List of LGBT politicians in the United Kingdom

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The following is a list of gay, lesbian, bisexual and/or transgender individuals who have been elected as members of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, European Union, other devolved parliaments and assemblies of the United Kingdom, parliaments of the countries that preceded the United Kingdom and also members of the non-elected House of Lords.

Following the 2019 general election, the UK parliament has the largest number of self-identified LGBT members of any national legislature worldwide.[1]

List of LGBT members of the Cabinet in the House of Commons[edit]

Party Portrait Name Constituency First office held Year joined
Liberal Lewis Harcourt[2][3][4] Rossendale Secretary of State for the Colonies 1910
Labour Hugh Dalton[5] Peckham President of the Board of Trade 1942
Conservative Harry Crookshank Gainsborough Postmaster General 1943
Labour Hugh Gaitskell[6] Leeds South Chancellor of the Exchequer 1950
Conservative James Thomas Hereford First Lord of the Admiralty 1951
Conservative Derick Heathcoat-Amory[7][8] Tiverton Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1954
Conservative Alan Lennox-Boyd[9][10] Mid Bedfordshire Secretary of State for the Colonies 1954
Conservative Selwyn Lloyd[11][12] Chelmsford Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 1955
Labour Anthony Crosland[13][14][15][16] Great Grimsby Secretary of State for Education and Science 1965
Labour Roy Jenkins[17] Birmingham Stechford Home Secretary 1965
Labour Richard Crossman[18][19][20] Coventry East Leader of the House of Commons 1966
Labour George Thomas[21][19] Cardiff West Secretary of State for Wales 1968
Conservative Norman St John-Stevas[22] Chelmsford Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1979
Labour Nick Brown[23] Newcastle upon Tyne East Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury 1997
Labour Ron Davies[24] Caerphilly Secretary of State for Wales 1997
Labour Peter Mandelson[25] Hartlepool Minister without Portfolio 1997
Labour Chris Smith[26] Islington South and Finsbury Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 1997
Labour Shaun Woodward[27] St Helens South and Whiston Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 2007
Labour Ben Bradshaw[28] Exeter Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 2009
Liberal Democrats David Laws[29] Yeovil Chief Secretary to the Treasury 2010
Conservative Justine Greening[30] Putney Secretary of State for Education 2011
Conservative David Mundell[31] Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale Secretary of State for Scotland 2015

List of LGBT ministers in the House of Commons[edit]

Party Portrait Name Constituency First office held Year joined
Liberal Lewis Harcourt[2][3][4] Rossendale First Commissioner of Works 1905
Conservative Philip Sassoon Hythe Under-Secretary of State for Air 1924
Labour Hugh Dalton[5] Peckham Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 1929
Conservative Harry Crookshank Gainsborough Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department 1934
National Liberal Robert Bernays[32][33] Bristol North Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health 1937
Conservative Anthony Muirhead[34][35] Wells Under-Secretary of State for Air 1937
Conservative Robert Boothby Aberdeen and Kincardine East Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food 1940
Labour Harold Nicolson Leicester West Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Information 1940
Conservative James Thomas Hereford Lord Commissioner of the Treasury 1940
Labour Hugh Gaitskell[6] Leeds South Minister of Fuel and Power 1946
Conservative Alan Lennox-Boyd[9][10] Mid Bedfordshire Minister of State for the Colonies 1951
Conservative Derick Heathcoat-Amory[7][8] Tiverton Minister of Pensions 1951
Conservative Selwyn Lloyd[11][12] Chelmsford Minister of State for Foreign Affairs 1951
Conservative Ian Harvey Harrow East Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Supply 1956
Conservative Charles Fletcher-Cooke Darwen Parliamentary Secretary to the Home Office 1961
Conservative Denzil Freeth Basingstoke Parliamentary Secretary for Science 1961
Labour Anthony Crosland[13][14][15][16] Great Grimsby Economic Secretary to the Treasury 1964
Labour Roy Jenkins[17] Birmingham Stechford Minister of Aviation 1964
Labour Richard Crossman[18][19][20] Coventry East Minister of Housing and Local Government 1964
Labour George Thomas[21][19] Cardiff West Minister of State for Commonwealth Affairs 1967
Conservative Norman St John-Stevas[22] Chelmsford Minister of State for the Arts 1973
Conservative Spencer Le Marchant High Peak Comptroller of the Household 1979
Conservative Peter Morrison Chester Lord Commissioner of the Treasury 1979
Conservative Michael Brown Brigg and Cleethorpes Assistant Government Whip 1993
Conservative John Bowis Battersea Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Security 1993
Labour Clive Betts Sheffield South East Lord Commissioner of the Treasury 1998
Labour Ben Bradshaw[28] Exeter Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 2001
Labour Angela Eagle Wallasey Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Office 2001
Labour Stephen Twigg Enfield Southgate Deputy Leader of the House of Commons 2001
Labour Ivor Caplin Hove Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence 2003
Labour David Cairns Inverclyde Minister of State for Scotland 2005
Labour Shaun Woodward[27] St Helens South and Whiston Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Northern Ireland Office 2005
Labour Chris Bryant Rhondda Deputy Leader of the House of Commons 2008
Conservative Greg Barker Bexhill and Battle Minister of State for Climate Change 2010
Conservative Crispin Blunt Reigate Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Prisons and Youth Justice 2010
Conservative Alan Duncan Rutland and Melton Minister of State for International Development 2010
Conservative Michael Fabricant Lichfield Lord Commissioner of the Treasury 2010
Conservative Nick Gibb Bognor Regis and Littlehampton Minister of State for School Standards 2010
Conservative Justine Greening[30] Putney Economic Secretary to the Treasury 2010
Conservative Nick Herbert Arundel and South Downs Minister of State for Policing and Criminal Justice 2010
Conservative David Mundell[31] Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland 2010
Conservative Nick Boles Pudsey Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Decentralisation 2012
Liberal Democrats Simon Hughes Bermondsey & Old Southwark Minister of State for Justice and Civil Liberties 2013
Liberal Democrats Stephen Williams Bristol West Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 2013
Conservative Margot James Stourbridge Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Small Business, Consumers and Corporate Responsibility 2016
Conservative Christopher Pincher Tamworth Comptroller of the Household 2017
Conservative Stuart Andrew Pudsey Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales 2018
Conservative Mike Freer Finchley and Golders Green Lord Commissioner of the Treasury 2018
Conservative Conor Burns Bournemouth West Minister of State for Trade Policy 2019
Conservative Iain Stewart[36] Milton Keynes South Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland 2020
Conservative Lee Rowley[37] North East Derbyshire Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business and Industry 2021
Conservative Dehenna Davison[38] Bishop Auckland Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Levelling Up 2022
Conservative Jacob Young[39] Redcar Lord Commissioner of the Treasury 2022
Conservative Mark Fletcher Bolsover Assistant Government Whip 2023

