List of ethnic minority British politicians

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 un-elected House of Lords.

List of ethnic minority Members of Parliament

Party Name Constituency Year elected Year left Reason Ethnicity
Liberal Party Dadabhai Naoroji Finsbury Central 1892 1895 Defeated British Indian
Conservative Party Sir Mancherjee Bhownagree Bethnal Green North East 1895 1906 Defeated British Indian
Liberal Unionist Party Sir Edward Sassoon, 2nd Baronet Hythe 1899 1912 Died British Indian/British Iraqis[1]
Communist Party of Great Britain Shapurji Saklatvala Battersea North 1922 & 1924 1923 & 1929 Defeated & Defeated British Indian
Conservative Party Sir Philip Sassoon, 3rd Baronet Hythe 1912 1939 Died British Indian/British Iraqis[2]
Conservative Party Jonathan Sayeed Bristol East & Mid Bedfordshire 1983 & 1997 1992 & 2005 Defeated & Retired Anglo-Indian[3]
Labour Party Diane Abbott Hackney North and Stoke Newington 1987 Serving British Jamaican
Labour Party Paul Boateng Brent South 1987 2005 Retired British Ghanaians
Labour Party Bernie Grant Tottenham 1987 2000 Died British Guyanese
Labour Party Keith Vaz Leicester East 1987 Serving British Indian
Labour Party Ashok Kumar Langbaurgh & Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland 1991 & 1997 1992 & 2010 Defeated & Died British Indian
Conservative Party Sebastian Coe Falmouth and Camborne 1992 1997 Defeated Anglo-Indian[4]
Conservative Party Nirj Deva Brentford and Isleworth 1992 1997 Defeated British Sri Lankans
Conservative Party Iain Duncan Smith Chingford and Woodford Green 1992 Serving White British/Japanese British[5]
Labour Party Piara Singh Khabra Ealing Southall 1992 2007 Died British Indian
Labour Party Oona King Bethnal Green & Bow 1997 2005 Defeated African American/Jewish White British (Mixed Race)
Labour Party Mohammad Sarwar Glasgow Central 1997 2010 Retired British Pakistanis
Labour Party Marsha Singh Bradford West 1997 2012 Resigned - Ill Health British Indian
Labour Party Mark Hendrick Preston 2000 Serving British Somalian
Labour Party David Lammy Tottenham 2000 Serving British Guyanese
Labour Party Parmjit Singh Dhanda Gloucester 2001 2010 Defeated British Indian
Conservative Party Boris Johnson Henley 2001 2008 Resigned to become Mayor of London British Turkish/White British
Labour Party Khalid Mahmood Birmingham Perry Barr 2001 Serving British Pakistanis
Liberal Democrats Parmjit Singh Gill Leicester South 2004 2005 Defeated British Indian
Conservative Party Adam Afriyie Windsor 2005 Serving British Ghanaians/White British (Mixed Race)
Labour Party Dawn Butler Brent South 2005 2010 Defeated British Jamaican
Labour Party Sadiq Khan Tooting 2005 Serving British Pakistanis
Labour Party Shahid Malik Dewsbury 2005 2010 Defeated British Pakistanis
Conservative Party Shailesh Vara North West Cambridgeshire 2005 Serving Ugandan British
Labour Party Virendra Sharma Ealing Southall 2007 Serving British Indian
Labour Party Rushanara Ali Bethnal Green and Bow 2010 Serving British Bangladeshi
Conservative Party Rehman Chishti Gillingham and Rainham 2010 Serving British Pakistani
Conservative Party Helen Grant Maidstone and The Weald 2010 Serving British Nigerian/White British (Mixed Race)
Conservative Party Sam Gyimah East Surrey 2010 Serving British Ghanaians
Conservative Party Sajid Javid Bromsgrove 2010 Serving British Pakistani
Conservative Party Dr. Kwasi Kwarteng Spelthorne 2010 Serving British Ghanaians
Conservative Party Jo Johnson Orpington 2010 Serving British Turkish/White British
Labour Party Shabana Mahmood Birmingham Ladywood 2010 Serving British Pakistanis
Labour Party Lisa Nandy Wigan 2010 Serving British Pakistanis/White British (Mixed Race)
Labour Party Dr. Chi Onwurah Newcastle upon Tyne Central 2010 Serving British Nigerian/White British (Mixed Race)
Conservative Party Priti Patel Witham 2010 Serving Ugandan British
Labour Party Yasmin Qureshi Bolton South East 2010 Serving British Pakistanis
Labour Party Anas Sarwar Glasgow Central 2010 Serving British Pakistanis
Conservative Party Alok Sharma Reading West 2010 Serving British Indian
Labour Party Chuka Umunna Streatham 2010 Serving British Nigerian/White British (Mixed Race)
Conservative Party Paul Uppal Wolverhampton South West 2010 Serving British Kenyan
Labour Party Valerie Vaz Walsall South 2010 Serving British Indian
Conservative Party Nadhim Zahawi Stratford-on-Avon 2010 Serving British Iraqis
Labour Party Seema Malhotra Feltham and Heston 2011 Serving British Indian

