Councillor on two councils
Cllr Ellie Close
Reform UK
- Councillor, Leyland South division, Lancashire
- Councillor, Clayton East, Brindle and Hoghton ward, Chorley (page)
Ellie Close is a Reform UK councillor for Leyland South division on Lancashire County Council and a councillor for Clayton East, Brindle and Hoghton ward on Chorley Borough Council. Cllr Ellie Close 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.
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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
- Lancashire
- Ward
- Leyland South
- County
- Lancashire
- Region
- North West
- Also
- Clayton East, Brindle and Hoghton, Chorley
- The campaign
- Not endorsed yet
- Official page
- Lancashire website
Questions and answers
Who is Ellie Close?
Ellie Close is a Reform UK councillor for Leyland South division on Lancashire County Council and a councillor for Clayton East, Brindle and Hoghton ward on Chorley Borough Council.
Has Cllr Ellie Close 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.
How can I ask Cllr Ellie Close to endorse it?
Use the button on this page: it opens a short email to Cllr Ellie Close in your own email app, with the link to sign. Nothing is sent until you press send.
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