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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

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
Labour Hugh Gaitskell[6] Leeds South Chancellor of the Exchequer 1950
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

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
Labour Harold Nicolson Leicester West Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Information 1940
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 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 Avation 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
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 David Cairna 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[36] 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 Milton Keynes South Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland 2020
Conservative Lee Rowley North East Derbyshire Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business and Industry 2021

List of LGBT members of the House of Commons

Party Portrait Name Constituency Tenure Reason for leaving Notes
Independent Anthony Bacon[37] Wallingford 1593–1598 Retired [38][39]
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) [40][41][42]
Whig John Hervey Bury St Edmunds 1725–1733 Resigned to join the House of Lords (as The Baron Hervey) [43][44][45]
Whig Stephen Fox-Strangways Shaftesbury 1726–1741 Resigned to join the House of Lords (as the Earl of Ilchester) [43][44][45]
Whig Horace Walpole Callington, Castle Rising & Kings Lynn 1741–1768 Retired (later joined the House of Lords as The Earl of Orford) [46][47][48][49]
Tory John Tylney Malmesbury 1761–1768 Resigned [50][51]
Tory Edward Onslow Aldborough 1780–1781 Resigned [52][53][54]
Whig William Thomas Beckford Wells 1784–1795 Resigned [55][56][57]
Hindon 1806-1820 Retired
Tory Charles Price City of London 1802–1812 Retired [58]
Tory William John Bankes Truro 1810-1812 Retired [55][59][60]
Cambridge University 1822-1826 Defeated
Marlborough & Dorset 18301835 Retired
Whig Henry Grey Bennet Shrewsbury 1811-1826 Retired [61][62][63]
Tory Richard Heber Oxford University 1821-1826 Retired [64][65][66][67]
Whig Robert King County Cork 18261832 Defeated [68][69]
Tory Henry Lygon West Worcestershire 1853–1863 Resigned to join the House of Lords (as the Earl Beauchamp) [70][71][3]
Liberal Arthur Clinton Newark 18651868 Retired [72][73][74]
Liberal Ronald Gower Sutherland 1867–1874 Retired [75][76][77][78]
Conservative James Agg-Gardner Cheltenham 18741880 Defeated [79][80][81]
18851895 Retired
19001906 Defeated
19111928 Died
Liberal Reginald Brett Penryn and Falmouth 18801885 Defeated (later joined the House of Lords as the Viscount Esher) [82][83][84]
Liberal Lewis Harcourt Rossendale 19041917 Resigned to join the House of Lords (as the Viscount Harcourt) [2][3][4]
Liberal David Charles Erskine West Perthshire 19061910 Retired [85][86]
Labour Victor Grayson Colne Valley 19071910 Defeated [87][88]
Conservative Philip Sassoon Hythe 19121939 Died [89][90]
Conservative Malcolm Bullock Waterloo & Crosby 19231953 Resigned [91][92][93]
Liberal Arthur Hobhouse Wells 19231924 Defeated [94][95]
Conservative Victor Cazalet Chippenham 19241943 Killed in action [96][97]
Conservative Robert Boothby Aberdeen and Kincardine East & Aberdeenshire Eastern 19241958 Resigned to join the House of Lords (as the Baron Boothby) [98][99][100]
Labour Hugh Dalton Peckham 19241931 Defeated [5]
Bishop Auckland 19351959 Retired (later joined the House of Lords as the Lord Dalton)
Labour Oliver Baldwin Dudley 19291931 Defeated [19][101]
Paisley 19451947 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 19311945 Killed in action [32][33]
Conservative Ian Horobin Southwark Central 19311935 Defeated [102]
Oldham East 19511959 Retired
Conservative Alan Lennox-Boyd Mid Bedfordshire 19311960 Resigned to join the House of Lords (as the Viscount Boyd of Merton) [9][10]
Conservative Paul Latham Scarborough and Whitby 19311941 Resigned [103][104][105]
Conservative Ronald Tree Harborough 19331945 Defeated [106][107][108]
Conservative Ronald Cartland Birmingham King's Norton 19351940 Killed in action [109][71][110][33]
Conservative Henry Channon Southend & Southend West 19351958 Died [18][111]
Conservative John Macnamara Chelmsford 19351944 Killed in action [112][113][114][33]
Labour Harold Nicolson Leicester West 19351945 Defeated [115][116][117]
Conservative Victor Montagu South Dorset 19411962 Resigned to join the House of Lords (as the Earl of Sandwich) [118]
