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This is a list of members of the House of Commons, House of Lords, Scottish Parliament, Welsh National Assembly, Northern Ireland Assembly and UK members of the European Parliament who are known not to be heterosexual or known to consider themselves as trans: a.k.a LBGT politicians from the United Kingdom. Being considered trans or not to be heterosexual is often seen as a negative by public figures, especially if they consider themselves to be heterosexual or not trans; therefore for all members on the list there should be a reference where possible from a reliable source confirming their non-heterosexuality or trans status.

House of Commons

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Name Sexuality Governing Period Party Out Relationships Notes
Humphry Berkeley Gay 1959-1966 (Lancaster) Conservative Known to be gay[1] Died Unmarried
Maureen Colquhoun Lesbian Feb 1974-1979 (Northampton North) Labour Outed in office 1976 [2] Divorced 1980
Matthew Parris Gay 1979-1986 (West Derbyshire) Conservative Out after office 1998 Civil Partnership 2006
Chris Smith Gay 1983-2005 (Islington South & Finsbury) Labour Came out in office 1984[3], Came out as HIV+ 2005[4] First MP + first Labour MP to come out, First MP to confirm as HIV+
Nick Brown Gay 1983-1997 (Newcastle upon Tyne East), 1997-present (Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend) Labour Came out in office 1998 [5]
Ron Davies Bisexual 1983-2001 (Caerphilly) Labour Out after office 2003 Twice Divorced, Married to female partner
Simon Hughes Bisexual 1983-present (North Southwark and Bermondsey) Liberal Democrats (Pressured) Came out in office (2006) [6]
Alan Duncan Gay 1992-present (Rutland and Melton) Conservative Came out in office 2002[7] Civil Partnership 2008 First Conservative MP to come out
Clive Betts Gay 1992-2010 (Sheffield Attercliffe), 2010-present (Sheffield South East) Labour Outed in office 2003 [8]
Angela Eagle Lesbian 1992-present (Wallasey) Labour Came out in office 1997 Civil Partnership 2008 First woman MP + first woman Labour MP to come out
Peter Mandelson Gay 1992-2004 (Hartlepool) Labour Outed in office 1998 [9]
Stephen Twigg Gay 1997-2005 (Enfield Southgate), 2010-present (Liverpool West Derby) Labour Out before office First MP + first Labour MP to come out before entering office
Ben Bradshaw Gay 1997-present (Exeter) Labour Out before office Civil Partnership June 2006
David Borrow Gay 1997-2010 (South Ribble) Labour Came out in office 1998 [10] Civil Partnership May 2006 First MP to enter in a Civil Partnership
Gordon Marsden Gay 1997-present (Blackpool South) Labour Came out in office 1998 [10]
Adam Price Gay 2001-2010 (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr) Plaid Cymru Out in Office (Unknown if before or during)
Chris Bryant Gay 2001-present (Rhondda) Labour Out before office [11] Civil Partnership 2010 First MP to enter into a Civil Partnership in the House of Commons[12]
Gregory Barker Gay 2001-present (Bexhill and Battle) Conservative Outed in office 2006[13] Divorced
David Laws Gay 2001-present (Yeovil) Liberal Democrats Came out in office 2010 [14] Resigned after 17 days as Chief Secretary of the Treasury over rent paid to same-sex partner
Nick Herbert Gay 2005-present (Arundel and South Downs) Conservative Out before office Civil Partnership 2009 First Conservative MP to come out before entering office
Stephen Williams Gay 2005-present (Bristol West) Liberal Democrats Out before office First Liberal Democrat MP to be out
Stuart Andrew Gay 2010-present (Pudsey) Conservative Out before office [15]
Nicholas Boles Gay 2010-present (Grantham and Stamford) Conservative Out before office [16]
Mike Freer Gay 2010-present (Finchley and Golders Green) Conservative Out before office [17] Civil Partnership (before office)
Steve Gilbert Gay 2010-present (St Austell and Newquay) Liberal Democrats Out before office [18]
Margot James Lesbian 2010-present (Stourbridge) Conservative Out before office [15] First woman MP + first conservative MP to come out before entering office
Eric Ollerenshaw Gay 2010-present (Lancaster and Fleetwood) Conservative Out before office [19]
Iain Stewart Gay 2010-present (Milton Keynes South) Conservative Out before office [15]

