List of the first LGBT holders of political offices in the United Kingdom

The following is a list of the first openly LGBT individuals to serve in selected political offices in the United Kingdom.

Party leaderships

 * 2008, First out Leader of a Minor United Kingdom Political Party
 * Patrick Harvie, Scottish Green Party, MSP 2003–Present


 * 2011, First out female Leader of a Major United Kingdom Political Party
 * Ruth Davidson, Scottish Conservative Party, MSP 2011–Present

House of Commons

 * 1976, First Outed (female) MP
 * Maureen Colquhoun, Labour, MP 1974-1979


 * 1984, First MP to come out in office,
 * Chris Smith, Labour, MP 1983-2005


 * May 1997, First MP to be out before being elected
 * Stephen Twigg, Labour, MP 1997-2005, 2010–Present


 * Sep 1997, First Female MP to come out in office
 * Angela Eagle, Labour, MP 1992–Present


 * June 2001, First out Plaid Cymru MP
 * Adam Price, Plaid Cymru, MP 2001-2010


 * 2002, First Conservative MP to come out
 * Alan Duncan, Conservative, MP 1992–Present


 * Jan 2005 First MP to come out as HIV positive
 * Chris Smith, Labour, MP 1983-2005


 * May 2005, First out Liberal Democrat MP
 * Stephen Williams, Liberal Democrats, MP 2005–Present


 * May 2005, First Conservative MP to be out before being elected
 * Nick Herbert, Conservative, MP 2005–Present


 * May 2006, First MP to enter into a civil partnership
 * David Borrow, Labour, MP 1997-2010


 * 2008, First Female MP to enter into a civil partnership
 * Angela Eagle, Labour, MP 1992–Present


 * 2010, First (Conservative) Female MP to be out before being elected
 * Margot James, Conservative, MP 2010–Present


 * 2013, First MP to come out as bisexual
 * Daniel Kawczynski, Conservative, MP 2005-present

House of Lords

 * First Bisexual Lord
 * Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu, Conservative, 1945
 * First Out Lord
 * Waheed Alli, Labour, 1998 (Baron Alli of Norbury)
 * First Out Lady
 * Deborah Stedman-Scott, Baroness Stedman-Scott, Conservative, 2010

European Parliament

 * Jan 1999, First out UK MEP
 * Tom Spencer, Conservative, MEP 1979-1984, 1989-1999


 * Jun 1999, First UK MEP to be out before office
 * Michael Cashman, Labour, MEP 1999–Present


 * 2009, First female UK MEP to be out before office
 * Nikki Sinclaire, UKIP (now Independent), MEP, 2009–present

Scottish Parliament

 * at least by 2000, First out (Scottish Liberal Democrat) MSP
 * Iain Smith, Scottish Liberal Democrats, MSP 1999–2011


 * 2003, First out Female MSP
 * Margaret Smith, Scottish Liberal Democrats, 1999–2011 (Edinburgh West)


 * 2003, First out Scottish Green MSP
 * Patrick Harvie, Scottish Green Party, MSP 2003–Present


 * 2007, First out SNP MSP
 * Joe FitzPatrick, Scottish National Party, MSP 2007–Present


 * 2011, First out Scottish Conservative MSP
 * Ruth Davidson, Scottish Conservative Party, MSP 2011–Present

Welsh Assembly

 * First out AM,
 * Ron Davies, Labour, 1999-2003

England

 * Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
 * First transgendered Mayor, first openly lesbian Mayor: Jenny Bailey (2007–2008)
 * Retford, Nottinghamshire
 * First openly gay Mayor: Ian Campbell (elected 2010)
 * London Borough of Islington
 * Mayor: Robert Crossman (1986)
 * Kingston upon Hull
 * Mayor: Colin Inglis (elected 2011)
 * Greater London Authority
 * First members of the London Assembly: Brian Coleman and Richard Barnes - Conservative; and Darren Johnson - Green Party (elected 2000)
 * First openly-gay Deputy Mayor: Richard Barnes (appointed 2008)
 * London Borough of Southwark
 * First openly gay Mayor: Jeff Hook:
 * London Borough of Camden
 * First openly gay Mayor: Jonathan Simpson (elected 2010)
 * London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
 * Mayor: Marc Cranfield-Adams (2007)

Wales

 * Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire
 * First openly gay Mayor, first Mayor in a civil partnership: Guy Woodham (2012–2013)