List of LGBT members of the House of Commons[edit]

Party Portrait Name Constituency Tenure Reason for leaving Notes
Independent Anthony Bacon[40] Wallingford 1593–1598 Retired [41][42]
Tory Edward Hyde Wiltshire & Christchurch 1685–1701 Resigned to become Governor of New Jersey in British North America (later joined the House of Lords as The Earl of Clarendon) [43][44][45]
Whig John Hervey Bury St Edmunds 1725–1733 Resigned to join the House of Lords (as The Baron Hervey) [46][47][48]
Whig Stephen Fox-Strangways Shaftesbury 1726–1741 Resigned to join the House of Lords (as the Earl of Ilchester) [46][47][48]
Whig Horace Walpole Callington, Castle Rising & Kings Lynn 1741–1768 Retired (later joined the House of Lords as The Earl of Orford) [49][50][51][52]
Tory John Tylney Malmesbury 1761–1768 Resigned [53][54]
Tory Edward Onslow Aldborough 1780–1781 Resigned [55][56][57]
Whig William Thomas Beckford Wells 1784–1795 Resigned [58][59][60]
Hindon 1806-1820 Retired
Tory Charles Price City of London 1802–1812 Retired [61]
Tory William John Bankes Truro 1810-1812 Retired [58][62][63]
Cambridge University 1822-1826 Defeated
Marlborough & Dorset 1830–1835 Retired
Whig Henry Grey Bennet Shrewsbury 1811-1826 Retired [64][65][66]
Tory Richard Heber Oxford University 1821-1826 Retired [67][68][69][70]
Whig Robert King County Cork 1826–1832 Defeated [71]
Tory Henry Lygon West Worcestershire 1853–1863 Resigned to join the House of Lords (as the Earl Beauchamp) [72][73][3]
Liberal Arthur Clinton Newark 1865–1868 Retired [74][75][76]
Liberal Ronald Gower Sutherland 1867–1874 Retired [77][78][79][80]
Conservative James Agg-Gardner Cheltenham 1874–1880 Defeated [81][82][83]
1885–1895 Retired
1900–1906 Defeated
1911–1928 Died
Liberal Reginald Brett Penryn and Falmouth 1880–1885 Defeated (later joined the House of Lords as the Viscount Esher) [84][85][86]
Liberal Cyril Flower Luton 1880–1892 Retired (later joined the House of Lords as the Lord Battersea) [87][88]
Liberal Lewis Harcourt Rossendale 1904–1917 Resigned to join the House of Lords (as the Viscount Harcourt) [2][3][4]
Liberal David Charles Erskine West Perthshire 1906–1910 Retired [89][90]
Labour Victor Grayson Colne Valley 1907–1910 Defeated [91][92]
Conservative Philip Sassoon Hythe 1912–1939 Died [93][94]
Conservative Malcolm Bullock Waterloo & Crosby 1923–1953 Resigned [95][96][97]
Liberal Arthur Hobhouse Wells 1923–1924 Defeated [98][99]
Conservative Victor Cazalet Chippenham 1924–1943 Killed in action [100][101]
Conservative Robert Boothby Aberdeen and Kincardine East & Aberdeenshire Eastern 1924–1958 Resigned to join the House of Lords (as the Baron Boothby) [102][103][104]
Conservative Harry Crookshank Gainsborough 1924–1956 Resigned to join the House of Lords (as the Viscount Crookshanks) [105]
Labour Hugh Dalton Peckham 1924–1931 Defeated [5]
Bishop Auckland 1935–1959 Retired (later joined the House of Lords as the Lord Dalton)
Labour Oliver Baldwin Dudley 1929–1931 Defeated [19][106]
Paisley 1945–1947 Resigned to join the House of Lords (as the Earl Baldwin of Bewdley)
Conservative Anthony Muirhead Bristol North 1929–1939 Killed in action [34][35]
National Liberal Robert Bernays Bristol North 1931–1945 Killed in action [32][33]
Conservative Ian Horobin Southwark Central 1931–1935 Defeated [107]
Oldham East 1951–1959 Retired
Conservative Alan Lennox-Boyd Mid Bedfordshire 1931–1960 Resigned to join the House of Lords (as the Viscount Boyd of Merton) [9][10]
Conservative James Thomas Hereford 1931–1955 Resigned to join the House of Lords (as the Viscount Cilcennin) [108]
Conservative Paul Latham Scarborough and Whitby 1931–1941 Resigned [109][110][111]
Conservative Ronald Tree Harborough 1933–1945 Defeated [112][113][114]
Conservative Ronald Cartland Birmingham King's Norton 1935–1940 Killed in action [115][73][116][33]
Conservative Henry Channon Southend & Southend West 1935–1958 Died [18][117]
Conservative John Macnamara Chelmsford 1935–1944 Killed in action [118][119][120][33]
Labour Harold Nicolson Leicester West 1935–1945 Defeated [121][122][123]
Conservative Victor Montagu South Dorset 1941–1962 Resigned to join the House of Lords (as the Earl of Sandwich) [124]
Labour Tom Driberg Maldon 1942–1955 Defeated [125][126][127]
Barking 1959–1974 (Feb) Retired (later joined the House of Lords as the Lord Driberg)
Labour Richard Crossman Coventry East 1945–1974 Died [18][19][20]
Labour Hugh Gaitskell Leeds South 1945–1963 Died [6]
Conservative Derick Heathcoat-Amory Tiverton 1945–1960 Resigned to join the House of Lords (as the Viscount Amory) [7][8]
Conservative Selwyn Lloyd Chelmsford 1945–1976 Resigned to join the House of Lords (as the Baron Selwyn-Lloyd) [11][12]
Labour George Thomas Cardiff West 1945–1983 Retired (later joined the House of Lords as the Viscount Tonypandy) [21][19]
