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Lists of ethnic minority politicians in the United Kingdom
These are lists of people who belong to non-European ethnic minorities and have been elected as Members of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, European Union, and other British devolved assemblies and also Members of the non-elected House of Lords.
In 2001, Muhammad Anwar of Warwick University wrote a paper titled "The participation of ethnic minorities in British politics" that was published in the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies (2001) that in part examined the representation of ethnic minorities at national levels of the British political system.[1] In a chapter in the edited book Race and British Electoral Politics (Routledge, 1998), Andrew Geddes, now Professor of Politics at University of Sheffield, explored the question of "what factors contribute to low levels of ethnic minority representation in the House of Commons".[2]
According to a research paper from House of Commons of the United Kingdom Library, published in 2020, the first ethnic minority MP was elected in 1767[3] – excluding Jews, who a House of Commons Library briefing paper states generally considered themselves to be a religious rather than an ethnic minority in the 18th/19th century.[4] This was James Townsend, a Whig MP who was of one-eighth African ancestry. Townsend later became the first Black Mayor of London in 1772.[5]
Following the election of Anas Sarwar as Scottish Labour Party leader in February 2021, he was described as the first person from an ethnic minority to lead a major British political party,[6] which led to debate about why Jewish party leaders had been excluded from this comparison.[7][8][9] Stephen Bush, the political editor of the New Statesman, wrote that "As far as British law is concerned, the answer is open-and-shut: we count as both an ethnic and a religious grouping for the purpose of equalities and employment law." He stated: "Whether Benjamin Disraeli would feel today that he were an ethnic-minority Briton is unknowable: but we can say with copper-bottomed certainty that he and other ethnically-Jewish Britons faced what we would now recognise as workplace discrimination in addition to the open dissemination of racist tropes about Disraeli and his family by his political opponents."[9] The House of Commons Library briefing paper notes that the first practising Jew to sit in the Commons was Lionel de Rothschild, who was first elected in 1847 but who refused to take the Christian oath that MPs are required to swear. He took his seat once the rules had been changed, allowing him to swear on the Old Testament.[4]
At the 2001 general election, the Parliament of the United Kingdom had twelve ethnic minority Members of Parliament (excluding Jews), and after the 2005 general election; that number increased to fifteen.[10] With the 2010 general election, the Parliament of the United Kingdom reported that the number of ethnic minority MPs increased by nearly three-quarters, to a total of 26.[11] The first three Muslim female MPs were elected.[11] All ethnic minority MPs were either Labour (15) or Conservative (11).[11] In October 2013, the UK Parliament reported that the number of ethnic minority MPs stood at 27, or 4.2% of the total.[12]
After the 2015 general election, 41 MPs from an ethnic minority background were elected to Parliament. 25 of the previous 27 ethnic minority MPs retained their seats and were joined by 16 new ethnic minority MPs. 23 were from the Labour Party, 17 of them were Conservatives and one from the SNP.[13] In the 2017 general election, 52 ethnic minority MPs were elected, including 32 Labour MPs, 19 Conservatives and one Liberal Democrat, according to think tank British Future[14] and the House of Commons Library.[4][15] In the 2019 general election, this figure rose to 66, with 23 Conservative, 41 Labour and two Liberal Democrat non-white MPs.[16]
Based on data from unofficial sources including Operation Black Vote, the House of Commons Library estimated in a research briefing published in September 2022 that there were 55 ethnic minority members of the House of Lords as of September 2022[update]. Of these, 11 were affiliated with the Labour Party, 16 were crossbenchers, 16 were Conservatives, six were Liberal Democrats, and six were unaffiliated.[16]
Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom in the House of Commons edit
| Party | Portrait | Name | Constituency | First office held | Year joined | Ethnicity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Rishi Sunak[17] | Richmond (Yorks) | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | 2022 | British Indian | ||
First Ministers of Scotland in the Scottish Parliament edit
| Party | Portrait | Name | Constituency | First office held | Year joined | Ethnicity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | Humza Yousaf[18] | Glasgow | First Minister of Scotland | 2023 | British Pakistani | ||
First Ministers of Wales in the Senedd edit
| Party | Portrait | Name | Constituency | First office held | Year joined | Ethnicity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Vaughan Gething[4][19] | Cardiff South and Penarth | First Minister of Wales | 2024 | Black British/White British (Mixed) | ||
Members of the Cabinet in the House of Commons edit
Ministers in the House of Commons edit
Members of Parliament edit
Members of the Cabinet in the House of Lords edit
| Party | Portrait | Name | First office held | Year joined | Ethnicity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos[95] | Secretary of State for International Development | 2003 | Black British | ||
