List of British Jewish politicians
This is a list of British Jewish politicians This list includes people who are Jewish by birth but not necessarily by religious belief or declaration. It includes people of Jewish descent who served as politicians in the United Kingdom and its predecessor states, or who were born in the United Kingdom and had notable political careers abroad.
British MPs
British Members of Parliament listed chronologically by first election date (in brackets)
Pre-1900
Name | Party | Elected | Lost seat or retired / stood down | MP's seat | Highest office held | Honours |
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Sir Edward Brampton | Yorkist | Convert to Christianity; godson of King Edward IV; fought during the War of the Roses, for which he was knighted | ||||
Sampson Eardley, nee Gideon, 1st Baron Eardley of Spalding | Tory | 1770, 1780, 1784, 1796 | 1780 (sought other seat), 1784 (sought other seat), 1796 (sought other seat), 1802 (retired) | Cambridgeshire, Midhurst, Coventry, and Wallingford | Baptised Christian in childhood; made a baronet (1759), 1st Baron Eardley in Irish Peerage (1789), FRS (1789); son of Jewish banker Sampson Gideon, assumed surname Eardley in lieu of Gideon 1789 | |
Sir Manasseh Masseh Lopes, 1st Baronet | Tory | 1802, 1807, 1812, and 1820 | 1806 (declined to run again), 1808 (unseated for procuring illegal votes), 1819 (unseated for bribing voters), and 1829 (stood down to permit Sir Robert Peel to run for a seat) | New Romney, Evesham, Barnstaple, and Westbury | Converted to Christianity (1802); made a baronet (1805); appointed High Sheriff of Devon (1810)[1] | |
Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield | Conservative | 1837 | 1876 (retired) | Buckinghamshire | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1868 and 1874–1880 | Family converted to Anglicanism during his childhood; first person of Jewish descent to lead a British political party (the Conservatives) and to serve as Prime Minister, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Leader of the House of Commons and Lord Privy Seal; made Earl of Beaconsfield, KG, PC and FRS |
Lionel de Rothschild | Liberal | 1847 (admitted 1858) | 1874 (lost) | City of London | First practising Jew to be elected MP[2] | |
Sir David Salomons, 1st Baronet | Liberal | 1851 and 1859 | 1852 (lost) and 1873 (died) | Greenwich | Lord Mayor of the City of London (1855) | Created Baronet in 1869; first Jewish sheriff and Lord Mayor of London |
Mayer Amschel de Rothschild | Liberal | 1859 | 1874 (died) | Hythe | High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire | [3] |
Sir Francis Henry Goldsmid, 2nd Baronet | Liberal | 1860 | 1878 (died) | Reading | First Jewish barrister[4] | |
Frederick David Goldsmid | Liberal | 1865 | 1866 (died) | Honiton | Father of Sir Julian Goldsmid, 3rd Baronet[4] | |
Sir Julian Goldsmid, 3rd Baronet | Liberal | 1866, 1870 and 1885 | 1868 (lost), 1880 (lost) and 1896 (died) | Honiton, Rochester and St Pancras South | [4] | |
Sir George Jessel | Liberal | 1868 | 1873 (lost) | Dover | Solicitor General for England and Wales (1871–1873) and Master of the Rolls (1873–1883) (died) | Knighted and made a FRS[5] |
Farrer Herschell, 1st Baron Herschell | Conservative | 1874 | 1885 (went to the House of Lords in 1886) | City of Durham | Solicitor General for England and Wales (1880–1885) and Lord Chancellor (1886) and (1892–1895) | Family converted to Anglicanism; was created Baron Herschell in 1886 and was also created GCB, PC, QC[6] |
Sir Henry Drummond Wolff | Conservative | 1874 | 1885 (left on a special mission) | Christchurch (1874–1880) and Portsmouth (1880–1885) | Was created GCMG and GCB[7] | |
Arthur Cohen | Liberal | 1880 | 1888 (left house) | Southwark (1880–1885) and Southwark West (1885–1888) | [8] | |
Henry de Worms, 1st Baron Pirbright | Conservative | 1880 | 1895 (went to the House of Lords) | Greenwich (1880–1885) and Liverpool East Toxteth (1885–1895) | Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade (1885–1888) and Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies (1888–1892) | Created Baron Pirbright, also PC, DL, JP, FRS[9] |
Sir Samuel Montagu, 1st Baronet | Liberal | 1885 | 1900 (left house) | Whitechapel | Created Baron Swaythling in 1907[10] | |
Sir Edward Sassoon, 2nd Baronet | Liberal Unionist Party | 1899 | 1912 (died) | Hythe | [11] | |
Sydney Stern, Baron Wandsworth | Liberal | 1891 | 1895 (lost) | Stowmarket | Created Baron Wandsworth in 1895[12] | |
Gustav Wilhelm Wolff | Conservative | 1892 | 1910 (retired) | Belfast East | Founder of Harland and Wolff[13] |
1900-1939
- Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel (1902),[14] Liberal cabinet minister and leader
- Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading (1904),[15] Liberal cabinet minister and Viceroy of India; the only British Jew to be elevated to a Marquessate
- Alfred Mond, 1st Baron Melchett (1906)[16][17]
- Edwin Samuel Montagu (1906)[18]
- Frank Goldsmith, Conservative M.P. for Stowmarket (1910)[16]
- Trebitsch Lincoln (1910)[19]
- Sir Percy Alfred Harris, Liberal MP (1916)[20]
- Arthur Samuel,[21] Conservative M.P. (1918)
- Manny Shinwell, Baron Shinwell (1884–1986) (1922),[22] Labour cabinet minister and Chairman
- Leslie Haden-Guest,[23] Labour MP
- Leslie Hore-Belisha, 1st Baron Hore-Belisha (1893–1957) (1923), Liberal National cabinet minister
- Harry Louis Nathan, 1st Baron Nathan of Churt (1929) Liberal, later Labour MP [24]
- Barnett Janner (1931), Labour MP[25]
- Dudley Joel (1931), Conservative MP[26]
- Sydney Silverman (1935), Labour MP 1935[27]
- Lewis Silkin, 1st Baron Silkin (1936), Labour cabinet minister; father of John Silkin and Samuel Silkin[28]
1940-1973
- Herschel Lewis Austin (1911-1974) (1945), Labour MP, Stretford and Urmston, Manchester
- John Diamond, Baron Diamond (1945), Labour cabinet minister and SDP leader in the House of Lords[29]
- Maurice Edelman (1911–1975) (1945),[30] Labour MP
- Harold Lever, Baron Lever of Manchester (1914–1995) (1945),[31] Labour MP
- Ian Mikardo (1908–1993) (1945),[32] Labour MP
- Phil Piratin (1945),[33] Communist Party MP
- Samuel Segal (1945), Labour MP and later Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords
- Leslie Lever, Baron Lever, Labour (1950)
- Sir Gerald Nabarro (1950),[34] Conservative MP
- Sir Henry d'Avigdor-Goldsmid (1955)[35]
- Keith Joseph, Conservative cabinet minister and life peer (1956)[36]
- Sir Philip Goodhart (1957),[37] Conservative MP and minister
- Leo Abse (1958),[38] Labour MP and social reformer
- Myer Galpern (1959),[39] Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means
- John Silkin (1963), Labour cabinet minister[40]
- Joel Barnett (1964), Labour cabinet minister and life peer[41]
- Edmund Dell (1964),[42] Labour cabinet minister and founding chairman of Channel 4
- Reginald Freeson (1964), Labour minister[43]
- Robert Maxwell (1964), Labour MP for Buckingham, subsequently proprietor of the Daily Mirror
- Samuel Silkin, Labour cabinet minister and life peer (1964)[44]
- Paul Rose 1964-79 Labour MP and Opposition frontbencher
- Eric Moonman (1966), Labour MP (JYB 2005 p279)
- Robert Adley [34] (1970), Conservative MP
- James d'Avigdor-Goldsmid [45] (1970), Conservative MP
- Sally Oppenheim-Barnes (1970), Conservative MP[46]
- Michael Fidler,[47] Conservative MP
- Greville Janner (1970),[48] Labour MP, now life peer
- Toby Jessel[49] (1970), Conservative MP
- Sir Gerald Kaufman (1970),[50] Labour minister
- Sir Anthony Meyer (1970), Conservative MP, leadership candidate [51]
- Neville Sandelson, Labour and SDP (1971)
- Sir Clement Freud (1973),[52] Liberal MP
- David Weitzman, Labour MP
1974-
- Leon Brittan, Baron Brittan of Spennithorne (1974-1988),[53] Conservative cabinet minister, European Commissioner
- Ivan Lawrence (1974–1997), Conservative MP, Chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee
- Nigel Lawson, Baron Lawson of Blaby (1974-1992), Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer and life peer[41]
- Millie Miller (1974-1977),[54] Labour MP
- Sir Malcolm Rifkind (1974-2015),[55] Conservative Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
- Alf Dubs (1979-1987),[56] Labour MP and life peer
- David Winnick (1979–present), Labour MP for Walsall North
- Alex Carlile (1983-1997), Liberal MP for Montgomery
- Harry Cohen (1983-2010),[57] Labour MP for Leyton and Wandstead
- Edwina Currie (1983-1997),[58] Conservative minister
- Michael Howard (1983-2010),[59] Conservative cabinet minister; Leader of the Opposition from 2003 to 2005
- Phillip Oppenheim (1983-1997), Conservative MP for Amber Valley
- Robert Sheldon (1964-2001), Labour MP for Ashton-under-Lyne
- David Sumberg (1983–1997), Conservative MP for Bury South
- Michael Fabricant (1992–present), Conservative MP
- Barbara Roche (1992-2005),[60] Labour minister
- Margaret Hodge (1994–present),[61] Labour Minister of State for Industry and the Regions
- John Bercow (1997–present),[62] Conservative MP, Speaker of the British House of Commons
- Louise Ellman (1997–present),[63] Labour MP
- Fabian Hamilton (1997–present),[64] Labour MP
- Evan Harris (1997-2010),[65] Liberal Democrat MP
- Oona King (1997-2005),[66] Labour MP (1997–2005), second black female MP (Jewish mother), niece of Miriam Stoppard
- Oliver Letwin (1997–present),[67] Conservative shadow cabinet member, Chairman of the Policy Review and Chairman of the Conservative Research Department
