# These councillors say Zionism is racism

> The 46 Green Party councillors named in the party's own printed lists of supporters of its "Zionism is Racism" motion, passed on 4 October 2026, each with a page asking whether they still stand by it. Part of the campaign at https://zionismisnotracism.co.uk/ ("Zionism is not racism").

## Pages

- [Home: every councillor who backed the motion](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/): photos, wards and councils, and an email to all of them, by region, by council or one at a time
- [Cllr Aasiya Bora](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/aasiya-bora): Stoneygate ward, Leicester
- [Cllr Al Al-Maghrabi](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/al-al-maghrabi): Frome Vale ward, Bristol
- [Cllr Alexi Dimond](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/alexi-dimond): Gleadless Valley ward, Sheffield
- [Cllr Alfie Davis](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/alfie-davis): Holywell ward, Oxford
- [Cllr Amanda Onwuemene](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/amanda-onwuemene): Birkenhead and Tranmere ward, Wirral Council
- [Cllr Amber Smith](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/amber-smith): Bowthorpe ward, Norfolk and Bowthorpe ward, Norwich
- [Cllr Andrew Cooper](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/andrew-cooper): Netherton and Newsome ward, Kirklees
- [Cllr Anne Gray](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/anne-gray): West Green ward, Haringey
- [Cllr Ash Ahmed](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/ash-ahmed): Seven Sisters ward, Haringey
- [Cllr Ash Atkinson](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/ash-atkinson): Kilburn ward, Camden
- [Cllr Asma Alam](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/asma-alam): Burnage ward, Manchester
- [Cllr Bliss Wylie](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/bliss-wylie): Thorpe Hamlet ward, Norwich
- [Cllr Brenda Puech](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/brenda-puech): London Fields ward, Hackney
- [Cllr Carolyne Culver](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/carolyne-culver): Ridgeway ward, West Berkshire
- [Cllr Chandni Chopra](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/chandni-chopra): Heaton ward, Newcastle upon Tyne
- [Cllr Charli Thompson](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/charli-thompson): Woodhouse ward, Barnet
- [Cllr Daniel Wilson](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/daniel-wilson): Exmouth Halsdon ward, East Devon
- [Cllr Debbie Woudman](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/debbie-woudman): Heene Ward ward, Worthing
- [Cllr Duncan Ali](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/duncan-ali): Balsall Heath West ward, Birmingham
- [Cllr Eden Hills](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/eden-hills): Little London and Woodhouse ward, Leeds
- [Cllr Fesl Reza-Khan](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/fesl-reza-khan): Levenshulme ward, Manchester
- [Cllr George Sheldon Grün](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/george-sheldon-grun): Clissold ward, Hackney
- [Cllr Hau-Yu Tam](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/hau-yu-tam): Deptford ward, Lewisham
- [Cllr Heather Skibsted](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/heather-skibsted): Orton Longueville ward, Peterborough
- [Cllr Helen Tucker](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/helen-tucker): Cockermouth North ward, Cumberland
- [Cllr Hussayn Salem](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/hussayn-salem): Ancoats and Beswick ward, Manchester
- [Cllr Imran Safdar](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/imran-safdar): Crosland Moor ward, Kirklees
- [Cllr Imtiaz Ali](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/imtiaz-ali): Orton Longueville ward, Peterborough
- [Cllr Ingrid Dodd](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/ingrid-dodd): Guston, Kingsdown and St Margaret's-at-Cliffe ward, Dover
- [Cllr Jacqueline Dominguez](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/jacqueline-dominguez): Abbey ward, Reading
- [Cllr Kamel Hawwash](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/kamel-hawwash): Stirchley ward, Birmingham
- [Cllr Kathryn Fisher](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/kathryn-fisher): Petersfield ward, Cambridge
- [Cllr Leni Candan](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/leni-candan): Evelyn ward, Lewisham
- [Cllr Marina Lademacher](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/marina-lademacher): Queen's Park ward, Brighton and Hove
- [Cllr Maroof Raouf](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/maroof-raouf): Nether Edge and Sharrow ward, Sheffield
- [Cllr Mothin Ali](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/mothin-ali): Gipton and Harehills ward, Leeds
- [Cllr Najib Warsame](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/najib-warsame): Wembley Park ward, Brent
- [Cllr Nicola Day](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/nicola-day): Orton Waterville ward, Peterborough
- [Cllr Pascale Mitchell](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/pascale-mitchell): Chaucer ward, Southwark
- [Cllr Paul Ryan](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/paul-ryan): Kilburn ward, Brent
- [Cllr Rebecca Jones](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/rebecca-jones): Blackheath ward, Lewisham
- [Cllr Robert Watson](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/robert-watson): Sutton on Sea ward, East Lindsey
- [Cllr Shane Collins](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/shane-collins): Frome East ward, Somerset
- [Cllr Shuguftah Quddoos](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/shuguftah-quddoos): Berridge ward, Nottingham
- [Cllr Stephen Malonga](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/stephen-malonga): Kilburn ward, Brent
- [Cllr Zoe Holman](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/zoe-holman): Homerton ward, Hackney

