Lists of ethnic minority politicians in the United Kingdom facts for kids

Rishi Sunak became Prime Minister in 2022.

This article is about people from non-European ethnic minority backgrounds who have been elected to important political roles in the United Kingdom. These roles include being a Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, a Member of the House of Lords, or a member of other important assemblies like the Scottish Parliament, Welsh Senedd, and London Assembly.

Back in 2001, a study looked into how many people from ethnic minorities were involved in British politics. It explored why there might be fewer ethnic minority representatives in the House of Commons.

The very first Member of Parliament from an ethnic minority was elected way back in 1767! His name was James Townsend, and he had some African family background. He later became the first Black Mayor of London in 1772. It's important to know that in those days, Jewish people were usually seen as a religious group, not an ethnic minority. The first Jewish person to become an MP was Lionel de Rothschild in 1847. He had to wait until the rules changed so he could take his oath without swearing on a Christian Bible.

Over the years, the number of ethnic minority MPs has grown. In 2001, there were 12 such MPs. This number increased to 15 in 2005, and then jumped to 26 in 2010. By 2010, the UK also saw its first three Muslim women elected as MPs. After the 2015 election, 41 MPs were from ethnic minority backgrounds, and this number rose to 52 in 2017. In the 2019 election, there were 66 non-white MPs.

The House of Lords, which is the UK's second chamber of Parliament, also has members from ethnic minority backgrounds. In 2022, there were about 55 ethnic minority members in the House of Lords.

Prime Ministers from Ethnic Minority Backgrounds

The UK has had Prime Ministers from ethnic minority backgrounds. Here's who they are:

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

First Ministers of Scotland from Ethnic Minority Backgrounds

Scotland's Parliament, called the Scottish Parliament, has also had First Ministers from ethnic minority backgrounds.

Party		Portrait	Name	Constituency	First office held	Year joined	Ethnicity
	SNP		Humza Yousaf	Glasgow	First Minister of Scotland	2023	British Pakistani

First Ministers of Wales from Ethnic Minority Backgrounds

Wales has its own Senedd (Parliament), and it has also seen First Ministers from ethnic minority backgrounds.

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

Cabinet Ministers in the House of Commons

The Cabinet is a group of the most important ministers in the government. Here are some people from ethnic minority backgrounds who have served in the Cabinet while being Members of Parliament:

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

Ministers in the House of Commons

Ministers are members of the government who lead specific departments or areas of policy. Here are some people from ethnic minority backgrounds who have served as ministers in the House of Commons:

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

Members of Parliament (MPs)

MPs are elected to represent their local areas in the House of Commons. Here are some MPs from ethnic minority backgrounds:

Party		Portrait	Name	Constituency	Year elected	Year left	Reason for tenure ending	Ethnicity
	Whig		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		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	Kerry	1847	1866	Died in office	Black British/White British (Mixed)
	Liberal		Peter McLagan	Linlithgowshire	1865	1893	Resigned	Black British/White British (Mixed)
	Liberal		Henry Arthur Herbert	Kerry	1866	1880	Retired	Black British/White British (Mixed)
	Liberal		Hubert Jerningham	Berwick-upon-Tweed	1881	1885	Retired	Black British/White British (Mixed)
	Liberal		Dadabhai Naoroji	Finsbury Central	1892	1895	Defeated	British Indian
	Conservative		Mancherjee Bhownagree	Bethnal Green North East	1895	1906	Defeated	British Indian
	Liberal		Ernest Soares	Barnstaple	1900	1911	Resigned due to failing health	Anglo-Indian
	Liberal		H. F. B. Lynch	Ripon	1906	1910	Defeated	British Armenian/White Irish (Mixed)
	Labour		Shapurji Saklatvala	Battersea North	1922	1923	Defeated	British Indian
	Communist				1924	1929	Defeated
	Conservative		Richard Hickmet	Glanford and Scunthorpe	1983	1987	Defeated	British Turkish/White British (Mixed race)
	Conservative		Jonathan Sayeed	Bristol East	1983	1992	Defeated	Anglo-Indian
				Mid Bedfordshire	1997	2005	Retired
	Labour		Diane Abbott	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	1987		Serving	Black British
	Labour		Paul Boateng	Brent South	1987	2005	Retired	Black British/White British (Mixed)
	Labour		Bernie Grant	Tottenham	1987	2000	Died in office	Black British
	Labour		Keith Vaz	Leicester East	1987	2019	Retired	British Indian
	Labour		Ashok Kumar	Langbaurgh	1991	1992	Defeated	British Indian
				Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland	1997	2010	Died in office
	Conservative		Sebastian Coe	Falmouth and Camborne	1992	1997	Defeated	Anglo-Indian
	Conservative		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	Bethnal Green & Bow	1997	2005	Defeated	African American/White British (Mixed)
	Labour		Mohammad Sarwar	Glasgow Central	1997	2010	Retired	British Pakistani
	Labour		Marsha Singh	Bradford West	1997	2012	Resigned due to failing health	British Indian
	Labour		Mark Hendrick	Preston	2000		Serving	Somali/White British (Mixed)
	Labour		David Lammy	Tottenham	2000		Serving	Black British
	Labour		Parmjit Singh Dhanda	Gloucester	2001	2010	Defeated	British Indian
	Labour		Khalid Mahmood	Birmingham Perry Barr	2001		Serving	British Pakistani
	Liberal Democrats		Parmjit Singh Gill	Leicester South	2004	2005	Defeated	British Indian
	Conservative		Adam Afriyie	Windsor	2005		Serving	Black British/White British (Mixed)
	Labour		Dawn Butler	Brent South	2005	2010	Defeated	Black British
				Brent Central	2015		Serving
	Labour		Sadiq Khan	Tooting	2005	2016	Resigned to become Mayor of London	British Pakistani
	Labour		Shahid Malik	Dewsbury	2005	2010	Defeated	British Pakistani
	Conservative		Shailesh Vara	North West Cambridgeshire	2005		Serving	British Indian
	Labour		Virendra Sharma	Ealing Southall	2007		Serving	British Indian
	Labour		Rushanara Ali	Bethnal Green and Bow	2010		Serving	British Bangladeshi
	Conservative		Rehman Chishti	Gillingham and Rainham	2010		Serving	British Pakistani
	Conservative		Helen Grant	Maidstone and The Weald	2010		Serving	Black British/White British (Mixed)
		Sam Gyimah	East Surrey	2010	2019	Left Conservatives, joined Liberal Democrats	Black British
				Liberal Democrats	2019	2019		Defeated
	Conservative		Sajid Javid	Bromsgrove	2010		Serving	British Pakistani
	Conservative		Kwasi Kwarteng	Spelthorne	2010		Serving	Black British
	Labour		Shabana Mahmood	Birmingham Ladywood	2010		Serving	British Pakistani
	Labour		Lisa Nandy	Wigan	2010		Serving	Anglo-Indian
	Labour		Chi Onwurah	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	2010		Serving	Black British/White British (Mixed)
	Conservative		Priti Patel	Witham	2010		Serving	British Indian
	Labour		Yasmin Qureshi	Bolton South East	2010		Serving	British Pakistani
	Labour		Anas Sarwar	Glasgow Central	2010	2015	Defeated	British Pakistani
	Conservative		Alok Sharma	Reading West	2010		Serving	British Indian
	Labour		Chuka Umunna	Streatham	2010	2019	Left Labour, joined Change UK	Black British/White British/White Irish (Mixed)
