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These are the 43 new MPs who backed Palestine Solidarity Campaign’s six general election demands
These MPs back a ceasefire and a ban on arms sales to Israel
In advance of polling day, Left Foot Forward exclusively revealed the list of parliamentary candidates who had signed up to Palestine Solidarity Campaign’s six demands in the general election.
The group called for candidates to support the following positions in relation to the ongoing situation in Gaza:An immediate ceasefire
Restoration of funding to UNRWA
An embargo on arms sales to Israel
Support for the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court to uphold international humanitarian law
Suspending trade agreements with Israel
Protecting the right to protest, boycott and divest from companies that are complicit in violations of international law
Now, Left Foot Forward can reveal which of those candidates were successfully elected to parliament.
The House of Commons will now have a total of 43 MPs who backed Palestine Solidarity Campaign’s demands. 19 of those are from the Labour Party, 7 are from Sinn Fein, 5 are from the SNP, three are from Plaid Cymru, 1 is from the SDLP and 1 from the Alliance Party. Three independent MPs signed up to the demands, including the former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. All four of the Green Party’s new MPs backed the demands.
The full list is as follows:
MP Constituency Party
Sorcha-Lucy Eastwood Lagan Valley Alliance – Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Carla Denyer Bristol Central Green Party
Siân Berry Brighton Pavilion Green Party
Adrian Ramsay Waveney Valley Green Party
Ellie Chowns North Herefordshire Green Party
Shockat Adam Leicester South Independent
Iqbal Hussain Mohamed Dewsbury and Batley Independent
Jeremy Corbyn Islington North Independent
Mark Hendrick Preston Labour and Co-operative Party
Abtisam Mohamed Sheffield Central Labour Party
John McDonnell Hayes and Harlington Labour Party
Andy McDonald Middlesbrough and Thornaby East Labour Party
Apsana Begum Poplar and Limehouse Labour Party
Bell Ribeiro-Addy Clapham and Brixton Hill Labour Party
Cat Smith Lancaster and Wyre Labour Party
Clive Betts Sheffield South East Labour Party
Diane Abbott Hackney North and Stoke Newington Labour Party
Jess Phillips Birmingham Yardley Labour Party
Nadia Whittome Nottingham East Labour Party
Naz Shah Bradford West Labour Party
Olivia Blake Sheffield Hallam Labour Party
Richard Burgon Leeds East Labour Party
Sarah Champion Rotherham Labour Party
Steve Witherden Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr Labour Party
Valerie Vaz Walsall and Bloxwich Labour Party
Yasmin Qureshi Bolton South and Walkden Labour Party
Zarah Sultana Coventry South Labour Party
Ann Davies Caerfyrddin Plaid Cymru – The Party of Wales
Ben Lake Ceredigion Preseli Plaid Cymru – The Party of Wales
Liz Saville Roberts Dwyfor Meirionnydd Plaid Cymru – The Party of Wales
Dave Doogan Angus and Perthshire Glens Scottish National Party (SNP)
Brendan O’Hara Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber Scottish National Party (SNP)
Graham Leadbitter Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey Scottish National Party (SNP)
Chris Law Dundee Central Scottish National Party (SNP)
Kirsty Blackman Aberdeen North Scottish National Party (SNP)
Claire Hanna Belfast South and Mid Down SDLP (Social Democratic & Labour Party)
Paul Maskey Belfast West Sinn Féin
Pat Cullen Fermanagh and South Tyrone Sinn Féin
Chris Hazzard South Down Sinn Féin
Dáire Hughes Newry and Armagh Sinn Féin
John Finucane Belfast North Sinn Féin
Órfhlaith Begley West Tyrone Sinn Féin
Cathal Mallaghan Mid Ulster Sinn Féin
Chris Jarvis is head of strategy and development at Left Foot Forward
These MPs back a ceasefire and a ban on arms sales to Israel
5 July, 2024
Left Foot Forward
In advance of polling day, Left Foot Forward exclusively revealed the list of parliamentary candidates who had signed up to Palestine Solidarity Campaign’s six demands in the general election.
The group called for candidates to support the following positions in relation to the ongoing situation in Gaza:An immediate ceasefire
Restoration of funding to UNRWA
An embargo on arms sales to Israel
Support for the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court to uphold international humanitarian law
Suspending trade agreements with Israel
Protecting the right to protest, boycott and divest from companies that are complicit in violations of international law
Now, Left Foot Forward can reveal which of those candidates were successfully elected to parliament.
The House of Commons will now have a total of 43 MPs who backed Palestine Solidarity Campaign’s demands. 19 of those are from the Labour Party, 7 are from Sinn Fein, 5 are from the SNP, three are from Plaid Cymru, 1 is from the SDLP and 1 from the Alliance Party. Three independent MPs signed up to the demands, including the former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. All four of the Green Party’s new MPs backed the demands.
