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In 2001, Professor Muhammad Anwar of [[Warwick University]] wrote a paper titled "The participation of ethnic minorities in British politics" that was published in the ''[[Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies]]'' (2001) that in part examined the representation of ethnic minorities at national levels of the British political system.<ref>{{cite journal|title=The participation of ethnic minorities in British politics|journal=[[Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies]]|author=Muhammad Anwar|date=2001|doi=10.1080/136918301200266220|volume=27|issue=3|pages=533–549|s2cid=144867334}}</ref> In a chapter in the edited book ''Race and British Electoral Politics'' (Routledge, 1998), Andrew Geddes, now Professor of Politics at [[University of Sheffield]], explored the question of "what factors contribute to low levels of ethnic minority representation in the House of Commons".<ref>{{cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q_KNAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA149|chapter=Inequality, political opportunity and ethnic minority parliamentary candidacy|title=Race and British Electoral Politics|first=Andrew|last=Geddes|editor-first=Shamit|editor-last=Saggar|publisher=Routledge|year=1998|isbn=978-1-135-35947-8|pages=145–172}}</ref>
In 2001, Professor Muhammad Anwar of [[Warwick University]] wrote a paper titled "The participation of ethnic minorities in British politics" that was published in the ''[[Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies]]'' (2001) that in part examined the representation of ethnic minorities at national levels of the British political system.<ref>{{cite journal|title=The participation of ethnic minorities in British politics|journal=[[Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies]]|author=Muhammad Anwar|date=2001|doi=10.1080/136918301200266220|volume=27|issue=3|pages=533–549|s2cid=144867334}}</ref> In a chapter in the edited book ''Race and British Electoral Politics'' (Routledge, 1998), Andrew Geddes, now Professor of Politics at [[University of Sheffield]], explored the question of "what factors contribute to low levels of ethnic minority representation in the House of Commons".<ref>{{cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q_KNAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA149|chapter=Inequality, political opportunity and ethnic minority parliamentary candidacy|title=Race and British Electoral Politics|first=Andrew|last=Geddes|editor-first=Shamit|editor-last=Saggar|publisher=Routledge|year=1998|isbn=978-1-135-35947-8|pages=145–172}}</ref>


According to Rajeev Syal and Ami Sedghi, the first ethnic minority MP was elected in 1892<ref name="auto1">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/datablog/2014/jul/31/parliament-failing-represent-uk-diversity|title=Parliament failing to represent UK's ethnic diversity|first1=Rajeev|last1=Syal|first2=Ami|last2=Sedghi|newspaper=The Guardian|date=13 July 2014|accessdate=29 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729215802/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/datablog/2014/jul/31/parliament-failing-represent-uk-diversity|archive-date=29 July 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> - excluding Jews, who were generally considered to be a religious rather than an ethnic minority in the 19th century.<ref name=SN01156 /> This was [[Dadabhai Naoroji]], but a House of Commons Library briefing paper states that "[t]he history of non-white Members of Parliament probably begins with
According to Rajeev Syal and Ami Sedghi, the first ethnic minority MP was elected in 1892<ref name="auto1">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/datablog/2014/jul/31/parliament-failing-represent-uk-diversity|title=Parliament failing to represent UK's ethnic diversity|first1=Rajeev|last1=Syal|first2=Ami|last2=Sedghi|newspaper=The Guardian|date=13 July 2014|accessdate=29 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729215802/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/datablog/2014/jul/31/parliament-failing-represent-uk-diversity|archive-date=29 July 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> - excluding Jews, who a House of Commons Library briefing paper states generally considered themselves to be a religious rather than an ethnic minority in the 19th century.<ref name=SN01156 /> This was [[Dadabhai Naoroji]], but the House of Commons Library briefing paper states that "[t]he history of non-white Members of Parliament probably begins with [[David Ochterlony Dyce Sombre]], who was of mixed European and Indian descent". Sombre was elected in 1841 but the result of the election was overturned due to evidence of bribery and he lost his seat. The briefing paper also notes that [[John Stewart (1789–1860)|John Stewart]], who was elected as the MP for Lymington in 1832, was possibly of mixed ethnicity.<ref name="googleusercontent.com"/>