	Change UK				2019	2019	Left Change UK, joined Liberal Democrats
	Liberal Democrats				2019	2019	Defeated
	Conservative		Paul Uppal	Wolverhampton South West	2010	2015	Defeated	British Indian
	Labour		Valerie Vaz	Walsall South	2010		Serving	British Indian
	Conservative		Nadhim Zahawi	Stratford-on-Avon	2010		Serving	British Iraqi
	Labour		Seema Malhotra	Feltham and Heston	2011		Serving	British Indian
	Conservative		James Cleverly	Braintree	2015		Serving	Black British/White British (Mixed)
	Labour		Thangam Debbonaire	Bristol West	2015		Serving	Anglo-Indian
	Conservative		Suella Braverman	Fareham	2015		Serving	British Indian
	Conservative		Nus 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	2019	Retired	British Iranian/White Irish (Mixed)
	Labour		Clive Lewis	Norwich South	2015		Serving	Black British/White British (Mixed)
	Conservative		Alan Mak	Havant	2015		Serving	British Chinese
	Labour		Kate Osamor	Edmonton	2015		Serving	Black British
	Conservative		Paul Scully	Sutton and Cheam	2015		Serving	British Burmese
	Labour		Naz Shah	Bradford West	2015		Serving	British Pakistani
	SNP		Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh	Ochil and South Perthshire	2015	2017	Defeated	British Pakistani/White British/Other White (Mixed)
	Labour		Tulip Siddiq	Hampstead and Kilburn	2015		Serving	British Bangladeshi
	Conservative		Rishi Sunak	Richmond	2015		Serving	British Indian
	Labour		Allin-Khan, RosenaRosena Allin-Khan	Tooting	2016		Serving	British Pakistani/Other White (Mixed)
	Conservative		Bim Afolami	Hitchin and Harpenden	2017		Serving	Black British
	Conservative		Kemi Badenoch	Saffron Walden	2017		Serving	Black British
	Labour		Bambos Charalambous	Enfield Southgate	2017		Serving	British Cypriot
	Labour		Marsha de Cordova	Battersea	2017		Serving	Black British
	Labour		Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi	Slough	2017		Serving	British Indian
	Labour		Preet Gill	Birmingham Edgbaston	2017		Serving	British Indian
	Labour		Afzal Khan	Manchester Gorton	2017		Serving	British Pakistani
	Liberal Democrats		Layla Moran	Oxford West and Abingdon	2017		Serving	British Palestinian/White British (Mixed)
	Labour		Onasanya, FionaFiona Onasanya	Peterborough	2017	2018	Left Labour, became an Independent	Black British
	Independent				2018	2019	Removed from office
	Labour		Faisal Rashid	Warrington South	2017	2019	Defeated	British Pakistani
	Labour		Eleanor Smith	Wolverhampton South West	2017	2019	Defeated	Black British
	Labour		Mohammad Yasin	Bedford	2017		Serving	British Pakistani
	Labour		Janet Daby	Lewisham East	2018		Serving	Black British
	Conservative		Imran Ahmad Khan	Wakefield	2019	2021	Left Conservatives, became an Independent	British Pakistani/White British (Mixed)
	Independent				2021	2022	Resigned
	Labour		Tahir Ali	Birmingham Hall Green	2019		Serving	British Pakistani
	Labour		Apsana Begum	Poplar and Limehouse	2019		Serving	British Bangladeshi
	Conservative		Saqib Bhatti	Meriden	2019		Serving	British Pakistani
	Labour		Feryal Clark	Enfield North	2019		Serving	British Turkish (Kurdish)
	Conservative		Claire Coutinho	East Surrey	2019		Serving	British Indian
	Labour		Florence Eshalomi	Vauxhall	2019		Serving	Black British
	Conservative		Darren Henry	Broxtowe	2019		Serving	Black British
	Labour		Kim Johnson	Liverpool Riverside	2019		Serving	Black British/White British (Mixed)
	Labour		Nav Mishra	Stockport	2019		Serving	British Indian
	Conservative		Gagan Mohindra	South West Hertfordshire	2019		Serving	British Indian
	Labour		Abena Oppong-Asare	Erith and Thamesmead	2019		Serving	Black British
	Labour		Taiwo Owatemi	Coventry North West	2019		Serving	Black British
	Labour		Sarah Owen	Luton North	2019		Serving	British Chinese/White British (Mixed)
	Labour		Bell Ribeiro-Addy	Streatham	2019		Serving	Black British
	Labour		Zarah Sultana	Coventry South	2019		Serving	British Pakistani
	Liberal Democrats		Munira Wilson	Twickenham	2019		Serving	British Indian
	Labour		Nadia Whittome	Nottingham East	2019		Serving	Anglo-Indian
	Labour		Claudia Webbe	Leicester East	2019	2020	Left Labour, became an Independent	Black British
	Independent				2020		Serving
	SNP		Anum Qaisar	Airdrie and Shotts	2021		Serving	British Pakistani
	Labour		Paulette Hamilton	Birmingham Erdington	2022		Serving	Black British