| Labour | Patricia Scotland, Baroness Scotland[96] | Attorney General for England and Wales (attending Cabinet) | 2007 | Black British | ||
| Conservative | Sayeeda Warsi, Baroness Warsi[97] | Minister without Portfolio (attending Cabinet) | 2010 | British Pakistani | ||
Ministers in the House of Lords edit
Members of the House of Lords edit
Members of the European Parliament edit
London Assembly Members edit
Scottish Parliament Members edit
| Party | Portrait | Name | Constituency | Year elected | Year left | Reason for tenure ending | Ethnicity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | Bashir Ahmad[136] | Glasgow | 2007 | 2009 | Died in office | British Pakistani | ||
| Labour | Hanzala Malik[137] | Glasgow | 2011 | 2016 | Defeated | British Pakistani/White British (Mixed) | ||
| SNP | Humza Yousaf[138] | Glasgow | 2011 | Serving | British Pakistani | |||
| Labour | Anas Sarwar[137] | Glasgow | 2016 | Serving | British Pakistani | |||
| Labour | Foysol Choudhury[139] | Lothian | 2021 | Serving | British Bangladeshi | |||
| Conservative | Pam Gosal | West Scotland | 2021 | Serving | British Indian | |||
| Conservative | Sandesh Gulhane | Glasgow | 2021 | Serving | British Indian | |||
| SNP | Kaukab Stewart[140] | Glasgow | 2021 | Serving | British Pakistani | |||
Members of the Senedd edit
| Party | Portrait | Name | Constituency | Year elected | Year left | Reason for tenure ending | Ethnicity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaid Cymru | Mohammad Asghar[4][19] | South Wales East | 2007 | 2009 (Crossed the floor in 2009) | Left Plaid Cymru, joined Conservative Party | British Pakistani | ||
| Conservative | South Wales East | 2009 | 2020 | Died in office | ||||
| Labour | Vaughan Gething[4][19] | Cardiff South and Penarth | 2011 lists, ethnic, minority, politicians, united, kingdom, these, lists, people, belong, european, ethnic, minorities, have, been, elected, members, house, commons, united, kingdom, european, union, other, british, devolved, assemblies, also, members, elected, hou. These are lists of people who belong to non European ethnic minorities and have been elected as Members of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom European Union and other British devolved assemblies and also Members of the non elected House of Lords Rishi Sunak became Prime Minister in 2022 In 2001 Muhammad Anwar of Warwick University wrote a paper titled The participation of ethnic minorities in British politics that was published in the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 2001 that in part examined the representation of ethnic minorities at national levels of the British political system 1 In a chapter in the edited book Race and British Electoral Politics Routledge 1998 Andrew Geddes now Professor of Politics at University of Sheffield explored the question of what factors contribute to low levels of ethnic minority representation in the House of Commons 2 According to a research paper from House of Commons of the United Kingdom Library published in 2020 the first ethnic minority MP was elected in 1767 3 excluding Jews who a House of Commons Library briefing paper states generally considered themselves to be a religious rather than an ethnic minority in the 18th 19th century 4 This was James Townsend a Whig MP who was of one eighth African ancestry Townsend later became the first Black Mayor of London in 1772 5 Following the election of Anas Sarwar as Scottish Labour Party leader in February 2021 he was described as the first person from an ethnic minority to lead a major British political party 6 which led to debate about why Jewish party leaders had been excluded from this comparison 7 8 9 Stephen Bush the political editor of the New Statesman wrote that As far as British law is concerned the answer is open and shut we count as both an ethnic and a religious grouping for the purpose of equalities and employment law He stated Whether Benjamin Disraeli would feel today that he were an ethnic minority Briton is unknowable but we can say with copper bottomed certainty that he and other ethnically Jewish Britons faced what we would now recognise as workplace discrimination in addition to the open dissemination of racist tropes about Disraeli and his family by his political opponents 9 The House of Commons Library briefing paper notes that the first practising Jew to sit in the Commons was Lionel de Rothschild who was first elected in 1847 but who refused to take the Christian oath that MPs are required to swear He took his seat once the rules had been changed allowing him to swear on the Old Testament 4 At the 2001 general election the Parliament of the United Kingdom had twelve ethnic minority Members of Parliament excluding Jews and after the 2005 general election that number increased to fifteen 10 With the 2010 general election the Parliament of the United Kingdom reported that the number of ethnic minority MPs increased by nearly three quarters to a total of 26 11 The first three Muslim female MPs were elected 11 All ethnic minority MPs were either Labour 15 or Conservative 11 11 In October 2013 the UK Parliament reported that the number of ethnic minority MPs stood at 27 or 4 2 of the total 12 After the 2015 general election 41 MPs from an ethnic minority background were elected to Parliament 25 of the previous 27 ethnic minority MPs retained their seats and were joined by 16 new ethnic minority MPs 23 were from the Labour Party 17 of them were Conservatives and one from the SNP 13 In the 2017 general election 52 ethnic minority MPs were elected including 32 Labour MPs 19 Conservatives and one Liberal Democrat according to think tank British Future 14 and the House of Commons Library 4 15 In the 2019 general election this figure rose to 66 with 23 Conservative 41 Labour and two Liberal Democrat non white MPs 16 Based on data from unofficial sources including Operation Black Vote the House of Commons Library estimated in a research briefing published in September 2022 that there were 55 ethnic minority members of the House of Lords as of September 2022 update Of these 11 were affiliated with the Labour Party 16 were crossbenchers 16 were Conservatives six were Liberal Democrats and six were unaffiliated 16 Contents 1 Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom in the House of Commons 2 First Ministers of Scotland in the Scottish Parliament 3 First Ministers of Wales in the Senedd 4 Members of the Cabinet in the House of Commons 5 Ministers in the House of Commons 6 Members of Parliament 7 Members of the Cabinet in the House of Lords 8 Ministers in the House of Lords 9 Members of the House of Lords 10 Members of the European Parliament 11 London Assembly Members 12 Scottish Parliament Members 13 Members of the Senedd 14 Northern Irish Assembly Members 15 Police and Crime Commissioners 16 Directly elected mayors 17 NotesPrime Ministers of the United Kingdom in the House of Commons editParty Portrait Name Constituency First office held Year joined Ethnicity Conservative nbsp Rishi Sunak 17 Richmond Yorks Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 2022 British IndianFirst Ministers of Scotland in the Scottish Parliament editParty Portrait Name Constituency First office held Year joined Ethnicity SNP nbsp Humza Yousaf 18 Glasgow First Minister of Scotland 2023 British PakistaniFirst Ministers of Wales in the Senedd editParty Portrait Name Constituency First office held Year joined Ethnicity Labour nbsp Vaughan Gething 4 19 Cardiff South and Penarth First Minister of Wales 2024 Black British White British Mixed Members of the Cabinet in the House of Commons editParty Portrait Name Constituency First office held Year joined Ethnicity Liberal nbsp Henry Arthur Herbert 20 21 Kerry Chief Secretary for Ireland 1857 Black British White British Mixed Labour nbsp Paul Boateng 22 Brent South Chief Secretary to the Treasury attending Cabinet 2002 Black British White British Mixed Conservative nbsp Sajid Javid 23 Bromsgrove Secretary of State for Culture Media and Sport 2013 British Pakistani Conservative nbsp Priti Patel 24 Witham Secretary of State for International Development 2016 British Indian Conservative nbsp Alok Sharma 25 Reading West Secretary of State for International Development 2019 British Indian Conservative nbsp James Cleverly 26 Braintree Minister without Portfolio attending Cabinet 2019 Black British White British Mixed Conservative nbsp Rishi Sunak 27 Richmond Yorks Chief Secretary to the Treasury attending Cabinet 2019 British Indian Conservative nbsp Suella Braverman 28 Fareham Attorney General for England and Wales attending Cabinet 2020 British Indian Conservative nbsp Kwasi Kwarteng 29 Spelthorne Secretary of State for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy 2021 Black British Conservative nbsp Nadhim Zahawi 30 Stratford on Avon Secretary of State for Education 2021 British Iraqi Conservative nbsp Shailesh Vara 31 North West Cambridgeshire Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 2022 British Indian Conservative nbsp Kemi Badenoch 32 Saffron Walden Secretary of State for International Trade 2022 Black British Conservative nbsp Ranil Jayawardena 33 North East Hampshire Secretary of State for Environment Food and Rural Affairs 2022 British Sri Lankan Conservative nbsp Claire Coutinho 34 East Surrey Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero 2023 British IndianMinisters in the House of Commons editParty Portrait Name Constituency First office held Year joined Ethnicity Liberal nbsp Ernest Soares 35 Barnstaple Lord Commissioner of the Treasury 1910 Anglo Indian Conservative nbsp Sebastian Coe 36 Falmouth and Camborne Assistant Government Whip 1996 Anglo Indian Labour nbsp Paul Boateng 37 Brent South Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Disabled People 1997 Black British White British Mixed Labour nbsp Keith Vaz 38 Leicester East Minister of State for Europe 1999 British Indian Labour nbsp David Lammy 39 Tottenham Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Public Health 2002 Black British Labour nbsp Parmjit Dhanda 40 Gloucester Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Education and Skills 2006 British Indian Labour nbsp Shahid Malik 41 Dewsbury Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for International Development 2007 British Pakistani Labour nbsp Sadiq Khan 41 Tooting Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 2008 British Pakistani Labour nbsp Dawn Butler 42 Brent South Minister of State for Youth Affairs 2009 Black British Conservative nbsp Sajid Javid 43 Bromsgrove Economic Secretary to the Treasury 2012 British Pakistani Conservative nbsp Helen Grant 44 Maidstone and The Weald Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Equalities 2012 Black British White British Mixed Conservative nbsp Shailesh Vara 45 North West Cambridgeshire Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Courts and Legal Aid 2013 British Indian Conservative nbsp Priti Patel 46 Witham Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury 2014 British Indian Conservative nbsp Sam Gyimah 47 East Surrey Minister for the Constitution 2014 Black British Conservative nbsp Alok Sharma 48 Reading West Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Asia and the