- Julian Lewis (1997–present),[68] Conservative MP
- Ivan Lewis (1997–present),[69] Labour Minister of State for Health
- Gillian Merron (1997-2010),[70] Foreign Office Minister
- Jonathan Djanogly (2001–present), Conservative MP for Huntingdon
- David Miliband (2001-2013), Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Labour MP for South Shields and former Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (2007-2010) and Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (2006-2007); brother of Ed Miliband and son of theorist Ralph Miliband
- Lynne Featherstone (2005-2015), Liberal Democrat MP[71]
- Susan Kramer (2005-2010), Liberal Democrat candidate for Richmond upon Thames
- Ed Miliband (2005–present), Leader of the Labour Party (2010-2015); former Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (2008-2010); Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster; brother of former Foreign Secretary David Miliband and son of theorist Ralph Miliband
- Lee Scott (2005-2015),[72] Conservative MP
- Grant Shapps (2005–present), Conservative MP for Welwyn Hatfield
- Brooks Newmark (2005-2015), Conservative MP for Braintree
- Luciana Berger (2010–present),[73] Labour MP for Liverpool Wavertree
- Michael Ellis (2010–present), Conservative MP for Northampton North
- Robert Halfon (2010–present), Conservative MP for Harlow
- Zac Goldsmith (2010–present), Conservative MP for Richmond
- Ruth Smeeth (2015–present), Labour MP for Stoke-on-Trent North
- Lucy Frazer (2015–present), Conservative MP for South East Cambridgeshire
- Dominic Raab (2010–present), Conservative MP for Esher and Walton
Peers
- Alexander Bernstein, Baron Bernstein of Craigweil, Labour
- Alma Birk, Baroness Birk,[74] Labour politician
- Andrew Feldman, Baron Feldman of Elstree, conservative politician
- David Freud, Baron Freud, Crossbench party advisor, Conservative party member and life peer
- Anna Gaitskell, Baroness Gaitskell,[74] Labour politician
- Robert Gavron, Baron Gavron, Labour politician and philanthropist
- Peter Goldsmith, Baron Goldsmith,[75][76] Attorney General
- Arnold Goodman, Baron Goodman,[77] solicitor
- Sydney Jacobson, Baron Jacobson, newspaper editor [78]
- Immanuel Jakobovits, Baron Jakobovits, Chief rabbi
- Michael Levy, Baron Levy[79]
- Edward Levy-Lawson, 1st Baron Burnham,[80] newspaper proprietor
- Maurice Peston, Baron Peston of Mile End (1987),[81] Labour peer and economist; father of the BBC's Business Editor Robert Peston
- Beatrice Plummer, Baroness Plummer,[74] Labour politician
- Samuel Segal, Baron Segal (1964), Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords
- Beatrice Serota, Baroness Serota,[74] Labour politician
- David Triesman, Baron Triesman,[82] Labour peer and Junior Minister
- Leslie Turnberg, Baron Turnberg, physician
- Leonard Wolfson, Baron Wolfson[41]
- Harry Woolf, Baron Woolf,[83] Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales 2000-2006
- David Young, Baron Young of Graffham, Conservative politician
- Alan Sugar, Baron Sugar, entrepreneur
Other
- Patricia Richardson,[84][85] Far-Right British National Party politician
- Hilda Bernstein,[86] anti-apartheid activist
- Tony Cliff, nee Yigael Gluckstein,[87] Palestinian-born Marxist theorist and founder of the Socialist Workers Party
- Gerry Gable,[88] communist activist and publisher of Searchlight magazine
- Nicky Gavron,[89] Deputy Mayor of London
- Sir James Goldsmith, founder of the Referendum Party
- Victor Gollancz,[90] publisher and political activist
- Ted Grant, nee Isaac Blank,[91] South African-born Marxist theorist and founder of the Militant tendency
- Sidney Hart, trade unionist[92]
- Chaim Herzog,[93] Israel's sixth president, born in Belfast and known as Vivian Herzog during, and after, his tenure in the British Army
- Lou Kenton, International Brigade volunteer
- Norman John Klugmann,[94] aka James Klugmann, communist
- Minnie Lansbury,[95] suffragette and alderman
- Eleanor Marx, daughter and secretary of Karl Marx[96]
- Ralph Miliband, nee Adolphe Miliband (1924–94), Belgian born Polish-Jewish Marxist theorist; father of David and Ed Miliband
- Dame Shirley Porter,[97] Lord Mayor of Westminster 1991-92
- Sir Julius Vogel,[98] Prime Minister of New Zealand
- Walter Wolfgang,[99] a founder of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
See also
- History of the Jews in England
- History of the Jews in Ireland
- History of the Jews in Scotland
- History of the Jews in Wales
- List of British Jews
- List of Britons
- List of Jewish Fellows of the Royal Society
- List of Scottish Jews - political figures
- Lists of Jews
Bibliography
- JYB = Jewish Year Book (annual)
References
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