The full list is as follows:
MP Constituency Party
Sorcha-Lucy Eastwood Lagan Valley Alliance – Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Carla Denyer Bristol Central Green Party
Siân Berry Brighton Pavilion Green Party
Adrian Ramsay Waveney Valley Green Party
Ellie Chowns North Herefordshire Green Party
Shockat Adam Leicester South Independent
Iqbal Hussain Mohamed Dewsbury and Batley Independent
Jeremy Corbyn Islington North Independent
Mark Hendrick Preston Labour and Co-operative Party
Abtisam Mohamed Sheffield Central Labour Party
John McDonnell Hayes and Harlington Labour Party
Andy McDonald Middlesbrough and Thornaby East Labour Party
Apsana Begum Poplar and Limehouse Labour Party
Bell Ribeiro-Addy Clapham and Brixton Hill Labour Party
Cat Smith Lancaster and Wyre Labour Party
Clive Betts Sheffield South East Labour Party
Diane Abbott Hackney North and Stoke Newington Labour Party
Jess Phillips Birmingham Yardley Labour Party
Nadia Whittome Nottingham East Labour Party
Naz Shah Bradford West Labour Party
Olivia Blake Sheffield Hallam Labour Party
Richard Burgon Leeds East Labour Party
Sarah Champion Rotherham Labour Party
Steve Witherden Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr Labour Party
Valerie Vaz Walsall and Bloxwich Labour Party
Yasmin Qureshi Bolton South and Walkden Labour Party
Zarah Sultana Coventry South Labour Party
Ann Davies Caerfyrddin Plaid Cymru – The Party of Wales
Ben Lake Ceredigion Preseli Plaid Cymru – The Party of Wales
Liz Saville Roberts Dwyfor Meirionnydd Plaid Cymru – The Party of Wales
Dave Doogan Angus and Perthshire Glens Scottish National Party (SNP)
Brendan O’Hara Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber Scottish National Party (SNP)
Graham Leadbitter Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey Scottish National Party (SNP)
Chris Law Dundee Central Scottish National Party (SNP)
Kirsty Blackman Aberdeen North Scottish National Party (SNP)
Claire Hanna Belfast South and Mid Down SDLP (Social Democratic & Labour Party)
Paul Maskey Belfast West Sinn Féin
Pat Cullen Fermanagh and South Tyrone Sinn Féin
Chris Hazzard South Down Sinn Féin
Dáire Hughes Newry and Armagh Sinn Féin
John Finucane Belfast North Sinn Féin
Órfhlaith Begley West Tyrone Sinn Féin
Cathal Mallaghan Mid Ulster Sinn Féin
Chris Jarvis is head of strategy and development at Left Foot Forward
Pro-Palestine independents claim victory
Five pro-Palestine independents won seats at the general election showing that Palestine is on the agenda
Jeremy Corbyn has been re-elected as the independent MP for Islington North (Photo: Guy Smallman)
By Charlie Kimber
Friday 05 July 2024
SOCIALIST WORKER
Five pro-Palestine independents won seats at the general election. It’s a sign of the potential to keep up the fight against Israeli genocide in Gaza, combat the racism of Reform UK and confront Labour.
Independent candidate Andrew Feinstein came second with 7,312 votes—19 percent of the vote in Keir Starmer’s Holborn and St Pancras constituency. Starmer’s vote was down by half, from 36,641 in the 2019 election to 18,888.
Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting only just held his Ilford North seat, beating independent pro-Palestine candidate Leanne Mohamad by just over 500 votes.
Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, running as an independent, heavily defeated Labour in Islington North. Corbyn won 24,120 votes—almost 50 percent—to Labour’s 16,873. Corbyn’s vote was higher than Starmer’s.
Speaking after the result was declared, Corbyn said people “want something different”. He said they are looking for an end to the two-child benefit cap and for regulation of the private rented sector.
People want a government that “will search for peace not war, and not allow the terrible conditions to go on that are happening in Gaza”.
In a message to Starmer, Corbyn said, “I’ve just been re-elected for Islington North. I hope you’re very happy about that because you’re my parliamentary neighbour. I hope you’ll also remember you didn’t want me to be a candidate.”
In one of the most extraordinary results of the night, independent pro-Gaza candidate Shockat Adam defeated Labour shadow cabinet member Jon Ashworth in Leicester South.
Adam won 14,739 votes to Ashworth’s 13,760 votes. Adam said, “Our resistance can manifest in various guises. In addition to protesting, we can exercise our freedom of speech by engaging in intellectual and moral debates, economic sanctions, and, ultimately, the ballot box.
“We must ensure that those who turned their back on one of the greatest injustices in modern times are told loud and clear we have turned our backs on them.”
