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: See also ''[[Jewish politicians in Britain before 1900]]''
: See also ''[[jewish politicians in Britain before 1900]]''
'''Jewish politicians in Britain'''.ย  [[Jews]] could not sit in the British Parliament until 1858 when the Jews Relief Act was passed. ย 
'''jewish politicians in Britain'''.ย  [[jews]] could not sit in the British Parliament until 1858 when the jews Relief Act was passed. ย 
A frighteningly disproportionate large number of Jews in Britain have been politicians in the 20th & 21st centuries.
A frighteningly disproportionate large number of jews in Britain have been politicians in the 20th & 21st centuries.


:''The English Jews, we are told, are not Englishmen. They are separate people, living locally in this island, but living morally and politically in communion with their brethren who are scattered all over the world. An English Jew looks on a Dutch or Portuguese Jew as his countryman, and of an English Christian as a stranger. This want of patriotic feeling, it is said, renders a Jew unfit to exercise political functions.'' ~ Lord Macaulay.<ref>Macaulay, Lord, ''Historical Essays'', Oxford University Press, London, 1932, citation from "Civil Disabilities of the Jews: January 1831", p.84-96.</ref>
:''The English jews, we are told, are not Englishmen. They are separate people, living locally in this island, but living morally and politically in communion with their brethren who are scattered all over the world. An English jew looks on a Dutch or Portuguese jew as his countryman, and of an English Christian as a stranger. This want of patriotic feeling, it is said, renders a jew unfit to exercise political functions.'' ~ Lord Macaulay.<ref>Macaulay, Lord, ''Historical Essays'', Oxford University Press, London, 1932, citation from "Civil Disabilities of the jews: January 1831", p.84-96.</ref>


:''I feel totally Jewish; I am totally Jewish. I don't eat pork, we only buy kosher meat and we don't mix meat and milk. I like being Jewish and I married a Jewish girl. It's like a way of life and it's good to be able to instill some of that sense of being in your kids.''<ref>https://www.thejc.com/lifestyle/features/interview-grant-shapps-1.17732</ref> ~ Grant Shapps, M.P., UK Government Minister, Sept, 2010.
:''I feel totally jewish; I am totally jewish. I don't eat pork, we only buy kosher meat and we don't mix meat and milk. I like being jewish and I married a jewish girl. It's like a way of life and it's good to be able to instill some of that sense of being in your kids.''<ref>https://www.thejc.com/lifestyle/features/interview-grant-shapps-1.17732</ref> ~ Grant Shapps, M.P., UK Government Minister, Sept, 2010.


==1900-1939==
==1900-1939==
* Herbert Louis Samuel (b.1870), [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] M.P., (from 1902) and cabinet minister. A "moderate" [[Zionist]] and High Commissioner for [[Palestine]] 1920-25.[http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/samuel.html] Wrote: ''Liberalism: its Principles and Proposals''(1902).<ref>Black, A & C., ''Who's Who 1927'', 79th edition, London, p.2605.</ref>
* Herbert Louis Samuel (b.1870), [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] M.P., (from 1902) and cabinet minister. A "moderate" [[Zionist]] and High Commissioner for [[Palestine]] 1920-25.[http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/samuel.html] Wrote: ''Liberalism: its Principles and Proposals''(1902).<ref>Black, A & C., ''Who's Who 1927'', 79th edition, London, p.2605.</ref>
* Harry Simon Samuel (b.1858), Unionist Party M.P. for Norwood 1910-22. [[Conservative Party]] M.P. for Tower Hamlets 1895-1906. Partner in Montefiore & Co.<ref>Black, 1927, p.2605.</ref>
* Harry Simon Samuel (b.1858), Unionist Party M.P. for Norwood 1910-22. [[Conservative Party]] M.P. for Tower Hamlets 1895-1906. Partner in Montefiore & Co.<ref>Black, 1927, p.2605.</ref>
* Rufus Daniel Isaacs (b.1860), a lawyer, numerous honours and 1st Marquess of Reading (1926)(the only British Jew to be elevated to a Marquessate), [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] M.P. and cabinet minister; President of the Anglo-French Loan Mission to U.S.A., 1917; Special Ambassador to the U.S.A., 1918, Viceroy of India (1921-26). Married 1887 to Alice, daughter of Albert Cohen.<ref>Black, 1927, p.2459.</ref>
* Rufus Daniel Isaacs (b.1860), a lawyer, numerous honours and 1st Marquess of Reading (1926)(the only British jew to be elevated to a Marquessate), [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] M.P. and cabinet minister; President of the Anglo-French Loan Mission to U.S.A., 1917; Special Ambassador to the U.S.A., 1918, Viceroy of India (1921-26). Married 1887 to Alice, daughter of Albert Cohen.<ref>Black, 1927, p.2459.</ref>
* Alfred Mond (b.1868), lawyer, 1st Baronet (1910), 1st Baron Melchett (1928), [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] M.P., for Chester 1906-10); Swansea (1910-23) Carmarthen from 1924. Cabinet Minister who also sat on numerous company boards; Chairman, Economic Board for Palestine.<ref>Black, 1927, p.2075.</ref><ref>''Jewish Year Book'', London, 1911, p.297.</ref><ref>''Encyclopaedia Judaica'' vol.12, p.241-2.</ref><ref>[http://www.heraldica.org/topics/jewish.htm#titled-uk Jewish Heraldry] "As noted, Sir Nathaniel Rothschild was the first Jewish Peer in 1885. Later Peers include Rufus Isaacs (Baron 1914, Viscount 1916, Marquis of Reading 1926), Samuel (Viscount Bearsted in 1925), Herbert Samuel (Viscount Samuel 1937), Montagu Samuel-Montagu (Baron Swaythling in 1907), Jessel (Baron Jessel in 1924), Alfred Mond (Baron Melchett in 1928), Samuel (Baron Mancroft in 1937), Nathan (Baron Nathan in 1940), Silkin (Baron Silkin in 1950)." Accessed 28 November 2006.</ref>.
* Alfred Mond (b.1868), lawyer, 1st Baronet (1910), 1st Baron Melchett (1928), [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] M.P., for Chester 1906-10); Swansea (1910-23) Carmarthen from 1924. Cabinet Minister who also sat on numerous company boards; Chairman, Economic Board for Palestine.<ref>Black, 1927, p.2075.</ref><ref>''jewish Year Book'', London, 1911, p.297.</ref><ref>''Encyclopaedia Judaica'' vol.12, p.241-2.</ref><ref>[http://www.heraldica.org/topics/jewish.htm#titled-uk jewish Heraldry] "As noted, Sir Nathaniel Rothschild was the first jewish Peer in 1885. Later Peers include Rufus Isaacs (Baron 1914, Viscount 1916, Marquis of Reading 1926), Samuel (Viscount Bearsted in 1925), Herbert Samuel (Viscount Samuel 1937), Montagu Samuel-Montagu (Baron Swaythling in 1907), Jessel (Baron Jessel in 1924), Alfred Mond (Baron Melchett in 1928), Samuel (Baron Mancroft in 1937), Nathan (Baron Nathan in 1940), Silkin (Baron Silkin in 1950)." Accessed 28 November 2006.</ref>.
* Edwin Samuel Montagu (1879-1924) [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] M.P. (from 1906); Secretary of State for India (1917-1922). Regarded as a "radical" Liberal. The third practising Jew (after Sir Herbert Samuel and Sir Rufus Isaacs) to serve in the British cabinet. Samuel Montagu, 1st Baron Swaythling.
* Edwin Samuel Montagu (1879-1924) [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] M.P. (from 1906); Secretary of State for India (1917-1922). Regarded as a "radical" Liberal. The third practising jew (after Sir Herbert Samuel and Sir Rufus Isaacs) to serve in the British cabinet. Samuel Montagu, 1st Baron Swaythling.
* Frank Goldsmith (b.1878), lawyer, [[Conservative Party]] M.P. for Stowmarket (1910-1918). Member of Westminster City Council 1903-07; London County Council 1904-10.<ref>Black, 1927, p.1146.</ref>
* Frank Goldsmith (b.1878), lawyer, [[Conservative Party]] M.P. for Stowmarket (1910-1918). Member of Westminster City Council 1903-07; London County Council 1904-10.<ref>Black, 1927, p.1146.</ref>
* Ignatius Timothy Trebitsch-Lincoln (1879-1943) [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] M.P. for Darlington (1910 only)).[http://www.ucalgary.ca/~elsegal/Shokel/040620_Trebisch.html]
* Ignatius Timothy Trebitsch-Lincoln (1879-1943) [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] M.P. for Darlington (1910 only)).[http://www.ucalgary.ca/~elsegal/Shokel/040620_Trebisch.html]
* Sir Percy Alfred Harris, [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] MP (1916).<ref>Obituary, ''[[Jewish Chronicle]]'', 4 July 1952</ref>
* Sir Percy Alfred Harris, [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] MP (1916).<ref>Obituary, ''[[jewish Chronicle]]'', 4 July 1952</ref>
* Arthur Samuel (b.1872), [[Conservative Party]] M.P. (Dec 1918).Cabinet Minister. Lord Mayor of Norwich. 1912-13.<ref>Black, 1927, p.2604.</ref>
* Arthur Samuel (b.1872), [[Conservative Party]] M.P. (Dec 1918).Cabinet Minister. Lord Mayor of Norwich. 1912-13.<ref>Black, 1927, p.2604.</ref>
* Samuel Samuel (b.1855), Unionist Party M.P., for Wandsworth 1913-1919 then Putney. Director of M. Samuel & Co., Merchant Bankers; Director of Lloyds Bank; the Capital and Counties Bank; et al.<ref>Black, 1927, p.2605.</ref>
* Samuel Samuel (b.1855), Unionist Party M.P., for Wandsworth 1913-1919 then Putney. Director of M. Samuel & Co., Merchant Bankers; Director of Lloyds Bank; the Capital and Counties Bank; et al.<ref>Black, 1927, p.2605.</ref>
* Manny Shinwell, Baron Shinwell (1884โ€“1986) (1922), [[Labour Party]] cabinet minister & Chairman.[http://www.booksourcemonthly.com/index.htm?recent0112.shtml]
* Manny Shinwell, Baron Shinwell (1884โ€“1986) (1922), [[Labour Party]] cabinet minister & Chairman.[http://www.booksourcemonthly.com/index.htm?recent0112.shtml]
* Howel Walter Samuel (b.1881), lawyer, [[Labour Party]] M.P. for [[Swansea]] West 1923-24.<ref>Black, 1927, p.2605.</ref>
* Howel Walter Samuel (b.1881), lawyer, [[Labour Party]] M.P. for [[Swansea]] West 1923-24.<ref>Black, 1927, p.2605.</ref>
* Leslie Haden-Guest (1877-1960), Labour MP (1923-27)(1937-1950) and 1st Baron Haden-Guest (1950), Lord-in-Waiting to the King (Feb-Oct 1951).<ref>"The first Jewish Labour candidate, Captain Haden-Guest": ''[[Jewish Chronicle]]'' March 11, 1966, page 8</ref><ref>Black, A & C.,ย  ''Who Was Who 1951-1960'', London, 1961, p.466.</ref>
* Leslie Haden-Guest (1877-1960), Labour MP (1923-27)(1937-1950) and 1st Baron Haden-Guest (1950), Lord-in-Waiting to the King (Feb-Oct 1951).<ref>"The first jewish Labour candidate, Captain Haden-Guest": ''[[jewish Chronicle]]'' March 11, 1966, page 8</ref><ref>Black, A & C.,ย  ''Who Was Who 1951-1960'', London, 1961, p.466.</ref>
* Leslie Hore-Belisha (1893โ€“1957), 1st Baron Hore-Belisha (1954), [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] M.P. for Plymouth, Devonport (from 1923) and from 1931 a National Liberal Party cabinet minister in the National Government.[http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WWbelisha.htm]
* Leslie Hore-Belisha (1893โ€“1957), 1st Baron Hore-Belisha (1954), [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] M.P. for Plymouth, Devonport (from 1923) and from 1931 a National Liberal Party cabinet minister in the National Government.[http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WWbelisha.htm]
* Harry Louis Nathan, 1st Baron Nathan of Churt (1929) Liberal, later Labour MP.<ref>[http://www.heraldica.org/topics/jewish.htm#titled-uk Jewish Heraldry] see Arthur Samuel</ref>
* Harry Louis Nathan, 1st Baron Nathan of Churt (1929) Liberal, later Labour MP.<ref>[http://www.heraldica.org/topics/jewish.htm#titled-uk jewish Heraldry] see Arthur Samuel</ref>
* Barnett Janner (1931), Labour MP.<ref>Concise [[Dictionary of National Biography]]: "Jewish leader"</ref>
* Barnett Janner (1931), Labour MP.<ref>Concise [[Dictionary of National Biography]]: "jewish leader"</ref>
* Dudley Joel (1931), Conservative MP.<ref>Jewish Chronicle July 25, 1941, p.12, "Jews in the Navy"</ref>
* Dudley Joel (1931), Conservative MP.<ref>jewish Chronicle July 25, 1941, p.12, "jews in the Navy"</ref>
* Sydney Silverman (1935) Labour MP 1935.<ref>Concise [[Dictionary of National Biography]]: "of Jewish parentage"</ref>
* Sydney Silverman (1935) Labour MP 1935.<ref>Concise [[Dictionary of National Biography]]: "of jewish parentage"</ref>
* Lewis Silkin, 1st Baron Silkin (1936), Labour cabinet minister.<ref>''Encyclopaedia Judaica'', vol.14, cols 1539-1540.</ref>; father of John Silkin and Samuel Silkin.
* Lewis Silkin, 1st Baron Silkin (1936), Labour cabinet minister.<ref>''Encyclopaedia Judaica'', vol.14, cols 1539-1540.</ref>; father of John Silkin and Samuel Silkin.


