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Rishi Sunak became Prime Minister in 2022.

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. 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".

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 – 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. 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.

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, which led to debate about why Jewish party leaders had been excluded from this comparison. 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." 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.

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. 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. The first three Muslim female MPs were elected. All ethnic minority MPs were either Labour (15) or Conservative (11). In October 2013, the UK Parliament reported that the number of ethnic minority MPs stood at 27, or 4.2% of the total.

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. 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 and the House of Commons Library. In the 2019 general election, this figure rose to 66, with 23 Conservative, 41 Labour and two Liberal Democrat non-white MPs.

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. Of these, 11 were affiliated with the Labour Party, 16 were crossbenchers, 16 were Conservatives, six were Liberal Democrats, and six were unaffiliated.

Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom in the House of Commons

Party Portrait Name Constituency First office held Year joined Ethnicity
Conservative Official Portrait of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (cropped).jpg Rishi Sunak Richmond (Yorks) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 2022 British Indian

First Ministers of Scotland in the Scottish Parliament

Party Portrait Name Constituency First office held Year joined Ethnicity
SNP Official portrait of first minister Humza Yousaf, 2023 (cropped).jpg Humza Yousaf Glasgow First Minister of Scotland 2023 British Pakistani

First Ministers of Wales in the Senedd

Party Portrait Name Constituency First office held Year joined Ethnicity
Labour Vaughan-gething.jpg Vaughan Gething Cardiff South and Penarth First Minister of Wales 2024 Black British/White British (Mixed)

Members of the Cabinet in the House of Commons

Party Portrait Name Constituency First office held Year joined Ethnicity
Liberal Henry Arthur Herbert sr.PNG Henry Arthur Herbert Kerry Chief Secretary for Ireland 1857 Black British/White British (Mixed)
Labour Official portrait of Lord Boateng, 2020.jpg Paul Boateng Brent South Chief Secretary to the Treasury (attending Cabinet) 2002 Black British/White British (Mixed)
Conservative Official portrait of Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP crop 2.jpg Sajid Javid Bromsgrove Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 2013 British Pakistani
Conservative Official portrait of Rt Hon Priti Patel MP crop 2.jpg Priti Patel Witham Secretary of State for International Development 2016 British Indian
Conservative Official portrait of Alok Sharma crop 2.jpg Alok Sharma Reading West Secretary of State for International Development 2019 British Indian
Conservative Official portrait of Rt Hon James Cleverly MP crop 2.jpg James Cleverly Braintree Minister without Portfolio (attending Cabinet) 2019 Black British/White British (Mixed)
Conservative Official Portrait of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (cropped).jpg Rishi Sunak Richmond (Yorks) Chief Secretary to the Treasury (attending Cabinet) 2019 British Indian
Conservative Official portrait of Suella Braverman MP crop 2.jpg Suella Braverman Fareham Attorney General for England and Wales (attending Cabinet) 2020 British Indian
Conservative Kwasi Kwarteng Official Portrait Cropped.jpg Kwasi Kwarteng Spelthorne Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 2021 Black British
Conservative Official portrait of Nadhim Zahawi MP crop 2.jpg Nadhim Zahawi Stratford-on-Avon Secretary of State for Education 2021 British Iraqi
Conservative Official portrait of Mr Shailesh Vara MP crop 2.jpg Shailesh Vara North West Cambridgeshire Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 2022 British Indian
Conservative Kemi Badenoch official Cabinet Portrait; 2022 (cropped).jpg Kemi Badenoch Saffron Walden Secretary of State for International Trade 2022 Black British
Conservative Official portrait of Mr Ranil Jayawardena MP crop 2.jpg Ranil Jayawardena North East Hampshire Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 2022 British Sri Lankan
Conservative Official portrait of Claire Coutinho MP crop 2.jpg Claire Coutinho East Surrey Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero 2023 British Indian