Labour Tom Driberg Maldon 19421955 Defeated [119][120][121]
Barking 19591974 (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 19451960 Resigned to join the House of Lords (as the Viscount Amory) [7][8]
Conservative Selwyn Lloyd Chelmsford 19451976 Resigned to join the House of Lords (as the Baron Selwyn-Lloyd) [11][12]
Labour George Thomas Cardiff West 19451983 Retired (later joined the House of Lords as the Viscount Tonypandy) [21][19]
Labour William J. Field Paddington North 19461953 Resigned [122][123]
Labour Roy Jenkins Southwark Central & Birmingham Stechford 19481977 Resigned [13][14][15][17]
SDP Glasgow Hillhead 19821987 Defeated (later joined the House of Lords as Lord Jenkins of Hillfield)
Liberal Jeremy Thorpe North Devon 19591979 Defeated [124][125]
Labour Anthony Crosland South Gloucestershire 19501955 Defeated [13][14][15][16]
Great Grimsby 19591977 Died
Conservative Ian Harvey Harrow East 19501959 Resigned [7][8]
Conservative Charles Fletcher-Cooke Darwen 19511983 Retired [126][127][128]
Conservative Denzil Freeth Basingstoke 19551964 Retired [129]
Conservative Humphry Berkeley Lancaster 19591966 Defeated [32][130]
Conservative Norman St John-Stevas Chelmsford 19641987 Retired (later joined the House of Lords as Lord St John of Fawsley) [22]
Conservative Spencer Le Marchant High Peak 19701983 Retired [131]
Labour Maureen Colquhoun Northampton North 1974 (Feb)1979 Defeated [132]
Conservative Keith Hampson Ripon & Leeds North West 1974 (Feb)1997 Defeated [133]
Conservative Peter Morrison City of Chester 1974 (Feb)1992 Retired [134][135]
Conservative Charles Irving Cheltenham 1974 (Oct)1992 Retired [136][81]
Conservative David Atkinson Bournemouth East 19772005 Retired [137]
Labour George Morton Manchester Moss Side 19781983 Retired [138]
Conservative Michael Brown Brigg and Cleethorpes 19791997 Defeated [139]
Conservative Matthew Parris West Derbyshire 19791986 Resigned [140][141][142]
Conservative Harvey Proctor Billericay 19791987 Retired [143][144][145]
Labour Allan Rogers Bootle 19791990 Died [146]
Conservative Martin Stevens Fulham 19791986 Died [147]
Labour Roger Thomas Carmarthen 19791987 Retired [148]
Conservative David Ashby North West Leicestershire 19831997 Retired [149]
Labour Nick Brown Newcastle upon Tyne East 1983–present Serving [23]
Labour Ron Davies Caerphilly 19832001 Retired [24]
Conservative Jerry Hayes Harlow 19831997 Defeated [150][better source needed]
Conservative Robert Hayward Kingswood 19831992 Defeated (later joined the House of Lords as the Lord Hayward) [151]
Conservative Michael Hirst Strathkelvin and Bearsden 19831987 Defeated [152][153][154]
Liberal Democrats Simon Hughes Bermondsey and Old Southwark 19832015 Defeated [155]
Labour Chris Smith Islington South and Finsbury 19832005 Retired (later joined the House of Lords as Lord Smith of Finsbury) [26]
Conservative Alan Amos Hexham 19871992 Retired [156]
Conservative John Bowis Battersea 19871997 Defeated [157]
Labour Clive Betts Sheffield South East 1992–present Serving [158][159]
Conservative Alan Duncan Rutland and Melton 19922019 Retired [160]
Labour Angela Eagle Wallasey 1992–present Serving [161]
Conservative Nigel Evans Ribble Valley 1992–present Serving [162]
Conservative Michael Fabricant Lichfield 1992–present Serving [163]
Labour Peter Mandelson Hartlepool 19922004 Resigned to become European Commissioner for Trade (later joined the House of Lords as Lord Mandelson) [25][164][165]
Conservative Crispin Blunt Reigate 1997–present Serving [166][159]
Labour David Borrow South Ribble 19972010 Defeated [167]
Labour Ben Bradshaw Exeter 1997–present Serving [28]
Conservative Nick Gibb Bognor Regis and Littlehampton 1997–present Serving [168][169]
Labour Gordon Marsden Blackpool South 19972019 Defeated [170]
Liberal Democrats Mark Oaten Winchester 19972010 Retired [171][172]
Labour Stephen Twigg Enfield Southgate 19972005 Defeated [28]
Liverpool West Derby 20102019 Retired [173]
Conservative Shaun Woodward Witney 19972001 Resigned from the Conservative Party, joined the Labour Party [27]
Labour St Helens South and Whiston 20012015 Retired
Conservative Greg Barker Bexhill and Battle 20012015 Retired (later joined the House of Lords as Lord Barker of Battle) [174]
Labour Chris Bryant Rhondda 2001–present Serving [175]
Labour David Cairns Inverclyde 20012011 Died [176]
Liberal Democrats David Laws Yeovil 20012015 Defeated [29]
Plaid Cymru Adam Price Carmarthen East and Dinefwr 20012010 Retired [177]
Labour Nia Griffith Llanelli 2005–present Serving [175]
