List of LGBT politicians in the United Kingdom

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]

## Prime Ministers

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### List of LGBT Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom

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| Liberal |  | Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | 1894

## House of Commons

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### List of LGBT Speakers of the House of Commons

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| Labour |  | George Thomas[2][3] | Cardiff West | Speaker of the House of Commons | 1976

### List of LGBT members of the Cabinet in the House of Commons

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Party  | Portrait  | Name  | Constituency  | First office held  | Year appointed

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| Independent |  | The Lord Brooke | Warwickshire | Chancellor of the Exchequer | 1614
| Tory |  | George Germain[4][5][6] | Dover | First Lord of Trade | 1775
| Liberal |  | Lewis Harcourt[7][8][9] | Rossendale | Secretary of State for the Colonies | 1910
| Labour |  | Hugh Dalton[10] | Peckham | President of the Board of Trade | 1942
| Conservative |  | Harry Crookshank | Gainsborough | Postmaster General | 1943
| Labour |  | Hugh Gaitskell[11] | Leeds South | Chancellor of the Exchequer | 1950
| Conservative |  | James Thomas | Hereford | First Lord of the Admiralty | 1951
| Conservative |  | Derick Heathcoat-Amory[12][13] | Tiverton | Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food | 1954
| Conservative |  | Alan Lennox-Boyd[14][15] | Mid Bedfordshire | Secretary of State for the Colonies | 1954
| Conservative |  | Selwyn Lloyd[16][17] | Chelmsford | Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | 1955
| Labour |  | Anthony Crosland[18][19][20][21] | Great Grimsby | Secretary of State for Education and Science | 1965
| Labour |  | Roy Jenkins[22] | Birmingham Stechford | Home Secretary | 1965
| Labour |  | Richard Crossman[23][3][24] | Coventry East | Leader of the House of Commons | 1966
| Labour |  | George Thomas[2][3] | Cardiff West | Secretary of State for Wales | 1968
| Conservative |  | Norman St John-Stevas[25] | Chelmsford | Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | 1979
| Labour |  | Nick Brown[26] | Newcastle upon Tyne East | Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury | 1997
| Labour |  | Ron Davies[27] | Caerphilly | Secretary of State for Wales | 1997
| Labour |  | Peter Mandelson[28] | Hartlepool | Minister without Portfolio | 1997
| Labour |  | Chris Smith[29] | Islington South and Finsbury | Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport | 1997
| Labour |  | Shaun Woodward[30] | St Helens South and Whiston | Secretary of State for Northern Ireland | 2007
| Labour |  | Ben Bradshaw[31] | Exeter | Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport | 2009
| Liberal Democrats |  | David Laws[32] | Yeovil | Chief Secretary to the Treasury | 2010
| Conservative |  | Justine Greening[33] | Putney | Secretary of State for Education | 2011
| Conservative |  | David Mundell[34] | Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale | Secretary of State for Scotland | 2015
| Labour |  | Peter Kyle | Hove and Portslade | Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology | 2024
| Labour |  | Wes Streeting | Ilford North | Secretary of State for Health and Social Care | 2024
| Labour Co-op |  | Steve Reed | Streatham and Croydon North | Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 2024

### List of LGBT ministers in the House of Commons

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Party  | Portrait  | Name  | Constituency  | First office held  | Year appointed

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| Independent |  | Fulke Greville[35][36] | Warwickshire | Treasurer of the Navy | 1598
| Liberal |  | Lewis Harcourt[7][8][9] | Rossendale | First Commissioner of Works | 1905
| Conservative |  | Philip Sassoon | Hythe | Under-Secretary of State for Air | 1924
| Labour |  | Hugh Dalton[10] | Peckham | Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | 1929
| Conservative |  | Harry Crookshank | Gainsborough | Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department | 1934
| National Liberal |  | Robert Bernays[37][38] | Bristol North | Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health | 1937
| Conservative |  | Anthony Muirhead[39][40] | Wells | Under-Secretary of State for Air | 1937
| Conservative |  | Robert Boothby | Aberdeen and Kincardine East | Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food | 1940
| Labour |  | Harold Nicolson | Leicester West | Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Information | 1940
| Conservative |  | James Thomas | Hereford | Lord Commissioner of the Treasury | 1940
| Labour |  | Hugh Gaitskell[11] | Leeds South | Minister of Fuel and Power | 1946
| Conservative |  | Alan Lennox-Boyd[14][15] | Mid Bedfordshire | Minister of State for the Colonies | 1951
| Conservative |  | Derick Heathcoat-Amory[12][13] | Tiverton | Minister of Pensions | 1951
| Conservative |  | Selwyn Lloyd[16][17] | 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[18][19][20][21] | Great Grimsby | Economic Secretary to the Treasury | 1964
| Labour |  | Roy Jenkins[22] | Birmingham Stechford | Minister of Aviation | 1964
| Labour |  | Richard Crossman[23][3][24] | Coventry East | Minister of Housing and Local Government | 1964
| Labour |  | George Thomas[2][3] | Cardiff West | Minister of State for Commonwealth Affairs | 1967
| Conservative |  | Norman St John-Stevas[25] | Chelmsford | Minister of State for the Arts | 1973
| Conservative |  | Spencer Le Marchant | High Peak | Comptroller of the Household | 1979
| Conservative |  | Peter Morrison | Chester | Lord Commissioner of the Treasury | 1979
| Conservative |  | Michael Brown | Brigg and Cleethorpes | Assistant Government Whip | 1993
| Conservative |  | John Bowis | Battersea | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Security | 1993
| Labour |  | Clive Betts | Sheffield South East | Lord Commissioner of the Treasury | 1998
| Labour |  | Ben Bradshaw[31] | Exeter | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | 2001
| Labour |  | Angela Eagle | Wallasey | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Office | 2001
| Labour |  | Stephen Twigg | Enfield Southgate | Deputy Leader of the House of Commons | 2001
| Labour |  | Ivor Caplin | Hove | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence | 2003
| Labour |  | David Cairns | Inverclyde | Minister of State for Scotland | 2005
| Labour |  | Shaun Woodward[30] | St Helens South and Whiston | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Northern Ireland Office | 2005
| Labour |  | Chris Bryant | Rhondda and Ogmore | 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[33] | 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[34] | 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[41] | Milton Keynes South | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland | 2020
| Conservative |  | Lee Rowley[42] | North East Derbyshire | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business and Industry | 2021
| Conservative |  | Dehenna Davison[43] | Bishop Auckland | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Levelling Up | 2022
| Conservative |  | Jacob Young[44] | Redcar | Lord Commissioner of the Treasury | 2022
| Conservative |  | Damien Moore | Southport | Assistant Government Whip | 2022
| Conservative |  | Mark Fletcher | Bolsover | Assistant Government Whip | 2023
| Conservative |  | Paul Holmes | Eastleigh | Assistant Government Whip | 2024
| Labour Co-op |  | Stephen Doughty | Cardiff South and Penarth | Minister of State for Europe, North America and Overseas Territories | 2024
| Labour |  | Nia Griffith | Llanelli | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales | 2024
| Labour Co-op |  | Simon Lightwood | Wakefield and Rothwell | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Local Transport | 2024
| Labour |  | Stephen Morgan | Portsmouth South | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Early Education | 2024
| Labour Co-op |  | James Murray | Ealing North | Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury | 2024
| Labour Co-op |  | Luke Pollard | Plymouth Sutton and Devonport | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Armed Forces | 2024
| Labour |  | Gerald Jones | Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare | Assistant Government Whip | 2024
| Labour |  | Keir Mather | Selby | Assistant Government Whip | 2024
| Labour |  | Martin McCluskey | Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West | Assistant Government Whip | 2024

