Zionism Is Not Racism
Cllr Paula-Jane Thackray, Reform UK councillor for Cross Gates and Whinmoor, Leeds

Councillor

Cllr Paula-Jane Thackray

Reform UK

Paula-Jane Thackray is a Reform UK councillor for Cross Gates and Whinmoor ward on Leeds City Council, in the Yorkshire and the Humber. Cllr Paula-Jane Thackray has not endorsed the campaign that Zionism is not racism yet.

Not endorsed yet

Zionism is not racism. I call on the Green Party to reverse its "Zionism is Racism" motion.

Councillors and MPs of every party in England and Wales are being asked to put their names to this one sentence. Not having signed it does not mean someone supports the Green Party's motion: they may simply not have been asked yet.

Ask Cllr Paula-Jane Thackray to endorse it

Opens an email in your own email app, addressed to them, asking them to make their position clear, with the links to pledge. Nothing is sent until you press send, and we never see it. Live there? Ask all your councillors and your MP at once.

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At a glance

Party
Reform UK
Council
Leeds
Ward
Cross Gates and Whinmoor
County
West Yorkshire
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber
The campaign
Not endorsed yet
Official page
Leeds website

Questions and answers

Who is Paula-Jane Thackray?

Paula-Jane Thackray is a Reform UK councillor for Cross Gates and Whinmoor ward on Leeds City Council, in the Yorkshire and the Humber.

Has Cllr Paula-Jane Thackray endorsed the campaign that Zionism is not racism?

Not yet. Councillors and MPs of every party in England and Wales are being asked to put their names to one sentence: "Zionism is not racism. I call on the Green Party to reverse its "Zionism is Racism" motion." Not having signed it does not mean someone supports the Green Party's motion: they may not have been asked yet.

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

On 4 October 2026 the Green Party of England and Wales passed a motion declaring that "Zionism is racism". It brands as racism the belief, held by around nine in ten British Jews, that the Jewish people have the right to a homeland of their own, and binds the party to treat that belief "as any other form of racism". Councillors and MPs of every other party are being asked to say, in public, that Zionism is not racism.

Who are the other councillors for Cross Gates and Whinmoor?

Cllr James Gibson (Labour) and Cllr Jessica Lennox (Independent). Each has a page saying where they stand.

How can I ask Cllr Paula-Jane Thackray to endorse it?

Use the button on this page: it opens a short email to Cllr Paula-Jane Thackray in your own email app, with the link to sign. Nothing is sent until you press send.

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