Pacific 2016 British Indian Conservative nbsp Kwasi Kwarteng 49 Spelthorne Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union 2018 Black British Conservative nbsp Nadhim Zahawi 30 Stratford on Avon Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Children and Families 2018 British Iraqi Conservative nbsp Suella Braverman 50 Fareham Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union 2018 British Indian Conservative nbsp Rishi Sunak 51 Richmond Yorks Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Local Government 2018 British Indian Conservative nbsp Nus Ghani 52 Wealden Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Aviation and Maritime 2018 British Pakistani Conservative nbsp James Cleverly 53 Braintree Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union 2019 Black British White British Mixed Conservative nbsp Kemi Badenoch 32 Saffron Walden Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Children and Families 2019 Black British Conservative nbsp Seema Kennedy 54 South Ribble Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Public Health and Primary Care 2019 British Iranian White Irish Mixed Conservative nbsp Ranil Jayawardena 33 North East Hampshire Parliamentary Under Secretary of State International Trade 2020 British Sri Lankan Conservative nbsp Paul Scully 16 Sutton and Cheam Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Small Business Consumers and Labour Markets 2020 British Burmese Conservative nbsp Alan Mak 55 Havant Lord Commissioner of the Treasury 2021 British Chinese Conservative nbsp Rehman Chishti 56 Gillingham and Rainham Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for North America Sanctions and Consular Policy 2022 British Pakistani Conservative nbsp Claire Coutinho 56 East Surrey Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Disabled People 2022 British Indian Conservative nbsp Darren Henry 56 Broxtowe Assistant Government Whip 2022 Black British Conservative nbsp Gagan Mohindra 57 South West Hertfordshire Assistant Government Whip 2023 British Indian Conservative nbsp Bim Afolami 58 Hitchin and Harpenden Economic Secretary to the Treasury 2023 Black British Conservative nbsp Saqib Bhatti 58 Meriden Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Tech and the Digital Economy 2023 British PakistaniMembers of Parliament editParty Portrait Name Constituency Year elected Year left Reason for tenure ending Ethnicity Whig nbsp James Townsend 3 West Looe 1767 1774 Resigned Black British White British Mixed Calne 1782 1787 Died in office Whig Richard Beckford 3 Bridport Arundel and Leominster 1780 1796 Died in office Black British White British Mixed Tory Ralph Benson 59 60 Stafford 1812 1818 Retired Black British White British Mixed 1826 1830 Retired Tory John Stewart 3 Lymington 1832 1847 Defeated Black British White British Mixed Conservative Whig Alexander Raphael 3 County Carlow 1835 1835 Unseated by petition British Armenian St Albans 1847 1850 Died in office Conservative Charles Cecil Martyn 61 Southampton 1841 1842 Unseated by petition Anglo Indian Whig nbsp David Ochterlony Dyce Sombre 12 62 Sudbury 1841 1842 Unseated by petition Anglo Indian Whig Henry Galgacus Redhead Yorke 63 City of York 1841 1848 Committed suicide Black British White British Mixed Liberal nbsp Henry Arthur Herbert 64 65 Kerry 1847 1866 Died in office Black British White British Mixed Liberal nbsp Peter McLagan 66 Linlithgowshire 1865 1893 Resigned Black British White British Mixed Liberal nbsp Henry Arthur Herbert 67 68 Kerry 1866 1880 Retired Black British White British Mixed Liberal nbsp Hubert Jerningham 69 70 Berwick upon Tweed 1881 1885 Retired Black British White British Mixed Liberal nbsp Dadabhai Naoroji 12 62 Finsbury Central 1892 1895 Defeated British Indian Conservative nbsp Mancherjee Bhownagree 12 62 Bethnal Green North East 1895 1906 Defeated British Indian Liberal nbsp Ernest Soares 35 Barnstaple 1900 1911 Resigned due to failing health Anglo Indian 71 Liberal nbsp H F B Lynch 3 Ripon 1906 1910 Defeated British Armenian White Irish Mixed Labour nbsp Shapurji Saklatvala 12 Battersea North 1922 1923 Defeated British Indian Communist 1924 1929 Defeated Conservative nbsp Richard Hickmet 72 Glanford and Scunthorpe 1983 1987 Defeated British Turkish White British Mixed race Conservative nbsp Jonathan Sayeed 73 Bristol East 1983 1992 Defeated Anglo Indian 74 Mid Bedfordshire 1997 2005 Retired Labour nbsp Diane Abbott 12 75 Hackney North and Stoke Newington 1987 Serving Black British Labour nbsp Paul Boateng 12 75 Brent South 1987 2005 Retired Black British White British Mixed Labour nbsp Bernie Grant 12 75 Tottenham 1987 2000 Died in office Black British Labour nbsp Keith Vaz 12 75 Leicester East 1987 2019 Retired British Indian Labour nbsp Ashok Kumar 75 10 Langbaurgh 1991 1992 Defeated British Indian Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland 1997 2010 Died in office Conservative nbsp Sebastian Coe 76 77 78 79 Falmouth and Camborne 1992 1997 Defeated Anglo Indian Conservative nbsp Nirj Deva 75 Brentford and Isleworth 1992 1997 Defeated British Sri Lankan Labour Piara Singh Khabra 75 Ealing Southall 1992 2007 Died in office British Indian Labour nbsp Oona King 75 Bethnal Green amp Bow 1997 2005 Defeated African American White British Mixed Labour nbsp Mohammad Sarwar 75 Glasgow Central 1997 2010 Retired British Pakistani Labour Marsha Singh 75 Bradford West 1997 2012 Resigned due to failing health British Indian Labour Co op nbsp Mark Hendrick 4 Preston 2000 Serving Somali White British Mixed Labour nbsp David Lammy 12 Tottenham 2000 Serving Black British Labour nbsp Parmjit Singh Dhanda 10 Gloucester 