List of United Kingdom MPs: A

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Following is an incomplete list of past and present Members of Parliament (MPs) of the United Kingdom whose surnames begin with A. Linked years lead to articles about the election of that year

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NameImagePartyFirst electedConstituencyOther positions
Charles Abbot Charles Abbot, 1st Baron Colchester by John Hoppner.jpg Tory 1801 Helston (1801-1802)

Heytesbury (1802)

Woodstock (1802-1806)

Oxford University (1806-1817)

Speaker of the House of Commons (1802–17)

Chief Secretary for Ireland (1801–02)

Also member of the Parliament of Great Britain

Later ennobled as Baron Colchester

Diane Abbott Official portrait of Ms Diane Abbott crop 2.jpg Labour 1987 Hackney North and Stoke Newington

(1987–present)

Shadow Home Secretary (2016–20)

Shadow Health Secretary (2016)

Shadow International Development Secretary (2015–16)

Shadow Minister for Public Health (2010–13)

Jack Abbott Labour 2024 Ipswich (2024–present)
Sir William Abdy

7th Baronet of Felix Hall

Independent 1817 Malmesbury (18171818)
Alexander Abercromby Alexander Abercromby Staveley.jpg Independent 1817 Clackmannanshire (18171818)
George Abercromby Independent 1805 Edinburgh (1805–1806)

Clackmannanshire (1806–1807;1812–1815)

Lord Lieutenant of Stirlingshire (1837–43)

Later ennobled as Baron Abercromby

George Ralph Abercromby Independent 1824 Clackmannanshire

(1824–1826;1830–1831)

Stirlingshire (1838–1841)

Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire

(1841–1842)

Lord Lieutenant of Clackmannanshire (1840–52)

Later ennobled as Baron Abercromby

James Abercromby Speaker Abercromby by John Jackson.jpg Whig 1807 Midhurst (1807–1812)

Calne (1812–1830)

Edinburgh (1832–1839)

Speaker of the House of Commons

(1835–1839)

Master of the Mint (1834–1835)

Lord Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer (1830–1832)

Judge-Advocate-General (1827–1828)

Later ennobled as Baron Abercromby

Sir John Abercromby Death of Gen Sir Ralph Abercrombie by Sir Robert Ker Porter (detail).jpg Independent 1815 Clackmannanshire (1815–1817)
Sir Robert Abercromby

5th Baronet of Birkenbog

Independent 1812 Banffshire (18121818)
Sir Charles Abney-Hastings

2nd Baronet of Willesley Hall

Tory 1826 Leicester (1826–1831) High Sheriff of Derbyshire (1825–1826)
William Abraham William Abraham - Mabon.jpeg Liberal-Labour 1885 Rhondda (1885–1910)Treasurer of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain (1904–18)

President of the South Wales Miners' Federation (1898–12)

Labour Rhondda (1910-1918)

Rhondda West (1918–1918)

Debbie Abrahams Debbie Abrahams MP.jpg Labour 2011 Oldham East and Saddleworth

(2011-present)

Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary(2016–18)

Shadow Minister for Disabled People (2015–16)

Leo Abse Labour 1958 Pontypool (1958–1983)

Torfaen (1983–1987)

Chair of the Welsh Affairs Select Committee (1980–81)
Archibald Acheson

2nd Earl of Gosford

Archibald Earl of Gosford. (BM 1853,0112.2138) (cropped).jpg Tory 1801 County Armagh (18011807) Governor General of British North America (1835–37)

Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard (1934;1935)

Also Member of the Parliament of Ireland

Later ennobled as Baron Worlingham

Archibald Acheson

3rd Earl of Gosford

Whig 1830 Armagh (18301847) Lord Lieutenant of Armagh (1864)

Later ennobled as Baron Acheson

Benjamin St John Ackers Conservative 1885 West Gloucestershire (18851885)
James Ackers Conservative 1841 Ludlow (18411847)
Thomas Ackroyd Liberal 1923 Manchester Moss Side (1923–1924)
Sir Arthur Dyke Acland

13th Baronet of Columb John

AHD Acland.png Liberal 1885 Rotherham (18851899) President of the National Liberal Federation (1906–07)

Vice-president of the Committee on Education (1892–95)

Sir Charles Thomas Dyke Acland

12th Baronet of Columb John

Liberal 1882 East Cornwall (18821885)

Launceston (18851892)

President of the Churchmen's Union (1908–15)
Francis Dyke Acland

14th Baronet of Columb John

Francis Dyke Acland.jpg Liberal 1906 Richmond (1906–1910)

North West Cornwall (1910–1922)

Tiverton (1923–1924)

North Cornwall (19321939)

Parliamentary Secretary to the Board

of Agriculture and Fisheries (1915–16)

Financial Secretary to the Treasury (1915)

Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1911–15)

Financial Secretary to the War Office (1908–10;1911)

Sir Richard Acland

15th Baronet of Columb John

Liberal 1935 Barnstaple (1935–1942) Chairman of the Common Wealth Party (1942–43;1944–45)
Common Wealth Barnstaple (1942–1945)
Labour Gravesend (19471955)
Sir Thomas Dyke Acland

10th Baronet of Columb John

SirThomasDykeAcland 10thBt ByEBStephens.JPG Tory 1812 Devon (18121818;18201831)
Conservative North Devon (1837–1857)
Sir Thomas Dyke Acland

11th Baronet of Columb John

Sir Thomas Dyke Acland 11th Baronet.jpg Conservative 1837 West Somerset (1837–1847)
Liberal Devonshire North (18651885)

Wellington (18851886)

Sir Gilbert Acland-Troyte SirGilbertAclandTroyte1945portrait.jpg Conservative 1924 Tiverton (19241945)
William a'Court