Ministers in the House of Commons

Party Portrait Name Constituency First office held Year joined Ethnicity
Liberal Sir Ernest Soares crop.jpg Ernest Soares Barnstaple Lord Commissioner of the Treasury 1910 Anglo-Indian
Conservative Lord Coe - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2012 cropped.jpg Sebastian Coe Falmouth and Camborne Assistant Government Whip 1996 Anglo-Indian
Labour Official portrait of Lord Boateng, 2020.jpg Paul Boateng Brent South Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Disabled People 1997 Black British/White British (Mixed)
Labour Official portrait of Keith Vaz crop 2.jpg Keith Vaz Leicester East Minister of State for Europe 1999 British Indian
Labour Official portrait of Rt Hon David Lammy MP crop 5.jpg David Lammy Tottenham Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health 2002 Black British
Labour Parmjitdhanda.JPG Parmjit Dhanda Gloucester Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education and Skills 2006 British Indian
Labour Shahid Malik.jpg Shahid Malik Dewsbury Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development 2007 British Pakistani
Labour Sadiq Khan November 2016.jpg Sadiq Khan Tooting Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 2008 British Pakistani
Labour Official portrait of Dawn Butler MP crop 2.jpg Dawn Butler Brent South Minister of State for Youth Affairs 2009 Black British
Conservative Official portrait of Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP crop 2.jpg Sajid Javid Bromsgrove Economic Secretary to the Treasury 2012 British Pakistani
Conservative Official portrait of Mrs Helen Grant MP crop 2.jpg Helen Grant Maidstone and The Weald Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Equalities 2012 Black British/White British (Mixed)
Conservative Official portrait of Mr Shailesh Vara MP crop 2.jpg Shailesh Vara North West Cambridgeshire Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Courts and Legal Aid 2013 British Indian
Conservative Official portrait of Rt Hon Priti Patel MP crop 2.jpg Priti Patel Witham Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury 2014 British Indian
Conservative Official portrait of Mr Sam Gyimah crop 2.jpg Sam Gyimah East Surrey Minister for the Constitution 2014 Black British
Conservative Official portrait of Alok Sharma crop 2.jpg Alok Sharma Reading West Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Asia and the Pacific 2016 British Indian
Conservative Kwasi Kwarteng Official Portrait Cropped.jpg Kwasi Kwarteng Spelthorne Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union 2018 Black British
Conservative Official portrait of Nadhim Zahawi MP crop 2.jpg Nadhim Zahawi Stratford-on-Avon Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families 2018 British Iraqi
Conservative Official portrait of Suella Braverman MP crop 2.jpg Suella Braverman Fareham Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union 2018 British Indian
Conservative Official Portrait of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (cropped).jpg Rishi Sunak Richmond (Yorks) Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Local Government 2018 British Indian
Conservative Nusrat Ghani.jpg Nus Ghani Wealden Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Aviation and Maritime 2018 British Pakistani
Conservative Official portrait of Rt Hon James Cleverly MP crop 2.jpg James Cleverly Braintree Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union 2019 Black British/White British (Mixed)
Conservative Kemi Badenoch official Cabinet Portrait; 2022 (cropped).jpg Kemi Badenoch Saffron Walden Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families 2019 Black British
Conservative Seema Kennedy MP.jpg Seema Kennedy South Ribble Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Primary Care 2019 British Iranian/White Irish (Mixed)
Conservative Official portrait of Mr Ranil Jayawardena MP crop 2.jpg Ranil Jayawardena North East Hampshire Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State International Trade 2020 British Sri Lankan
Conservative Official portrait of Paul Scully MP crop 2.jpg Paul Scully Sutton and Cheam Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Small Business, Consumers and Labour Markets 2020 British Burmese
Conservative Official portrait of Alan Mak crop 2.jpg Alan Mak Havant Lord Commissioner of the Treasury 2021 British Chinese
Conservative Official portrait of Rehman Chishti MP crop 2.jpg Rehman Chishti Gillingham and Rainham Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for North America, Sanctions and Consular Policy 2022 British Pakistani
Conservative Official portrait of Claire Coutinho MP crop 2.jpg Claire Coutinho East Surrey Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Disabled People 2022 British Indian
Conservative Official portrait of Darren Henry MP crop 2.jpg Darren Henry Broxtowe Assistant Government Whip 2022 Black British
Conservative Gagan-Mohindra.jpg Gagan Mohindra South West Hertfordshire Assistant Government Whip 2023 British Indian
Conservative Official portrait of Bim Afolami MP crop 2.jpg Bim Afolami Hitchin and Harpenden Economic Secretary to the Treasury 2023 Black British
Conservative Official portrait of Saqib Bhatti MP crop 2.jpg Saqib Bhatti Meriden Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Tech and the Digital Economy 2023 British Pakistani

