List of British politicians
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[edit] Dead, all parties
- Herbert Asquith Liberal prime minister 1908-1916
- Clement Attlee Labour prime minister 1945-1951
- Arthur Balfour longtime Conservative cabinet minister; prime minister 1902-1905
- Stanley Baldwin Conservative party leader 1920s-30s;prime minister 1923-4; 1924-29; 1935-37
- Lord Beaverbrook Newspaper magnate; wartime cabinet minister
- Aneurin Bevan Labour cabinet minister 1945-51; radical
- Ernest Bevin successful Labour foreign secretary after World War II
- John Bright Victorian era Liberal reformer
- R. A. Butler longtime conservative cabinet minister, 1940s to 1960s
- James Callaghan Labour prime minister in the 1970's
- Austen Chamberlain Longtime Conservative cabinet minister 1902 to 1931
- Joseph Chamberlain Very influential Conservative cabinet minister in late Victorian era
- Neville Chamberlain Conservative Prime Minister 1937-1940
- Lord Randolph Churchill Conservative cabinet minister in 1880s
- Winston Churchill Britain's great World War II prime minister 1940-45; and again 1951-55
- George Nathaniel Curzon Conservative cabinet minister 1915-1924; Viceroy of India 1899-1905
- Hugh Dalton Labour cabinet minister 1940-1950
- Benjamin Disraeli conservative prime minister in mid Victorian era; 1868; 1874-80
- Anthony Eden Conservative prime minister 1955-57
- Charles James Fox Whig leader in Napoleonic era
- Eric Geddes
- William Ewart Gladstone longtime Victorian prime minister, 1868-74; 1880-85; 1886; 1892-94
- George Joachim Goschen Victorian Conservative cabinet minister
- Edward Grey Liberal foreign secretary before and during World War I
- Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, Viceroy of India, 1926-31; Conservative cabinet minister, 1920's to 1940
- Edward Heath Conservative prime minister 1970-74
- William Harcourt Prominent Liberal cabinet minister of the Gladstonian era
- Keir Hardie MP and socialist pioneer
- Roy Jenkins Labour cabinet minister, later co-founded the Social Democratic Party
- David Lloyd George Liberal prime minister 1916-22
- Ramsay MacDonald First Labour prime minister, 1924; 1929-35
- Harold Macmillan Conservative prime minister, 1957-1963
- Reginald Maudling 1950-60s era Conservative cabinet minister
- Herbert Morrison Pioneer Labour cabinet minister
- Oswald Mosley former Conservative and Labour Party MP, later a leading British Fascist
- Lord Palmerston prime minister 1855-58; 1859-65; previously longtime foreign secretary
- William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham Architect of Britain's victory in Seven Years' War; prime minister 1766-68
- William Pitt Longtime Tory prime minister, 1783-1801; 1804-06
- Enoch Powell Conservative 1950s-60s cabinet minister and maverick, later an Ulster Unionist
- Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery Liberal prime minister 1894-95
- George Frederick Samuel Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon Viceroy of India, 1880-84; Liberal cabinet minister, circa 1863-1908
- William Henry Smith, Conservative cabinet minister 1877-91 period; very wealthy businessman
- Philip Snowden Pioneer Labour cabinet minister
- George Otto Trevelyan Liberal cabinet minister of Victorian era, 1882-95
- Harold Wilson Labour prime minister in 1960s-70s
[edit] Conservative Party
[edit] Dead
- Andrew Bonar Law briefly conservative prime minister,1922-23
- Henry 'Chips' Channon diarist and MP
- Alan Clark diarist and minister
- Edward Heath
- Samuel Hoare Conservative cabinet minister in 1920s and 1930s
- Alec Douglas-Home briefly Conservative prime minister, 1963-64
- Keith Joseph
