An Oxford MP spoke to angry protesters through a window after a demonstration took place outside her office.

The protest took place while Anneliese Dodds, of the Oxford East constituency, held a constituency surgery at her office in the Barton community centre.

Around 40 people gathered outside the building for the protest, held by the Oxford Palestine Solidarity Campaign, to lobby the MP who abstained from voting for a ceasefire in Gaza last November.

Talking out of the window during the rally, Ms Dodds apologised to the protesters telling them she was unable to engage with them as she had pre-planned meetings with members of the public.

She said: “I have got scheduled appointments with people that have got very personal issues that they need to talk about so I just wanted to explain that to you.”

Ms Dodds told the Oxford Mail this included appointments with people who wanted to discuss Gaza.

Cries of "you don’t represent me" and chants of "ceasefire now" could be heard as she headed back to her desk.

David Hillman, from the Oxford Palestine Solidarity Campaign, said: “We think that the majority of people in Oxford are really of a belief that we should have an immediate ceasefire to stop all the horrible things going on in Gaza.

“It has made half the people homeless, people are starving.

“Hospitals, mosques and churches are being targeted. It’s terrible.”

Anneliese Dodds abstained from the SNP motion in November which called for "all parties to agree to an immediate ceasefire" in Gaza.

At the time, Sir Keir Starmer refused to call for a ceasefire in the Middle East and instead backed pauses in the conflict to deliver aid.

The Labour leader’s stance led to a major rebellion within the party, as 56 MPs defied him by voting for an SNP motion calling for a ceasefire.

Since then, Ms Dodds said in a public statement: "Over the last few months we've seen so many horrendous scenes, both in Gaza and in Israel.

"I sincerely hope that there can be a cessation of violence by both parties.

"In November last year, I voted for a Labour amendment to the King's speech which would have opened the door to that end in violence.

"The Labour amendment I voted for, unlike the SNP's amendment, was specific in stating that 'all human life is equal', and also that there have been 'far too many deaths of innocent civilians and children, over the past month in Gaza'."

Keir Starmer has now changed where he stands and the Labour leader has joined Rishi Sunak in calling for a sustainable ceasefire in the region.

However, Oxford’s exited Labour councillors have said they will not rejoin the party.

The former human rights lawyer had previously argued that a ceasefire would not be appropriate because it would freeze the conflict and embolden Hamas. Instead, he called for “humanitarian pauses.”