How many UK MPs are current members of Conservative Friends of Israel and Labour Friends of Israel, by name and party?

Checked on January 12, 2026
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Executive summary

The question seeks a roster-style answer — the names and party of current UK MPs who are members of Conservative Friends of Israel (CFI) and Labour Friends of Israel (LFI) — but the reporting supplied does not contain an authoritative, up-to-date list of individual members; instead it reports estimates of scale and historical prevalence (for example, CFI has historically claimed very high Conservative membership levels and investigations place dozens of MPs in contact with pro‑Israel lobby funding) [1] [2] [3].

1. What the user is actually asking — a roster versus a reality of disclosure

The request is for a contemporaneous, named list of MPs by party who are “current members” of CFI and LFI; that requires primary membership lists or parliamentary declarations, which are not present in the supplied material — the sources contain counts, estimates and investigations into funding and trips but do not publish comprehensive, current membership-by-name lists that can be cited here [4] [5].

2. What the reporting does establish about scale for CFI

Multiple sources and past reporting emphasize that CFI is large among Conservative MPs: historic claims and reporting have put Conservative membership at very high proportions (commonly cited figures include around 80% in earlier years and that “over two‑thirds” or “80%” of Tory MPs have at times been members)” [1] [6] [7]; investigative work by Declassified and related outlets documents hundreds of CFI‑supported trips and names many Conservatives who have accepted pro‑Israel funding or hospitality, but these reports stop short of supplying a contemporaneous, comprehensive membership list by name [2] [8].

3. What the reporting does establish about scale for LFI

Reporting and organisations’ own statements indicate LFI counts dozens of supporters: Declassified and other outlets have reported LFI “around 75 MPs” as supporters or officers in recent reporting and that LFI has repeatedly stated tens of Labour MPs have been parliamentary supporters [3] [9] [5]. Investigations show LFI funds trips and hospitality for Labour MPs and that its parliamentary supporter list has been at times removed from public pages, which complicates verification [5] [8].

4. Why a definitive, named roster cannot be supplied from these sources

None of the supplied documents provides a current, verified list of named MPs who are today formal members of CFI or LFI; Declassified and other investigations list recipients of trips or funding (and aggregate counts of MPs who accepted pro‑Israel funding) — for instance one investigation named 180 MPs who had taken funding or hospitality over time, broken down as 130 Conservative, 41 Labour and a few others — but that is not the same as a membership roll and does not produce a party‑by‑name membership list for the present parliament [3] [10] [9].

5. Alternative viewpoints, transparency issues and embedded agendas

Sources diverge: advocacy and parliamentary groups (CFI/LFI) present membership and aims in public-facing terms and have incentive to show influence and reach, whereas investigative outlets emphasise opaque funding, trips and the lobbying effect; critics argue the groups exert outsized influence, while communal organisations warn that such critiques risk slipping into antisemitic tropes — the material shows both the influence claims and the transparency problem [4] [6] [7].

6. Practical answer and recommendation for verification

Based on the supplied reporting the best, evidence‑backed summary is: public investigations and reporting indicate large memberships—historically around three‑quarters to four‑fifths of Conservative MPs associated with CFI at times and LFI counting roughly 70–75 Labour MPs as supporters in recent reporting—but the supplied sources do not allow compiling a definitive, named list of current members by party; obtaining that roster requires consulting CFI’s and LFI’s own up‑to‑date membership disclosures or parliamentary records on APPGs/membership declarations, neither of which are provided in the reporting set here [1] [3] [5] [4].

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Where can official, up‑to‑date membership lists for Conservative Friends of Israel and Labour Friends of Israel be obtained?
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