page_title: British Jews
section_title: Politics
hierarchical_section_title: British Jews / Politics
caption_attribution_description: English: Earl of Beaconsfield, K.G. Photographed at Osborne by Command of H.M. The Queen, July 22, 1878 [Benjamin Disraeli (1804&#8211;1881)], 1878, Glossy collodion print on card
context_page_description: British Jews are British citizens who identify as Jewish. The number of people who identified as Jews in England and Wales rose slightly between 2001 and 2011, with the growth being attributed to the higher birth rate of the haredi community.
context_section_description: Before the 2015 General Election, 69% of British Jews surveyed were planning to vote for the Conservative Party, while 22% would vote for the Labour Party. A May 2016 poll of British Jews showed 77% would vote Conservative, 13.4% Labour, and 7.3% Liberal Democrat. An October 2019 poll of British Jews showed 64% would vote Conservative, 24% Liberal Democrat, and only 6% Labour.
  Jews are typically seen as predominantly middle-class, though historically many Jews lived in working-class communities of London. According to polling in 2015, politicians' attitudes towards Israel influence the vote of three out of four British Jews.
  Some MPs, such as Robert Jenrick and Keir Starmer, while not Jewish themselves, are married to Jews and are bringing up their children as Jewish.
  In May 2018, the community was described by one of its most prominent figures, Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner, as being “on the path to self-destruction” due to divisions over how to respond to conflict in Israel.
caption: Benjamin Disraeli in 1878, the only Prime Minister who was Jewish by birth.
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