Labour William J. Field Paddington North 1946–1953 Resigned [128][129]
Labour Roy Jenkins Southwark Central & Birmingham Stechford 1948–1977 Resigned [13][14][15][17]
SDP Glasgow Hillhead 1982–1987 Defeated (later joined the House of Lords as Lord Jenkins of Hillfield)
Liberal Jeremy Thorpe North Devon 1959–1979 Defeated [130][131]
Labour Anthony Crosland South Gloucestershire 1950–1955 Defeated [13][14][15][16]
Great Grimsby 1959–1977 Died
Conservative Ian Harvey Harrow East 1950–1959 Resigned [7][8]
Conservative Charles Fletcher-Cooke Darwen 1951–1983 Retired [132][133][134]
Conservative Denzil Freeth Basingstoke 1955–1964 Retired [135]
Conservative Humphry Berkeley Lancaster 1959–1966 Defeated [32][136]
Conservative Norman St John-Stevas Chelmsford 1964–1987 Retired (later joined the House of Lords as Lord St John of Fawsley) [22]
Conservative Spencer Le Marchant High Peak 1970–1983 Retired [137]
Labour Maureen Colquhoun Northampton North 1974 (Feb)–1979 Defeated [138]
Conservative Keith Hampson Ripon & Leeds North West 1974 (Feb)–1997 Defeated [139]
Conservative Peter Morrison City of Chester 1974 (Feb)–1992 Retired [140][141]
Conservative Charles Irving Cheltenham 1974 (Oct)–1992 Retired [142][83]
Conservative David Atkinson Bournemouth East 1977–2005 Retired [143]
Labour George Morton Manchester Moss Side 1978–1983 Retired [144]
Conservative Michael Brown Brigg and Cleethorpes 1979–1997 Defeated [145]
Conservative Matthew Parris West Derbyshire 1979–1986 Resigned [146][147][148]
Conservative Harvey Proctor Billericay 1979–1987 Retired [149][150][151]
Labour Allan Rogers Bootle 1979–1990 Died [152]
Conservative Martin Stevens Fulham 1979–1986 Died [153]
Labour Roger Thomas Carmarthen 1979–1987 Retired [154]
Conservative David Ashby North West Leicestershire 1983–1997 Retired [155]
Labour Nick Brown Newcastle upon Tyne East 1983–2023 Resigned from Labour and became an Indepedant [23]
Independent 2023–present Serving
Labour Ron Davies Caerphilly 1983–2001 Retired [24]
Conservative Jerry Hayes Harlow 1983–1997 Defeated [citation needed]
Conservative Robert Hayward Kingswood 1983–1992 Defeated (later joined the House of Lords as the Lord Hayward) [156]
Conservative Michael Hirst Strathkelvin and Bearsden 1983–1987 Defeated [157][158][159]
Liberal Democrats Simon Hughes Bermondsey and Old Southwark 1983–2015 Defeated [160]
Labour Chris Smith Islington South and Finsbury 1983–2005 Retired (later joined the House of Lords as Lord Smith of Finsbury) [26]
Conservative Alan Amos Hexham 1987–1992 Retired [161]
Conservative John Bowis Battersea 1987–1997 Defeated [162]
Labour Clive Betts Sheffield South East 1992–present Serving [163][164]
Conservative Alan Duncan Rutland and Melton 1992–2019 Retired [165]
Labour Angela Eagle Wallasey 1992–present Serving [166]
Conservative Nigel Evans Ribble Valley 1992–present Serving [167]
Conservative Michael Fabricant Lichfield 1992–present Serving [168]
Labour Peter Mandelson Hartlepool 1992–2004 Resigned to become European Commissioner for Trade (later joined the House of Lords as Lord Mandelson) [25][169][170]
Conservative Crispin Blunt Reigate 1997–2023 whip removed [171][164]
Independent 2023–present Serving
Labour David Borrow South Ribble 1997–2010 Defeated [172]
Labour Ben Bradshaw Exeter 1997–present Serving [28]
Labour Ivor Caplin Hove 1997–2005 Retired [173][174]
Conservative Nick Gibb Bognor Regis and Littlehampton 1997–present Serving [175][176]
Labour Gordon Marsden Blackpool South 1997–2019 Defeated [177]
Liberal Democrats Mark Oaten Winchester 1997–2010 Retired [178][179]
Labour Stephen Twigg Enfield Southgate 1997–2005 Defeated [28]
Liverpool West Derby 2010–2019 Retired [180]
Conservative Shaun Woodward Witney 1997–2001 Resigned from the Conservative Party, joined the Labour Party [27]
Labour St Helens South and Whiston 2001–2015 Retired
Conservative Greg Barker Bexhill and Battle 2001–2015 Retired (later joined the House of Lords as Lord Barker of Battle) [181]
Labour Chris Bryant Rhondda 2001–present Serving [182]
Labour David Cairns Inverclyde 2001–2011 Died [183]
Liberal Democrats David Laws Yeovil 2001–2015 Defeated [29]
Plaid Cymru Adam Price Carmarthen East and Dinefwr 2001–2010 Retired [184]
Labour Nia Griffith Llanelli 2005–present Serving [182]
Conservative Justine Greening Putney 2005–2019 Stripped of Conservative whip, became an independent [30]
Independent 2019 Retired
Conservative Nick Herbert Arundel and South Downs 2005–2019 Retired [185]
Conservative Daniel Kawczynski Shrewsbury and Atcham 2005–present Serving [186]
Conservative David Mundell Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale 2005–present Serving [31]
Liberal Democrats Stephen Williams Bristol West 2005–2015 Defeated [187]
Conservative Stuart Andrew Pudsey 2010–present Serving [182]