### List of LGBT members of the House of Commons

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Party  | Portrait  | Name  | Constituency  | Tenure  | Reason for leaving  | Notes

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| Independent |  | Fulke Greville | Warwickshire | 1581–1621  | Resigned to join the House of Lords (as the Lord Brooke)  | [45][46]
| Independent |  | Philip Sidney | Shrewsbury & Kent | 1582–1586  | Killed in action | [47][48][49]
| Independent |  | Anthony Bacon[50] | Wallingford | 1593–1598  | Retired  | [51][52]
| 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)  | [53][54][55]
| Whig |  | John Hervey | Bury St Edmunds | 1725–1733  | Resigned to join the House of Lords (as The Baron Hervey)  | [56][57][58]
| Whig |  | Stephen Fox-Strangways | Shaftesbury | 1726–1741  | Resigned to join the House of Lords (as the Earl of Ilchester)  | [56][57][58]
| Tory |  | George Germain | Dover & East Grinstead | 1741–1782  | Resigned to join the House of Lords (as the Viscount Sackville)  | [59][60][61]
| Whig |  | Horace Walpole | Callington, Castle Rising & Kings Lynn | 1741–1768  | Retired (later joined the House of Lords as The Earl of Orford)  | [62][63][64][65]
| Tory |  | John Tylney | Malmesbury | 1761–1768  | Resigned  | [66][67]
| Tory |  | Edward Onslow | Aldborough | 1780–1781  | Resigned  | [68][69][70]
| Whig |  | William Thomas Beckford | Wells | 1784–1795  | Resigned  | [71][72][73]
Hindon | 1806-1820 | Retired
| Tory |  | Charles Price | City of London | 1802–1812  | Retired  | [74]
| Tory |  | William John Bankes | Truro | 1810-1812 | Retired  | [71][75][76]
Cambridge University | 1822-1826 | Defeated
Marlborough & Dorset | 1830–1835 | Retired
| Whig |  | Henry Grey Bennet | Shrewsbury | 1811-1826 | Retired  | [77][78][79]
| Tory |  | Richard Heber | Oxford University | 1821-1826 | Retired  | [80][81][82][83]
| Whig |  | Robert King | County Cork | 1826–1832 | Defeated  | [84]
| Tory |  | Henry Lygon | West Worcestershire | 1853–1863  | Resigned to join the House of Lords (as the Earl Beauchamp)  | [85][86][8]
| Liberal |  | Arthur Clinton | Newark | 1865–1868 | Retired  | [87][88][89]
| Liberal |  | Ronald Gower | Sutherland | 1867–1874 | Retired  | [90][91][92][93]
| Conservative |  | James Agg-Gardner | Cheltenham | 1874–1880 | Defeated  | [94][95][96]
1885–1895 | Retired
1900–1906 | Defeated
1911–1928 | Died
| Liberal |  | Reginald Brett | Penryn and Falmouth | 1880–1885 | Defeated (later joined the House of Lords as the Viscount Esher)  | [97][98][99]
| Liberal |  | Cyril Flower | Luton | 1880–1892 | Retired (later joined the House of Lords as the Lord Battersea)  | [100][101]
| Liberal |  | Lewis Harcourt | Rossendale | 1904–1917 | Resigned to join the House of Lords (as the Viscount Harcourt)  | [7][8][9]
| Liberal |  | David Charles Erskine | West Perthshire | 1906–1910 | Retired  | [102][103]
| Labour |  | Victor Grayson | Colne Valley | 1907–1910 | Defeated  | [104][105]
| Conservative |  | Philip Sassoon | Hythe | 1912–1939 | Died  | [106][107]
| Conservative |  | Malcolm Bullock | Waterloo & Crosby | 1923–1953 | Resigned  | [108][109][110]
| Liberal |  | Arthur Hobhouse | Wells | 1923–1924 | Defeated  | [111][112]
| Conservative |  | Victor Cazalet | Chippenham | 1924–1943 | Killed in action | [113][114]
| Conservative |  | Robert Boothby | Aberdeen and Kincardine East & Aberdeenshire Eastern | 1924–1958 | Resigned to join the House of Lords (as the Baron Boothby)  | [115][116][117]
| Conservative |  | Harry Crookshank | Gainsborough | 1924–1956 | Resigned to join the House of Lords (as the Viscount Crookshanks)  | [118]
| Labour |  | Hugh Dalton | Peckham | 1924–1931 | Defeated  | [10]
Bishop Auckland | 1935–1959 | Retired (later joined the House of Lords as the Lord Dalton)
| Labour |  | Oliver Baldwin | Dudley | 1929–1931 | Defeated  | [3][119]
Paisley | 1945–1947 | Resigned to join the House of Lords (as the Earl Baldwin of Bewdley)
| Conservative |  | Anthony Muirhead | Bristol North | 1929–1939  | Killed in action  | [39][40]
| National Liberal |  | Robert Bernays | Bristol North | 1931–1945 | Killed in action  | [37][38]
| Conservative |  | Ian Horobin | Southwark Central | 1931–1935 | Defeated  | [120]
Oldham East | 1951–1959 | Retired
| Conservative |  | Alan Lennox-Boyd | Mid Bedfordshire | 1931–1960 | Resigned to join the House of Lords (as the Viscount Boyd of Merton)  | [14][15]
| Conservative |  | James Thomas | Hereford | 1931–1955 | Resigned to join the House of Lords (as the Viscount Cilcennin)  | [121]
| Conservative |  | Paul Latham | Scarborough and Whitby | 1931–1941 | Resigned  | [122][123][124]
| Conservative |  | Ronald Tree | Harborough | 1933–1945 | Defeated  | [125][126][127]
| Conservative |  | Ronald Cartland | Birmingham King's Norton | 1935–1940 | Killed in action  | [128][86][129][38]
| Conservative |  | Henry Channon | Southend & Southend West | 1935–1958 | Died  | [23][130]
| Conservative |  | John Macnamara | Chelmsford | 1935–1944 | Killed in action  | [131][132][133][38]
| Labour |  | Harold Nicolson | Leicester West | 1935–1945 | Defeated  | [134][135][136]
| Conservative |  | Victor Montagu | South Dorset | 1941–1962 | Resigned to join the House of Lords (as the Earl of Sandwich)  | [137]
| Labour |  | Tom Driberg | Maldon | 1942–1955 | Defeated  | [138][139][140]
Barking | 1959–1974 (Feb) | Retired (later joined the House of Lords as the Lord Driberg)