Adam was supported by Azeem Rafiq, the whistle-blower against racism in Yorkshire cricket.
Independent Adnan Hussain won in Blackburn. A spokesperson for his campaign told Socialist Worker, “We won because we were closer to the people than Labour. We won because we did not forget the children of Gaza or the need for justice for the Palestinian people.
“Now we will work hard for the whole community and try to be real representatives of the community. We do not expect the Labour government to play that role, and we will be ready to mobilise opposition where it is necessary.”
Independent Iqbal Mohamad smashed Labour in Dewsbury and Batley. He won 15,641 to Labour’s 8,707. “People are suffering and have had enough of the damaging mainstream parties, their toxic politics and policies and their support for genocide,” he said.
After 125 days as an MP, George Galloway lost in Rochdale. The Workers Party—pro-Palestine but reactionary on oppression—generally did worse than independent candidates.
Independents also hit Birmingham across much of Birmingham. Labour’s Jess Phillips survived by only 700 votes.
Independent Ayoub Khan won in Perry Barr. He defeated former Labour MP Khalid Mahmood who supported the invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq under Blair.
Mahmood also pushed the now-debunked Trojan Horse conspiracy that there was a plot by Muslims to take over Birmingham schools.
There were excellent results for other independents who did not win, such as Muhammad Ali Islam, Azhar Iqbal Chohan and Michael Lavalette. And Socialist Worker supporter Maxine Bowler won 8 percent—2,537 votes—coming fourth in her Sheffield constituency.
“It was brilliant to see the independents advance,” Maxine told Socialist Worker.
“Although the main parties tried to keep Palestine off the ballot paper we forced it on. And the vote was also about more than Gaza. It was about poverty, stagnant or falling wages, bad housing and all the other issues working class people face.
“There are big challenges ahead but the vote is a boost to the fightback.”
Elections matter, but crucially the fight for Palestine and against austerity will take place in the streets and workplaces.
Some independent candidate’s results:Adnan Hussain, Blackburn, 10,518 votes, 27 percent, elected
Aftab Nawaz, Walsall and Bloxwich 7,600 votes, 20.4 percent, second
Andrew Feinstein, Holborn and St Pancras 7,312 votes, 18.9 percent, second
Ayoub Khan, Birmingham Perry Bar, 13,303 votes, 35.5 percent, elected
Azhar Iqbal Chohan, Slough, 11,019 votes, 25.37 percent, second
Claudia Webbe, Leicester East, 5,532 votes, 11.8 percent, fourth
Dave Nellist, Coventry East, 797 votes, 2.2 percent, seventh
Emma Dent Coad, Kensington and Bayswater, 1,824 votes, 4.4 percent, sixth
Faiza Shaheen, Chingford and Woodford Green, 12,445 votes, 25.7 percent, third
Iqbal Mohamed, Dewsbury and Batley, 15,641 votes, 41 percent, elected
Jabu Nala-Hartley, Oxford East, 600 votes, 1.5 percent, eight
Jeremy Corbyn, Islington North, 24,120 votes, 49.2 percent, elected
Kamel Hawwash, Birmingham Selly Oak, 2,842 votes, 7.4 percent, fifth
Leanne Mohamad, Ilford North, 15,119 votes, 32.2 percent, second
Maxine Bowler, Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough, 2,537 votes, 8 percent, fourth
Michael Lavalette, Preston, 8,715 votes, 22 percent, second
Muhammed Ali Islam, Bradford West, 11,017 votes, 29.7 percent, second
Nandita Lal, Tottenham, 2,348 votes, 5.8 percent, third
Perveen Hussain, Halifax, 1,367 votes, 3.4 percent, seventh
Sam Gorst, Liverpool Garston, 3,294 votes, 7.8 percent, third
Shockat Adam, Leicester South, 14,739 votes, 35.2 percent, elected
Tanushka Marah, Hove and Portslade, 3,048 votes, 5.9 percent, fifth
Tony Wilson, Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton, 573 votes, 1.5 percent, eighth
Independent candidate Andrew Feinstein came second with 7,312 votes—19 percent of the vote in Keir Starmer’s Holborn and St Pancras constituency. Starmer’s vote was down by half, from 36,641 in the 2019 election to 18,888.
Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting only just held his Ilford North seat, beating independent pro-Palestine candidate Leanne Mohamad by just over 500 votes.
Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, running as an independent, heavily defeated Labour in Islington North. Corbyn won 24,120 votes—almost 50 percent—to Labour’s 16,873. Corbyn’s vote was higher than Starmer’s.
Speaking after the result was declared, Corbyn said people “want something different”. He said they are looking for an end to the two-child benefit cap and for regulation of the private rented sector.
People want a government that “will search for peace not war, and not allow the terrible conditions to go on that are happening in Gaza”.
