Lists of ethnic minority politicians in the United Kingdom

The list of people who belong to ethnic minorities who have been elected as Members of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, European Union and other British devolved assemblies and also Members of the un-elected House of Lords.

List of ethnic minority MPs

Name	Party	Elected	Lost Seat or Retired/Stood down	MP's Seat	Offices Held	Info/Honours/Offices Held
Dadabhai Naoroji	Liberal Party	1892	1895 (Lost)	Finsbury Central		First Asian MP
Mancherjee Bhownagree	Conservative Party	1895	1906 (Lost)	Bethnal Green North East		The 2nd Asian MP; he was also created a KCIE
Shapurji Saklatvala	Communist Party of Great Britain	1922-23,1924	1929 (Lost)	Battersea North		The 3rd ever Asian MP
Jonathan Sayeed	Conservative Party	1983 & 1997	1992 (lost) & 2005 (Retired)	Mid Bedfordshire	Parliamentary Private Secretary to Paymaster General Lord Belstead (1991–1992)	Anglo-Indian Ancestry but prefers to be considered as an "MPs without prefixes"
Diane Abbott	Labour Party	1987		Hackney North and Stoke Newington		First Black female MP and first Black female Labour MP
Paul Boateng	Labour Party	1987	2005 (Stood down)	Brent South	Was the first black Cabinet Minister, when he was appointed as Chief Secretary to the Treasury (29 May 2002–5 May 2005)	One of the first Black MP's and later created Baron Boateng (11 May 2010-)
Bernie Grant	Labour Party	1987	2000 (Died whilst an MP)	Tottenham		One of the First Black MP
Keith Vaz	Labour Party	1987		Leicester East	Chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee
Ashok Kumar	Labour Party	1991 & 1997	1992 (lost) & 2010 (Died whilst an MP)	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland		First ethnic win/gain in a by-election
Nirj Deva	Conservative Party	1992	1997 (Lost Seat)	Brentford and Isleworth		Now Member of the European Parliament for South East England since 10 June 1999 and whilst in parliament was the second Asian-Born MP having been born Sri Lanka
Piara Khabra	Labour Party	1992	2007 (Died whilst an MP)	Ealing Southall		First Sikh MP
Marsha Singh	Labour Party	1997	2012 (retired due to ill health)	Bradford West
Oona King	Labour Party	1997	2005 (Lost Seat)	Bethnal Green & Bow		2nd Black female MP and later created Baroness King (26 January 2011-)
Mohammad Sarwar	Labour Party	1997	2010 (Retired)	Glasgow Central		First Muslim MP
Mark Hendrick	Labour Party	2000		Preston
David Lammy	Labour Party	2000		Tottenham	Minister of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills (5 October 2008-11 May 2010)
Khalid Mahmood	Labour Party	2001		Birmingham Perry Barr
Parmjit Dhanda	Labour Party	2001	2010 (Lost)	Gloucester	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (29 June 2007–4 October 2008)	Parmjit Dhanda was the first ever Minister to serve in the UK Government of Indian Heritage. The only Sikh Minister to date.
Parmjit Singh Gill	Liberal Democrat	15 July 2004	5 May 2005 (Lost)	Leicester South		The only ever ethnic-minority Liberal Democrat MP and List of United Kingdom MPs with the shortest service
Sadiq Khan	Labour Party	2005		Tooting	Minister of State for Transport (8 June 2009–11 May 2010)
Shahid Malik	Labour Party	2005	2010 (Lost Seat)	Dewsbury	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities (9 June 2009-11 May 2010))	First Muslim Minister
Dawn Butler	Labour Party	2005	2010 (Lost Seat)	Brent South	Minister for Young Citizens and Youth Engagement (30 October 2009-11 May 2010)
Adam Afriyie	Conservative Party	2005		Windsor		First Mixed Race Conservative MP
Shailesh Vara	Conservative	2005		North West Cambridgeshire	Assistant Whip (6 May 2010- 4 September 2012)	First African born Conservative MP
Virendra Sharma	Labour Party	2007 (By-election)		Ealing Southall
Rushanara Ali	Labour Party	2010		Bethnal Green and Bow		First Bangladeshi origin MP and one of first three Muslim women MPs
Rehman Chishti	Conservative	2010		Gillingham and Rainham		One of first two Muslims to be Conservative MPs
Helen Grant	Conservative	2010		Maidstone and The Weald	Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Equalities & Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (4 September 2012-)	First Black female Conservative MP
Sam Gyimah	Conservative	2010		East Surrey	Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (4 September 2012-)	One of two First Black Conservative MPs
Sajid Javid	Conservative	2010		Bromsgrove	Economic Secretary to the Treasury (4 September 2012-)	One of first two Muslims to be Conservative MPs
Kwasi Kwarteng	Conservative	2010		Spelthorne		One of two First Black Conservative MPs
Shabana Mahmood	Labour Party	2010		Birmingham Ladywood		One of first three Muslim women MPs
Lisa Nandy	Labour Party	2010		Wigan
Chi Onwurah	Labour Party	2010		Newcastle upon Tyne Central
Priti Patel	Conservative	2010		Witham		First female Asian Conservative MP and first Hindu female MP
Yasmin Qureshi	Labour Party	2010		Bolton South East		One of first three Muslim women MPs
Anas Sarwar	Labour Party	2010		Glasgow Central
Alok Sharma	Conservative	2010		Reading West	Parliamentary Private Secretary to Financial Secretary to the Treasury Mark Hoban (6 May 2010- 4 September 2012)
Chuka Umunna	Labour Party	2010		Streatham
Paul Uppal	Conservative	2010		Wolverhampton South West		First Conservative Sikh MP
Valerie Vaz	Labour Party	2010		Walsall South
Nadhim Zahawi	Conservative	2010		Stratford-on-Avon		First Arabian born Conservative MP
Seema Malhotra	Labour Party	2011		Feltham and Heston