Conservative Justine Greening Putney 2005–2019 Stripped of Conservative whip, became an independent [178]
Independent 2019 Retired
Conservative Nick Herbert Arundel and South Downs 20052019 Retired [179]
Conservative Daniel Kawczynski Shrewsbury and Atcham 2005–present Serving [180]
Conservative David Mundell Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale 2005–present Serving [31]
Liberal Democrats Stephen Williams Bristol West 20052015 Defeated [181]
Conservative Stuart Andrew Pudsey 2010–present Serving [175]
Conservative Nick Boles Grantham and Stamford 2010–2019 Resigned from the Conservative Party, became an independent Conservative [182]
Ind. Progressive Conservative 2019 Retired
Conservative Conor Burns Bournemouth West 2010–present Serving [183]
Conservative Mike Freer Finchley and Golders Green 2010–present Serving [184]
Liberal Democrats Steve Gilbert St Austell and Newquay 20102015 Defeated [185]
Conservative Margot James Stourbridge 20102019 Retired [175]
Conservative Mark Menzies Fylde 2010–present Serving [186]
Conservative Eric Ollerenshaw Lancaster and Fleetwood 20102015 Defeated [186]
Conservative Christopher Pincher Tamworth 2010–present Serving [175]
Conservative Iain Stewart Milton Keynes South 2010–present Serving [175]
Labour Stephen Doughty Cardiff South and Penarth 2012–present Serving [187]
Labour Steve Reed Croydon North 2012–present Serving [188]
SNP Hannah Bardell Livingston 2015–present Serving [175]
SNP Mhairi Black Paisley and Renfrewshire South 2015–present Serving [189]
SNP Joanna Cherry Edinburgh South West 2015–present Serving [175]
SNP Angela Crawley Lanark and Hamilton East 2015–present Serving [175]
SNP Martin Docherty West Dunbartonshire 2015–present Serving [175]
Conservative Ben Howlett Bath 20152017 Defeated [175]
Labour Gerald Jones Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney 2015–present Serving [175]
Labour Peter Kyle Hove 2015–present Serving [190]
SNP Stewart McDonald Glasgow South 2015–present Serving [175]
SNP Stuart McDonald Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East 2015–present Serving [175]
SNP John Nicolson East Dunbartonshire 20152017 Defeated [175]
Ochil and South Perthshire 2019-present Serving
Labour Cat Smith Lancaster and Fleetwood 2015–present Serving [190]
Labour Wes Streeting Ilford North 2015–present Serving [190]
Conservative William Wragg Hazel Grove 2015–present Serving [191]
Labour Dan Carden Liverpool Walton 2017–present Serving [192]
Labour Gerard Killen Rutherglen and Hamilton West 20172019 Defeated [192]
Labour Sandy Martin Ipswich 20172019 Defeated [192]
Conservative Damien Moore Southport 2017–present Serving [192]
Liberal Democrats Layla Moran Oxford West and Abingdon 2017–present Serving [193]
Labour Stephen Morgan Portsmouth South 2017–present Serving [194]
Labour Luke Pollard Plymouth Sutton and Devonport 2017–present Serving [192]
Conservative Lee Rowley North East Derbyshire 2017–present Serving [192]
Labour Lloyd Russell-Moyle Brighton Kemptown 2017–present Serving [192]
Conservative Ross Thomson Aberdeen South 20172019 Retired [192]
Conservative Scott Benton Blackpool South 2019–present Serving [195]
Labour Olivia Blake Sheffield Hallam 2019–present Serving [196]
Conservative Chris Clarkson Heywood and Middleton 2019–present Serving [197]
Conservative Elliot Colburn Carshalton and Wallington 2019–present Serving [197]
Conservative Dehenna Davison Bishop Auckland 2019–present Serving [198]
Conservative Mark Fletcher Bolsover 2019–present Serving [197]
Conservative Peter Gibson Darlington 2019–present Serving [199]
SNP Neale Hanvey Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath 2019–2021 Resigned from the SNP, joined Alba Party [197]
Alba 2021–present Serving
Conservative Antony Higginbotham Burnley 2019–present Serving [197]
Conservative Paul Holmes Eastleigh 2019–present Serving [197]
Conservative Kieran Mullan Crewe and Nantwich 2019–present Serving [197]
Labour James Murray Ealing North 2019–present Serving [200]
Labour Charlotte Nichols Warrington North 2019–present Serving [201]
Labour Kate Osborne Jarrow 2019–present Serving [202]
Conservative Rob Roberts Delyn 2019–present Serving [203]
Conservative Gary Sambrook Birmingham Northfield 2019–present Serving [204]
SNP Alyn Smith Stirling 2019–present Serving [197]
Conservative Jamie Wallis Bridgend 2019–present Serving [205][206]
Labour Nadia Whittome Nottingham East 2019–present Serving [207]
Conservative Jacob Young Redcar 2019–present Serving [197]
Labour Kim Leadbeater Batley and Spen 2021–present Serving [208]

