List of LGBT politicians in the United Kingdom explained

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

List of LGBT Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom

House of Commons

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

PartyPortraitNameConstituencyFirst office heldYear appointed
The Lord BrookeChancellor of the Exchequer1614
George Germain[3] [4] [5] DoverFirst Lord of Trade1775
Lewis Harcourt[6] [7] RossendaleSecretary of State for the Colonies1910
Hugh Dalton[8] PeckhamPresident of the Board of Trade1942
Harry CrookshankGainsboroughPostmaster General1943
Hugh Gaitskell[9] Leeds SouthChancellor of the Exchequer1950
James ThomasHerefordFirst Lord of the Admiralty1951
Derick Heathcoat-Amory[10] [11] TivertonMinister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food1954
Alan Lennox-Boyd[12] [13] Mid BedfordshireSecretary of State for the Colonies1954
Selwyn Lloyd[14] [15] ChelmsfordSecretary of State for Foreign Affairs1955
Anthony Crosland[16] Great GrimsbySecretary of State for Education and Science1965
Roy Jenkins[17] Birmingham StechfordHome Secretary1965
Richard Crossman[18] Coventry EastLeader of the House of Commons1966
George Thomas[19] Cardiff WestSecretary of State for Wales1968
Norman St John-Stevas[20] ChelmsfordChancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster1979
Nick Brown[21] Newcastle upon Tyne EastParliamentary Secretary to the Treasury1997
Ron Davies[22] CaerphillySecretary of State for Wales1997
Peter Mandelson[23] HartlepoolMinister without Portfolio1997
Chris Smith[24] Islington South and FinsburySecretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport1997
Shaun Woodward[25] St Helens South and WhistonSecretary of State for Northern Ireland2007
Ben Bradshaw[26] ExeterSecretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport2009
David Laws[27] YeovilChief Secretary to the Treasury2010
Justine Greening[28] PutneySecretary of State for Education2011
David Mundell[29] Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and TweeddaleSecretary of State for Scotland2015
Peter KyleHove and PortsladeSecretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology2024
Wes StreetingIlford NorthSecretary of State for Health and Social Care2024
Steve ReedStreatham and Croydon NorthSecretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs2024

List of LGBT ministers in the House of Commons

PartyPortraitNameConstituencyFirst office heldYear appointed
Fulke Greville[30] [31] Treasurer of the Navy1598
Lewis HarcourtRossendaleFirst Commissioner of Works1905
Philip SassoonHytheUnder-Secretary of State for Air1924
Hugh DaltonPeckhamUnder-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs1929
Harry CrookshankGainsboroughUnder-Secretary of State for the Home Department1934
Robert Bernays[32] [33] Bristol NorthParliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health1937
Anthony Muirhead[34] [35] WellsUnder-Secretary of State for Air1937
Robert BoothbyAberdeen and Kincardine EastParliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food1940
Harold NicolsonLeicester WestParliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Information1940
James ThomasHerefordLord Commissioner of the Treasury1940
Hugh GaitskellLeeds SouthMinister of Fuel and Power1946
Alan Lennox-BoydMid BedfordshireMinister of State for the Colonies1951
Derick Heathcoat-AmoryTivertonMinister of Pensions1951
Selwyn LloydChelmsfordMinister of State for Foreign Affairs1951
Ian HarveyHarrow EastParliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Supply1956
Charles Fletcher-CookeDarwenParliamentary Secretary to the Home Office1961
Denzil FreethBasingstokeParliamentary Secretary for Science1961
Anthony CroslandGreat GrimsbyEconomic Secretary to the Treasury1964
Roy JenkinsBirmingham StechfordMinister of Aviation1964
Richard CrossmanCoventry EastMinister of Housing and Local Government1964
George ThomasCardiff West1967
Norman St John-StevasChelmsfordMinister of State for the Arts1973
Spencer Le MarchantHigh PeakComptroller of the Household1979
Peter MorrisonChesterLord Commissioner of the Treasury1979
Michael BrownBrigg and CleethorpesAssistant Government Whip1993
John BowisBatterseaParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Security1993
Clive BettsSheffield South EastLord Commissioner of the Treasury1998
Ben BradshawExeterParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs2001
Angela EagleWallaseyParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Office2001
Stephen TwiggEnfield SouthgateDeputy Leader of the House of Commons2001
Ivor CaplinHoveParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence2003
David CairnsInverclydeMinister of State for Scotland2005
Shaun WoodwardSt Helens South and WhistonParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Northern Ireland Office2005
Chris BryantRhondda and OgmoreDeputy Leader of the House of Commons2008
Greg BarkerBexhill and BattleMinister of State for Climate Change2010
Crispin BluntReigateParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Prisons and Youth Justice2010
Alan DuncanRutland and MeltonMinister of State for International Development2010
Michael FabricantLichfieldLord Commissioner of the Treasury2010
Nick GibbBognor Regis and LittlehamptonMinister of State for School Standards2010
Justine GreeningPutneyEconomic Secretary to the Treasury2010
Nick HerbertArundel and South DownsMinister of State for Policing and Criminal Justice2010
David MundellDumfriesshire, Clydesdale and TweeddaleParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland2010
Nick BolesPudseyParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Decentralisation2012
Simon HughesBermondsey & Old SouthwarkMinister of State for Justice and Civil Liberties2013
Stephen WilliamsBristol WestParliamentary Under Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government2013
Margot JamesStourbridgeParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Small Business, Consumers and Corporate Responsibility2016
Christopher PincherTamworthComptroller of the Household2017
Stuart AndrewPudseyParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales2018
Mike FreerFinchley and Golders GreenLord Commissioner of the Treasury2018
Conor BurnsBournemouth WestMinister of State for Trade Policy2019
Iain Stewart[36] Milton Keynes SouthParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland2020
Lee Rowley[37] North East DerbyshireParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business and Industry2021
Dehenna Davison[38] Bishop AucklandParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Levelling Up2022
Jacob Young[39] RedcarLord Commissioner of the Treasury2022
Damien MooreSouthportAssistant Government Whip2022
Mark FletcherBolsoverAssistant Government Whip2023
Paul HolmesEastleighAssistant Government Whip2024
Stephen DoughtyCardiff South and PenarthMinister of State for Europe, North America and Overseas Territories2024
Nia GriffithLlanelliParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales2024
Simon LightwoodWakefield and RothwellParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Local Transport2024
Stephen Morgan Portsmouth SouthParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Early Education2024
James MurrayEaling NorthExchequer Secretary to the Treasury2024
Luke PollardPlymouth Sutton and DevonportParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Armed Forces2024
Gerald JonesMerthyr Tydfil and AberdareAssistant Government Whip2024
Keir MatherSelbyAssistant Government Whip2024
Martin McCluskeyInverclyde and Renfrewshire WestAssistant Government Whip2024