List of ethnic minority Members of the House of Lords

Name	Party	Born	Took seat	Died	Info/Honours
Satyendra Prasanno Sinha, 1st Baron Sinha		24 March 1863	1919	5 March 1928	First Indian Member of the House of Lords and first and only non-white hereditary peer
Learie Constantine, Baron Constantinegay		21 September 1901	1969	1 July 1971	First person of African descent to be given a peerage
David Pitt, Baron Pitt of Hampstead	Labour Party	3 October 1913	1975	14 December 1994
Pratap Chitnis, Baron Chitnis	Crossbench	1 May 1936	18 July 1977
Shreela Flather, Baroness Flather	Conservative	13 February 1934	11 June 1990
Lydia Dunn, Baroness Dunn	Crossbench	29 February 1940	24 August 1990		In 2010 she stepped down from his seat in the House of Lords in order to maintain her non-domiciled status and so be able to avoid paying UK residents' taxes
Meghnad Desai, Baron Desai	Labour Party	10 July 1940	1991
John Taylor, Baron Taylor of Warwick	Conservative	21 September 1952	1996		First Black Conservative Peer but resigned whip in 2009 after being charged with six counts of false accounting, claiming more than £11,000 in overnight subsistence and mileage claims due to the United Kingdom Parliamentary expenses scandal.
Swraj Paul, Baron Paul	Labour Party	18 February 1931	1996		On 21 October 2010 was suspended from the House of Lords for 4 months due to the United Kingdom Parliamentary expenses scandal and ordered to repay £41,982, also resigned from the Labour Party
Raj Bagri, Baron Bagri	Conservative	24 August 1930	1997		In 2010 he stepped down from his seat in the House of Lords in order to maintain his non-domiciled status and so be able to avoid paying UK residents' taxes
Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos	Labour Party	13 March 1954	1997		8th Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator (1 September 2010-), British High Commissioner to Australia (1 October 2009-1 September 2010) and Leader of the House of Lords & Lord President of the Council (6 October 2003-27 June 2007)
Patricia Scotland, Baroness Scotland of Asthal	Labour Party	19 August 1955	1997		Attorney General for England and Wales (28 June 2007-11 May 2010) was fined £5,000 for employing an illegal immigrant
Navnit Dholakia, Baron Dholakia	Liberal Democrat	4 March 1937	1997		Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords (2010-)
Waheed Alli, Baron Alli	Labour Party	16 November 1964	1998		First openly gay Peer
Pola Uddin, Baroness Uddin	Labour Party	17 July 1959	18 July 1998		First female Muslim Life Peer, who on the 21 October 2010 was suspended from the House of Lords till the end of 2012 due to the United Kingdom Parliamentary expenses scandal and ordered to repay £125,349
Nazir Ahmed, Baron Ahmed	Labour Party	1958	1998		First male Muslim Life Peer, was jailed for 12 weeks for dangerous driving on 25 February 2009 and was expelled from the Labour Party
Tarsem King, Baron King of West Bromwich	Labour Party	24 April 1937	1999	9 January 2013
Usha Prashar, Baroness Prashar	Crossbench	29 June 1948	1999		Resigned from the Labour Party 2008
Narendra Patel, Baron Patel	Crossbencher	11 May 1938	1 March 1999		Chancellor of the University of Dundee (2006-)
Rosalind Howells, Baroness Howells of St Davids	Labour Party	10 January 1931	1999
Adam Patel, Baron Patel of Blackburn	Labour Party	7 June 1940	14 February 2000
Bhikhu Chotalal Parekh, Baron Parekh	Labour Party	1935	2000
Herman Ouseley, Baron Ouseley	Crossbencher	24 March 1945	26 June 2001
Victor Adebowale, Baron Adebowale	Crossbencher	21 July 1962	30 June 2001
Amir Bhatia, Baron Bhatia	Labour Party	18 March 1932	2001		On the 21 October 2010 was suspended from the House of Lords for 8 months due to the United Kingdom Parliamentary expenses scandal and ordered to repay £27,446
Michael Chan, Baron Chan	Crossbench	6 March 1940	2001	21 January 2006	First male of Chinese descent
Kumar Bhattacharyya, Baron Bhattacharyya	Labour Party	6 June 1940	2004
Lola Young, Baroness Young of Hornsey	Crossbench	1 June 1951	2004
Sandip Verma, Baroness Verma	Conservative	1959	May 2006		Patron of the Tory Reform Group
Mohamed Sheikh, Baron Sheikh	Conservative	2006			Chairman of the Conservative Muslim Forum
Karan Bilimoria, Baron Bilimoria	Crossbench	26 November 1961	2006
Kamlesh Patel, Baron Patel of Bradford	Labour Party		2006
Bill Morris, Baron Morris of Handsworth	Labour Party	19 October 1938	11 April 2006		First Black leader of a British Trade Union
Shriti Vadera, Baroness Vadera	Labour Party	1962	11 July 2007		Parliamentary Secretary in the Cabinet Office (October 2008-24 September 2009)
Ara Darzi, Baron Darzi of Denham	Labour Party	17 May 1960	12 July 2007		Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Lords) at the Department of Health (29 June 2007-14 July 2009)
Sayeeda Warsi, Baroness Warsi	Conservative	28 March 1971	26 October 2007		Chairman of the Conservative Party (12 May 2010-4 September 2012), Minister without Portfolio (12 May 2010- 4 September 2012), the first Muslim Woman to serve in the Cabinet and Minister of State for Faith and Communities (4 September 2012-)
Nat Wei, Baron Wei	Conservative	19 January 1977	28 May 2010		Third Peer of Chinese descent, second male of Chinese descent and first of any political party to have a member in office of south east Asian descent.
Meral Hussein-Ece, Baroness Hussein-Ece	Liberal Democrat	10 October 1953	25 June 2010		First woman of Turkish origin to be a member of either house
Floella Benjamin, Baroness Benjamin	Liberal Democrat	23 September 1949	28 June 2010		Chancellor of the University of Exeter
Dolar Popat, Baron Popat	Conservative	14 June 1953	9 July 2010
Bernard Ribeiro, Baron Ribeiro	Conservative	20 January 1944	20 December 2010		President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England 2005-2008
Tariq Ahmad, Baron Ahmad of Wimbledon	Conservative		13 January 2011
Raj Loomba, Baron Loomba	Liberal Democrat	13 November 1943	17 January 2011
Qurban Hussain, Baron Hussain	Liberal Democrat		20 January 2011
Gulam Noon, Baron Noon	Labour Party	24 January 1936	31 January 2011
Indarjit Singh, Baron Singh of Wimbledon	Crossbench		24 October 2011

