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

The following is a list of the first openly lesbian, gay, bisexual and/or transgender individuals to serve in selected political offices in the United Kingdom.

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Party leaderships

Cabinet

British Parliament

House of Commons
  • 1976, First outed (female) MP[8]
  • 1984, First MP to come out in office[9]
  • May 1997, First MPs to be out before being elected
  • Sep 1997, First female MP to come out in office[12]
  • June 2001, First out Plaid Cymru MP[3]
  • 2002, First Conservative MP to come out[13]
  • Jan 2005, First MP to come out as HIV positive[5]
  • May 2005, First out Liberal Democrat MP[14]
  • May 2005, First Conservative MP to be out before being elected[15]
  • Jan 2006, First MP to be outed as bisexual[16]
  • May 2006, First MP to enter into a civil partnership[17]
  • 2008, First female MP to enter into a civil partnership[18]
  • 2010, First female MP to be out before being elected, and first out Conservative female MP[19]
  • 2013, First MP to voluntarily come out as bisexual[20]
  • 2015, First MP to be out as bisexual before being elected; First female MP to be out as bisexual[21]
  • 2020, First MP to come out as pansexual[22]

House of Lords

European Parliament
  • Jan 1999, First out UK MEP[25]
    • Tom Spencer, Conservative, MEP 1979–1984, 1989–1999
  • Jun 1999, First UK MEP to be out before office[26]
  • 2013, First openly transgender UK MEP[27]
    • Nikki Sinclaire, UK Independence Party (later Independent), MEP 2009–2014

Scottish Parliament

Scottish Government

National Assembly for Wales

Northern Ireland Assembly

Municipal offices

England
Bolton
Bristol
  • First out Trans councillor and first to transition while holding elected public office: Rosalind Mitchell (1997) [38]
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Camden
  • First openly gay Mayor & Mayoress (2010 / 2011) [Jonathan Simpson and Amy Lame][40]
Durham
  • First openly gay councillor in the UK and first known openly gay candidate for UK elected office: Sam Green (1972)
Essex – Epping Forest District Council
  • Gavin Chambers (2012–present), mayor of the parish council (2012–2013)[41]
Hackney
Islington
  • Mayor: Robert Crossman (1986)[44]
Kingston upon Hull
  • Lord Mayor: Colin Inglis (elected 2011) Council Leader 2003–2005, Police Authority Chair 2000–05[45]
Liverpool
Manchester
Salford
  • First openly gay Mayor: Paul Dennett[48]
Trafford
  • First openly gay leader of the council: Sean Anstee (since 2014)[49]
Haslemere, Surrey
  • First openly gay deputy mayor: Sahran Abeysundara (elected 2015)[50]
  • First openly gay mayor: Sahran Abeysundara (elected 2016)[50]

London
Greater London Authority
Southwark
  • First openly gay mayor: Jeff Hook:[53]
Camden
  • First openly gay mayor: Jonathan Simpson (elected 2010)[54]
Richmond
  • Mayor: Marc Cranfield-Adams (2007)[55]

Wales
Aberystwyth, Ceredigion
  • First openly lesbian mayor, with her partner as mayoress: Jaci Taylor (2000–2001), Plaid Cymru.[56][57]

Rhondda Cynon Taf

  • First openly gay cabinet member Layton Percy Jones (Plaid Cymru). Cabinet Member for Social Services 1999 - 2005[58]
Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire
  • First openly gay mayor, first mayor in a civil partnership: Guy Woodham (2012–2013)[59][60]
  • First openly gay mayor and deputy mayor: William Elliott (mayor) and Colin Sharp (deputy mayor)[61]
Abertillery, Blaenau Gwent
  • First openly bisexual chairman of council, Julian Meek (2012–2013), Plaid Cymru.[62]

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