List of LGBT members of the House of Commons

PartyPortraitNameConstituencyTenureReason for leavingNotes
Fulke Greville1581–1621Resigned to join the House of Lords (as the Lord Brooke)[40] [41]
Philip Sidney1582–1586Killed in action[42] [43] [44]
Anthony Bacon[45] Wallingford1593–1598Retired[46] [47]
Edward HydeWiltshire & Christchurch1685–1701Resigned to become Governor of New Jersey in British North America (later joined the House of Lords as The Earl of Clarendon)[48] [49] [50]
John HerveyBury St Edmunds1725–1733Resigned to join the House of Lords (as The Baron Hervey)[51] [52] [53]
Stephen Fox-StrangwaysShaftesbury1726–1741Resigned to join the House of Lords (as the Earl of Ilchester)
George Germain1741–1782Resigned to join the House of Lords (as the Viscount Sackville)[54] [55] [56]
Horace WalpoleCallington, Castle Rising & Kings Lynn1741–1768Retired (later joined the House of Lords as The Earl of Orford)[57] [58] [59] [60]
John TylneyMalmesbury1761–1768Resigned[61] [62]
Edward OnslowAldborough1780–1781Resigned[63] [64] [65]
William Thomas BeckfordWells1784–1795Resigned[66] [67] [68]
Hindon1806-1820Retired
Charles PriceCity of London1802–1812Retired[69]
William John BankesTruro1810-1812Retired[70] [71]
Cambridge University1822-1826Defeated
Marlborough & Dorset1830–1835Retired
Henry Grey BennetShrewsbury1811-1826Retired[72] [73] [74]
Richard HeberOxford University1821-1826Retired[75] [76] [77] [78]
Robert KingCounty Cork1826–1832Defeated[79]
Henry LygonWest Worcestershire1853–1863Resigned to join the House of Lords (as the Earl Beauchamp)[80] [81] [82]
Arthur ClintonNewark1865–1868Retired[83] [84] [85]
Ronald GowerSutherland1867–1874Retired[86] [87] [88]
James Agg-GardnerCheltenham1874–1880Defeated[89] [90] [91]
1885–1895Retired
1900–1906Defeated
1911–1928Died
Reginald BrettPenryn and Falmouth1880–1885Defeated (later joined the House of Lords as the Viscount Esher)[92] [93] [94]
Cyril FlowerLuton1880–1892Retired (later joined the House of Lords as the Lord Battersea)[95] [96]
Lewis HarcourtRossendale1904–1917Resigned to join the House of Lords (as the Viscount Harcourt)
David Charles ErskineWest Perthshire1906–1910Retired[97] [98]
Victor GraysonColne Valley1907–1910Defeated[99] [100]
Philip SassoonHythe1912–1939Died[101] [102]
Malcolm BullockWaterloo & Crosby1923–1953Resigned[103] [104] [105]
Arthur HobhouseWells1923–1924Defeated[106] [107]
Victor CazaletChippenham1924–1943Killed in action[108] [109]
Robert BoothbyAberdeen and Kincardine East & Aberdeenshire Eastern1924–1958Resigned to join the House of Lords (as the Baron Boothby)[110] [111] [112]
Harry CrookshankGainsborough1924–1956Resigned to join the House of Lords (as the Viscount Crookshanks)[113]
Hugh DaltonPeckham1924–1931Defeated
Bishop Auckland1935–1959Retired (later joined the House of Lords as the Lord Dalton)
Oliver BaldwinDudley1929–1931Defeated[114] [115]
Paisley1945–1947Resigned to join the House of Lords (as the Earl Baldwin of Bewdley)
Anthony MuirheadBristol North1929–1939Killed in action
Robert BernaysBristol North1931–1945Killed in action
Ian HorobinSouthwark Central1931–1935Defeated[116]
Oldham East1951–1959Retired
Alan Lennox-BoydMid Bedfordshire1931–1960Resigned to join the House of Lords (as the Viscount Boyd of Merton)
James ThomasHereford1931–1955Resigned to join the House of Lords (as the Viscount Cilcennin)[117]
Paul LathamScarborough and Whitby1931–1941Resigned[118] [119] [120]
Ronald TreeHarborough1933–1945Defeated[121] [122] [123]
Ronald CartlandBirmingham King's Norton1935–1940Killed in action[124] [125]
Henry ChannonSouthend & Southend West1935–1958Died[126] [127]
