List of LGBT politicians in the United Kingdom

The following is a list of openly Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and/or Transgender individuals who have been elected as Members of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, European Union, other devolved parliaments and assemblies of the United Kingdom, parliaments of the countries that preceded the United Kingdom and also Members of the non-elected House of Lords.

Following the 2019 general election, the UK parliament has the largest number of self-identified LGBT members of any national legislature worldwide.[1]

List of LGBT Members of the House of Commons
Party Portrait Name Constituency Tenure Reason for leaving Notes
Independent Anthony Bacon[2] Wallingford 1593–1598 Retired [3][4]
Tory Edward Hyde Wiltshire & Christchurch 1685–1701 Resigned to become Governor of New Jersey in British North America [5][6][7]
Whig John Hervey Bury St Edmunds 1725–1733 Resigned to join the House of Lords [8][9][10]
Whig Stephen Fox-Strangways Shaftesbury 1726–1741 Resigned to join the House of Lords [8][9][10]
Whig Horace Walpole Callington, Castle Rising & Kings Lynn 1741–1768 Retired [11][12][13][14]
Tory John Tylney Malmesbury 1761–1768 Resigned [15][16]
Tory Edward Onslow Aldborough 1780–1781 Resigned [17][18]
Whig William Thomas Beckford Wells 1784–1795 Resigned and Retired [19]
Hindon 1806–1820 Retired
Tory William John Bankes Truro 1810 Defeated [19]
Cambridge University 1822–1826 Defeated
Marlborough & Dorset 1829–1835 Retired
Whig Henry Grey Bennet Shrewsbury 1811–1826 Retired [20][21]
Tory Richard Heber Oxford University 1821–1826 Retired [22]
Whig Robert King County Cork 1826–1832 Defeated [23]
Liberal Arthur Clinton Newark 1865–1868 Retired [24][25]
Liberal Ronald Gower Sutherland 1867–1874 Retired [26][27][28]
Conservative James Agg-Gardner Cheltenham 1874–1880, 1885–1895, 1900–1906 & 1911–1928 Defeated, Retired, Defeated & Death [29]
Liberal Reginald Brett Penryn and Falmouth 1880–1885 Defeated (later Lord Esher) [30][31]
Liberal Lewis Harcourt Rossendale 1904–1917 Resigned to join the House of Lords [32][33]
Liberal David Charles Erskine West Perthshire 1906–1910 Retired [34][35]
Labour Victor Grayson Colne Valley 1907–1910 Defeated [36]
Conservative George Lloyd West Staffordshire 1910–1918 Retired [37]
Eastbourne 1924–1925 Resigned to join the House of Lords
Conservative Philip Sassoon Hythe 1912–1939 Died [38]
Conservative Malcolm Bullock Waterloo & Crosby 1923–1953 Resigned [39][40]
Liberal Arthur Hobhouse Wells 1923–1924 Defeated [41][42]
Conservative Victor Cazalet Chippenham 1924–1943 Killed in action [43]
Conservative Robert Boothby Aberdeen and Kincardine East & Aberdeenshire Eastern 1924–1958 Resigned to join the House of Lords [44][45][46]
Labour Oliver Baldwin Dudley 1929–1931 Defeated [47][48]
Paisley 1945–1947 Resigned to join the House of Lords
Liberal National Robert Bernays Bristol North 1931–1945 Killed in action [49]
Conservative Ian Horobin Southwark Central 1931–1935 Defeated [50]
Oldham East 1951–1959 Retired
Conservative Alan Lennox-Boyd Mid Bedfordshire 1931–1960 Resigned to join the House of Lords [51][52]
Conservative Paul Latham Scarborough and Whitby 1931–1941 Resigned [53][54]
Conservative Ronald Tree Harborough 1933–1945 Defeated [55][56]
Conservative Ronald Cartland Birmingham King's Norton 1935–1940 Killed in action [57][58][59]
Conservative Henry Channon Southend & Southend West 1935–1958 Died [60]
Conservative John Macnamara Chelmsford 1935–1944 Killed in action [61][62][63]
Labour Harold Nicolson Leicester West 1935–1945 Defeated [64][65]
Conservative Victor Montagu South Dorset 1941–1962 Became Earl of Sandwich [66]
Labour Tom Driberg Maldon 1942–1955 Defeated & retired (later Lord Driberg) [67]
Barking 1959–1974 (Feb) Retired
Labour Richard Crossman Coventry East 1945–1974 Died [60]
Labour George Thomas Cardiff West 1945–1983 Retired [68][69]
Labour William J. Field Paddington North 1946–1953 Resigned [70][71]
Labour Roy Jenkins Southwark Central & Birmingham Stechford 1948–1977 Resigned [72][73][74]
SDP Glasgow Hillhead 1982–1987 Defeated
Liberal Jeremy Thorpe North Devon 1959–1979 Defeated [75][76]
Labour Anthony Crosland South Gloucestershire 1950–1955 Defeated [72][73][74]
Great Grimsby 1959–1977 Died
Conservative Ian Harvey Harrow East 1950–1959 Resigned [77]
Conservative Denzil Freeth Basingstoke 1955–1964 Retired [78]
Conservative Humphry Berkeley Lancaster 1959–1966 Defeated [49]
Conservative Norman St John-Stevas Chelmsford 1964–1987 Retired [79]
Conservative Spencer Le Marchant High Peak 1970–1983 Retired [80][81]
Labour Maureen Colquhoun Northampton North 1974 (Feb)–1979 Defeated [82][83]
Conservative Keith Hampson Ripon & Leeds North West 1974 (Feb)–1997 Defeated [84]
Conservative Charles Irving Cheltenham 1974 (Oct)–1992 Retired [85][85]
Conservative David Atkinson Bournemouth East 1977–2005 Retired [86]
Labour George Morton Manchester Moss Side 1978–1983 Retired [87]
Conservative Michael Brown Brigg and Cleethorpes 1979–1997 Defeated [88]
Conservative Matthew Parris West Derbyshire 1979–1986 Resigned [89][90][91]
Conservative Harvey Proctor Billericay 1979–1987 Retired [92]
Labour Allan Rogers Bootle 1979–1990 Died [93]
Conservative Martin Stevens Fulham 1979–1986 Died [94]
Labour Roger Thomas Carmarthen 1979–1987 Retired [95]
Conservative David Ashby North West Leicestershire 1983–1997 Retired [96]
Labour Nick Brown Newcastle upon Tyne East 1983–present Serving [97]
Labour Ron Davies Caerphilly 1983–2001 Retired [98]
Conservative Jerry Hayes Harlow 1983–1997 Defeated [99]
Conservative Robert Hayward Kingswood 1983–1992 Defeated [100]