Table of MP's by term

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Election Then (now known) in Then (during term) out Total % Then Out vs Total MP's Who
1924 1 0 1 0.00% Robert Boothby in
1929 2 0 2 0.00% Robert Boothby in, Oliver Baldwin in,
1931 2 0 2 0.00% Robert Boothby in, Sir Paul Latham in,
1935 5 0 5 0.00% Robert Boothby in, Sir Paul Latham in, Sir Henry Channon in, Ronald Tree in, Tom Driberg in,
1945 5 0 5 0.00% Robert Boothby in, Sir Henry Channon in, Ronald Tree in, Tom Driberg in, Oliver Baldwin in,
1950 3 0 3 0.00% Robert Boothby in, Sir Henry Channon in, Tom Driberg in,
1951 3 0 3 0.00% Robert Boothby in, Sir Henry Channon in, Tom Driberg in,
1955 2 0 2 0.00% Robert Boothby in, Sir Henry Channon in,
1959 2 0 2 0.00% Tom Driberg in, Humphry Berkeley in,
1964 2 0 2 0.00% Tom Driberg in, Humphry Berkeley in,
1966 1 0 1 0.00% Tom Driberg in,
1970 1 0 1 0.00% Tom Driberg in,
Feb 1974 1 0 1 0.00% Maureen Colquhoun in,
Oct 1974 0 1 1 0.16% Maureen Colquhoun outed '76,
1979 2 0 2 0.00% Michael Brown in, Matthew Parris in,
1983 5 1 6 0.15% Michael Brown in, Matthew Parris in, Chris Smith out '84, Nick Brown in, Ron Davies in, Simon Hughes in,
1987 4 1 5 0.15% Michael Brown in, Chris Smith out, Nick Brown in, Ron Davies in, Simon Hughes in,
1992 7 2 9 0.31% Michael Brown outed '94, Chris Smith out, Nick Brown in, Ron Davies in, Simon Hughes in, Alan Duncan in, Clive Betts in, Angela Eagle in, Peter Mandelson in,
1997 5 8 13 1.21% Chris Smith out, Nick Brown out '98, Ron Davies in, Simon Hughes in, Alan Duncan in, Clive Betts in, Angela Eagle out '97, Peter Mandelson outed '98, Stephen Twigg out, Ben Bradshaw out, David Borrow out '98, Gordon Marsden out '98, Mark Oaten in
2001 5 12 17 1.82% Chris Smith out, Nick Brown out , Ron Davies in, Simon Hughes in, Alan Duncan out '02, Clive Betts out '03, Angela Eagle out, Peter Mandelson out, Stephen Twigg out, Ben Bradshaw out, David Borrow out, Gordon Marsden out, Mark Oaten in, Adam Price out, Chris Bryant out, Gregory Barker in, David Laws in,
2005 1 14 15 2.17% Nick Brown out, Simon Hughes out '06, Alan Duncan out, Clive Betts out, Angela Eagle out, Ben Bradshaw out, David Borrow out, Gordon Marsden out, Mark Oaten outed '06, Adam Price out, Chris Bryant out, Gregory Barker outed '06, David Laws in, Nick Herbert out, Stephen Williams out
2010 0 19 19 2.92% Nick Brown out, Simon Hughes out, Alan Duncan out, Angela Eagle out, Stephen Twigg out, Ben Bradshaw out, Gordon Marsden out, Chris Bryant out, Gregory Barker out, David Laws out '10, Nick Herbert out, Stephen Williams out, Stuart Andrew out, Nicholas Boles out, Mike Freer out, Steve Gilbert out, Margot James out, Eric Ollerenshaw, Iain Stewart out,

House of Lords

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Name Sexuality Governing Period Party Out Relationships Notes
William Lygon Gay 1891 (Lord Beauchamp, 7th Earl Beauchamp) Liberal Party Outted 1931[20]
Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu Bisexual 1929 (Barnon Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu) Conservative Outted 1954 [21] Divorced, remarried to female partner Convicted of "consensual homosexual offences", arguably instrumental in the decriminalisation of homosexuality in UK
Oliver Baldwin Gay 1947 (Lord Baldwin, 2nd Earl Baldwin of Bewdley) Conservative Died unmarried
Robert Boothby Bisexual 1958 (Baron Boothby of Buchan) Conservative Out in private[22] Divorced, remarried
Tom Driberg Gay 1976 (Baron Bradwell of Bradwell-on-Sea) Labour Not out in public Unmarried
Nicholas Eden Gay 1977 (Lord Avon , 2nd Earl of Avon) Conservative Widely know to be gay[23] Died unmarried
Michael Montague Gay 1997 (Baron Montague of Oxford) Labour
Waheed Alli Gay 1998 (Baron Alli of Norbury) Labour Out before office Divorced
Chris Smith Gay 2005 (Baron Smith of Finsbury) Labour Out before office
Peter Mandelson Gay 2008 (Baron Mandelson of Foy) Labour Our before office
Guy Black Gay 2010 (Baron Black of Brentwood) Conservative Out before office In civil partnership with Mark Bolland who he has been with for over 25 years (mentioned in Marriage Act debate in Lords 3 June 2013) First openly gay Conservative peer

