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Steven Connor

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Gender Male
Age 69
Date of birth February 11,1955
Zodiac sign Aquarius
Born Bognor Regis
United Kingdom
Academic advisors Terry Eagleton
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Education Wadham College
The Regis School
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Steven Kevin Connor, FBA is a British literary scholar. Since 2012, he has been the Grace 2 Professor of English in the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge.

How did my MP vote on Gaza ceasefire?

Feb 16,2020 12:41 am

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,

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Did my MP vote For or Against calling for a ceasefire in Gaza?

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if you cannot see the look-up. Data from Commons Votes Services.

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:

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

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