| Labour |  | Richard Crossman | Coventry East | 1945–1974  | Died  | [23][3][24]
| Labour |  | Hugh Gaitskell | Leeds South | 1945–1963  | Died  | [11]
| Conservative |  | Derick Heathcoat-Amory | Tiverton | 1945–1960 | Resigned to join the House of Lords (as the Viscount Amory)  | [12][13]
| Conservative |  | Selwyn Lloyd | Chelmsford | 1945–1976 | Resigned to join the House of Lords (as the Baron Selwyn-Lloyd)  | [16][17]
| Labour |  | George Thomas | Cardiff West | 1945–1983 | Retired (later joined the House of Lords as the Viscount Tonypandy)  | [2][3]
| Labour |  | William J. Field | Paddington North | 1946–1953 | Resigned  | [141][142]
| Labour |  | Roy Jenkins | Southwark Central & Birmingham Stechford | 1948–1977 | Resigned  | [18][19][20][22]
| SDP | Glasgow Hillhead | 1982–1987 | Defeated (later joined the House of Lords as Lord Jenkins of Hillfield)
| Liberal |  | Jeremy Thorpe | North Devon | 1959–1979 | Defeated  | [143][144]
| Labour |  | Anthony Crosland | South Gloucestershire | 1950–1955 | Defeated  | [18][19][20][21]
Great Grimsby | 1959–1977 | Died
| Conservative |  | Ian Harvey | Harrow East | 1950–1959 | Resigned  | [12][13]
| Conservative |  | Charles Fletcher-Cooke | Darwen | 1951–1983 | Retired  | [145][146][147]
| Conservative |  | Denzil Freeth | Basingstoke | 1955–1964 | Retired  | [148]
| Conservative |  | Humphry Berkeley | Lancaster | 1959–1966 | Defeated  | [37][149]
| Conservative |  | Norman St John-Stevas | Chelmsford | 1964–1987 | Retired (later joined the House of Lords as Lord St John of Fawsley)  | [25]
| Conservative |  | Spencer Le Marchant | High Peak | 1970–1983 | Retired  | [150]
| Labour |  | Maureen Colquhoun | Northampton North | 1974 (Feb)–1979 | Defeated  | [151]
| Conservative |  | Keith Hampson | Ripon & Leeds North West | 1974 (Feb)–1997 | Defeated  | [152]
| Conservative |  | Peter Morrison | City of Chester | 1974 (Feb)–1992 | Retired  | [153][154]
| Conservative |  | Charles Irving | Cheltenham | 1974 (Oct)–1992 | Retired  | [155][96]
| Conservative |  | David Atkinson | Bournemouth East | 1977–2005 | Retired  | [156]
| Labour |  | George Morton | Manchester Moss Side | 1978–1983 | Retired  | [157]
| Conservative |  | Michael Brown | Brigg and Cleethorpes | 1979–1997 | Defeated  | [158]
| Conservative |  | Matthew Parris | West Derbyshire | 1979–1986 | Resigned  | [159][160][161]
| Conservative |  | Harvey Proctor | Billericay | 1979–1987 | Retired  | [162][163][164]
| Labour |  | Allan Rogers | Bootle | 1979–1990 | Died  | [165]
| Conservative |  | Martin Stevens | Fulham | 1979–1986 | Died  | [166]
| Labour |  | Roger Thomas | Carmarthen | 1979–1987 | Retired  | [167]
| Conservative |  | David Ashby | North West Leicestershire | 1983–1997 | Retired  | [168]
| Labour |  | Nick Brown | Newcastle upon Tyne East | 1983–2023  | Resigned from Labour and became an Independent  | [26]
| Independent | 2023–2024  | Retired
| Labour |  | Ron Davies | Caerphilly | 1983–2001 | Retired  | [27]
| Conservative |  | Jerry Hayes | Harlow | 1983–1997 | Defeated  | [citation needed]
| Conservative |  | Robert Hayward | Kingswood | 1983–1992 | Defeated (later joined the House of Lords as the Lord Hayward)  | [169]
| Conservative |  | Michael Hirst | Strathkelvin and Bearsden | 1983–1987 | Defeated  | [170][171][172]
| Liberal Democrats |  | Simon Hughes | Bermondsey and Old Southwark | 1983–2015 | Defeated  | [173]
| Labour |  | Chris Smith | Islington South and Finsbury | 1983–2005 | Retired (later joined the House of Lords as Lord Smith of Finsbury)  | [29]
| Conservative |  | Alan Amos | Hexham | 1987–1992 | Retired  | [174]
| Conservative |  | John Bowis | Battersea | 1987–1997 | Defeated  | [175]
| Labour |  | Clive Betts | Sheffield South East | 1992–present  | Serving  | [176][177]
| Conservative |  | Alan Duncan | Rutland and Melton | 1992–2019 | Retired  | [178]
| Labour |  | Angela Eagle | Wallasey | 1992–present  | Serving  | [179]
| Conservative |  | Nigel Evans | Ribble Valley | 1992–2024 | Defeated  | [180]
| Conservative |  | Michael Fabricant | Lichfield | 1992–2024 | Defeated  | [181]
| Labour |  | Peter Mandelson | Hartlepool | 1992–2004 | Resigned to become European Commissioner for Trade (later joined the House of Lords as Lord Mandelson)  | [28][182][183]
| Conservative |  | Crispin Blunt | Reigate | 1997–2023  | Suspended from the Conservatives, became an Independent  | [184][177]
| Independent | 2023–2024 | Retired
| Labour |  | David Borrow | South Ribble | 1997–2010 | Defeated  | [185]
| Labour |  | Ben Bradshaw | Exeter | 1997–2024 | Retired  | [31]
| Labour |  | Ivor Caplin | Hove | 1997–2005 | Retired  | [186][187]
| Conservative |  | Nick Gibb | Bognor Regis and Littlehampton | 1997–2024 | Retired  | [188][189]
| Labour |  | Gordon Marsden | Blackpool South | 1997–2019 | Defeated  | [190]
| Liberal Democrats |  | Mark Oaten | Winchester | 1997–2010 | Retired  | [191][192]
| Labour |  | Stephen Twigg | Enfield Southgate | 1997–2005 | Defeated  | [31]
Liverpool West Derby | 2010–2019 | Retired  | [193]
| Conservative |  | Shaun Woodward | Witney | 1997–2001 | Resigned from the Conservative Party, joined the Labour Party  | [30]
| Labour | St Helens South and Whiston | 2001–2015 | Retired
| Conservative |  | Greg Barker | Bexhill and Battle | 2001–2015 | Retired (later joined the House of Lords as Lord Barker of Battle)  | [194]
| Labour |  | Chris Bryant | Rhondda and Ogmore | 2001–present  | Serving  | [195]