John MacnamaraChelmsford1935–1944Killed in action[128] [129] [130]
Harold NicolsonLeicester West1935–1945Defeated[131] [132] [133]
Victor MontaguSouth Dorset1941–1962Resigned to join the House of Lords (as the Earl of Sandwich)[134]
Tom DribergMaldon1942–1955Defeated[135] [136] [137]
Barking1959–1974 (Feb)Retired (later joined the House of Lords as the Lord Driberg)
Richard CrossmanCoventry East1945–1974Died
Hugh GaitskellLeeds South1945–1963Died
Derick Heathcoat-AmoryTiverton1945–1960Resigned to join the House of Lords (as the Viscount Amory)
Selwyn LloydChelmsford1945–1976Resigned to join the House of Lords (as the Baron Selwyn-Lloyd)
George ThomasCardiff West1945–1983Retired (later joined the House of Lords as the Viscount Tonypandy)
William J. FieldPaddington North1946–1953Resigned
Roy JenkinsSouthwark Central & Birmingham Stechford1948–1977Resigned[138] [139] [140]
Glasgow Hillhead1982–1987Defeated (later joined the House of Lords as Lord Jenkins of Hillfield)
Jeremy ThorpeNorth Devon1959–1979Defeated[141] [142]
Anthony CroslandSouth Gloucestershire1950–1955Defeated
Great Grimsby1959–1977Died
Ian HarveyHarrow East1950–1959Resigned
Charles Fletcher-CookeDarwen1951–1983Retired[143] [144] [145]
Denzil FreethBasingstoke1955–1964Retired[146]
Humphry BerkeleyLancaster1959–1966Defeated[147]
Norman St John-StevasChelmsford1964–1987Retired (later joined the House of Lords as Lord St John of Fawsley)
Spencer Le MarchantHigh Peak1970–1983Retired[148]
Maureen ColquhounNorthampton North1974 (Feb)–1979Defeated[149]
Keith HampsonRipon & Leeds North West1974 (Feb)–1997Defeated[150]
Peter MorrisonCity of Chester1974 (Feb)–1992Retired[151] [152]
Charles IrvingCheltenham1974 (Oct)–1992Retired[153]
David AtkinsonBournemouth East1977–2005Retired[154]
George MortonManchester Moss Side1978–1983Retired[155] access-date=25 September 2015-->
Michael BrownBrigg and Cleethorpes1979–1997Defeated[156]
Matthew ParrisWest Derbyshire1979–1986Resigned[157] [158] [159]
Harvey ProctorBillericay1979–1987Retired[160] [161] [162]
Allan RogersBootle1979–1990Died[163]
Martin StevensFulham1979–1986Died[164]
Roger ThomasCarmarthen1979–1987Retired[165]
David AshbyNorth West Leicestershire1983–1997Retired[166]
Nick BrownNewcastle upon Tyne East1983–2023Resigned from Labour and became an Independent
Independent2023–2024Retired
Ron DaviesCaerphilly1983–2001Retired
Jerry HayesHarlow1983–1997Defeated
Robert HaywardKingswood1983–1992Defeated (later joined the House of Lords as the Lord Hayward)[167]
Michael HirstStrathkelvin and Bearsden1983–1987Defeated[168] [169] [170]
Simon HughesBermondsey and Old Southwark1983–2015Defeated[171]
Chris SmithIslington South and Finsbury1983–2005Retired (later joined the House of Lords as Lord Smith of Finsbury)
Alan AmosHexham1987–1992Retired[172]
John BowisBattersea1987–1997Defeated[173]
Clive BettsSheffield South East1992–presentServing[174] [175]
Alan DuncanRutland and Melton1992–2019Retired[176]
Angela EagleWallasey1992–presentServing[177]
Nigel EvansRibble Valley1992–2024Defeated[178]
Michael FabricantLichfield1992–2024Defeated[179]
Peter MandelsonHartlepool1992–2004Resigned to become European Commissioner for Trade (later joined the House of Lords as Lord Mandelson)[180] [181]
Crispin BluntReigate1997–2023Suspended from the Conservatives, became an Independent[182]
Independent2023–2024Retired
David BorrowSouth Ribble1997–2010Defeated[183]
Ben BradshawExeter1997–2024Retired
Ivor CaplinHove1997–2005Retired[184] [185]
Nick GibbBognor Regis and Littlehampton1997–2024Retired[186] [187]
Gordon MarsdenBlackpool South1997–2019Defeated[188]
Mark OatenWinchester1997–2010Retired[189] [190]