Members of Parliament

Party Portrait Name Constituency Year elected Year left Reason for tenure ending Ethnicity
Whig James Townsend Gentleman's Magazine.jpg James Townsend West Looe 1767 1774 Resigned Black British/White British (Mixed)
Calne 1782 1787 Died in office
Whig Richard Beckford Bridport, Arundel and Leominster 1780 1796 Died in office Black British/White British (Mixed)
Tory Ralph Benson Stafford 1812 1818 Retired Black British/White British (Mixed)
1826 1830 Retired
Tory John Stewart Lymington 1832 1847 Defeated Black British/White British (Mixed)
Conservative
Whig Alexander Raphael County Carlow 1835 1835 Unseated by petition British Armenian
St Albans 1847 1850 Died in office
Conservative Charles Cecil Martyn Southampton 1841 1842 Unseated by petition Anglo-Indian
Whig Dyce-sombre.jpg David Ochterlony Dyce Sombre Sudbury 1841 1842 Unseated by petition Anglo-Indian
Whig Henry Galgacus Redhead Yorke City of York 1841 1848 Died Black British/White British (Mixed)
Liberal Henry Arthur Herbert sr.PNG Henry Arthur Herbert Kerry 1847 1866 Died in office Black British/White British (Mixed)
Liberal Peter McLagan.jpg Peter McLagan Linlithgowshire 1865 1893 Resigned Black British/White British (Mixed)
Liberal Henry Arthur Herbert jr.PNG Henry Arthur Herbert Kerry 1866 1880 Retired Black British/White British (Mixed)
Liberal Sir Hubert Jerningham.PNG Hubert Jerningham Berwick-upon-Tweed 1881 1885 Retired Black British/White British (Mixed)
Liberal Dadabhai Naoroji 1889.jpg Dadabhai Naoroji Finsbury Central 1892 1895 Defeated British Indian
Conservative Mancherjee.jpg Mancherjee Bhownagree Bethnal Green North East 1895 1906 Defeated British Indian
Liberal Sir Ernest Soares crop.jpg Ernest Soares Barnstaple 1900 1911 Resigned due to failing health Anglo-Indian
Liberal Henry Lynch.jpg H. F. B. Lynch Ripon 1906 1910 Defeated British Armenian/White Irish (Mixed)
Labour Shapurji Saklatvala.jpg Shapurji Saklatvala Battersea North 1922 1923 Defeated British Indian
Communist 1924 1929 Defeated
Conservative No image.svg Richard Hickmet Glanford and Scunthorpe 1983 1987 Defeated British Turkish/White British (Mixed race)
Conservative No image.svg Jonathan Sayeed Bristol East 1983 1992 Defeated Anglo-Indian
Mid Bedfordshire 1997 2005 Retired
Labour Official portrait of Ms Diane Abbott crop 2.jpg Diane Abbott Hackney North and Stoke Newington 1987 Serving Black British
Labour Official portrait of Lord Boateng, 2020.jpg Paul Boateng Brent South 1987 2005 Retired Black British/White British (Mixed)
Labour No image.svg Bernie Grant Tottenham 1987 2000 Died in office Black British
Labour Official portrait of Keith Vaz crop 2.jpg Keith Vaz Leicester East 1987 2019 Retired British Indian
Labour No image.svg Ashok Kumar Langbaurgh 1991 1992 Defeated British Indian
Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland 1997 2010 Died in office
Conservative Lord Coe - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2012 cropped.jpg Sebastian Coe Falmouth and Camborne 1992 1997 Defeated Anglo-Indian
Conservative Nirj Deva UNDP 2010.jpg Nirj Deva Brentford and Isleworth 1992 1997 Defeated British Sri Lankan
Labour Piara Singh Khabra Ealing Southall 1992 2007 Died in office British Indian
Labour Oona King crop.jpg Oona King Bethnal Green & Bow 1997 2005 Defeated African American/White British (Mixed)
Labour MohdSarwar.JPG Mohammad Sarwar Glasgow Central 1997 2010 Retired British Pakistani
Labour Marsha Singh Bradford West 1997 2012 Resigned due to failing health British Indian
Labour Official portrait of Sir Mark Hendrick MP crop 2.jpg Mark Hendrick Preston 2000 Serving Somali/White British (Mixed)
Labour Official portrait of Rt Hon David Lammy MP crop 5.jpg David Lammy Tottenham 2000 Serving Black British
Labour Parmjitdhanda.JPG Parmjit Singh Dhanda Gloucester 2001 2010 Defeated British Indian
Labour Official portrait of Mr Khalid Mahmood MP crop 2.jpg Khalid Mahmood Birmingham Perry Barr 2001 Serving British Pakistani
Liberal Democrats No image.svg Parmjit Singh Gill Leicester South 2004 2005 Defeated British Indian
Conservative Official portrait of Adam Afriyie MP crop 2.jpg Adam Afriyie Windsor 2005 Serving Black British/White British (Mixed)
Labour Official portrait of Dawn Butler MP crop 2.jpg Dawn Butler Brent South 2005 2010 Defeated Black British
Brent Central 2015 Serving
Labour Sadiq Khan.jpg Sadiq Khan Tooting 2005 2016 Resigned to become Mayor of London British Pakistani
Labour Shahid Malik.jpg Shahid Malik Dewsbury 2005 2010 Defeated British Pakistani
Conservative Official portrait of Mr Shailesh Vara MP crop 2.jpg Shailesh Vara North West Cambridgeshire 2005 Serving British Indian
Labour Official portrait of Mr Virendra Sharma crop 2.jpg Virendra Sharma Ealing Southall 2007 Serving British Indian
Labour Official portrait of Rushanara Ali MP crop 2.jpg Rushanara Ali Bethnal Green and Bow 2010 Serving British Bangladeshi
Conservative Official portrait of Rehman Chishti MP crop 2.jpg Rehman Chishti Gillingham and Rainham 2010 Serving British Pakistani
Conservative Official portrait of Mrs Helen Grant MP crop 2.jpg Helen Grant Maidstone and The Weald 2010 Serving Black British/White British (Mixed)
Conservative Official portrait of Mr Sam Gyimah crop 2.jpg Sam Gyimah East Surrey 2010 2019 Expelled from Conservatives, joined Liberal Democrats Black British
Liberal Democrats 2019 2019 Defeated
Conservative Official portrait of Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP crop 2.jpg Sajid Javid Bromsgrove 2010 Serving British Pakistani
Conservative Kwasi Kwarteng Official Portrait Cropped.jpg Kwasi Kwarteng Spelthorne 2010 Serving Black British
Labour Official portrait of Shabana Mahmood MP crop 2.jpg Shabana Mahmood Birmingham Ladywood 2010 Serving British Pakistani
Labour Official portrait of Lisa Nandy MP crop 2.jpg Lisa Nandy Wigan 2010 Serving Anglo-Indian
Labour Official portrait of Chi Onwurah MP crop 2.jpg Chi Onwurah Newcastle upon Tyne Central 2010 Serving Black British/White British (Mixed)
Conservative Official portrait of Rt Hon Priti Patel MP crop 2.jpg Priti Patel Witham 2010 Serving British Indian
Labour Official portrait of Yasmin Qureshi crop 2.jpg Yasmin Qureshi Bolton South East 2010 Serving British Pakistani
Labour Anas Sarwar MSP.jpg Anas Sarwar Glasgow Central 2010 2015 Defeated British Pakistani
Conservative Official portrait of Alok Sharma crop 2.jpg Alok Sharma Reading West 2010 Serving British Indian
Labour Official portrait of Chuka Umunna crop 2.jpg Chuka Umunna 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 Pauluppall.png Paul Uppal Wolverhampton South West 2010 2015 Defeated British Indian
Labour Official portrait of Rt Hon Valerie Vaz MP crop 2.jpg Valerie Vaz Walsall South 2010 Serving British Indian