| Labour |  | David Cairns | Inverclyde | 2001–2011 | Died  | [196]
| Liberal Democrats |  | David Laws | Yeovil | 2001–2015 | Defeated  | [32]
| Plaid Cymru |  | Adam Price | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | 2001–2010 | Retired  | [197]
| Labour |  | Nia Griffith | Llanelli | 2005–present  | Serving  | [195]
| Conservative |  | Justine Greening | Putney | 2005–2019  | Stripped of Conservative whip, became an independent  | [33]
| Independent | 2019 | Retired
| Conservative |  | Nick Herbert | Arundel and South Downs | 2005–2019 | Retired (later joined the House of Lords as Lord Herbert)  | [198]
| Conservative |  | Daniel Kawczynski | Shrewsbury and Atcham | 2005–2024 | Defeated  | [199]
| Conservative |  | David Mundell | Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale | 2005–present  | Serving  | [34]
| Liberal Democrats |  | Stephen Williams | Bristol West | 2005–2015 | Defeated  | [200]
| Conservative |  | Stuart Andrew | Pudsey | 2010–2024  | Changed constituency  | [195]
Daventry | 2024–present  | Serving
| Conservative |  | Nick Boles | Grantham and Stamford | 2010–2019  | Resigned from the Conservative Party, became an independent Conservative  | [201]
| Ind. Progressive Conservative | 2019 | Retired
| Conservative |  | Conor Burns | Bournemouth West | 2010–2024 | Defeated  | [202]
| Conservative |  | Mike Freer | Finchley and Golders Green | 2010–2024 | Retired  | [203]
| Liberal Democrats |  | Steve Gilbert | St Austell and Newquay | 2010–2015 | Defeated  | [204]
| Conservative |  | Margot James | Stourbridge | 2010–2019 | Retired  | [195]
| Conservative |  | Mark Menzies | Fylde | 2010–2024  | Suspended from the Conservatives, became an Independent  | [205][206]
| Independent | 2024  | Retired
| Conservative |  | Eric Ollerenshaw | Lancaster and Fleetwood | 2010–2015 | Defeated  | [205]
| Conservative |  | Christopher Pincher | Tamworth | 2010–2023  | Resigned  | [195][207]
| Conservative |  | Iain Stewart | Milton Keynes South | 2010–2024 | Defeated  | [195]
| Labour Co-op |  | Stephen Doughty | Cardiff South and Penarth | 2012–present  | Serving  | [208]
| Labour Co-op |  | Steve Reed | Streatham and Croydon North | 2012–present  | Serving  | [209]
| SNP |  | Hannah Bardell | Livingston | 2015–2024 | Defeated  | [195]
| SNP |  | Mhairi Black | Paisley and Renfrewshire South | 2015–2024  | Retired  | [210]
| SNP |  | Kirsty Blackman | Aberdeen North | 2015–present  | Serving  | [211]
| SNP |  | Joanna Cherry | Edinburgh South West | 2015–2024  | Defeated  | [195]
| SNP |  | Angela Crawley | Lanark and Hamilton East | 2015–2024  | Retired  | [195]
| SNP |  | Martin Docherty | West Dunbartonshire | 2015–2024  | Defeated  | [195]
| SNP |  | Patrick Grady | Glasgow North | 2015–2022  | Resigned from the SNP, became an Independent.  | [212]
| Independent | 2022  | Whip restored
| SNP | 2022–2024  | Retired
| Conservative |  | Ben Howlett | Bath | 2015–2017 | Defeated  | [195]
| Labour |  | Gerald Jones | Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare | 2015–present  | Serving  | [195]
| Labour |  | Peter Kyle | Hove and Portslade | 2015–present  | Serving  | [213]
| SNP |  | Stewart McDonald | Glasgow South | 2015–2024  | Defeated  | [195]
| SNP |  | Stuart McDonald | Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East | 2015–2024  | Defeated  | [195]
| SNP |  | John Nicolson | East Dunbartonshire | 2015–2017 | Defeated  | [195]
Ochil and South Perthshire | 2019-2024  | Defeated in Alloa and Grangemouth
| Labour |  | Cat Smith | Lancaster and Fleetwood | 2015–2024  | New constituency  | [213]
Lancaster and Wyre | 2024–present  | Serving
| Labour |  | Wes Streeting | Ilford North | 2015–present  | Serving  | [213]
| Conservative |  | William Wragg | Hazel Grove | 2015–2024  | Resigned from the Conservatives, became an Independent  | [214]
| Independent | 2024  | Retired
| Labour |  | Dan Carden | Liverpool Walton | 2017–present  | Serving  | [215]
| Labour Co-op |  | Gerard Killen | Rutherglen and Hamilton West | 2017–2019 | Defeated  | [215]
| Labour |  | Sandy Martin | Ipswich | 2017–2019 | Defeated  | [215]
| Conservative |  | Damien Moore | Southport | 2017–2024  | Defeated  | [215]
| Liberal Democrats |  | Layla Moran | Oxford West and Abingdon | 2017–present  | Serving  | [216]
| Labour |  | Stephen Morgan | Portsmouth South | 2017–present  | Serving  | [217]
| Labour Co-op |  | Luke Pollard | Plymouth Sutton and Devonport | 2017–present  | Serving  | [215]
| Conservative |  | Lee Rowley | North East Derbyshire | 2017–2024  | Defeated  | [215]
| Labour Co-op |  | Lloyd Russell-Moyle | Brighton Kemptown | 2017–2024  | Blocked from standing at the 2024 General Election following a complaint about his behaviour.[218] | [215]
| Conservative |  | Ross Thomson | Aberdeen South | 2017–2019 | Retired  | [215]
| Conservative |  | Scott Benton | Blackpool South | 2019–2023  | Suspended from the Conservatives, became an Independent  | [219][220]
| Independent | 2023-2024  | Resigned
| Labour |  | Olivia Blake | Sheffield Hallam | 2019–present  | Serving  | [221]
| Conservative |  | Chris Clarkson | Heywood and Middleton | 2019–2024  | Defeated  | [222]
| Conservative |  | Elliot Colburn | Carshalton and Wallington | 2019–2024  | Defeated  | [222]
| Conservative |  | Dehenna Davison | Bishop Auckland | 2019–2024  | Retired  | [223]
| Conservative |  | Mark Fletcher | Bolsover | 2019–2024  | Defeated  | [222]