Stephen TwiggEnfield Southgate1997–2005Defeated
Liverpool West Derby2010–2019Retired[191]
Shaun WoodwardWitney1997–2001Resigned from the Conservative Party, joined the Labour Party
St Helens South and Whiston2001–2015Retired
Greg BarkerBexhill and Battle2001–2015Retired (later joined the House of Lords as Lord Barker of Battle)[192]
Chris BryantRhondda and Ogmore2001–presentServing
David CairnsInverclyde2001–2011Died[193]
David LawsYeovil2001–2015Defeated
Adam PriceCarmarthen East and Dinefwr2001–2010Retired[194]
Nia GriffithLlanelli2005–presentServing[195]
Putney2005–2019Stripped of Conservative whip, became an independent
Independent2019Retired
Nick HerbertArundel and South Downs2005–2019Retired (later joined the House of Lords as Lord Herbert)[196]
Daniel KawczynskiShrewsbury and Atcham2005–2024Defeated[197]
David MundellDumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale2005–presentServing
Stephen WilliamsBristol West2005–2015Defeated[198]
Stuart AndrewPudsey2010–2024Changed constituency
Daventry2024–presentServing
Nick BolesGrantham and Stamford2010–2019Resigned from the Conservative Party, became an independent Conservative[199]
Ind. Progressive Conservative2019Retired
Conor BurnsBournemouth West2010–2024Defeated[200]
Mike FreerFinchley and Golders Green2010–2024Retired[201]
Steve GilbertSt Austell and Newquay2010–2015Defeated[202]
Margot JamesStourbridge2010–2019Retired
Mark MenziesFylde2010–2024Suspended from the Conservatives, became an Independent[203] [204]
Independent2024Retired
Eric OllerenshawLancaster and Fleetwood2010–2015Defeated
Christopher PincherTamworth2010–2023Resigned[205]
Iain StewartMilton Keynes South2010–2024Defeated
Stephen DoughtyCardiff South and Penarth2012–presentServing[206]
Steve ReedStreatham and Croydon North2012–presentServing[207]
Hannah BardellLivingston2015–2024Defeated
Mhairi BlackPaisley and Renfrewshire South2015–2024Retired[208]
Kirsty BlackmanAberdeen North2015–presentServing[209]
Joanna CherryEdinburgh South West2015–2024Defeated
Angela CrawleyLanark and Hamilton East2015–2024Retired
Martin DochertyWest Dunbartonshire2015–2024Defeated
Patrick GradyGlasgow North2015–2022Resigned from the SNP, became an Independent.[210]
Independent2022Whip restored
2022–2024Retired
Ben HowlettBath2015–2017Defeated
Gerald JonesMerthyr Tydfil and Aberdare2015–presentServing
Peter KyleHove and Portslade2015–presentServing[211]
Stewart McDonaldGlasgow South2015–2024Defeated
Stuart McDonaldCumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East2015–2024Defeated
John NicolsonEast Dunbartonshire2015–2017Defeated
Ochil and South Perthshire2019-2024Defeated in Alloa and Grangemouth
Cat SmithLancaster and Fleetwood2015–2024New constituency
Lancaster and Wyre2024–presentServing
Wes StreetingIlford North2015–presentServing
William WraggHazel Grove2015–2024Resigned from the Conservatives, became an Independent[212]
Independent2024Retired
Dan CardenLiverpool Walton2017–presentServing[213]
Gerard KillenRutherglen and Hamilton West2017–2019Defeated
Sandy MartinIpswich2017–2019Defeated
Damien MooreSouthport2017–2024Defeated
Layla MoranOxford West and Abingdon2017–presentServing[214]
Stephen Morgan Portsmouth South2017–present Serving[215]
Luke PollardPlymouth Sutton and Devonport2017–presentServing
Lee RowleyNorth East Derbyshire2017–2024Defeated
Lloyd Russell-MoyleBrighton Kemptown2017–2024Blocked from standing at the 2024 General Election following a complaint about his behaviour.[216]
Ross ThomsonAberdeen South2017–2019Retired
Scott BentonBlackpool South2019–2023Suspended from the Conservatives, became an Independent[217] [218]