## By county

- [Greater London](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/county/greater-london): 14 councillors
- [Cambridgeshire](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/county/cambridgeshire): 4 councillors
- [West Yorkshire](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/county/west-yorkshire): 4 councillors
- [Greater Manchester](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/county/greater-manchester): 3 councillors
- [Berkshire](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/county/berkshire): 2 councillors
- [Norfolk](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/county/norfolk): 2 councillors
- [South Yorkshire](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/county/south-yorkshire): 2 councillors
- [West Midlands](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/county/west-midlands): 2 councillors
- [Bristol](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/county/bristol): 1 councillor
- [Cumbria](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/county/cumbria): 1 councillor
- [Devon](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/county/devon): 1 councillor
- [East Sussex](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/county/east-sussex): 1 councillor
- [Kent](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/county/kent): 1 councillor
- [Leicestershire](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/county/leicestershire): 1 councillor
- [Lincolnshire](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/county/lincolnshire): 1 councillor
- [Merseyside](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/county/merseyside): 1 councillor
- [Nottinghamshire](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/county/nottinghamshire): 1 councillor
- [Oxfordshire](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/county/oxfordshire): 1 councillor
- [Somerset](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/county/somerset): 1 councillor
- [Tyne and Wear](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/county/tyne-and-wear): 1 councillor
- [West Sussex](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/county/west-sussex): 1 councillor

## By council

- [Brent](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/council/brent): 3 councillors
- [Hackney](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/council/hackney): 3 councillors
- [Lewisham](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/council/lewisham): 3 councillors
- [Manchester](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/council/manchester): 3 councillors
- [Peterborough](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/council/peterborough): 3 councillors
- [Birmingham](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/council/birmingham): 2 councillors
- [Haringey](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/council/haringey): 2 councillors
- [Kirklees](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/council/kirklees): 2 councillors
- [Leeds](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/council/leeds): 2 councillors
- [Norwich](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/council/norwich): 2 councillors
- [Sheffield](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/council/sheffield): 2 councillors
- [Barnet](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/council/barnet): 1 councillor
- [Brighton and Hove](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/council/brighton-and-hove): 1 councillor
- [Bristol](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/council/bristol): 1 councillor
- [Cambridge](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/council/cambridge): 1 councillor
- [Camden](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/council/camden): 1 councillor
- [Cumberland](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/council/cumberland): 1 councillor
- [Dover](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/council/dover): 1 councillor
- [East Devon](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/council/east-devon): 1 councillor
- [East Lindsey](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/council/east-lindsey): 1 councillor
- [Leicester](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/council/leicester): 1 councillor
- [Newcastle upon Tyne](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/council/newcastle-upon-tyne): 1 councillor
- [Norfolk](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/council/norfolk): 1 councillor
- [Nottingham](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/council/nottingham): 1 councillor
- [Oxford](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/council/oxford): 1 councillor
- [Reading](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/council/reading): 1 councillor
- [Somerset](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/council/somerset): 1 councillor
- [Southwark](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/council/southwark): 1 councillor
- [West Berkshire](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/council/west-berkshire): 1 councillor
- [Wirral Council](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/council/wirral-council): 1 councillor
- [Worthing](https://zionismisracism.co.uk/council/worthing): 1 councillor