Liberal Democrats Simon Hughes Bermondsey and Old Southwark 1983–2015 Defeated [101][102]
Labour Chris Smith Islington South and Finsbury 1983–2005 Retired [103]
Conservative Alan Amos Hexham 1987–1992 Retired [104]
Conservative John Bowis Battersea 1987–1997 Defeated [105]
Labour Clive Betts Sheffield South East 1992–present Serving [106]
Conservative Alan Duncan Rutland and Melton 1992–2019 Retired [107]
Labour Angela Eagle Wallasey 1992–present Serving [108]
Conservative Nigel Evans Ribble Valley 1992–present Serving [109]
Conservative Michael Fabricant Lichfield 1992–present Serving [110]
Labour Peter Mandelson Hartlepool 1992–2004 Resigned to become European Commissioner for Trade [111][112][113][114]
Conservative Crispin Blunt Reigate 1997–present Serving [22]
Labour David Borrow South Ribble 1997–2010 Defeated [115]
Labour Ben Bradshaw Exeter 1997–present Serving [116]
Conservative Nick Gibb Bognor Regis and Littlehampton 1997–present Serving [117][118]
Labour Gordon Marsden Blackpool South 1997–2019 Defeated [119]
Liberal Democrats Mark Oaten Winchester 1997–2010 Retired [88][120]
Labour Stephen Twigg Enfield Southgate 1997–2005 Defeated [116]
Liverpool West Derby 2010–2019 Retired [121]
Conservative Shaun Woodward Witney 1997–2001 Joined the Labour Party [122]
Labour St Helens South and Whiston 2001–2015 Retired
Conservative Greg Barker Bexhill and Battle 2001–2015 Retired [123]
Labour Chris Bryant Rhondda 2001–present Serving [124]
Labour David Cairns Inverclyde 2001–2011 Died [124]
Liberal Democrats David Laws Yeovil 2001–2015 Defeated [125]
Plaid Cymru Adam Price Carmarthen East and Dinefwr 2001–2010 Retired [126]
Labour Nia Griffith Llanelli 2005–present Serving [124]
Conservative Justine Greening Putney 2005–2019 Stripped of Conservative whip, became an independent [127]
Independent 2019 Retired
Conservative Nick Herbert Arundel and South Downs 2005–2019 Retired [128]
Conservative Daniel Kawczynski Shrewsbury and Atcham 2005–present Serving [129]
Conservative David Mundell Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale 2005–present Serving [130]
Liberal Democrats Stephen Williams Bristol West 2005–2015 Defeated [131]
Conservative Stuart Andrew Pudsey 2010–present Serving [124]
Conservative Nick Boles Grantham and Stamford 2010–2019 Resigned from the Conservative Party, became an independent Conservative [132]
Ind. Progressive Conservative 2019 Retired
Conservative Conor Burns Bournemouth West 2010–present Serving [133]
Conservative Mike Freer Finchley and Golders Green 2010–present Serving [134]
Liberal Democrats Steve Gilbert St Austell and Newquay 2010–2015 Defeated [135]
Conservative Margot James Stourbridge 2010–2019 Retired [124]
Conservative Mark Menzies Fylde 2010–present Serving [136]
Conservative Eric Ollerenshaw Lancaster and Fleetwood 2010–2015 Defeated [136]
Conservative Christopher Pincher Tamworth 2010–present Serving [124]
Conservative Iain Stewart Milton Keynes South 2010–present Serving [124]
Labour Stephen Doughty Cardiff South and Penarth 2012–present Serving [137]
Labour Steve Reed Croydon North 2012–present Serving [138]
SNP Hannah Bardell Livingston 2015–present Serving [124]
SNP Mhairi Black Paisley and Renfrewshire South 2015–present Serving [139]
SNP Joanna Cherry Edinburgh South West 2015–present Serving [124]
SNP Angela Crawley Lanark and Hamilton East 2015–present Serving [124]
SNP Martin Docherty West Dunbartonshire 2015–present Serving [124]
Conservative Ben Howlett Bath 2015–2017 Defeated [124]
Labour Gerald Jones Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney 2015–present Serving [124]
Labour Peter Kyle Hove 2015–present Serving [140]
SNP Stewart McDonald Glasgow South 2015–present Serving [124]
SNP Stuart McDonald Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East 2015–present Serving [124]
SNP John Nicolson East Dunbartonshire 2015–2017 Defeated [124]
Ochil and South Perthshire 2019 Serving
Labour Cat Smith Lancaster and Fleetwood 2015–present Serving [140]
Labour Wes Streeting Ilford North 2015–present Serving [140]
Conservative William Wragg Hazel Grove 2015–present Serving [141]
Labour Dan Carden Liverpool Walton 2017–present Serving [142]
Labour Gerard Killen Rutherglen and Hamilton West 2017–2019 Defeated [142]
Labour Sandy Martin Ipswich 2017–2019 Defeated [142]
Conservative Damien Moore Southport 2017–present Serving [142]
Liberal Democrats Layla Moran Oxford West and Abingdon 2017–present Serving [143]
Labour Stephen Morgan Portsmouth South 2017–present Serving [144]
Labour Luke Pollard Plymouth Sutton and Devonport 2017–present Serving [142]
Conservative Lee Rowley North East Derbyshire 2017–present Serving [142]
Labour Lloyd Russell-Moyle Brighton Kemptown 2017–present Serving [142]
Conservative Ross Thomson Aberdeen South 2017–2019 Retired [142]
Conservative Chris Clarkson Heywood and Middleton 2019–present Serving [145]
Conservative Elliot Colburn Carshalton and Wellington 2019–present Serving [145]
Conservative Mark Fletcher Bolsover 2019–present Serving [145]
Conservative Peter Gibson Darlington 2019–present Serving [146]
SNP Neale Hanvey Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath 2019–present Serving [145]
Conservative Antony Higginbotham Burnley 2019–present Serving [145]
Conservative Paul Holmes Eastleigh 2019–present Serving [145]
Conservative Kieran Mullan Crewe and Nantwich 2019–present Serving [145]
Labour James Murray Ealing North 2019–present Serving [147]
Labour Charlotte Nichols Warrington North 2019–present Serving [148]
Labour Kate Osborne Jarrow 2019–present Serving [149]
Conservative Rob Roberts Delyn 2019–present Serving [150]