Independent2023-2024Resigned
Olivia BlakeSheffield Hallam2019–presentServing[219]
Chris ClarksonHeywood and Middleton2019–2024Defeated[220]
Elliot ColburnCarshalton and Wallington2019–2024Defeated
Dehenna DavisonBishop Auckland2019–2024Retired[221]
Mark FletcherBolsover2019–2024Defeated
Peter GibsonDarlington2019–2024Defeated[222]
Neale HanveyKirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath2019–2021Resigned from the SNP, joined Alba Party
2021–2024Defeated
Antony HigginbothamBurnley2019–2024Defeated
Paul HolmesEastleigh2019–2024Changed constituency
Hamble Valley2024–presentServing
Imran Ahmad KhanWakefield2019–2021Suspended and later expelled from the Conservatives, became an Independent[223] [224]
Independent2021–2022Resigned
Kieran MullanCrewe and Nantwich2019–2024Changed constituency
Bexhill and Battle2024–presentServing
James MurrayEaling North2019–presentServing[225]
Charlotte NicholsWarrington North2019–presentServing[226]
Kate OsborneJarrow and Gateshead East2019–presentServing[227]
Rob RobertsDelyn2019–2021Suspended from the Conservatives, became an Independent[228]
Independent2021–2024Defeated
Gary SambrookBirmingham Northfield2019–2024Defeated[229]
Alyn SmithStirling2019–2024Defeated
Jamie WallisBridgend2019–2024Retired[230] [231]
Nadia WhittomeNottingham East2019–presentServing[232]
Jacob YoungRedcar2019–2024Defeated
Kim LeadbeaterSpen Valley2021–presentServing[233]
Simon LightwoodWakefield and Rothwell2022–presentServing[234]
Ashley DaltonWest Lancashire2023–presentServing[235] [236]
Sarah DykeGlastonbury and Somerton2023–presentServing[237]
Keir MatherSelby2023–presentServing[238] [239]
Damien EganBristol North East2024–presentServing[240]
Dan AldridgeWeston-super-Mare2024–presentServing[241]
James AsserWest Ham and Beckton2024–presentServing
Josh BabarindeEastbourne2024–presentServing
Olivia BaileyReading West and Mid Berkshire2024–presentServing
Antonia BanceTipton & Wednesbury2024–presentServing
Danny BealesUxbridge and South Ruislip2024–presentServing
Polly BillingtonEast Thanet2024–presentServing
David Burton-SampsonSouthend West and Leigh2024–presentServing
Sam CarlingNorth West Cambridgeshire2024–presentServing[242]
Ben ColemanChelsea and Fulham2024–presentServing
Deirdre CostiganEaling Southall2024–presentServing
Adam DanceYeovil2024–presentServing[243]
GreenCarla DenyerBristol Central2024–presentServing
Alan GemmellCentral Ayrshire2024–presentServing
Olly GloverDidcot and Wantage2024–presentServing
Tom GordonHarrogate and Knaresborough2024–presentServing
Lloyd HattonSouth Dorset2024–presentServing
Tom HayesBournemouth East2024–presentServing
Terry JermySouth West Norfolk2024–presentServing[244]
Josh MacAlisterWhitehaven and Workington2024–presentServing
Ben MaguireNorth Cornwall2024–presentServing
Martin McCluskeyInverclyde and Renfrewshire West2024–presentServing
Kevin McKennaSittingbourne and Sheppey2024–presentServing[245]
Luke Murphy2024–presentServing
Chris Murray2024–presentServing[246]
Luke Myer2024–presentServing
Josh NewburyCannock Chase2024–presentServing
Tris OsborneChatham and Aylesford2024–presentServing[247]
Andrew PakesPeterborough2024–presentServing
Michael PayneGedling2024–presentServing
Steve RaceExeter2024–presentServing[248]
Tim RocaMacclesfield2024–presentServing
Tom RutlandEast Worthing and Shoreham2024–presentServing
Oliver RyanBurnley2024–presentServing
Blake StephensonMid Bedfordshire2024–presentServing
Alan StricklandNewton Aycliffe and Spennymoor2024–presentServing
Peter SwallowBracknell2024–presentServing[249]
Rachel TaylorNorth Warwickshire and Bedworth2024–presentServing