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* Herschel Lewis Austin [1911-1974] (1945), Labour MP, Stretford and Urmston, Manchester.
* Herschel Lewis Austin [1911-1974] (1945), Labour MP, Stretford and Urmston, Manchester.
* John Diamond, Baron Diamond (1945), Labour cabinet minister and later SDP leader in the House of Lords where he was made a Life Peer.<ref>''The Independent'' newspaper, London, April 6, 2004.</ref>
* John Diamond, Baron Diamond (1945), Labour cabinet minister and later SDP leader in the House of Lords where he was made a Life Peer.<ref>''The Independent'' newspaper, London, April 6, 2004.</ref>
* Maurice Edelman (1911โ€“1975) (1945), Labour M.P., "son of Jews who had emigrated from eastern Europe".<ref>Concise [[Dictionary of National Biography]].</ref>
* Maurice Edelman (1911โ€“1975) (1945), Labour M.P., "son of jews who had emigrated from eastern Europe".<ref>Concise [[Dictionary of National Biography]].</ref>
* Harold Lever, Baron Lever of Manchester (1914โ€“1995)(1945),[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19950809/ai_n13999432] Labour M.P., made a Life Peer. Jewish immigrants from [[Lithuania]].
* Harold Lever, Baron Lever of Manchester (1914โ€“1995)(1945),[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19950809/ai_n13999432] Labour M.P., made a Life Peer. jewish immigrants from [[Lithuania]].
* Ian Mikardo (1908โ€“1993) (1945), former [[Communist]], later a Labour M.P., and a firm Zionist (his parents, from the [[Russian Empire]], spoke [[Yiddish]]). He was a member of National Executive Committee of the Labour Party in 1950โ€“78, and Chairman of the Labour Party, 1970โ€“1971. He was also Chairman of the International Committee of the Labour Party in 1973โ€“78, and was Vice-President of the [[Socialist International]] (1978โ€“1983) and its Honorary President (1983โ€“1993).
* Ian Mikardo (1908โ€“1993) (1945), former [[Communist]], later a Labour M.P., and a firm Zionist (his parents, from the [[Russian Empire]], spoke [[Yiddish]]). He was a member of National Executive Committee of the Labour Party in 1950โ€“78, and Chairman of the Labour Party, 1970โ€“1971. He was also Chairman of the International Committee of the Labour Party in 1973โ€“78, and was Vice-President of the [[Socialist International]] (1978โ€“1983) and its Honorary President (1983โ€“1993).
* Phil Piratin (1945),[http://web.archive.org/web/20080725065219/www.channel4.com/history/microsites/L/lostgeneration/worldwide/race1.html] , Communist Party MP
* Phil Piratin (1945),[http://web.archive.org/web/20080725065219/www.channel4.com/history/microsites/L/lostgeneration/worldwide/race1.html] , Communist Party MP
* Samuel Segal (1945), Labour MP and later a Life Peer as Baron Segal; Deputy Speaker of the [[House of Lords]].
* Samuel Segal (1945), Labour MP and later a Life Peer as Baron Segal; Deputy Speaker of the [[House of Lords]].
* Austen Harry Albu (1903โ€“1994) (1948) was a Labour Member of Parliament for Edmonton for 25 years. His wives, Rose Marks & Marie Jahoda were also Jewish. Outrageously, after the end of [[WWII]], he was made Deputy President of the British Government Sub-Commission of the Allied Control Commission in Germany.
* Austen Harry Albu (1903โ€“1994) (1948) was a Labour Member of Parliament for Edmonton for 25 years. His wives, Rose Marks & Marie Jahoda were also jewish. Outrageously, after the end of [[WWII]], he was made Deputy President of the British Government Sub-Commission of the Allied Control Commission in Germany.
* David Weitzman (1945), a barrister, was elected Labour Party M.P. for Stoke Newington. 2 years later he convicted of wartime racketeering, sentenced to 12 months imprisonment and fined ยฃ500, a huge sum at the time. Labour kept him on as M.P.
* David Weitzman (1945), a barrister, was elected Labour Party M.P. for Stoke Newington. 2 years later he convicted of wartime racketeering, sentenced to 12 months imprisonment and fined ยฃ500, a huge sum at the time. Labour kept him on as M.P.
* Leslie Lever, Baron Lever, Labour (1950) then a Life Peer.
* Leslie Lever, Baron Lever, Labour (1950) then a Life Peer.
* Sir Gerald Nabarro (1950),<ref name="Guardian, Saturday October 23, 1999">[http://www.guardian.co.uk/religion/Story/0,,200475,00.html Guardian, Saturday October 23, 1999]</ref> Conservative MP.
* Sir Gerald Nabarro (1950),<ref name="Guardian, Saturday October 23, 1999">[http://www.guardian.co.uk/religion/Story/0,,200475,00.html Guardian, Saturday October 23, 1999]</ref> Conservative MP.
* Sir Henry d'Avigdor-Goldsmid, 2nd Bt., (1955), son of Viennese Jews.<ref>https://www.jewsfww.uk/osmond-davigdor-goldsmid-jp-3748.php</ref><ref>Oxford [[Dictionary of National Biography]]: "Harry, as he was always called, united both in blood as well as name the vitality, attitudes, and temperaments of two Jewish banking dynasties"</ref>.
* Sir Henry d'Avigdor-Goldsmid, 2nd Bt., (1955), son of Viennese jews.<ref>https://www.jewsfww.uk/osmond-davigdor-goldsmid-jp-3748.php</ref><ref>Oxford [[Dictionary of National Biography]]: "Harry, as he was always called, united both in blood as well as name the vitality, attitudes, and temperaments of two jewish banking dynasties"</ref>.
* Sir Keith Joseph, Conservative cabinet minister and Life Peer (1956)<ref>JYB 1988, pps:192 & 227.</ref>
* Sir Keith Joseph, Conservative cabinet minister and Life Peer (1956)<ref>JYB 1988, pps:192 & 227.</ref>
* Sir Philip Carter Goodhart (1957), American born to a Jewish family in New York City who owned Lehman Brothers Bank. Attended Cambridge University and subsequently became a Conservative MP and minister.<ref>Flade, Ronald, ''The Lehmans: From Rimpar to the New World'', A Family History, 2nd enlarged edition, 1999; reviewed by the [http://www.ajhs.org/about/Newsletter/2003_spring/AJHS_newsletter_spring_03.pdf?bcsi_scan_22F071C7F07ABBC7=0&bcsi_scan_filename=AJHS_newsletter_spring_03.pdf American Jewish Historical Society].ย  Accessed 14 Nov 2006.</ref>.
* Sir Philip Carter Goodhart (1957), American born to a jewish family in New York City who owned Lehman Brothers Bank. Attended Cambridge University and subsequently became a Conservative MP and minister.<ref>Flade, Ronald, ''The Lehmans: From Rimpar to the New World'', A Family History, 2nd enlarged edition, 1999; reviewed by the [http://www.ajhs.org/about/Newsletter/2003_spring/AJHS_newsletter_spring_03.pdf?bcsi_scan_22F071C7F07ABBC7=0&bcsi_scan_filename=AJHS_newsletter_spring_03.pdf American jewish Historical Society].ย  Accessed 14 Nov 2006.</ref>.
* Leo Abse (1958), solicitor and Labour MP & social reformer responsible for the repeal of the Homosexual Act in Parliament.[http://www.jewishgen.org/JCR-UK/community/wales/How_Greeners_came_to_the_valley.htm]
* Leo Abse (1958), solicitor and Labour MP & social reformer responsible for the repeal of the Homosexual Act in Parliament.[http://www.jewishgen.org/JCR-UK/community/wales/How_Greeners_came_to_the_valley.htm]
* Myer Galpern (1959),[http://www.zoominfo.com/people/galpern_myer_200261688.aspx] Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means.
* Myer Galpern (1959),[http://www.zoominfo.com/people/galpern_myer_200261688.aspx] Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means.
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* Eric Moonman (1966), Labour MP.<ref>JYB 2005, p.279.</ref>
* Eric Moonman (1966), Labour MP.<ref>JYB 2005, p.279.</ref>
* Robert Adley (1970), former Sales Manager at the Mayfair Hotel (1960-64), became Conservative Party MP for Bristol North-east.<ref name="Guardian, Saturday October 23, 1999"/>
* Robert Adley (1970), former Sales Manager at the Mayfair Hotel (1960-64), became Conservative Party MP for Bristol North-east.<ref name="Guardian, Saturday October 23, 1999"/>
* James d'Avigdor-Goldsmid (1970), Conservative MP. Described as "a member of the prominent Anglo-Jewish d'Avigdor-Goldsmid family"<ref>Wikipedia</ref>.<ref>[http://ajcarchives.org/AJC_DATA/Files/1989_9_WestEurope.pdf American Jewish Year Book, 1989]</ref>
* James d'Avigdor-Goldsmid (1970), Conservative MP. Described as "a member of the prominent Anglo-jewish d'Avigdor-Goldsmid family"<ref>Wikipedia</ref>.<ref>[http://ajcarchives.org/AJC_DATA/Files/1989_9_WestEurope.pdf American jewish Year Book, 1989]</ref>
* Sally Oppenheim-Barnes (1970), Conservative MP.<ref>JYB 2005, pps: 212 & 282-3.</ref>
* Sally Oppenheim-Barnes (1970), Conservative MP.<ref>JYB 2005, pps: 212 & 282-3.</ref>
* Michael Fidler, Conservative MP and President of the Board of Jewish Deputies from 1967 to 1973.<ref>Obituary, ''[[Jewish Chronicle]]'', September 8, 1989, p.18</ref>
* Michael Fidler, Conservative MP and President of the Board of jewish Deputies from 1967 to 1973.<ref>Obituary, ''[[jewish Chronicle]]'', September 8, 1989, p.18</ref>
* Greville Janner (1970), Labour MP and Life Peer. Child molester.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/oct/19/greville-janner-background-to-labour-peer-child-abuse-case</ref>
* Greville Janner (1970), Labour MP and Life Peer. Child molester.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/oct/19/greville-janner-background-to-labour-peer-child-abuse-case</ref>
* Toby Jessel (1970), Conservative MP.
* Toby Jessel (1970), Conservative MP.
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==1974 - 1999==
==1974 - 1999==
* Leon Brittan (1974-2015), a Lithuanian Jew, Conservative Party MP, cabinet minister and later a Life Peer, was also a [[EU]] Commissioner.[http://web.archive.org/web/20030210232557/jrep.com/Columnists/Article-93.html] He was accused of historic child sex activites but died just prior to them coming to court.
* Leon Brittan (1974-2015), a Lithuanian jew, Conservative Party MP, cabinet minister and later a Life Peer, was also a [[EU]] Commissioner.[http://web.archive.org/web/20030210232557/jrep.com/Columnists/Article-93.html] He was accused of historic child sex activites but died just prior to them coming to court.
* Ivan Lawrence (1974โ€“1997) Conservative MP, Chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee, member of the [[Conservative Monday Club]].
* Ivan Lawrence (1974โ€“1997) Conservative MP, Chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee, member of the [[Conservative Monday Club]].
* Nigel Lawson (1974-1992), Life Peer as Baron Lawson of Blaby, Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer.<ref>JYB 2005, p.212.</ref>
* Nigel Lawson (1974-1992), Life Peer as Baron Lawson of Blaby, Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer.<ref>JYB 2005, p.212.</ref>
* Millie Miller (1974-1977), Labour MP.<ref>''[[Jewish Chronicle]]'', October 18, 1974, p.5: List of Jewish MPs</ref>
* Millie Miller (1974-1977), Labour MP.<ref>''[[jewish Chronicle]]'', October 18, 1974, p.5: List of jewish MPs</ref>
* Sir Malcolm Rifkind (1974-2015), Conservative Party MP and Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs.[http://www.juf.org/news_public_affairs/article.asp?key=4569] In 1986 he was one of those who framed the new Public Order Act which, in section 5, criminalised free speech (including use of "insulting words"). ย 
* Sir Malcolm Rifkind (1974-2015), Conservative Party MP and Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs.[http://www.juf.org/news_public_affairs/article.asp?key=4569] In 1986 he was one of those who framed the new Public Order Act which, in section 5, criminalised free speech (including use of "insulting words"). ย 
* Alfred Dubs (1979-1987), Labour MP and Life Peer.[http://www.recomnetwork.org/articles/02/09/19/208227.shtml]
* Alfred Dubs (1979-1987), Labour MP and Life Peer.[http://www.recomnetwork.org/articles/02/09/19/208227.shtml]
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* Fabian Hamilton (1997-present), Labour MP.[http://www.obv.org.uk/elec2001/areaprof/leedsne.html]
* Fabian Hamilton (1997-present), Labour MP.[http://www.obv.org.uk/elec2001/areaprof/leedsne.html]
* Evan Harris (1997), Liberal Democrat MP.[http://web.archive.org/web/20010310094132/jewish-telegraph.com/nat_2.html]
* Evan Harris (1997), Liberal Democrat MP.[http://web.archive.org/web/20010310094132/jewish-telegraph.com/nat_2.html]
* Oona King (1997-2005), Labour MP (1997โ€“2005),[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/04/11/nelec211.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/04/11/ixnewstop.html] second negress MP (Jewish mother), niece of [[Miriam Stoppard]].
* Oona King (1997-2005), Labour MP (1997โ€“2005),[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/04/11/nelec211.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/04/11/ixnewstop.html] second negress MP (jewish mother), niece of [[Miriam Stoppard]].
* Oliver Letwin (1997-present), Conservative Party MP[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4276497.stm] and was a shadow cabinet member. Chairman of the Policy Review & Chairman of the Conservative Research Department. Also employed by Rothschild's Bank.
* Oliver Letwin (1997-present), Conservative Party MP[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4276497.stm] and was a shadow cabinet member. Chairman of the Policy Review & Chairman of the Conservative Research Department. Also employed by Rothschild's Bank.
* Julian Lewis (1997-present), Conservative MP for New Forest, and former Conservative Party Central Office bureaucrat.
* Julian Lewis (1997-present), Conservative MP for New Forest, and former Conservative Party Central Office bureaucrat.
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==2000 to present==
==2000 to present==
[[File:Conservative Friends of Israel.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Four important people in British politics โ€” part-Jewish [[Boris Johnson]], former Prime Minister, [[Pakistan]]i Muslim Sajid Javid, former Chancellor, [[India]]n [[Hindu]] Priti Patel, former Home Secretary, and (not shown here) Jewish Dominic Raab as Deputy Prime Minister as well as Secretary of State for Justice โ€” are all devout members of Conservative Friends of Israel.<ref>[https://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2019/12/21/unexamined-unquestioned-unchallenged-jewish-power-in-brave-new-britain/ Unexamined, Unquestioned, Unchallenged: Jewish Power in Brave New Britain]</ref>]]
[[File:Conservative Friends of Israel.png|250px|thumb|right|Four important people in British politics โ€” part-jewish [[Boris Johnson]], former Prime Minister, [[Pakistan]]i Muslim Sajid Javid, former Chancellor, [[India]]n [[Hindu]] Priti Patel, former Home Secretary, and (not shown here) jewish Dominic Raab as Deputy Prime Minister as well as Secretary of State for Justice โ€” are all devout members of Conservative Friends of Israel.<ref>[https://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2019/12/21/unexamined-unquestioned-unchallenged-jewish-power-in-brave-new-britain/ Unexamined, Unquestioned, Unchallenged: jewish Power in Brave New Britain]</ref>]]


