Lists of ethnic minority politicians in the United Kingdom
Rishi Sunak served as Prime Minister from 2022 to 2024
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 Parliament , and other British devolved bodies, as well as 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]
A research briefing published by the House of Commons of the United Kingdom Library in 2023 notes that:
There is no official list of the religious or ethnic background of Members of Parliament. MPs are not required to declare this information and we therefore rely on external sources and any records of self-identification by MPs. Differing understandings of and attitudes towards ethnicity mean it is difficult to be certain about when the first MP from a minority ethnic background entered Parliament and how many MPs from minority ethnic backgrounds there have been since.[ 3]
According to a research paper from House of Commons Library, published in 2020, the first ethnic minority MP was elected in 1767[ 4] – 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.[ 5] This was James Townsend , a Whig MP who was of one-eighth African ancestry and who later went on to become Mayor of London in 1772.[ 6]
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,[ 7] which led to debate about why Jewish party leaders had been excluded from this comparison.[ 8] [ 9] [ 10] 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."[ 10] 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.[ 5]
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.[ 11] 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.[ 12] The first three Muslim female MPs were elected.[ 12] All ethnic minority MPs were either Labour (15) or Conservative (11).[ 12] In October 2013, the UK Parliament reported that the number of ethnic minority MPs stood at 27, or 4.2% of the total.[ 13]
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.[ 14] 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 [ 15] and the House of Commons Library.[ 5] [ 16] In the 2019 general election, this figure rose to 66, with 23 Conservative, 41 Labour and two Liberal Democrat non-white MPs.[ 17] After the 2024 general election, the House of Commons had 90 ethnic minority MPs, including 66 from the Labour Party, 15 Conservatives, five Liberal Democrats and four independent MPs.[ 18]
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.[ 17]
House of Commons
Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom in the House of Commons
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons
Members of the Cabinet in the House of Commons
Ministers in the House of Commons
Speaker of the House of Commons
Chairman of Ways and Means
Members of Parliament
House of Lords
Members of the Cabinet in the House of Lords
Ministers in the House of Lords
Party
Portrait
Name
First office held
Year appointed
Ethnicity
Liberal
Satyendra Prasanna Sinha, 1st Baron Sinha
Under-Secretary of State for India
1919
British Indian
Labour
Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos [ 97]
Baroness-in-Waiting
1998
Black British
Labour
Patricia Scotland, Baroness Scotland [ 98]
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
1999
Black British
Labour
Ara Darzi, Baron Darzi of Denham [ 100]
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health
2007
British Armenian
Labour
Shriti Vadera, Baroness Vadera [ 101]
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Competitiveness and Small Business
2008
British Indian
Labour
Kamlesh Patel, Baron Patel of Bradford [ 102]
Lord-in-waiting
2008
British Indian
Conservative
Sandip Verma, Baroness Verma [ 103]
Baroness-in-waiting
2010
British Indian
Conservative
Tariq Ahmad, Baron Ahmad of Wimbledon [ 104]
Lord-in-waiting
2012
British Pakistani
Conservative
Dolar Popat, Baron Popat [ 105]
Lord-in-waiting
2013
British Indian
Conservative
Nosheena Mobarik, Baroness Mobarik [ 106]
Baroness-in-waiting
2016
British Pakistani
Conservative
Zahida Manzoor, Baroness Manzoor [ 106]
Baroness-in-waiting
2018
British Pakistani
Conservative
Syed Kamall, Baron Kamall [ 107]
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Technology, Innovation and Life Sciences
2021
British Indian
Labour
Wajid Khan, Baron Khan of Burnley [ 108]
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
2024
British Pakistani
Labour
Sonny Leong, Baron Leong
Lord-in-waiting
2024
British Chinese
Members of the House of Lords
Party
Portraitl
Name
Year entered
Year left
Reason for tenure ending
Ethnicity
Liberal
Satyendra Prasanno Sinha, 1st Baron Sinha [ 13]
1919
1928
Died
British Indian
Liberal
Arun Kumar Sinha, 2nd Baron Sinha[ 109]
1945
1967
Died
British Indian
Conservative
Douglas Clifton Brown, 1st Viscount Ruffside
1951
1958
Died
Black British /White British (Mixed )
Crossbench
Sudhindra Prasanna Sinha, 3rd Baron Sinha[ 110]
1969
1989
Died
British Indian
Crossbench
Learie Constantine, Baron Constantine [ 13]
1969
1971
Died
Black British
Labour
David Pitt, Baron Pitt of Hampstead [ 111]
1975
1994
Died
Black British
Crossbench
Pratap Chitnis, Baron Chitnis [ 62]
1977
2013
Died
British Indian
Conservative
Shreela Flather, Baroness Flather [ 13] [ 111]
1990
2008 (Crossed the floor )
Resigned from the Conservative Party, now a Crossbencher
British Indian
Crossbench
2008
2024
Died
Crossbench
Lydia Dunn, Baroness Dunn [ 112]
1990
2010
Permanently disqualified under the provisions of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010
British Chinese [ 113]
Labour
Meghnad Desai, Baron Desai [ 13]
1991
2020 (Crossed the floor )
Resigned from the Labour Party, now a Crossbencher
British Indian
Crossbench
2020
Serving
Lords Spiritual
Michael Nazir-Ali , Bishop of Rochester [ 114]
1994
2009
Retired
British Pakistani
Crossbench
James Lindsay, 3rd Baron Lindsay of Birker [ 115]
1995
1999
Removed
British Chinese /White British (Mixed )
Conservative
John Taylor, Baron Taylor of Warwick [ 13]
1996
2011 (Crossed the floor )
Resigned from the Conservative Party, now a Crossbencher[ 116]
Black British
Crossbench
2011
Serving
Labour
Swraj Paul, Baron Paul [ 13]
1996
2010 (Crossed the floor )
Resigned from the Labour Party, now a Crossbencher[ 117]
British Indian
Crossbench
2010
Serving
Conservative
Raj Bagri, Baron Bagri [ 112]
1997
2010
Permanently disqualified under the provisions of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010
British Indian
Labour
Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos [ 112]
1997
Serving
Black British
Labour
Patricia Scotland, Baroness Scotland of Asthal [ 13]
1997
Serving
Black British
Liberal Democrats
Navnit Dholakia, Baron Dholakia [ 13]
1997
Serving
British Indian
Labour
Waheed Alli, Baron Alli [ 13]
1998
Serving
British Pakistani
Labour
Pola Uddin, Baroness Uddin [ 13]
1998
2010 (Crossed the floor )
Resigned from the Labour Party, now a Crossbencher[ 118]
British Bangladeshi
Crossbench
2010
Serving
Labour
Nazir Ahmed, Baron Ahmed [ 112]
1998
2007 (Crossed the floor )
Expelled from the Labour Party, became a Crossbencher[ 119]
British Pakistani
Crossbench
2007
2020
Resigned under threat of expulsion
Crossbench
Arup Kumar Sinha, 6th Baron Sinha[ 120]
1999
1999
Removed
British Indian
Labour
Tarsem King, Baron King of West Bromwich [ 112]
1999
2013
Died
British Indian
Crossbench
Usha Prashar, Baroness Prashar [ 13]
1999
Serving
British Indian
Crossbench
Narendra Patel, Baron Patel [ 13]
1999
Serving
British Indian
Labour
Rosalind Howells, Baroness Howells of St Davids [ 13]
1999
2019
Retired
Black British
Conservative
Sebastian Coe, Baron Coe [ 76] [ 77] [ 78] [ 79]
2000
2022
Retired
Anglo-Indian
Labour
Bhikhu Parekh, Baron Parekh [ 13]
2000
Serving
British Indian
Labour
Adam Patel, Baron Patel of Blackburn [ 13]
2000
2019
Died
British Indian
Crossbench
Herman Ouseley, Baron Ouseley [ 13]
2001
2019
Retired
Black British
Crossbench
Victor Adebowale, Baron Adebowale [ 13]
2001
Serving
Black British
Labour
Amir Bhatia, Baron Bhatia [ 13]
2001
2010 (Crossed the floor )
Resigned from the Labour Party, now a Crossbencher[ 121]
British Indian
Crossbench
2010
2023
Removed
Crossbench
Michael Chan, Baron Chan
2001
2006
Died
British Chinese
Lords Spiritual
John Sentamu, Baron Sentamu [ 5]
2002
2020
Retired as Archbishop of York , created a life peer in 2021
Black British
2021
Serving
Labour
Kumar Bhattacharyya, Baron Bhattacharyya [ 13]
2004
2019
Died
British Indian
Crossbench
Diljit Rana, Baron Rana [ 13]
2004
2016 (Crossed the floor )
Resigned from the Crossbenches, now a Conservative
British Indian
Conservative
2016
2024
Retired
Crossbench
Lola Young, Baroness Young of Hornsey [ 13]
2004
Serving
Black British
Liberal Democrats
Kishwer Falkner, Baroness Falkner of Margravine [ 13] [ 122]
2004
2019 (Crossed the floor )
Resigned from the Liberal Democrats, now a Crossbencher
British Pakistani
Crossbench
2019
Serving
Crossbench
Michael Hastings, Baron Hastings of Scarisbrick [ 13]
2005
Serving
Black British
Conservative
Sandip Verma, Baroness Verma [ 13]
2006
Serving
British Indian
Conservative
Mohamed Sheikh, Baron Sheikh [ 13]
2006
2022
Died
British Indian
Crossbench