House of Lords

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

PartyPortraitNameFirst office heldYear appointed
The Lord HerveyLord Privy Seal1740
The Earl of RoseberyLord Privy Seal1885
The Earl BeauchampLord President of the Council1910
The Lord AdonisSecretary of State for Transport2009
The Lord MandelsonLord President of the Council2009

List of LGBT ministers in the House of Lords

PartyPortraitNameFirst office heldYear appointed
The Earl of RoseberyUnder-Secretary of State for the Home Department1881
The Lord BatterseaLord-in-waiting1886
The Earl of AvonLord-in-waiting1980
The Lord AdonisParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Schools and Learners2005
The Lord DuncanParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland2017
The Baroness Stedman-ScottBaroness-in-Waiting2017
The Lord ParkinsonLord-in-Waiting2020
The Lord Collins of HighburyLord-in-Waiting2024
The Lord LivermoreFinancial Secretary to the Treasury2024

List of LGBT members of the House of Lords

PartyPortraitTitleCreationTenureNotes
6 June 1621
(hereditary)		1621–1628[250] [251]
The Earl of Clarendon31 October 1709
(hereditary)		1709–1723
The Lord Hervey11 June 1733
(hereditary)		1733–1743
The Earl of Ilchester6 November 1741
(hereditary)		1741–1776
The Viscount Sackville9 February 1782
(hereditary)		1782–1785[252] [253] [254]
The Earl of Devon14 October 1788
(hereditary)		1788–1835[255]
The Earl of Orford5 December 1791
(hereditary)		1791–1797[256] [257]
The Lord Byron19 May 1798
(hereditary)		1798–1824[258] [259]
The Earl of Kingston18 October 1839
(hereditary)		1839–1867
The Earl Beauchamp8 September 1863
(hereditary)		1863–1868
The Earl of Rosebery4 March 1868
(hereditary)		1868–1929[260]
The Earl Beauchamp19 February 1891
(hereditary)		1891–1938[261]
The Lord Battersea14 May 1892
(hereditary)		1892–1907
The Marquess of Anglesey13 October 1898
(hereditary)		1898–1905[262] [263]
The Viscount Esher24 May 1899
(hereditary)		1899–1930[264] [265]
The Lord Stanmore30 January 1912
(hereditary)		1912–1930[266]
The Marquess of Hertford23 March 1912
(hereditary)		1912–1940[267]
The Viscount Harcourt28 August 1917
(hereditary)		1917–1922
The Lord Berners23 March 1918
(hereditary)		1918–1950[268]
The Lord Alington30 July 1919
(hereditary)		1919–1940[269]
The Lord Fairhaven15 May 1929
(hereditary)		1929–1966[270]
The Earl of Lauderdale14 September 1931
(hereditary)		1931–1953[271] [272] [273]
The Lord Faringdon17 March 1934
(hereditary)		1934–1977[274] access-date=5 September 2012-->
The Viscount Tredegar3 May 1934
(hereditary)		1934–1949[275]
The Lord Kinross17 March 1939
(hereditary)		1939–1976[276] [277]
The Lord Keynes17 April 1942
(hereditary)		1942–1946[278] [279]
The Lord Amulree5 May 1942
(hereditary)		1942–1983[280] [281]
The Duke of Wellington16 September 1943
(hereditary)		1943–1972
The Marquess of Dufferin and Ava25 March 1945
(hereditary)		1945–1988[282]
The Lord Mottistone7 November 1947
(hereditary)		1947–1963[283] [284] [285]
The Lord Montagu of Beaulieu14 November 1947
(hereditary)		1947–2015
The Earl Baldwin of Bewdley14 December 1947
(hereditary)		1947–1958[286]
The Viscount Cilcennin22 March 1955
(hereditary)		1955–1960
The Viscount Crookshank17 June 1956
(hereditary)		1956–1961
The Viscount Maugham23 March 1958
(hereditary)		1958–1981[287]
The Lord Boothby22 August 19581958–1986
The Earl of Arran19 December 1958
(hereditary)		1958[288]
The Lord Dalton28 January 19601960–1962
The Viscount Boyd of Merton21 September 1960
(hereditary)		1960–1983
The Viscount Amory29 October 1960
(hereditary)		1960–1981
The Lord Sackville8 May 1962
(hereditary)		1962–1965[289] [290] [291]
The Earl of Sandwich15 June 1962
(hereditary)		1962–1964[292]
The Viscount Monsell21 March 1969
(hereditary)		1969–1993[293]
The Lord Bradwell21 January 19761976
The Lord Selwyn-LLoyd8 March 19761976–1978
The Lord Britten15 July 19761976[294]
The Earl of Avon14 January 1977
(hereditary)		1977–1985[295]
The Viscount Tonypandy14 June 1983
(hereditary)		1983–1997
The Marquess of Bristol10 March 1985
(hereditary)		1985–1999[296]
The Lord Jenkins of Hillhead12 May 19871987–2003
The Lord St John of Fawsley19 October 19871987–2012
The Baroness Hilton of Eggardon14 June 19911991–2021
The Lord Montague of Oxford1 November 19971997–1999[297]
The Lord Alli18 July 19981998–present
The Baroness Barker31 July 19991999–present[298] [299]
The Lord Browne of Madingley28 June 20012001–present[300]
The Lord Adonis16 May 20052005–present[301]
The Lord Smith of Finsbury22 June 20052005–present[302]
The Lord Mandelson13 October 20082008–present[303]
The Lord Black of Brentwood9 July 20102010–present[304] [305]
The Baroness Stedman-Scott12 July 20102010–present[306]
The Lord Collins of Highbury20 January 20112011–present
The Lord Glendonbrook22 March 20112011–present
The Lord Sherbourne12 September 20132013–present[307]
The Lord Paddick12 September 20132013–2022[308]
Independant2022-present
The Lord Allen of Kensington2 October 20132013–present[309]
The Lord Scriven19 September 20142014–present
The Lord Cashman23 September 20142014–present[310]
The Lord Hayward28 September 20152015–present[311]
The Lord Oates5 October 20152015–present
The Lord Barker of Battle12 October 20152015–present[312]
The Lord Livermore21 October 20152015–present[313]
The Lord Duncan of Springbank14 July 20172017–present[314]
The Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay9 October 20192019–present[315]
The Baroness Hunt of Bethnal Green16 October 20192019–present[316]
The Baroness Wilcox of Newport21 October 20192019–present[317]
The Lord Herbert of South Downs1 September 20202020–present[318]
The Lord Moylan9 September 20202020–present[319]
The Lord Etherton1 March 20212021–present[320]
The Baroness Davidson of Lundin Links20 July 20212021–present[321]
The Lord Verdirame3 November 20222022–present[322]