- Antony Lambton, Lord Lambton Junior Defence minister in the Heath government 1970-73
- Charles Thomson Ritchie Conservative cabinet minister of the late Victorian era
- F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead Conservative Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for India; famous lawyer
- William Whitelaw former deputy leader and Home Secretary
- Kingsley Wood World War II era Conservative cabinet minister]
[edit] Alive,
- Jeffrey Archer
- Jonathan Aitken
- Kenneth Baker
- Virginia Bottomley
- David Cameron
- Lord Carrington
- Bill Cash
- Kenneth Clarke
- Edwina Currie
- David Davis
- Stephen Dorrell
- Alan Duncan
- Ian Duncan Smith
- Liam Fox
- Norman Fowler
- Teresa Gorman
- John Gummer
- William Hague
- Michael Heseltine
- Michael Howard
- Geoffrey Howe
- Douglas Hurd
- Tom King
- Eleanor Laing
- Norman Lamont
- Oliver Letwin
- Peter Lilley
- Ian Lang
- John Major
- Theresa May
- Patrick Mayhew
- Brian Mawhinney
- Tony Newton
- Steven Norris
- Cecil Parkinson
- Chris Patten
- Michael Portillo
- James Prior
- John Redwood
- Malcolm Rifkind
- Maurice Saatchi
- Gillian Shephard
- Nicholas Soames
- Norman Tebbit
- Margaret Thatcher
- Ann Widdecombe
[edit] Labour Party
[edit] Dead
- Clement Attlee
- Tony Banks
- George Brown
- James Callaghan
- Robin Cook
- Sir Stafford Cripps Labour cabinet minister 1940-1950
- Hugh Dalton
- Andrew Faulds
- Hugh Gaitskell
- George Lansbury Labour leader and cabinet minister
- Ramsay MacDonald
- Emanuel Shinwell Labour cabinet minister 1945-51
- Philip Snowden
- Patrick Gordon Walker
- John Smith
- Harold Wilson
[edit] Alive
- Diane Abbott
- Nick Ainger
- Bob Ainsworth
- Douglas Alexander- Transport and Scotland Secretary
- Wendy Alexander
- Graham Allen
- Valerie Amos - Leader of the House of Lords and Lord President of the Council
- Leighton Andrews
- David Anderson
- Janet Anderson
- Hilary Armstrong - Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Minister for the Cabinet Office & Minister for Social Exclusion
- Jennette Arnold
- Charlotte Atkins
- Ian Austin
- John Austin
- Adrian Bailey (Lab/Co-op)
- Jackie Baillie
- Richard Baker
- Scott Barrie
- Vera Baird
- Ed Balls (Lab/Co-op)
- Gordon Banks
- Celia Barlow
- Lorraine Barrett
- Kevin Barron
- John Battle
- Hugh Bayley
- Margaret Beckett - Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary
- Anne Begg
- Sir Stuart Bell
- Hilary Benn - International Development Secretary
- Tony Benn
- Joe Benton
- Dr Roger Berry
- Clive Betts
- John Biggs
- Liz Blackman
- Roberta Blackman-Woods
- Tony Blair - Prime Minister
- Hazel Blears - Chairman of the Labour Party and Minster Without Portfolio
- Bob Blizzard
- David Blunkett
- Paul Boateng
- David Borrow
- Sarah Boyack
- Ben Bradshaw
- Rhona Brankin
- Kevin Brennan
- Gordon Brown - Chancellor of the Exchequer
- Lynne Brown
- Nick Brown
- Russell Brown
- Des Browne - Defence Secretary
- Chris Bryant
- Karen Buck
- Richard Burden
- Colin Burgon
- Andy Burnham
- Bill Butler
- Dawn Butler
- Rosemary Butler
- Stephen Byers
- Liam Byrne
- Richard Caborn
- David Cairns
- Alan Campbell
- Ronnie Campbell
- Martin Caton
- Ian Cawsey
- Colin Challen
- Ben Chapman
- Christine Chapman
- David Chaytor
- Malcolm Chisholm
- Michael Clapham
- Katy Clark
- Paul Clark
- Charles Clarke
- Tom Clarke
- David Clelland
- Ann Clwyd
- Vernon Coaker
- Ann Coffey
- Harry Cohen
- Michael Connarty
- Frank Cook
- Rosie Cooper
- Yvette Cooper
- Jeremy Corbyn
- Jim Cousins
- Richard Corbett
- Cathie Craigie
- David Crausby
- Mary Creagh
- Jon Cruddas
- Ann Cryer
- Jack Cunningham
- Jim Cunningham
- Tony Cunningham
- John Cummings
- Jeffrey Cuthbert
- Margaret Curran
- Claire Curtis-Thomas
- Alistair Darling - Trade and Industry Secretary
- Wayne David