Scottish Parliament

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Name Sexuality Governing Period Party Out Relationships Notes
Iain Smith Gay 1999 - present (North East Fife) Scottish Liberal Democrats Unknown, Out by at least 2000 [24] First MSP to be out
Margaret Smith Lesbian 1999- present (Edinburgh West) Scottish Liberal Democrats Came out in office 2003[25] Divorced 2003, Civil Partnership 2006 First woman MSP to come out
Patrick Harvie Bisexual 2003 - present (Glasgow) Scottish Green Party Out before office [26] First out leader of a UK Party
Joe FitzPatrick Gay 2007 - present (Dundee West) Scottish National Party Unknown First out SNP MSP

Ruth Davidson

Welsh Assembly

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Name Sexuality Governing Period Party Out Relationships Notes
Ron Davies Bisexual 1999-2003 (Caerphilly) Welsh Labour Outed in office 2003 [27] Twice Divorced, Married to female partner First outted + out MWA

Northern Ireland Assembly

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None currently known

European Parliament

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Name Sexuality Governing Period Party Out Relationships Notes
Tom Spencer Gay 1979-1984 (Derbyshire), 1989-1994 (Surrey West), 1994-1999 (Surrey) Conservative Outed in office 1999 [28] Married to female partner
Michael Cashman Gay 1999-present (Westmidlands) Labour Out before office Civil Partnership Mar 2006
Nikki Sinclaire Lesbian 2009-present (Westmidlands) UKIP Out before office

See Also

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References

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  1. ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2007/jun/24/communities.gayrights
  2. ^ http://everything2.com/title/Maureen+Colquhoun
  3. ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2005/jan/30/uk.aids
  4. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4219501.stm
  5. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/210301.stm
  6. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4649266.stm
  7. ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2002/jul/29/conservatives.alanduncan
  8. ^ http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article156117.ece
  9. ^ "Mandelson is gay, says former MP". The Mirror. 28 October 1998. p. 3. "A TV audience was shocked last night when a former MP claimed Trade supremo Peter Mandelson was homosexual. Columnist Matthew Parris - ex-Tory MP for West Derbyshire - told BBC Newsnight that Mandelson was one of two gays in Tony Blair's Cabinet. The claim came during a discussion of the Ron Davies crisis."
  10. ^ a b http://www.thefreelibrary.com/I%27m+gay+too+says+a+sixth+Labour+MP.-a0109837922
  11. ^ http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/article1036128.ece
  12. ^ http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2010/03/27/europe-minister-chris-bryant-holds-first-gay-wedding-in-houses-of-parliament/
  13. ^ http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_headline=it-s-such-a-shock---but-men-think-they-can-get-away-with-it-these-days---mother-in-law-georgina-&method=full&objectid=17992356&siteid=115875-name_page.html
  14. ^ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/7780642/MPs-Expenses-Treasury-chief-David-Laws-his-secret-lover-and-a-40000-claim.html
  15. ^ a b c http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2010/05/07/out-gay-tory-shadow-ministers-retain-seats/
  16. ^ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1383518/Gay-Tory-who-aims-to-modernise-party.html
  17. ^ http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-3235.html/
  18. ^ http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2010/05/07/lib-dems-lose-seats-gain-another-gay-mp/
  19. ^ http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-1388.html/
  20. ^ A. L. Rowse, Homosexuals in History (1977), pp. 222-223 ISBN 0880290110
  21. ^ http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23404322-lord-montagu-on-the-court-case-which-ended-the-legal-persecution-of-homosexuals.do
  22. ^ Cullen, Pamela V, "A Stranger in Blood: The Case Files on Dr John Bodkin Adams", London, Elliott & Thompson, 2006, ISBN 1-904027-19-9. pages 617–8
  23. ^ http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/brian-coleman/2007/06/lady-thatcher-gay-tory
  24. ^ http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-60829416.html
  25. ^ http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Lesbian+MSP+to+tie+the+knot+with+married+mum-of-three.-a0142492604
  26. ^ http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article5212571.ece
  27. ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2003/mar/10/uk.wales
  28. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/269329.stm
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