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Those elected were as follows:<ref>Andrew Reynolds. [https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2017/06/09/the-uk-just-elected-a-record-number-of-lgbtq-people-to-parliament/ The UK just elected a record number of LGBTQ people to Parliament], ''[[Pink News]], 9 June 2017.</ref> | |||
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The 2017 general election was held on the 8th of June.
45 out LGBTQ MPs were elected, a net gain of six,
Those elected were as follows:[1] Conservative (19) Stuart Andrew – Pudsey
- Crispin Blunt – Reigate
- Nick Boles – Grantham & Stamford
- Conor Burns – Bournemouth West
- Alan Duncan – Rutland & Melton
- Nigel Evans – Ribble Valley
- Mike Freer – Finchley & Golders Green
- Nick Gibb – Bognor Regis & Littlehampton
- Justine Greening – Putney
- Nick Herbert – Arundel & South Down
- Margot James – Stourbridge
- Daniel Kawczynsk – Shrewsbury & Atcham
- Mark Menzies – Fylde
- Damien Moore* – Southport
- David Mundell – Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale
- Lee Rowley* – Derbyshire North East
- Iain Stewart – Milton Keynes South
- Ross Thomson* – Aberdeen South
- William Wragg – Hazel Grove
Labour
- Angela Eagle – Wallasey
- Clive Betts – Sheffield South East
- Nick Brown – Newcastle upon Tyne East
- Ben Bradshaw – Exeter
- Chris Bryant – Rhondda
- Dan Carden* – Liverpool Walton
- Stephen Doughty – Cardiff South & Penarth
- Nia Griffith – Llanelli
- Gerald Jones – Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney
- Gerard Killen* – Rutherglen & Hamiton West
- Peter Kyle – Hove
- Gordon Marsden – Blackpool South
- Sandy Martin* – Ipswich
- Luke Pollard* – Plymouth, Sutton
- Steve Reed – Croydon North
- Lloyd Russell-Moyle* – Brighton Kemptown
- Cat Smith – Lancaster & Fleetwood
- Wes Streeting – Ilford North
- Stephen Twigg – Liverpool West Derby
Scottish National Party
- Hannah Bardell – Livingston
- Mhairi Black – Paisley & Renfrewshire South
- Joanna Cherry – Edinburgh South West
- Angela Crawley – Lanark & Hamilton East
- Martin Docherty – West Dunbartonshire
- Stuart McDonald – Cumbernauld, Kilsyth & Kirkintilloch
- Stewart McDonald – Glasgow South
Two incumbent LGBTQ MPs were ousted: John Nicolson of the SNP in East Dunbartonshire and Tory Ben Howlett in Bath.
- ↑ Andrew Reynolds. The UK just elected a record number of LGBTQ people to Parliament, Pink News, 9 June 2017.