Conservative Nick Boles Grantham and Stamford 2010–2019 Resigned from the Conservative Party, became an independent Conservative [188]
Ind. Progressive Conservative 2019 Retired
Conservative Conor Burns Bournemouth West 2010–present Serving [189]
Conservative Mike Freer Finchley and Golders Green 2010–present Serving [190]
Liberal Democrats Steve Gilbert St Austell and Newquay 2010–2015 Defeated [191]
Conservative Margot James Stourbridge 2010–2019 Retired [182]
Conservative Mark Menzies Fylde 2010–2024 Whip Suspended [192][193]
Independent 2024-present Serving
Conservative Eric Ollerenshaw Lancaster and Fleetwood 2010–2015 Defeated [192]
Conservative Christopher Pincher Tamworth 2010–2023 Resigned [182]
Conservative Iain Stewart Milton Keynes South 2010–present Serving [182]
Labour Stephen Doughty Cardiff South and Penarth 2012–present Serving [194]
Labour Steve Reed Croydon North 2012–present Serving [195]
SNP Hannah Bardell Livingston 2015–present Serving [182]
SNP Mhairi Black Paisley and Renfrewshire South 2015–present Serving [196]
SNP Kirsty Blackman Aberdeen North 2015–present Serving [197]
SNP Joanna Cherry Edinburgh South West 2015–present Serving [182]
SNP Angela Crawley Lanark and Hamilton East 2015–present Serving [182]
SNP Martin Docherty West Dunbartonshire 2015–present Serving [182]
SNP Patrick Grady Glasgow North 2015–2022 Resigned from the SNP, became an Independent. [198]
Independent 2022 Whip restored
SNP 2022–present Serving
Conservative Ben Howlett Bath 2015–2017 Defeated [182]
Labour Gerald Jones Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney 2015–present Serving [182]
Labour Peter Kyle Hove 2015–present Serving [199]
SNP Stewart McDonald Glasgow South 2015–present Serving [182]
SNP Stuart McDonald Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East 2015–present Serving [182]
SNP John Nicolson East Dunbartonshire 2015–2017 Defeated [182]
Ochil and South Perthshire 2019-present Serving
Labour Cat Smith Lancaster and Fleetwood 2015–present Serving [199]
Labour Wes Streeting Ilford North 2015–present Serving [199]
Conservative William Wragg Hazel Grove 2015–2024 Surrendered the Conservative whip [200]
Independent 2024–Present Serving
Labour Dan Carden Liverpool Walton 2017–present Serving [201]
Labour Gerard Killen Rutherglen and Hamilton West 2017–2019 Defeated [201]
Labour Sandy Martin Ipswich 2017–2019 Defeated [201]
Conservative Damien Moore Southport 2017–present Serving [201]
Liberal Democrats Layla Moran Oxford West and Abingdon 2017–present Serving [202]
Labour Stephen Morgan Portsmouth South 2017–present Serving [203]
Labour Luke Pollard Plymouth Sutton and Devonport 2017–present Serving [201]
Conservative Lee Rowley North East Derbyshire 2017–present Serving [201]
Labour Lloyd Russell-Moyle Brighton Kemptown 2017–present Serving [201]
Conservative Ross Thomson Aberdeen South 2017–2019 Retired [201]
Conservative Scott Benton Blackpool South 2019–2023 Whip suspended [204][205]
Independent 2023-2024 Resigned
Labour Olivia Blake Sheffield Hallam 2019–present Serving [206]
Conservative Chris Clarkson Heywood and Middleton 2019–present Serving [207]
Conservative Elliot Colburn Carshalton and Wallington 2019–present Serving [207]
Conservative Dehenna Davison Bishop Auckland 2019–present Serving [208]
Conservative Mark Fletcher Bolsover 2019–present Serving [207]
Conservative Peter Gibson Darlington 2019–present Serving [209]
SNP Neale Hanvey Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath 2019–2021 Resigned from the SNP, joined Alba Party [207]
Alba 2021–present Serving
Conservative Antony Higginbotham Burnley 2019–present Serving [207]
Conservative Paul Holmes Eastleigh 2019–present Serving [207]
Conservative Imran Ahmad Khan Wakefield 2019–2021 Suspended and later expelled from Conservatives, became an Independent [210][211]
Independent 2021–2022 Resigned
Conservative Kieran Mullan Crewe and Nantwich 2019–present Serving [207]
Labour James Murray Ealing North 2019–present Serving [212]
Labour Charlotte Nichols Warrington North 2019–present Serving [213]
Labour Kate Osborne Jarrow 2019–present Serving [214]
Conservative Rob Roberts Delyn 2019–present Serving [215]
Conservative Gary Sambrook Birmingham Northfield 2019–present Serving [216]
SNP Alyn Smith Stirling 2019–present Serving [207]
Conservative Jamie Wallis Bridgend 2019–present Serving [217][218]
Labour Nadia Whittome Nottingham East 2019–present Serving [219]
Conservative Jacob Young Redcar 2019–present Serving [207]
Labour Kim Leadbeater Batley and Spen 2021–present Serving [220]
Labour Simon Lightwood Wakefield 2022–present Serving [221]
Labour Ashley Dalton West Lancashire 2023–present Serving [222][223]
Labour Keir Mather Selby and Ainsty 2023–present Serving [224][225]
Labour Damien Egan Kingswood 2024-present Serving [226]

