Labour Friends of Palestine and the Middle East

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". LFPME was formed in 2009 as a private company. It was re-established as a private limited company in 2023.

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 was chaired by Julie Elliott until 2024. The late Jo Cox was a supporter, and so is former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. Current Labour leader Keir Starmer is also a supporter.

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:


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

Members until 2019
Until 2019, the parliamentary members of the group were: