View source for 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 <ref>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article5212571.ece Gillian Harris "The Greens shoots of recovery" ''The Times'' 23 November 2008</ref>
** [[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

*2016, Second out female Leader of a Major Scottish Political Party
**[[Kezia Dugdale]], Scottish Labour Party, MSP

==British Parliament==

===House of Commons===
* 1976, First Outed (female) MP<ref>http://everything2.com/title/Maureen+Colquhoun</ref>
** [[Maureen Colquhoun]], Labour, MP 1974-1979

* 1984, First MP to come out in office,<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2005/jan/30/uk.aids Denis Campbell, "The pioneer who changed gay lives" ''The Guardian'', 30 January 2005</ref> 
** [[Chris Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury|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<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2002/jul/29/conservatives.alanduncan "Gay Tory frontbencher comes out" ''The Guardian'', 29 July 2002</ref>
** [[Alan Duncan]], Conservative, MP 1992–Present 

* Jan 2005 First MP to come out as HIV positive<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4219501.stm "Former minister is HIV positive" ''BBC News'', 30 January 2005</ref>
** [[Chris Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury|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 <ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/tory-mp-daniel-kawczynski-comes-out-as-bisexual-8680343.html</ref>

===House of Lords===
* First out Bisexual Lord
** [[Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu]], Conservative, 1945 <ref> out at the end of his life not in 1953 and 1954 when he was prosecuted for sexual offences </ref>.
* 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<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/269329.stm "Drugs scandal MEP quits" ''BBC News'' 31 January 1999</ref>
** [[Tom Spencer]], Conservative, MEP 1979-1984, 1989-1999

* Jun 1999, First UK MEP to be out before office
** [[Michael Cashman]], Labour, MEP 1999–2014

* 2009, First female UK MEP to be out before office, and first openly transgender MEP
** [[Nikki Sinclaire]], UKIP (now Independent), MEP, 2009–2014

==Subnational parliaments==

===Scottish Parliament===
* at least by 2000, First out (Scottish Liberal Democrat) MSP<ref>http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-60829416.html</ref>
** [[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

* 2016, First out Scottish Labour MSP
**[[Kezia Dugdale]], Scottish Labour Party, MSP 2011-Present

===Welsh Assembly===
* First out AM,<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2003/mar/10/uk.wales Patrick Wintour, "Ron Davies ends political career" ''The Guardian'', 10 March 2003</ref>
** [[Ron Davies]], Labour, 1999-2003
** [[Hannah Blythyn]] and [[Jeremy Miles]], 2016.<ref>Stefan Rhys, "Assembly Election 2016: Wales elects its first openly gay AMs in Hannah Blythyn and Jeremy Miles". ''Wales Online'', 6 May 2016.</ref>

==Municipal offices==

===England===
;[[Cambridge]], Cambridgeshire
* First transgendered Mayor, first openly lesbian Mayor: [[Jenny Bailey]]  (2007–2008)
;[[Retford]], Nottinghamshire
* First openly gay Mayor: [[Ian Campbell]] (elected 2010)<ref>http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2010/06/01/gay-man-becomes-britains-youngest-mayor/ "Gay man becomes Britain’s youngest mayor" ''Pink News" 1 June 2010<!--, 2:36pm--></ref>
;[[London Borough of Islington]]
* Mayor: [[Robert Crossman]] (1986)
;[[Kingston upon Hull]]
* Lord Mayor: [[Colin Inglis]] (elected 2011)
;[[Liverpool]]
*First openly gay Lord Mayor: [[Gary Millar]] (2013-2014)
;[[Trafford]]
* First openly-gay Leader of the Council: [[Sean Anstee]] (since 2014)<ref>http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2014/02/07/gay-tory-becomes-leader-of-trafford-council-aged-26/</ref>
;[[Haslemere]], Surrey
* First Openly-Gay Deputy Mayor: [[Sahran Abeysundara]] (elected 2015)
;[[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]]:<ref>http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-12731.html V King Macdona, "Southwark votes in first openly gay mayor" ''Pink News'' 5 June 2009<!--, 3:35pm--></ref>
;[[London Borough of Camden]]
* First openly gay Mayor: [[Jonathan Simpson]] (elected 2010)<ref>http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2010/05/28/london-borough-of-camden-has-new-gay-mayor-and-mayoress/ Christopher Brocklebank, "London Borough of Camden has new gay mayor and mayoress" ''Pink News'' 28 May 2010<!--, 2:52pm--></ref>
;[[London Borough of Richmond upon Thames]]
* Mayor: [[Marc Cranfield-Adams]] (2007)

===Wales===

;[[Aberystwyth]]
* First openly lesbian Mayor, with her partner as Mayoress: [[Jaci Taylor]] (2000-2001), [[Plaid Cymru]].<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/737319.stm "Lesbian row at town hall" BBC News 5 May 2000 </ref><ref>http://www.planetmagazine.org.uk/planet_extra/welsh_pride.html Norena Shopland, "Does Wales need Pride?" Planet Extra, 23 January 2014</ref>

;[[Milford Haven]]
* First openly gay Mayor, first Mayor in a civil partnership: [[Guy Woodham]] (2012–2013)<ref>http://www.milfordhaventowncouncil.org.uk/Councillor%20G.%20Woodham.htm</ref>

;[[Rhondda Cynon Taf]]
First openly Cabinet Member [[Layton Percy Jones]] (Plaid Cymru). Cabinet Member for Social Services 1999&ndash;2005

; [[Abertillery]]
* First openly-bisexual Chairman of Council, [[Julian Meek]] (2012-2013), [[Plaid Cymru]].<ref>J Meek  ''Entering Into the Mystery, Passion, Resurrection, Healing and Wholeness'' Abertillery: Gaudete Books, 2014 – refers to the writer's work as a council chairman and LGBT Christian rights activist.</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of LGBT parliamentarians]]

==References==
Based on the Wikipedia article of the same name.
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