List of LGBT members of the Cabinet in the House of Lords[edit]

Party Portrait Name First office held Year joined
Whig The Lord Hervey Lord Privy Seal 1740
Liberal The Earl of Rosebery Lord Privy Seal 1885
Liberal The Earl Beauchamp Lord President of the Council 1910
Labour The Lord Adonis Secretary of State for Transport 2009
Labour The Lord Mandelson Lord President of the Council 2009

List of LGBT ministers in the House of Lords[edit]

Party Portrait Name First office held Year joined
Liberal The Earl of Rosebery Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department 1881
Liberal The Lord Battersea Lord-in-waiting 1886
Conservative The Earl of Avon Lord-in-waiting 1980
Labour The Lord Adonis Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Schools and Learners 2005
Conservative The Lord Duncan Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland 2017
Conservative The Baroness Stedman-Scott Baroness-in-Waiting 2017
Conservative The Lord Parkinson Lord-in-Waiting 2020

List of LGBT members of the House of Lords[edit]

Party Portrait Title Creation Tenure Notes
Tory The Earl of Clarendon 31 October 1709
(hereditary) 		1709–1723 [54]
Whig The Lord Hervey 11 June 1733
(hereditary) 		1733–1743 [46][47]
Whig The Earl of Ilchester 6 November 1741
(hereditary) 		1741–1776 [48]
Whig The Earl of Devon 14 October 1788
(hereditary) 		1788–1835 [227]
Whig The Earl of Orford 5 December 1791
(hereditary) 		1791–1797 [228][229]
Whig The Lord Byron 19 May 1798
(hereditary) 		1798–1824 [230][231]
Whig The Earl of Kingston 18 October 1839
(hereditary) 		1839–1867
Tory The Earl Beauchamp 8 September 1863
(hereditary) 		1863–1868 [72][73][3]
Liberal The Earl of Rosebery 4 March 1868
(hereditary) 		1868–1929 [232]
Liberal The Earl Beauchamp 19 February 1891
(hereditary) 		1891–1938 [233]
Liberal The Lord Battersea 14 May 1892
(hereditary) 		1892–1907 [87][88]
Liberal The Marquess of Anglesey 13 October 1898
(hereditary) 		1898–1905 [234][235]
Liberal The Viscount Esher 24 May 1899
(hereditary) 		1899–1930 [236][237]
Liberal The Lord Stanmore 30 January 1912
(hereditary) 		1912–1930 [238]
Conservative The Marquess of Hertford 23 March 1912
(hereditary) 		1912–1940 [239]
Liberal The Viscount Harcourt 28 August 1917
(hereditary) 		1917–1922 [2][3]
Crossbench The Lord Berners 23 March 1918
(hereditary) 		1918–1950 [240]
Conservative The Lord Alington 30 July 1919
(hereditary) 		1919–1940 [241]
Conservative The Lord Fairhaven 15 May 1929
(hereditary) 		1929–1966 [242]
Conservative The Earl of Lauderdale 14 September 1931
(hereditary) 		1931–1953 [243][244][245]
Labour The Lord Faringdon 17 March 1934
(hereditary) 		1934–1977 [246]
Conservative The Viscount Tredegar 3 May 1934
(hereditary) 		1934–1949 [247]
Liberal The Lord Kinross 17 March 1939
(hereditary) 		1939–1976 [248][249]
Liberal The Lord Keynes 17 April 1942
(hereditary) 		1942–1946 [250][251]
Liberal The Lord Amulree 5 May 1942
(hereditary) 		1942–1983 [252][253]
Conservative The Duke of Wellington 16 September 1943
(hereditary) 		1943–1972 [243][244][245]
Conservative The Marquess of Dufferin and Ava 25 March 1945
(hereditary) 		1945–1988 [254]
Liberal The Lord Mottistone 7 November 1947
(hereditary) 		1947–1963 [255][256][257]
Conservative The Lord Montagu of Beaulieu 14 November 1947
(hereditary) 		1947–2015 [247]
Labour The Earl Baldwin of Bewdley 14 December 1947
(hereditary) 		1947–1958 [258][106]
Conservative The Viscount Cilcennin 22 March 1955