| Conservative |  | Peter Gibson | Darlington | 2019–2024  | Defeated  | [224]
| SNP |  | Neale Hanvey | Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath | 2019–2021  | Resigned from the SNP, joined Alba Party  | [222]
| Alba | 2021–2024  | Defeated
| Conservative |  | Antony Higginbotham | Burnley | 2019–2024  | Defeated  | [222]
| Conservative |  | Paul Holmes | Eastleigh | 2019–2024  | Changed constituency  | [222]
Hamble Valley | 2024–present  | Serving
| Conservative |  | Imran Ahmad Khan | Wakefield | 2019–2021  | Suspended and later expelled from the Conservatives, became an Independent  | [225][226]
| Independent | 2021–2022 | Resigned
| Conservative |  | Kieran Mullan | Crewe and Nantwich | 2019–2024  | Changed constituency  | [222]
Bexhill and Battle | 2024–present  | Serving
| Labour Co-op |  | James Murray | Ealing North | 2019–present  | Serving  | [227]
| Labour |  | Charlotte Nichols | Warrington North | 2019–present  | Serving  | [228]
| Labour |  | Kate Osborne | Jarrow and Gateshead East | 2019–present  | Serving  | [229]
| Conservative |  | Rob Roberts | Delyn | 2019–2021  | Suspended from the Conservatives, became an Independent  | [230]
| Independent | 2021–2024  | Defeated
| Conservative |  | Gary Sambrook | Birmingham Northfield | 2019–2024  | Defeated  | [231]
| SNP |  | Alyn Smith | Stirling | 2019–2024  | Defeated  | [222]
| Conservative |  | Jamie Wallis | Bridgend | 2019–2024  | Retired  | [232][233]
| Labour |  | Nadia Whittome | Nottingham East | 2019–present  | Serving  | [234]
| Conservative |  | Jacob Young | Redcar | 2019–2024  | Defeated  | [222]
| Labour |  | Kim Leadbeater | Spen Valley | 2021–present  | Serving  | [235]
| Labour Co-op |  | Simon Lightwood | Wakefield and Rothwell | 2022–present  | Serving  | [236]
| Labour |  | Ashley Dalton | West Lancashire | 2023–present  | Serving  | [237][238]
| Liberal Democrats |  | Sarah Dyke | Glastonbury and Somerton | 2023–present  | Serving  | [239]
| Labour |  | Keir Mather | Selby | 2023–present  | Serving  | [240][241]
| Labour |  | Damien Egan | Bristol North East | 2024–present  | Serving  | [242]
| Labour |  | Dan Aldridge | Weston-super-Mare | 2024–present  | Serving  | [243]
| Labour |  | James Asser | West Ham and Beckton | 2024–present  | Serving  | [243]
| Liberal Democrats |  | Josh Babarinde | Eastbourne | 2024–present  | Serving  | [243]
| Labour |  | Olivia Bailey | Reading West and Mid Berkshire | 2024–present  | Serving  | [243]
| Labour |  | Antonia Bance | Tipton & Wednesbury | 2024–present  | Serving  | [243]
| Labour |  | Danny Beales | Uxbridge and South Ruislip | 2024–present  | Serving  | [243]
| Labour |  | Polly Billington | East Thanet | 2024–present  | Serving  | [243]
| Labour |  | David Burton-Sampson | Southend West and Leigh | 2024–present  | Serving  | [243]
| Labour |  | Sam Carling | North West Cambridgeshire | 2024–present  | Serving  | [244]
| Labour |  | Ben Coleman | Chelsea and Fulham | 2024–present  | Serving  | [243]
| Labour |  | Deirdre Costigan | Ealing Southall | 2024–present  | Serving  | [243]
| Liberal Democrats |  | Adam Dance | Yeovil | 2024–present  | Serving  | [245]: 9
| Green |  | Carla Denyer | Bristol Central | 2024–present  | Serving  | [243]
| Labour |  | Alan Gemmell | Central Ayrshire | 2024–present  | Serving  | [243]
| Liberal Democrats |  | Olly Glover | Didcot and Wantage | 2024–present  | Serving  | [243]
| Liberal Democrats |  | Tom Gordon | Harrogate and Knaresborough | 2024–present  | Serving  | [243]
| Labour |  | Lloyd Hatton | South Dorset | 2024–present  | Serving  | [243]
| Labour |  | Tom Hayes | Bournemouth East | 2024–present  | Serving  | [243]
| Labour |  | Terry Jermy | South West Norfolk | 2024–present  | Serving  | [246]
| Labour |  | Josh MacAlister | Whitehaven and Workington | 2024–present  | Serving  | [243]
| Liberal Democrats |  | Ben Maguire | North Cornwall | 2024–present  | Serving  | [243]
| Labour |  | Martin McCluskey | Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West | 2024–present  | Serving  | [243]
| Labour |  | Kevin McKenna | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | 2024–present  | Serving  | [247]
| Labour |  | Luke Murphy | Basingstoke | 2024–present  | Serving  | [243]
| Labour |  | Chris Murray | Edinburgh East and Musselburgh | 2024–present  | Serving  | [248]
| Labour |  | Luke Myer | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | 2024–present  | Serving  | [243]
| Labour |  | Josh Newbury | Cannock Chase | 2024–present  | Serving  | [243]
| Labour |  | Tris Osborne | Chatham and Aylesford | 2024–present  | Serving  | [249]
| Labour Co-op |  | Andrew Pakes | Peterborough | 2024–present  | Serving  | [243]
| Labour |  | Michael Payne | Gedling | 2024–present  | Serving  | [243]
| Labour |  | Steve Race | Exeter | 2024–present  | Serving  | [243][250]
| Labour |  | Tim Roca | Macclesfield | 2024–present  | Serving  | [243]
| Labour |  | Tom Rutland | East Worthing and Shoreham | 2024–present  | Serving  | [243]
| Labour Co-op |  | Oliver Ryan | Burnley | 2024–present  | Serving  | [243]
| Conservative |  | Blake Stephenson | Mid Bedfordshire | 2024–present  | Serving  | [243]
| Labour |  | Alan Strickland | Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor | 2024–present  | Serving  | [243]
| Labour |  | Peter Swallow | Bracknell | 2024–present  | Serving  | [251]
| Labour |  | Rachel Taylor | North Warwickshire and Bedworth | 2024–present  | Serving  | [243]