List of LGBT members of the House of Lords

Party Portrait Title Creation Tenure Notes
Tory The Earl of Clarendon 31 October 1709
(hereditary)
1709–1723 [51]
Whig The Lord Hervey 11 June 1733
(hereditary)
1733–1743 [43][44]
Whig The Earl of Ilchester 6 November 1741
(hereditary)
1741–1776 [45]
Whig The Earl of Devon 14 October 1788
(hereditary)
1788–1835 [209]
Whig The Earl of Orford 5 December 1791
(hereditary)
1791–1797 [210][211]
Whig The Lord Byron 19 May 1798
(hereditary)
1798–1824 [212][213]
Whig The Earl of Kingston 18 October 1839
(hereditary)
1839–1867 [68]
Tory The Earl Beauchamp 8 September 1863
(hereditary)
1863–1868 [70][71][3]
Liberal The Earl Beauchamp 19 February 1891
(hereditary)
1891–1938 [214]
Liberal The Marquess of Anglesey 13 October 1898
(hereditary)
1898–1905 [215][216]
Liberal The Viscount Esher 24 May 1899
(hereditary)
1899–1930 [217][218]
Liberal The Lord Stanmore 30 January 1912
(hereditary)
1912–1930 [219]
Conservative The Marquess of Hertford 23 March 1912
(hereditary)
1912–1940 [220]
Liberal The Viscount Harcourt 28 August 1917
(hereditary)
1917–1922 [2][3]
Crossbench File:Lord Berners in 1935.jpg The Lord Berners 23 March 1918
(hereditary)
1918–1950 [221]
Conservative The Lord Alington 30 July 1919
(hereditary)
1919–1940 [222]
Conservative The Lord Fairhaven 15 May 1929
(hereditary)
1929–1966 [223]
Conservative The Earl of Lauderdale 14 September 1931
(hereditary)
1931–1953 [224][225][226]
Labour The Lord Faringdon 17 March 1934
(hereditary)
1934–1977 [227]
Conservative The Viscount Tredegar 3 May 1934
(hereditary)
1934–1949 [228]
Liberal The Lord Kinross 17 March 1939
(hereditary)
1939–1976 [229][230]
Liberal The Lord Keynes 17 April 1942
(hereditary)
1942–1946 [231][232]
Liberal The Lord Amulree 5 May 1942
(hereditary)
1942–1983 [233][234]
Conservative The Duke of Wellington 16 September 1943
(hereditary)
1943–1972 [224][225][226]
Conservative The Marquess of Dufferin and Ava 25 March 1945
(hereditary)
1945–1988 [235]
Liberal The Lord Mottistone 7 November 1947
(hereditary)
1947–1963 [236][237][238]
Conservative The Lord Montagu of Beaulieu 14 November 1947
(hereditary)
1947–2015 [228]
Labour The Earl Baldwin of Bewdley 14 December 1947
(hereditary)
1947–1958 [239][101]
Conservative The Viscount Maugham 23 March 1958
(hereditary)
1958–1981 [240]
Conservative The Lord Boothby 22 August 1958 1958–1986 [98][99][100]
Conservative The Earl of Arran 19 December 1958
(hereditary)
1958 [241]
Labour The Lord Dalton 28 January 1960 1960–1962 [5]
Conservative The Viscount Boyd of Merton 21 September 1960
(hereditary)
1960–1983 [9][10]
Liberal The Lord Sackville 8 May 1962
(hereditary)
1962–1965 [242][243][244]
Conservative The Earl of Sandwich 15 June 1962
(hereditary)
1962–1964 [245]
Labour The Lord Bradwell 21 January 1976 1976 [119]
Crossbench The Lord Selwyn-LLoyd 8 March 1976 1976–1978 [12][11]
Crossbench The Lord Britten 15 July 1976 1976 [246]
Conservative The Earl of Avon 14 January 1977
(hereditary)
1977–1985 [247]
Labour The Viscount Tonypandy 14 June 1983
(hereditary)
1983-1997 [239][101]