(hereditary) 		1955–1960 [108]
Conservative The Viscount Crookshank 17 June 1956
(hereditary) 		1956–1961 [105]
Conservative The Viscount Maugham 23 March 1958
(hereditary) 		1958–1981 [259]
Conservative The Lord Boothby 22 August 1958 1958–1986 [102][103][104]
Conservative The Earl of Arran 19 December 1958
(hereditary) 		1958 [260]
Labour The Lord Dalton 28 January 1960 1960–1962 [5]
Conservative The Viscount Boyd of Merton 21 September 1960
(hereditary) 		1960–1983 [9][10]
Conservative The Viscount Amory 29 October 1960
(hereditary) 		1960–1981 [7][8]
Liberal The Lord Sackville 8 May 1962
(hereditary) 		1962–1965 [261][262][263]
Conservative The Earl of Sandwich 15 June 1962
(hereditary) 		1962–1964 [264]
Conservative The Viscount Monsell 21 March 1969
(hereditary) 		1969–1993 [265]
Labour The Lord Bradwell 21 January 1976 1976 [125]
Crossbench The Lord Selwyn-LLoyd 8 March 1976 1976–1978 [12][11]
Crossbench The Lord Britten 15 July 1976 1976 [266]
Conservative The Earl of Avon 14 January 1977
(hereditary) 		1977–1985 [267]
Crossbench The Viscount Tonypandy 14 June 1983
(hereditary) 		1983–1997 [258][106]
Conservative The Marquess of Bristol 10 March 1985
(hereditary) 		1985–1999 [268]
Liberal Democrats The Lord Jenkins of Hillhead 12 May 1987 1987–2003 [258][106]
Conservative The Lord St John of Fawsley 19 October 1987 1987–2012 [22]
Labour The Baroness Hilton of Eggardon 14 June 1991 1991–2021 [182]
Labour The Lord Montague of Oxford 1 November 1997 1997–1999 [269]
Labour The Lord Alli 18 July 1998 1998–present [182]
Liberal Democrats The Baroness Barker 31 July 1999 1999–present [270][271]
Crossbench The Lord Browne of Madingley 28 June 2001 2001–present [272]
Labour The Lord Adonis 16 May 2005 2005–present [273]
Labour The Lord Smith of Finsbury 22 June 2005 2005–present [274]
Labour The Lord Mandelson 13 October 2008 2008–present [275]
Conservative The Lord Black of Brentwood 9 July 2010 2010–present [276][277]
Conservative The Baroness Stedman-Scott 12 July 2010 2010–present [278]
Labour The Lord Collins of Highbury 20 January 2011 2011–present [182]
Conservative The Lord Glendonbrook 22 March 2011 2011–present [182]
Conservative The Lord Sherbourne 12 September 2013 2013–present [279]
Non-affiliated The Lord Paddick 12 September 2013 2013–present [280]
Labour The Lord Allen of Kensington 2 October 2013 2013–present [281]
Liberal Democrats The Lord Scriven 19 September 2014 2014–present
Labour The Lord Cashman 23 September 2014 2014–present [282]
Conservative The Lord Hayward 28 September 2015 2015–present [283]
Liberal Democrats The Lord Oates 5 October 2015 2015–present [182]
Conservative The Lord Barker of Battle 12 October 2015 2015–present [284]
Labour The Lord Livermore 21 October 2015 2015–present [285]
Conservative The Lord Duncan of Springbank 14 July 2017 2017–present [286]
Conservative The Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay 9 October 2019 2019–present [287]
Crossbench The Baroness Hunt of Bethnal Green 16 October 2019 2019–present [288]
Labour The Baroness Wilcox of Newport 21 October 2019 2019–present [289]
Conservative The Lord Herbert of South Downs 1 September 2020 2020–present [290]
Conservative The Lord Moylan 9 September 2020 2020–present [291]
Crossbench The Lord Etherton 1 March 2021 2021–present [292]
Conservative The Baroness Davidson of Lundin Links 20 July 2021 2021–present [293]
Crossbench The Lord Verdirame 3 November 2022 2022–present [294]