2001 2010 Defeated British Indian Labour nbsp Khalid Mahmood 12 Birmingham Perry Barr 2001 Serving British Pakistani Liberal Democrats nbsp Parmjit Singh Gill 12 10 Leicester South 2004 2005 Defeated British Indian Conservative nbsp Adam Afriyie 12 10 Windsor 2005 Serving Black British White British Mixed Labour nbsp Dawn Butler 4 Brent South 2005 2010 Defeated Black British Brent Central 2015 Serving Labour nbsp Sadiq Khan 12 Tooting 2005 2016 Resigned to become Mayor of London British Pakistani Labour nbsp Shahid Malik 80 Dewsbury 2005 2010 Defeated British Pakistani Conservative nbsp Shailesh Vara 12 10 North West Cambridgeshire 2005 Serving British Indian Labour nbsp Virendra Sharma 4 Ealing Southall 2007 Serving British Indian Labour nbsp Rushanara Ali 12 Bethnal Green and Bow 2010 Serving British Bangladeshi Conservative nbsp Rehman Chishti 12 Gillingham and Rainham 2010 Serving British Pakistani Conservative nbsp Helen Grant 12 Maidstone and The Weald 2010 Serving Black British White British Mixed Conservative nbsp Sam Gyimah 12 East Surrey 2010 2019 Expelled from Conservatives joined Liberal Democrats Black British Liberal Democrats 2019 2019 Defeated Conservative nbsp Sajid Javid 12 Bromsgrove 2010 Serving British Pakistani Conservative nbsp Kwasi Kwarteng 12 Spelthorne 2010 Serving Black British Labour nbsp Shabana Mahmood 11 Birmingham Ladywood 2010 Serving British Pakistani Labour nbsp Lisa Nandy 12 Wigan 2010 Serving Anglo Indian Labour nbsp Chi Onwurah 12 Newcastle upon Tyne Central 2010 Serving Black British White British Mixed Conservative nbsp Priti Patel 12 Witham 2010 Serving British Indian Labour nbsp Yasmin Qureshi 12 Bolton South East 2010 Serving British Pakistani Labour nbsp Anas Sarwar 12 Glasgow Central 2010 2015 Defeated British Pakistani Conservative nbsp Alok Sharma 12 Reading West 2010 Serving British Indian Labour nbsp Chuka Umunna 12 Streatham 2010 2019 Crossed the floor in 2019 Resigned from Labour joined Change UK Black British White British White Irish Mixed Change UK 2019 2019 Resigned from Change UK joined Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats 2019 2019 Defeated Conservative nbsp Paul Uppal 12 Wolverhampton South West 2010 2015 Defeated British Indian Labour nbsp Valerie Vaz 12 Walsall South 2010 Serving British Indian Conservative nbsp Nadhim Zahawi 12 Stratford on Avon 2010 Serving British Iraqi Labour Co op nbsp Seema Malhotra 12 Feltham and Heston 2011 Serving British Indian Conservative nbsp James Cleverly 62 Braintree 2015 Serving Black British White British Mixed Labour nbsp Thangam Debbonaire 4 Bristol West 2015 Serving Anglo Indian Conservative nbsp Suella Braverman 4 Fareham 2015 Serving British Indian Conservative nbsp Nus Ghani 4 Wealden 2015 Serving British Pakistani Labour nbsp Imran Hussain 4 Bradford East 2015 Serving British Pakistani Labour nbsp Rupa Huq 4 Ealing Central and Acton 2015 Serving British Bangladeshi Conservative nbsp Ranil Jayawardena 4 North East Hampshire 2015 Serving British Sri Lankan Conservative nbsp Seema Kennedy 4 South Ribble 2015 2019 Retired British Iranian White Irish Mixed Labour nbsp Clive Lewis 4 Norwich South 2015 Serving Black British White British Mixed Conservative nbsp Alan Mak 81 Havant 2015 Serving British Chinese Labour Co op nbsp Kate Osamor 82 Edmonton 2015 Serving Black British Conservative nbsp Paul Scully 16 Sutton and Cheam 2015 Serving British Burmese Labour nbsp Naz Shah 82 Bradford West 2015 Serving British Pakistani SNP nbsp Tasmina Ahmed Sheikh 83 Ochil and South Perthshire 2015 2017 Defeated British Pakistani White British Other White Mixed Labour nbsp Tulip Siddiq 83 Hampstead and Kilburn 2015 Serving British Bangladeshi Conservative nbsp Rishi Sunak 4 Richmond 2015 Serving British Indian Labour nbsp Rosena Allin Khan 4 Tooting 2016 Serving British Pakistani Other White Mixed Conservative nbsp Bim Afolami 83 4 Hitchin and Harpenden 2017 Serving Black British Conservative nbsp Kemi Badenoch 83 4 Saffron Walden 2017 Serving Black British Labour nbsp Bambos Charalambous 83 4 Enfield Southgate 2017 Serving British Cypriot 84 Labour nbsp Marsha de Cordova 83 4 Battersea 2017 Serving Black British Labour nbsp Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi 83 4 Slough 2017 Serving British Indian Labour Co op nbsp Preet Gill 83 4 Birmingham Edgbaston 2017 Serving British Indian Labour nbsp Afzal Khan 83 4 Manchester Gorton 2017 Serving British Pakistani Liberal Democrats nbsp Layla Moran 83 85 86 Oxford West and Abingdon 2017 Serving British Palestinian White British Mixed Labour nbsp Fiona Onasanya Peterborough 2017 2018 Crossed the floor in 2018 Expelled from Labour became an Independent Black British Independent 2018 2019 Removed from office Labour nbsp Faisal Rashid 83 4 Warrington South 2017 2019 Defeated British Pakistani Labour nbsp Eleanor Smith 83 87 4 Wolverhampton South West 2017 2019 Defeated Black British Labour nbsp Mohammad Yasin 83 4 Bedford 2017 Serving British Pakistani Labour nbsp Janet Daby 88 89 Lewisham East 2018 Serving Black British Conservative nbsp Imran Ahmad Khan 90 Wakefield 2019 2021 Suspended and later expelled from Conservatives became an Independent British Pakistani White British Mixed Independent 2021 2022 Resigned Labour nbsp Tahir Ali 90 Birmingham Hall Green 2019 Serving British Pakistani Labour nbsp Apsana Begum 90 Poplar and Limehouse 2019 Serving British Bangladeshi Conservative nbsp Saqib Bhatti 90 Meriden 2019 Serving British Pakistani Labour nbsp Feryal Clark 90 Enfield North 2019 Serving British Turkish Kurdish 91 Conservative nbsp Claire Coutinho 90 East Surrey 2019 Serving British Indian 92 Labour Co op nbsp Florence