Conservative Official portrait of Nadhim Zahawi MP crop 2.jpg Nadhim Zahawi Stratford-on-Avon 2010 Serving British Iraqi
Labour Official portrait of Seema Malhotra crop 2.jpg Seema Malhotra Feltham and Heston 2011 Serving British Indian
Conservative Official portrait of Rt Hon James Cleverly MP crop 2.jpg James Cleverly Braintree 2015 Serving Black British/White British (Mixed)
Labour Official portrait of Thangam Debbonaire MP crop 2.jpg Thangam Debbonaire Bristol West 2015 Serving Anglo-Indian
Conservative Official portrait of Suella Braverman MP crop 2.jpg Suella Braverman Fareham 2015 Serving British Indian
Conservative Official portrait of Ms Nusrat Ghani crop 2.jpg Nus Ghani Wealden 2015 Serving British Pakistani
Labour Official portrait of Imran Hussain MP 2024 (cropped).jpg Imran Hussain Bradford East 2015 Serving British Pakistani
Labour Official portrait of Dr Rupa Huq MP crop 2.jpg Rupa Huq Ealing Central and Acton 2015 Serving British Bangladeshi
Conservative Official portrait of Mr Ranil Jayawardena MP crop 2.jpg Ranil Jayawardena North East Hampshire 2015 Serving British Sri Lankan
Conservative Seema Kennedy MP.jpg Seema Kennedy South Ribble 2015 2019 Retired British Iranian/White Irish (Mixed)
Labour Official portrait of Clive Lewis crop 2.jpg Clive Lewis Norwich South 2015 Serving Black British/White British (Mixed)
Conservative Official portrait of Alan Mak crop 2.jpg Alan Mak Havant 2015 Serving British Chinese
Labour Official portrait of Kate Osamor MP crop 2.jpg Kate Osamor Edmonton 2015 Serving Black British
Conservative Official portrait of Paul Scully MP crop 2.jpg Paul Scully Sutton and Cheam 2015 Serving British Burmese
Labour Official portrait of Naz Shah MP crop 2.jpg Naz Shah Bradford West 2015 Serving British Pakistani
SNP Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh.png Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh Ochil and South Perthshire 2015 2017 Defeated British Pakistani/White British/Other White (Mixed)
Labour Official portrait of Tulip Siddiq crop 2.jpg Tulip Siddiq Hampstead and Kilburn 2015 Serving British Bangladeshi
Conservative Official Portrait of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (cropped).jpg Rishi Sunak Richmond 2015 Serving British Indian
Labour Official portrait of Dr Rosena Allin-Khan MP crop 2.jpg Allin-Khan, RosenaRosena Allin-Khan Tooting 2016 Serving British Pakistani/Other White (Mixed)
Conservative Official portrait of Bim Afolami MP crop 2.jpg Bim Afolami Hitchin and Harpenden 2017 Serving Black British
Conservative Kemi Badenoch official Cabinet Portrait; 2022 (cropped).jpg Kemi Badenoch Saffron Walden 2017 Serving Black British
Labour Official portrait of Bambos Charalambous MP crop 2.jpg Bambos Charalambous Enfield Southgate 2017 Serving British Cypriot
Labour Marsha de Cordova Official Parliamentary Photo.jpg Marsha de Cordova Battersea 2017 Serving Black British
Labour Official portrait of Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi MP crop 2.jpg Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi Slough 2017 Serving British Indian
Labour Official portrait of Preet Kaur Gill MP crop 2.jpg Preet Gill Birmingham Edgbaston 2017 Serving British Indian
Labour Official portrait of Afzal Khan MP crop 2.jpg Afzal Khan Manchester Gorton 2017 Serving British Pakistani
Liberal Democrats Official portrait of Layla Moran MP crop 2.jpg Layla Moran Oxford West and Abingdon 2017 Serving British Palestinian/White British (Mixed)
Labour Official portrait of Fiona Onasanya crop 2.jpg Onasanya, FionaFiona Onasanya Peterborough 2017 2018 (Crossed the floor in 2018) Expelled from Labour, became an Independent Black British
Independent 2018 2019 Removed from office
Labour Official portrait of Faisal Rashid crop 2.jpg Faisal Rashid Warrington South 2017 2019 Defeated British Pakistani
Labour Official portrait of Eleanor Smith crop 2.jpg Eleanor Smith Wolverhampton South West 2017 2019 Defeated Black British
Labour Official portrait of Mohammad Yasin MP crop 2.jpg Mohammad Yasin Bedford 2017 Serving British Pakistani
Labour Official portrait of Janet Daby MP crop 2.jpg Janet Daby Lewisham East 2018 Serving Black British
Conservative Official portrait of Imran Ahmad Khan MP crop 2.jpg Imran Ahmad Khan Wakefield 2019 2021 Suspended and later expelled from Conservatives, became an Independent British Pakistani/White British (Mixed)
Independent 2021 2022 Resigned
Labour Official portrait of Tahir Ali MP crop 2.jpg Tahir Ali Birmingham Hall Green 2019 Serving British Pakistani
Labour Official portrait of Apsana Begum MP crop 2.jpg Apsana Begum Poplar and Limehouse 2019 Serving British Bangladeshi
Conservative Official portrait of Saqib Bhatti MP crop 2.jpg Saqib Bhatti Meriden 2019 Serving British Pakistani
Labour Official portrait of Feryal Clark MP crop 2.jpg Feryal Clark Enfield North 2019 Serving British Turkish (Kurdish)
Conservative Official portrait of Claire Coutinho MP crop 2.jpg Claire Coutinho East Surrey 2019 Serving British Indian
Labour Official portrait of Florence Eshalomi MP crop 2.jpg Florence Eshalomi Vauxhall 2019 Serving Black British
Conservative Official portrait of Darren Henry MP crop 2.jpg Darren Henry Broxtowe 2019 Serving Black British
Labour Official portrait of Kim Johnson MP crop 2.jpg Kim Johnson Liverpool Riverside 2019 Serving Black British/White British (Mixed)
Labour Official portrait of Navendu Mishra MP crop 2.jpg Nav Mishra Stockport 2019 Serving British Indian
Conservative Gagan-Mohindra.jpg Gagan Mohindra South West Hertfordshire 2019 Serving British Indian
Labour Official portrait of Abena Oppong-Asare MP crop 2.jpg Abena Oppong-Asare Erith and Thamesmead 2019 Serving Black British
Labour Official portrait of Taiwo Owatemi MP crop 2.jpg Taiwo Owatemi Coventry North West 2019 Serving Black British
Labour Official portrait of Sarah Owen MP crop 2.jpg Sarah Owen Luton North 2019 Serving British Chinese/White British (Mixed)
Labour Official portrait of Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP crop 2.jpg Bell Ribeiro-Addy Streatham 2019 Serving Black British
Labour Official portrait of Zarah Sultana MP crop 2.jpg Zarah Sultana Coventry South 2019 Serving British Pakistani
Liberal Democrats Official portrait of Munira Wilson MP crop 2.jpg Munira Wilson Twickenham 2019 Serving British Indian
Labour Official portrait of Nadia Whittome MP crop 2.jpg Nadia Whittome Nottingham East 2019 Serving Anglo-Indian
Labour Official portrait of Claudia Webbe MP crop 2.jpg Claudia Webbe Leicester East 2019 2020 Suspended and later expelled from Labour, became an Independent Black British
Independent 2020 Serving
SNP Official portrait of Anum Qaisar MP.jpg Anum Qaisar Airdrie and Shotts 2021 Serving British Pakistani
Labour Official Portrait of Paulette Hamilton MP.jpg Paulette Hamilton Birmingham Erdington 2022 Serving Black British