List of LGBT members of the European Parliament[edit]

Party Portrait Name Constituency Tenure Reason for leaving Notes
Conservative Tom Spencer Derbyshire 1979–1984 Defeated [295][296]
Surrey 1989–1999 Retired
Labour Alan Donnelly Tyne and Wear & North East England 1989–1999 Resigned [297]
Conservative John Bowis London 1999–2009 Retired [162]
Labour Michael Cashman West Midlands 1999–2014 Retired [298]
SNP Alyn Smith Scotland 2004–2019 Resigned to become member of Parliament for Stirling [299]
UKIP Nikki Sinclaire West Midlands 2009–2010 Resigned from UKIP [300]
Independent 2010–2012 Created We Demand a Referendum Now
We Demand a Referendum 2012–2014 Defeated
UKIP David Coburn Scotland 2014–2019 Joined the Brexit Party [301]
Brexit Party 2019 Retired
Labour Seb Dance London 2014–2020 Post abolished [302]
Conservative Ian Duncan Scotland 2014–2017 Resigned to join the House of Lords [286]
Brexit Party Louis Stedman-Bryce Scotland 2019–2019 Resigned from the Brexit Party [303][46]
Independent 2019–2020 Post abolished
Brexit Party David Bull North West England 2019–2020 Post abolished [304]