## Why the motion is wrong

1. It calls most British Jews racists. Zionism is the belief that the Jewish people have the right to self-determination in a homeland of their own. Around nine in ten British Jews hold it. The motion declares that belief racism, and says it "will be treated as any other form of racism".
2. It sets one rule for Jews and another for everyone else. The French, the Irish and the Palestinians all claim the same right to a homeland, and nobody calls them racist for it. Denying that right to Jews alone singles out one people. You can't be anti-racist and antisemitic.
3. It takes away the words Jews use to name antisemitism. The motion rejects both the IHRA definition of antisemitism and the Jerusalem Declaration as "weaponised". That leaves Jewish members with no agreed definition of the racism aimed at them.
4. It commits the party to campaign against Jewish identity. The motion commits the Green Party to "oppose and campaign against" Zionism. In practice that is a campaign against the belief of most Jewish people in this country, including the ones these councillors were elected to serve.
5. It breaks the Green Party's own rules. The party's core values and its binding Members' Code of Conduct prohibit racism and discrimination. Its Anti-Bullying and Harassment Policy prohibits discrimination on race, ethnicity, and faith or belief.
6. It runs into the law. Jewish people are an ethnic group protected by the Equality Act 2010. In 2020 the Equality and Human Rights Commission found the Labour Party responsible for unlawful harassment and discrimination against Jewish members. On 7 October 2026 the Green Party was referred to the Commission over this motion.
7. The world has already rejected it. The United Nations General Assembly declared Zionism a form of racism in 1975, in Resolution 3379. In 1991 it revoked that resolution, in Resolution 46/86. The Green Party has revived a line the UN itself abandoned.