Members of the Cabinet in the House of Lords

Party Portrait Name First office held Year joined Ethnicity
Labour Valerie Amos DFID 2013.jpg Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos Secretary of State for International Development 2003 Black British
Labour Patricia Scotland 2018.jpg Patricia Scotland, Baroness Scotland Attorney General for England and Wales (attending Cabinet) 2007 Black British
Conservative Official portrait of Baroness Warsi crop 2.jpg Sayeeda Warsi, Baroness Warsi Minister without Portfolio (attending Cabinet) 2010 British Pakistani

Ministers in the House of Lords

Party Portrait Name First office held Year joined Ethnicity
Liberal Lord Sina.jpg Satyendra Prasanna Sinha, 1st Baron Sinha Under-Secretary of State for India 1919 British Indian
Labour Valerie Amos DFID 2013.jpg Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos Baroness-in-Waiting 1998 Black British
Labour Patricia Scotland 2018.jpg Patricia Scotland, Baroness Scotland Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 1999 Black British
Labour Official portrait of Lord Darzi of Denham crop 2.jpg Ara Darzi, Baron Darzi of Denham Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health 2007 British Armenian
Labour Shriti Vadera, Baroness Vadera.jpg Shriti Vadera, Baroness Vadera Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Competitiveness and Small Business 2008 British Indian
Labour Official portrait of Lord Patel of Bradford crop 2.jpg Kamlesh Patel, Baron Patel of Bradford Lord-in-waiting 2008 British Indian
Conservative Official portrait of Baroness Verma crop 2.jpg Sandip Verma, Baroness Verma Baroness-in-waiting 2010 British Indian
Conservative Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon 2015.jpg Tariq Ahmad, Baron Ahmad of Wimbledon Lord-in-waiting 2012 British Pakistani
Conservative Official portrait of Lord Popat crop 2, 2023.jpg Dolar Popat, Baron Popat Lord-in-waiting 2013 British Indian
Conservative Baroness Mobarik 2022.jpg Nosheena Mobarik, Baroness Mobarik Baroness-in-waiting 2016 British Pakistani
Conservative Official portrait of Baroness Manzoor crop 2.jpg Zahida Manzoor, Baroness Manzoor Baroness-in-waiting 2018 British Pakistani
Conservative
Syed Kamall (2019) (cropped).jpg
Syed Kamall, Baron Kamall Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Technology, Innovation and Life Sciences 2021 British Indian