* Jonathan Djanogly (2001-present) Conservative Party MP for Huntingdon.
* Jonathan Djanogly (2001-present) Conservative Party MP for Huntingdon.
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* Susan Kramer (2005-2010) Liberal Democrat candidate for [[Richmond-upon-Thames]].
* Susan Kramer (2005-2010) Liberal Democrat candidate for [[Richmond-upon-Thames]].
* [[Ed Miliband]] (2005-present) Leader of the Labour Party (25 Sept 2010 - May 2015), former Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (Oct 2008 - May 2010), Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Brother of [[David Miliband]] and son of leading Marxist theorist and former communist [[Ralph Miliband]].
* [[Ed Miliband]] (2005-present) Leader of the Labour Party (25 Sept 2010 - May 2015), former Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (Oct 2008 - May 2010), Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Brother of [[David Miliband]] and son of leading Marxist theorist and former communist [[Ralph Miliband]].
* Lee Scott (2005-2015), Conservative MP.<ref>''[[Jewish Chronicle]]'', 7 Dec 2006, p.5: "The Jewish Conservative MP for Ilford North"</ref>
* Lee Scott (2005-2015), Conservative MP.<ref>''[[jewish Chronicle]]'', 7 Dec 2006, p.5: "The jewish Conservative MP for Ilford North"</ref>
* Grant Shapps (2005-present) Conservative MP for Welwyn Hatfield. Co-Chairman of the [[Conservative Party]] until 28 Nov 2015 when he was forced to resign in a bullying scandal. In 2019 he was appointed Secretary of State for Transport. In an interview with the ''Jewish Chronicle'' Shapps said: "I feel totally Jewish; I am totally Jewish. I don't eat pork, we only buy kosher meat and we don't mix meat and milk. I like being Jewish and I married a Jewish girl. It's like a way of life and it's good to be able to instill some of that sense of being in your kids."<ref>https://www.thejc.com/lifestyle/features/interview-grant-shapps-1.17732</ref>
* Grant Shapps (2005-present) Conservative MP for Welwyn Hatfield. Co-Chairman of the [[Conservative Party]] until 28 Nov 2015 when he was forced to resign in a bullying scandal. In 2019 he was appointed Secretary of State for Transport. In an interview with the ''jewish Chronicle'' Shapps said: "I feel totally jewish; I am totally jewish. I don't eat pork, we only buy kosher meat and we don't mix meat and milk. I like being jewish and I married a jewish girl. It's like a way of life and it's good to be able to instill some of that sense of being in your kids."<ref>https://www.thejc.com/lifestyle/features/interview-grant-shapps-1.17732</ref>
* Daniel Finkelstein. A Liberal who joined the fake Conservative Party. Between 1995 and 1997 was Director of the Conservative Research Department, said to have been an 'advisor' to Prime Minister John Major, and attended meetings of the Cabinet when it sat in political session. Finkelstein became among the earliest advocates of the 'modernisation' of the Conservative Party, laying out his principles of change in a series of speeches and columns in ''[[The Times]]'' newspaper for which he was a journalist and sometime Executive Editor. He remains a weekly political columnist and is now Associate Editor. In 2013 he was made a Conservative Party Life Peer.<ref>[http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/122423/jc-power-100-numbers-50-11 "JC Power 100: Numbers 50 - 11"], ''The Jewish Chronicle'', 10 September 2014</ref> He is a former chairman of [[Policy Exchange]] who was succeeded by another Jew, David Frum, in 2014.<ref>[http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/category/item/policy-exchange-appoints-david-frum-as-new-chairman "Policy Exchange appoints David Frum as new chairman"], Policy Exchange, 19 September 2014</ref>
* Daniel Finkelstein. A Liberal who joined the fake Conservative Party. Between 1995 and 1997 was Director of the Conservative Research Department, said to have been an 'advisor' to Prime Minister John Major, and attended meetings of the Cabinet when it sat in political session. Finkelstein became among the earliest advocates of the 'modernisation' of the Conservative Party, laying out his principles of change in a series of speeches and columns in ''[[The Times]]'' newspaper for which he was a journalist and sometime Executive Editor. He remains a weekly political columnist and is now Associate Editor. In 2013 he was made a Conservative Party Life Peer.<ref>[http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/122423/jc-power-100-numbers-50-11 "JC Power 100: Numbers 50 - 11"], ''The jewish Chronicle'', 10 September 2014</ref> He is a former chairman of [[Policy Exchange]] who was succeeded by another jew, David Frum, in 2014.<ref>[http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/category/item/policy-exchange-appoints-david-frum-as-new-chairman "Policy Exchange appoints David Frum as new chairman"], Policy Exchange, 19 September 2014</ref>
* Brooks Newmark (2005-2015) Conservative MP for Braintree.
* Brooks Newmark (2005-2015) Conservative MP for Braintree.
* Luciana Berger (2010-2019) Labour MP for Liverpool Wavertree.
* Luciana Berger (2010-2019) Labour MP for Liverpool Wavertree.
* Michael Ellis (2010-present) Conservative MP for Northampton North.
* Michael Ellis (2010-present) Conservative MP for Northampton North.
* Zac Goldsmith (2010-2015)(2016-2019) Conservative MP for Richmond. Now a Life Peer serving as Minister of State for the Pacific and the Environment.
* Zac Goldsmith (2010-2015)(2016-2019) Conservative MP for Richmond. Now a Life Peer serving as Minister of State for the Pacific and the Environment.
* Ruth Smeeth (2015 - 2019) Labour MP for Stoke-on-Trent North. She complained in parliament on 1 September 2016 that she had received thousands of abusive anti-semitic messages.<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/02/jewish-labour-mp-reveals-she-received-more-than-2000-pieces-of-a/ Jewish Labour MP reveals she received more than 20,000 pieces of abuse in just 12 hours]</ref>
* Ruth Smeeth (2015 - 2019) Labour MP for Stoke-on-Trent North. She complained in parliament on 1 September 2016 that she had received thousands of abusive anti-semitic messages.<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/02/jewish-labour-mp-reveals-she-received-more-than-2000-pieces-of-a/ jewish Labour MP reveals she received more than 20,000 pieces of abuse in just 12 hours]</ref>
* Robert Halfon (2010 - present) Conservative MP for Harlow, a Cabinet Minister, a Privy Councillor, and Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party. Before becoming an MP he worked as chief of staff for the Conservative MP [[Oliver Letwin]] before becoming political director for Conservative Friends of Israel. On 18th July 2014 he was chosen by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, to be his Parliamentary Private Secretary. In November 2015 he was involved in a major expenses scandal.
* Robert Halfon (2010 - present) Conservative MP for Harlow, a Cabinet Minister, a Privy Councillor, and Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party. Before becoming an MP he worked as chief of staff for the Conservative MP [[Oliver Letwin]] before becoming political director for Conservative Friends of Israel. On 18th July 2014 he was chosen by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, to be his Parliamentary Private Secretary. In November 2015 he was involved in a major expenses scandal.
* Richard Harrington (2010 - present) Conservative MP for Watford. Until March 2010 he was chairman of the Executive Board of the [[Conservative Friends of Israel]], which, during his tenure, had quadrupled in size financially. He was appointed Treasurer of the Conservative Party in 2008.
* Richard Harrington (2010 - present) Conservative MP for Watford. Until March 2010 he was chairman of the Executive Board of the [[Conservative Friends of Israel]], which, during his tenure, had quadrupled in size financially. He was appointed Treasurer of the Conservative Party in 2008.
* Dominic Raab (2010 - present) Conservative Party MP for Esher and Walton, Surrey. His Jewish father came to the UK from Czechoslovakia in 1938 and who, unsurprisingly, was a manager for Marks & Spencer. An international business lawyer specialising in 'Human Rights'. He was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Minister for Human Rights, at the Ministry of Justice on 12 May 2015. He served as Brexit Secretary in 2018 and First Secretary of State and Foreign Secretary from 2019 to 2021. In 2023 he was Secretary of State for Justice, Lord Chancellor and Deputy Prime Minister, the latter post being resigned by him on April 23 following an enquiry, upheld, that he aggressively bullied civil servants. he has announced that he will be standing down at the next General Election.<ref>https://news.sky.com/story/dominic-raab-to-stand-down-as-mp-at-next-general-election-12887230</ref>
* Dominic Raab (2010 - present) Conservative Party MP for Esher and Walton, Surrey. His jewish father came to the UK from Czechoslovakia in 1938 and who, unsurprisingly, was a manager for Marks & Spencer. An international business lawyer specialising in 'Human Rights'. He was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Minister for Human Rights, at the Ministry of Justice on 12 May 2015. He served as Brexit Secretary in 2018 and First Secretary of State and Foreign Secretary from 2019 to 2021. In 2023 he was Secretary of State for Justice, Lord Chancellor and Deputy Prime Minister, the latter post being resigned by him on April 23 following an enquiry, upheld, that he aggressively bullied civil servants. he has announced that he will be standing down at the next General Election.<ref>https://news.sky.com/story/dominic-raab-to-stand-down-as-mp-at-next-general-election-12887230</ref>
* Luciana Clare Berger (2010 - present) Labour MP for Liverpool Wavertree. Married Alistair Goldsmith at the city's Princes Road Synagogue in June 2015. She is a vitriolic campaigner against so-called anti-semitism.
* Luciana Clare Berger (2010 - present) Labour MP for Liverpool Wavertree. Married Alistair Goldsmith at the city's Princes Road Synagogue in June 2015. She is a vitriolic campaigner against so-called anti-semitism.
* Andrew Simon Feldman, 'Lord' Feldman of Elstree, a close friend since university of [[David Cameron]] who appointed him as chief fundraiser and Conservative Party Deputy Treasurer. In July 2008 Cameron promoted Feldman to Chief Executive of the Conservative Campaign Headquarters. In October 2008 he was involved in a corruption scandal involving Nathaniel Rothschild. On 11 May 2010, Cameron appointed Feldman as the Co-Chairman of the Party (with Grant Shapps and a Muslim - meaning all three were foreign in origin). On 17 December 2010 Feldman was created a Life Peer by Cameron. In May 2013, Feldman was widely attributed with making a claim that Conservative parliamentary rebellions on a referendum on [[European Union]] membership and same sex marriage were due to Conservative Associations being "all mad, swivel-eyed loons".