In a message to Starmer, Corbyn said, “I’ve just been re-elected for Islington North. I hope you’re very happy about that because you’re my parliamentary neighbour. I hope you’ll also remember you didn’t want me to be a candidate.”
In one of the most extraordinary results of the night, independent pro-Gaza candidate Shockat Adam defeated Labour shadow cabinet member Jon Ashworth in Leicester South.
Adam won 14,739 votes to Ashworth’s 13,760 votes. Adam said, “Our resistance can manifest in various guises. In addition to protesting, we can exercise our freedom of speech by engaging in intellectual and moral debates, economic sanctions, and, ultimately, the ballot box.
“We must ensure that those who turned their back on one of the greatest injustices in modern times are told loud and clear we have turned our backs on them.”
Adam was supported by Azeem Rafiq, the whistle-blower against racism in Yorkshire cricket.
Independent Adnan Hussain won in Blackburn. A spokesperson for his campaign told Socialist Worker, “We won because we were closer to the people than Labour. We won because we did not forget the children of Gaza or the need for justice for the Palestinian people.
“Now we will work hard for the whole community and try to be real representatives of the community. We do not expect the Labour government to play that role, and we will be ready to mobilise opposition where it is necessary.”
Independent Iqbal Mohamad smashed Labour in Dewsbury and Batley. He won 15,641 to Labour’s 8,707. “People are suffering and have had enough of the damaging mainstream parties, their toxic politics and policies and their support for genocide,” he said.
After 125 days as an MP, George Galloway lost in Rochdale. The Workers Party—pro-Palestine but reactionary on oppression—generally did worse than independent candidates.
Independents also hit Birmingham across much of Birmingham. Labour’s Jess Phillips survived by only 700 votes.
Independent Ayoub Khan won in Perry Barr. He defeated former Labour MP Khalid Mahmood who supported the invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq under Blair.
Mahmood also pushed the now-debunked Trojan Horse conspiracy that there was a plot by Muslims to take over Birmingham schools.
There were excellent results for other independents who did not win, such as Muhammad Ali Islam, Azhar Iqbal Chohan and Michael Lavalette. And Socialist Worker supporter Maxine Bowler won 8 percent—2,537 votes—coming fourth in her Sheffield constituency.
“It was brilliant to see the independents advance,” Maxine told Socialist Worker.
“Although the main parties tried to keep Palestine off the ballot paper we forced it on. And the vote was also about more than Gaza. It was about poverty, stagnant or falling wages, bad housing and all the other issues working class people face.
“There are big challenges ahead but the vote is a boost to the fightback.”
Elections matter, but crucially the fight for Palestine and against austerity will take place in the streets and workplaces.
Some independent candidate’s results:Adnan Hussain, Blackburn, 10,518 votes, 27 percent, elected
Aftab Nawaz, Walsall and Bloxwich 7,600 votes, 20.4 percent, second
Andrew Feinstein, Holborn and St Pancras 7,312 votes, 18.9 percent, second
Ayoub Khan, Birmingham Perry Bar, 13,303 votes, 35.5 percent, elected
Azhar Iqbal Chohan, Slough, 11,019 votes, 25.37 percent, second
Claudia Webbe, Leicester East, 5,532 votes, 11.8 percent, fourth
Dave Nellist, Coventry East, 797 votes, 2.2 percent, seventh
Emma Dent Coad, Kensington and Bayswater, 1,824 votes, 4.4 percent, sixth
Faiza Shaheen, Chingford and Woodford Green, 12,445 votes, 25.7 percent, third
Iqbal Mohamed, Dewsbury and Batley, 15,641 votes, 41 percent, elected
Jabu Nala-Hartley, Oxford East, 600 votes, 1.5 percent, eight
Jeremy Corbyn, Islington North, 24,120 votes, 49.2 percent, elected
Kamel Hawwash, Birmingham Selly Oak, 2,842 votes, 7.4 percent, fifth
Leanne Mohamad, Ilford North, 15,119 votes, 32.2 percent, second
Maxine Bowler, Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough, 2,537 votes, 8 percent, fourth
Michael Lavalette, Preston, 8,715 votes, 22 percent, second
Muhammed Ali Islam, Bradford West, 11,017 votes, 29.7 percent, second
Nandita Lal, Tottenham, 2,348 votes, 5.8 percent, third
Perveen Hussain, Halifax, 1,367 votes, 3.4 percent, seventh
Sam Gorst, Liverpool Garston, 3,294 votes, 7.8 percent, third
Shockat Adam, Leicester South, 14,739 votes, 35.2 percent, elected
Tanushka Marah, Hove and Portslade, 3,048 votes, 5.9 percent, fifth
Tony Wilson, Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton, 573 votes, 1.5 percent, eighth
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