## House of Lords

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### List of LGBT members of the Cabinet in the House of Lords

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| Whig |  | The Lord Hervey | Lord Privy Seal | 1740
| Liberal |  | The Earl of Rosebery | Lord Privy Seal | 1885
| Liberal |  | The Earl Beauchamp | Lord President of the Council | 1910
| Labour |  | The Lord Adonis | Secretary of State for Transport | 2009
| Labour |  | The Lord Mandelson | Lord President of the Council | 2009

### List of LGBT ministers in the House of Lords

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| Liberal |  | The Earl of Rosebery | Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department | 1881
| Liberal |  | The Lord Battersea | Lord-in-waiting | 1886
| Conservative |  | The Earl of Avon | Lord-in-waiting | 1980
| Labour |  | The Lord Adonis | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Schools and Learners | 2005
| Conservative |  | The Lord Duncan | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland | 2017
| Conservative |  | The Baroness Stedman-Scott | Baroness-in-Waiting | 2017
| Conservative |  | The Lord Parkinson | Lord-in-Waiting | 2020
| Labour |  | The Lord Collins of Highbury | Lord-in-Waiting | 2024
| Labour |  | The Lord Livermore | Financial Secretary to the Treasury | 2024

### List of LGBT members of the House of Lords

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| Independent |  | Fulke Greville | 6 June 1621
(hereditary) | 1621–1628  | [252][253]
| Tory |  | The Earl of Clarendon | 31 October 1709
(hereditary) | 1709–1723  | [67]
| Whig |  | The Lord Hervey | 11 June 1733
(hereditary) | 1733–1743  | [56][57]
| Whig |  | The Earl of Ilchester | 6 November 1741
(hereditary) | 1741–1776  | [58]
| Tory |  | The Viscount Sackville | 9 February 1782
(hereditary) | 1782–1785  | [254][255][256]
| Whig |  | The Earl of Devon | 14 October 1788
(hereditary) | 1788–1835  | [257]
| Whig |  | The Earl of Orford | 5 December 1791
(hereditary) | 1791–1797  | [258][259]
| Whig |  | The Lord Byron | 19 May 1798
(hereditary) | 1798–1824  | [260][261]
| Whig |  | The Earl of Kingston | 18 October 1839
(hereditary) | 1839–1867  |
| Tory |  | The Earl Beauchamp | 8 September 1863
(hereditary) | 1863–1868  | [85][86][8]
| Liberal |  | The Earl of Rosebery | 4 March 1868
(hereditary) | 1868–1929  | [262]
| Liberal |  | The Earl Beauchamp | 19 February 1891
(hereditary) | 1891–1938  | [263]
| Liberal |  | The Lord Battersea | 14 May 1892
(hereditary) | 1892–1907  | [100][101]
| Liberal |  | The Marquess of Anglesey | 13 October 1898
(hereditary) | 1898–1905  | [264][265]
| Liberal |  | The Viscount Esher | 24 May 1899
(hereditary) | 1899–1930  | [266][267]
| Liberal |  | The Lord Stanmore | 30 January 1912
(hereditary) | 1912–1930  | [268]
| Conservative |  | The Marquess of Hertford | 23 March 1912
(hereditary) | 1912–1940  | [269]
| Liberal |  | The Viscount Harcourt | 28 August 1917
(hereditary) | 1917–1922  | [7][8]
| Crossbench |  | The Lord Berners | 23 March 1918
(hereditary) | 1918–1950  | [270]
| Conservative |  | The Lord Alington | 30 July 1919
(hereditary) | 1919–1940  | [271]
| Conservative |  | The Lord Fairhaven | 15 May 1929
(hereditary) | 1929–1966  | [272]
| Conservative |  | The Earl of Lauderdale | 14 September 1931
(hereditary) | 1931–1953  | [273][274][275]
| Labour |  | The Lord Faringdon | 17 March 1934
(hereditary) | 1934–1977  | [276]
| Conservative |  | The Viscount Tredegar | 3 May 1934
(hereditary) | 1934–1949  | [277]
| Liberal |  | The Lord Kinross | 17 March 1939
(hereditary) | 1939–1976  | [278][279]
| Liberal |  | The Lord Keynes | 17 April 1942
(hereditary) | 1942–1946  | [280][281]
| Liberal |  | The Lord Amulree | 5 May 1942
(hereditary) | 1942–1983  | [282][283]
| Conservative |  | The Duke of Wellington | 16 September 1943
(hereditary) | 1943–1972  | [273][274][275]
| Conservative |  | The Marquess of Dufferin and Ava | 25 March 1945
(hereditary) | 1945–1988  | [284]
| Liberal |  | The Lord Mottistone | 7 November 1947
(hereditary) | 1947–1963  | [285][286][287]
| Conservative |  | The Lord Montagu of Beaulieu | 14 November 1947
(hereditary) | 1947–2015  | [277]
| Labour |  | The Earl Baldwin of Bewdley | 14 December 1947
(hereditary) | 1947–1958  | [288][119]
| Conservative |  | The Viscount Cilcennin | 22 March 1955
(hereditary) | 1955–1960  | [121]
| Conservative |  | The Viscount Crookshank | 17 June 1956
(hereditary) | 1956–1961  | [118]
| Conservative |  | The Viscount Maugham | 23 March 1958
(hereditary) | 1958–1981  | [289]
| Conservative |  | The Lord Boothby | 22 August 1958  | 1958–1986  | [115][116][117]
| Conservative |  | The Earl of Arran | 19 December 1958
(hereditary) | 1958  | [290]
| Labour |  | The Lord Dalton | 28 January 1960  | 1960–1962  | [10]
| Conservative |  | The Viscount Boyd of Merton | 21 September 1960
(hereditary) | 1960–1983  | [14][15]
| Conservative |  | The Viscount Amory | 29 October 1960
(hereditary) | 1960–1981  | [12][13]
| Liberal |  | The Lord Sackville | 8 May 1962
(hereditary) | 1962–1965  | [291][292][293]
| Conservative |  | The Earl of Sandwich | 15 June 1962
(hereditary) | 1962–1964  | [294]
| Conservative |  | The Viscount Monsell | 21 March 1969
(hereditary) | 1969–1993  | [295]
| Labour |  | The Lord Bradwell | 21 January 1976  | 1976  | [138]
| Crossbench |  | The Lord Selwyn-LLoyd | 8 March 1976  | 1976–1978  | [17][16]
| Crossbench |  | The Lord Britten | 15 July 1976  | 1976  | [296]
| Conservative |  | The Earl of Avon | 14 January 1977
(hereditary) | 1977–1985  | [297]
| Crossbench |  | The Viscount Tonypandy | 14 June 1983
(hereditary) | 1983–1997  | [288][119]
| Conservative |  | The Marquess of Bristol | 10 March 1985
(hereditary) | 1985–1999  | [298]
| Liberal Democrats |  | The Lord Jenkins of Hillhead | 12 May 1987  | 1987–2003  | [288][119]
| Conservative |  | The Lord St John of Fawsley | 19 October 1987  | 1987–2012  | [25]
| Labour |  | The Baroness Hilton of Eggardon | 14 June 1991  | 1991–2021  | [195]
| Labour |  | The Lord Montague of Oxford | 1 November 1997  | 1997–1999  | [299]
| Labour |  | The Lord Alli | 18 July 1998  | 1998–present  | [195]
| Liberal Democrats |  | The Baroness Barker | 31 July 1999  | 1999–present  | [300][301]
| Crossbench |  | The Lord Browne of Madingley | 28 June 2001  | 2001–present  | [302]
| Labour |  | The Lord Adonis | 16 May 2005  | 2005–present  | [303]
| Labour |  | The Lord Smith of Finsbury | 22 June 2005  | 2005–present  | [304]
| Labour |  | The Lord Mandelson | 13 October 2008  | 2008–present  | [305]
| Conservative |  | The Lord Black of Brentwood | 9 July 2010  | 2010–present  | [306][307]
| Conservative |  | The Baroness Stedman-Scott | 12 July 2010  | 2010–present  | [308]
| Labour |  | The Lord Collins of Highbury | 20 January 2011  | 2011–present  | [195]
| Conservative |  | The Lord Glendonbrook | 22 March 2011  | 2011–present  | [195]
| Conservative |  | The Lord Sherbourne | 12 September 2013  | 2013–present  | [309]
| Liberal Democrats |  | The Lord Paddick | 12 September 2013  | 2013–2022  | [310]
| Independant | 2022-present
| Labour |  | The Lord Allen of Kensington | 2 October 2013  | 2013–present  | [311]
| Liberal Democrats |  | The Lord Scriven | 19 September 2014  | 2014–present  |
| Labour |  | The Lord Cashman | 23 September 2014  | 2014–present  | [312]
| Conservative |  | The Lord Hayward | 28 September 2015  | 2015–present  | [313]
| Liberal Democrats |  | The Lord Oates | 5 October 2015  | 2015–present  | [195]
| Conservative |  | The Lord Barker of Battle | 12 October 2015  | 2015–present  | [314]
| Labour |  | The Lord Livermore | 21 October 2015  | 2015–present  | [315]
| Conservative |  | The Lord Duncan of Springbank | 14 July 2017  | 2017–present  | [316]
| Conservative |  | The Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay | 9 October 2019  | 2019–present  | [317]
| Crossbench |  | The Baroness Hunt of Bethnal Green | 16 October 2019  | 2019–present  | [318]
| Labour Co-op |  | The Baroness Wilcox of Newport | 21 October 2019  | 2019–present  | [319]
| Conservative |  | The Lord Herbert of South Downs | 1 September 2020  | 2020–present  | [320]
| Conservative |  | The Lord Moylan | 9 September 2020  | 2020–present  | [321]
| Crossbench |  | The Lord Etherton | 1 March 2021  | 2021–present  | [322]
| Conservative |  | The Baroness Davidson of Lundin Links | 20 July 2021  | 2021–present  | [323]
| Crossbench |  | The Lord Verdirame | 3 November 2022  | 2022–present  | [324]

