List of ethnic minority politicians in the United Kingdom

The list of people who belong to ethnic minorities who 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.

The first ethnic minority MP was elected in 1892.[1] In 2001, Professor Muhammad Anwar of Warwick University wrote a paper entitled "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.[2] In Race And British Electoral Politics (Routledge, 2004), Andrew Geddes, 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".[3]

After the 2001 general election, the Parliament of the United Kingdom had 12 ethnic minority Members, and after the 2005 general election the number increased to 15.[4] 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.[5] The first three Muslim female MPs were elected.[5] All ethnic minority MPs were either Labour (15) or Conservative (11).[5] In October 2013, the UK Parliament reported that the number of ethnic minority MPs stood at 27, 4.2% of the total.[6]

After the 2015 general election 41 ethnic minority MPs were elected into Parliament. 25 of the previous 27 ethnic minority MPs retained their seats and were joined by 16 new ethnic minority MPs.[7]

List of ethnic minority Members of Parliament

Party Name Constituency Year elected Year left Reason Ethnicity
Whig David Ochterlony Dyce Sombre[6][8] Sudbury 1841 1842 Unseated by petition Anglo-Indian
Liberal Dadabhai Naoroji[6][8] Finsbury Central 1892 1895 Defeated British Indian
Conservative Sir Mancherjee Bhownagree[6][8] Bethnal Green North East 1895 1906 Defeated British Indian
Liberal Unionist Sir Edward Sassoon, 2nd Baronet Hythe 1899 1912 Died British Indian/British Iraqi
Liberal Sir Ernest Soares Barnstaple 1900 1911 Resigned Anglo-Indian[9]
Conservative Sir Philip Sassoon, 3rd Baronet Hythe 1912 1939 Died British Indian/British Iraqi
Communist Shapurji Saklatvala[6] Battersea North 1922 & 1924 1923 & 1929 Defeated & Defeated British Indian
Conservative Jonathan Sayeed Bristol East & Mid Bedfordshire 1983 & 1997 1992 & 2005 Defeated & Retired Anglo-Indian
Labour Diane Abbott[6][10] Hackney North and Stoke Newington 1987 Serving British Jamaican
Labour Paul Boateng[6][10] Brent South 1987 2005 Retired British Ghanaian/White British (Mixed Race)
Labour Bernie Grant[6][10] Tottenham 1987 2000 Died British Guyanese
Labour Keith Vaz[6][10] Leicester East 1987 Serving British Indian
Labour Ashok Kumar[10][4] Langbaurgh & Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland 1991 & 1997 1992 & 2010 Defeated & Died British Indian
Conservative Sebastian Coe Falmouth and Camborne 1992 1997 Defeated Anglo-Indian
Conservative Nirj Deva[10] Brentford and Isleworth 1992 1997 Defeated British Sri Lankan
Conservative Iain Duncan Smith Chingford and Woodford Green 1992 Serving White British/Japanese British
Labour Piara Singh Khabra[10] Ealing Southall 1992 2007 Died British Indian
Labour Oona King[10] Bethnal Green & Bow 1997 2005 Defeated African American/White British (Mixed Race)
Labour Mohammad Sarwar[10] Glasgow Central 1997 2010 Retired British Pakistani
Labour Marsha Singh[10] Bradford West 1997 2012 Resigned – Ill Health British Indian
Labour Mark Hendrick Preston 2000 Serving British Somalian
Labour David Lammy[6] Tottenham 2000 Serving British Guyanese
Labour Parmjit Singh Dhanda[4] Gloucester 2001 2010 Defeated British Indian
