2017 general election
From LGBT Archive
The 2017 general election was held on the 8th of June. It was called by Prime Minister Theresa May in the hope of securing a larger majority in the context of negotiations to withdraw from the European Union, but the Conservatives lost ground, and Mrs May then formed a minority government with the support of the Democratic Unionist Party.
LGBT MPs
45 out LGBTQ MPs were elected, a net gain of six,
Those elected were as follows:[1]
Conservative
- 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 Kawczynski – 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.
References
- ↑ Andrew Reynolds. The UK just elected a record number of LGBTQ people to Parliament, Pink News, 9 June 2017.