* Andrew Simon Feldman, 'Lord' Feldman of Elstree, a close friend since university of [[David Cameron]] who appointed him as chief fundraiser and Conservative Party Deputy Treasurer. In July 2008 Cameron promoted Feldman to Chief Executive of the Conservative Campaign Headquarters. In October 2008 he was involved in a corruption scandal involving Nathaniel Rothschild. On 11 May 2010, Cameron appointed Feldman as the Co-Chairman of the Party (with Grant Shapps and a Muslim - meaning all three were foreign in origin). On 17 December 2010 Feldman was created a Life Peer by Cameron. In May 2013, Feldman was widely attributed with making a claim that Conservative parliamentary rebellions on a referendum on [[European Union]] membership and same sex marriage were due to Conservative Associations being "all mad, swivel-eyed loons".
* Maurice Saatchi, a [[Conservative Party]] Life Peer. Under the party leadership of [[Iain Duncan Smith]], Saatchi served as Shadow Treasury spokesman in the Lords, forming a close relationship with another Jew Michael Howard (real surname Hecht), who was Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer.ย  After Howard became leader of the Conservative Party in November 2003, Saatchi was appointed joint chairman of the party, a classic example of blatant [[nepotism]].
* Maurice Saatchi, a [[Conservative Party]] Life Peer. Under the party leadership of [[Iain Duncan Smith]], Saatchi served as Shadow Treasury spokesman in the Lords, forming a close relationship with another jew Michael Howard (real surname Hecht), who was Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer.ย  After Howard became leader of the Conservative Party in November 2003, Saatchi was appointed joint chairman of the party, a classic example of blatant [[nepotism]].
* Sir Ehud Sheleg (born 1955) is the [[Israel]]i Jew and possible "binary options" fraudster who in 2019 was Treasurer of the Conservative Party. He has openly admitted in the ''Jewish Chronicle'' that he puts Israelโ€™s interests above those of any other country. He succeeded:
* Sir Ehud Sheleg (born 1955) is the [[Israel]]i jew and possible "binary options" fraudster who in 2019 was Treasurer of the Conservative Party. He has openly admitted in the ''jewish Chronicle'' that he puts Israelโ€™s interests above those of any other country. He succeeded:
* Sir Michael Davis, a Jewish accountant and investor from South Africa. After making substantial donations to the [[Conservative Party]] he became in 2016 the CEO and Treasurer of that Party โ€“ a post he held until 24 July 2019.<ref>[https://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2019/12/21/unexamined-unquestioned-unchallenged-jewish-power-in-brave-new-britain/ Unexamined, Unquestioned, Unchallenged: Jewish Power in Brave New Britain]</ref> ย 
* Sir Michael Davis, a jewish accountant and investor from South Africa. After making substantial donations to the [[Conservative Party]] he became in 2016 the CEO and Treasurer of that Party โ€“ a post he held until 24 July 2019.<ref>[https://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2019/12/21/unexamined-unquestioned-unchallenged-jewish-power-in-brave-new-britain/ Unexamined, Unquestioned, Unchallenged: jewish Power in Brave New Britain]</ref> ย 
* Stuart Polak is a Conservative Party Life Peer, having joined the Conservative Friends of Israel in 1989. He served as its Director for twenty-six years, until August 2015; he now serves as its honorary president. He attended the Childwall Hebrew Congregation, a synagogue in Liverpool, where he was a chazan, or cantor, on Jewish High Holidays. He took educational trips to Israel from the age of fifteen and was a youth officer at the Edgware United Synagogue in northwest London. He served as an officer of the Board of Deputies of British Jews in the 1980s.
* Stuart Polak is a Conservative Party Life Peer, having joined the Conservative Friends of Israel in 1989. He served as its Director for twenty-six years, until August 2015; he now serves as its honorary president. He attended the Childwall Hebrew Congregation, a synagogue in Liverpool, where he was a chazan, or cantor, on jewish High Holidays. He took educational trips to Israel from the age of fifteen and was a youth officer at the Edgware United Synagogue in northwest London. He served as an officer of the Board of Deputies of British jews in the 1980s.
* Robert Jenrick is [[Conservative Party]] M.P., for Newark (since 2014); appointed Minister of State for Immigration in October 2022. He is a member of the Parliamentary [[Conservative Friends of Israel]] group.<ref>{{Cite web |title=robert jenrick {{!}} Search Results |url=https://cfoi.co.uk/communities-secretary-urges-all-local-councils-to-adopt-ihra-definition-of-antisemitism/ |access-date=16 November 2019 |website=CFI |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=TheyWorkForYou |url=https://www.theyworkforyou.com/regmem/?p=25227 |access-date=16 November 2019 |website=TheyWorkForYou |language=en}}</ref> In July 2019 he spoke of his visit to [[Auschwitz concentration camp]]; "It had a huge impact on me and in particular because my wife is the daughter of Holocaust survivors from modern day [[Poland]] and [[Ukraine]]."<ref name="Rashty">{{Cite news |last=Rashty |first=Sandy |date=26 July 2019 |title=New communities secretary enjoys pre-Shabbat walkabout in Golders Green |work=Jewish News |url=https://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/new-communities-secretary-enjoys-pre-shabbat-walkabout-in-golders-green/ |access-date=15 September 2019}}</ref> Jenrick has said his connection to the Jewish community forms ''a very important and integral part of my life''.<ref name="Rashty" /> He is married to Michal Berkner. She is nine years older than Jenrick<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kenber |first=Billy |title=Tories gave Robert Jenrick home renovation the go-ahead |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/tories-gave-robert-jenrick-home-renovation-the-go-ahead-9s6580zkm |date=24 June 2020 |work=The Times}}</ref> and is the child of Holocaust survivors.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/new-communities-secretary-visits-golders-green-1.486853 | title=New Communities Secretary visits Golders Green | work=The Jewish Chronicle | date=26 July 2019 | author=Lee Harpin | accessdate=15 June 2021 }}</ref> She is an Israeli-born and US educated<ref>{{cite web | title=Michal Berkner | url=https://www.cooley.com/people/michal-berkner | work=Cooley }}</ref> corporate lawyer who practises mainly in London. The couple have three daughters, ''whom they are bringing up in the Jewish faith''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Harpin |first=Lee |date=26 July 2019 |title=New Communities Secretary visits Golders Green |work=''The Jewish Chronicle'' |url=https://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/new-communities-secretary-visits-golders-green-1.486853 |access-date=15 September 2019}}</ref>
* Robert Jenrick is [[Conservative Party]] M.P., for Newark (since 2014); appointed Minister of State for Immigration in October 2022. He is a member of the Parliamentary [[Conservative Friends of Israel]] group.<ref>{{Cite web |title=robert jenrick {{!}} Search Results |url=https://cfoi.co.uk/communities-secretary-urges-all-local-councils-to-adopt-ihra-definition-of-antisemitism/ |access-date=16 November 2019 |website=CFI |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=TheyWorkForYou |url=https://www.theyworkforyou.com/regmem/?p=25227 |access-date=16 November 2019 |website=TheyWorkForYou |language=en}}</ref> In July 2019 he spoke of his visit to [[Auschwitz concentration camp]]; "It had a huge impact on me and in particular because my wife is the daughter of Holohoax survivors from modern day [[Poland]] and [[Ukraine]]."<ref name="Rashty">{{Cite news |last=Rashty |first=Sandy |date=26 July 2019 |title=New communities secretary enjoys pre-Shabbat walkabout in Golders Green |work=jewish News |url=https://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/new-communities-secretary-enjoys-pre-shabbat-walkabout-in-golders-green/ |access-date=15 September 2019}}</ref> Jenrick has said his connection to the jewish community forms ''a very important and integral part of my life''.<ref name="Rashty" /> He is married to Michal Berkner. She is nine years older than Jenrick<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kenber |first=Billy |title=Tories gave Robert Jenrick home renovation the go-ahead |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/tories-gave-robert-jenrick-home-renovation-the-go-ahead-9s6580zkm |date=24 June 2020 |work=The Times}}</ref> and is the child of Holohoax survivors.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/new-communities-secretary-visits-golders-green-1.486853 | title=New Communities Secretary visits Golders Green | work=The jewish Chronicle | date=26 July 2019 | author=Lee Harpin | accessdate=15 June 2021 }}</ref> She is an Israeli-born and US educated<ref>{{cite web | title=Michal Berkner | url=https://www.cooley.com/people/michal-berkner | work=Cooley }}</ref> corporate lawyer who practises mainly in London. The couple have three daughters, ''whom they are bringing up in the jewish faith''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Harpin |first=Lee |date=26 July 2019 |title=New Communities Secretary visits Golders Green |work=''The jewish Chronicle'' |url=https://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/new-communities-secretary-visits-golders-green-1.486853 |access-date=15 September 2019}}</ref>
* Suella Braverman, M.P., the Home Secretary (2023), whose Asian parents immigrated from [[Kenya]] and Mauritius, has a Jewish husband, Rael. Speaking to a meeting of the Asian-Jewish Business Network in 2021, Braverman described her husband as a "very proud member of the Jewish community" and stated his family are contributors to the Bushey synagogue.<ref>Cohen, Justin, "Suella Braverman: I'm the number one fan of my in-law's Friday night dinners". www.jewishnews.co.uk. Retrieved 28 October 2022.</ref>
* Suella Braverman, M.P., the Home Secretary (2023), whose Asian parents immigrated from [[Kenya]] and Mauritius, has a jewish husband, Rael. Speaking to a meeting of the Asian-jewish Business Network in 2021, Braverman described her husband as a "very proud member of the jewish community" and stated his family are contributors to the Bushey synagogue.<ref>Cohen, Justin, "Suella Braverman: I'm the number one fan of my in-law's Friday night dinners". www.jewishnews.co.uk. Retrieved 28 October 2022.</ref>


