Higher proportion of pro-Palestine than Labour candidates won at local elections

Higher proportion of pro-Palestine than Labour candidates won at local elections Submitted by Imran Mulla on Fri, 05/29/2026 - 12:26 Candidates with a pro-Palestine platform were more likely to win seats than candidates for any major party besides Reform, according to data shared exclusively with MEE Protesters take part in a march in central London on 11 October 2025 organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (AFP) Off Pro- Palestine candidates were more likely to win their seat than candidates from any major party besides Reform at the recent local elections in England, Middle East Eye can reveal. New data shared exclusively with MEE indicates that opposition to British cooperation with Israel remains a salient political issue and is a predictor for electoral success in many areas in England. At the 7 May local elections, candidates who signed the “Pledge for Palestine”, created by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC), won 27 percent of the seats they contested, while Reform candidates won 30 percent.  Labour candidates trailed behind on 22 percent, with the Lib Dems just one point behind on 21. More than 1,600 candidates signed the PSC pledge, which committed them to use their position to support Palestinian rights if they are elected. They pledged to "take all appropriate steps to" uphold "the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people", and support "efforts to prevent, and ensure accountability for, Israel’s crimes of genocide, military occupation, ethnic cleansing and apartheid". The pledge also promised to "ensure my council is not complicit in and does not help to normalise Israel’s violations of international law, including through the council dives...

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