[[David Ochterlony Dyce Sombre]], who was of mixed European and Indian descent". Sombre was elected in 1841 but the result of the election was overturned due to evidence of bribery and he lost his seat. The briefing paper also notes that [[John Stewart (1789–1860)|John Stewart]], who was elected as the MP for Lymington in 1832, was possibly of mixed ethnicity.<ref name="googleusercontent.com"/>
Following the election of [[Anas Sarwar]] as [[Scottish Labour#Leader of the Scottish Labour Party|Scottish Labour Party leader]] in February 2021, he was described as the first person from an ethnic minority to lead a major British political party,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/19124040.anas-sarwar-named-new-scottish-labour-leader-indyref2-worries-remain/|title=Anas Sarwar named Scottish Labour leader – but indyref2 is 'elephant in the room'|work=The National|first=Judith|last=Duffy|date=28 February 2021|accessdate=4 March 2021}}</ref> which led to debate about why Jewish party leaders had been excluded from this comparison.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://metro.co.uk/2021/03/02/politics-live-asks-non-jews-if-they-agree-jewish-people-are-ethnic-minority-14170141/|title=BBC's Politics Live under fire as four non-Jews asked if they agree Jewish people are ethnic minority|first=Tilly|last=Pearce|work=Metro|date=2 March 2021|accessdate=4 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/mar/01/scottish-labour-leader-calls-for-uk-to-move-closer-to-the-single-market|title=Scottish Labour leader calls for UK to move closer to single market|first=Severin|last=Carrell|work=The Guardian|date=1 March 2021|accessdate=4 March 2021}}</ref><ref name=Bush>{{cite news|url=https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/media/2021/03/debating-whether-jews-are-ethnic-minority-familiar-mistake-bbc-politics-live|title=Debating whether Jews are an ethnic minority is a familiar mistake by BBC Politics Live|first=Stephen|last=Bush|work=New Statesman|date=1 March 2021|accessdate=4 March 2021}}</ref> Stephen Bush, the political editor of the ''New Statesman'', wrote that "As far as British law is concerned, the answer is open-and-shut: we count as both an ethnic and a religious grouping for the purpose of equalities and employment law". He stated: "Whether Benjamin Disraeli would feel ''today'' that he were an ethnic-minority Briton is unknowable: but we can say with copper-bottomed certainty that he and other ethnically-Jewish Britons faced what we would now recognise as workplace discrimination in addition to the open dissemination of racist tropes about Disraeli and his family by his political opponents".<ref name=Bush/> The House of Commons Library briefing paper notes that the first practising Jew to sit in the Commons was [[Lionel de Rothschild]], who was first elected in 1847 but who refused to take the Christian oath that MPs are required to swear. He took his seat once the rules had been changed, allowing him to swear on the Old Testament.<ref name=SN01156/>


At the 2001 general election, the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] had twelve ethnic minority Members of Parliament (excluding Jews), and after the 2005 general election; that number increased to fifteen.<ref name="electoralcommission.org.uk">Dr Justin Fisher (Brunel University), Prof. Edward Fieldhouse (University of Manchester),
At the 2001 general election, the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] had twelve ethnic minority Members of Parliament (excluding Jews), and after the 2005 general election; that number increased to fifteen.<ref name="electoralcommission.org.uk">Dr Justin Fisher (Brunel University), Prof. Edward Fieldhouse (University of Manchester),

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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 non-elected House of Lords.

In 2001, Professor Muhammad Anwar of Warwick University wrote a paper titled "The participation of ethnic minorities in British politics" that was published in the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies (2001) that in part examined the representation of ethnic minorities at national levels of the British political system.[1] In a chapter in the edited book Race and British Electoral Politics (Routledge, 1998), Andrew Geddes, now Professor of Politics at University of Sheffield, explored the question of "what factors contribute to low levels of ethnic minority representation in the House of Commons".[2]

According to Rajeev Syal and Ami Sedghi, the first ethnic minority MP was elected in 1892[3] - excluding Jews, who a House of Commons Library briefing paper states generally considered themselves to be a religious rather than an ethnic minority in the 19th century.[4] This was Dadabhai Naoroji, but the House of Commons Library briefing paper states that "[t]he history of non-white Members of Parliament probably begins with David Ochterlony Dyce Sombre, who was of mixed European and Indian descent". Sombre was elected in 1841 but the result of the election was overturned due to evidence of bribery and he lost his seat. The briefing paper also notes that John Stewart, who was elected as the MP for Lymington in 1832, was possibly of mixed ethnicity.[5]