==Peers==
==Peers==
* Alma Birk, Baroness Birk <ref name="ReferenceA">''[[Encyclopaedia Judaica]]'', art. Politics: "Four women were among the first ten Jews to be made life peers: Dora Gaitskell, Beatrice Serota, Alma Birk and Beatrice Plummer"</ref>, Labour politician
* Alma Birk, Baroness Birk <ref name="ReferenceA">''[[Encyclopaedia Judaica]]'', art. Politics: "Four women were among the first ten jews to be made life peers: Dora Gaitskell, Beatrice Serota, Alma Birk and Beatrice Plummer"</ref>, Labour politician
* Andrew Feldman, Baron Feldman of Elstree, [[Conservative Party]] politician.
* Andrew Feldman, Baron Feldman of Elstree, [[Conservative Party]] politician.
* Anna Gaitskell, Baroness Gaitskell <ref name="ReferenceA"/>, Labour Party politician
* Anna Gaitskell, Baroness Gaitskell <ref name="ReferenceA"/>, Labour Party politician
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* Peter Goldsmith, Baron Goldsmith [http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/Printer&cid=1100147299159&p=1006953080001], [http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/page.cfm?objectid=11674035&method=full&siteid=50061], [[Attorney General]]
* Peter Goldsmith, Baron Goldsmith [http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/Printer&cid=1100147299159&p=1006953080001], [http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/page.cfm?objectid=11674035&method=full&siteid=50061], [[Attorney General]]
* Arnold Goodman, Baron Goodman [http://www.liberaljudaism.org/education_anglo_jewry.htm], solicitor
* Arnold Goodman, Baron Goodman [http://www.liberaljudaism.org/education_anglo_jewry.htm], solicitor
* George Gordon, Baron Gordon, politician (converted)<ref>Concise [[Dictionary of National Biography]]: "became a Jew"</ref>
* George Gordon, Baron Gordon, politician (converted)<ref>Concise [[Dictionary of National Biography]]: "became a jew"</ref>
* Sydney Jacobson, Baron Jacobson, newspaper editor <ref>Oxford [[Dictionary of National Biography]]: "the only son and elder child of Samuel and Anna Jacobson, a Jewish couple"</ref>
* Sydney Jacobson, Baron Jacobson, newspaper editor <ref>Oxford [[Dictionary of National Biography]]: "the only son and elder child of Samuel and Anna Jacobson, a jewish couple"</ref>
* Immanuel Jakobovits, Baron Jakobovits, [[Chief rabbi]]
* Immanuel Jakobovits, Baron Jakobovits, [[Chief rabbi]]
* Michael Levy, Baron Levy<ref>[[''Jewish Year Book'', 2005, pps:212,270</ref>
* Michael Levy, Baron Levy<ref>[[''jewish Year Book'', 2005, pps:212,270</ref>
* Edward Levy-Lawson, 1st Baron Burnham [http://books.google.com/books?id=NagdhSUgB9oC&pg=PA356&lpg=PA356&dq=%22edward+levy+lawson%22+jewish&source=web&ots=BMO6L_MzJA&sig=P3EZkn3LWLlAI6AWO9Rmw1Y5jxQ], newspaper proprietor
* Edward Levy-Lawson, 1st Baron Burnham [http://books.google.com/books?id=NagdhSUgB9oC&pg=PA356&lpg=PA356&dq=%22edward+levy+lawson%22+jewish&source=web&ots=BMO6L_MzJA&sig=P3EZkn3LWLlAI6AWO9Rmw1Y5jxQ], newspaper proprietor
* Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell,<ref>[http://jewish-sci-tech-books.com/personalities.htm Jewish Science and Technology Books], accessed 20 Feb 2007.</ref> scientist and Government minister
* Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell,<ref>[http://jewish-sci-tech-books.com/personalities.htm jewish Science and Technology Books], accessed 20 Feb 2007.</ref> scientist and Government minister
* Maurice Peston, Baron Peston of Mile End (1987) [http://www.thejc.com/articles/robert-peston-the-bbc-reporter-who-means-business], Labour peer & economist, father of the [[BBC]]'s sometime Business Editor Robert Peston
* Maurice Peston, Baron Peston of Mile End (1987) [http://www.thejc.com/articles/robert-peston-the-bbc-reporter-who-means-business], Labour peer & economist, father of the [[BBC]]'s sometime Business Editor Robert Peston
* Beatrice Plummer, Baroness Plummer <ref name="ReferenceA"/>, Labour Party politician
* Beatrice Plummer, Baroness Plummer <ref name="ReferenceA"/>, Labour Party politician
* Samuel Segal, Baron Segal (1964), Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords
* Samuel Segal, Baron Segal (1964), Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords
* Beatrice Serota, Baroness Serota <ref name="ReferenceA"/>, Labour Party politician
* Beatrice Serota, Baroness Serota <ref name="ReferenceA"/>, Labour Party politician
* David Triesman, Baron Triesmanย  [http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:hgz0tatHo0IJ:www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FQP/is_4557_130/ai_79029911+%22David+Triesman%22+Jewish&hl=en&gl=ca&ct=clnk&cd=10], Labour peer and Junior Minister
* David Triesman, Baron Triesmanย  [http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:hgz0tatHo0IJ:www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FQP/is_4557_130/ai_79029911+%22David+Triesman%22+jewish&hl=en&gl=ca&ct=clnk&cd=10], Labour peer and Junior Minister
* Leslie Turnberg, Baron Turnberg, Physician.
* Leslie Turnberg, Baron Turnberg, Physician.
* Leonard Wolfson, Baron Wolfson (JYB 2005 p212)
* Leonard Wolfson, Baron Wolfson (JYB 2005 p212)
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==Miscellaneous others==
==Miscellaneous others==
* Patricia Feldman Richardson, the [[British National Party]]'s first Jewish candidate.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2008/apr/10/thefarright.race</ref> In 2004 Richardson said the party was not anti-Semitic. ย 
* Patricia Feldman Richardson, the [[British National Party]]'s first jewish candidate.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2008/apr/10/thefarright.race</ref> In 2004 Richardson said the party was not anti-Semitic. ย 
* Hilda Bernstein [http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/13601/edition_id/263/format/html/displaystory.html] Anti-[[apartheid]] activist
* Hilda Bernstein [http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/13601/edition_id/263/format/html/displaystory.html] Anti-[[apartheid]] activist
* Tony Cliff [http://www.tidsskriftcentret.dk/index.php?id=518], (nรฉ Yigael Gluckstein) [[Palestine|Palestinian]]-born [[Marxist]] theorist and founder of the [[Socialist Workers Party (Britain)|Socialist Workers Party]]
* Tony Cliff [http://www.tidsskriftcentret.dk/index.php?id=518], (nรฉ Yigael Gluckstein) [[Palestine|Palestinian]]-born [[Marxist]] theorist and founder of the [[Socialist Workers Party (Britain)|Socialist Workers Party]]
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* Victor Gollancz [http://www.victor-gollancz-grundschule.de/htm_schule/victor-gollancz_engl.htm], principal publisher for the [[Labour Party]] and left-wing political activist.
* Victor Gollancz [http://www.victor-gollancz-grundschule.de/htm_schule/victor-gollancz_engl.htm], principal publisher for the [[Labour Party]] and left-wing political activist.
* Ted Grant [http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,,1831024,00.html], (nรฉ Isaac Blank) [[South Africa]]n-born [[Marxist]] theorist and founder of the [[Militant Tendency]]
* Ted Grant [http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,,1831024,00.html], (nรฉ Isaac Blank) [[South Africa]]n-born [[Marxist]] theorist and founder of the [[Militant Tendency]]
* Sidney Hart, Trade Unionist.<ref>Obituary, ''The Jewish Chronicle'', 15/04/05, p.40.</ref>
* Sidney Hart, Trade Unionist.<ref>Obituary, ''The jewish Chronicle'', 15/04/05, p.40.</ref>
* Lou Kenton, joined the [[Communist Party of Great Britain]] in 1929 and was an [[International Brigades]] volunteer in Spain.
* Lou Kenton, joined the [[Communist Party of Great Britain]] in 1929 and was an [[International Brigades]] volunteer in Spain.
* James Klugmann (Norman John Klugmann) <ref>Concise [[Dictionary of National Biography]]: "son of Jewish parents"</ref>, a communist activist and editor of ''Marxism Today''.<ref>https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/james-klugmann-complex-communist/</ref>
* James Klugmann (Norman John Klugmann) <ref>Concise [[Dictionary of National Biography]]: "son of jewish parents"</ref>, a communist activist and editor of ''Marxism Today''.<ref>https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/james-klugmann-complex-communist/</ref>
* Minnie Lansbury (nรฉe Glassman) <ref>''[[Jewish Chronicle]]'', April 13, 2007, p.6: "a Jewish suffragette, councillor and socialist"</ref>, suffragette and became an Alderman for the Labour Party in Poplar Borough Council in 1919.
* Minnie Lansbury (nรฉe Glassman) <ref>''[[jewish Chronicle]]'', April 13, 2007, p.6: "a jewish suffragette, councillor and socialist"</ref>, suffragette and became an Alderman for the Labour Party in Poplar Borough Council in 1919.
* Eleanor Marx, daughter and secretary of [[Karl Marx]]
* Eleanor Marx, daughter and secretary of [[Karl Marx]]
:"His beloved daughter Eleanor, however, who acted as his secretary, considered herself Jewish, took an interest in her ancestors, and had a warm appreciation for the Jewish workers in the East End of London."<ref>''Encyclopaedia Judaica'', under Art. Marx, Karl Heinrich.</ref>
:"His beloved daughter Eleanor, however, who acted as his secretary, considered herself jewish, took an interest in her ancestors, and had a warm appreciation for the jewish workers in the East End of London."<ref>''Encyclopaedia Judaica'', under Art. Marx, Karl Heinrich.</ref>
* Ralph Miliband (1924โ€“94) [http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/HISmiliband.htm] (nรฉ Adolphe Miliband) Belgian born Polish-Jewish [[Marxist]] theorist and father of [[Labour Party]] Members of Parliament, [[David Miliband|David]] and [[Ed Miliband]].
* Ralph Miliband (1924โ€“94) [http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/HISmiliband.htm] (nรฉ Adolphe Miliband) Belgian born Polish-jewish [[Marxist]] theorist and father of [[Labour Party]] Members of Parliament, [[David Miliband|David]] and [[Ed Miliband]].
* Shirley Porter (nรฉe Cohen), Tesco supermarket heiress, Lord Mayor of [[City of Westminster|Westminster]] 1991-92.
* Shirley Porter (nรฉe Cohen), Tesco supermarket heiress, Lord Mayor of [[City of Westminster|Westminster]] 1991-92.
* Walter Jakob Wolfgang, a Far-Left founder of the [[Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament]]. In August 2006 he became a member of the [[Labour Party]]'s National Executive Committee.
* Walter Jakob Wolfgang, a Far-Left founder of the [[Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament]]. In August 2006 he became a member of the [[Labour Party]]'s National Executive Committee.
* Chaim Herzog [http://www.jafi.org.il/education/100/people/BIOS/herzog.html], [[Israel]]'s sixth president, born in [[Belfast]] the son of Rabbi Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog, who was Chief Rabbi of [[Ireland]] from 1919 to 1937 (and later of Mandatory [[Palestine]] and the new State of [[Israel]]). Involved in Jewish terrorist activity in [[Palestine]] from 1935, he returned to the UK to join the army for the duration of WWII.
* Chaim Herzog [http://www.jafi.org.il/education/100/people/BIOS/herzog.html], [[Israel]]'s sixth president, born in [[Belfast]] the son of Rabbi Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog, who was Chief Rabbi of [[Ireland]] from 1919 to 1937 (and later of Mandatory [[Palestine]] and the new State of [[Israel]]). Involved in jewish terrorist activity in [[Palestine]] from 1935, he returned to the UK to join the army for the duration of WWII.
* Sir Julius Vogel, born and educated in London, later Prime Minister of [[New Zealand]].
* Sir Julius Vogel, born and educated in London, later Prime Minister of [[New Zealand]].


