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]

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Labour Friends of Palestine and the Middle East

Abbreviation	LFPME
Formation	2009; 15 years ago (2009)
Location	United Kingdom
Chair	Julie Elliott
Affiliations	Labour Party
Website	https://www.lfpme.co.uk

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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:

• Debbie Abrahams MP - Oldham East and Saddleworth
• Rushanara Ali MP - Bethnal Green and Bow
• Tahir Ali MP - Birmingham Hall Green
• Jonathan Ashworth MP - Leicester South
• Paula Barker MP - Liverpool Wavertree
• Apsana Begum MP - Poplar and Limehouse
• Paul Blomfield MP - Sheffield Central
• Ben Bradshaw MP - Exeter
• Sir Chris Bryant MP - Rhondda
• Richard Burgon MP - Leeds East
• Dawn Butler MP - Brent Central
• Ian Byrne MP - Liverpool West Derby
• Liam Byrne MP - Birmingham Hodge Hill
• Sarah Champion MP - Rotherham
• Alex Cunningham MP - Stockton North
• Wayne David MP - Caerphilly
• Marsha de Cordova MP - Battersea
• Tan Dhesi MP - Slough
• Julie Elliott MP - Sunderland Central
• Florence Eshalomi MP - Vauxhall
• Vicky Foxcroft MP - Lewisham Deptford
• Mary Kelly Foy MP - City of Durham
• Mary Glindon MP - North Tyneside
• Andrew Gwynne MP - Denton and Reddish
• Kate Hollern MP - Blackburn
• Rachel Hopkins MP - Luton South
• Rupa Huq MP - Ealing Central and Acton
• Imran Hussain MP - Bradford East
• Kim Johnson MP - Liverpool Riverside
• Ruth Jones MP - Newport West
• Afzal Khan MP - Manchester Gorton
• Stephen Kinnock MP - Aberavon
• Ian Lavery MP - Wansbeck
• Kim Leadbeater MP - Batley and Spen
• Emma Lewell-Buck MP - South Shields
• Shabana Mahmood MP - Birmingham Ladywood
• Seema Malhotra MP - Feltham and Heston
• Rachael Maskell MP - York Central
• Kerry McCarthy MP - Bristol East
• John McDonnell MP - Hayes and Harlington
• Ian Mearns MP - Gateshead
• Navendu Mishra MP - Stockport
• Stephen Morgan MP - Portsmouth South
• Grahame Morris MP - Easington
• Kate Osborne MP - Jarrow
• Sarah Owen MP - Luton North
• Yasmin Qureshi MP - Bolton South East
• Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP - Streatham
• Lloyd Russell-Moyle MP - Brighton Kemptown
• Naz Shah MP - Bradford West
• Michael Shanks MP - Rutherglen and Hamilton West
• Andy Slaughter MP - Hammersmith
• Jeff Smith MP - Manchester Withington
• Wes Streeting MP - Ilford North
• Zarah Sultana MP - Coventry South
• Sam Tarry MP - Ilford South
• Gareth Thomas MP - Harrow West
• Sir Stephen Timms MP - East Ham
• Valerie Vaz MP - Walsall South
• Alan Whitehead MP - Southampton Test
• Nadia Whittome MP - Nottingham East

As of 2019, the parliamentary members of the group are:^[6]

• Labour Friends of Israel