Scottish Parliament

List of LGBT Government ministers of the Scottish Parliament

PartyPortraitNameConstituencyPost heldYear appointed
Iain SmithNorth East FifeDeputy Minister for Parliament[323] 1999
Derek MackayRenfrewshire North and WestMinister for Local Government and Planning2011
Joe FitzPatrickDundee City WestMinister for Cabinet and Parliamentary Business2012
Marco BiagiEdinburgh CentralMinister for Local Government and Community Empowerment2014
Jeane FreemanCarrick, Cumnock and Doon ValleyMinister for Social Security2016
Kevin StewartAberdeen CentralMinister for Local Government, Housing and Planning2016
Jenny GilruthMid Fife and GlenrothesMinister for Culture, Europe and International Development2020
Patrick HarvieGlasgowMinister for Zero Carbon Buildings, Active Travel and Tenants' Rights2021
Lorna SlaterLothianMinister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity2021
Emma RoddickHighlands and IslandsMinister for Equalities, Migration and Refugees2023

List of LGBT members of the Scottish Parliament

PartyPortraitNameConstituencyTenureReason for leavingNotes
Robin HarperLothians1999–2011Retired
David MundellSouth of Scotland1999–2005Resigned to become MP for Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale[324]
Iain SmithNorth East Fife1999–2011Defeated[325]
Margaret SmithEdinburgh West1999–2011Defeated[326]
Patrick HarvieGlasgow2003–presentServing[327]
Joe FitzPatrickDundee City West2007–presentServing[328]
Marco BiagiEdinburgh Central2011–2016Retired[329]
Ruth DavidsonGlasgow2011–2016Retired
Edinburgh Central2016–2021
Kezia DugdaleLothian2011–2019Resigned[330]
Jim EadieEdinburgh Southern2011–2016Defeated[331]
Derek MackayRenfrewshire North and West2011–2019Suspended from the SNP, became an Independent[332]
Independent2019–2021Retired
Kevin StewartAberdeen Central2011–presentServing[333]
Jeane FreemanCarrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley2016–2021Retired
Jenny GilruthMid Fife and Glenrothes2016–presentServing
Jamie GreeneWest Scotland2016–presentServing[334]
Ross GreerWest Scotland2016–presentServing[335]
Ross ThomsonNorth East Scotland2016–2017Resigned to become MP for Aberdeen South[336]
Annie WellsGlasgow2016–presentServing[337]
Paul O'KaneWest Scotland2021–presentServing[338]
Emma RoddickHighlands and Islands2021–presentServing[339]
Lorna SlaterLothian2021–presentServing
Tess WhiteNorth East Scotland2021–presentServing[340]