Following the election of Anas Sarwar as Scottish Labour Party leader in February 2021, he was described as the first person from an ethnic minority to lead a major British political party,[6] which led to debate about why Jewish party leaders had been excluded from this comparison.[7][8][9] Stephen Bush, the political editor of the New Statesman, wrote that "As far as British law is concerned, the answer is open-and-shut: we count as both an ethnic and a religious grouping for the purpose of equalities and employment law". He stated: "Whether Benjamin Disraeli would feel today that he were an ethnic-minority Briton is unknowable: but we can say with copper-bottomed certainty that he and other ethnically-Jewish Britons faced what we would now recognise as workplace discrimination in addition to the open dissemination of racist tropes about Disraeli and his family by his political opponents".[9] The House of Commons Library briefing paper notes that the first practising Jew to sit in the Commons was Lionel de Rothschild, who was first elected in 1847 but who refused to take the Christian oath that MPs are required to swear. He took his seat once the rules had been changed, allowing him to swear on the Old Testament.[4]

At the 2001 general election, the Parliament of the United Kingdom had twelve ethnic minority Members of Parliament (excluding Jews), and after the 2005 general election; that number increased to fifteen.[10] With the 2010 general election, the Parliament of the United Kingdom reported that the number of ethnic minority MPs increased by nearly three-quarters, to a total of 26.[11] The first three Muslim female MPs were elected.[11] All ethnic minority MPs were either Labour (15) or Conservative (11).[11] In October 2013, the UK Parliament reported that the number of ethnic minority MPs stood at 27, or 4.2% of the total.[5]

After the 2015 general election, 41 MPs from an ethnic minority background were elected to Parliament. 25 of the previous 27 ethnic minority MPs retained their seats and were joined by 16 new ethnic minority MPs. 23 were from the Labour Party, 17 of them were Conservatives and one from the SNP.[12] In the 2017 general election, 52 ethnic minority MPs were elected, including 32 Labour MPs, 19 Conservatives and one Liberal Democrat, according to think tank British Future[13] and the House of Commons Library.[4][14] In the 2019 general election, this figure rose to 65, with 22 Conservative, 41 Labour and two Liberal Democrat non-white MPs.[15]

Based on data from unofficial sources including Operation Black Vote, the House of Commons Library estimated that there were 50 ethnic minority members of the House of Lords as of October 2020. Of these, 10 were affiliated with the Labour Party, 14 were crossbenchers, 14 were Conservatives, 6 were Liberal Democrats, and 6 were non-affiliated.[16]

