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Rishi Sunak served as Prime Minister from 2022 to 2024. These are lists of people who belong to non-European ethnic minorities and have been elected as Members of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, European Parliament, and other British devolved bodies, as well as members of the non-elected House of Lords.
Lists of politicians of minority groups by country. Pages in category "Lists of ethnic minority politicians by country" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
This was the first time that someone from an ethnic minority had been succeeded in one of the Great Offices of State by another person from that category. [15] First South Asian Member of the Welsh Assembly. Mohammad 'Oscar' Asghar, Conservative AM for South Wales East 2007–20 [16] First South Asian Member of the Scottish Parliament
Ethnic minorities have been under-represented in comparison with their white counterparts in the United Kingdom's political system, particularly in the British Parliament. [38] In 1981, the Home Affairs Select Committee report stated that an " increase in ethnic minority involvement in politics will create ... special representation for ethnic ...
This is a subcategory of Category:Black British people by occupation and includes those elected or appointed to political office, trade unionists and rights campaigners. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
Lists of political office-holders in the United Kingdom (10 C, 4 P) Pages in category "Lists of politicians from the United Kingdom" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
Irish Free State (within Commonwealth to 1948 – subsequently seceded as the Republic of Ireland): W. T. Cosgrave , President of the Executive Council (1922–32), had been MP for Kilkenny City in 1917–18 and for North Kilkenny 1918–22 but he did not sit at Westminster because of the Sinn Féin policy of abstentionism .
The 1991 UK census was the first to include a question on ethnicity.As of the 2011 UK census, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) allow people in England and Wales and Northern Ireland who self-identify as "Black" to select "Black African", "Black Caribbean" or "Any other Black/African/Caribbean background" tick boxes. [2]