Ethnic Minorities
| Name | Party | Elected | Lost Seat or Retired/Stood down | MP's Seat | Honours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dadabhai Naoroji | Liberal Party | 1892 | 1895 (Lost) | Finsbury Central | First Asian MP |
| Sir Mancherjee Bhownagree | Conservative Party | 1895 | 1906 (Lost) | Bethnal Green North East | The 2nd Asian MP |
| Shapurji Saklatvala | Communist Party of Great Britain | 1922–23,1924 | 1929 (Lost) | Battersea North | The 3rd ever Asian MP |
| Diane Abbott | Labour Party | 1987 | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | First Black Female MP and First Black Female Labour MP | |
| Paul Boateng | Labour Party | 1987 | 2005 (Stood down) | Brent South | Was the First black Cabinet Minister in May 2002, when he was appointed as Chief Secretary to the Treasury and later created Baron Boateng |
| Bernie Grant | Labour Party | 1987 | 2000 (Died whilst an MP) | Tottenham | First Black MP |
| Keith Vaz | Labour Party | 1987 | Leicester East | Chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee | |
| Ashok Kumar | Labour Party | 1991–92,1997 | 2010 (Died whilst an MP) | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | First ethnic win/gain in a by-election |
| Nirj Deva | Conservative Party | 1992 | 1997 (Lost Seat) | Brentford and Isleworth | Now Member of the European Parliament for South East England since 10 June 1999 and whilst in parliament was the second Asian-Born MP |
| Piara Khabra | Labour Party | 1992 | 2007 (Died whilst an MP) | Ealing Southall | First Sikh MP |
| Marsha Singh | Labour Party | 1997 | Bradford West | ||
| Oona King | Labour Party | 1997 | 2005 (Lost Seat) | Bethnal Green & Bow | 2nd Black Female MP |
| Mohammad Sarwar | Labour Party | 1997 | 2010 (Retired) | Glasgow Central | First Muslim MP |
| David Lammy | Labour Party | 2000 | Tottenham | A former Minister of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills | |
| Khalid Mahmood | Labour Party | 2001 | Birmingham Perry Barr | ||
| Parmjit Dhanda | Labour Party | 2001 | 2010 (Lost) | Gloucester | A former Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government |
| Parmjit Singh Gill | Liberal Democrat | 15 July 2004 | 5 May 2005 (Lost) | Leicester South | The only ever ethnic-minority Liberal Democrat MP and List of United Kingdom MPs with the shortest service |
| Sadiq Khan | Labour Party | 2005 | Tooting | A former Minister of State for Transport | |
| Shahid Malik | Labour Party | 2005 | 2010 (Lost Seat) | Dewsbury | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and the First Muslim Minister |
| Dawn Butler | Labour Party | 2005 | 2010 (Lost Seat) | Brent South | A former Minister for Young Citizens and Youth Engagement and so became the first black woman to speak from the Despatch Box in the House of Commons |
| Adam Afriyie | Conservative Party | 2005 | Windsor | First Black Conservative MP | |
| Shailesh Vara | Conservative | 2005 | North West Cambridgeshire | Assistant Whip | |
| Virendra Sharma | Labour Party | 2007 (By-election) | Ealing Southall | ||
| Helen Grant | Conservative | 2010 | Maidstone and The Weald | First Black Female Conservative MP | |
| Sam Gyimah | Conservative | 2010 | East Surrey | ||
| Sajid Javid | Conservative | 2010 | Bromsgrove | One of first two Muslims to be Conservative MP's | |
| Dr Kwasi Kwarteng | Conservative | 2010 | Spelthorne | ||
| Priti Patel | Conservative | 2010 | Witham | First Female Asian Conservative MP | |
| Paul Uppal | Conservative | 2010 | Wolverhampton South West | ||
| Nadhim Zahawi | Conservative | 2010 | Stratford-on-Avon | ||
| Rushanara Ali | Labour Party | 2010 | Bethnal Green and Bow | First Bangladeshi Origin MP and one of first three Muslim women MPs | |
| Shabana Mahmood | Labour Party | 2010 | Birmingham Ladywood | One of first three Muslim women MPs | |
| Lisa Nandy | Labour Party | 2010 | Wigan | ||
| Chi Onwurah | Labour Party | 2010 | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | ||
| Yasmin Qureshi | Labour Party | 2010 | Bolton South East | One of first three Muslim women MPs | |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour Party | 2010 | Glasgow Central | ||
| Chuka Umunna | Labour Party | 2010 | Streatham | ||
| Valerie Vaz | Labour Party | 2010 | Walsall South | Sister of Keith Vaz MP |
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Famous quotes containing the words ethnic and/or minorities:
“Caprice, independence and rebellion, which are opposed to the social order, are essential to the good health of an ethnic group. We shall measure the good health of this group by the number of its delinquents. Nothing is more immobilizing than the spirit of deference.”
—Jean Dubuffet (1901–1985)
“But for the national welfare, it is urgent to realize that the minorities do think, and think about something other than the race problem.”
—Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960)