List of ethnic minority Members of Parliament

Party Portrait Name Constituency Year elected Year left Reason for tenure ending Ethnicity
style="background-color: Template:Whig (British political party)/meta/color | Whig David Ochterlony Dyce Sombre[5][17] Sudbury 1841 1842 Unseated by petition Anglo-Indian
style="background-color: Template:Whig (British political party)/meta/color | Whig Henry Galgacus Redhead Yorke[18] City of York 1841 1848 Committed suicide Black British/White British (Mixed)
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | Liberal Peter McLagan Linlithgowshire 1865 1893 Resigned Black British/White British (Mixed)
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | Liberal Dadabhai Naoroji[5][17] Finsbury Central 1892 1895 Defeated British Indian
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative Mancherjee Bhownagree[5][17] Bethnal Green North East 1895 1906 Defeated British Indian
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | Liberal Ernest Soares[19] Barnstaple 1900 1911 Resigned due to failing health Anglo-Indian[20]
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Shapurji Saklatvala[5] Battersea North 1922 1923 Defeated British Indian
style="background-color: Template:Communist Party of Great Britain/meta/color" | Communist 1924 1929 Defeated
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Diane Abbott[5][21] Hackney North and Stoke Newington 1987 Serving Black British
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Paul Boateng[5][21] Brent South 1987 2005 Retired Black British/White British (Mixed)
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Bernie Grant[5][21] Tottenham 1987 2000 Died Black British
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Keith Vaz[5][21] Leicester East 1987 2019 Retired British Indian
rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Ashok Kumar[21][10] Langbaurgh 1991 1992 Defeated British Indian
Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland 1997 2010 Died
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative Sebastian Coe[22][23][24][25] Falmouth and Camborne 1992 1997 Defeated Anglo-Indian
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative Nirj Deva[21] Brentford and Isleworth 1992 1997 Defeated British Sri Lankan
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Piara Singh Khabra[21] Ealing Southall 1992 2007 Died British Indian
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Oona King[21] Bethnal Green & Bow 1997 2005 Defeated African American/White British (Mixed)
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Mohammad Sarwar[21] Glasgow Central 1997 2010 Retired British Pakistani
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Marsha Singh[21] Bradford West 1997 2012 Resigned due to failing health British Indian
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Co-op Mark Hendrick[4] Preston 2000 Serving Somali/White British (Mixed)
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour David Lammy[5] Tottenham 2000 Serving Black British
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Parmjit Singh Dhanda[10] Gloucester 2001 2010 Defeated British Indian
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Khalid Mahmood[5] Birmingham Perry Barr 2001 Serving British Pakistani
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | Liberal Democrats Parmjit Singh Gill[5][10] Leicester South 2004 2005 Defeated British Indian
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative Adam Afriyie[5][10] Windsor 2005 Serving Black British/White British (Mixed)
rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Dawn Butler[4] Brent South 2005 2010 Defeated Black British
Brent Central 2015 Serving
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Sadiq Khan[5] Tooting 2005 2016 Resigned to become Mayor of London British Pakistani
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Shahid Malik[26] Dewsbury 2005 2010 Defeated British Pakistani
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative Shailesh Vara[5][10] North West Cambridgeshire 2005 Serving British Indian
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Virendra Sharma[4] Ealing Southall 2007 Serving British Indian
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Rushanara Ali[5] Bethnal Green and Bow 2010 Serving British Bangladeshi
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative Rehman Chishti[5] Gillingham and Rainham 2010 Serving British Pakistani
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative Helen Grant[5] Maidstone and The Weald 2010 Serving Black British/White British (Mixed)
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative Sam Gyimah[5] East Surrey 2010 2019 Expelled from Conservatives, joined Liberal Democrats Black British
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | Liberal Democrats 2019 2019 Defeated
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative Sajid Javid[5] Bromsgrove 2010 Serving British Pakistani
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative Kwasi Kwarteng[5] Spelthorne 2010 Serving Black British
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Shabana Mahmood[11] Birmingham Ladywood 2010 Serving British Pakistani
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Lisa Nandy[5] Wigan 2010 Serving Anglo-Indian
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Chi Onwurah[5] Newcastle upon Tyne Central 2010 Serving Black British/White British (Mixed)
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative Priti Patel[5] Witham 2010 Serving British Indian
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Yasmin Qureshi[5] Bolton South East 2010 Serving British Pakistani
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Anas Sarwar[5] Glasgow Central 2010 2015 Defeated British Pakistani
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative Alok Sharma[5] Reading West 2010 Serving British Indian
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Chuka Umunna[5] Streatham 2010 2019 (Crossed the floor in 2019) Resigned from Labour, joined Change UK Black British/White British/White Irish (Mixed)
style="background-color: Template:Change UK/meta/color" | Change UK 2019 2019 Resigned from Change UK, joined Liberal Democrats
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | Liberal Democrats 2019 2019 Defeated
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative Paul Uppal[5] Wolverhampton South West 2010 2015 Defeated British Indian