Eshalomi 90 Vauxhall 2019 Serving Black British Conservative nbsp Darren Henry 90 Broxtowe 2019 Serving Black British Labour nbsp Kim Johnson 90 Liverpool Riverside 2019 Serving Black British White British Mixed Labour nbsp Nav Mishra 90 Stockport 2019 Serving British Indian Conservative nbsp Gagan Mohindra 90 South West Hertfordshire 2019 Serving British Indian 92 Labour nbsp Abena Oppong Asare 90 Erith and Thamesmead 2019 Serving Black British Labour nbsp Taiwo Owatemi 90 Coventry North West 2019 Serving Black British Labour nbsp Sarah Owen 90 Luton North 2019 Serving British Chinese White British Mixed Labour nbsp Bell Ribeiro Addy 90 Streatham 2019 Serving Black British Labour nbsp Zarah Sultana 90 Coventry South 2019 Serving British Pakistani Liberal Democrats nbsp Munira Wilson 90 Twickenham 2019 Serving British Indian Labour nbsp Nadia Whittome 90 Nottingham East 2019 Serving Anglo Indian Labour nbsp Claudia Webbe 90 Leicester East 2019 2020 Suspended and later expelled from Labour became an Independent Black British Independent 2020 Serving SNP nbsp Anum Qaisar 93 Airdrie and Shotts 2021 Serving British Pakistani Labour nbsp Paulette Hamilton 94 Birmingham Erdington 2022 Serving Black BritishMembers of the Cabinet in the House of Lords editParty Portrait Name First office held Year joined Ethnicity Labour nbsp Valerie Amos Baroness Amos 95 Secretary of State for International Development 2003 Black British Labour nbsp Patricia Scotland Baroness Scotland 96 Attorney General for England and Wales attending Cabinet 2007 Black British Conservative nbsp Sayeeda Warsi Baroness Warsi 97 Minister without Portfolio attending Cabinet 2010 British PakistaniMinisters in the House of Lords editParty Portrait Name First office held Year joined Ethnicity Liberal nbsp Satyendra Prasanna Sinha 1st Baron Sinha Under Secretary of State for India 1919 British Indian Labour nbsp Valerie Amos Baroness Amos 95 Baroness in Waiting 1998 Black British Labour nbsp Patricia Scotland Baroness Scotland 96 Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 1999 Black British Labour nbsp Ara Darzi Baron Darzi of Denham 98 Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Health 2007 British Armenian Labour nbsp Shriti Vadera Baroness Vadera 99 Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Competitiveness and Small Business 2008 British Indian Labour nbsp Kamlesh Patel Baron Patel of Bradford 100 Lord in waiting 2008 British Indian Conservative nbsp Sandip Verma Baroness Verma 101 Baroness in waiting 2010 British Indian Conservative nbsp Tariq Ahmad Baron Ahmad of Wimbledon 102 Lord in waiting 2012 British Pakistani Conservative nbsp Dolar Popat Baron Popat 103 Lord in waiting 2013 British Indian Conservative nbsp Nosheena Mobarik Baroness Mobarik 104 Baroness in waiting 2016 British Pakistani Conservative nbsp Zahida Manzoor Baroness Manzoor 104 Baroness in waiting 2018 British Pakistani Conservative nbsp Syed Kamall Baron Kamall 105 Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Technology Innovation and Life Sciences 2021 British IndianMembers of the House of Lords editParty Portraitl Name Year entered Year left Reason for tenure ending Ethnicity Liberal nbsp Satyendra Prasanno Sinha 1st Baron Sinha 12 1919 1928 Died British Indian Liberal nbsp Arun Kumar Sinha 2nd Baron Sinha 106 1945 1967 Died British Indian Crossbench nbsp Sudhindra Prasanna Sinha 3rd Baron Sinha 107 1969 1989 Died British Indian Crossbench nbsp Learie Constantine Baron Constantine 12 1969 1971 Died Black British Labour nbsp David Pitt Baron Pitt of Hampstead 108 1975 1994 Died Black British Crossbench nbsp Pratap Chitnis Baron Chitnis 62 1977 2013 Died British Indian Conservative nbsp Shreela Flather Baroness Flather 12 108 1990 2008 Crossed the floor in 2008 Resigned from the Conservative Party now a Crossbencher British Indian Crossbench 2008 2024 Died Crossbench nbsp Lydia Dunn Baroness Dunn 109 1990 2010 Permanently disqualified under the provisions of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 British Chinese 110 Labour nbsp Meghnad Desai Baron Desai 12 1991 2020 Crossed the floor in 2020 Resigned from the Labour Party now a Crossbencher British Indian Crossbench 2020 Serving Lords Spiritual nbsp Michael Nazir Ali Bishop of Rochester 111 1994 2009 Retired British Pakistani Crossbench nbsp James Lindsay 3rd Baron Lindsay of Birker 112 1995 1999 Removed British Chinese White British Mixed Conservative nbsp John Taylor Baron Taylor of Warwick 12 1996 2011 Crossed the floor in 2011 Resigned from the Conservative Party now a Crossbencher 113 Black British Crossbench 2011 Serving Labour nbsp Swraj Paul Baron Paul 12 1996 2010 Crossed the floor in 2010 Resigned from the Labour Party now a Crossbencher 114 British Indian Crossbench 2010 Serving Conservative nbsp Raj Bagri Baron Bagri 109 1997 2010 Permanently disqualified under the provisions of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 British Indian Labour nbsp Valerie Amos Baroness Amos 109 1997 Serving Black British Labour nbsp Patricia Scotland Baroness Scotland of Asthal 12 1997 Serving Black British Liberal Democrats nbsp Navnit Dholakia Baron Dholakia 12 1997 Serving British Indian Labour nbsp Waheed Alli Baron Alli 12 1998 Serving British Pakistani Labour nbsp Pola Uddin Baroness Uddin 12 1998 2010 Crossed the floor in 2010 Resigned from the Labour Party now a Crossbencher 115 British Bangladeshi Crossbench 2010 Serving Labour nbsp Nazir Ahmed Baron Ahmed 109 1998 2007 Crossed the floor in 2007 Expelled from the Labour Party became a Crossbencher 116 British Pakistani Crossbench 2007 2020 Resigned under threat of expulsion Crossbench