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MPs gather to hear the result of the vote on the Gaza motion

Sir Keir Starmer has suffered a major rebellion over his stance on the Israel-Gaza war, with 56 Labour MPs voting for an immediate ceasefire.

The Labour leader had ordered the party's MPs to abstain in a vote on a motion tabled by the SNP on Wednesday.

But 10 frontbenchers including Jess Phillips, Afzal Khan and Yasmin Qureshi left their roles to back the motion, which was defeated by 125 votes to 294.

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A chart showing breakdown by party of MPs which voted for, against and did not vote on the motion to call for a ceasefire in Gaza. The 294 MPs who voted against are mostly conservative, the 124 voted for were mostly a mixture of Labour the SNP and the Lib Dems, The 222 that did not vote were mostly Labour, with some Conservatives.

The motion, one of several proposed amendments to the King's Speech, condemned Hamas's "horrific" killings and hostage-taking, but urged the government to press all sides for "an immediate ceasefire".

Labour's official position, like that of the government, is to call for "humanitarian pauses" in the fighting to allow more aid through. Sir Keir set this out in a separate amendment which was also defeated, but was backed by 160 Labour MPs.

Eight shadow ministers either resigned or were sacked after voting for the ceasefire motion. They were:

  • Jess Phillips, Birmingham Yardley, Shadow Minister for Domestic Violence and Safeguarding
  • Afzal Khan, Manchester Gorton, Shadow Minister for Exports
  • Yasmin Qureshi, Bolton South East, Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities
  • Paula Barker, Liverpool Wavertree, Shadow Minister for Devolution and the English Regions
  • Sarah Owen, Luton North, Shadow Minister for Local Government, Faith and Communities
  • Rachel Hopkins, Luton South, Shadow Minister for Veterans
  • Naz Shah, Bradford West, Shadow Minister for Crime Reduction
  • Andy Slaughter, Hammersmith, Shadow Solicitor General

Two others, Dan Carden and Mary Foy, left their posts as parliamentary aides.

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Produced by Maryam Ahmed, Steven Connor, Rob England, Christine Jeavans, Wesley Stephenson, John Walton