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Valerie Vaz[5] Walsall South 2010 Serving British Indian
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative Nadhim Zahawi[5] Stratford-on-Avon 2010 Serving British Iraqi
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Co-op Seema Malhotra[5] Feltham and Heston 2011 Serving British Indian
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative James Cleverly[17] Braintree 2015 Serving Black British/White British (Mixed)
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Thangam Debbonaire[4] Bristol West 2015 Serving Anglo-Indian
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative Suella Braverman[4] Fareham 2015 Serving British Indian
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative Nus Ghani[4] Wealden 2015 Serving British Pakistani
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Imran Hussain[4] Bradford East 2015 Serving British Pakistani
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Rupa Huq[4] Ealing Central and Acton 2015 Serving British Bangladeshi
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative Ranil Jayawardena[4] North East Hampshire 2015 Serving British Sri Lankan
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative Seema Kennedy[4] South Ribble 2015 2019 Retired British Iranian/White Irish (Mixed)
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Clive Lewis[4] Norwich South 2015 Serving Black British/White British (Mixed)
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative Alan Mak[27] Havant 2015 Serving British Chinese
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Co-op Kate Osamor[28] Edmonton 2015 Serving Black British
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Naz Shah[28] Bradford West 2015 Serving British Pakistani
style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" | Scottish National Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh[29] Ochil and South Perthshire 2015 2017 Defeated British Pakistani/White British (Mixed)
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Tulip Siddiq[29] Hampstead and Kilburn 2015 Serving British Bangladeshi
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative Rishi Sunak[4] Richmond 2015 Serving British Indian
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Rosena Allin-Khan[4] Tooting 2016 Serving British Pakistani/Other White (Mixed)
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative Bim Afolami[29][4] Hitchin and Harpenden 2017 Serving Black British
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative Kemi Badenoch[29][4] Saffron Walden 2017 Serving Black British
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Bambos Charalambous[29][4] Enfield Southgate 2017 Serving British Cypriot[30]
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Marsha de Cordova[29][4] Battersea 2017 Serving Black British
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi[29][4] Slough 2017 Serving British Indian
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Co-op Preet Gill[29][4] Birmingham Edgbaston 2017 Serving British Indian
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Afzal Khan[29][4] Manchester Gorton 2017 Serving British Pakistani
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | Liberal Democrats Layla Moran[29][31][32] Oxford West and Abingdon 2017 Serving British Palestinian/White British (Mixed)
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Fiona Onasanya Peterborough 2017 2018 (Crossed the floor in 2018) Expelled from Labour, became an Independent Black British
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | Independent 2018 2019 Removed from office
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Faisal Rashid[29][4] Warrington South 2017 2019 Defeated British Pakistani
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Eleanor Smith[29][33][4] Wolverhampton South West 2017 2019 Defeated Black British
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Mohammad Yasin[29][4] Bedford 2017 Serving British Pakistani
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Janet Daby[34][35] Lewisham East 2018 Serving Black British
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Tahir Ali[16] Birmingham Hall Green 2019 Serving British Pakistani
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Apsana Begum[16] Poplar and Limehouse 2019 Serving British Bangladeshi
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative Saqib Bhatti[16] Meriden 2019 Serving British Pakistani
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Feryal Clark[16] Enfield North 2019 Serving British Turkish (Kurdish)[36]
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative Claire Coutinho[16] East Surrey 2019 Serving British Indian[37]
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Co-op Florence Eshalomi[16] Vauxhall 2019 Serving Black British
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative Darren Henry[16] Broxtowe 2019 Serving Black British
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Kim Johnson[16] Liverpool Riverside 2019 Serving Black British/White British (Mixed)
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative Imran Ahmad Khan[16] Wakefield 2019 Serving British Pakistani/White British (Mixed)
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Nav Mishra[16] Stockport 2019 Serving British Indian
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative Gagan Mohindra[16] South West Hertfordshire 2019 Serving British Indian[37]
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Abena Oppong-Asare[16] Erith and Thamesmead 2019 Serving Black British
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Taiwo Owatemi[16] Coventry North West 2019 Serving Black British
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Sarah Owen[16] Luton North 2019 Serving British Chinese/White British (Mixed)
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Bell Ribeiro-Addy[16] Streatham 2019 Serving Black British
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Zarah Sultana[16] Coventry South 2019 Serving British Pakistani
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | Liberal Democrats Munira Wilson[16] Twickenham 2019 Serving British Pakistani
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Nadia Whittome[16] Nottingham East 2019 Serving Anglo-Indian
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Claudia Webbe[16] Leicester East 2019 Serving Black British