Conservative Gary Sambrook Birmingham Northfield 2019–present Serving [151]
SNP Alyn Smith Sterling 2019–present Serving [145]
Conservative Jacob Young Redcar 2019–present Serving [145]

List of LGBT Members of the House of Lords
Party Portrait Title Creation Tenure Notes
Independent The Duke of Buckingham 23 February 1616
(hereditary)		 1616–1628 [152][153]
Independent The Earl of Castlehaven 15 June 1617
(hereditary)		 1617–1631 [154]
Tory The Earl of Clarendon 31 October 1709
(hereditary)		 1709–1723 [16]
Whig The Lord Hervey 11 June 1733
(hereditary)		 1733–1743 [8][9]
Whig The Earl of Ilchester 6 November 1741
(hereditary)		 1741–1776 [10]
Whig The Earl of Devon 14 October 1788
(hereditary)		 1788–1835 [155]
Whig The Earl of Orford 5 December 1791
(hereditary)		 1791–1797 [156][157]
Whig The Lord Byron 19 May 1798
(hereditary)		 1798–1824 [158][159]
Whig The Earl of Kingston 18 October 1839
(hereditary)		 1839–1867 [23]
Liberal The Earl Beauchamp 19 February 1891
(hereditary)		 1891–1938 [160]
Liberal The Viscount Esher 24 May 1899
(hereditary)		 1899–1930 [30][31]
Conservative The Marquess of Hertford 23 March 1912
(hereditary)		 1912–1940 [161]
Liberal The Viscount Harcourt 28 August 1917
(hereditary)		 1917–1922 [32][33]
Crossbench The Lord Berners 23 March 1918
(hereditary)		 1918–1950 [162]
Conservative The Lord Alington 30 July 1919
(hereditary)		 1919–1940 [37]
Conservative The Lord Lloyd 25 July 1925
(hereditary)		 1925–1941 [37]
Conservative The Earl of Lauderdale 14 September 1931
(hereditary)		 1931–1953 [163][164][165]
Labour The Lord Faringdon 17 March 1934
(hereditary)		 1934–1977 [166]
Conservative The Viscount Tredegar 3 May 1934
(hereditary)		 1934–1949 [167]
Liberal The Lord Keynes 17 April 1942
(hereditary)		 1942–1946 [168][169]
Conservative The Duke of Wellington 16 September 1943
(hereditary)		 1943–1972 [163][164][165]
Conservative The Marquess of Dufferin and Ava 25 March 1945
(hereditary)		 1945–1988 [170]
Conservative The Lord Montagu of Beaulieu 14 November 1947
(hereditary)		 1947–2015 [167]
Labour The Earl Baldwin of Bewdley 14 December 1947
(hereditary)		 1947–1958 [47][48]
Conservative The Viscount Maugham 23 March 1958
(hereditary)		 1958–1981 [171]
Conservative The Lord Boothby 22 August 1958 1958–1986 [44][45][46]
Conservative The Earl of Arran 19 December 1958
(hereditary)		 1958 [172]
Conservative The Viscount Boyd of Merton 21 September 1960
(hereditary)		 1960–1983 [51][52]
Conservative The Earl of Sandwich 15 June 1962
(hereditary)		 1962–1964 [66]
Labour The Lord Bradwell 21 January 1976 1976 [67]
Crossbench The Lord Britten 15 July 1976 1976 [173]
Conservative The Earl of Avon 14 January 1977
(hereditary)		 1977–1985 [174]
Labour The Viscount Tonypandy 14 June 1983
(hereditary)		 1983-1997 [47][48]
Liberal Democrats The Lord Jenkins of Hillhead 12 May 1987 1987–2003 [47][48]
Conservative The Lord St John of Fawsley 19 October 1987 1987–2012 [79]
Labour The Baroness Hilton of Eggardon 14 June 1991 1991–present [124]
Labour The Lord Montague of Oxford 1 November 1997 1997–1999 [175]
Labour The Lord Alli 18 July 1998 1998–present [124]
Liberal Democrats The Baroness Barker 31 July 1999 1999–present [176][177]
Crossbench The Lord Browne of Madingley 28 June 2001 2001–present [178][179]
Labour The Lord Adonis 16 May 2005 2005–present [180]
Labour The Lord Smith of Finsbury 22 June 2005 2005–present [181]
Conservative The Lord Black of Brentwood 9 July 2010 2010–present [182][183]
Conservative The Baroness Stedman-Scott 12 July 2010 2010–present [184]
Labour The Lord Collins of Highbury 20 January 2011 2011–present [124]
Conservative The Lord Glendonbrook 22 March 2011 2011–present [124]
Liberal Democrats The Lord Paddick 12 September 2013 2013–present [185]
Labour The Lord Allen of Kensington 2 October 2013 2013–present [186]
Liberal Democrats The Lord Scriven 19 September 2014 2014–present
Labour The Lord Cashman 23 September 2014 2014–present [187]
Conservative The Lord Hayward 28 September 2015 2015–present [188]
Liberal Democrats The Lord Oates 5 October 2015 2015–present [124]
Conservative The Lord Barker of Battle 12 October 2015 2015–present [189]
Labour The Lord Livermore 21 October 2015 2015–present [190]
Conservative The Lord Duncan of Springbank 14 July 2017 2017–present [191]
Conservative The Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay 9 October 2019 2019–present [192]
Crossbench The Baroness Hunt of Bethnal Green 16 October 2019 2019–present [193]
Labour The Baroness Wilcox of Newport 21 October 2019 2019–present [194]

List of LGBT Members of the European Parliament
Party Portrait Name Constituency Tenure Reason for leaving Notes
Conservative Tom Spencer Derbyshire 1979–1984 Defeated [195][196]
Surrey 1989–1999 Retired
Labour Alan Donnelly Tyne and Wear & North East England 1989–1999 Resigned [197]
Conservative John Bowis London 1999–2009 Retired [105]
Labour Michael Cashman West Midlands 1999–2014 Retired [198]
SNP Alyn Smith Scotland 2004–2019 Resigned to become Member of Parliament for Stirling [199]
UKIP Nikki Sinclaire West Midlands 2009–2010 Resigned from UKIP [200]
Independent 2010–2012 Created We Demand a Referendum Now
We Demand a Referendum 2012–2014 Defeated
UKIP David Coburn Scotland 2014–2019 Joined the Brexit Party [201]
Brexit Party 2019 Retired
Labour Seb Dance London 2014–2020 Post abolished [202]
Conservative Ian Duncan Scotland 2014–2017 Resigned to join the House of Lords [191]
Brexit Party Louis Stedman-Bryce Scotland 2019–2019 Resigned from the Brexit Party [203][8]
Independent 2019-2020 Post abolished
Brexit Party David Bull North West England 2019–2020 Post abolished [204]