List of ethnic minority Members of the House of Lords

Party Name Year appointed Year left Reason Ethnicity
Liberal Party Satyendra Prasanno Sinha, 1st Baron Sinha 1919 1928 Died British Indian
Crossbench Learie Constantine, Baron Constantine 1969 1971 Died British Trinidadian
Labour Party David Pitt, Baron Pitt of Hampstead 1975 1994 Died British Grenadian
Crossbench Pratap Chitnis, Baron Chitnis 1977 2013 Died Indian British
Conservative Party Shreela Flather, Baroness Flather 1990 2008 (Crossed the floor in 2008) Resigned from the Conservative Party, now a Crossbencher
Crossbench 2008 Serving Indian British
Crossbench Lydia Dunn, Baroness Dunn 1990 Serving Chinese British
Labour Party Meghnad Desai, Baron Desai 1991 Serving Indian British
Conservative Party Maurice Saatchi, Baron Saatchi 1996 Serving British Iraqis
Conservative Party John Taylor, Baron Taylor of Warwick 1996 2011 (Crossed the floor in 2011) Resigned from the Conservative Party, now a Crossbencher[6]
Crossbench 2011 Serving British Jamaican
Labour Party Swraj Paul, Baron Paul 1996 2010 (Crossed the floor in 2010) Resigned from the Labour Party, now a Crossbencher[7]
Crossbench 2010 Serving Indian British
Conservative Party Raj Bagri, Baron Bagri 1997 Serving Indian British
Labour Party Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos 1997 Serving British Guyanese
Labour Party Patricia Scotland, Baroness Scotland of Asthal 1997 Serving British Dominican
Liberal Democrats Navnit Dholakia, Baron Dholakia 1997 Serving Indian British
Labour Party Waheed Alli, Baron Alli 1998 Serving British Guyanese
Labour Party Pola Uddin, Baroness Uddin 1998 2010 (Crossed the floor in 2010) Resigned from the Labour Party, now a Crossbencher[8]
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[9]
Crossbench 2007 Serving British Pakistani
Labour Party Tarsem King, Baron King of West Bromwich 1999 2013 Died British Indian
Crossbench Usha Prashar, Baroness Prashar 1999 Serving British Kenyan
Crossbench Narendra Patel, Baron Patel 1999 Serving British Tanzanian
Labour Party Rosalind Howells, Baroness Howells of St Davids 1999 Serving British Grenadian
Conservative Party Sebastian Coe, Baron Coe 2000 Serving Anglo-Indian
Labour Party Adam Patel, Baron Patel of Blackburn 2000 Serving British Indian
Labour Party Bhikhu Parekh, Baron Parekh 2000 Serving British Indian
Crossbench Herman Ouseley, Baron Ouseley 2001 Serving British Guyanese
Crossbench Victor Adebowale, Baron Adebowale 2001 Serving British Nigerian
Labour Party Amir Bhatia, Baron Bhatia 2001 2010 (Crossed the floor in 2010) Resigned from the Labour Party, now a Crossbencher[10]
Crossbench 2010 Serving British Tanzanian
Crossbench Michael Chan, Baron Chan 2001 2006 Died British Chinese
Labour Party Kumar Bhattacharyya, Baron Bhattacharyya 2004 Serving British Bangladeshi
Crossbench Diljit Rana, Baron Rana 2004 Serving British Indian
Crossbench Lola Young, Baroness Young of Hornsey 2004 Serving British Nigerian
Liberal Democrats Kishwer Falkner, Baroness Falkner of Margravine 2004 Serving British Pakistani
Crossbench Michael Hastings, Baron Hastings of Scarisbrick 2005 Serving Black British
Conservative Party Sandip Verma, Baroness Verma 2006 Serving Indian British
Conservative Party Mohamed Sheikh, Baron Sheikh 2006 Serving British Kenyan
Crossbench Karan Bilimoria, Baron Bilimoria 2006 Serving British Indian
Labour Party Kamlesh Patel, Baron Patel of Bradford 2006 Serving British Indian
Labour Party Bill Morris, Baron Morris of Handsworth 2006 Serving British Jamaican
Labour Party Shriti Vadera, Baroness Vadera 2007 Serving British Ugandan
Crossbench Khalid Hameed, Baron Hameed 2007 Serving British Indian
Labour Party Ara Darzi, Baron Darzi of Denham 2007 Serving British Iraqis
Conservative Party Sayeeda Warsi, Baroness Warsi 2007 Serving British Pakistani
Crossbench Ajay Kakkar, Baron Kakkar 2010 Serving British Indian
Conservative Party Nat Wei, Baron Wei 2010 Serving British Chinese
Liberal Democrats Meral Hussein-Ece, Baroness Hussein-Ece 2010 Serving British Turkish
Liberal Democrats Floella Benjamin, Baroness Benjamin 2010 Serving British Trinidadians
Labour Party Paul Boateng, Baron Boateng 2010 Serving British Ghanaians
Conservative Party Dolar Popat, Baron Popat 2010 Serving British Ugandan
Conservative Party Bernard Ribeiro, Baron Ribeiro 2010 Serving British Ghanaians
Conservative Party Tariq Ahmad, Baron Ahmad of Wimbledon 2011 Serving British Pakistani
Liberal Democrats Raj Loomba, Baron Loomba 2011 Serving British Pakistani
Liberal Democrats Qurban Hussain, Baron Hussain 2011 Serving British Indian
Labour Party Gulam Noon, Baron Noon 2011 Serving British Indian
Crossbench Indarjit Singh, Baron Singh of Wimbledon 2011 Serving British Indian
Liberal Democrats Zahida Manzoor, Baroness Manzoor 2013 Serving British Pakistani
Liberal Democrats Rumi Verjee, Baron Verjee 2013 Serving British Ugandan
Labour Party Doreen Lawrence, Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon 2013 Serving British Jamaican
Conservative Party Ranbir Singh Suri, Baron Suri 2014 Serving British Indian
Conservative Party Arminka Helic, Baroness Helic 2014 Serving British Bosnian
Conservative Party Nosheena Mobarik, Baroness Mobarik 2014 Serving British Pakistani