List of ethnic minority Members of the House of Lords

Party Portrait Name Year entered Year left Reason for tenure ending Ethnicity
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | Liberal Satyendra Prasanno Sinha, 1st Baron Sinha[5] 1919 1928 Died British Indian
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative Marcus Samuel, 1st Viscount Bearsted 1921 1927 Died British Iraqi
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative Walter Samuel, 2nd Viscount Bearsted 1927 1948 Died British Iraqi
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | Crossbench Learie Constantine, Baron Constantine[5] 1969 1971 Died Black British
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour David Pitt, Baron Pitt of Hampstead[38] 1975 1994 Died Black British
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | Crossbench Pratap Chitnis, Baron Chitnis[17] 1977 2013 Died British Indian
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | Crossbench Lawrence Kadoorie, Baron Kadoorie 1981 1993 Died British Iraqi
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative Party Shreela Flather, Baroness Flather[5][38] 1990 2008 (Crossed the floor in 2008) Resigned from the Conservative Party, now a Crossbencher British Indian
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | Crossbench 2008 Serving
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | Crossbench Lydia Dunn, Baroness Dunn[39] 1990 2010 Permanently disqualified under the provisions of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 British Chinese[40]
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Meghnad Desai, Baron Desai[5] 1991 Serving British Indian
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | Crossbench Michael Nazir-Ali, Bishop of Rochester[41] 1994 2009 Retired British Pakistani
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative Party John Taylor, Baron Taylor of Warwick[5] 1996 2011 (Crossed the floor in 2011) Resigned from the Conservative Party, now a Crossbencher[42] Black British
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | Crossbench 2011 Serving
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative Maurice Saatchi, Baron Saatchi[39] 1996 Serving British Iraqi
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Party Swraj Paul, Baron Paul[5] 1996 2010 (Crossed the floor in 2010) Resigned from the Labour Party, now a Crossbencher[43] British Indian
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | Crossbench 2010 Serving
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative Raj Bagri, Baron Bagri[39] 1997 2010 Permanently disqualified under the provisions of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 British Indian
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos[39] 1997 Serving Black British
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Patricia Scotland, Baroness Scotland of Asthal[5] 1997 Serving Black British
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | Liberal Democrats Navnit Dholakia, Baron Dholakia[5] 1997 Serving British Indian
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Waheed Alli, Baron Alli[5] 1998 Serving British Pakistani
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Party Pola Uddin, Baroness Uddin[5] 1998 2010 (Crossed the floor in 2010) Resigned from the Labour Party, now a Crossbencher[44] British Bangladeshi
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | Crossbench 2010 Serving
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Party Nazir Ahmed, Baron Ahmed[39] 1998 2007 (Crossed the floor in 2007) Expelled from the Labour Party, became a Crossbencher[45] British Pakistani
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | Crossbench 2007 2020 Resigned under threat of expulsion
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Tarsem King, Baron King of West Bromwich[39] 1999 2013 Died British Indian
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | Crossbench Usha Prashar, Baroness Prashar[5] 1999 Serving British Indian
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | Crossbench Narendra Patel, Baron Patel[5] 1999 Serving British Indian
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Rosalind Howells, Baroness Howells of St Davids[5] 1999 2019 Retired Black British
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative Sebastian Coe, Baron Coe[22][23][24][25] 2000 Serving Anglo-Indian
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Bhikhu Parekh, Baron Parekh[5] 2000 Serving British Indian
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Adam Patel, Baron Patel of Blackburn[5] 2000 2019 Died British Indian
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | Crossbench Herman Ouseley, Baron Ouseley[5] 2001 2019 Retired Black British
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | Crossbench Victor Adebowale, Baron Adebowale[5] 2001 Serving Black British
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Party Amir Bhatia, Baron Bhatia[5] 2001 2010 (Crossed the floor in 2010) Resigned from the Labour Party, now a Crossbencher[46] British Indian
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | Crossbench 2010 Serving
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | Crossbench Michael Chan, Baron Chan 2001 2006 Died British Chinese
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | Crossbench John Sentamu, Archbishop of York[4] 2002 2020 Retired Black British
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Kumar Bhattacharyya, Baron Bhattacharyya[5] 2004 2019 Died British Bangladeshi
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | Crossbench Diljit Rana, Baron Rana[5] 2004 2016 (Crossed the floor in 2016) Resigned from the Crossbenches, now a Conservative British Indian
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative 2016 Serving
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | Crossbench Lola Young, Baroness Young of Hornsey[5] 2004 Serving Black British
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | Liberal Democrats Kishwer Falkner, Baroness Falkner of Margravine[5] 2004 Serving British Pakistani
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | Liberal Democrats David Alliance, Baron Alliance 2004 Serving British Iranian
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | Crossbench Michael Hastings, Baron Hastings of Scarisbrick[5] 2005 Serving Black British
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative Sandip Verma, Baroness Verma[5] 2006 Serving British Indian
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative Mohamed Sheikh, Baron Sheikh[5] 2006 Serving British Pakistani
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | Crossbench Karan Bilimoria, Baron Bilimoria[5] 2006 Serving British Indian
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Kamlesh Patel, Baron Patel of Bradford[5] 2006 Serving British Indian
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Bill Morris, Baron Morris of Handsworth[5] 2006 2020 Retired Black British
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Shriti Vadera, Baroness Vadera[39] 2007 Serving British Indian
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | Crossbench Khalid Hameed, Baron Hameed[5] 2007 Serving British Indian
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Ara Darzi, Baron Darzi of Denham[5] 2007 2019 (Crossed the floor in 2019) Resigned from the Labour Party, now a Crossbencher British Iraqi
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | Crossbench 2019 Serving
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative Sayeeda Warsi, Baroness Warsi[5] 2007 Serving British Pakistani
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | Crossbench Haleh Afshar, Baroness Afshar 2007 Serving British Iranian
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | Crossbench Ajay Kakkar, Baron Kakkar[5] 2010 Serving British Indian
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative Nat Wei, Baron Wei[5] 2010 Serving British Chinese
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | Liberal Democrats Meral Hussein-Ece, Baroness Hussein-Ece[5] 2010 Serving British Turkish
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | Liberal Democrats Floella Benjamin, Baroness Benjamin[5] 2010 Serving Black British
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Paul Boateng, Baron Boateng[4] 2010 Serving Black British/White British (Mixed)
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative Dolar Popat, Baron Popat[5] 2010 Serving British Indian
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative Bernard Ribeiro, Baron Ribeiro[47] 2010 Serving Black British
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative Tariq Ahmad, Baron Ahmad of Wimbledon[5] 2011 Serving British Pakistani
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | Liberal Democrats Qurban Hussain, Baron Hussain[5] 2011 2015 (Crossed the floor in 2015) Resigned from the Liberal Democrats, now a Crossbencher British Pakistani
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | Crossbench 2015 Serving
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Oona King, Baroness King of Bow[21] 2011 Serving African American/White British (Mixed)
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | Liberal Democrats Raj Loomba, Baron Loomba[5] 2011 2016 (Crossed the floor in 2016) Resigned from the Liberal Democrats, now a Crossbencher British Indian
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | Crossbench 2016 Serving
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Gulam Noon, Baron Noon 2011 2015 Died British Indian
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | Crossbench Indarjit Singh, Baron Singh of Wimbledon[5] 2011 Serving British Indian
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | Liberal Democrats Zahida Manzoor, Baroness Manzoor[5] 2013 2016 (Crossed the floor in 2016) Resigned from the Liberal Democrats, now a Conservative British Pakistani
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative 2016 Serving
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | Liberal Democrats Rumi Verjee, Baron Verjee[5] 2013 Serving British Indian
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Doreen Lawrence, Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon[5] 2013 Serving Black British
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative Ranbir Singh Suri, Baron Suri 2014 Serving British Indian
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative Nosheena Mobarik, Baroness Mobarik 2014 Serving British Pakistani
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative Ruby McGregor-Smith, Baroness McGregor-Smith[47] 2015 Serving British Indian
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | Liberal Democrats Shas Sheehan, Baroness Sheehan[47] 2015 Serving British Pakistani
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative Jitesh Gadhia, Baron Gadhia 2016 Serving British Indian
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Shami Chakrabarti, Baroness Chakrabarti[5] 2016 Serving British Indian
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Martha Osamor, Baroness Osamor[47][48] 2018 Serving Black British
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative Zameer Choudrey, Baron Choudrey[49] 2019 Serving British Pakistani
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative Rami Ranger, Baron Ranger[50] 2019 Serving British Indian
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | Crossbench Simon Woolley, Baron Woolley of Woodford[16] 2019 Serving Black British
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | Crossbench
Minouche Shafik, Baroness Shafik 2020 Serving British Egyptian
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative
Aamer Sarfraz, Baron Sarfraz 2020 Serving British Pakistani
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative Syed Kamall, Baron Kamall 2021 Serving British Indian
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Wajid Khan, Baron Khan of Burnley 2021 Serving British Pakistani
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Prem Sikka, Baron Sikka 2021 Serving British Indian