nbsp Arup Kumar Sinha 6th Baron Sinha 117 1999 1999 Removed British Indian Labour nbsp Tarsem King Baron King of West Bromwich 109 1999 2013 Died British Indian Crossbench nbsp Usha Prashar Baroness Prashar 12 1999 Serving British Indian Crossbench nbsp Narendra Patel Baron Patel 12 1999 Serving British Indian Labour nbsp Rosalind Howells Baroness Howells of St Davids 12 1999 2019 Retired Black British Conservative nbsp Sebastian Coe Baron Coe 76 77 78 79 2000 Serving Anglo Indian Labour nbsp Bhikhu Parekh Baron Parekh 12 2000 Serving British Indian Labour nbsp Adam Patel Baron Patel of Blackburn 12 2000 2019 Died British Indian Crossbench nbsp Herman Ouseley Baron Ouseley 12 2001 2019 Retired Black British Crossbench nbsp Victor Adebowale Baron Adebowale 12 2001 Serving Black British Labour nbsp Amir Bhatia Baron Bhatia 12 2001 2010 Crossed the floor in 2010 Resigned from the Labour Party now a Crossbencher 118 British Indian Crossbench 2010 2023 Removed Crossbench nbsp Michael Chan Baron Chan 2001 2006 Died British Chinese Lords Spiritual nbsp John Sentamu Baron Sentamu 4 2002 2020 Retired as Archbishop of York created a life peer in 2021 Black British 2021 Serving Labour nbsp Kumar Bhattacharyya Baron Bhattacharyya 12 2004 2019 Died British Indian Crossbench nbsp Diljit Rana Baron Rana 12 2004 2016 Crossed the floor in 2016 Resigned from the Crossbenches now a Conservative British Indian Conservative 2016 Serving Crossbench nbsp Lola Young Baroness Young of Hornsey 12 2004 Serving Black British Liberal Democrats nbsp Kishwer Falkner Baroness Falkner of Margravine 12 119 2004 2019 Crossed the floor in 2019 Resigned from the Liberal Democrats now a Crossbencher British Pakistani Crossbench 2019 Serving Crossbench nbsp Michael Hastings Baron Hastings of Scarisbrick 12 2005 Serving Black British Conservative nbsp Sandip Verma Baroness Verma 12 2006 Serving British Indian Conservative nbsp Mohamed Sheikh Baron Sheikh 12 2006 2022 Died British Indian Crossbench nbsp Karan Bilimoria Baron Bilimoria 12 2006 Serving British Indian Labour nbsp Kamlesh Patel Baron Patel of Bradford 12 2006 Serving British Indian Labour nbsp Bill Morris Baron Morris of Handsworth 12 2006 2020 Retired Black British Labour nbsp Shriti Vadera Baroness Vadera 109 2007 Serving British Indian Crossbench nbsp Khalid Hameed Baron Hameed 12 2007 Serving British Indian Labour nbsp Ara Darzi Baron Darzi of Denham 12 2007 2019 Crossed the floor in 2019 Resigned from the Labour Party now a Crossbencher British Armenian Crossbench 2019 Serving Conservative nbsp Sayeeda Warsi Baroness Warsi 12 2007 Serving British Pakistani Crossbench nbsp Haleh Afshar Baroness Afshar 2007 2022 Died British Iranian Crossbench nbsp Ajay Kakkar Baron Kakkar 12 2010 Serving British Indian Conservative nbsp Nat Wei Baron Wei 12 2010 Serving British Chinese Liberal Democrats nbsp Meral Hussein Ece Baroness Hussein Ece 12 2010 Serving British Turkish Liberal Democrats nbsp Floella Benjamin Baroness Benjamin 12 2010 Serving Black British Labour nbsp Paul Boateng Baron Boateng 4 2010 Serving Black British White British Mixed Conservative nbsp Dolar Popat Baron Popat 12 2010 Serving British Indian Conservative nbsp Bernard Ribeiro Baron Ribeiro 120 2010 Serving Black British Conservative nbsp Tariq Ahmad Baron Ahmad of Wimbledon 12 2011 Serving British Pakistani Liberal Democrats nbsp Qurban Hussain Baron Hussain 12 121 2011 Serving British Pakistani Labour nbsp Oona King Baroness King of Bow 75 2011 Serving African American White British Mixed Liberal Democrats nbsp Raj Loomba Baron Loomba 12 2011 2016 Crossed the floor in 2016 Resigned from the Liberal Democrats now a Crossbencher British Indian Crossbench 2016 Serving Labour Gulam Noon Baron Noon 2011 2015 Died British Indian Crossbench nbsp Indarjit Singh Baron Singh of Wimbledon 12 2011 Serving British Indian Liberal Democrats nbsp Zahida Manzoor Baroness Manzoor 12 2013 2016 Crossed the floor in 2016 Resigned from the Liberal Democrats now a Conservative British Pakistani Conservative 2016 Serving Liberal Democrats nbsp Rumi Verjee Baron Verjee 12 2013 Serving British Indian Labour nbsp Doreen Lawrence Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon 12 2013 Serving Black British Conservative nbsp Ranbir Singh Suri Baron Suri 2014 Serving British Indian Conservative nbsp Nosheena Mobarik Baroness Mobarik 2014 Serving British Pakistani Conservative nbsp Ruby McGregor Smith Baroness McGregor Smith 120 2015 Serving British Indian Liberal Democrats nbsp Shas Sheehan Baroness Sheehan 120 2015 Serving British Pakistani Conservative nbsp Jitesh Gadhia Baron Gadhia 2016 Serving British Indian Labour nbsp Shami Chakrabarti Baroness Chakrabarti 12 2016 Serving British Indian Labour nbsp Martha Osamor Baroness Osamor 120 122 2018 Serving Black British Conservative nbsp Zameer Choudrey Baron Choudrey 123 2019 Serving British Pakistani Conservative nbsp Rami Ranger Baron Ranger 124 2019 Serving British Indian Crossbench nbsp Simon Woolley Baron Woolley of Woodford 90 2019 Serving Black British Crossbench nbsp Minouche Shafik Baroness Shafik 2020 Serving British Egyptian Conservative nbsp Aamer Sarfraz Baron Sarfraz 2020 Serving British Pakistani Conservative nbsp Syed Kamall Baron Kamall 125 2021 Serving British Indian Labour nbsp Wajid Khan Baron Khan of Burnley 126 2021 Serving British Pakistani Labour nbsp Prem Sikka Baron Sikka 127 2021 Serving British Indian Lords Spiritual Guli Francis Dehqani Bishop of Chelmsford 128 2021 Serving British Iranian White British Mixed Crossbench nbsp Shaista Gohir Baroness Gohir 129 130 2022 Serving British Pakistani Labour nbsp Sonny Leong Baron Leong 2022 