Members of the House of Lords

Party Portraitl Name Year entered Year left Reason for tenure ending Ethnicity
Liberal Lord Sina.jpg Satyendra Prasanno Sinha, 1st Baron Sinha 1919 1928 Died British Indian
Liberal No image.svg Arun Kumar Sinha, 2nd Baron Sinha 1945 1967 Died British Indian
Crossbench No image.svg Sudhindra Prasanna Sinha, 3rd Baron Sinha 1969 1989 Died British Indian
Crossbench Learie Constantine 1930 03.jpg Learie Constantine, Baron Constantine 1969 1971 Died Black British
Labour No image.svg David Pitt, Baron Pitt of Hampstead 1975 1994 Died Black British
Crossbench No image.svg Pratap Chitnis, Baron Chitnis 1977 2013 Died British Indian
Conservative Official portrait of Baroness Flather crop 2, 2019.jpg Shreela Flather, Baroness Flather 1990 2008 (Crossed the floor in 2008) Resigned from the Conservative Party, now a Crossbencher British Indian
Crossbench 2008 2024 Died
Crossbench Baroness Dunn 2008.jpg Lydia Dunn, Baroness Dunn 1990 2010 Permanently disqualified under the provisions of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 British Chinese
Labour Official portrait of Lord Desai crop 2.jpg Meghnad Desai, Baron Desai 1991 2020 (Crossed the floor in 2020) Resigned from the Labour Party, now a Crossbencher British Indian
Crossbench 2020 Serving
Lords Spiritual Bishop Michael picture (cropped).jpg Michael Nazir-Ali, Bishop of Rochester 1994 2009 Retired British Pakistani
Crossbench No image.svg James Lindsay, 3rd Baron Lindsay of Birker 1995 1999 Removed British Chinese/White British (Mixed)
Conservative Official portrait of Lord Taylor of Warwick crop 2.jpg John Taylor, Baron Taylor of Warwick 1996 2011 (Crossed the floor in 2011) Resigned from the Conservative Party, now a Crossbencher Black British
Crossbench 2011 Serving
Labour Official portrait of Lord Paul crop 2, 2019.jpg Swraj Paul, Baron Paul 1996 2010 (Crossed the floor in 2010) Resigned from the Labour Party, now a Crossbencher British Indian
Crossbench 2010 Serving
Conservative No image.svg Raj Bagri, Baron Bagri 1997 2010 Permanently disqualified under the provisions of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 British Indian
Labour Valerie Amos DFID 2013.jpg Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos 1997 Serving Black British
Labour Patricia Scotland 2018.jpg Patricia Scotland, Baroness Scotland of Asthal 1997 Serving Black British
Liberal Democrats Official portrait of Lord Dholakia crop 2.jpg Navnit Dholakia, Baron Dholakia 1997 Serving British Indian
Labour Waheed Alli 2010.jpg Waheed Alli, Baron Alli 1998 Serving British Pakistani
Labour Official portrait of Baroness Uddin crop 2.jpg Pola Uddin, Baroness Uddin 1998 2010 (Crossed the floor in 2010) Resigned from the Labour Party, now a Crossbencher British Bangladeshi
Crossbench 2010 Serving
Labour Official portrait of Lord Ahmed crop 2.jpg Nazir Ahmed, Baron Ahmed 1998 2007 (Crossed the floor in 2007) Expelled from the Labour Party, became a Crossbencher British Pakistani
Crossbench 2007 2020 Resigned under threat of expulsion
Crossbench No image.svg Arup Kumar Sinha, 6th Baron Sinha 1999 1999 Removed British Indian
Labour No image.svg Tarsem King, Baron King of West Bromwich 1999 2013 Died British Indian
Crossbench Official portrait of Baroness Prashar crop 2, 2022.jpg Usha Prashar, Baroness Prashar 1999 Serving British Indian
Crossbench Official portrait of Lord Patel crop 2, 2019.jpg Narendra Patel, Baron Patel 1999 Serving British Indian
Labour Official portrait of Baroness Howells of St Davids crop 2.jpg Rosalind Howells, Baroness Howells of St Davids 1999 2019 Retired Black British
Conservative Lord Coe - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2012 cropped.jpg Sebastian Coe, Baron Coe 2000 Serving Anglo-Indian
Labour Official portrait of Lord Parekh crop 2.jpg Bhikhu Parekh, Baron Parekh 2000 Serving British Indian
Labour No image.svg Adam Patel, Baron Patel of Blackburn 2000 2019 Died British Indian
Crossbench Official portrait of Lord Ouseley crop 2.jpg Herman Ouseley, Baron Ouseley 2001 2019 Retired Black British
Crossbench Baron Adebowale byline.JPG Victor Adebowale, Baron Adebowale 2001 Serving Black British
Labour Official portrait of Lord Bhatia crop 2.jpg Amir Bhatia, Baron Bhatia 2001 2010 (Crossed the floor in 2010) Resigned from the Labour Party, now a Crossbencher British Indian
Crossbench 2010 2023 Removed
Crossbench No image.svg Michael Chan, Baron Chan 2001 2006 Died British Chinese
Lords Spiritual Official portrait of The Lord Archbishop of York crop 2.jpg John Sentamu, Baron Sentamu 2002 2020 Retired as Archbishop of York, created a life peer in 2021 Black British
2021 Serving
Labour Official portrait of Lord Bhattacharyya crop 2.jpg Kumar Bhattacharyya, Baron Bhattacharyya 2004 2019 Died British Indian
Crossbench Lord-Rana.jpg Diljit Rana, Baron Rana 2004 2016 (Crossed the floor in 2016) Resigned from the Crossbenches, now a Conservative British Indian
Conservative 2016 Serving
Crossbench Official portrait of Baroness Young of Hornsey crop 2, 2023.jpg Lola Young, Baroness Young of Hornsey 2004 Serving Black British
Liberal Democrats Official portrait of Baroness Falkner of Margravine crop 2, 2019.jpg Kishwer Falkner, Baroness Falkner of Margravine 2004 2019 (Crossed the floor in 2019) Resigned from the Liberal Democrats, now a Crossbencher British Pakistani
Crossbench 2019 Serving
Crossbench Official portrait of Lord Hastings of Scarisbrick crop 2.jpg Michael Hastings, Baron Hastings of Scarisbrick 2005 Serving Black British
Conservative Official portrait of Baroness Verma crop 2.jpg Sandip Verma, Baroness Verma 2006 Serving British Indian
Conservative Official portrait of Lord Sheikh crop 2, 2019.jpg Mohamed Sheikh, Baron Sheikh 2006 2022 Died British Indian
Crossbench Lord Karan Bilimoria at Horasis Global India Business Meeting 2012 crop.jpg Karan Bilimoria, Baron Bilimoria 2006 Serving British Indian