1st Baronet of Heytesbury

Tory 1806 Heytesbury (1806–1807)Also Member of Parliament of Great Britain
Charles Ashe A'Court-Repington Tory 1820 Heytesbury (1820–1820)
Edward Henry A'Court-Repington Tory 1820 Heytesbury (18201832)
Conservative Tamworth (18371847)
William Acton Irish Conservative 1841 Wicklow (18411848)
Sir Robert Adair Robert Adair by Thomas Gainsborough.jpg Whig 1801 Appleby (18011802)

Camelford (18021812)

British Ambassador to Belgium (1831–35)

British Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire (1808–09)

British Minister to Austria (1806–07)

Also a Member of the Parliament of Great Britain

Sir Charles Adam Admiral Sir Charles Adam.jpg Independent 1831 Kinross-shire (18311832)

Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire (18321841)

Lord Lieutenant of Kinross-shire (1839–1853)

First Naval Lord (1834;1841–44;1846–47)

Whig
Shockat Adam Independent 2024 Leicester South (2024–present)
William Adam William Adam by Sir Henry Raeburn.jpg Independent 1806 Kincardineshire (1806–1812) Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall (1806–15)

Attorney-General of the Duchy of Cornwall (1805–16)

Solicitor-General of the Duchy of Cornwall (1802–05)

Treasurer of the Ordnance (1780–82;1783)

Also Member of the Parliament of Great Britain

William Augustus Adam Conservative 1910 Woolwich (19101910)
Sir William Patrick Adam William Patrick Adam 27 June 1874.jpg Liberal 1859 Clackmannan and Kinross (1859–1880) Governor of Madras (1880–81)

Paymaster General (1873–74)

First Commissioner of Works (1873–74;1880)

Lord of the Treasury (1865–66;1868–73)

Allen Adams Labour 1979 Paisley (1979–1983)

Paisley North (1983–1990)

Charles Adams Tory 1801 Weymouth and Melcombe Regis (1801-1812)
David Adams Labour 1922 Newcastle-upon-Tyne West (1922–1923)

Consett (1935–1943)

Gerry Adams Gerry Adams - 26370225138.jpg Sinn Féin 1983 Belfast West (19831992;1997–2011)President of Sinn Féin in the Dáil Éireann (2011–18)

President of Sinn Féin (1983–2018)

Vice President of Sinn Féin (1978–83)

Also Member of the Northern Ireland Forum, Northern Ireland Assembly, Northern Ireland Assembly (1982) and the Dáil Éireann

Irene Adams Labour 1990 Paisley North (1990–2005)Later ennobled Baroness Adams of Craigielea
James Adams Independent 1801 Bramber (18011802)

Harwich (1803–1806;1807)

Also a Member of the Parliament of Great Britain
Richard Adams Labour 1945 Balham and Tooting (1945–1950)

Wandsworth Central (1950–1955)

Lord Commissioner of the Treasury (1949–51)
Vyvyan Adams Vyvyan adams.jpg Conservative 1931 Leeds West (19311945)
William Adams Independent 1801 Plympton Erle (18011801)Died in office

Also a Member of the Parliament of Great Britain

Tory Totnes (18011811)
William Thomas Adams Labour Co-operative 1945 Hammersmith South (19451949)Died in office
Jennie Adamson Jennie Adamson.jpg Labour 1938 Dartford (1938–1945)

Bexley (1945–1946)

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Pensions (1945–46)

Chair of the Labour Party (1935–36)

William Adamson Cropped photograph of William Adamson.jpg Labour 1910 West Fife (19101931) Secretary for Scotland (1924;1929–31)

Leader of the Labour Party (1917–1921)

Treasurer of the Scottish Miners' Federation(1914–1922)

General Secretary of the Fife and Kinross Miners' Association (1908–1917)

William Murdoch Adamson Labour 1922 Cannock (19221931;19351945) Lord Commissioner of the Treasury (1941–44)
Henry Addington

1st Viscount Sidmouth

Henry Addington by Beechey.jpg Tory 1801 Devizes (1801–1805) Home Secretary (1812–22)

Lord Privy Seal (1806)

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1801–04)

First Lord of the Treasury (1801–04)

Chancellor of the Exchequer (1801–04)

Leader of the House of Commons (1801)

Lord President of the Council (1805;1806–07;1812)

Speaker of the House of Commons (1789–1801)

Also Member of the Parliament of Great Britain

Later ennobled as Viscount Sidmouth

John Hiley Addington Tory 1801 Wendover (18011802)

Bossiney (1802–1803)

Harwich (1803–1818)

Under-Secretary of State for Home Affairs (1812–18)

Paymaster of the Forces (1803–04)

Secretary to the Treasury (1801–02)

Also Member of the Parliament of Great Britain

William Addington

3rd Viscount Sidmouth

Tory 1863 Devizes (1863–1864)Later ennobled as Viscount Sidmouth
Christopher Addison

1st Viscount Addison

Dr. Christopher Addison LOC 16027831872 (cropped).jpg Liberal 1910 Hoxton (19101918) Lord President of the Council (1951)

Paymaster General (1948–49)

Lord Privy Seal (1947–51)

Leader of the House of Lords (1945–51)

Dominion Affairs Secretary (1945–47)

Minister of Agriculture (1930–31)

Minister without portfolio (1921)

Later ennobled as Baron Addison and Viscount Addison

Coalition Liberal Shoreditch (19181922)
Labour Swindon (19291931;19341935)
Henry John Adeane Whig 1830 Cambridgeshire (1830-1832)
Sir Ryland Adkins Ryland Adkins.jpg Liberal 1906 Middleton (1906–1918)

Middleton and Prestwich (1918–1923)

Robert Adley Conservative 1970 Bristol North East

(19701974)

Christchurch and Lymington (19741983)

Christchurch

(19831993)

Chair of the Transport Select Committee (1992–93)
Bim Afolami Official portrait of Bim Afolami MP crop 2.jpg Conservative 2017 Hitchin and Harpenden (2017–2024)
Adam Afriyie Official portrait of Adam Afriyie MP crop 2.jpg Conservative 2005 Windsor (2005–2024)
Sir Emanuel Felix Agar Tory 1807 Sudbury (18071812)
George Agar-Ellis Sir Thomas Lawrence - George James Welbore Agar-Ellis, later 1st Lord Dover - Google Art Project.jpg Independent 1818 Heytesbury (1818–1820) First Commissioner of Woods and Forests (1830–31)