Serving British Chinese Conservative nbsp Dambisa Moyo Baroness Moyo 2022 Serving Black British Conservative nbsp Tony Sewell Baron Sewell of Sanderstead 2022 Serving Black British Labour nbsp Kuldip Singh Sahota Baron Sahota 2022 Serving British Indian Conservative nbsp Shaun Bailey Baron Bailey of Paddington 2023 Serving Black British Conservative nbsp Kulveer Ranger Baron Ranger of Northwood 2023 Serving British Indian Labour nbsp Ayesha Hazarika Baroness Hazarika 2024 Serving British Indian Labour nbsp Gerald Shamash Baron Shamash 2024 Serving British IraqiMembers of the European Parliament editParty Portrait Name Constituency Year elected Year left Reason for tenure ending Ethnicity Labour nbsp Mark Hendrick 12 Central Lancashire 1994 1999 Defeated British Somali White British Mixed Conservative nbsp Nirj Deva 75 131 South East England 1999 2019 Defeated British Sri Lankan Conservative nbsp Bashir Khanbhai East of England 1999 2004 Retired British Indian Labour nbsp Neena Gill 131 West Midlands 1999 2009 Defeated British Indian 2014 2020 Post abolished Labour nbsp Claude Moraes 131 London 1999 2020 Post abolished British Indian Liberal Democrats nbsp Sajjad Karim North West England 2004 2006 Crossed the floor in 2006 Left Liberal Democrats joined Conservative Party British Pakistani Conservative 2006 2019 Defeated Conservative nbsp Syed Kamall 131 London 2005 2019 Defeated British Indian UKIP nbsp Amjad Bashir 132 Yorkshire and the Humber 2014 2015 Crossed the floor in 2015 Left UKIP joined Conservative Party British Pakistani Conservative 2015 2019 Defeated Labour nbsp M Afzal Khan North West England 2014 2017 Resigned to become Member of Parliament for Manchester Gorton British Pakistani UKIP nbsp Steven Woolfe North West England 2014 2016 Crossed the floor in 2016 Left UKIP became an Independent Black British White British Mixed Independent 2016 2018 Crossed the floor in 2018 Joined Conservative Party Conservative 2018 2019 Retired Labour nbsp Wajid Khan North West England 2017 2019 Defeated British Pakistani Conservative nbsp Nosheena Mobarik Scotland 2017 2020 Post abolished British Pakistani Liberal Democrats nbsp Dinesh Dhamija London 2019 2020 Post abolished British Indian Brexit Party nbsp Benyamin Habib London 2019 2020 Post abolished British Pakistani Brexit Party nbsp Christina Jordan South West England 2019 2020 Post abolished British Malaysian Green nbsp Magid Magid Yorkshire and the Humber 2019 2020 Post abolished British Somali Liberal Democrats nbsp Shaffaq Mohammed Yorkshire and the Humber 2019 2020 Post abolished British Pakistani Brexit Party nbsp Louis Stedman Bryce Scotland 2019 2019 Crossed the floor in 2019 Resigned from the Brexit Party Black British 133 134 White British Mixed Independent 2019 2020 Post abolishedLondon Assembly Members editParty Portrait Name Constituency Year elected Year left Reason for tenure ending Ethnicity Labour nbsp David Lammy London wide 2000 2000 Resigned to become Member of Parliament for Tottenham Black British Labour nbsp Trevor Phillips London wide 2000 2003 Resigned Black British Labour nbsp Jennette Arnold 4 North East 2000 2021 Retired Black British Labour nbsp Murad Qureshi 12 London wide 2004 2016 Defeated British Bangladeshi Conservative nbsp James Cleverly 12 Bexley and Bromley 2008 2016 Retired to become Member of Parliament for Braintree Black British White British Mixed Labour nbsp Navin Shah 4 Brent and Harrow 2008 2021 Retired British Indian Labour nbsp Onkar Sahota 4 Ealing and Hillingdon 2012 Serving British Indian Conservative nbsp Kemi Badenoch 12 London wide 2015 2017 Resigned to become Member of Parliament for Saffron Walden Black British Conservative nbsp Shaun Bailey 4 London wide 2016 Serving Black British Labour nbsp Unmesh Desai 4 City and East 2016 Serving British Indian Labour Co op nbsp Florence Eshalomi 4 Lambeth and Southwark 2016 2021 Retired to become Member of Parliament for Vauxhall Black British UKIP nbsp David Kurten 135 London wide 2016 2021 Defeated Black British White British Mixed Labour Marina Ahmad Lambeth and Southwark 2021 Serving British Bangladeshi Liberal Democrats Hina Bokhari London wide 2021 Serving British Pakistani Labour Krupesh Hirani Brent and Harrow 2021 Serving British Indian Labour Sem Moema North East 2021 Serving Black British Labour Sakina Sheikh London wide 2021 Serving British PakistaniScottish Parliament Members editParty Portrait Name Constituency Year elected Year left Reason for tenure ending Ethnicity SNP nbsp Bashir Ahmad 136 Glasgow 2007 2009 Died in office British Pakistani Labour nbsp Hanzala Malik 137 Glasgow 2011 2016 Defeated British Pakistani White British Mixed SNP nbsp Humza Yousaf 138 Glasgow 2011 Serving British Pakistani Labour nbsp Anas Sarwar 137 Glasgow 2016 Serving British Pakistani Labour nbsp Foysol Choudhury 139 Lothian 2021 Serving British Bangladeshi Conservative nbsp Pam Gosal West Scotland 2021 Serving British Indian Conservative nbsp Sandesh Gulhane Glasgow 2021 Serving British Indian SNP nbsp Kaukab Stewart 140 Glasgow 2021 Serving British PakistaniMembers of the Senedd editParty Portrait Name Constituency Year elected Year left Reason for tenure ending Ethnicity Plaid Cymru nbsp Mohammad Asghar 4 19 South Wales East 2007 2009 Crossed the floor in 2009 Left Plaid Cymru joined Conservative Party British Pakistani Conservative South Wales East 2009 2020 Died in office Labour nbsp Vaughan Gething 4 19 Cardiff South and Penarth 2011, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library, article, read, download, free, free download, mp3, video, mp4, 3gp, jpg, jpeg, gif, png, picture, music, song, movie, book, game, games. | |||||