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The following is a list of openly Lesbian , Gay , 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 House of Commons
Party
Portrait
Name
Constituency
Tenure
Reason for leaving
Notes
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Independent
Anthony Bacon [2]
Wallingford
1593–1598
Retired
[3] [4]
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Tory
Edward Hyde
Wiltshire & Christchurch
1685–1701
Resigned to become Governor of New Jersey in British North America
[5] [6] [7]
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Whig
John Hervey
Bury St Edmunds
1725–1733
Resigned to join the House of Lords
[8] [9] [10]
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Whig
Stephen Fox-Strangways
Shaftesbury
1726–1741
Resigned to join the House of Lords
[8] [9] [10]
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Whig
Horace Walpole
Callington , Castle Rising & Kings Lynn
1741–1768
Retired
[11] [12] [13] [14]
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Tory
John Tylney
Malmesbury
1761–1768
Resigned
[15] [16]
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Tory
Edward Onslow
Aldborough
1780–1781
Resigned
[17] [18]
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Whig
William Thomas Beckford
Wells
1784–1795
Resigned and Retired
[19]
Hindon
1806–1820
Retired
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Tory
William John Bankes
Truro
1810
Defeated
[19]
Cambridge University
1822–1826
Defeated
Marlborough & Dorset
1829–1835
Retired
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Whig
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Henry Grey Bennet
Shrewsbury
1811–1826
Retired
[20] [21]
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Tory
Richard Heber
Oxford University
1821–1826
Retired
[22]
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Whig
Robert King
County Cork
1826–1832
Defeated
[23]
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Liberal
Arthur Clinton
Newark
1865 –1868
Retired
[24] [25]
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Liberal
Ronald Gower
Sutherland
1867–1874
Retired
[26] [27] [28]
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Conservative
James Agg-Gardner
Cheltenham
1874 –1880 , 1885 –1895 , 1900 –1906 & 1911 –1928
Defeated, Retired, Defeated & Death
[29]
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Liberal
Reginald Brett
Penryn and Falmouth
1880 –1885
Defeated (later Lord Esher)
[30] [31]
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Liberal
Lewis Harcourt
Rossendale
1904 –1917
Resigned to join the House of Lords
[32] [33]
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Liberal
David Charles Erskine
West Perthshire
1906 –1910
Retired
[34] [35]
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Labour
Victor Grayson
Colne Valley
1907 –1910
Defeated
[36]
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Conservative
George Lloyd
West Staffordshire
1910 –1918
Retired
[37]
Eastbourne
1924 –1925
Resigned to join the House of Lords
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Conservative
Philip Sassoon
Hythe
1912 –1939
Died
[38]
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Conservative
Malcolm Bullock
Waterloo & Crosby
1923 –1953
Resigned
[39] [40]
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Liberal
Arthur Hobhouse
Wells
1923 –1924
Defeated
[41] [42]
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Conservative
Victor Cazalet
Chippenham
1924 –1943
Killed in action
[43]
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Conservative
Robert Boothby
Aberdeen and Kincardine East & Aberdeenshire Eastern
1924 –1958
Resigned to join the House of Lords
[44] [45] [46]
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Labour
Oliver Baldwin
Dudley
1929 –1931
Defeated
[47] [48]
Paisley
1945 –1947
Resigned to join the House of Lords
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National Liberal
Robert Bernays
Bristol North
1931 –1945
Killed in action
[49]
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Conservative
Ian Horobin
Southwark Central
1931 –1935
Defeated
[50]
Oldham East
1951 –1959
Retired
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Conservative
Alan Lennox-Boyd
Mid Bedfordshire
1931 –1960
Resigned to join the House of Lords
[51] [52]
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Conservative
Paul Latham
Scarborough and Whitby
1931 –1941
Resigned
[53] [54]
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Conservative
Ronald Tree
Harborough
1933 –1945
Defeated
[55] [56]
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Conservative
Ronald Cartland
Birmingham King's Norton
1935 –1940
Killed in action
[57] [58] [59]
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Conservative
Henry Channon
Southend & Southend West
1935 –1958
Died
[60]
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Conservative
John Macnamara
Chelmsford
1935 –1944
Killed in action
[61] [62] [63]
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Labour
Harold Nicolson
Leicester West
1935 –1945
Defeated
[64] [65]
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Conservative
Victor Montagu
South Dorset
1941 –1962
Became Earl of Sandwich
[66]
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Labour
Tom Driberg
Maldon
1942 –1955
Defeated & retired (later Lord Driberg)
[67]
Barking
1959 –1974 (Feb)
Retired
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Labour
Richard Crossman
Coventry East
1945 –1974
Died
[60]
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Labour
George Thomas
Cardiff West
1945 –1983
Retired
[68] [69]
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Labour
William J. Field
Paddington North
1946 –1953
Resigned
[70] [71]
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Labour
Roy Jenkins
Southwark Central & Birmingham Stechford
1948 –1977
Resigned
[72] [73] [74]
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SDP
Glasgow Hillhead
1982 –1987
Defeated
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Liberal
Jeremy Thorpe
North Devon
1959 –1979
Defeated
[75] [76]
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Labour
Anthony Crosland
South Gloucestershire
1950 –1955
Defeated
[72] [73] [74]
Great Grimsby
1959 –1977
Died
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Conservative
Ian Harvey
Harrow East