Labour Official portrait of Lord Patel of Bradford crop 2.jpg Kamlesh Patel, Baron Patel of Bradford 2006 Serving British Indian
Labour Official portrait of Lord Morris of Handsworth crop 2, 2019.jpg Bill Morris, Baron Morris of Handsworth 2006 2020 Retired Black British
Labour Shriti Vadera, Baroness Vadera.jpg Shriti Vadera, Baroness Vadera 2007 Serving British Indian
Crossbench Official portrait of Lord Hameed crop 2.jpg Khalid Hameed, Baron Hameed 2007 Serving British Indian
Labour Official portrait of Lord Darzi of Denham crop 2.jpg Ara Darzi, Baron Darzi of Denham 2007 2019 (Crossed the floor in 2019) Resigned from the Labour Party, now a Crossbencher British Armenian
Crossbench 2019 Serving
Conservative Official portrait of Baroness Warsi crop 2.jpg Sayeeda Warsi, Baroness Warsi 2007 Serving British Pakistani
Crossbench Official portrait of Baroness Afshar crop 2.jpg Haleh Afshar, Baroness Afshar 2007 2022 Died British Iranian
Crossbench Official portrait of Lord Kakkar crop 2, 2023.jpg Ajay Kakkar, Baron Kakkar 2010 Serving British Indian
Conservative Official portrait of Lord Wei crop 2.jpg Nat Wei, Baron Wei 2010 Serving British Chinese
Liberal Democrats Official portrait of Baroness Hussein-Ece crop 2, 2019.jpg Meral Hussein-Ece, Baroness Hussein-Ece 2010 Serving British Turkish
Liberal Democrats Official portrait of Baroness Benjamin crop 2, 2023.jpg Floella Benjamin, Baroness Benjamin 2010 Serving Black British
Labour Official portrait of Lord Boateng, 2020.jpg Paul Boateng, Baron Boateng 2010 Serving Black British/White British (Mixed)
Conservative Official portrait of Lord Popat crop 2.jpg Dolar Popat, Baron Popat 2010 Serving British Indian
Conservative No image.svg Bernard Ribeiro, Baron Ribeiro 2010 Serving Black British
Conservative Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon 2015.jpg Tariq Ahmad, Baron Ahmad of Wimbledon 2011 Serving British Pakistani
Liberal Democrats Official portrait of Lord Hussain crop 2.jpg Qurban Hussain, Baron Hussain 2011 Serving British Pakistani
Labour Oona King crop.jpg Oona King, Baroness King of Bow 2011 Serving African American/White British (Mixed)
Liberal Democrats Official portrait of Lord Loomba crop 2, 2019.jpg Raj Loomba, Baron Loomba 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 Official portrait of Lord Singh of Wimbledon crop 2.jpg Indarjit Singh, Baron Singh of Wimbledon 2011 Serving British Indian
Liberal Democrats Official portrait of Baroness Manzoor crop 2.jpg Zahida Manzoor, Baroness Manzoor 2013 2016 (Crossed the floor in 2016) Resigned from the Liberal Democrats, now a Conservative British Pakistani
Conservative 2016 Serving
Liberal Democrats Official portrait of Lord Verjee crop 2.jpg Rumi Verjee, Baron Verjee 2013 Serving British Indian
Labour Official portrait of Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon crop 2, 2023.jpg Doreen Lawrence, Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon 2013 Serving Black British
Conservative Official portrait of Lord Suri crop 2, 2019.jpg Ranbir Singh Suri, Baron Suri 2014 Serving British Indian
Conservative Baroness Mobarik 2022.jpg Nosheena Mobarik, Baroness Mobarik 2014 Serving British Pakistani
Conservative Official portrait of Baroness McGregor-Smith crop 2, 2019.jpg Ruby McGregor-Smith, Baroness McGregor-Smith 2015 Serving British Indian
Liberal Democrats Official portrait of Baroness Sheehan crop 2.jpg Shas Sheehan, Baroness Sheehan 2015 Serving British Pakistani
Conservative Official portrait of Lord Gadhia crop 2, 2019.jpg Jitesh Gadhia, Baron Gadhia 2016 Serving British Indian
Labour Official portrait of Baroness Chakrabarti crop 2.jpg Shami Chakrabarti, Baroness Chakrabarti 2016 Serving British Indian
Labour Official portrait of Baroness Osamor crop 2.jpg Martha Osamor, Baroness Osamor 2018 Serving Black British
Conservative
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Zameer Choudrey, Baron Choudrey 2019 Serving British Pakistani
Conservative Official portrait of Lord Ranger crop 2.jpg Rami Ranger, Baron Ranger 2019 Serving British Indian
Crossbench Official portrait of Lord Woolley of Woodford crop 2.jpg Simon Woolley, Baron Woolley of Woodford 2019 Serving Black British
Crossbench
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Minouche Shafik, Baroness Shafik 2020 Serving British Egyptian
Conservative
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Aamer Sarfraz, Baron Sarfraz 2020 Serving British Pakistani
Conservative
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Syed Kamall, Baron Kamall 2021 Serving British Indian
Labour
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Wajid Khan, Baron Khan of Burnley 2021 Serving British Pakistani
Labour
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Prem Sikka, Baron Sikka 2021 Serving British Indian
Lords Spiritual Guli Francis-Dehqani, Bishop of Chelmsford 2021 Serving British Iranian/White British (Mixed)
Crossbench
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Shaista Gohir, Baroness Gohir 2022 Serving British Pakistani
Labour
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Sonny Leong, Baron Leong 2022 Serving British Chinese
Conservative
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Dambisa Moyo, Baroness Moyo 2022 Serving Black British
Conservative
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Tony Sewell, Baron Sewell of Sanderstead 2022 Serving Black British
Labour
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Kuldip Singh Sahota, Baron Sahota 2022 Serving British Indian
Conservative Shaun Bailey 2020 (cropped 2).jpg Shaun Bailey, Baron Bailey of Paddington 2023 Serving Black British
Conservative Lord Ranger of Northwood, 2023.jpg Kulveer Ranger, Baron Ranger of Northwood 2023 Serving British Indian
Labour
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Ayesha Hazarika, Baroness Hazarika 2024 Serving British Indian
Labour
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Gerald Shamash, Baron Shamash 2024 Serving British Iraqi

