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Lord George Gordon (1774–1780) Converted to Judaism; Sampson Eardley (1770–1802) Father was Jewish. Eardley was baptised. Tory MP; Manasseh Masseh Lopes (1802–1806, 1807–1808, 1812–1819 & 1820–1829) Lopes converted to Christianity in 1802, and later the same year he entered Parliament as a Tory MP
Jews have been a part of the Australian parliament since federation. [citation needed] In 2016 a record number of 6 MPs identified as Jewish. [1]When Kerryn Phelps won the 2018 Wentworth by-election the number rose to 7, but subsequently dropped back to 6 following the 2019 Australian federal election.
California's first and only Jewish governor Idaho: Moses Alexander [1] Democratic: January 4, 1915: January 6, 1919: Idaho's first and only Jewish governor Utah: Simon Bamberger [1] Democratic: January 1, 1917: January 1, 1921: Utah's first and only Jewish governor New Mexico: Arthur Seligman [1] Democratic: January 1, 1931: September 25, 1933
At the 2024 general election he became the first Labour MP to represent the Chelsea and Fulham constituency, defeating the incumbent Conservative Minister for London Greg Hands by 152 votes. [3] PinkNews listed him as an out LGBTQ+ MP in 2024. [4] The Jewish Chronicle listed him as one of the new Jewish MPs in 2024. [5]
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Labour Friends of Israel Abbreviation LFI Formation October 1957 (1957-10) Purpose Promotes support for a strong bilateral relationship between Britain and Israel Headquarters London Membership 120 Official language English Honorary President Joan Ryan Parliamentary Chair Jon Pearce Lay Chair ...
It includes both MPs elected at the 2019 general election, held on 12 December 2019, and those subsequently elected in by-elections. The list is sorted by the name of the MP, and MPs who did not serve throughout the Parliament are italicised. New MPs elected since the general election are noted at the bottom of the page.
In March 2019, Smeeth resigned as PPS to Tom Watson, Deputy Leader of the Labour Party to vote against a second referendum on Brexit, as Labour had instructed its MPs to abstain. [36] In April 2019, Smeeth was elected Parliamentary Chair of the Jewish Labour Movement. [37] She is a member of Labour Friends of Israel. [38]
They built contacts with both Labour and the Independent Labour Party, [21] and succeeded in becoming affiliated to the British Labour Party in 1920 under the name of The Jewish Socialist Labour Party, claiming membership of 3,000, although actual membership was a few hundred.