List of ethnic minority MEPs

Name	Party	Elected	Lost Seat or Retired/Stood down	MEP's Seat	Info/Honours
Mark Hendrick	Labour Party	1994	1999 (Lost)	Central Lancashire
Nirj Deva	Conservative	1999		South East England	First Asian-born person to be elected as a member of the European Parliament
Bashir Khanbhai	Conservative	1999	2004 (Retired)	East of England	First African born person to be elected as a UK MEP and first Muslim MEP
Neena Gill	Labour Party	1999	2009 (Lost)	West Midlands
Claude Moraes	Labour Party	1999		London
Dr Syed Kamall	Conservative	2004		London
Sajjad Karim	Conservative	2004		North West England	Second Muslim elected as an MEP, he was elected in 2004 as a Lib-Dem MEP but defected to the Conservatives in 2007
Marina Yannakoudakis	Conservative	2009		London
Marta Andreasen	United Kingdom Independence Party	2009		South East England	First South American born MEP

List of ethnic minority London Assembly Members

Name	Party	Elected	Lost Seat or Retired/Stood down	AM's Seat	Info/Honours
Jennette Arnold	Labour Party	2000		North East
Murad Qureshi	Labour Party	2004		Labour Party (London-wide)
Major James Cleverly	Conservative	2008		Bexley and Bromley	Mayor of London's Youth Ambassador (2009-)
Navin Shah	Labour Party	2008		Brent and Harrow
Onkar Sahota	Labour Party	2012		Ealing and Hillingdon

List of ethnic minority Scottish Parliament Members

Name	Party	Elected	Lost Seat or Retired/Stood down	MSP's Seat	Info/Honours
Bashir Ahmad	Scottish National Party	2007	2009 (Died)	Glasgow	First Asian and Muslim MSP
Humza Yousaf	Scottish National Party	2011		Glasgow
Hanzala Malik	Scottish Labour Party	2011		Glasgow

List of ethnic minority Welsh Assembly Members

Name	Party	Elected	Lost Seat or Retired/Stood down	AM's Seat	Info/Honours
Mohammad Asghar	Conservative	2007		South Wales East	First ethnic minority AM and first AM to defect as he left Plaid Cymru for whom he was elected and joined the Conservatives
Vaughan Gething	Labour	2011		Cardiff South and Penarth

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