Labour Friends of Palestine & the Middle East
Labour Friends of Palestine & the Middle East 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". LFPME was formed in 2009 as a private company.
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."
It is chaired by Lisa Nandy. The late Jo Cox was a supporter, and so is former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.
Current parliamentary members
As of 2019, the parliamentary members of the group are:MP | Constituency |
Diane Abbott | Hackney North |
Debbie Abrahams | Oldham East and Saddleworth |
Rushanara Ali | Bethnal Green |
Jon Ashworth | Leicester South |
Clive Betts | Sheffield, Attercliffe |
Roberta Blackman-Woods | City of Durham |
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 |
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 |