List of LGBT Members of the Scottish Parliament
Party Portrait Name Constituency Tenure Reason for leaving Notes
Liberal Democrats Iain Smith North East Fife 1999–2011 Defeated [205]
Liberal Democrats Margaret Smith Edinburgh West 1999–2011 Defeated [206]
Scottish Green Patrick Harvie Glasgow 2003–present Serving [207]
SNP Joe FitzPatrick Dundee City West 2007–present Serving [208]
SNP Marco Biagi Edinburgh Central 2011–2016 Retired [209]
Conservative Ruth Davidson Glasgow 2011–2016 Serving [210]
Edinburgh Central 2016–present
Labour Kezia Dugdale Lothian 2011–2019 Resigned [211]
SNP Jim Eadie Edinburgh Southern 2011–2016 Defeated [212]
SNP Derek Mackay Renfrewshire North and West 2011–present Serving [213]
SNP Kevin Stewart Aberdeen Central 2011–present Serving [214]
SNP Jeane Freeman Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley 2016–present Serving [212]
SNP Jenny Gilruth Mid Fife and Glenrothes 2016–present Serving [211]
Conservative Jamie Greene West Scotland 2016–present Serving [215]
Conservative Ross Thomson North East Scotland 2016–2017 Resigned to become Member of Parliament for Aberdeen South [216]
Conservative Annie Wells Glasgow 2016–present Serving [217]

List of LGBT Members of the Welsh Parliament
Party Portrait Name Constituency Tenure Reason for leaving Notes
Labour Ron Davies Caerphilly 1999–2003 Retired [98]
Labour Hannah Blythyn Delyn 2016–present Serving [218]
Labour Jeremy Miles Neath 2016–present Serving [218]
Plaid Cymru Adam Price Carmarthen East and Dinefwr 2016–present Serving [218]

List of LGBT Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly
Party Portrait Name Constituency Tenure Reason for leaving Notes
Alliance John Blair South Antrim 2018–present Serving [219]
Alliance Andrew Muir North Down 2019–present Serving [220]

List of LGBT Members of the London Assembly
Party Portrait Name Constituency Tenure Notes
Conservative Richard Barnes Ealing and Hillingdon 2000–2012 [221]
Conservative Brian Coleman Barnet and Camden 2000–2012 [222]
Conservative Roger Evans Havering and Redbridge 2000–2016 [31]
Green Darren Johnson 10th Additional Member 2000–2016 [223]
Conservative Andrew Boff 2nd Additional Member 2008–present [224]
Labour Tom Copley 6th Additional Member 2012–present [225]
UKIP Peter Whittle 5th Additional Member 2016–2018 [224]
Independent 2018-present [226]

List of LGBT Police and Crime Commissioners
Party Portrait Name Constituency Tenure Reason for leaving Notes
Labour Olly Martins Bedfordshire 2012–2016 Defeated [227]
Conservative David Munro Surrey 2016–present Serving [228][229]

List of LGBT directly elected mayors
Party Portrait Name Area Tenure Notes
Mayor 4 Stoke Mike Wolfe Mayor of Stoke-on-Trent 2002–2005 [230]
Labour Paul Dennett Mayor of Salford 2016–present [231]
Labour Philip Glanville Mayor of Hackney 2016–present [232]
Conservative Andy Street Mayor of the West Midlands 2017–present [233]
Labour Damien Egan Mayor of Lewisham 2018–present [234]

See also

References
  1. "The UK's parliament is still the gayest in the world after 2019 election". PinkNews - Gay news, reviews and comment from the world's most read lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans news service. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  2. "BACON, Anthony (1558–1601), of Gorhambury, Herts. and Essex House, London. | History of Parliament Online". historyofparliamentonline.org.
  3. "Anthony Bacon". rictornorton.co.uk. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  4. Dawkins, Peter (2016). "The Life of Anthony Bacon" (PDF). The Francis Bacon Research Trust. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  5. "English King Appoints Drag Queen". NYMag.com. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  6. Terence (27 November 2012). "Queers in History: Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon: Cross-dressing Governor of New York". Queers in History. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  7. "Recurring Untruths: Edward Hyde–Part II". A Gender Variance Who's Who. 24 April 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  8. Lucy Moore, Amphibious Thing: the Life of Lord Hervey (Viking, 2000)
  9. James Dubro – "The Third Sex: Lord Hervey and his Coterie", Eighteenth Century Life", Summer 1976 and see also "John Lord Hervey," Body Politic, Toronto. summer 1975.
  10. "The Gay Love Letters of John, Lord Hervey to Stephen Fox"; excerpts from My Dear Boy: Gay Love Letters through the Centuries (1998), edited by Rictor Norton, accessed 26 May 2010
  11. "Horace Walpole and Homosexuality". rictornorton.co.uk. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  12. Haggerty, George E. (12 May 2011). Horace Walpole's Letters: Masculinity and Friendship in the Eighteenth Century. Bucknell University Press. ISBN 978-1-61148-011-5.
  13. "Did Horace Walpole build Strawberry Hill to express his sexuality?". Financial Times. 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  14. Ketton-Cremer, R.W. (1964). Horace Walpole: A Biography. London: Methuen, p47.
  15. Roberts, Geraldine (18 June 2015). The Angel and the Cad: Love, Loss and Scandal in Regency England. Pan Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-4472-8353-9.
  16. "Thomas Patch – Person – National Portrait Gallery". npg.org.uk. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  17. "Edward Onslow (1758–1829) – Exploring Surrey's Past". exploringsurreyspast.org.uk. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  18. Sadie, Stanley (1980). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians v. 13. Macmillan. p. 543. ISBN 978-0-333-23111-1. Retrieved 27 November 2007.