Later ennobled as Baron Dover

Whig Seaford (1820–1826)

Ludgershall (1826–1830) Okehampton (1830–1831)

Thomas Agar-Robartes Lord Robartes Vanity Fair 4 February 1882.JPG Whig 1847 Cornwall East (18471859)Later ennobled as Baron Robartes
Liberal Cornwall East (18591868)
Thomas Agar-Robartes,

6th Viscount Clifden

Thomas Charles Reginald Agar-Robartes (1844-1930), by Walter William Ouless.jpg Liberal 1880 Cornwall East (1880–1882) Lord-Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire (1906–1915)

Later ennobled as Baron Robartes and Viscount Clifden

Thomas Agar-Robartes 1906 Thomas Agar-Robartes MP.jpg Liberal 1906 Bodmin (1906-1906)

St Austell (19081915)

Died in office
Sir James Agg-Gardner Conservative 1874 Cheltenham ( 1874 –1880; 1885–1895; 19001906; 1911–1928)Died in office
Sir Andrew Agnew

7th Baronet of Lochnaw

Whig 1830 Wigtownshire (1830–1837)
Sir Andrew Agnew

8th Baronet of Lochnaw

Whig 1856 Wigtownshire (1856–1868)
Liberal Wigtownshire (1859–1868)
Sir Andrew Agnew

9th Baronet of Lochnaw

Liberal Unionist 1900 Edinburgh South (19001906)
Sir George Agnew

2nd Baronet of Great Stanhope Street

1916 Sir George Agnew.jpg Liberal 1906 Salford West (1906–1918)
Sir Peter Agnew

1st Baronet of Clendry

Conservative 1931 Camborne (1931–1950)

South Worcestershire(1955–1966)

Sir William Agnew

1st Baronet of Great Stanhope Street

W-agnew-1880.jpg Liberal 1880 South East Lancashire (18801885)

Stretford (18851886)

Imran Ahmad Khan Official portrait of Imran Ahmad Khan MP crop 2.jpg Conservative 2019 Wakefield (2019–2022)
Zubir Ahmed Labour 2024 Glasgow South West (2024–present)
Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh.png SNP 2015 Ochil and South Perthshire (20152017) SNP Spokesperson for International Trade (2015–2017)
Nick Ainger Labour 1992 Pembrokeshire (1992–1997)

Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire (1997–2010)

Lord Commissioner of the Treasury (2001-2005)
Sir Robert Ainslie

1st Baronet of Great Torrington

Independent 1801 Milborne Port (18011802) British Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire (1775–93)

Also Member of the Parliament of Great Britain

Robert Sharpe Ainslie Independent 1802 Mitchell (1802-1806)
William Ainsley Labour 1955 North West Durham (19551964)
Bob Ainsworth The Rt Hon Bob Ainsworth MP (4799292710).jpg Labour 1992 Coventry North East (19922015) Shadow Defence Secretary (2010)

Defence Secretary (2009–10)

Minister for the Armed Forces (2007–09)

Government Deputy Chief Whip (2003–07)

Lord Commissioner of the Treasury (1997-2001)

Peter Ainsworth Conservative 1992 East Surrey (19922010) Shadow Environment Secretary (2001–02;2005-9)

Shadow Culture, Media and Sport Secretary(1998-2001)

Peter Ainsworth Whig 1835 Bolton (18351847)
Sir John Aird

1st Baronet of London

Sir-john-aird.tif Conservative 1887 Paddington North (1887–1906)Mayor of Paddington (1900–02)
Craigie Aitchison Labour 1929 Kilmarnock (1929–1931) Lord Justice Clerk (1933–41)

Lord Advocate (1929–33)

National Labour Kilmarnock (1931-1933)
Jonathan Aitken Conservative 1974 Thanet East (1974–1983)

South Thanet (1983–1997)

Chief Secretary to the Treasury (1994–1995)

Minister for Defence Procurement (1992–1994)

Sir Max Aitken

1st Baronet of Cherkley

Lord Beaverbrook 1947b.jpg Conservative 1910 Ashton-under-Lyne (19101916) Lord Privy Seal (1943–45)

Minister of War Production (1942)

Minister of Supply (1941–42)

Minister of Aircraft Production (1940–41)

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1918)

Minister of Information (1918)

Later ennobled as Baron Beaverbrook

Sir Max Aitken

2nd Baronet of Cherkley

Conservative 1945 Holborn (19451950)Later ennobled as Baron Beaverbrook
Nickie Aiken Official portrait of Nickie Aiken MP crop 2.jpg Conservative 2019 Cities of London and Westminster (2019–2024)Leader of Westminster City Council (2017–20)
Sir William Aitken Conservative 1950 Bury St Edmunds (19501964)
Luke Akehurst Labour 2024 North Durham (2024–present)
Aretas Akers-Douglas

1st Viscount Chilston

Aretas Akers-Douglas, 1st Viscount Chilston.png Conservative 1880 East Kent (18801885)

St Augustine's (18851911)

Home Secretary (1902–05)

First Commissioner of Works (1895–1902)

Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (1885–86;1886–92)

Later ennobled as Viscount Chilston

Sadik Al-Hassan Labour 2024 North Somerset (2024–present)
Bayo Alaba Labour 2024 Southend East and Rochford (2024–present)
Sir Irving Albery Conservative 1924 Gravesend (19241945)
Austen Albu Labour 1948 Edmonton (19481974) Minister for Economic Affairs (1965–67)

Chairman of the Fabian Society (1953–54)

Thomas Alcock Independent 1826 Newton (1826–1830) High Sheriff of Surrey (1837)
Whig Ludlow (1839–1840)

East Surrey (18471859)

Liberal East Surrey (18591865)
William Congreve Alcock Tory 1801 Waterford City (1801–1803)Also Member of the Parliament of Ireland
Sir Percy Alden Sir Percy Alden.jpg Liberal 1906 Tottenham (19061918)
Labour Tottenham South (19231924)
Peter Aldous Official portrait of Peter Aldous MP crop 2.jpg Conservative 2010 Waveney (2010–2024)
John Aldridge Conservative 1868 Horsham (1868–1869)
A. V. Alexander Albert-Victor-Alexander-Earl-Alexander-of-Hillsborough.jpg Labour Co-operative 1922 Sheffield Hillsborough (19221931;1935–1950)Leader of the Labour Party in the House of Lords (1955–64)

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1950–51)

Minister of Defence (1946–50)

Minister without Portfolio (1946)

First Lord of the Admiralty (1929–31;1940–45;1945–46)

Later ennobled as Viscount Alexander of Hillsborough and Earl Alexander of Hillsborough

Boyd Alexander Independent 1803 Clyde Burghs (1803-1806)
Sir Claud Alexander

1st Baronet of Ballochmyle

Conservative 1874 Ayrshire South (1874–1885)
Sir Danny Alexander Danny alexander hi.jpg Liberal Democrat 2005 Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey (20052015) Chief Secretary to the Treasury (2010–15)

Secretary of State for Scotland (2010)

Douglas Alexander Douglas Alexander MP at Chatham House 2015 crop.jpg Labour 1997 Paisley South (19972005)

Paisley and Renfrewshire South (20052015)

Lothian East (2024–present)

Shadow Foreign Secretary (2011–15)

Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary (2010–2011)

Shadow International Development Secretary (2010)

International Development Secretary (2007–10)

Secretary of State for Scotland (2006–07)

Transport Secretary (2006–07)

Minister for Europe (2005–06)

Minister for Trade (2004–05)

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (2003–04)

Heidi Alexander Official portrait of Heidi Alexander crop 2.jpg Labour 2010 Lewisham East (2010–2018)

Swindon South (2024–present)

Deputy Mayor of London for Transport (2018–21)

Shadow Health Secretary (2015–16)

Henry Alexander Tory 1801 Londonderry City (18011802)

Old Sarum (18021806)

Also Member of the Parliament of Ireland
Henry Alexander Tory 1826 Barnstaple (1826-1830)
James Alexander Tory 1812 Old Sarum (1812–1832)
James Alexander

2nd Viscount Alexander

Conservative 1837 Tyrone (18371839) High Sheriff of Armagh (1836)

Later ennobled as Earl of Caledon

Josias du Pré Alexander Tory 1820 Old Sarum (1820–1828;18301832)
Maurice Alexander Maurice Alexander Liberal.jpg National Liberal 1922 Southwark South East (1922–1923)
Richard Alexander Conservative 1979 Newark (19791997)
Sir William Alexander Gen. Sir Wm. Alexander LCCN2014715218 (cropped).jpg Scottish Unionist 1923 Glasgow Central (19231945)
Rushanara Ali Official portrait of Rushanara Ali MP crop 2.jpg Labour 2010 Bethnal Green and Bow (2010–2024)

Bethnal Green and Stepney (2024–present)

Shadow Further Education Minister (2013–14)

Shadow International Development Minister (2010–13)

Tahir Ali Official portrait of Tahir Ali MP crop 2.jpg Labour 2019 Birmingham Hall Green (2019–present)
Michael Alison Conservative 1964 Barkston Ash (19641983)

Selby (19831997)

Second Church Estates Commissioner (1987–97)

Minister for Employment (1981–83) Minister for Northern Ireland (1979–81)

Sir Alexander Allan

1st Baronet of Kingsgate

Tory 1803 Berwick-upon-Tweed (18031806;18071820) Director of the East India Company (1814–17;1819–20)
George Allan Tory 1813 Durham (1813-1818)
Richard Allan Official portrait of Lord Allan of Hallam crop 2.jpg Liberal Democrats 1997 Sheffield Hallam (1997–2005)Later ennobled as Baron Allan of Hallam
Lucy Allan Official portrait of Lucy Allan crop 2.jpg Conservative 2015 Telford (2015–2024)
Robert Allan Conservative 1951 Paddington South (1951–1966) Financial Secretary to the Admiralty (1958-1959)

Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister (1955–56)

Alexander Allardyce Independent 1801 Aberdeen Burghs (1801-1802)Also Member of Parliament of Great Britain
James Allason Conservative 1959 Hemel Hempstead (19591974)
Rupert Allason Conservative 1987 Torbay (19871997)
Frank Allaun Labour 1955 Salford East (19551983) Chair of The Labour Party (1978–79)
Walter Alldritt Labour 1964 Liverpool Scotland (19641971)Regional Secretary of the National Union of General and Municipal Workers (1970–81)
Arthur Allen Labour 1945 Bosworth (19451959)Opposition Whip (1951)
Charles Allen 1910 Charles Peter Allen MP.jpg Liberal 1900 Stroud (19001918)
Charles Allen CF-Egerton-Allen-AS.jpg Liberal 1892 Pembroke and Haverfordwest (1892-1895)
Henry George Allen Liberal 1880 Pembroke (18801885)

Pembroke and Haverfordwest (18851886)

John Hensleigh Allen Whig 1818 Pembroke (18181826) High Sheriff of Pembrokeshire (1808–1809)
Sir John Sandeman Allen John Sandeman Allen.jpg Conservative 1924 Liverpool West Derby (1924–1935)Died in office
John Sandeman Allen Conservative 1931 Birkenhead West (19311945)
Graham Allen Labour 1987 Nottingham North (1987–2017)Chair of Political and Constitutional Reform Committee (2010–15)

Vice-Chamberlain of the Household (1998-2001)

Lord Commissioner of the Treasury (1997–98)