## Scottish Parliament

[edit]

### List of LGBT Government ministers of the Scottish Parliament

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Party  | Portrait  | Name  | Constituency  | Post held  | Year appointed

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| Liberal Democrats |  | Iain Smith | North East Fife | Deputy Minister for Parliament[325] | 1999
| SNP |  | Derek Mackay | Renfrewshire North and West | Minister for Local Government and Planning | 2011
| SNP |  | Joe FitzPatrick | Dundee City West | Minister for Cabinet and Parliamentary Business | 2012
| SNP |  | Marco Biagi | Edinburgh Central | Minister for Local Government and Community Empowerment | 2014
| SNP |  | Jeane Freeman | Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley | Minister for Social Security  | 2016
| SNP |  | Kevin Stewart | Aberdeen Central | Minister for Local Government, Housing and Planning | 2016
| SNP |  | Jenny Gilruth | Mid Fife and Glenrothes | Minister for Culture, Europe and International Development | 2020
| Scottish Green |  | Patrick Harvie | Glasgow | Minister for Zero Carbon Buildings, Active Travel and Tenants' Rights | 2021
| Scottish Green |  | Lorna Slater | Lothian | Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity | 2021
| SNP |  | Emma Roddick | Highlands and Islands | Minister for Equalities, Migration and Refugees | 2023

### List of LGBT members of the Scottish Parliament

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Party  | Portrait  | Name  | Constituency  | Tenure  | Reason for leaving  | Notes

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| Scottish Green |  | Robin Harper | Lothians | 1999–2011 | Retired  |
| Conservative |  | David Mundell | South of Scotland | 1999–2005  | Resigned to become MP for Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale | [326]
| Liberal Democrats |  | Iain Smith | North East Fife | 1999–2011 | Defeated  | [327]
| Liberal Democrats |  | Margaret Smith | Edinburgh West | 1999–2011 | Defeated  | [328]
| Scottish Green |  | Patrick Harvie | Glasgow | 2003–present  | Serving  | [329]
| SNP |  | Joe FitzPatrick | Dundee City West | 2007–present  | Serving  | [330]
| SNP |  | Marco Biagi | Edinburgh Central | 2011–2016 | Retired  | [331]
| Conservative |  | Ruth Davidson | Glasgow | 2011–2016 | Retired  | [323]
Edinburgh Central | 2016–2021
| Labour Co-op |  | Kezia Dugdale | Lothian | 2011–2019  | Resigned  | [332]
| SNP |  | Jim Eadie | Edinburgh Southern | 2011–2016 | Defeated  | [333]
| SNP |  | Derek Mackay | Renfrewshire North and West | 2011–2019  | Suspended from the SNP, became an Independent  | [334]
| Independent | 2019–2021 | Retired
| SNP |  | Kevin Stewart | Aberdeen Central | 2011–present  | Serving  | [335]
| SNP |  | Jeane Freeman | Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley | 2016–2021 | Retired  | [333]
| SNP |  | Jenny Gilruth | Mid Fife and Glenrothes | 2016–present  | Serving  | [332]
| Conservative |  | Jamie Greene | West Scotland | 2016–present  | Serving  | [336]
| Scottish Green |  | Ross Greer | West Scotland | 2016–present  | Serving  | [337]
| Conservative |  | Ross Thomson | North East Scotland | 2016–2017 | Resigned to become MP for Aberdeen South | [338]
| Conservative |  | Annie Wells | Glasgow | 2016–present  | Serving  | [339]
| Labour Co-op |  | Paul O'Kane | West Scotland | 2021–present  | Serving  | [340]
| SNP |  | Emma Roddick | Highlands and Islands | 2021–present  | Serving  | [341]
| Scottish Green |  | Lorna Slater | Lothian | 2021–present  | Serving  |
| Conservative |  | Tess White | North East Scotland | 2021–present  | Serving  | [342]