List of ethnic minority Members of the European Parliament

Party Portrait Name Constituency Year elected Year left Reason for tenure ending Ethnicity
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Mark Hendrick[5] Central Lancashire 1994 1999 Defeated British Somali/White British (Mixed)
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative Nirj Deva[21][51] South East England 1999 2019 Defeated British Sri Lankan
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative Bashir Khanbhai East of England 1999 2004 Retired British Indian
rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Neena Gill[51] West Midlands 1999 2009 Defeated British Indian
2014 2020 EU membership lapsed
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Claude Moraes[51] London 1999 2020 EU membership lapsed British Indian
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | Liberal Democrats Sajjad Karim North West England 2004 2006 (Crossed the floor in 2006) Left Liberal Democrats, joined Conservative Party British Pakistani
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative 2006 2019 Defeated
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative Syed Kamall[51] London 2005 2019 Defeated British Indian
style="background-color: Template:United Kingdom Independence Party/meta/color" | UKIP Amjad Bashir[52] Yorkshire and the Humber 2014 2015 (Crossed the floor in 2015) Left UKIP, joined Conservative Party British Pakistani
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative 2015 2019 Defeated
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour M. Afzal Khan North West England 2014 2017 Resigned British Pakistani
style="background-color: Template:United Kingdom Independence Party/meta/color" | UKIP Steven Woolfe North West England 2014 2016 (Crossed the floor in 2016) Left UKIP, became an Independent Black British/White British (Mixed)
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | Independent 2016 2018 (Crossed the floor in 2018) Joined Conservative Party
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative 2018 2019 Retired
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Wajid Khan North West England 2017 2019 Defeated British Pakistani
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative Nosheena Mobarik Scotland 2017 2020 EU membership lapsed British Pakistani
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | Liberal Democrats Dinesh Dhamija London 2019 2020 EU membership lapsed British Indian
style="background-color: Template:Brexit Party/meta/color" | Brexit Party Benyamin Habib London 2019 2020 EU membership lapsed British Pakistani
style="background-color: Template:Brexit Party/meta/color" | Brexit Party Christina Jordan South West England 2019 2020 EU membership lapsed British Malaysian
style="background-color: Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color" | Green Magid Magid Yorkshire and the Humber 2019 2020 EU membership lapsed British Somali
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | Liberal Democrats Shaffaq Mohammed Yorkshire and the Humber 2019 2020 EU membership lapsed British Pakistani
style="background-color: Template:Brexit Party/meta/color" | Brexit Party Louis Stedman-Bryce Scotland 2019 2019 (Crossed the floor in 2019) Resigned from the Brexit Party Black British[53][3]
! style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | Independent 2019 2020 EU membership lapsed

