Zionism Is Not Racism

Councillor

Cllr Phil Heaviside

Independent

Phil Heaviside is an Independent councillor for Lumley and West Rainton ward on Durham County Council, in the North East. Cllr Phil Heaviside 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 Phil Heaviside 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
Independent
Council
Durham
Ward
Lumley and West Rainton
Region
North East
The campaign
Not endorsed yet
Official page
Durham website

Questions and answers

Who is Phil Heaviside?

Phil Heaviside is an Independent councillor for Lumley and West Rainton ward on Durham County Council, in the North East.

Has Cllr Phil Heaviside 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 Lumley and West Rainton?

Cllr Alan Bell (Independent). Each has a page saying where they stand.

How can I ask Cllr Phil Heaviside to endorse it?

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

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