List of LGBT members of the Scottish Parliament[edit]

Party Portrait Name Constituency Tenure Reason for leaving Notes
Conservative David Mundell South of Scotland 1999–2005 Resigned to become MP for Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale [305]
Liberal Democrats Iain Smith North East Fife 1999–2011 Defeated [306]
Liberal Democrats Margaret Smith Edinburgh West 1999–2011 Defeated [307]
Scottish Green Patrick Harvie Glasgow 2003–present Serving [308]
SNP Joe FitzPatrick Dundee City West 2007–present Serving [309]
SNP Marco Biagi Edinburgh Central 2011–2016 Retired [310]
Conservative Ruth Davidson Glasgow 2011–2016 Retired [293]
Edinburgh Central 2016–2021
Labour Kezia Dugdale Lothian 2011–2019 Resigned [311]
SNP Jim Eadie Edinburgh Southern 2011–2016 Defeated [312]
SNP Derek Mackay Renfrewshire North and West 2011–2019 Suspended from the SNP, became an Independent [313]
Independent 2019–2021 Retired
SNP Kevin Stewart Aberdeen Central 2011–present Serving [314]
SNP Jeane Freeman Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley 2016–2021 Retired [312]
SNP Jenny Gilruth Mid Fife and Glenrothes 2016–present Serving [311]
Conservative Jamie Greene West Scotland 2016–present Serving [315]
Conservative Ross Thomson North East Scotland 2016–2017 Resigned to become MP for Aberdeen South [316]
Conservative Annie Wells Glasgow 2016–present Serving [317]
Labour Paul O'Kane West Scotland 2021–present Serving [318]
SNP Emma Roddick Highlands and Islands 2021–present Serving [319]

List of LGBT members of the Welsh Parliament[edit]

Party Portrait Name Constituency Tenure Reason for leaving Notes
Labour Ron Davies Caerphilly 1999–2003 Retired [24]
Labour Hannah Blythyn Delyn 2016–present Serving [320]
Labour Jeremy Miles Neath 2016–present Serving [320]
Plaid Cymru Adam Price Carmarthen East and Dinefwr 2016–present Serving [320]

List of LGBT members of the Northern Ireland Assembly[edit]

Party Portrait Name Constituency Tenure Reason for leaving Notes
Alliance John Blair South Antrim 2018–present Serving [321]
Alliance Andrew Muir North Down 2019–present Serving [322]
Alliance Eóin Tennyson South Antrim 2022–present Serving [323]

List of LGBT Government ministers of the Northern Ireland Executive[edit]

Party Portrait Name Constituency Tenure Reason for leaving Notes
Alliance Andrew Muir Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs North Down 2024–present Serving [322]

List of LGBT members of the London Assembly[edit]

Party Portrait Name Constituency Tenure Reason for leaving Notes
Conservative Richard Barnes Ealing and Hillingdon 2000–2012 Defeated [324]
Conservative Brian Coleman Barnet and Camden 2000–2012 Defeated [325]
Conservative Roger Evans Havering and Redbridge 2000–2016 Retired [237]
Green Darren Johnson London-wide 2000–2016 Retired [326]
Conservative Andrew Boff London-wide 2008–present Serving [327]
Labour Tom Copley London-wide 2012–2020 Resigned [328]
UKIP Peter Whittle London-wide 2016–2018 Resigned from UKIP [329]
Independent 2018–2021 Retired
Conservative Emma Best London-wide 2021–present Serving [330]
Conservative Nicholas Rogers South West 2021–present Serving [331]
Green Zack Polanski London-wide 2021–present Serving [332]

List of LGBT police and crime commissioners[edit]

Party Portrait Name Constituency Tenure Reason for leaving Notes
Labour Olly Martins Bedfordshire 2012–2016 Defeated [333]
Conservative David Munro Surrey 2016–2021 Defeated [334][335]

List of LGBT directly elected mayors[edit]

Party Portrait Name Area Tenure Reason for leaving Notes
Mayor 4 Stoke Mike Wolfe Mayor of Stoke-on-Trent 2002–2005 Defeated [336]
Labour Mark Meredith Mayor of Stoke-on-Trent 2005–2009 Post abolished [337]
Labour Paul Dennett Mayor of Salford 2016–present Serving [338]
Labour Philip Glanville Mayor of Hackney 2016–2023 Expelled from the Labour Party, became an Independent [339]
Independent 2023 Resigned
Conservative Andy Street Mayor of the West Midlands 2017–present Serving [340]
Labour Damien Egan Mayor of Lewisham 2018–2024 Resigned to stand in the 2024 Kingswood by-election [341]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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