Liberal Democrats The Lord Jenkins of Hillhead 12 May 1987 1987–2003 [239][101]
Conservative The Lord St John of Fawsley 19 October 1987 1987–2012 [22]
Labour The Baroness Hilton of Eggardon 14 June 1991 1991–present [175]
Labour The Lord Montague of Oxford 1 November 1997 1997–1999 [248]
Labour The Lord Alli 18 July 1998 1998–present [175]
Liberal Democrats The Baroness Barker 31 July 1999 1999–present [249][250]
Crossbench The Lord Browne of Madingley 28 June 2001 2001–present [251]
Labour The Lord Adonis 16 May 2005 2005–present [252]
Labour The Lord Smith of Finsbury 22 June 2005 2005–present [253]
Labour The Lord Mandelson 13 October 2008 2008–present [254]
Conservative The Lord Black of Brentwood 9 July 2010 2010–present [255][256]
Conservative The Baroness Stedman-Scott 12 July 2010 2010–present [257]
Labour The Lord Collins of Highbury 20 January 2011 2011–present [175]
Conservative The Lord Glendonbrook 22 March 2011 2011–present [175]
Liberal Democrats The Lord Paddick 12 September 2013 2013–present [258]
Labour The Lord Allen of Kensington 2 October 2013 2013–present [259]
Liberal Democrats The Lord Scriven 19 September 2014 2014–present
Labour The Lord Cashman 23 September 2014 2014–present [260]
Conservative The Lord Hayward 28 September 2015 2015–present [261]
Liberal Democrats The Lord Oates 5 October 2015 2015–present [175]
Conservative The Lord Barker of Battle 12 October 2015 2015–present [262]
Labour The Lord Livermore 21 October 2015 2015–present [263]
Conservative The Lord Duncan of Springbank 14 July 2017 2017–present [264]
Conservative The Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay 9 October 2019 2019–present [265]
Crossbench The Baroness Hunt of Bethnal Green 16 October 2019 2019–present [266]
Labour The Baroness Wilcox of Newport 21 October 2019 2019–present [267]
Conservative The Lord Herbert of South Downs 1 September 2020 2020–present [268]
Conservative The Lord Moylan 9 September 2020 2020–present [269][270]
Crossbench The Lord Etherton 1 March 2021 2021–present [271]
Conservative The Baroness Davidson of Lundin Links 20 July 2021 2021–present [272]

List of LGBT members of the European Parliament

Party Portrait Name Constituency Tenure Reason for leaving Notes
Conservative Tom Spencer Derbyshire 19791984 Defeated [273][274]
Surrey 19891999 Retired
Labour Alan Donnelly Tyne and Wear & North East England 1989–1999 Resigned [275]
Conservative John Bowis London 19992009 Retired [157]
Labour Michael Cashman West Midlands 19992014 Retired [276]
SNP Alyn Smith Scotland 2004–2019 Resigned to become member of Parliament for Stirling [277]
UKIP Nikki Sinclaire West Midlands 2009–2010 Resigned from UKIP [278]
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 [279]
Brexit Party 2019 Retired
Labour Seb Dance London 2014–2020 Post abolished [280]
Conservative Ian Duncan Scotland 2014–2017 Resigned to join the House of Lords [264]
Brexit Party Louis Stedman-Bryce Scotland 2019–2019 Resigned from the Brexit Party [281][43]
Independent 2019-2020 Post abolished
Brexit Party David Bull North West England 2019–2020 Post abolished [282]

