The UK-Palestine Mental Health Network does not endorse any specific candidates or parties. The purpose of this page is to present Palestine-related election news that may not be present in mainstream media. The items are listed in the chronological order that we become aware of them.

Labour would comply with ICC arrest order for Netanyahu, Lammy reiterates
Lammy has made the same commitment previously, but his remarks came at a time when the ICC is drawing closer to making a decision on the issue of warrants.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/23/labour-would-comply-with-icc-arrest-order-for-netanyahu-lammy-reiterates

US ambassador on Starmer’s split from Lammy on ICC arrest warrant for Netanyahu
Older news from Politico on 30 May…
https://www.politico.eu/article/us-ambassador-uk-jane-hartley-keir-starmer-david-lammy-icc-arrest-warrant-benjamin-netanyahu-war-in-gaza/

General Election 2024: The Labour MPs how oppose Israel’s Genocide in Gaza, and those who support it
An opinion by an investigative journalist
https://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2024/06/19/general-election-2024-the-labour-mps-who-oppose-israels-genocide-in-gaza-and-those-who-support-it/

Email Palestine Solidarity Campaign questions to all Parliamentary candidates in your constituency.
Our Vote Palestine 2024 campaign includes six questions for all Parliamentary candidates, as a set of concrete actions to commit to if elected. Use this tool to send our questions to all the candidates who are standing in your constituency.
https://palestinecampaign.eaction.online/electionquestionseaction

Labour Friends of Israel hides “supporters” list ahead of election
By Asa Winstanley in The Electronic Intifada
“Israeli embassy front group Labour Friends of Israel has deleted its public list of “Parliamentary supporters” ahead of the UK’s upcoming general election on 4 July. The deletion appears to be a way to protect pro-Israel Labour candidates from electorial challengers on their left flank.”
https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/asa-winstanley/labour-friends-israel-hides-supporters-list-ahead-election

Prioritise Palestine – General Election 2024
Friends of Al-Aqsa have launched an election campaign called Prioritise Palestine.
There are free leaflets encouraging people to register to vote by the deadline of Tuesday 18 June. There will be a major leafletting campaign over the weekend of 15 June before the deadline.
There is also an online facility to mail 4 simple commitments about Palestine to your local candidates in order to base you voting in their responses.
https://www.foa.org.uk/campaign/prioritisepalestine

UK elections: Why Starmer picked a controversial pro-Israel lobbyist for a safe seat
“The self-proclaimed Zionist activist Luke Akehurst has called the UN ‘antisemitic’ and backs Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank”
https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/uk-elections-starmer-picked-pro-israel-controversial-lobbyist-safe-seat-why

Online parliamentary scorecard on MPs’ voting records on Palestine
“As we prepare for a general election which is now only weeks away, we must ramp up the political pressure on every candidate seeking power. We are going to make Palestine an issue in this election like never before. Palestine Solidarity Campaign have launched an online parliamentary scorecard for you to easily check your local MP’s recent voting record on Palestine and the atrocities Israel continues to commit.”
https://palestinecampaign.eaction.org.uk/votingrecord

Labour Friends of Palestine & the Middle East
https://www.lfpme.co.uk/parliamentary-supporters

Collective
Fifteen groups from the left have entered into a political pact in order to back a single candidate for each electoral seat. There is a longer list of 100+ left and independent candidates who subscribe to the same program.
https://we-are-collective.org/candidates
All candidates support this statement:
“Therefore we call for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza; an end to arms sales to Israel; sanctions and prosecutions for war crimes; and an end to decades of Israeli impunity.”
https://we-are-collective.org/about