Heidi Allen Official portrait of Heidi Allen crop 2.jpg Conservative 2015 South Cambridgeshire (2015–2019)Acting Leader of Change UK (2019)

Change UK Spokesperson for Welfare, Pensions, Social Care and Business (2019)

Change UK South Cambridgeshire (2019)
Independent
The Independents
Liberal Democrats
Henry George Allen Liberal 1880 Pembroke (18801885)

Pembroke and Haverfordwest

(18851886)

Sir Ronald Wilberforce Allen Liberal 1923 Leicester South (19231924)
Scholefield Allen Labour 1945 Crewe (19451974) Recorder of Blackburn (1947-1970)
W. E. D. Allen Ulster Unionist 1929 Belfast West (1929–1931)
New Party Belfast West (1931)
Sir William Allen William Allen - Northern Irish politician.jpg Irish Unionist 1917 North Armagh (1917–1921)Sovereign Grand Master of the Royal Black Preceptory(1924–1947)
Ulster Unionist North Armagh (19171922)

Armagh (19221947)

Garry Allighan Labour 1945 Gravesend (1945–1947)
Augustus Allhusen Conservative 1897 Salisbury (1897–1900)

Hackney Central (1900–1906)

High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire (1913)
Rosena Allin-Khan Official portrait of Dr Rosena Allin-Khan MP crop 2.jpg Labour 2016 Tooting (2016–present) Shadow Secretary of State for Mental Health (2020–present)

Shadow Minister for Sport (2016-2020)

Jim Allister JimAllister.jpg TUV 2024 North Antrim (2024–present)Leader of Traditional Unionist Voice (2007–present)
John Peter Allix Conservative 1841 Cambridgeshire

(18411847)

Lewis Allsopp Tory 1819 Camelford (1819) Solicitor to Duchy of Cornwall (1822–35)
Alfred Percy Allsopp Conservative 1887 Taunton (18871895) Mayor of Worcester (1892–93;1894–95;1909–10)
George Allsopp George Higginson Allsopp by Libero Prosperi 1889.jpg Conservative 1885 Worcester (18851906)
Sir Henry Allsopp

1st Baronet of Hindlip Hall

Conservative 1874 East Worcestershire (18741880)Later ennobled as Baron Hindlip
Samuel Allsopp

2nd Baronet of Hindlip Hall

Samuel Charles Allsopp, Vanity Fair, 1885-08-01.jpg Conservative 1873 East Staffordshire (18731880)

Taunton (18821887)

Later ennobled as Baron Hindlip
Joseph Alpass Labour 1929 Bristol Central (19291931)

Thornbury (19451950)

Cuthbert Alport Conservative 1950 Colchester (19501961) High Steward of Colchester (1967)

British High Commissioner to the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (1961–63)

Minister of State for the Commonwealth Relations Office (1959–61)

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations (1957–59)

Assistant Postmaster-General (1955–57)

Later ennobled as Baron Alport

Richard Alsager Conservative 1835 East Surrey (18351841)Died in office
Robert Alstead Robert Alstead.jpg Liberal 1923 Altrincham (19231924) Mayor of Wigan (1926–27)
David Alton Official portrait of Lord Alton of Liverpool crop 2, 2019.jpg Liberal 1979 Liverpool Mossley Hill (1983-1988)

Liverpool Edge Hill (19791983)

Liberal Chief Whip (1985–87)

Later ennobled as Baron Alton

Liberal Democrats Liverpool Mossley Hill (1988-1997)
Daniel Ambrose Irish National Federation 1892 South Louth (18921896)Died in office
Robert Ambrose Irish National Federation 1893 West Mayo (18931910)
Irish Parliamentary Party West Mayo (1900–1910)
Sir William Amcotts-Ingilby

2nd Baronet of Kettlethorpe Hall and Ripley Castle

Independent 1807 East Retford (1807–1812)

Lincolnshire (1823–1832)

North Lincolnshire (1832–1835)

High Sheriff of Yorkshire (1821)
Julian Amery Julian Amery 1965-11-10 (cropped).jpg Conservative 1950 Preston North (19501966)

Brighton Pavilion (19691992)

Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1972–74)

Minister for Housing and Construction (1970–72)

Minister of Public Buildings and Works (1970)

Minister of Aviation (1962–64)

Secretary of State for Air (1960–62)

Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies (1958–60)

Later ennobled as Baron Amery of Lustleigh

Leo Amery Leopold Amery MP.png Liberal Unionist 1911 Birmingham South (1911–1912) Secretary of State for India and Burma (1940–45)

Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs (1925–29)

Secretary of State for the Colonies (1924–29)

First Lord of the Admiralty (1922–24)

Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies (1919–21)

Unionist Birmingham South (1912–1918)
Conservative Birmingham Sparkbrook (19181945)
Mike Amesbury Official portrait of Mike Amesbury MP crop 2.jpg Labour 2017 Weaver Vale (2017–2024)

Runcorn and Helsby (2024–present)

Shadow Minister for Housing and Planning (2020–present)

Shadow Minister for Employment (2018–20)

Sir David Amess Official portrait of Sir David Amess MP crop 2.jpg Conservative 1983 Basildon (19831997)

Southend West (1997–2021)

Killed in office
William Amherst

3rd Earl Amherst

Crimean War 1854-56 Q71508.jpg Conservative 1859 West Kent (18591868)

Mid Kent (18681880)

Pro Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England (1898–1908)

Chairman of the National Union of Conservative and Constitutional Associations (1968) Later ennobled as Baron Amherst and Earl Amherst (Viscount Holmesdale)

William Pitt Amherst

2nd Earl Amherst

Ultra-Tories 1829 East Grinstead (1829–1832)Later ennobled as Earl Amherst (Viscount Holmesdale) and Baron Amherst
Charles Ammon Lord Ammon.jpg Labour 1922 Camberwell North (19221931;19351944)Mayor of Camberwell (1950–51)

Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms (Government Chief Whip in the House of Lords) (1945–49)

Chairman of the London County Council (1941–42)

Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty (1924;1929–31)

General Secretary of the National Union of Docks, Wharves and Shipping Staffs (1918–19)

Chair of the Fawcett Association (1911–19)

Later ennobled as Baron Ammon

Alan Amos Conservative 1987 Hexham (19871992)Mayor of Worcester (2014–15)
Gideon Amos Liberal Democrats 2024 Taunton and Wellington (2024–present)
James Amyatt Tory 1801 Southampton (18011806)Also Member of Parliament of Great Britain
Michael Ancram Official portrait of The Marquess of Lothian crop 2.jpg Conservative 1974 Berwick and East Lothian (1974)

Edinburgh South (19791987)

Devizes (1992–2010)

Shadow Secretary of State for Defence (2005)

Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (2001–05)

Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party (2001–05)

Chair of the Conservative Party (1998–2001)

Shadow Constitutional Affairs Spokesperson (1997–98)

Later ennobled as Marquess of Lothian

Alexander Anderson Labour 1945 Motherwell (19451954)
Sir Alan Anderson Conservative 1935 City of London (19351940) High Sheriff of the County of London (1922–23)

Controller of the Navy (1917–18)

Callum Anderson Labour 2024 Buckingham and Bletchley (2024–present)
David Anderson Conservative 1963 Dumfriesshire (19631964) Solicitor General for Scotland (1960–64)
David Anderson Dave Anderson MP outside his Blaydon office.jpg Labour 2005 Blaydon (20052017) Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (2016–17)

Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland (2016–17)

Donald Anderson Official portrait of Lord Anderson of Swansea crop 2, 2019.jpg Labour 1966 Monmouth (19661970)

Swansea East (1974–2005)

Chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee (1997-2005)

Later ennobled as Baron Anderson of Swansea

Fleur Anderson Official portrait of Fleur Anderson MP crop 2.jpg Labour 2019 Putney (2019–present) Shadow Parliamentary Secretary to the Cabinet Office (2021–present)
Frank Anderson Labour 1935 Whitehaven (19351959)
George Knox Anderson Conservative 1918 Canterbury (1918-1918)
Hugh Alfred Anderson Irish Unionist 1918 North Londonderry (19181919) High Sheriff of County Londonderry (1919)
Janet Anderson Labour 1992 Rossendale and Darwen (19922010) Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Film, Tourism and Broadcasting (1998-2001)

Vice-Chamberlain of the Household (1997–98)

Shadow Minister for Women (1996–97)

Sir John Anderson

1st Baronet of Mill Hill

Tory 1801 London (18011806)Also Member of Parliament of Great Britain
John Anderson

1st Viscount Waverly

John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley 1947.jpg National 1938 Combined Scottish Universities (19381950) Chancellor of the Exchequer (1943–45)

Lord President of the Council (1940–43)

Minister of Home Security (1939–40)

Home Secretary (1939–1940)

Governor of Bengal (1932–37)

Permanent Under-Secretary for the Home Department (1922–32)

Joint Permanent Under-Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (1920–22)

Later ennobled as Viscount Waverley

Lee Anderson Official portrait of Lee Anderson MP crop 2.jpg Conservative 2019 Ashfield (2019–2024)
Reform UK Ashfield (2024–present)
Stuart Anderson Official portrait of Stuart Anderson MP crop 2.jpg Conservative 2019 Wolverhampton South West (2019–2024)

South Shropshire (2024–present)

William Crawford Anderson Labour 1914 Sheffield Attercliffe (19141918) Chair of the Labour Party (1914–16)

Chairman of the Independent Labour Party (1911–13)

Charles Anderson-Pelham

2nd Earl of Yarborough

Whig 1830 Newtown (1830–1831)

Lincolnshire (1831–1832)

North Lincolnshire (1832–1847)

Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire (1857–62)

Vice-Admiral of Lincolnshire (1853–62)

Later ennobled as Earl of Yarborough

Charles Anderson-Pelham

3rd Earl of Yarborough

3rdEarlOfYarborough.jpg Whig 1857 Great Grimsby (18571859)Later ennobled as Earl of Yarborough
Liberal Great Grimsby (1859-1862)
George Anderson-Pelham Whig 1806 Great Grimsby (1806-1807)

Newtown (Isle of Wight) (1808-1820)

High Steward of Grimsby (1815)
Stuart Andrew Official portrait of Stuart Andrew MP crop 2.jpg Conservative 2010 Pudsey (2010–2024)

Daventry (2024–present)

Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Commons (2020–2022)

Treasurer of the Household (2020–2022)

Vice-Chamberlain of the Household (2019–20)

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence Procurement (2018–19)

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales (2018)

Miles Peter Andrews Miles Peter Andrews Ridley.jpg Tory 1801 Bewdley (18011814)Also Member of Parliament of Great Britain
Sir Norman Angell Norman Angell 01.jpg Labour 1929 Bradford North (19291931)
John Angerstein Whig 1801 Camelford (18011802)

Greenwich (18351837)

High Sheriff of Norfolk (1831–32)

Also Member of Parliament of Great Britain

William Angerstein Liberal 1859 Greenwich (18591865)
James Annand James Annand 0001.jpg Liberal 1906 East Aberdeenshire (1906-1906)
Arthur Annesley

11th Viscount Valentia

Arthur Annesley Vanity Fair 14 September 1899.jpg Conservative 1895 Oxford (18951917) Comptroller of the Household (1898–1905)

Later ennobled as Viscount Valentia and Baron Annesley of Bletchington

Francis Annesley Francis Annesley Hickel.jpg Tory 1801 Reading (1801-1806)Also Member of Parliament of Great Britain
George Annesley

2nd Earl of Mountnorris
9th Viscount Valentia

Independent 1808 Yarmouth (1808–1810)Later ennobled as Viscount Valentia and Earl of Mountnorris
George Annesley Tory 1830 County Wexford (1830-1831)Later ennobled as Viscount Valentia [1]
Hugh Annesley