Labour Khalid Mahmood[6] Birmingham Perry Barr 2001 Serving British Pakistani
Liberal Democrat Parmjit Singh Gill[6][4] Leicester South 2004 2005 Defeated British Indian
Conservative Adam Afriyie[6][4] Windsor 2005 Serving British Ghanaian/White British (Mixed Race)
Labour Dawn Butler Brent South & Brent Central 2005 & 2015 2010 Defeated & Serving British Jamaican
Labour Sadiq Khan[6] Tooting 2005 Serving British Pakistani
Labour Shahid Malik Dewsbury 2005 2010 Defeated British Pakistani
Conservative Shailesh Vara[6][4] North West Cambridgeshire 2005 Serving Ugandan British
Labour Virendra Sharma Ealing Southall 2007 Serving British Indian
Labour Rushanara Ali[6] Bethnal Green and Bow 2010 Serving British Bangladeshi
Conservative Rehman Chishti[6] Gillingham and Rainham 2010 Serving British Pakistani
Conservative Helen Grant[6] Maidstone and The Weald 2010 Serving British Nigerian/White British (Mixed Race)
Conservative Sam Gyimah[6] East Surrey 2010 Serving British Ghanaian
Conservative Sajid Javid[6] Bromsgrove 2010 Serving British Pakistani
Conservative Kwasi Kwarteng[6] Spelthorne 2010 Serving British Ghanaian
Labour Shabana Mahmood[5] Birmingham Ladywood 2010 Serving British Pakistani
Labour Lisa Nandy[6] Wigan 2010 Serving British Pakistanis/White British (Mixed Race)
Labour Chi Onwurah[6] Newcastle upon Tyne Central 2010 Serving British Nigerian/White British (Mixed Race)
Conservative Priti Patel[6] Witham 2010 Serving Ugandan British
Labour Yasmin Qureshi[6] Bolton South East 2010 Serving British Pakistani
Labour Anas Sarwar[6] Glasgow Central 2010 2015 Defeated British Pakistani
Conservative Alok Sharma[6] Reading West 2010 Serving British Indian
Labour Chuka Umunna[6] Streatham 2010 Serving British Nigerian/White British (Mixed Race)
Conservative Paul Uppal[6] Wolverhampton South West 2010 2015 Defeated British Kenyan
Labour Valerie Vaz[6] Walsall South 2010 Serving British Indian
Conservative Nadhim Zahawi[6] Stratford-on-Avon 2010 Serving British Iraqi
Labour Seema Malhotra[6] Feltham and Heston 2011 Serving British Indian
Conservative James Cleverly[8] Braintree 2015 Serving British Sierra Leonean/White British (Mixed Race)
Labour Thangam Debbonaire Bristol West 2015 Serving British Indian/White British (Mixed Race)
Conservative Suella Fernandes Fareham 2015 Serving British Kenyan/British Mauritian (Mixed Race)
Conservative Nusrat Ghani Wealden 2015 Serving British Pakistani
Labour Imran Hussain Bradford East 2015 Serving British Pakistani
Labour Rupa Huq Ealing Central and Acton 2015 Serving British Bangladeshi
Conservative Ranil Jayawardena North East Hampshire 2015 Serving British Sri Lankan
Conservative Seema Kennedy South Ribble 2015 Serving British Iranian/White British (Mixed Race)
Labour Clive Lewis Norwich South 2015 Serving British Grenadian/White British (Mixed Race)
Conservative Alan Mak[11] Havant 2015 Serving British Chinese
Labour Kate Osamor[12] Edmonton 2015 Serving British Nigerian
Labour Naz Shah[12] Bradford West 2015 Serving British Pakistani
SNP Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh Ochil and South Perthshire 2015 Serving British Pakistani/White British (Mixed Race)
Labour Tulip Siddiq[1] Hampstead and Kilburn 2015 Serving British Bangladeshi
Conservative Rishi Sunak Richmond 2015 Serving British Indian