## Questions and answers

### Which Green councillors backed the "Zionism is Racism" motion?

46 Green councillors are named in the Green Party's own printed lists of supporters of the motion, passed on 4 October 2026: Cllr Aasiya Bora (Stoneygate ward, Leicester); Cllr Al Al-Maghrabi (Frome Vale ward, Bristol); Cllr Alexi Dimond (Gleadless Valley ward, Sheffield); Cllr Alfie Davis (Holywell ward, Oxford); Cllr Amanda Onwuemene (Birkenhead and Tranmere ward, Wirral Council); Cllr Amber Smith (Bowthorpe ward, Norfolk and Bowthorpe ward, Norwich); Cllr Andrew Cooper (Netherton and Newsome ward, Kirklees); Cllr Anne Gray (West Green ward, Haringey); Cllr Ash Ahmed (Seven Sisters ward, Haringey); Cllr Ash Atkinson (Kilburn ward, Camden); Cllr Asma Alam (Burnage ward, Manchester); Cllr Bliss Wylie (Thorpe Hamlet ward, Norwich); Cllr Brenda Puech (London Fields ward, Hackney); Cllr Carolyne Culver (Ridgeway ward, West Berkshire); Cllr Chandni Chopra (Heaton ward, Newcastle upon Tyne); Cllr Charli Thompson (Woodhouse ward, Barnet); Cllr Daniel Wilson (Exmouth Halsdon ward, East Devon); Cllr Debbie Woudman (Heene Ward ward, Worthing); Cllr Duncan Ali (Balsall Heath West ward, Birmingham); Cllr Eden Hills (Little London and Woodhouse ward, Leeds); Cllr Fesl Reza-Khan (Levenshulme ward, Manchester); Cllr George Sheldon Grün (Clissold ward, Hackney); Cllr Hau-Yu Tam (Deptford ward, Lewisham); Cllr Heather Skibsted (Orton Longueville ward, Peterborough); Cllr Helen Tucker (Cockermouth North ward, Cumberland); Cllr Hussayn Salem (Ancoats and Beswick ward, Manchester); Cllr Imran Safdar (Crosland Moor ward, Kirklees); Cllr Imtiaz Ali (Orton Longueville ward, Peterborough); Cllr Ingrid Dodd (Guston, Kingsdown and St Margaret's-at-Cliffe ward, Dover); Cllr Jacqueline Dominguez (Abbey ward, Reading); Cllr Kamel Hawwash (Stirchley ward, Birmingham); Cllr Kathryn Fisher (Petersfield ward, Cambridge); Cllr Leni Candan (Evelyn ward, Lewisham); Cllr Marina Lademacher (Queen's Park ward, Brighton and Hove); Cllr Maroof Raouf (Nether Edge and Sharrow ward, Sheffield); Cllr Mothin Ali (Gipton and Harehills ward, Leeds); Cllr Najib Warsame (Wembley Park ward, Brent); Cllr Nicola Day (Orton Waterville ward, Peterborough); Cllr Pascale Mitchell (Chaucer ward, Southwark); Cllr Paul Ryan (Kilburn ward, Brent); Cllr Rebecca Jones (Blackheath ward, Lewisham); Cllr Robert Watson (Sutton on Sea ward, East Lindsey); Cllr Shane Collins (Frome East ward, Somerset); Cllr Shuguftah Quddoos (Berridge ward, Nottingham); Cllr Stephen Malonga (Kilburn ward, Brent); Cllr Zoe Holman (Homerton ward, Hackney).

### What does the Green Party's "Zionism is Racism" motion say?

It declares the Green Party of England and Wales an anti-Zionist party, says Zionism "will be treated as any other form of racism", rejects the IHRA and Jerusalem Declaration definitions of antisemitism as "weaponised", and commits the party to "oppose and campaign against" Zionism. It passed at the party's conference on 4 October 2026.

### Is Zionism racism?

No. Zionism is the belief that the Jewish people, like the French, the Irish or the Palestinians, have the right to a homeland of their own. Around nine in ten British Jews hold it. Calling that belief racism singles out one people, the Jews, for a rule applied to no one else. You can't be anti-racist and antisemitic.

### Why is the motion called racist?

Because it brands the belief of most British Jews as racism and treats Jews differently from every other people who claim a homeland. It also strips Jewish members of the definitions they use to name antisemitism, and commits the party to campaign against their identity. The party was referred to the Equality and Human Rights Commission over it on 7 October 2026.

### How do I email the councillors who backed the motion?

Use the email form on this site. You can write to all 46 sitting councillors in one email, to those in your region or on your council, or to each one in turn. The email opens in your own email app, and you can change every word before you send it.

### Where do the names come from?

From the lists of supporters the Green Party printed with the motion: the spring 2026 version (A105) and the autumn 2026 version (E02) that passed. Names are matched to sitting Green councillors by name and council. Anyone who has since signed the pledge that Zionism is not racism, or left the party, is shown as such.


## Sources

- Motion A105, spring 2026 version, with its supporters (PDF): https://zionismisnotracism.co.uk/motion/motion-a105-spring-2026-zionism-is-racism.pdf
- Motion E02, autumn 2026 version that passed, with its supporters (PDF): https://zionismisnotracism.co.uk/motion/motion-e02-autumn-2026-zionism-is-racism.pdf
- The motion, line by line: https://zionismisnotracism.co.uk/the-motion
- Is Zionism racism? The full answer: https://zionismisnotracism.co.uk/is-zionism-racism

Contact: hello@zionismisracism.co.uk