1950 –1959
Resigned
[77]
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Conservative
Denzil Freeth
Basingstoke
1955 –1964
Retired
[78]
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Conservative
Humphry Berkeley
Lancaster
1959 –1966
Defeated
[49]
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Conservative
Norman St John-Stevas
Chelmsford
1964 –1987
Retired
[79]
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Conservative
Spencer Le Marchant
High Peak
1970 –1983
Retired
[80] [81]
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Labour
Maureen Colquhoun
Northampton North
1974 (Feb) –1979
Defeated
[82] [83]
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Conservative
Keith Hampson
Ripon & Leeds North West
1974 (Feb) –1997
Defeated
[84]
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Conservative
Charles Irving
Cheltenham
1974 (Oct) –1992
Retired
[85] [85]
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Conservative
David Atkinson
Bournemouth East
1977 –2005
Retired
[86]
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Labour
George Morton
Manchester Moss Side
1978 –1983
Retired
[87]
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Conservative
Michael Brown
Brigg and Cleethorpes
1979 –1997
Defeated
[88]
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Conservative
Matthew Parris
West Derbyshire
1979 –1986
Resigned
[89] [90] [91]
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Conservative
Harvey Proctor
Billericay
1979 –1987
Retired
[92]
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Labour
Allan Rogers
Bootle
1979 –1990
Died
[93]
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Conservative
Martin Stevens
Fulham
1979 –1986
Died
[94]
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Labour
Roger Thomas
Carmarthen
1979 –1987
Retired
[95]
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Conservative
David Ashby
North West Leicestershire
1983 –1997
Retired
[96]
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Labour
Nick Brown
Newcastle upon Tyne East
1983 –present
Serving
[97]
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Labour
Ron Davies
Caerphilly
1983 –2001
Retired
[98]
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Conservative
Jerry Hayes
Harlow
1983 –1997
Defeated
[99]
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Conservative
Robert Hayward
Kingswood
1983 –1992
Defeated
[100]
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Liberal Democrats
Simon Hughes
Bermondsey and Old Southwark
1983 –2015
Defeated
[101] [102]
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Labour
Chris Smith
Islington South and Finsbury
1983 –2005
Retired
[103]
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Conservative
Alan Amos
Hexham
1987 –1992
Retired
[104]
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Conservative
John Bowis
Battersea
1987 –1997
Defeated
[105]
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Labour
Clive Betts
Sheffield South East
1992 –present
Serving
[106]
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Conservative
Alan Duncan
Rutland and Melton
1992 –2019
Retired
[107]
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Labour
Angela Eagle
Wallasey
1992 –present
Serving
[108]
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Conservative
Nigel Evans
Ribble Valley
1992 –present
Serving
[109]
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Conservative
Michael Fabricant
Lichfield
1992 –present
Serving
[110]
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Labour
Peter Mandelson
Hartlepool
1992 –2004
Resigned to become European Commissioner for Trade
[111] [112] [113] [114]
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Conservative
Crispin Blunt
Reigate
1997 –present
Serving
[22]
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Labour
David Borrow
South Ribble
1997 –2010
Defeated
[115]
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Labour
Ben Bradshaw
Exeter
1997 –present
Serving
[116]
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Conservative
Nick Gibb
Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
1997 –present
Serving
[117] [118]
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Labour
Gordon Marsden
Blackpool South
1997 –2019
Defeated
[119]
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Liberal Democrats
Mark Oaten
Winchester
1997 –2010
Retired
[88] [120]
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Labour
Stephen Twigg
Enfield Southgate
1997 –2005
Defeated
[116]
Liverpool West Derby
2010 –2019
Retired
[121]
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Conservative
Shaun Woodward
Witney
1997 –2001
Joined the Labour Party
[122]
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Labour
St Helens South and Whiston
2001 –2015
Retired
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Conservative
Greg Barker
Bexhill and Battle
2001 –2015
Retired
[123]
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Labour
Chris Bryant
Rhondda
2001 –present
Serving
[124]
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Labour
David Cairns
Inverclyde
2001 –2011
Died
[124]
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Liberal Democrats
David Laws
Yeovil
2001 –2015
Defeated
[125]
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Plaid Cymru
Adam Price
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
2001 –2010
Retired
[126]
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Labour
Nia Griffith
Llanelli
2005 –present
Serving
[124]
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Conservative
Justine Greening
Putney
2005 –2019
Stripped of Conservative whip , became an independent
[127]
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Independent
2019
Retired
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Conservative
Nick Herbert
Arundel and South Downs
2005 –2019
Retired
[128]
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Conservative
Daniel Kawczynski
Shrewsbury and Atcham
2005 –present
Serving
[129]
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Conservative
David Mundell
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
2005 –present
Serving
[130]
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Liberal Democrats
Stephen Williams
Bristol West
2005 –2015
Defeated
[131]
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Conservative