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See also jewish politicians in Britain before 1900

jewish politicians in Britain. jews could not sit in the British Parliament until 1858 when the jews Relief Act was passed. A frighteningly disproportionate large number of jews in Britain have been politicians in the 20th & 21st centuries.

The English jews, we are told, are not Englishmen. They are separate people, living locally in this island, but living morally and politically in communion with their brethren who are scattered all over the world. An English jew looks on a Dutch or Portuguese jew as his countryman, and of an English Christian as a stranger. This want of patriotic feeling, it is said, renders a jew unfit to exercise political functions. ~ Lord Macaulay.[1]
I feel totally jewish; I am totally jewish. I don't eat pork, we only buy kosher meat and we don't mix meat and milk. I like being jewish and I married a jewish girl. It's like a way of life and it's good to be able to instill some of that sense of being in your kids.[2] ~ Grant Shapps, M.P., UK Government Minister, Sept, 2010.

1900-1939

  • Herbert Louis Samuel (b.1870), Liberal M.P., (from 1902) and cabinet minister. A "moderate" Zionist and High Commissioner for Palestine 1920-25.[2] Wrote: Liberalism: its Principles and Proposals(1902).[3]
  • Harry Simon Samuel (b.1858), Unionist Party M.P. for Norwood 1910-22. Conservative Party M.P. for Tower Hamlets 1895-1906. Partner in Montefiore & Co.[4]
  • Rufus Daniel Isaacs (b.1860), a lawyer, numerous honours and 1st Marquess of Reading (1926)(the only British jew to be elevated to a Marquessate), Liberal M.P. and cabinet minister; President of the Anglo-French Loan Mission to U.S.A., 1917; Special Ambassador to the U.S.A., 1918, Viceroy of India (1921-26). Married 1887 to Alice, daughter of Albert Cohen.[5]
  • Alfred Mond (b.1868), lawyer, 1st Baronet (1910), 1st Baron Melchett (1928), Liberal M.P., for Chester 1906-10); Swansea (1910-23) Carmarthen from 1924. Cabinet Minister who also sat on numerous company boards; Chairman, Economic Board for Palestine.[6][7][8][9].
  • Edwin Samuel Montagu (1879-1924) Liberal M.P. (from 1906); Secretary of State for India (1917-1922). Regarded as a "radical" Liberal. The third practising jew (after Sir Herbert Samuel and Sir Rufus Isaacs) to serve in the British cabinet. Samuel Montagu, 1st Baron Swaythling.
  • Frank Goldsmith (b.1878), lawyer, Conservative Party M.P. for Stowmarket (1910-1918). Member of Westminster City Council 1903-07; London County Council 1904-10.[10]
  • Ignatius Timothy Trebitsch-Lincoln (1879-1943) Liberal M.P. for Darlington (1910 only)).[3]
  • Sir Percy Alfred Harris, Liberal MP (1916).[11]
  • Arthur Samuel (b.1872), Conservative Party M.P. (Dec 1918).Cabinet Minister. Lord Mayor of Norwich. 1912-13.[12]
  • Samuel Samuel (b.1855), Unionist Party M.P., for Wandsworth 1913-1919 then Putney. Director of M. Samuel & Co., Merchant Bankers; Director of Lloyds Bank; the Capital and Counties Bank; et al.[13]
  • Manny Shinwell, Baron Shinwell (1884โ€“1986) (1922), Labour Party cabinet minister & Chairman.[4]
  • Howel Walter Samuel (b.1881), lawyer, Labour Party M.P. for Swansea West 1923-24.[14]
  • Leslie Haden-Guest (1877-1960), Labour MP (1923-27)(1937-1950) and 1st Baron Haden-Guest (1950), Lord-in-Waiting to the King (Feb-Oct 1951).[15][16]
  • Leslie Hore-Belisha (1893โ€“1957), 1st Baron Hore-Belisha (1954), Liberal M.P. for Plymouth, Devonport (from 1923) and from 1931 a National Liberal Party cabinet minister in the National Government.[5]
  • Harry Louis Nathan, 1st Baron Nathan of Churt (1929) Liberal, later Labour MP.[17]
  • Barnett Janner (1931), Labour MP.[18]
  • Dudley Joel (1931), Conservative MP.[19]
  • Sydney Silverman (1935) Labour MP 1935.[20]
  • Lewis Silkin, 1st Baron Silkin (1936), Labour cabinet minister.[21]; father of John Silkin and Samuel Silkin.

