Zionism Is Not Racism
Cllr Phil Knowles, Liberal Democrat councillor for Market Harborough-Great Bowden & Arden, Harborough

Councillor

Cllr Phil Knowles

Liberal Democrats

Phil Knowles is a Liberal Democrat councillor for Market Harborough-Great Bowden & Arden ward on Harborough District Council, in the East Midlands. Cllr Phil Knowles 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 Knowles 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
Liberal Democrats
Council
Harborough
Ward
Market Harborough-Great Bowden & Arden
County
Leicestershire
Region
East Midlands
The campaign
Not endorsed yet
Official page
Harborough website

Questions and answers

Who is Phil Knowles?

Phil Knowles is a Liberal Democrat councillor for Market Harborough-Great Bowden & Arden ward on Harborough District Council, in the East Midlands. Listed as Liberal Democrats.

Has Cllr Phil Knowles 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 Market Harborough-Great Bowden & Arden?

Cllr Buddy Anderson (Independent). Each has a page saying where they stand.

How can I ask Cllr Phil Knowles to endorse it?

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

Other councillors on Harborough District Council

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