5th Earl Annesley

Tory 1857 County Cavan (18571874) Representative Peer of Ireland (1877–1908)

Later ennobled as Earl Annesley

William Annesley

3rd Earl Annesley

Tory 1815 Downpatrick (1815-1820) High Sheriff of Down (1822)

Later ennobled as Earl Annesley and Viscount Glerawly

William Annesley

4th Earl Annesley

Conservative 1852 Great Grimsby (18521857) Representative Peer for Ireland (1867–1874)

Later ennobled as Earl Annesley and Viscount Glerawly

Caroline Ansell Official portrait of Caroline Ansell MP crop 2.jpg Conservative 2015 Eastbourne (20152017; 2019–2024)
Augustus Anson Augustus Anson VC IWM Q 80462.jpg Liberal 1859 Lichfield (18591868)

Bewdley (18691874)

George Anson George Anson (1797-1857).png Whig 1818 Great Yarmouth (18181835)

Stoke-upon-Trent (1836–1837)

Staffordshire South (18371853)

Commander-in-Chief of the British Indian Army (1856)

Commander-in-Chief of the Madras Army (1854–56)

Clerk of the Ordnance (1841;1846–52)

Storekeeper of the Ordnance (1835–41)

Sir George Anson General Sir George Anson.jpg Whig 1806 Lichfield (1806–1841) Governor of the Royal Hospital Chelsea (1849)

Colonel of the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards (1829–49)

Thomas Anson

1st Earl of Litchfield

Thomas Viscount Anson by Charles Turner 1823.jpg Whig 1818 Great Yarmouth (1818–1819) Postmaster General (1835–41)

Master of the Buckhounds (1830–34)

Later ennobled as Earl of Lichfield and Viscount Anson

Thomas Anson

2nd Earl of Litchfield

Whig 1847 Lichfield (1847–1854) Lord-Lieutenant of Staffordshire (1863–71)

Later ennobled as Earl of Lichfield

Thomas Anson

1st Viscount Anson

Thomas Anson, after T. Phillips, by 1886.jpg Whig 1801 Lichfield (1801–1806)Also Member of Parliament of Great Britain

Later ennobled as Viscount Anson and Baron Soberton

Sir William Anson

3rd Baronet of Hatch Beauchamp

Sir William Reynell Anson, 3rd Bt. (1843-1914).jpg Liberal Unionist 1899 Oxford University (18991914) Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education (1902–05)

Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University (1898–99)

Warden of All Souls College, Oxford (1881–1914)

Conservative Oxford University (1912–1914)
Henry Torrens Anstruther Henry Torrens Anstruther Vanity Fair.jpg Liberal Unionist 1886 St Andrews Burghs (1886–1903)
Sir John Anstruther

1st Baronet of Elie
4th Baronet of Anstruther

SirJohnAnstruther.jpg Independent 1806 Anstruther Burghs (1806–1811)Also Member of Parliament of Great Britain
Sir Robert Anstruther

5th Baronet of Wrae, Balcaskie & Braemore

Liberal 1864 Fife (1864–1880) Lord Lieutenant of Fife (1864–86)
Independent Liberal St Andrews Burghs (1885-1886)
Liberal Unionist St Andrews Burghs (1886-1886)
William Anstruther-Gray Liberal Unionist 1906 St Andrews Burghs (1906–1910; 1910–1918)
William Anstruther-Gray

1st Baronet of Kilmany

Baron Kilmany.jpg Unionist 1931 North Lanarkshire (19311945)

Berwick and East Lothian (19511966)

Lord Lieutenant of Fife (1975–80)

Chairman of the 1922 Committee (1964–66)

Chairman of Ways and Means (1962–64)

Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons (1962–64)

Assistant Postmaster-General (1945)

Later ennobled as Baron Kilmany

Tonia Antoniazzi Official portrait of Tonia Antoniazzi crop 2.jpg Labour 2017 Gower (2017–present) Shadow Minister for Northern Ireland (2021–present)
Sir Edmund Antrobus

3rd Baronet of Antrobus Hall

Conservative 1841 East Surrey (18411847)
Peelite Wilton (1855–1859)
Liberal Wilton (1859–1877)
Gibbs Antrobus Tory 1820 Aldborough (18201826)

Plympton Erle (18261832)

Sheriff of Cheshire (1934–35)
Reginald Applin Reginald Applin.jpg Conservative 1924 Enfield (19241929; 19311935)
Steffan Aquarone Steffan Aquarone (2013) (cropped).jpg Liberal Democrats 2024 North Norfolk (2024–present)
Charles Arbuthnot Rt Hon Charles Arbuthnot 2.jpg Tory 1809 Eye (1809–1812)

Orford (18121818)

St Germans (1818–1827)

St Ives (1828–1830)

Ashburton (18301831)

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1828–30)

First Commissioner of Woods and Forests (1823–27;1828)

Joint Secretary to the Treasury (1809–23)

Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire (1804–07)

Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1803–04)

Ambassador to Sweden (1802–04)

Also Member of Parliament of Great Britain

Charles George James Arbuthnot Tory 1831 Tregony (1831–1832)Colonel of the 72nd Regiment of Foot (1870)

Colonel of the 91st Regiment of Foot (1864–70)

Colonel of the 89th Regiment of Foot (1857–64)

Page of Honour (1812–17)

Gerald Arbuthnot Gerald Arbuthnot.jpg Conservative 1910 Burnley (1910-1910)
Sir Hugh Arbuthnott General Sir Hugh Arbuthnott (corrected).jpg Tory 1826 Kincardineshire (1826–1835)Colonel of the 79th Regiment of Foot (1862–68)

Colonel of the 38th Regiment of Foot (1843–62)

Conservative Kincardineshire (1935–1865)
James Arbuthnot Official portrait of Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom crop 2.jpg Conservative 1987 Wanstead and Woodford (19871997)

North East Hampshire (19972015)

Chairman of the Defence Select Committee (2005–14)

Shadow Secretary of State for Trade (2003–05)