1940-1973

  • Herschel Lewis Austin [1911-1974] (1945), Labour MP, Stretford and Urmston, Manchester.
  • John Diamond, Baron Diamond (1945), Labour cabinet minister and later SDP leader in the House of Lords where he was made a Life Peer.[22]
  • Maurice Edelman (1911โ€“1975) (1945), Labour M.P., "son of jews who had emigrated from eastern Europe".[23]
  • Harold Lever, Baron Lever of Manchester (1914โ€“1995)(1945),[6] Labour M.P., made a Life Peer. jewish immigrants from Lithuania.
  • Ian Mikardo (1908โ€“1993) (1945), former Communist, later a Labour M.P., and a firm Zionist (his parents, from the Russian Empire, spoke Yiddish). He was a member of National Executive Committee of the Labour Party in 1950โ€“78, and Chairman of the Labour Party, 1970โ€“1971. He was also Chairman of the International Committee of the Labour Party in 1973โ€“78, and was Vice-President of the Socialist International (1978โ€“1983) and its Honorary President (1983โ€“1993).
  • Phil Piratin (1945),[7] , Communist Party MP
  • Samuel Segal (1945), Labour MP and later a Life Peer as Baron Segal; Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords.
  • Austen Harry Albu (1903โ€“1994) (1948) was a Labour Member of Parliament for Edmonton for 25 years. His wives, Rose Marks & Marie Jahoda were also jewish. Outrageously, after the end of WWII, he was made Deputy President of the British Government Sub-Commission of the Allied Control Commission in Germany.
  • David Weitzman (1945), a barrister, was elected Labour Party M.P. for Stoke Newington. 2 years later he convicted of wartime racketeering, sentenced to 12 months imprisonment and fined ยฃ500, a huge sum at the time. Labour kept him on as M.P.
  • Leslie Lever, Baron Lever, Labour (1950) then a Life Peer.
  • Sir Gerald Nabarro (1950),[24] Conservative MP.
  • Sir Henry d'Avigdor-Goldsmid, 2nd Bt., (1955), son of Viennese jews.[25][26].
  • Sir Keith Joseph, Conservative cabinet minister and Life Peer (1956)[27]
  • Sir Philip Carter Goodhart (1957), American born to a jewish family in New York City who owned Lehman Brothers Bank. Attended Cambridge University and subsequently became a Conservative MP and minister.[28].
  • Leo Abse (1958), solicitor and Labour MP & social reformer responsible for the repeal of the Homosexual Act in Parliament.[8]
  • Myer Galpern (1959),[9] Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means.
  • John Silkin (1963), Labour cabinet minister.>ref>JYB 1986, pps:186 & 269.</ref>
  • Joel Barnett (1964), Labour cabinet minister and Life Peer.[29]
  • Edmund Dell (1964), Labour cabinet minister & founding chairman of Channel Four, established for minorities.[10]
  • Reginald Freeson (1964), Labour minister.[30]
  • Robert Maxwell (1964), Labour MP for Buckingham, later proprietor of the Daily Mirror newspaper. A fraudster.
  • Samuel Silkin, Labour cabinet minister and Life Peer (1964).[31]
  • Paul Rose 1964-79 Labour M.P. and Opposition frontbencher.
  • Eric Moonman (1966), Labour MP.[32]
  • Robert Adley (1970), former Sales Manager at the Mayfair Hotel (1960-64), became Conservative Party MP for Bristol North-east.[24]
  • James d'Avigdor-Goldsmid (1970), Conservative MP. Described as "a member of the prominent Anglo-jewish d'Avigdor-Goldsmid family"[33].[34]
  • Sally Oppenheim-Barnes (1970), Conservative MP.[35]
  • Michael Fidler, Conservative MP and President of the Board of jewish Deputies from 1967 to 1973.[36]
  • Greville Janner (1970), Labour MP and Life Peer. Child molester.[37]
  • Toby Jessel (1970), Conservative MP.
  • Sir Gerald Kaufman (1970),[11] Labour MP and cabinet minister.
  • Sir Anthony Meyer (1970), Conservative MP, sometime a leadership candidate.[38]
  • Harold Benjamin Soref (1970-4), Conservative MP, and a leading member of the Conservative Monday Club.
  • Neville Sandelson, Labour & SDP(1971).
  • Sir Clement Freud (1973),[12] Liberal MP

1974 - 1999

  • Leon Brittan (1974-2015), a Lithuanian jew, Conservative Party MP, cabinet minister and later a Life Peer, was also a EU Commissioner.[13] He was accused of historic child sex activites but died just prior to them coming to court.
  • Ivan Lawrence (1974โ€“1997) Conservative MP, Chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee, member of the Conservative Monday Club.
  • Nigel Lawson (1974-1992), Life Peer as Baron Lawson of Blaby, Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer.[39]
  • Millie Miller (1974-1977), Labour MP.[40]
  • Sir Malcolm Rifkind (1974-2015), Conservative Party MP and Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs.[14] In 1986 he was one of those who framed the new Public Order Act which, in section 5, criminalised free speech (including use of "insulting words").
  • Alfred Dubs (1979-1987), Labour MP and Life Peer.[15]
  • David Winnick (1979-present) Labour MP for Walsall North.
  • Alexander Carlisle (1983-1997) Liberal MP for Montgomery.
  • Harry Cohen (1983-2010), Labour MP for Leyton and Wandstead.[16]
  • Edwina Currie (nรฉe Cohen)(1983-1997),[17] Conservative MP and cabinet minister.
  • Michael Howard (real name Hecht)(1983-2010), Conservative MP for Folkestone and Hythe,[18] cabinet minister, becoming Leader of the Party and Leader of the Opposition from 2003 to 2005. Made a Life Peer in 2010.
  • Phillip Oppenheim (1983-1997) Conservative MP for Amber Valley, Under-Secretary of State to the Department of Employment and Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury. Also a political columnist for The Sunday Times newspaper.
  • Robert Sheldon (1964-2001) Labour MP for Ashton-under-Lyne.
  • David Sumberg (1983โ€“1997) Conservative MP for Bury South.
  • Michael Fabricant (1992-present) Conservative MP.
  • Barbara Roche (nรฉe Margolis) (1992-2005), Labour minister.[19]
  • Margaret Hodge (nรฉe Oppenheimer; born in Cairo)(1994-present),[20] Labour Minister of State for Industry and the Regions.
  • John Bercow (1997-2019), Conservative MP for Buckingham and Speaker of the House of Commons.[41]
  • Louise Ellman (1997-present), Labour MP.[21]
  • Fabian Hamilton (1997-present), Labour MP.[22]
  • Evan Harris (1997), Liberal Democrat MP.[23]
  • Oona King (1997-2005), Labour MP (1997โ€“2005),[24] second negress MP (jewish mother), niece of Miriam Stoppard.
  • Oliver Letwin (1997-present), Conservative Party MP[25] and was a shadow cabinet member. Chairman of the Policy Review & Chairman of the Conservative Research Department. Also employed by Rothschild's Bank.
  • Julian Lewis (1997-present), Conservative MP for New Forest, and former Conservative Party Central Office bureaucrat.
  • Ivan Lewis (1997-2019), Labour Minister of State for Health.[26] He was suspended from the Labour Party in November 2017 after sexual misconduct allegations.[42]
  • Gillian Merron (1997-2010), Foreign Office Minister.[27]