- Ian Davidson (Lab/ Co-op)
- Jane Davidson
- Andrew Davies
- Susan Deacon
- Janet Dean
- John Denham
- Jim Devine
- Tam Deziel
- Parmjit Dhandra
- Andrew Dismore
- Jim Dobbin (Lab/Co-op)
- Frank Dobson
- Brian H. Donohoe
- Frank Doran
- Jim Dowd
- David Drew (Lab/Co-op)
- Gwyneth Dunwoody
- Tamsin Dunwoody
- Len Duvall
- Helen Eadie
- Angela Eagle
- Maria Eagle
- Clive Efford
- Louise Ellman (Lab/Co-op)
- Natascha Engel
- Jeff Ennis
- Bill Etherington
- Robert Evans
- Sue Essex
- Charles Falconer - Lord Chancellor & Constitutional Affairs Secretary
- Paul Farrelly
- Patricia Ferguson
- Frank Field
- Mark Fisher
- Jim Fitzpatrick
- Robert Flello
- Caroline Flint
- Paul Flynn
- Barbara Follett
- Michael Foot
- Glyn Ford
- Michael Jabez Foster
- Michael Foster
- Hywel Francis
- Mike Gapes (Lab/Co-op)
- Barry Gardiner
- Nicky Gavron
- Bruce George
- Neil Gerrard
- Brian Gibbons
- Ian Gibson
- Neena Gill
- Karen Gillon
- Linda Gilroy (Lab/Co-op)
- Marlyn Glen
- Roger Godsiff
- Paul Goggins
- Helen Goodman
- Charlie Gordon
- Trish Goodman
- Janice Gregory
- Nia Griffith
- John Griffiths
- Nigel Griffiths
- John Grogan
- Christine Gwyther
- Andrew Gwynne
- Peter Hain
- Mike Hall
- Patrick Hall
- David Hamilton
- Fabian Hamilton
- David Hanson
- Harriet Harman
- Tom Harris
- Edwina Hart
- Dai Havard
- Denis Healey
- John Healey
- Doug Henderson
- Mark Hendrick
- Hugh Henry
- Stephen Hepburn
- John Heppell
- Stephen Hesford
- Patricia Hewitt - Health Secretary
- David Heyes
- Keith Hill
- Meg Hillier (Lab/Co-op)
- Margaret Hodge
- Sharon Hodgson
- Kate Hoey
- Mary Honeyball
- John Home Robertson
- Jimmy Hood
- Geoff Hoon - Minister for Europe
- Phil Hope
- Kelvin Hopkins
- Alan Howarth
- George Howarth
- Kim Howells
- Richard Howitt
- Lindsay Hoyle
- Beverley Hughes
- Janis Hughes
- Stephen Hughes
- Joan Humble
- Jane Hutt
- John Hutton - Work and Pensions Secretary
- Brian Iddon
- Eric Illsley
- Adam Ingram
- Huw Irranca-Davies
- Glenda Jackson
- Gordon Jackson
- Sylvia Jackson
- Irene James
- Sian James
- Cathy Jamieson
- Margaret Jamieson
- Brian Jenkins
- Alan Johnson - Education Secretary
- Diana Johnson
- Ann Jones
- Carwyn Jones
- Denise Idris Jones
- Helen Jones
- Kevan Jones
- Lynne Jones
- Martyn Jones
- Tessa Jowell - Culture, Media & Sport Secretary & Minister for the Olympics
- Eric Joyce
- Sir Gerald Kaufman
- Sally Keeble
- Barabra Keeley
- Ann Keen
- Alan Keen (Lab/ Co-op)
- Ruth Kelly - Local Government and Communities Secretary
- Fraser Kemp
- Jane Kennedy
- Andy Kerr
- Oona King
- Piara Khabra
- Sadiq Khan
- David Kidney
- Peter Kilfoyle
- Neil Kinnock party leader 1983-92
- Glenys Kinnock
- Ken Livingstone
- Jim Knight
- Ashok Kumar
- Stephen Ladyman
- David Lammy
- Johann Lamont
- Bob Laxton
- Mark Lazarowicz
- David Lepper
- Tom Levitt
- Huw Lewis
- Ivan Lewis
- Helen Liddell
- Martin Linton
- Marilyn Livingstone
- Tony Lloyd
- Val Lloyd
- Andy Love
- Ian Lucas
- David Martin
- Paul Martin
- Linda McAvan
- Frank McAveety
- Thomas McAvoy
- Tom McCabe
- Stephen McCabe
- Chris McCafferty
- Arlene McCarthy
- Kerry McCarthy
- Sarah McCarthy-Fry
- Ian McCartney - Minister for Trade
- Joanne McCartney
- Jack McConnell
- Siobhain McDonagh
- John McDonnell
- John MacDougall
- Pat McFadden
- John McFall
- Jim McGovern
- Anne McGuire
- Rosemary McKenna
- Andrew Mackinlay
- Des McNulty
- Tony McNulty
- Lewis Macdonald
- Kenneth Mackintosh
- Kate Maclean
- Michael McMahon
- Maureen Macmillan
- Duncan McNeil
- Pauline McNeill
- Denis Macshane
- Fiona Mactaggart
- David Martin
- Paul Martin
- Christine May
- Khalid Mahmood
- Shahid Malik
- Judy Mallaber
- Peter Mandelson
- John Mann
- Rob Marris
- Gordon Marsden
- David Marshall