Karan Bilimoria, Baron Bilimoria [ 13]
2006
Serving
British Indian
Labour
Kamlesh Patel, Baron Patel of Bradford [ 13]
2006
Serving
British Indian
Labour
Bill Morris, Baron Morris of Handsworth [ 13]
2006
2020
Retired
Black British
Labour
Shriti Vadera, Baroness Vadera [ 112]
2007
Serving
British Indian
Crossbench
Khalid Hameed, Baron Hameed [ 13]
2007
Serving
British Indian
Labour
Ara Darzi, Baron Darzi of Denham [ 13]
2007
2019 (Crossed the floor )
Resigned from the Labour Party, now a Crossbencher
British Armenian
Crossbench
2019
Serving
Conservative
Sayeeda Warsi, Baroness Warsi [ 13]
2007
Serving
British Pakistani
Crossbench
Haleh Afshar, Baroness Afshar
2007
2022
Died
British Iranian
Crossbench
Ajay Kakkar, Baron Kakkar [ 13]
2010
Serving
British Indian
Conservative
Nat Wei, Baron Wei [ 13]
2010
Serving
British Chinese
Liberal Democrats
Meral Hussein-Ece, Baroness Hussein-Ece [ 13]
2010
Serving
British Turkish
Liberal Democrats
Floella Benjamin, Baroness Benjamin [ 13]
2010
Serving
Black British
Labour
Paul Boateng, Baron Boateng [ 5]
2010
Serving
Black British /White British (Mixed )
Conservative
Dolar Popat, Baron Popat [ 13]
2010
Serving
British Indian
Conservative
Bernard Ribeiro, Baron Ribeiro [ 123]
2010
2023
Retired
Black British
Conservative
Tariq Ahmad, Baron Ahmad of Wimbledon [ 13]
2011
Serving
British Pakistani
Liberal Democrats
Qurban Hussain, Baron Hussain [ 13] [ 124]
2011
Serving
British Pakistani
Labour
Oona King, Baroness King of Bow [ 75]
2011
2024
Retired
African American /White British (Mixed )
Liberal Democrats
Raj Loomba, Baron Loomba [ 13]
2011
2016 (Crossed the floor )
Resigned from the Liberal Democrats, now a Crossbencher
British Indian
Crossbench
2016
Serving
Labour
Gulam Noon, Baron Noon
2011
2015
Died
British Indian
Crossbench
Indarjit Singh, Baron Singh of Wimbledon [ 13]
2011
Serving
British Indian
Liberal Democrats
Zahida Manzoor, Baroness Manzoor [ 13]
2013
2016 (Crossed the floor )
Resigned from the Liberal Democrats, now a Conservative
British Pakistani
Conservative
2016
Serving
Liberal Democrats
Rumi Verjee, Baron Verjee [ 13]
2013
Serving
British Indian
Labour
Doreen Lawrence, Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon [ 13]
2013
Serving
Black British
Conservative
Ranbir Singh Suri, Baron Suri
2014
Serving
British Indian
Conservative
Nosheena Mobarik, Baroness Mobarik
2014
Serving
British Pakistani
Conservative
Ruby McGregor-Smith, Baroness McGregor-Smith [ 123]
2015
2024 (Crossed the floor)
Changed affiliation to non-affiliated
British Indian
Non-affiliated
2024
Serving
Liberal Democrats
Shas Sheehan, Baroness Sheehan [ 123]
2015
Serving
British Pakistani
Conservative
Jitesh Gadhia, Baron Gadhia
2016
Serving
British Indian
Labour
Shami Chakrabarti, Baroness Chakrabarti [ 13]
2016
Serving
British Indian
Labour
Martha Osamor, Baroness Osamor [ 123] [ 125]
2018
Serving
Black British
Conservative
Zameer Choudrey, Baron Choudrey [ 126]
2019
Serving
British Pakistani
Conservative
Rami Ranger, Baron Ranger [ 127]
2019
Serving
British Indian
Crossbench
Simon Woolley, Baron Woolley of Woodford [ 92]
2019
Serving
Black British
Crossbench
Minouche Shafik, Baroness Shafik
2020
Serving
British Egyptian
Conservative
Aamer Sarfraz, Baron Sarfraz
2020
Serving
British Pakistani
Conservative
Jo Johnson, Baron Johnson of Marylabone [ 128] [ 129]
2020
Serving
British Turkish /White British (Mixed )
Conservative
Syed Kamall, Baron Kamall [ 130]
2021
Serving
British Indian
Labour
Wajid Khan, Baron Khan of Burnley [ 131]
2021
Serving
British Pakistani
Labour
Prem Sikka, Baron Sikka [ 132]
2021
Serving
British Indian
Lords Spiritual
Guli Francis-Dehqani , Bishop of Chelmsford [ 133]
2021
Serving
British Iranian /White British (Mixed )
Crossbench
Shaista Gohir, Baroness Gohir [ 134] [ 135]
2022
Serving
British Pakistani
Labour
Sonny Leong, Baron Leong
2022
Serving
British Chinese
Conservative
Dambisa Moyo, Baroness Moyo
2022
2024 (Crossed the floor)
Changed affiliation to non-affiliated
Black British
Non-affiliated
2024
Serving
Conservative
Tony Sewell, Baron Sewell of Sanderstead
2022
Serving
Black British
Labour
Kuldip Singh Sahota, Baron Sahota
2022
Serving
British Indian
Conservative
Shaun Bailey, Baron Bailey of Paddington
2023
Serving
Black British
Conservative
Kulveer Ranger, Baron Ranger of Northwood
2023
Serving
British Indian
Labour
Ayesha Hazarika, Baroness Hazarika
2024
Serving
British Indian
Conservative
Alok Sharma, Baron Sharma
2024
Serving
British Indian
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