Opposition Chief Whip of the House of Commons (1997-2001)

Minister of State for Defence Procurement (1995–97)

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Social Security (1994–95)

Later ennobled as Baron Arbuthnot of Edrom

Sir John Arbuthnot

1st Baronet of Kittybrewster

Conservative 1950 Dover (19501964)
Andrew Arcedeckne Independent 1826 Dunwich (18261831) High Sheriff of Suffolk (1819–20)
Joseph Arch Picture of Joseph Arch.jpg Liberal 1885 North West Norfolk (18851886;18921900)President of the National Agricultural Labourers' Union (1872–?)
Sir Edward Archdale

1st Baronet of Riversdale

Sir Edward Mervyn Archdale.jpg Irish Unionist 1898 North Fermanagh (1898–1903;1916–1921)Grand Master of the Orange Institution of Ireland (1926–41)

Minister of Agriculture of Northern Ireland (1921–33)

Minister of Commerce of Northern Ireland (1921–25)

Lord Lieutenant of Tyrone (1913–16)

Also a Member of Parliament of Northern Ireland

Ulster Unionist North Fermanagh (1921–22)
Mervyn Edward Archdale Tory 1834 Fermanagh (18341834) High Sheriff of Fermanagh (1879)
Conservative Fermanagh (1834-1874)
William Humphrys Archdale Conservative 1874 Fermanagh (18741885) High Sheriff of Tyrone (1861)

High Sheriff of Fermanagh (1835)

Mervyn Archdall Tory 1801 Fermanagh (1801-1802) High Sheriff of Fermanagh (1773–74)

Governor of Fermanagh (1756)

Also a Member of Parliament of Ireland

Mervyn Archdall Tory 1802 Fermanagh (1802-1834) Lieutenant-Governor of the Isle of Wight (1915–38)

Grand Master of the Orange Order (1818–1822)

Governor of County Fermanagh (1813–31)

Richard Archdall Independent 1802 Kilkenny City (1802-1802)Also Member of Irish House of Commons
Tory Dundalk (1802-1806)
Jeffrey Archer Jeffrey Archer @ Oslo bokfestival 2012 4.jpg Conservative 1969 Louth (19691974)Later ennobled as Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare
Peter Archer Labour 1966 Rowley Regis and Tipton (19661974)

Warley West (19741992)

President of the Fabian Society (1993-2012)

Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1983–87)

Shadow Secretary of State for Trade (1982–83)

Shadow Attorney General (1981–82)

Chairman of the Fabian Society (1979–80)

Solicitor General for England and Wales (1974–79)

Later ennobled as Baron Archer of Sandwell

John Archer-Houblon Independent 1810 Essex (1810-1820) High Sheriff of Essex (1801–02)
Sir Martin Archer-Shee Conservative 1910 Finsbury Central (1910-1918)

Finsbury (1918-1923)

Sir Richard Pepper Arden 1stLordAlvanley.jpg Whig 1801 Bath (1801) Chief Justice of the Common Pleas (1801–1804)

Master of the Rolls (1788–1801)

Attorney General for England and Wales (1784–1788)

Later ennobled as Baron Alvanley

Edward Argar Edward Argar Official Cabinet Portrait, September 2022 (cropped).jpg Conservative 2015 Charnwood (2015-2024)

Melton and Syston (2024-present)

Richard Arkless SNP 2015 Dumfries and Galloway (2015-2017)
Augustus Arkwright Conservative 1868 North Derbyshire (1868-1880)
Francis Arkwright Conservative 1874 East Derbyshire (1874-1880)
Richard Arkwright Tory 1813 Rye (1813-1818; 1826–1830)
Benjamin Armitage B-armitage-1880.jpg Liberal 1813 Salford (1880–1885)

Salford West (1885–1886)

Robert Armitage 1922 Robert Armitage.jpg Liberal 1906 Leeds Central (1906–1922) Lord Mayor of Leeds (1904–1905)
Colonel C. W. Armstrong UUP 1954 Armagh (1954–1959)
Ernest Armstrong Labour 1964 North West Durham (1964–1987)
Henry Bruce Wright Armstrong UUP 1921 Mid Armagh (1921–1922) Lord Lieutenant of Armagh (1924–1939)
Hilary Armstrong Hilary armstrong a.jpg Labour 1987 North West Durham (1987–2010)Later ennobled as Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top
Sir Alfred Arnold Alfred Arnold.jpg Conservative 1895 Halifax (1895–1900)
Jacques Arnold Conservative 1987 Gravesham (1987–1997)
Sir Tom Arnold Conservative 1974 Hazel Grove (1974–1997)
Hugh Oakeley Arnold-Forster Hugh Arnold-Forster, 1899.jpg Liberal Unionist 1892 Belfast West (1892–1906)

Croydon (1906–1909)

Secretary of State for War (1903–1905)
Sir William Arrol William Arrol, Page 70.jpg Liberal Unionist 1895 South Ayrshire (1895–1906)
Scott Arthur Labour 2024 Edinburgh South West (2024–present)
Paddy Ashdown Paddy Ashdown (2005) (cropped).jpg Liberal 1983 Yeovil (1983-1988) Leader of the Liberal Democrats (1988–99)

High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina (2002–2006)

Later ennobled as Baron Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon

Liberal Democrats Yeovil (1988-2001)
H. H. Asquith Herbert Henry Asquith.jpg Liberal 1886 East Fife (1886-1918)

Paisley (1920-1924)

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1908–1916)

Chancellor of the Exchequer (1905–1908)

Home Secretary (1892–1895)

Secretary of State for War (1914)

Leader of the Liberal Party (1908–1926)

Later ennobled as Earl of Oxford and Asquith

Clement Attlee Person attlee2.jpg Labour 1922 Limehouse (1922-1950)

Walthamstow West (1950-1955)

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1945–1951)

Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1942–1945)

Leader of the Labour Party (1935–1955)

Later ennobled as Earl Attlee

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