Senedd

List of LGBT Government ministers of the Senedd

PartyPortraitNameConstituencyPost heldYear appointed
Hannah BlythynDelynDeputy Minister for Environment2017
Jeremy MilesNeathCounsel General for Wales2017

List of LGBT members of the Senedd

PartyPortraitNameConstituencyTenureReason for leavingNotes
Ron DaviesCaerphilly1999–2003Retired
Hannah BlythynDelyn2016–presentServing[341]
Jeremy MilesNeath2016–presentServing
Adam PriceCarmarthen East and Dinefwr2016–presentServing

Northern Ireland Assembly

List of LGBT members of the Northern Ireland Assembly

PartyPortraitNameConstituencyTenureReason for leavingNotes
AllianceJohn BlairSouth Antrim2018–presentServing[342]
AllianceAndrew MuirNorth Down2019–presentServing[343]
AllianceEóin TennysonUpper Bann2022–presentServing[344]

European Parliament

List of LGBT members of the European Parliament

PartyPortraitNameConstituencyTenureReason for leavingNotes
Tom SpencerDerbyshire1979–1984Defeated[345] [346]
Surrey1989–1999Retired
Alan DonnellyTyne and Wear & North East England1989–1999Resigned[347]
John BowisLondon1999–2009Retired
Michael CashmanWest Midlands1999–2014Retired[348]
Alyn SmithScotland2004–2019Resigned to become member of Parliament for Stirling[349]
Nikki SinclaireWest Midlands2009–2010Resigned from UKIP[350]
2010–2012Created We Demand a Referendum Now
2012–2014Defeated
David CoburnScotland2014–2019Joined the Brexit Party[351]
2019Retired
Seb DanceLondon2014–2020Post abolished[352]
Ian DuncanScotland2014–2017Resigned to join the House of Lords
Louis Stedman-BryceScotland2019–2019Resigned from the Brexit Party[353]
2019–2020Post abolished
David BullNorth West England2019–2020Post abolished[354]

Greater London Authority

Deputy Mayors of London

PartyPortraitNameRoleYear appointed
Richard BarnesDeputy Mayor of London2008
Simon MiltonDeputy Mayor of London for Policy and Planning2008
Roger EvansDeputy Mayor of London2015
James MurrayDeputy Mayor for Housing and Residential Development2016
Tom CopleyDeputy Mayor for Housing and Residential Development2020
Seb DanceDeputy Mayor for Transport2022

London Assembly

List of LGBT members of the London Assembly

PartyPortraitNameConstituencyTenureReason for leavingNotes
Eric OllerenshawLondon-wide2000–2004Defeated
Richard BarnesEaling and Hillingdon2000–2012Defeated[355]
Brian ColemanBarnet and Camden2000–2012Defeated[356]
Roger EvansHavering and Redbridge2000–2016Retired
Darren JohnsonLondon-wide2000–2016Retired[357]
Andrew BoffLondon-wide2008–presentServing[358]
Tom CopleyLondon-wide2012–2020Resigned[359]
Peter WhittleLondon-wide2016–2018Resigned from UKIP[360]
2018–2021Retired
Emma BestLondon-wide2021–presentServing[361]
Nicholas RogersSouth West2021–2024Retired[362]
Zack PolanskiLondon-wide2021–presentServing[363]
Zoë GarbettLondon-wide2024–presentServing
Alex WilsonLondon-wide2024–presentServing

Police and crime commissioners

List of LGBT police and crime commissioners

PartyPortraitNameConstituencyTenureReason for leavingNotes
Olly MartinsBedfordshire2012–2016Defeated[364]
David MunroSurrey2016–2021Defeated[365] [366]

Combined authorities and county combined authorities

List of LGBT directly elected mayors of combined authorities

Local authorities

List of LGBT directly elected mayors

PartyPortraitNameAreaTenureReason for leavingNotes
Mike WolfeMayor of Stoke-on-Trent2002–2005Defeated[368]
Mark MeredithMayor of Stoke-on-Trent2005–2009Post abolished[369]
Paul DennettMayor of Salford2016–presentServing[370]
Philip GlanvilleMayor of Hackney2016–2023Expelled from the Labour Party, became an Independent[371]
2023Resigned
Damien EganMayor of Lewisham2018–2024Resigned to stand in the 2024 Kingswood by-election[372]

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