List of ethnic minority Members of the European Parliament

Party Name Constituency Year elected Year left Reason Ethnicity
Conservative Stanley Johnson Wight & Hampshire East 1979 1984 Defeated British Turk/White British
Labour Mark Hendrick Central Lancashire 1994 1999 Defeated British Somalian
Conservative Nirj Deva South East England 1999 Serving British Sri Lankans
Conservative Bashir Khanbhai East of England 1999 2004 Retired British Tanzanian
Labour Neena Gill West Midlands 1999 & 2014 2009 Defeated & Serving British Indian
Labour Claude Moraes London 1999 Serving British Yemeni
Liberal Democrats 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 Dr Syed Kamall London 2005 Serving British Guyanese
Conservative Marina Yannakoudakis London 2009 2014 Defeated British Turkish
United Kingdom Independence Party Marta Andreasen South East England 2009 2013 (Crossed the floor in 2013) Left UKIP, joined Conservative Party
Conservative South East England 2013 2014 Defeated British Argentinian
United Kingdom Independence Party Tim Aker East of England 2014 Serving British Turk/White British (Mixed Race)
United Kingdom Independence Party Amjad Bashir 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
United Kingdom Independence Party 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 North East 2000 Serving British Montserratian
Labour Murad Qureshi London-wide 2004 Serving British Bangladeshi
Conservative James Cleverly Bexley and Bromley 2008 Serving British Sierra Leoneans/White British (Mixed Race)
Labour Navin Shah Brent and Harrow 2008 Serving British Indian
Labour Onkar Sahota Ealing and Hillingdon 2012 Serving British Indian

List of ethnic minority Scottish Parliament Members

Party Name Constituency Year elected Year left Reason Ethnicity
Scottish National Party Bashir Ahmad Glasgow 2007 2009 Died British Pakistani
Scottish National Party Humza Yousaf Glasgow 2011 Serving British Pakistani
Labour Hanzala Malik Glasgow 2011 Serving British Pakistanis/White British (Mixed Race)

List of ethnic minority Welsh Assembly Members

Party Name Constituency Year elected Year left Reason Ethnicity
Plaid Cymru Mohammad Asghar 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 Cardiff South and Penarth 2011 Serving British Zambian/White British (Mixed Race)

List of ethnic minority Northern Irish Assembly Members

Party Name Constituency Year elected Year left Reason Ethnicity
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland Anna Lo Belfast South 2007 Serving British Hong Kongian

Notes

  1. ↑ Family were from Iraq and Sir Edward was born in India
  2. ↑ Family were from Iraq and India
  3. ↑ Father is a Punjabi Indian
  4. ↑ His mother was half Indian, as her father was a Punjabi Indian whilst her mother was White
  5. ↑ His maternal Great Grandmother was Japanese
  6. ↑ Suspended till 2012 for having been jailed due to United Kingdom Parliamentary expenses scandal
  7. ↑ Suspended for four months due to United Kingdom Parliamentary expenses scandal
  8. ↑ Suspended for 16 months due to United Kingdom Parliamentary expenses scandal
  9. ↑ Suspended after being jailed for a fatal road crash in 2007 and expelled 2009 for racial remarks
  10. ↑ Suspended for eight months due to United Kingdom Parliamentary expenses scandal