  19. Griffin, Gabriele (16 June 2004). Who's Who in Lesbian and Gay Writing. ISBN 978-0-203-40221-4.
  20. "BENNET, Hon. Henry Grey (1777–1836), of Walton-on-Thames, Surr. and Camelford House, Oxford Street, Mdx. | History of Parliament Online". historyofparliamentonline.org.
  21. "VI. The Members – History of Parliament Online". historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  22. "Conservative minister Crispin Blunt reveals he is gay". BBC News. 27 August 2010.
  23. "Person Page-Robert Henry King". thepeerage.com.
  24. Pearsall (1971) 461-8
  25. Cocks (2003) 105
  26. "The London Scandals". The Press. XLVI (7418). 9 December 1889. p. 6.
  27. David Getsy, Sculpture and the Pursuit of a Modern Ideal in Britain, c. 1880–1930, Asgate, London, 2004, p. 64.
  28. Hyde, H. Montgomery (1970), The Love That Dared not Speak its Name, Little, Brown, p. 156
  29. "No longer outraged". independent.co.uk. 15 November 1998. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  30. Reid 2006, pp. 127–31
  31. Bloch 2015, pp. 32–41
  32. "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography". Oxforddnb.com. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  33. Matthew Parris, Kevin Maguire, Great parliamentary scandals: five centuries of calumny, smear and innuendo, Robson, 2004; ISBN 1-86105-736-9, pg. 88
  34. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2018.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  35. Robb, Graham (2005). Strangers: Homosexual Love in the Nineteenth Century (9780393326499): Graham Robb: Books. ISBN 0-393-32649-7.
  36. Andrew Cook (1 May 2013). Cash for Honours: The Story of Maundy Gregory. History Press Limited. p. 61. ISBN 978-0-7524-9621-4.
  37. Dinshaw, Minoo (29 September 2016). Outlandish Knight: The Byzantine Life of Steven Runciman. Penguin Books Limited. ISBN 978-0-14-197948-9. Retrieved 11 March 2018 – via Google Books.
  38. Michael Bloch. "Double lives – a history of sex and secrecy at Westminster | Books". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  39. Bloch, Michael (28 May 2015). Closet Queens: Some 20th Century British Politicians. Little, Brown Book Group. ISBN 978-1-4055-1701-0.
  40. Bloch, Michael (16 May 2015). "Double lives – a history of sex and secrecy at Westminster". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  41. "From Clapham to Bloomsbury: a genealogy of morals, by Gertrude Himmelfarb". Facingthechallenge.org. Archived from the original on 7 June 2007. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  42. Holroyd, Michael (1995). Lytton Strachey. Vintage. pp. 108–110.
  43. "Tearful Chris Bryant Demands Apology For Deceased Gay And Bisexual MPs". huffingtonpost.co.uk. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  44. 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
  45. David Barrett 'Letters shed new light on Kray twins scandal', Sunday Telegraph, 26 July 2009
  46. 'Reggie Kray: Notorious gangster', BBC News, 1 October 2000
  47. Walker, p. 108
  48. Lycett, Andrew, "An average MP; Oliver Baldwin: a life of dissent, by Christopher J Walker", New Statesman, London. 29 March 2004.
  49. Bedell, Geraldine (24 June 2007). "Coming out of the dark ages". the Guardian. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  50. "Sir Ian Horobin Sentenced To Four Years' Imprisonment.", The Times, London, 18 July 1962
  51. Double lives – a history of sex and secrecy at Westminster, The Guardian, 16 May 2015
  52. Covent Garden: The Untold Story : Dispatches from the English Culture War 1945–2000, Norman Lebrecht, UPNE, 2001, p. 174
  53. "Improper behaviour" with three gunners and a civilian (1941)
  54. Richard Davenport-Hines (15 November 1998). "No longer outraged". The Independent.
  55. Running Around in High Circles, Holly Brubach, New York Times, 9 November 1997
  56. No Regrets: The Life of Marietta Tree, Caroline Seebohm, New York: Simon & Schuster
  57. Bush, Stephen (8 June 2015). "A camp history of Westminster's queer MPs". Newstatesman.com. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
  58. Michael Bloch (28 May 2015). Closet Queens: Some 20th Century British Politicians. ISBN 978-1-4055-1701-0. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
  59. Chris Bryant (5 November 2015). Parliament – The Biography: Reform. ISBN 978-0-552-77996-8. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
  60. Bloch, Michael (16 May 2015). "Double lives – a history of sex and secrecy at Westminster". the Guardian. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  61. A History of homosexuality in Europe : Berlin, London, Paris, 1919–1939, Florence Tamagne, p 91 – 92, 2004, Paris
  62. "A camp history of Westminster's queer MPs". newstatesman.com. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  63. Bloch, Michael (28 May 2015). Closet Queens: Some 20th Century British Politicians. Little, Brown Book Group. ISBN 978-1-4055-1701-0. Retrieved 11 March 2018 – via Google Books.
  64. Johnston, Georgia. "Counterfeit Perversion: Vita Sackville-West's 'Portrait of a Marriage'", pp. 124–137 from Journal of Modern Literature Volume 28, Issue # 1, Autumn 2004, p. 125.
  65. Bristow-Smith, Harold Nicolson pp. 164–165, p. 227, pp. 249–250
  66. Laville, Sandra; Travis, Alan (15 May 2015)."Tory MP Victor Montagu escaped child sex abuse trial in 1970s". The Guardian. London.
  67. Hensher, Philip (27 January 2006). "Philip Hensher: Simon Hughes, out and proud?". the Guardian. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  68. Posthumously outed by Leo Abse
  69. Abse, Leo (2001). Tony Blair: The Man Behind the Smile. Robson Books. ISBN 1-86105-364-9.
  70. Robinson, Shirleene (2008), Homophobia: An Australian History, Federation Press, p. 118, ISBN 978-1-86287-703-0
  71. Parris, Matthew; Prosser, David; Pierce, Andrew (1995), Great parliamentary scandals: four centuries of calumny, smear and innuendo, Robson Books, p. 107, ISBN 978-0-86051-957-7
  72. Perry, Keith (10 March 2014). "Roy Jenkins' male lover Tony Crosland tried to halt his marriage". The Daily Telegraph. London.