Cabinet Ministers in the House of Lords

The House of Lords is the second chamber of the UK Parliament. Some members of the Cabinet are also members of the House of Lords. Here are some from ethnic minority backgrounds:

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

Ministers in the House of Lords

These are other ministers who are members of the House of Lords:

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

Members of the House of Lords

The House of Lords is made up of appointed members, not elected ones. Here are some members from ethnic minority backgrounds:

Party		Portraitl	Name	Year entered	Year left	Reason for tenure ending	Ethnicity
	Liberal		Satyendra Prasanno Sinha, 1st Baron Sinha	1919	1928	Died	British Indian
	Liberal		Arun Kumar Sinha, 2nd Baron Sinha	1945	1967	Died	British Indian
	Crossbench		Sudhindra Prasanna Sinha, 3rd Baron Sinha	1969	1989	Died	British Indian
	Crossbench		Learie Constantine, Baron Constantine	1969	1971	Died	Black British
	Labour		David Pitt, Baron Pitt of Hampstead	1975	1994	Died	Black British
	Crossbench		Pratap Chitnis, Baron Chitnis	1977	2013	Died	British Indian
	Conservative		Shreela Flather, Baroness Flather	1990	2008	Left the Conservative Party, became a Crossbencher	British Indian
	Crossbench			2008	2024	Died
	Crossbench		Lydia Dunn, Baroness Dunn	1990	2010	Left due to new rules	British Chinese
	Labour		Meghnad Desai, Baron Desai	1991	2020	Left the Labour Party, became a Crossbencher	British Indian
	Crossbench			2020		Serving
	Lords Spiritual		Michael Nazir-Ali, Bishop of Rochester	1994	2009	Retired	British Pakistani
	Crossbench		James Lindsay, 3rd Baron Lindsay of Birker	1995	1999	Removed	British Chinese/White British (Mixed)
	Conservative		John Taylor, Baron Taylor of Warwick	1996	2011	Left the Conservative Party, became a Crossbencher	Black British
	Crossbench			2011		Serving
	Labour		Swraj Paul, Baron Paul	1996	2010	Left the Labour Party, became a Crossbencher	British Indian
	Crossbench			2010		Serving
	Conservative		Raj Bagri, Baron Bagri	1997	2010	Left due to new rules	British Indian
	Labour		Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos	1997		Serving	Black British
	Labour		Patricia Scotland, Baroness Scotland of Asthal	1997		Serving	Black British
	Liberal Democrats		Navnit Dholakia, Baron Dholakia	1997		Serving	British Indian
	Labour		Waheed Alli, Baron Alli	1998		Serving	British Pakistani
	Labour		Pola Uddin, Baroness Uddin	1998	2010	Left the Labour Party, became a Crossbencher	British Bangladeshi
	Crossbench			2010		Serving
	Labour		Nazir Ahmed, Baron Ahmed	1998	2007	Left the Labour Party, became a Crossbencher	British Pakistani
	Crossbench			2007	2020	Resigned
	Crossbench		Arup Kumar Sinha, 6th Baron Sinha	1999	1999	Removed	British Indian
	Labour		Tarsem King, Baron King of West Bromwich	1999	2013	Died	British Indian
	Crossbench		Usha Prashar, Baroness Prashar	1999		Serving	British Indian
	Crossbench		Narendra Patel, Baron Patel	1999		Serving	British Indian
	Labour		Rosalind Howells, Baroness Howells of St Davids	1999	2019	Retired	Black British
	Conservative		Sebastian Coe, Baron Coe	2000		Serving	Anglo-Indian
	Labour		Bhikhu Parekh, Baron Parekh	2000		Serving	British Indian
	Labour		Adam Patel, Baron Patel of Blackburn	2000	2019	Died	British Indian
	Crossbench		Herman Ouseley, Baron Ouseley	2001	2019	Retired	Black British
	Crossbench		Victor Adebowale, Baron Adebowale	2001		Serving	Black British
	Labour		Amir Bhatia, Baron Bhatia	2001	2010	Left the Labour Party, became a Crossbencher	British Indian
	Crossbench			2010	2023	Removed
	Crossbench		Michael Chan, Baron Chan	2001	2006	Died	British Chinese
	Lords Spiritual		John Sentamu, Baron Sentamu	2002	2020	Retired as Archbishop of York, created a life peer in 2021	Black British
				2021		Serving
	Labour		Kumar Bhattacharyya, Baron Bhattacharyya	2004	2019	Died	British Indian