List of LGBT members of the Scottish Parliament

Party Portrait Name Constituency Tenure Reason for leaving Notes
Liberal Democrats Iain Smith North East Fife 19992011 Defeated [283]
Liberal Democrats Margaret Smith Edinburgh West 19992011 Defeated [284]
Scottish Green Patrick Harvie Glasgow 2003–present Serving [285]
SNP Joe FitzPatrick Dundee City West 2007–present Serving [286]
SNP Marco Biagi Edinburgh Central 20112016 Retired [287]
Conservative Ruth Davidson Glasgow 20112016 Retired [272]
Edinburgh Central 20162021
Labour Kezia Dugdale Lothian 2011–2019 Resigned [288]
SNP Jim Eadie Edinburgh Southern 20112016 Defeated [289]
SNP Derek Mackay Renfrewshire North and West 2011–2019 Suspended from the SNP, became an Independent [290]
Independent 2019–2021 Retired
SNP Kevin Stewart Aberdeen Central 2011–present Serving [291]
SNP Jeane Freeman Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley 20162021 Retired [289]
SNP Jenny Gilruth Mid Fife and Glenrothes 2016–present Serving [288]
Conservative Jamie Greene West Scotland 2016–present Serving [292]
Conservative Ross Thomson North East Scotland 20162017 Resigned to become member of Parliament for Aberdeen South [293]
Conservative Annie Wells Glasgow 2016–present Serving [294]
Labour Paul O'Kane West Scotland 2021–present Serving [295]
SNP Emma Roddick Highlands and Islands 2021–present Serving [296]

List of LGBT members of the Welsh Parliament

Party Portrait Name Constituency Tenure Reason for leaving Notes
Labour Ron Davies Caerphilly 19992003 Retired [24]
Labour Hannah Blythyn Delyn 2016–present Serving [297]
Labour Jeremy Miles Neath 2016–present Serving [297]
Plaid Cymru Adam Price Carmarthen East and Dinefwr 2016–present Serving [297]

List of LGBT members of the Northern Ireland Assembly

Party Portrait Name Constituency Tenure Reason for leaving Notes
Alliance John Blair South Antrim 2018–present Serving [298]
Alliance Andrew Muir North Down 2019–present Serving [299]

List of LGBT members of the London Assembly

Party Portrait Name Constituency Tenure Reason for leaving Notes
Conservative Richard Barnes Ealing and Hillingdon 20002012 Defeated [300]
Conservative Brian Coleman Barnet and Camden 20002012 Defeated [301]
Conservative Roger Evans Havering and Redbridge 20002016 Retired [218]
Green Darren Johnson London-wide 20002016 Retired [302]
Conservative Andrew Boff London-wide 2008–present Serving [303]
Labour Tom Copley London-wide 2012–2020 Resigned [304]
UKIP Peter Whittle London-wide 2016–2018 Resigned from UKIP [305]
Independent 2018–2021 Retired
Conservative Emma Best London-wide 2021–present Serving [306]
Conservative Nicholas Rogers South West 2021–present Serving [307]
Green Zack Polanski London-wide 2021–present Serving [308]

List of LGBT Police and Crime Commissioners

Party Portrait Name Constituency Tenure Reason for leaving Notes
Labour Olly Martins Bedfordshire 20122016 Defeated [309]
Conservative David Munro Surrey 20162021 Defeated [310][311]

List of LGBT directly elected mayors

Party Portrait Name Area Tenure Reason for leaving Notes
Mayor 4 Stoke Mike Wolfe Mayor of Stoke-on-Trent 2002–2005 Defeated [312]
Labour Mark Meredith Mayor of Stoke-on-Trent 2005–2009 Post abolished [313]
Labour Paul Dennett Mayor of Salford 2016–present Serving [314]
Labour Philip Glanville Mayor of Hackney 2016–present Serving [315]
Conservative Andy Street Mayor of the West Midlands 2017–present Serving [316]
Labour Damien Egan Mayor of Lewisham 2018–present Serving [317]

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