- Bob Marshall-Andrews
- Eric Martlew
- Michael Meacher
- Alan Meale
- Gillian Merron
- Sandy Mewies
- Alun Michael
- Alan Milburn
- David Miliband
- Ed Miliband
- Andrew Miller
- Austin Mitchell
- Anne Moffat
- Laura Moffatt
- Chris Mole
- Madeleine Moon
- Claude Moraes
- Margaret Moran
- Jessica Morden
- Eluned Morgan
- Julie Morgan
- Rhodri Morgan
- Elliot Morley
- Alasdair Morrison
- Kali Mountford
- George Mudie
- Bristow Muldoon
- Chris Mullin
- Mary Mulligan
- Meg Munn
- Denis Murphy
- Jim Murphy
- Paul Murphy
- Elaine Murray
- Doug Naysmith
- Lynne Neagle
- Dan Norris
- Mike O'Brien
- Edward O'Hara
- Irene Oldfather
- Bill Olner
- Sandra Osborne
- Albert Owen
- Nick Palmer
- Peter Peacock
- Ian Pearson
- Cathy Peattie
- Greg Pope
- Stephen Pound
- Bridget Prentice
- Gordon Prentice
- John Prescott - Deputy Prime Minister
- Dawn Primarolo
- Gwyn Prosser
- Alun Pugh
- Ken Purchase
- James Purnell
- Murad Qureshi
- Bill Rammell
- Nick Raynsford
- Andy Reed
- Jamie Reed
- John Reid - Home Secretary
- Linda Riordan
- John Robertson
- Geoffrey Robinson
- Terry Rooney
- Frank Roy
- Chris Ruane
- Joan Ruddock
- Christine Russell
- Joan Ryan
- Martin Salter
- Carl Sargeant
- Mohammad Sarwar
- Alison Seabeck
- Patricia Scotland
- Jonathan Shaw
- Valerie Shawcross
- Barry Sheerman
- Jim Sheridan
- Sion Simon
- Alan Simpson
- Brian Simpson
- Karen Sinclair
- Marsha Singh
- Dennis Skinner
- Peter Skinner
- Andrew Slaughter
- Andrew Smith
- Angela Smith
- Angela Smith
- Elaine Smith
- Geraldine Smith
- Jacqui Smith - Chief Whip, House of Commons
- John Smith
- Anne Snelgrove
- Peter Soulsby
- Helen Southworth
- John Spellar
- Phyllis Starkey
- Ian Stewart
- Catherine Stihler
- Howard Stoate
- Gavin Strang
- Jack Straw - Leader of the House of Commons
- Graham Stringer
- Gisela Stuart
- Gerry Sutcliffe
- Mark Tami
- Dari Taylor
- David Taylor
- Catherine Thomas
- Gareth Thomas
- Gwenda Thomas
- Emily Thornberry
- Stephen Timms - Chief Secretary to the Treasury
- Paddy Tipping
- Gary Titley
- Mark Todd
- Don Touhig
- John Trickett
- Peter Truscott
- Paul Truswell
- Desmond Turner
- Neil Turner
- Derek Twigg
- Stephen Twigg
- Kitty Ussher
- Keith Vaz
- Rudi Vis
- Joan Walley
- Lynda Waltho
- Claire Ward
- Bob Wareing
- Tom Watson
- Dave Watts
- Karen Whitefield
- Alan Whitehead
- Malcolm Wicks
- Alan Williams
- Betty Williams
- Michael Wills
- Glenis Willmott
- Allan Wilson
- David Winnick
- Rosie Winterton
- Mike Wood
- Shaun Woodward
- Phil Woolas
- Anthony Wright
- Rony Wright
- David Wright
- Iain Wright
- Derek Wyatt
[edit] Liberal Party and SDP (merged 1988)
- Clement Davies Liberal Party leader 1945-56
- Jo Grimond Liberal Party leader 1965-67
- Roy Jenkins
- David Lloyd George
- Reginald McKenna Liberal cabinet minister in Edwardian era
- John Morley Victorian and Edwardian Liberal cabinet minister
- David Owen
- William Rodgers
- David Steel Liberal Party leader 1976-88
- Jeremy Thorpe Liberal Party leader 1967-76
- Shirley Williams
[edit] Liberal Democrats
- Paddy Ashdown
- Menzies Campbell - Leader of the Liberal Democrat Party
- Simon Hughes - Liberal Democrat Party President
- Chris Huhne
- Charles Kennedy
- Lembit Opik
- Sarah Teather - Liberal Democrat Education and Skills Spokeswoman
[edit] Minor or Nationalist Parties
[edit] Democratic Unionist Party
[edit] Plaid Cymru
- Ieuan Wyn Jones (current party leader)
[edit] Respect
[edit] Scottish National Party
- Alex Salmond (current party leader)
- Nicola Sturgeon
[edit] Sinn Fein
- Gerry Adams (current party leader)
- Martin McGuinness
[edit] Social Democratic and Labour Party
- Mark Durkan (current party leader)
- John Hume
[edit] Ulster Unionist Party (Official)
- Reg Empey (current party leader)