  73. "Double lives – a history of sex and secrecy at Westminster". the Guardian.
  74. James McCarthy (6 April 2014). "A string of affairs and a 'gay relationship': the secret life of Roy Jenkins, the best PM Britain never had". walesonline.
  75. Double lives – a history of sex and secrecy at Westminster The Guardian, Saturday 16 May 2015.
  76. A Very English Scandal review – Jeremy Thorpe’s fall continues to fascinate The Guardian, Monday 9 May 2016.
  77. Discovered in the bushes in St James's Park with a Coldstream Guardsman (1958)
  78. McManus, Michael (2011). Tory Pride and Prejudice: the Conservative Party and Homosexual Law Reform. London: Biteback. p. 50. ISBN 978-1-84954-079-7.
  79. "Simon Hoggart's week: Norman St John Stevas, a friend in the Tory camp". The Guardian. 9 March 2012. Archived from the original on 8 April 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
  80. Posthumously outed by Michael Brown in The Daily Telegraph
  81. Brown, Michael (29 January 2006). "They take risks – and how! - which is why we need our gay MPs and their scandals". Daily Telegraph.
  82. Outed by Nigel Dempster in the Daily Mail
  83. Rachel Shields (12 September 2009). "Lesbians united: Facing down homophobic bullies". The Independent.
  84. Hughes, Andy (6 November 2013). A History of Political Scandals: Sex, Sleaze and Spin – Andy Hughes – Google Books. ISBN 978-1-84468-089-4. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  85. McManus, Michael (2011). Tory Pride and Prejudice: the Conservative Party and Homosexual Law Reform. London: Biteback. p. 92. ISBN 978-1-84954-079-7.
  86. "Secrets, lies and politics". Bournemouth Echo. 22 July 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  87. Clark, Alan (2000). Diaries: Into Politics 1972–1982. Phoenix. p. 178. ISBN 0-7538-1414-5.
  88. Outed by the News of the World
  89. Attempted to come out during a late-night debate in the House of Commons, but his announcement failed to gain public attention.
  90. "Matthew Parris wishes he had come out while a Tory MP". PinkNews. 20 August 2010.
  91. Bryant, Chris (14 August 2014). Parliament: The Biography (Volume II – Reform). Random House. p. 92. ISBN 978-0-85752-224-5.
  92. Claims of gross indecency published in The People newspaper in 1986; he was charged and pleaded guilty in the following year.
  93. Bryant, Chris (5 November 2015). Parliament – The Biography: Reform. Transworld Publishers Limited. ISBN 978-0-552-77996-8 – via Google Books.
  94. Bryant, Chris (5 November 2015). Parliament – The Biography: Reform. Transworld Publishers Limited. ISBN 978-0-552-77996-8. Retrieved 11 March 2018 – via Google Books.
  95. "Page 7 » 29 Sep 1984 » The Spectator Archive". archive.spectator.co.uk. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  96. Williams, Rhys (11 January 1994). "* Tories in Turmoil". The Independent.
  97. "Cabinet rallies around gay minister". BBC News. 8 November 1998.
  98. "Davies reveals bisexuality". BBC News. 13 June 1999.
  99. "About Questia – Questia, Your Online Research Library". questia.com.
  100. "Founder of gay rugby club heading to House of Lords". pinknews.co.uk. 27 August 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  101. Outed as bisexual by The Sun newspaper
  102. "Simon Hughes: "I'm bisexual"". PinkNews. 26 January 2006. Archived from the original on 26 September 2011.
  103. Campbell, Dennis (30 January 2005). "The pioneer who changed gay lives". The Observer.
  104. "Clutching at straws". BBC News. 17 January 2000. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  105. Gay Conservatives President Re-elected Archived 26 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  106. Toby Helm (27 February 2003). "MP comes out and admits gay lover". Daily Telegraph.
  107. "Gay Tory frontbencher comes out". The Guardian. London. 29 July 2002.
  108. Moore, Suzanne (11 September 1997). "I need to get things sorted". The Independent.
  109. Halliday, Josh; Pidd, Helen (10 April 2014). "How case against Nigel Evans fell apart". the Guardian.
  110. Horton, Helena (3 November 2017). "Michael Fabricant reveals he has had encounters with House of Commons secretaries – but left them after they 'wanted his babies'". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  111. Outed by the News of the World.
  112. "BBC to replay clip of Lord Mandelson being 'outed'". BBC News. 14 August 2010.
  113. In 1998, he was controversially 're-outed' by Matthew Parris during an interview on Newsnight
  114. Donald Macintyre (19 April 1999). "The truth was 'out'. And so were the knives". The Independent.
  115. "David Borrow – LGBT Archive". lgbtarchive.uk. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  116. "Goodbye Brokeback". BBC News. 27 January 2006.
  117. Tan, Sylvia (6 June 2015). "UK schools minister Nick Gibb to marry secret partner of 29 years". Gay Star News.
  118. Watt, Nicholas (6 June 2015). "Nick Gibb, schools minister, to marry partner he kept secret for 29 years". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  119. Kate Watson-Smyth (10 June 1998). "'I'm gay, and I'm happy for my constituents to know about it'". The Independent.
  120. "Mark Oaten: On the scandal that ruined him". The Independent. 15 September 2009.
  121. Shariatmadari, David (13 May 2015). "The quiet revolution: why Britain has more gay MPs than anywhere else". the Guardian. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  122. Preston, Allan (5 February 2016). "Former NI Secretary of State Shaun Woodward comes out as gay – and daughter Ella's delighted". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  123. "People – LGBT+ Conservatives". lgbtconservatives.org.uk. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  124. Mark Leftly (20 February 2016). "Gay MPs: The photograph that shows Westminster's attitude towards LGBT politicians is changing". The Independent.
  125. Outed by an article in The Daily Telegraph in which his expenses claims were disclosed
  126. "Three gay and lesbian AMs 'a milestone'". BBC News. 7 May 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2018 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  127. Saul, Heather (25 June 2016). "Pride 2016: Tory MP Justine Greening announces she is in a same-sex relationship". The Independent.
  128. "Gay Tory MP Nick Herbert resigns from government". pinknews.co.uk. 4 September 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  129. James Legge (20 June 2013). "Tory MP Daniel Kawczynski comes out as bisexual". The Independent. London.