Stuart Andrew
Pudsey
2010 –present
Serving
[124]
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Conservative
Nick Boles
Grantham and Stamford
2010 –2019
Resigned from the Conservative Party, became an independent Conservative
[132]
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Ind. Progressive Conservative
2019
Retired
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Conservative
Conor Burns
Bournemouth West
2010 –present
Serving
[133]
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Conservative
Mike Freer
Finchley and Golders Green
2010 –present
Serving
[134]
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Liberal Democrats
Steve Gilbert
St Austell and Newquay
2010 –2015
Defeated
[135]
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Conservative
Margot James
Stourbridge
2010 –2019
Retired
[124]
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Conservative
Mark Menzies
Fylde
2010 –present
Serving
[136]
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Conservative
Eric Ollerenshaw
Lancaster and Fleetwood
2010 –2015
Defeated
[136]
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Conservative
Christopher Pincher
Tamworth
2010 –present
Serving
[124]
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Conservative
Iain Stewart
Milton Keynes South
2010 –present
Serving
[124]
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Labour
Stephen Doughty
Cardiff South and Penarth
2012 –present
Serving
[137]
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Labour
Steve Reed
Croydon North
2012 –present
Serving
[138]
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SNP
Hannah Bardell
Livingston
2015 –present
Serving
[124]
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SNP
Mhairi Black
Paisley and Renfrewshire South
2015 –present
Serving
[139]
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SNP
Joanna Cherry
Edinburgh South West
2015 –present
Serving
[124]
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SNP
Angela Crawley
Lanark and Hamilton East
2015 –present
Serving
[124]
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SNP
Martin Docherty
West Dunbartonshire
2015 –present
Serving
[124]
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Conservative
Ben Howlett
Bath
2015 –2017
Defeated
[124]
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Labour
Gerald Jones
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
2015 –present
Serving
[124]
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Labour
Peter Kyle
Hove
2015 –present
Serving
[140]
style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color " |
SNP
Stewart McDonald
Glasgow South
2015 –present
Serving
[124]
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SNP
Stuart McDonald
Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
2015 –present
Serving
[124]
rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color " |
SNP
John Nicolson
East Dunbartonshire
2015 –2017
Defeated
[124]
Ochil and South Perthshire
2019
Serving
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Labour
Cat Smith
Lancaster and Fleetwood
2015 –present
Serving
[140]
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Labour
Wes Streeting
Ilford North
2015 –present
Serving
[140]
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color " |
Conservative
William Wragg
Hazel Grove
2015 –present
Serving
[141]
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color " |
Labour
Dan Carden
Liverpool Walton
2017 –present
Serving
[142]
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color " |
Labour
Gerard Killen
Rutherglen and Hamilton West
2017 –2019
Defeated
[142]
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Labour
Sandy Martin
Ipswich
2017 –2019
Defeated
[142]
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color " |
Conservative
Damien Moore
Southport
2017 –present
Serving
[142]
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color " |
Liberal Democrats
Layla Moran
Oxford West and Abingdon
2017 –present
Serving
[143]
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color " |
Labour
Stephen Morgan
Portsmouth South
2017 –present
Serving
[144]
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color " |
Labour
Luke Pollard
Plymouth Sutton and Devonport
2017 –present
Serving
[142]
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color " |
Conservative
Lee Rowley
North East Derbyshire
2017 –present
Serving
[142]
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color " |
Labour
Lloyd Russell-Moyle
Brighton Kemptown
2017 –present
Serving
[142]
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color " |
Conservative
Ross Thomson
Aberdeen South
2017 –2019
Retired
[142]
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color " |
Conservative
Chris Clarkson
Heywood and Middleton
2019 –present
Serving
[145]
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color " |
Conservative
Elliot Colburn
Carshalton and Wellington
2019 –present
Serving
[145]
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Conservative
Mark Fletcher
Bolsover
2019 –present
Serving
[145]
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color " |
Conservative
Peter Gibson
Darlington
2019 –present
Serving
[146]
style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color " |
SNP
Neale Hanvey
Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
2019 –present
Serving
[145]
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color " |
Conservative
Antony Higginbotham
Burnley
2019 –present
Serving
[145]
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color " |
Conservative
Paul Holmes
Eastleigh
2019 –present
Serving
[145]
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color " |
Conservative
Kieran Mullan
Crewe and Nantwich
2019 –present
Serving
[145]
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color " |
Labour
James Murray
Ealing North
2019 –present
Serving
[147]
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color " |
Labour
Charlotte Nichols
Warrington North
2019 –present
Serving
[148]
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color " |
Labour
Kate Osborne
Jarrow
2019 –present
Serving
[149]
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Conservative
Rob Roberts
Delyn
2019 –present
Serving
[150]
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See also
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