	Crossbench		Diljit Rana, Baron Rana	2004	2016	Left the Crossbenches, became a Conservative	British Indian
	Conservative			2016		Serving
	Crossbench		Lola Young, Baroness Young of Hornsey	2004		Serving	Black British
	Liberal Democrats		Kishwer Falkner, Baroness Falkner of Margravine	2004	2019	Left the Liberal Democrats, became a Crossbencher	British Pakistani
	Crossbench			2019		Serving
	Crossbench		Michael Hastings, Baron Hastings of Scarisbrick	2005		Serving	Black British
	Conservative		Sandip Verma, Baroness Verma	2006		Serving	British Indian
	Conservative		Mohamed Sheikh, Baron Sheikh	2006	2022	Died	British Indian
	Crossbench		Karan Bilimoria, Baron Bilimoria	2006		Serving	British Indian
	Labour		Kamlesh Patel, Baron Patel of Bradford	2006		Serving	British Indian
	Labour		Bill Morris, Baron Morris of Handsworth	2006	2020	Retired	Black British
	Labour		Shriti Vadera, Baroness Vadera	2007		Serving	British Indian
	Crossbench		Khalid Hameed, Baron Hameed	2007		Serving	British Indian
		Ara Darzi, Baron Darzi of Denham	2007	2019	Left the Labour Party, became a Crossbencher	British Armenian
			Crossbench	2019			Serving
	Conservative		Sayeeda Warsi, Baroness Warsi	2007		Serving	British Pakistani
	Crossbench		Haleh Afshar, Baroness Afshar	2007	2022	Died	British Iranian
	Crossbench		Ajay Kakkar, Baron Kakkar	2010		Serving	British Indian
	Conservative		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	Black British
	Labour		Paul Boateng, Baron Boateng	2010		Serving	Black British/White British (Mixed)
	Conservative		Dolar Popat, Baron Popat	2010		Serving	British Indian
	Conservative		Bernard Ribeiro, Baron Ribeiro	2010		Serving	Black British
	Conservative		Tariq Ahmad, Baron Ahmad of Wimbledon	2011		Serving	British Pakistani
	Liberal Democrats		Qurban Hussain, Baron Hussain	2011		Serving	British Pakistani
	Labour		Oona King, Baroness King of Bow	2011		Serving	African American/White British (Mixed)
		Raj Loomba, Baron Loomba	2011	2016	Left the Liberal Democrats, became a Crossbencher	British Indian
			Crossbench	2016			Serving
	Labour		Gulam Noon, Baron Noon	2011	2015	Died	British Indian
	Crossbench		Indarjit Singh, Baron Singh of Wimbledon	2011		Serving	British Indian
		Zahida Manzoor, Baroness Manzoor	2013	2016	Left the Liberal Democrats, became a Conservative	British Pakistani
			Conservative	2016			Serving
	Liberal Democrats		Rumi Verjee, Baron Verjee	2013		Serving	British Indian
	Labour		Doreen Lawrence, Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon	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	2015		Serving	British Indian
	Liberal Democrats		Shas Sheehan, Baroness Sheehan	2015		Serving	British Pakistani
	Conservative		Jitesh Gadhia, Baron Gadhia	2016		Serving	British Indian
	Labour		Shami Chakrabarti, Baroness Chakrabarti	2016		Serving	British Indian
	Labour		Martha Osamor, Baroness Osamor	2018		Serving	Black British
	Conservative		Zameer Choudrey, Baron Choudrey	2019		Serving	British Pakistani
	Conservative		Rami Ranger, Baron Ranger	2019		Serving	British Indian
	Crossbench		Simon Woolley, Baron Woolley of Woodford	2019		Serving	Black British
	Crossbench		Minouche Shafik, Baroness Shafik	2020		Serving	British Egyptian
	Conservative		Aamer Sarfraz, Baron Sarfraz	2020		Serving	British Pakistani
	Conservative		Syed Kamall, Baron Kamall	2021		Serving	British Indian
	Labour		Wajid Khan, Baron Khan of Burnley	2021		Serving	British Pakistani
	Labour		Prem Sikka, Baron Sikka	2021		Serving	British Indian
	Lords Spiritual		Guli Francis-Dehqani, Bishop of Chelmsford	2021		Serving	British Iranian/White British (Mixed)
	Crossbench		Shaista Gohir, Baroness Gohir	2022		Serving	British Pakistani
	Labour		Sonny Leong, Baron Leong	2022		Serving	British Chinese
	Conservative		Dambisa Moyo, Baroness Moyo	2022		Serving	Black British
	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
	Labour		Gerald Shamash, Baron Shamash	2024		Serving	British Iraqi