  130. "Scottish secretary David Mundell comes out as gay". BBC News. 13 January 2016.
  131. "Former MP Stephen Williams selected to stand for West of England Metro Mayor". libdems.org.uk. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  132. "People – LGBT+ Conservatives". lgbtconservatives.org.uk. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  133. "Catholic Tory MP Conor Burns: As a gay man I don't see how I can vote against equality". pinknews.co.uk. 5 February 2013. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  134. Marc, Shoffman (11 December 2006). "Gay councillor to fight key Tory target". PinkNews.
  135. "LGBT Candidates 2015". libdems.org.uk. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  136. Reynolds, Andrew (5 June 2017). "UK set to break record for highest number of LGBTQ MPs after General Election". Pinknews. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  137. ""I AM GAY" LABOUR CANDIDATE STEPHEN DOUGHTY TELLS PENARTH HUSTINGS MEETING". wordpress.com. 27 April 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  138. Scott Roberts (30 November 2012). "London: Gay council boss elected as Labour MP for Croydon North". PinkNews.
  139. Riley-Smith, Ben (14 May 2015). "Commons has more gay MPs than any other parliament in the world". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  140. Ben Riley-Smith (14 May 2015). "Commons has more gay MPs than any other parliament in the world". Daily Telegraph.
  141. "William Wragg MP on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  142. Andrew Reynolds (9 June 2017). "The UK just elected a record number of LGBTQ people to Parliament". PinkNews.
  143. Frances Perraudin (2 January 2020). "Lib Dem MP Layla Moran announces same-sex relationship". Guardian. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  144. "Patrons". LGBT+ Labour.
  145. Andrew Reynolds (13 December 2019). "The UK's parliament is still the gayest in the world after 2019 election despite Tory landslide". PinkNews. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  146. https://uk.linkedin.com/in/petergibson
  147. "Pub manager suspended after refusing to serve gay and lesbian society". Evening Standard. 7 June 2010.
  148. Nichols, Charlotte (13 January 2020). "Sorry but Charlotte Nichols MP won't apologise to Nazis". Huckmag.com (Interview). Interviewed by Ben Smoke. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  149. Read, Carly (11 December 2019). "Labour members urge Corbyn to scrap election candidate who shared Theresa May gun picture". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  150. MP, Rob Roberts (17 May 2020). "There. I may have alluded to it before, but never said it. I'm no longer afraid to be who I am". @RobDelyn. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  151. Elkes, Neil (13 February 2018). "Top Tory says: 'I'm a Freemason and proud'". birminghammail. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  152. Slawson, Nicola (24 September 2017). "Lost Rubens portrait of James I's 'lover' is rediscovered in Glasgow". the Guardian. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  153. "BBC Scotland – Filled with 'a number of male lovelies': the surprising court of King James VI and I". BBC. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  154. Massarella, Derek (November 2017). ""& thus ended the buisinisse": A Buggery Trial on the East India Company Ship Mary in 1636". The Mariner's Mirror. Portsmouth, United Kingdom: Society for Nautical Research. 103 (4): 423. doi:10.1080/00253359.2017.1376480.
  155. Griffin, Gabriele (16 June 2004). Who's Who in Lesbian and Gay Writing. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-0-203-40221-4. Retrieved 11 March 2018 – via Google Books.
  156. Gonda, Caroline (6 May 2016). Lesbian Dames: Sapphism in the Long Eighteenth Century. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-10567-1. Retrieved 11 March 2018 – via Google Books.
  157. "Subscribe to read". Financial Times. 3 June 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  158. MacCarthy, Fiona (9 November 2002). "Was Byron hounded from Britain because he was gay?". the Guardian. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  159. "Byron's bisexual secrets were kept from biographer, exhibition". independent.co.uk. 18 November 2002. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  160. A. L. Rowse, Homosexuals in History (1977), pp. 222–223 ISBN 0-88029-011-0
  161. Robert Aldrich; Garry Wotherspoon (2002). Who's who in Gay and Lesbian History: From Antiquity to World War II. Psychology Press. pp. 476–. ISBN 978-0-415-15983-8.
  162. "My mad gay grandfather and me – The Spectator". 18 October 2014.
  163. Aldritt, Keith (1997). WB Yeats: The Man and the Milieu. Clarkson Potter. p. 337.
  164. Brittain-Catlin, Timothy. Bleak Houses: Disappointment and Failure in Architecture. p. 92.
  165. Michael Bloch (28 May 2015). Closet Queens: Some 20th Century British Politicians. ISBN 978-1-4055-1701-0. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  166. Wheen, Francis (2001). Tom Driberg: The Soul of Indiscretion. London: Fourth Estate, an imprint of HarperCollins. p. 258. ISBN 1-84115-575-6.
  167. D.J. Taylor, "Bright Young People", Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007, page 232
  168. The Sex Diaries of John Maynard Keynes The Economist, 28 January 2008, Evan Zimroth (Clare Hall, Cambridge) Archived 24 November 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  169. O'Grady, Sean. "John Maynard Keynes: New biography reveals shocking details about the economist's sex life", The Independent. 12 March 2015; accessed 19 November 2015.
  170. "Obituary: Maureen, Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava". The Independent. 23 May 1998. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  171. Leavitt, David. "Book Review – The Secret Lives of Somerset Maugham – By Selina Hastings – NYTimes.com". nytimes.com. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  172. "LGBT+ History: proposed decriminalisation". derbyshirelgbt.org.uk. 21 March 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  173. Openly gay
  174. Coleman, Brian (25 June 2007). "Thatcher the gay icon". New Statesman. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2007.
  175. "Late lord's lover has to sell home". The Oxford Mail. 29 February 2000. Archived from the original on 3 July 2007. Retrieved 24 July 2007.
  176. Came out during the debate on the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill in the House of Lords
  177. Corinne Pinfold (4 June 2013). "Lib Dem peer Baroness Barker comes out during equal marriage debate". PinkNews.
  178. Outed by The Mail on Sunday
  179. Joshua Rozenberg (1 May 2007). "Lord Browne resigns after revelations he lied in court about gay lover". Daily Telegraph.
  180. "Andrew Adonis: We must spell it out now, Labour is a Remain party". Evening Standard. 8 May 2019.