List of ethnic minority Members of the House of Lords

Party Name Year entered Year left Reason Ethnicity
Liberal Satyendra Prasanno Sinha, 1st Baron Sinha[6] 1919 1928 Died British Indian
Crossbench Learie Constantine, Baron Constantine[6] 1969 1971 Died British Trinidadian
Labour David Pitt, Baron Pitt of Hampstead[13] 1975 1994 Died British Grenadian
Crossbench Pratap Chitnis, Baron Chitnis[8] 1977 2013 Died British Indian
Conservative Party Shreela Flather, Baroness Flather[6][13] 1990 2008 (Crossed the floor in 2008) Resigned from the Conservative Party, now a Crossbencher
Crossbench 2008 Serving British Indian
Crossbench Lydia Dunn, Baroness Dunn 1990 2010 Permanently disqualified under the provisions of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 Chinese British
Labour Meghnad Desai, Baron Desai[6] 1991 Serving British Indian
Conservative Maurice Saatchi, Baron Saatchi 1996 Serving British Iraqi
Conservative Party John Taylor, Baron Taylor of Warwick[6] 1996 2011 (Crossed the floor in 2011) Resigned from the Conservative Party, now a Crossbencher[14]
Crossbench 2011 Serving British Jamaican
Labour Party Swraj Paul, Baron Paul[6] 1996 2010 (Crossed the floor in 2010) Resigned from the Labour Party, now a Crossbencher[15]
Crossbench 2010 Serving British Indian
Conservative Raj Bagri, Baron Bagri 1997 2010 Permanently disqualified under the provisions of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 British Indian
Labour Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos 1997 Serving British Guyanese
Labour Patricia Scotland, Baroness Scotland of Asthal[6] 1997 Serving British Dominican
Liberal Democrat Navnit Dholakia, Baron Dholakia[6] 1997 Serving British Indian
Labour Waheed Alli, Baron Alli[6] 1998 Serving British Guyanese
Labour Party Pola Uddin, Baroness Uddin[6] 1998 2010 (Crossed the floor in 2010) Resigned from the Labour Party, now a Crossbencher[16]
Crossbench 2010 Serving British Bangladeshi
Labour Party Nazir Ahmed, Baron Ahmed 1998 2009 (Crossed the floor in 2009) Expelled from the Labour Party, now a Crossbencher[17]
Crossbench 2007 Serving British Pakistani
Labour Tarsem King, Baron King of West Bromwich 1999 2013 Died British Indian
Crossbench Usha Prashar, Baroness Prashar[6] 1999 Serving British Indian
Crossbench Narendra Patel, Baron Patel[6] 1999 Serving British Tanzanian
Labour Rosalind Howells, Baroness Howells of St Davids[6] 1999 Serving British Grenadian
Conservative Sebastian Coe, Baron Coe 2000 Serving Anglo-Indian
Labour Adam Patel, Baron Patel of Blackburn[6] 2000 Serving British Indian
Labour Bhikhu Parekh, Baron Parekh[6] 2000 Serving British Indian
Crossbench Herman Ouseley, Baron Ouseley[6] 2001 Serving British Guyanese
Crossbench Victor Adebowale, Baron Adebowale[6] 2001 Serving British Nigerian
Labour Party Amir Bhatia, Baron Bhatia[6] 2001 2010 (Crossed the floor in 2010) Resigned from the Labour Party, now a Crossbencher[18]
Crossbench 2010 Serving British Tanzanian
Crossbench Michael Chan, Baron Chan 2001 2006 Died British Chinese
Labour Kumar Bhattacharyya, Baron Bhattacharyya[6] 2004 Serving British Bangladeshi
Crossbench Diljit Rana, Baron Rana[6] 2004 Serving British Indian
Crossbench Lola Young, Baroness Young of Hornsey[6] 2004 Serving British Nigerian
Liberal Democrat Kishwer Falkner, Baroness Falkner of Margravine[6] 2004 Serving British Pakistani
Crossbench Michael Hastings, Baron Hastings of Scarisbrick[6] 2005 Serving Black British
Conservative Sandip Verma, Baroness Verma[6] 2006 Serving British Indian
Conservative Mohamed Sheikh, Baron Sheikh[6] 2006 Serving British Kenyan
Crossbench Karan Bilimoria, Baron Bilimoria[6] 2006 Serving British Indian
Labour Kamlesh Patel, Baron Patel of Bradford[6] 2006 Serving British Indian
Labour Bill Morris, Baron Morris of Handsworth[6] 2006 Serving British Jamaican
Labour Shriti Vadera, Baroness Vadera 2007 Serving British Ugandan
Crossbench Khalid Hameed, Baron Hameed[6] 2007 Serving British Indian
Labour Ara Darzi, Baron Darzi of Denham[6] 2007 Serving British Iraqi
Conservative Sayeeda Warsi, Baroness Warsi[6] 2007 Serving British Pakistani
Crossbench Ajay Kakkar, Baron Kakkar[6] 2010 Serving British Indian
Conservative Nat Wei, Baron Wei[6] 2010 Serving British Chinese
Liberal Democrat Meral Hussein-Ece, Baroness Hussein-Ece[6] 2010 Serving British Turkish
Liberal Democrat Floella Benjamin, Baroness Benjamin[6] 2010 Serving British Trinidadians
Labour Paul Boateng, Baron Boateng 2010 Serving British Ghanaian
Conservative Dolar Popat, Baron Popat[6] 2010 Serving British Ugandan
Conservative Bernard Ribeiro, Baron Ribeiro 2010 Serving British Ghanaian
Conservative Tariq Ahmad, Baron Ahmad of Wimbledon[6] 2011 Serving British Pakistani
Liberal Democrat Raj Loomba, Baron Loomba[6] 2011 Serving British Pakistani
Liberal Democrat Qurban Hussain, Baron Hussain[6] 2011 2015 (Crossed the floor in 2015) Resigned from the Liberal Democrats, now a Crossbencher
Crossbench 2015 Serving British Pakistani
Labour Gulam Noon, Baron Noon 2011 2015 Serving British Indian
Crossbench Indarjit Singh, Baron Singh of Wimbledon[6] 2011 Serving British Indian
Liberal Democrat Zahida Manzoor, Baroness Manzoor[6] 2013 Serving British Pakistani
Liberal Democrat Rumi Verjee, Baron Verjee[6] 2013 Serving British Ugandan
Labour Doreen Lawrence, Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon[6] 2013 Serving British Jamaican
Conservative Ranbir Singh Suri, Baron Suri 2014 Serving British Indian
Conservative Arminka Helic, Baroness Helic 2014 Serving British Bosnian
Conservative Nosheena Mobarik, Baroness Mobarik 2014 Serving British Pakistani
Conservative Ruby McGregor-Smith, Baroness McGregor-Smith 2015 Serving British Indian
Liberal Democrat Shas Sheehan, Baroness Sheehan 2015 Serving British Pakistani

