Notable LGBT Liberal Democrats
- Jenny Bailey, who was the first transgender mayor in the United Kingdom.
- Rodney Berman, leader of Cardiff council.
- Sarah Brown, cited in the Independent on Sunday "Pink List" 2011 as currently the only transgender activist serving as an elected politician in the UK.
- Stephen Gilbert MP, MP for St Austell and Newquay.
- Simon Hughes MP, deputy Lib Dem party leader and candidate for Mayor of London in the 2004 election.
- David Laws MP, Member of Parliament for Yeovil and former Chief Secretary to the Treasury.
- Brian Paddick, Liberal Democrat candidate for the London mayoral elections of 2012 and 2008 - and until his retirement in May 2007, Deputy Assistant Commissioner in London's Metropolitan Police Service and the United Kingdom's most senior openly gay police officer.
- Iain Smith, MSP for North East Fife 1999-2011.
- Margaret Smith, MSP for Edinburgh West 1999-2011.
- Anna Span, also known as Anna Arrowsmith, candidate for Gravesham in Kent in 2010.
- Stephen Williams MP, MP for Bristol West.
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