  181. Morris, James. "LGBT 'pioneer' Chris Smith reunites with Islington MPs Jeremy Corbyn and Emily Thornberry". islingtongazette.co.uk. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  182. First out Conservative peer
  183. Joseph Patrick McCormick (4 June 2013). "Gay Tory peer Lord Black: 'I am a passionate supporter of equal marriage because I believe in family values'". PinkNews.
  184. "November 23rd People – LGBT Daily Spotlight". lgbtdailyspotlight.com. 23 November 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  185. Elgot, Jessica (14 June 2017). "Lib Dem peer resigns over Farron's views on homosexuality". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  186. "Lord Allen: Putting an obsessive attitude to work – and making it". independent.co.uk. 16 March 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  187. Grant, Katie (9 November 2014). "Labour peer Michael Cashman, known for first gay kiss on British television, tops Rainbow List". The Independent.
  188. McKenzie, Sheena. "World's first gay rugby club 20 years on". cnn.com. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  189. "Rt Hon Baron Barker of Battle". LGBT+ Conservatives. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  190. "The 50 most powerful LGBT people in British politics". pinknews.co.uk. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  191. "Lord Duncan of Springbank". LGBT+ Conservatives. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  192. "Theresa May aide urged to resign after 'outing' gay whistleblower". PinkNews. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  193. "Ruth Hunt interview: 'People say it's fine now – it's not. We". The Independent. 1 August 2014.
  194. Mosalski, by Ruth; 05:00, 18 Aug 2018Updated08:21 (18 August 2018). "The Pinc List 2018: The 40 most influential LGBT+ people in Wales". walesonline.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  195. First UK MEP to come out
  196. "Drugs scandal MEP quits". BBC News. 31 January 1999.
  197. Andrew Gilligan, How Labour's 'favourite lobbyist' is pushing hacking campaign, The Telegraph, 24 July 2011
  198. "9th June 2017 – Michael Cashman: LGBT Human Rights in UK, Europe & Beyond – Kings Theatre Gloucester". kingstheatregloucester.co.uk. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  199. "SNP MEP Alyn Smith calls for online abuse crackdown". BBC News. 10 July 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  200. Association, Press (22 December 2010). "Lesbian former Ukip MEP wins sex bias case". the Guardian. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  201. "Gay UKIP MEP David Coburn: 'Gay marriage breeds homophobia'". pinknews.co.uk. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  202. "Profile: The most powerful gay man in British politics". pinknews.co.uk. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  203. "Gay Brexit Party candidate: 'We're not all homophobic racists' · PinkNews". pinknews.co.uk. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  204. Andy Chiles (30 June 2009). "Celebrity doctor denies fall-out with Tories". The Argus. Newsquest Media (Southern). Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  205. "Lib Dem MSP nominated for gay award". libdems.org.uk. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  206. "Page 30 of 303 results for". LGBT+ Liberal Democrats. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  207. McDermid, Val (5 April 2016). "Scotland is now a place where you can be glad to be gay – Val McDermid". the Guardian. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  208. "SNP minister Derek Mackay comes out as gay after separating from his wife". pinknews.co.uk. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  209. Carrell, Severin (4 April 2011). "Devolution and equalities: Holyrood takes lead on gay representation". The Guardian.
  210. "Gay Conservative Ruth Davidson had a hilarious put-down for the DUP". pinknews.co.uk. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  211. "Kezia Dugdale in relationship with SNP MSP Jenny Gilruth". BBCN News. 15 July 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  212. Multimedia, Kris Kelly, Heehaw. "Party Leaders Wear Purple to Make LGBT Discrimination History in Scotland!". lgbtyouth.org.uk. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  213. "SNP minister announces he is gay after separating from wife". The Herald. 12 November 2013.
  214. Jennifer McKiernan (21 November 2013). "Gay marriage Bill clears first hurdle". Evening Express.
  215. "LGBT Equality". jamiegreenemsp.com. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  216. "The Scottish Tories are coming – how 12 new MPs can change the Conservative Party". newstatesman.com. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  217. "I was 13, gay, and in a dark place". BBC News. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  218. Siobhan Fenton (6 May 2016). "Elections 2016: Welsh Assembly elects first ever openly LGBT members". The Independent.
  219. McCormack, Jayne (27 June 2018). "First openly gay MLA takes Stormont seat" – via www.bbc.com.
  220. Duffy, Nick (19 December 2019). "Northern Ireland assembly gets second openly gay MLA". Pink News. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  221. Morris, Nigel (30 September 2014). "Richard Barnes: Latest defector to Ukip has 30-year Tory links". Independent. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  222. Brian Coleman (23 April 2007). "The closet is a lonely place". The Spectator.
  223. "Keeping our city in the lead for LGBT+ rights and culture – Sian Berry AM". sianberry.london. 30 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  224. "UKIP is the only party with a gay candidate for Mayor of London". pinknews.co.uk. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  225. Allegretti, Aubrey (12 June 2016). "London's Tom Copley And Peter Whittle Reveal Why The Capital Is A World-Leader On LGBT Representation". HuffPost. Retrieved 24 May 2020. [Copley said:] 'As a white gay man the London political scene is a great place to be'
  226. Williams, Sophie (7 December 2018). "Ukip London assembly member Peter Whittle quits party". Evening Standard. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  227. "Luton campaign day". lgbtlabour.org.uk. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  228. Munro, David (2018). "IDAHOTB – My Story – David Munro". LGBT+ Conservatives. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  229. "David Munro". LGBT+ Conservatives. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  230. Morris, Nigel (19 October 2002). "Politics: Mavericks profit from low turn-out in mayoral elections". The Independent. Archived from the original on 10 November 2009.
  231. Keeling, Neal (6 May 2016). "A secretly gay teen in a violent home - Salford's new mayor shares his story". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  232. Sheridan, Ed (23 January 2020). "Hackney councillors vote unanimously to adopt Islamophobia definition". Hackney Citizen. Retrieved 22 May 2020. Hackney Mayor Philip Glanville (Lab & Co-op) said: [...] 'I'm an atheist gay white man who grew up in Hackney'.
  233. "Britain elects its first gay metro mayor and he's a Conservative". pinknews.co.uk. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  234. "Irish in Britain and London Irish LGBT Network host unique Equality event". Irish In Britain. 22 November 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2020. Damien Egan, the Mayor of Lewisham, himself an Irish gay man, said how important it was to recognise the experience of LGBT people and described plans for housing older LGBT people in the borough.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.