List of ethnic minority Members of the European Parliament

Party Name Constituency Year elected Year left Reason Ethnicity
Labour Mark Hendrick[6] Central Lancashire 1994 1999 Defeated British Somalian
Conservative Nirj Deva[10][19] South East England 1999 Serving British Sri Lankan
Conservative Bashir Khanbhai East of England 1999 2004 Retired British Tanzanian
Labour Neena Gill[19] West Midlands 1999 & 2014 2009 Defeated & Serving British Indian
Labour Claude Moraes[19] London 1999 Serving British Indian
Liberal Democrat Sajjad Karim North West England 2004 2006 (Crossed the floor in 2006) Left Liberal Democrats, joined Conservative Party
Conservative North West England 2006 Serving British Pakistani
Conservative Syed Kamall[19] London 2005 Serving British Guyanese
UKIP Amjad Bashir[20] Yorkshire and the Humber 2014 2015 (Crossed the floor in 2015) Left UKIP, joined Conservative Party
Conservative Yorkshire and the Humber 2015 Serving British Pakistani
Labour M. Afzal Khan North West England 2014 Serving British Pakistani
UKIP Steven Woolfe North West England 2014 Serving British Nigerian/White British (Mixed Race)

List of ethnic minority London Assembly Members

Party Name Constituency Year elected Year left Reason Ethnicity
Labour Jennette Arnold[6] North East 2000 Serving British Montserratian
Labour Murad Qureshi[6] London-wide 2004 Serving British Bangladeshi
Conservative James Cleverly[6] Bexley and Bromley 2008 Serving British Sierra Leonean/White British (Mixed Race)
Labour Navin Shah[6] Brent and Harrow 2008 Serving British Indian
Labour Onkar Sahota[6] Ealing and Hillingdon 2012 Serving British Indian
Conservative Kemi Badenoch[6] London-wide 2015 Serving British Nigerian

List of ethnic minority Scottish Parliament Members

Party Name Constituency Year elected Year left Reason Ethnicity
SNP Bashir Ahmad[21] Glasgow 2007 2009 Died British Pakistani
SNP Humza Yousaf[22] Glasgow 2011 Serving British Pakistani
Labour Hanzala Malik[23] Glasgow 2011 Serving British Pakistani/White British (Mixed Race)