2000 to present

File:Conservative Friends of Israel.png
Four important people in British politics โ€” part-jewish Boris Johnson, former Prime Minister, Pakistani Muslim Sajid Javid, former Chancellor, Indian Hindu Priti Patel, former Home Secretary, and (not shown here) jewish Dominic Raab as Deputy Prime Minister as well as Secretary of State for Justice โ€” are all devout members of Conservative Friends of Israel.[43]
  • Jonathan Djanogly (2001-present) Conservative Party MP for Huntingdon.
  • David Miliband (2001-2013), Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Labour MP for South Shields and former Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (June 2007 - May 2010) and Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (May 2006 - June 2007). Brother of Ed Miliband and son of leading Marxist theorist and former communist Ralph Miliband.
  • Lynne Featherstone (2005-2015), Liberal Democrat MP.
  • Susan Kramer (2005-2010) Liberal Democrat candidate for Richmond-upon-Thames.
  • Ed Miliband (2005-present) Leader of the Labour Party (25 Sept 2010 - May 2015), former Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (Oct 2008 - May 2010), Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Brother of David Miliband and son of leading Marxist theorist and former communist Ralph Miliband.
  • Lee Scott (2005-2015), Conservative MP.[44]
  • Grant Shapps (2005-present) Conservative MP for Welwyn Hatfield. Co-Chairman of the Conservative Party until 28 Nov 2015 when he was forced to resign in a bullying scandal. In 2019 he was appointed Secretary of State for Transport. In an interview with the jewish Chronicle Shapps said: "I feel totally jewish; I am totally jewish. I don't eat pork, we only buy kosher meat and we don't mix meat and milk. I like being jewish and I married a jewish girl. It's like a way of life and it's good to be able to instill some of that sense of being in your kids."[45]
  • Daniel Finkelstein. A Liberal who joined the fake Conservative Party. Between 1995 and 1997 was Director of the Conservative Research Department, said to have been an 'advisor' to Prime Minister John Major, and attended meetings of the Cabinet when it sat in political session. Finkelstein became among the earliest advocates of the 'modernisation' of the Conservative Party, laying out his principles of change in a series of speeches and columns in The Times newspaper for which he was a journalist and sometime Executive Editor. He remains a weekly political columnist and is now Associate Editor. In 2013 he was made a Conservative Party Life Peer.[46] He is a former chairman of Policy Exchange who was succeeded by another jew, David Frum, in 2014.[47]
  • Brooks Newmark (2005-2015) Conservative MP for Braintree.
  • Luciana Berger (2010-2019) Labour MP for Liverpool Wavertree.
  • Michael Ellis (2010-present) Conservative MP for Northampton North.
  • Zac Goldsmith (2010-2015)(2016-2019) Conservative MP for Richmond. Now a Life Peer serving as Minister of State for the Pacific and the Environment.
  • Ruth Smeeth (2015 - 2019) Labour MP for Stoke-on-Trent North. She complained in parliament on 1 September 2016 that she had received thousands of abusive anti-semitic messages.[48]
  • Robert Halfon (2010 - present) Conservative MP for Harlow, a Cabinet Minister, a Privy Councillor, and Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party. Before becoming an MP he worked as chief of staff for the Conservative MP Oliver Letwin before becoming political director for Conservative Friends of Israel. On 18th July 2014 he was chosen by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, to be his Parliamentary Private Secretary. In November 2015 he was involved in a major expenses scandal.
  • Richard Harrington (2010 - present) Conservative MP for Watford. Until March 2010 he was chairman of the Executive Board of the Conservative Friends of Israel, which, during his tenure, had quadrupled in size financially. He was appointed Treasurer of the Conservative Party in 2008.
  • Dominic Raab (2010 - present) Conservative Party MP for Esher and Walton, Surrey. His jewish father came to the UK from Czechoslovakia in 1938 and who, unsurprisingly, was a manager for Marks & Spencer. An international business lawyer specialising in 'Human Rights'. He was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Minister for Human Rights, at the Ministry of Justice on 12 May 2015. He served as Brexit Secretary in 2018 and First Secretary of State and Foreign Secretary from 2019 to 2021. In 2023 he was Secretary of State for Justice, Lord Chancellor and Deputy Prime Minister, the latter post being resigned by him on April 23 following an enquiry, upheld, that he aggressively bullied civil servants. he has announced that he will be standing down at the next General Election.[49]
  • Luciana Clare Berger (2010 - present) Labour MP for Liverpool Wavertree. Married Alistair Goldsmith at the city's Princes Road Synagogue in June 2015. She is a vitriolic campaigner against so-called anti-semitism.
  • Andrew Simon Feldman, 'Lord' Feldman of Elstree, a close friend since university of David Cameron who appointed him as chief fundraiser and Conservative Party Deputy Treasurer. In July 2008 Cameron promoted Feldman to Chief Executive of the Conservative Campaign Headquarters. In October 2008 he was involved in a corruption scandal involving Nathaniel Rothschild. On 11 May 2010, Cameron appointed Feldman as the Co-Chairman of the Party (with Grant Shapps and a Muslim - meaning all three were foreign in origin). On 17 December 2010 Feldman was created a Life Peer by Cameron. In May 2013, Feldman was widely attributed with making a claim that Conservative parliamentary rebellions on a referendum on European Union membership and same sex marriage were due to Conservative Associations being "all mad, swivel-eyed loons".
  • Maurice Saatchi, a Conservative Party Life Peer. Under the party leadership of Iain Duncan Smith, Saatchi served as Shadow Treasury spokesman in the Lords, forming a close relationship with another jew Michael Howard (real surname Hecht), who was Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer. After Howard became leader of the Conservative Party in November 2003, Saatchi was appointed joint chairman of the party, a classic example of blatant nepotism.
  • Sir Ehud Sheleg (born 1955) is the Israeli jew and possible "binary options" fraudster who in 2019 was Treasurer of the Conservative Party. He has openly admitted in the jewish Chronicle that he puts Israelโ€™s interests above those of any other country. He succeeded:
  • Sir Michael Davis, a jewish accountant and investor from South Africa. After making substantial donations to the Conservative Party he became in 2016 the CEO and Treasurer of that Party โ€“ a post he held until 24 July 2019.[50]
  • Stuart Polak is a Conservative Party Life Peer, having joined the Conservative Friends of Israel in 1989. He served as its Director for twenty-six years, until August 2015; he now serves as its honorary president. He attended the Childwall Hebrew Congregation, a synagogue in Liverpool, where he was a chazan, or cantor, on jewish High Holidays. He took educational trips to Israel from the age of fifteen and was a youth officer at the Edgware United Synagogue in northwest London. He served as an officer of the Board of Deputies of British jews in the 1980s.
  • Robert Jenrick is Conservative Party M.P., for Newark (since 2014); appointed Minister of State for Immigration in October 2022. He is a member of the Parliamentary Conservative Friends of Israel group.[51][52] In July 2019 he spoke of his visit to Auschwitz concentration camp; "It had a huge impact on me and in particular because my wife is the daughter of Holohoax survivors from modern day Poland and Ukraine."[53] Jenrick has said his connection to the jewish community forms a very important and integral part of my life.[53] He is married to Michal Berkner. She is nine years older than Jenrick[54] and is the child of Holohoax survivors.[55] She is an Israeli-born and US educated[56] corporate lawyer who practises mainly in London. The couple have three daughters, whom they are bringing up in the jewish faith.[57]
  • Suella Braverman, M.P., the Home Secretary (2023), whose Asian parents immigrated from Kenya and Mauritius, has a jewish husband, Rael. Speaking to a meeting of the Asian-jewish Business Network in 2021, Braverman described her husband as a "very proud member of the jewish community" and stated his family are contributors to the Bushey synagogue.[58]

Peers

  • Alma Birk, Baroness Birk [59], Labour politician
  • Andrew Feldman, Baron Feldman of Elstree, Conservative Party politician.
  • Anna Gaitskell, Baroness Gaitskell [59], Labour Party politician
  • Robert Gavron, Baron Gavron, Labour politician and philanthropist
  • Peter Goldsmith, Baron Goldsmith [28], [29], Attorney General
  • Arnold Goodman, Baron Goodman [30], solicitor
  • George Gordon, Baron Gordon, politician (converted)[60]
  • Sydney Jacobson, Baron Jacobson, newspaper editor [61]
  • Immanuel Jakobovits, Baron Jakobovits, Chief rabbi
  • Michael Levy, Baron Levy[62]
  • Edward Levy-Lawson, 1st Baron Burnham [31], newspaper proprietor
  • Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell,[63] scientist and Government minister
  • Maurice Peston, Baron Peston of Mile End (1987) [32], Labour peer & economist, father of the BBC's sometime Business Editor Robert Peston
  • Beatrice Plummer, Baroness Plummer [59], Labour Party politician
  • Samuel Segal, Baron Segal (1964), Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords
  • Beatrice Serota, Baroness Serota [59], Labour Party politician
  • David Triesman, Baron Triesman [33], Labour peer and Junior Minister
  • Leslie Turnberg, Baron Turnberg, Physician.
  • Leonard Wolfson, Baron Wolfson (JYB 2005 p212)
  • Harry Woolf, Baron Woolf [34], Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales 2000-2006.
  • David Young, Baron Young of Graffham, Conservative Party politician
  • Sir Alan Sugar, Baron Sugar, Labour, enterprise tsar

Miscellaneous others

  • Patricia Feldman Richardson, the British National Party's first jewish candidate.[64] In 2004 Richardson said the party was not anti-Semitic.
  • Hilda Bernstein [35] Anti-apartheid activist
  • Tony Cliff [36], (nรฉ Yigael Gluckstein) Palestinian-born Marxist theorist and founder of the Socialist Workers Party
  • Gerry Gable [37], member of the Communist Party of Great Britain, "Anti-fascist" activist, co-founder (with Nick Cohen) and publisher of Searchlight magazine.
  • Nicky Gavron [38], Socialist Deputy Mayor of Greater London and an environmental freak who has called for a new Clean Air Act and attacked people using patio heaters.[65]
  • Sir James Goldsmith, financier, property developer, asset-stripper, and founder of the short-lived Referendum Party
  • Sir Israel Gollancz (b.1863), Knt.Bach.(1919), and academic. The first Hon.Secretary of the British Academy upon its foundation in 1903. Married 1910 Alide, daughter of Adolphus Goldschmidt.[66]
  • Victor Gollancz [39], principal publisher for the Labour Party and left-wing political activist.
  • Ted Grant [40], (nรฉ Isaac Blank) South African-born Marxist theorist and founder of the Militant Tendency
  • Sidney Hart, Trade Unionist.[67]
  • Lou Kenton, joined the Communist Party of Great Britain in 1929 and was an International Brigades volunteer in Spain.
  • James Klugmann (Norman John Klugmann) [68], a communist activist and editor of Marxism Today.[69]
  • Minnie Lansbury (nรฉe Glassman) [70], suffragette and became an Alderman for the Labour Party in Poplar Borough Council in 1919.
  • Eleanor Marx, daughter and secretary of Karl Marx
"His beloved daughter Eleanor, however, who acted as his secretary, considered herself jewish, took an interest in her ancestors, and had a warm appreciation for the jewish workers in the East End of London."[71]
  • Ralph Miliband (1924โ€“94) [41] (nรฉ Adolphe Miliband) Belgian born Polish-jewish Marxist theorist and father of Labour Party Members of Parliament, David and Ed Miliband.
  • Shirley Porter (nรฉe Cohen), Tesco supermarket heiress, Lord Mayor of Westminster 1991-92.
  • Walter Jakob Wolfgang, a Far-Left founder of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. In August 2006 he became a member of the Labour Party's National Executive Committee.
  • Chaim Herzog [42], Israel's sixth president, born in Belfast the son of Rabbi Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog, who was Chief Rabbi of Ireland from 1919 to 1937 (and later of Mandatory Palestine and the new State of Israel). Involved in jewish terrorist activity in Palestine from 1935, he returned to the UK to join the army for the duration of WWII.
  • Sir Julius Vogel, born and educated in London, later Prime Minister of New Zealand.

References

  1. โ†‘ Macaulay, Lord, Historical Essays, Oxford University Press, London, 1932, citation from "Civil Disabilities of the jews: January 1831", p.84-96.
  2. โ†‘ https://www.thejc.com/lifestyle/features/interview-grant-shapps-1.17732
  3. โ†‘ Black, A & C., Who's Who 1927, 79th edition, London, p.2605.
  4. โ†‘ Black, 1927, p.2605.
  5. โ†‘ Black, 1927, p.2459.
  6. โ†‘ Black, 1927, p.2075.
  7. โ†‘ jewish Year Book, London, 1911, p.297.
  8. โ†‘ Encyclopaedia Judaica vol.12, p.241-2.
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