bristol East
- John McDonnell MP Hayes and Harlington
- Madeleine Moon MP Bridgend
- Grahame Morris MP Easington
- George Mudie MP Leeds East
- Ian Murray MP Edinburgh South
- Lisa Nandy MP Wigan
- Fiona O'Donnell MP East Lothian
- Sandra Osborne MP Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
- Toby Perkins MP Chesterfield
- Yasmin Qureshi MP Bolton South East
- Emma Reynolds MP Wolverhampton North East
- Linda Riordan MP Halifax
- Joan Ruddock MP Lewisham Deptford
- Anas Sarwar MP Glasgow Central
- Jim Sheridan MP Renfrewshire and Paisley
- Marsha Singh MP Bradford West
- Andy Slaughter MP Hammersmith
- Gareth Thomas MP Harrow West
- Emily Thornberry MP Islington South and Finsbury
- Stephen Timms MP East Ham
- Chuka Umunna MP Streatham
- Alan Whitehead MP Southampton, Test
- Phil Wilson MP Sedgefield
- Mike Wood MP Batley and Spen
References
- 1 2 3 "About LFPME". Labour Friends of Palestine & the Middle East. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
- ↑ https://www.owler.com/company/lfpme