## Senedd

[edit]

### List of LGBT Government ministers of the Senedd

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Party  | Portrait  | Name  | Constituency  | Post held  | Year appointed

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| Labour |  | Hannah Blythyn | Delyn | Deputy Minister for Environment | 2017
| Labour Co-op |  | Jeremy Miles | Neath | Counsel General for Wales | 2017

### List of LGBT members of the Senedd

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Party  | Portrait  | Name  | Constituency  | Tenure  | Reason for leaving  | Notes

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| Labour |  | Ron Davies | Caerphilly | 1999–2003 | Retired  | [27]
| Labour |  | Hannah Blythyn | Delyn | 2016–present  | Serving  | [343]
| Labour Co-op |  | Jeremy Miles | Neath | 2016–present  | Serving  | [343]
| Plaid Cymru |  | Adam Price | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | 2016–present  | Serving  | [343]

## Northern Ireland Assembly

[edit]

### List of LGBT Government ministers of the Northern Ireland Executive

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Party  | Portrait  | Name  | Constituency  | Post held  | Year appointed

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| Alliance |  | Andrew Muir | North Down | Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs | 2024

### List of LGBT members of the Northern Ireland Assembly

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Party  | Portrait  | Name  | Constituency  | Tenure  | Reason for leaving  | Notes

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| Alliance |  | John Blair | South Antrim | 2018–present  | Serving  | [344]
| Alliance |  | Andrew Muir | North Down | 2019–present  | Serving  | [345]
| Alliance |  | Eóin Tennyson | Upper Bann | 2022–present  | Serving  | [346]

## European Parliament

[edit]

### List of LGBT members of the European Parliament

[edit]

Party  | Portrait  | Name  | Constituency  | Tenure  | Reason for leaving  | Notes

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| Conservative |  | Tom Spencer | Derbyshire | 1979–1984 | Defeated  | [347][348]
Surrey | 1989–1999 | Retired
| Labour |  | Alan Donnelly | Tyne and Wear & North East England | 1989–1999  | Resigned  | [349]
| Conservative |  | John Bowis | London | 1999–2009 | Retired  | [175]
| Labour |  | Michael Cashman | West Midlands | 1999–2014 | Retired  | [350]
| SNP |  | Alyn Smith | Scotland | 2004–2019  | Resigned to become member of Parliament for Stirling | [351]
| UKIP |  | Nikki Sinclaire | West Midlands | 2009–2010  | Resigned from UKIP  | [352]
| 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  | [353]
| Brexit Party | 2019 | Retired
| Labour |  | Seb Dance | London | 2014–2020  | Post abolished | [354]
| Conservative |  | Ian Duncan | Scotland | 2014–2017  | Resigned to join the House of Lords | [316]
| Brexit Party |  | Louis Stedman-Bryce | Scotland | 2019–2019  | Resigned from the Brexit Party  | [355][56]
| Independent | 2019–2020  | Post abolished |
| Brexit Party |  | David Bull | North West England | 2019–2020  | Post abolished | [356]

## Greater London Authority

[edit]

### Deputy Mayors of London

[edit]

Party  | Portrait  | Name  | Role  | Year appointed

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| Conservative |  | Richard Barnes | Deputy Mayor of London | 2008
| Conservative |  | Simon Milton | Deputy Mayor of London for Policy and Planning | 2008
| Conservative |  | Roger Evans | Deputy Mayor of London | 2015
| Labour Co-op |  | James Murray | Deputy Mayor for Housing and Residential Development | 2016
| Labour Co-op |  | Tom Copley | Deputy Mayor for Housing and Residential Development | 2020
| Labour Co-op |  | Seb Dance | Deputy Mayor for Transport | 2022

### London Assembly

[edit]

#### List of LGBT members of the London Assembly

[edit]

Party  | Portrait  | Name  | Constituency  | Tenure  | Reason for leaving  | Notes

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| Conservative |  | Eric Ollerenshaw | London-wide  | 2000–2004 | Defeated
| Conservative |  | Richard Barnes | Ealing and Hillingdon | 2000–2012 | Defeated  | [357]
| Conservative |  | Brian Coleman | Barnet and Camden | 2000–2012 | Defeated  | [358]
| Conservative |  | Roger Evans | Havering and Redbridge | 2000–2016 | Retired  | [267]
| Green |  | Darren Johnson | London-wide  | 2000–2016 | Retired  | [359]
| Conservative |  | Andrew Boff | London-wide  | 2008–present  | Serving  | [360]
| Labour Co-op |  | Tom Copley | London-wide  | 2012–2020  | Resigned  | [361]
| UKIP |  | Peter Whittle | London-wide  | 2016–2018  | Resigned from UKIP  | [362]
| Independent | 2018–2021 | Retired
| Conservative |  | Emma Best | London-wide  | 2021–present  | Serving  | [363]
| Conservative |  | Nicholas Rogers | South West | 2021–2024  | Retired  | [364]
| Green |  | Zack Polanski | London-wide  | 2021–present  | Serving  | [365]
| Green |  | Zoë Garbett | London-wide  | 2024–present  | Serving  |
| Reform UK |  | Alex Wilson | London-wide  | 2024–present  | Serving  |

## Police and crime commissioners

[edit]

### List of LGBT police and crime commissioners

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Party  | Portrait  | Name  | Constituency  | Tenure  | Reason for leaving  | Notes

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| Labour Co-op |  | Olly Martins | Bedfordshire | 2012–2016 | Defeated  | [366]
| Conservative |  | David Munro | Surrey | 2016–2021 | Defeated  | [367][368]

## Combined authorities and county combined authorities

[edit]

### List of LGBT directly elected mayors of combined authorities

[edit]

Party  | Portrait  | Name  | Area  | Tenure  | Reason for leaving  | Notes

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| Conservative |  | Andy Street | Mayor of the West Midlands | 2017–2024  | Defeated  | [369]

## Local authorities

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### List of LGBT directly elected mayors

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| Mayor 4 Stoke |  | Mike Wolfe | Mayor of Stoke-on-Trent | 2002–2005  | Defeated  | [370]
| Labour |  | Mark Meredith | Mayor of Stoke-on-Trent | 2005–2009  | Post abolished | [371]
| Labour |  | Paul Dennett | Mayor of Salford | 2016–present  | Serving  | [372]
| Labour Co-op |  | Philip Glanville | Mayor of Hackney | 2016–2023  | Expelled from the Labour Party, became an Independent  | [373]
| Independent | 2023  | Resigned
| Labour Co-op |  | Damien Egan | Mayor of Lewisham | 2018–2024  | Resigned to stand in the 2024 Kingswood by-election | [374]

## See also

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* List of the first LGBT holders of political offices in the United Kingdom

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