Did your MP vote for a ceasefire?

Can someone please explain to me why they voted? What's it suppose to change?

Not being goady. Genuinely don't understand the reasoning.

I got an email from my Mp :

I voted for the Labour amendment (here), which: while condemning the Hamas attack, acknowledges that Israel’s response in Gaza is disproportionate and, importantly, criticises Israel’s activities in the West Bank; recognises the jurisdiction of the ICC in the OPTs (which the Government does not), and its role in determining whether war crimes have been committed; calls for a lifting of the blockade and says that humanitarian pauses, while welcome, must be extended, to allow for getting aid into Gaza at the scale that’s needed, followed by an “enduring cessation of fighting” and “a credible, diplomatic and political process to deliver the lasting peace of a two-state solution”. Unfortunately, this amendment was defeated, with nearly 300 MPs voting against.

i didn’t realise there was a labour one. Thought there was a SNP one

she’s a shadow member and I think she absteined on that one

Aren't warships defeating the point of a ceasefire?

No - he's a Tory in a dicey Tory seat including lots of Jewish voters (I'm a Jewish voter, albeit not one that would vote for him). He was never going to risk rocking the boat because Jewish Tory voters are more likely to be anti-ceasefire.

They may not listen to us, but we do tend to see the snowball effect in international politics.

Mine did. I also know him as his child goes to a hobby with my child, so this makes me feel more comfortable 🙃

Then we need to stand warships across the Med, not sit in the comfort of Parliament and our honest bleating ‘ceasefire’

Of course there should be a real ceasefire, both sides, on an enduring basis.

However Neither Hamas nor Netanyahu want a ceasefire, neither will listen to outside influence, especially us!

They might listen to the U.S or Iran, their funders and arms dealers, but it seems ridiculous to me for our parliament and community to descend into yet more destructive chaos in pursuit of a unicorn.

Hear hear

Graham Stringer. Large Jewish community. Didn’t vote.

It isn't nothing to do with us, to cut a long story short.
However, if the UK were being targeted by an oppressive force killing hundreds of thousands of civilians after decades of oppression and abuse, I'd hope other countries didn't sit back and let it happen.
Evil triumphs when good men do nothing, as we have seen.

I don’t understand this. What is the point of them having a vote? It’s nothing to do with the UK and we don’t get to have a say anyway?

Yes. They aren't all spineless, at least. I would have been ashamed and surprised if it had been a no, they have always come across as someone decent and genuinely caring.

^ yes and the Greens have published a handy list of all those who voted against 🙄

Mine didn't vote. Labour MP in a constituency where you could pin a red rosette on a cabbage and it would win.

A labour MP that voted against the ceasefire has had her office vandalised with red paint all over it (BBC news).

Violence and hate speech is on the increase.

To those saying it wouldn’t have made a real difference. Yes, the Israeli government are beyond depraved at the moment
What's so depressing about posts like this is the wilful amnesia

Palestinian people in the U.K. must be feeling so despondent today as the U.K. parliament has openly declared its support of Palestinian genocide. Neither of the two main parties have any decency and I hope people remember this at the next election .
To those saying it wouldn’t have made a real difference. Yes, the Israeli government are beyond depraved at the moment and civilised response is to say no, to stand up and be counted. I can’t believe this country was so pivotal in defeating a European genocide in the last century yet openly encourages the descendants of the victims to enact another. What is clear, is that Palestinian lives are irrelevant to the UK parliament.

Exactly! shame on them!
so scared of a PM who the people didn’t even vote in - it’s all a joke

You're right, the IDF don't listen to anyone even the US.

Yes - Labour. Disappointing but I will still vote for him in future as he is very present and works hard for the borough. Can’t agree on everything and I am not prone to tantrums and throwing the baby out with the bath water just because someone doesn’t agree with me.

That's a fair few MPs going then. Many thanks.

Yes. They were whipped to vote so if the front bench go against that they have to step down or be sacked.

My labour MP abstained and so did the labour MP of our neighbouring constituency.

Yes. SNP