Members of the European Parliament

Party Portrait Name Constituency Year elected Year left Reason for tenure ending Ethnicity
Labour Official portrait of Sir Mark Hendrick MP crop 2.jpg Mark Hendrick Central Lancashire 1994 1999 Defeated British Somali/White British (Mixed)
Conservative Nirj Deva UNDP 2010.jpg Nirj Deva South East England 1999 2019 Defeated British Sri Lankan
Conservative No image.svg Bashir Khanbhai East of England 1999 2004 Retired British Indian
Labour Neena Gill, Member of the European Parliament, Belgium.jpg Neena Gill West Midlands 1999 2009 Defeated British Indian
2014 2020 Post abolished
Labour Claude Moraes.jpg Claude Moraes London 1999 2020 Post abolished British Indian
Liberal Democrats Karim Sajjad 2014-02-03 3.jpg 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 Syed Kamall Portrait.jpg Syed Kamall London 2005 2019 Defeated British Indian
UKIP 20150908 EP-024422 MCU 012 (1).jpg Amjad Bashir Yorkshire and the Humber 2014 2015 (Crossed the floor in 2015) Left UKIP, joined Conservative Party British Pakistani
Conservative 2015 2019 Defeated
Labour Official portrait of Afzal Khan MP crop 2.jpg M. Afzal Khan North West England 2014 2017 Resigned to become Member of Parliament for Manchester Gorton British Pakistani
UKIP Steven Woolfe UKIPNEC.jpg 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 Wajid3.jpg Wajid Khan North West England 2017 2019 Defeated British Pakistani
Conservative Baroness Mobarik 2022.jpg Nosheena Mobarik Scotland 2017 2020 Post abolished British Pakistani
Liberal Democrats Dinesh Dhamija (Horasis Global India Business Meeting 2010).jpg Dinesh Dhamija London 2019 2020 Post abolished British Indian
Brexit Party No image.svg Benyamin Habib London 2019 2020 Post abolished British Pakistani
Brexit Party No image.svg Christina Jordan South West England 2019 2020 Post abolished British Malaysian
Green Trump protest in London182 (42690728125) (cropped).jpg Magid Magid Yorkshire and the Humber 2019 2020 Post abolished British Somali
Liberal Democrats Shaffaq Mohammed 2019.jpeg Shaffaq Mohammed Yorkshire and the Humber 2019 2020 Post abolished British Pakistani
Brexit Party Louis Stedman-Bryce MEP.jpg Louis Stedman-Bryce Scotland 2019 2019 (Crossed the floor in 2019) Resigned from the Brexit Party Black British/White British (Mixed)
Independent 2019 2020 Post abolished

London Assembly Members

Party Portrait Name Constituency Year elected Year left Reason for tenure ending Ethnicity
Labour Official portrait of Rt Hon David Lammy MP crop 5.jpg David Lammy London-wide 2000 2000 Resigned to become Member of Parliament for Tottenham Black British
Labour Flickr - boellstiftung - Trevor Phillips.jpg Trevor Phillips London-wide 2000 2003 Resigned Black British
Labour Jennette Arnold.jpg Jennette Arnold North East 2000 2021 Retired Black British
Labour Murad Qureshi AM.jpg Murad Qureshi London-wide 2004 2016 Defeated British Bangladeshi
Conservative Official portrait of Rt Hon James Cleverly MP crop 2.jpg James Cleverly Bexley and Bromley 2008 2016 Retired to become Member of Parliament for Braintree Black British/White British (Mixed)
Labour No image.svg Navin Shah Brent and Harrow 2008 2021 Retired British Indian
Labour No image.svg Onkar Sahota Ealing and Hillingdon 2012 Serving British Indian
Conservative Kemi Badenoch official Cabinet Portrait; 2022 (cropped).jpg Kemi Badenoch London-wide 2015 2017 Resigned to become Member of Parliament for Saffron Walden Black British
Conservative Shaun Bailey 2020 (cropped 2).jpg Shaun Bailey London-wide 2016 Serving Black British
Labour Unmesh Desai cropped.png Unmesh Desai City and East 2016 Serving British Indian
Labour Official portrait of Florence Eshalomi MP crop 2.jpg Florence Eshalomi Lambeth and Southwark 2016 2021 Retired to become Member of Parliament for Vauxhall Black British
UKIP David Kurten.jpg David Kurten 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 Pakistani

Scottish Parliament Members

Party Portrait Name Constituency Year elected Year left Reason for tenure ending Ethnicity
SNP No image.svg Bashir Ahmad Glasgow 2007 2009 Died in office British Pakistani
Labour HanzalaMalikMSP20110601.jpg Hanzala Malik Glasgow 2011 2016 Defeated British Pakistani/White British (Mixed)
SNP Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Humza Yousaf, 2021.jpg Humza Yousaf Glasgow 2011 Serving British Pakistani
Labour Anas Sarwar MSP.jpg Anas Sarwar Glasgow 2016 Serving British Pakistani
Labour Foysol Choudhury MSP.jpg Foysol Choudhury Lothian 2021 Serving British Bangladeshi
Conservative Official portrait of Pam Gosal MSP (cropped).jpg Pam Gosal West Scotland 2021 Serving British Indian
Conservative Sandesh Gulhane 2021.jpg Sandesh Gulhane Glasgow 2021 Serving British Indian
SNP Kaukab Stewart 2021.jpg Kaukab Stewart Glasgow 2021 Serving British Pakistani

Members of the Senedd

Party Portrait Name Constituency Year elected Year left Reason for tenure ending Ethnicity
Plaid Cymru Mohammad Asghar AM (28136585826).jpg Mohammad Asghar 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.jpg Vaughan Gething Cardiff South and Penarth 2011 Serving Black British/White British (Mixed)
Conservative Altaf-hussain.jpg Altaf Hussain South Wales West 2015 2016 Defeated British Indian
2021 Serving
Conservative Natasha-asghar.jpg Natasha Asghar South Wales East 2021 Serving British Pakistani

Northern Irish Assembly Members

Party Portrait Name Constituency Year elected Year left Reason for tenure ending Ethnicity
Alliance Anna Lo MLA, Alliance 2.jpg Anna Lo Belfast South 2007 2016 Retired British Chinese Irish Chinese

Directly elected mayors

Party Portrait Name Constituency Year elected Year left Reason for tenure ending Ethnicity
Independent Lutfurrahman1 (cropped).jpg Lufthar Rahman Mayor of Tower Hamlets 2010 2014 (Crossed the floor in 2014) Created Tower Hamlets First British Bangladeshi
Tower Hamlets First 2014 2015 Election court found corrupt or illegal practices and removed from office
Aspire 2022 Serving
Labour Sadiq Khan November 2016.jpg Sadiq Khan Mayor of London 2016 Serving British Pakistani
Labour Marvin Rees, 2016 Labour Party Conference 2.jpg Marvin Rees Mayor of Bristol 2016 Serving Black British/White British (Mixed)
Labour No image.svg Rokhsana Fiaz Mayor of Newham 2018 Serving British Pakistani
Labour Joanne Anderson Mayor of Liverpool 2021 2023 Office abolished Black British
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