List of ethnic minority Welsh Assembly Members

Party Name Constituency Year elected Year left Reason Ethnicity
Plaid Cymru Mohammad Asghar[24] South Wales East 2007 2009 (Crossed the floor in 2009) Left Plaid Cymru, joined Conservative Party
Conservative South Wales East 2009 Serving British Pakistani
Labour Vaughan Gething[24] Cardiff South and Penarth 2011 Serving British Zambian/White British (Mixed Race)
Conservative Altaf Hussain South Wales West 2015 Serving British Indian

List of ethnic minority Northern Irish Assembly Members

Party Name Constituency Year elected Year left Reason Ethnicity
Alliance Anna Lo[25] Belfast South 2007 Serving Cantonese-Chinese

Notes

  1. 1 2 Ami Sedghi (13 July 2014). "Parliament failing to represent UK's ethnic diversity". The Guardian.
  2. ↑ Muhammad Anwar (2001). "The participation of ethnic minorities in British politics". Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.
  3. ↑ Andrew Geddes (2004). Race And British Electoral Politics. Routledge. ISBN 1135359474.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Dr Justin Fisher (Brunel University), Prof. Edward Fieldhouse (University of Manchester), Prof. David Denver (Lancaster University), Dr Andrew Russell (University of Manchester), Dr David Cutts (University of Manchester) (25 August 2005). "The General Election 2005 Campaign Analysis; Produced for the Electoral Commission", Electoral Commission.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Characteristics of the new House of Commons: key issues for the 2010 Parliament". Parliament of the United Kingdom. This article contains material from this source, which is available under the Open Parliament Licence.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 John Wood & Richard Cracknell; Social and General Statistics Section (16 October 2013). "Ethnic Minorities in Politics, Government and Public Life" (PDF). Parliament of the United Kingdom. line feed character in |author= at position 31 (help)
  7. ↑ British Future http://www.britishfuture.org/articles/class-of-2015-most-diverse-parliament/. Retrieved 22 April 2016. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 Richard Cracknell; Social and General Statistics Section (5 January 2012). "Ethnic Minorities in Politics, Government and Public Life", House of Commons of the United Kingdom; Library
  9. ↑ He was born in England son of a Goan Indian whose family had converted from Hinduism.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 David Judge (2005). Representation: Theory and Practice in Britain; Theory and Practice in British Politics. Routledge. ISBN 1134891709.
  11. ↑ Helena Bengtsson (8 May 2015). "Record numbers of female and minority-ethnic MPs in new House of Commons". The Guardian.
  12. 1 2 Lester Holloway (7 April 2015). "The Tories are becoming the party of ethnic diversity – Labour has to respond". The Guardian.
  13. 1 2 "Race And British Electoral Politics". google.com.
  14. ↑ Suspended till 2012 for having been jailed due to United Kingdom Parliamentary expenses scandal
  15. ↑ Suspended for four months due to United Kingdom Parliamentary expenses scandal
  16. ↑ Suspended for 16 months due to United Kingdom Parliamentary expenses scandal
  17. ↑ Suspended after being jailed for a fatal road crash in 2007 and expelled 2009 for racial remarks
  18. ↑ Suspended for eight months due to United Kingdom Parliamentary expenses scandal
  19. 1 2 3 4 "Labour Research". Labour Research Department. 2009.
  20. ↑ Tim Ross (24 January 2015). "Ukip MEP Amjad Bashir defects to Conservative Party". The Telegraph.
  21. ↑ Paul Cairney, Neil McGarvey (2008). Scottish Politics: An Introduction. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 1137101784.
  22. ↑ Nasar Meer (20 May 2011). "What would independence mean for Scotland's racial minorities?". The Guardian.
  23. ↑ Severin Carrell (9 May 2011). "Call for action to increase number of women in devolved parliaments". The Guardian.
  24. 1 2 Romain Garbaye, Pauline Schnapper (2014). The Politics of Ethnic Diversity in the British Isles. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 1137351543.
  25. ↑ "Threat to only ethnic minority politician in Northern Ireland". The Telegraph. 30 June 2009.
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