We asked Parliamentary candidates the following 5 questions:
Q1) Given that Israel has continued to expand settlements on occupied Palestinian land in the West Bank and East Jerusalem in defiance of international law and international opinion, do you think the UK should ban the import of settlement goods into the UK?
Q2) Do you agree that Israel’s blockade of Gaza, imposed since 2007, should be lifted immediately?
Q3) Do you agree that the Government should enforce its own arms export licensing criteria, and stop supplying arms to Israel until it ceases its violations of international law?
Q4) Numerous reports have highlighted the mistreatment of Palestinian child prisoners in Israeli military detention. Do you agree that any child prisoner should be treated in accordance with international law and not Israeli military law?
Q5) Do you agree that future UK trade deals should include a strong human rights clause, and that any trade agreement with Israel should be conditional upon the respect of international law and human rights?
You can see the responses to these questions in the table below. Some candidates gave extended answers that you can view by clicking on their statement.
Constituency | Name | Party | Question 1 | Question 2 | Question 3 | Question 4 | Question 5 | Additional Comments |
Batley and Spen | Aleks Lukic | Independent | – | – | – | – | – | Statement |
Batley and Spen | Tracy Brabin | Labour | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Batley and Spen | Tracy Brabin | Labour | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Berwick-upon-Tweed | Thomas Stewart | Green | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Bradford | David Ward | Independent | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | Statement |
Brigg and Goole | Andrew Percy | Con | Statement | |||||
Calder Valley | Kieran Turner | Green | Statement | Statement | Statement | Statement | Statement | Statement |
Cleethorps | Martin Vickers | Con | Statement | |||||
Cleethorps | Roy Horobin | Lib Dem | Statement | |||||
Dewsbury and Mirfield | Ednan Hussain | Lib Dem | statement | |||||
Dewsbury and Mirfield | Paula Sherriff | Labour | statement | |||||
Durham | Roberta Blackman-Woods | Labour | Statement | |||||
Elmet & Rothwell | David Nagle | Labour | Statement | |||||
Elmet and Rothwell | David Nagle | Labour | Statement | |||||
Gateshead | Ian Mearns | Labour | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Great Grimsby | Melanie Onn | Labour | statement | |||||
Grimsby | Steve Beasant | Lib Dem | No | Yes | Statement | Statement | Statement | |
Halifax | Chris Pearson | Con | Statement | |||||
Harrogate and Knaresborough | Helen Flynn | Lib Dem | Unsure with Statement | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Hull West & Hessle | Christine Mackay | Conservative | statement | |||||
Keighley | Ros Brown | Green | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | Statement |
Keighley and Ikley | Paul Latham | UKIP | Statement | |||||
Kingston on Hull West and Hessle | Christine Mackay | Con | Statement | |||||
Leeds North East | Fabian Hamilton | Labour | Statement | |||||
Leeds North West | Alan Lamb | Tory | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
Leeds North West | Alex Sobel | Labour | Statement | |||||
Leeds North West | Martin Hemingway | Green | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Statement |
Leeds West | Alisdair Calder McGregor | Lib Dem | Statement | Yes | Yes | Yes | Statement | |
Leeds West | Greg Mulholland | Lib Dem | Statement | |||||
Leeds West | Mike Davies | Alliance for Green Socialism | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Newcastle East | Nick Brown | Labour | Statement | |||||
North Durham | Craig Martin | Lib Dem | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
Outer York | Bethan Vincent | Green | Yes & Statement | Yes | Yes | Yes & Statement | Yes & Statement | Statement |
Rotherham | James Bellis | Con | Statement | |||||
Scarborough and Whitby | Eric Broadbent | Labour | Statement | |||||
Sheffield Hallam | Nick Clegg | Lib Dem | no | yes | yes | yes | yes | Statement |
Sheffield Heeley | Louise Haigh | Labour | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Shipley | Philip Davies | Con | No | No | No | Yes | No | |
Shipley and Keighley | Caroline Fife Jones | Lib Dem | No and Statement | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Statement |
Skipton and Craven | Andrew Brown | Green | Statement | |||||
Stockton South | James Wharton | Conservative | statement | |||||
Stockton South | Jo Fitzgerald | Green | yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | statement |
Thirsk and Malton | Martin Brampton | Green | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Wakefield | Finbarr Cronin | Lib Dem | No & Statement | Yes & Statement | No | Yes & Statement | Yes | Statement |