List of ethnic minority London Assembly Members

Party Portrait Name Constituency Year elected Year left Reason for tenure ending Ethnicity
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour David Lammy London-wide 2000 2000 Resigned Black British
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Trevor Phillips London-wide 2000 2003 Resigned Black British
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Jennette Arnold[4] North East 2000 Serving Black British
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Murad Qureshi[5] London-wide 2004 2016 Defeated British Bangladeshi
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative James Cleverly[5] Bexley and Bromley 2008 2016 Retired Black British/White British (Mixed)
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Navin Shah[4] Brent and Harrow 2008 Serving British Indian
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Onkar Sahota[4] Ealing and Hillingdon 2012 Serving British Indian
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative Kemi Badenoch[5] London-wide 2015 2017 Resigned Black British
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative File:Shaun Bailey.jpg Shaun Bailey[4] London-wide 2016 Serving Black British
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Unmesh Desai[4] City and East 2016 Serving British Indian
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Co-op Florence Eshalomi[4] Lambeth and Southwark 2016 2021 Retiring Black British
style="background-color: Template:UK Independence Party/meta/color" | UKIP David Kurten[54] London-wide 2016 Serving Black British/White British (Mixed)

List of ethnic minority Scottish Parliament Members

Party Portrait Name Constituency Year elected Year left Reason for tenure ending Ethnicity
style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" | Scottish National Bashir Ahmad[55] Glasgow 2007 2009 Died British Pakistani
style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" | Scottish National Humza Yousaf[56] Glasgow 2011 Serving British Pakistani
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Hanzala Malik[57] Glasgow 2011 2016 Defeated British Pakistani/White British (Mixed)
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Anas Sarwar[57] Glasgow 2016 Serving British Pakistani

List of ethnic minority Welsh Assembly Members

Party Portrait Name Constituency Year elected Year left Reason for tenure ending Ethnicity
style="background-color: Template:Plaid Cymru/meta/color" | Plaid Cymru Mohammad Asghar[4][58] South Wales East 2007 2009 (Crossed the floor in 2009) Left Plaid Cymru, joined Conservative Party British Pakistani
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative South Wales East 2009 2020 Died in office
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Vaughan Gething[4][58] Cardiff South and Penarth 2011 Serving Black British/White British (Mixed)
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative Altaf Hussain[59] South Wales West 2015 2016 Defeated British Indian

List of ethnic minority Northern Irish Assembly Members

Party Portrait Name Constituency Year elected Year left Reason for tenure ending Ethnicity
style="background-color: Template:Alliance Party of Northern Ireland/meta/color" | Alliance Anna Lo[60] Belfast South 2007 2016 Retired British Chinese

List of ethnic minority Police and Crime Commissioners

Party Portrait Name Constituency Year elected Year left Reason for tenure ending Ethnicity
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Hardyal Dhindsa[61] Derbyshire 2016 Serving British Indian

List of ethnic minority directly elected mayors

Party Portrait Name Constituency Year elected Year left Reason for tenure ending Ethnicity
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | Independent Lufthar Rahman Mayor of Tower Hamlets 2010 2014 (Crossed the floor in 2014) Created Tower Hamlets First British Bangladeshi
style="background-color: Template:Tower Hamlets First/meta/color" | Tower Hamlets First Mayor of Tower Hamlets 2014 2015 Convicted of corrupt or illegal practices and removed from office
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Sadiq Khan Mayor of London 2016 Serving British Pakistani[62]
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Marvin Rees Mayor of Bristol 2016 Serving Black British/White British (Mixed)
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour Rokhsana Fiaz Mayor of Newham 2018 Serving British Pakistani[63]

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