London Assembly Members

The London Assembly checks the work of the Mayor of London and helps make decisions for the city. Here are some members from ethnic minority backgrounds:

Party		Portrait	Name	Constituency	Year elected	Year left	Reason for tenure ending	Ethnicity
	Labour		David Lammy	London-wide	2000	2000	Resigned to become Member of Parliament for Tottenham	Black British
	Labour		Trevor Phillips	London-wide	2000	2003	Resigned	Black British
	Labour		Jennette Arnold	North East	2000	2021	Retired	Black British
	Labour		Murad Qureshi	London-wide	2004	2016	Defeated	British Bangladeshi
	Conservative		James Cleverly	Bexley and Bromley	2008	2016	Retired to become Member of Parliament for Braintree	Black British/White British (Mixed)
	Labour		Navin Shah	Brent and Harrow	2008	2021	Retired	British Indian
	Labour		Onkar Sahota	Ealing and Hillingdon	2012		Serving	British Indian
	Conservative		Kemi Badenoch	London-wide	2015	2017	Resigned to become Member of Parliament for Saffron Walden	Black British
	Conservative		Shaun Bailey	London-wide	2016		Serving	Black British
	Labour		Unmesh Desai	City and East	2016		Serving	British Indian
	Labour		Florence Eshalomi	Lambeth and Southwark	2016	2021	Retired to become Member of Parliament for Vauxhall	Black British
	UKIP		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

The Scottish Parliament makes laws for Scotland. Here are some members from ethnic minority backgrounds:

Party		Portrait	Name	Constituency	Year elected	Year left	Reason for tenure ending	Ethnicity
	SNP		Bashir Ahmad	Glasgow	2007	2009	Died in office	British Pakistani
	Labour		Hanzala Malik	Glasgow	2011	2016	Defeated	British Pakistani/White British (Mixed)
	SNP		Humza Yousaf	Glasgow	2011		Serving	British Pakistani
	Labour		Anas Sarwar	Glasgow	2016		Serving	British Pakistani
	Labour		Foysol Choudhury	Lothian	2021		Serving	British Bangladeshi
	Conservative		Pam Gosal	West Scotland	2021		Serving	British Indian
	Conservative		Sandesh Gulhane	Glasgow	2021		Serving	British Indian
	SNP		Kaukab Stewart	Glasgow	2021		Serving	British Pakistani

Members of the Senedd (Welsh Parliament)

The Senedd is the Welsh Parliament. Here are some members from ethnic minority backgrounds:

Party		Portrait	Name	Constituency	Year elected	Year left	Reason for tenure ending	Ethnicity
	Plaid Cymru		Mohammad Asghar	South Wales East	2007	2009	Left Plaid Cymru, joined Conservative Party	British Pakistani
	Conservative			South Wales East	2009	2020	Died in office
	Labour		Vaughan Gething	Cardiff South and Penarth	2011		Serving	Black British/White British (Mixed)
	Conservative		Altaf Hussain	South Wales West	2015	2016	Defeated	British Indian
					2021		Serving
	Conservative		Natasha Asghar	South Wales East	2021		Serving	British Pakistani

Northern Irish Assembly Members

The Northern Ireland Assembly makes laws for Northern Ireland. Here are some members from ethnic minority backgrounds:

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

Directly Elected Mayors

Some cities and areas in the UK have a directly elected mayor who leads the local government. Here are some mayors from ethnic minority backgrounds:

Party		Portrait	Name	Constituency	Year elected	Year left	Reason for tenure ending	Ethnicity
	Independent		Lufthar Rahman	Mayor of Tower Hamlets	2010	2014	Created Tower Hamlets First	British Bangladeshi
	Tower Hamlets First				2014	2015	Removed from office due to issues with election practices
	Aspire				2022		Serving
	Labour		Sadiq Khan	Mayor of London	2016		Serving	British Pakistani
	Labour		Marvin Rees	Mayor of Bristol	2016		Serving	Black British/White British (Mixed)
	Labour		Rokhsana Fiaz	Mayor of Newham	2018		Serving	British Pakistani
	Labour		Joanne Anderson	Mayor of Liverpool	2021	2023	Office abolished	Black British