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The list of openly lesbian, gay, bisexual or trans (LGBT) who have been elected as Members of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, European Union, and other British devolved assemblies and also Members of the non-elected House of Lords.

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Note that this list only includes politicians who were out as LGBT during part or all of their term in office. Politicians who were closeted while in office, and either came out as gay after their retirement or were outed only after their deaths, are not included.

List of LGBT Members of Parliament

	Name	LGBT	Constituency	Year elected	Came out	Year left	Reason
Labour	Maureen Colquhoun^[1]	Lesbian	Northampton North	1974	1976, First Outed (female) MP. Deselected,^[2] subsequently overruled.^[3]	1979	Defeated
Labour	Chris Smith^[4]	Gay	Islington South and Finsbury	1983	1984, First MP to come out in office	2005	Defeated
Labour	Stephen Twigg^[5]	Gay	Enfield Southgate	1997	May 1997, First MP to be out before being elected	2005	Defeated
Labour	Stephen Twigg^[5]	Gay	Liverpool West Derby	2010	May 1997, First MP to be out before being elected		Serving
Labour	Angela Eagle^[6]	Lesbian	Wallasey	1992	Sep 1997, First Female MP to come out in office		Serving
Plaid Cymru	Adam Price^[7]	Gay	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	2001	June 2001, First out Plaid Cymru MP	2010	Retired
Conservative	Alan Duncan^[8]	Gay	Rutland and Melton	1992	2002, First Conservative MP to come out		Serving

List of LGBT Members of the House of Lords

List of LGBT Members of the European Parliament

List of LGBT London Assembly Members

List of LGBT Scottish Parliament Members

List of LGBT Welsh Assembly Members

List of LGBT Northern Irish Assembly Members

References

^ "Maureen Colquhoun". everything2.com. 18 March 2007. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
^ Strafford, Peter; Symons, Penny (28 September 1977). "Conservative MP seeks to appease Critics: Nicholas Scott readopted; Mrs Colquhoun Narrowly Defeated". The Times. London. p. 1. Retrieved 11 August 2017. (subscription required)
^ "'Dismissed' MP Wins NEC Appeal". The Times. London. 28 January 1978. p. 2. Retrieved 11 August 2017. (subscription required)
^ Campbell, Denis (30 January 2005). "The pioneer who changed gay lives". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
^ Polly Curtis (16 December 2004). "Twigg puts down new roots". London: The Guardian. Archived from the original on 19 October 2012. Retrieved August 11 2017. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
^ Moore, Suzanne (11 September 1997). "'I need to get things sorted'". The Independent. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
^ Criddle, Byron; Waller, Robert (2002). Almanac of British Politics. Routledge. p. 222. ISBN 0-415-26833-8.
^ "Gay Tory frontbencher comes out". The Guardian. London. 29 July 2002. Retrieved 11 August 2017.

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[1] "Maureen Colquhoun". everything2.com. 18 March 2007. Retrieved 11 August 2017.

[2] Strafford, Peter; Symons, Penny (28 September 1977). "Conservative MP seeks to appease Critics: Nicholas Scott readopted; Mrs Colquhoun Narrowly Defeated". The Times. London. p. 1. Retrieved 11 August 2017. (subscription required)

[Times280178-3] "'Dismissed' MP Wins NEC Appeal". The Times. London. 28 January 1978. p. 2. Retrieved 11 August 2017. (subscription required)

[4] Campbell, Denis (30 January 2005). "The pioneer who changed gay lives". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 11 August 2017.

[guardian1-5] Polly Curtis (16 December 2004). "Twigg puts down new roots". London: The Guardian. Archived from the original on 19 October 2012. Retrieved August 11 2017. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

[6] Moore, Suzanne (11 September 1997). "'I need to get things sorted'". The Independent. Retrieved 11 August 2017.

[almanac-7] Criddle, Byron; Waller, Robert (2002). Almanac of British Politics. Routledge. p. 222. ISBN 0-415-26833-8.

[8] "Gay Tory frontbencher comes out". The Guardian. London. 29 July 2002. Retrieved 11 August 2017.

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