The Chancellor of the Exchequer,often abbreviated to Chancellor,is a senior minister of the Crown within the Government of the United Kingdom,and head of His Majesty's Treasury. As one of the four Great Offices of State,the chancellor is a high-ranking member of the British Cabinet.
Valerie Ann Amos,Baroness Amos,is a British Labour Party politician and diplomat who served as the eighth UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator. Before her appointment to the UN,she served as British High Commissioner to Australia. She was created a life peer in 1997,serving as Leader of the House of Lords and Lord President of the Council from 2003 to 2007.
Alistair Maclean Darling,Baron Darling of Roulanish,was a British politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer under prime minister Gordon Brown from 2007 to 2010. A member of the Labour Party,he was a member of Parliament (MP) from 1987 to 2015,representing Edinburgh Central and Edinburgh South West.
Gregory Leonard George Barker,Baron Barker of Battle,is a British Conservative Party politician and life peer. In May 2010 he was appointed Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change,a role in which he served until 2014. At the following year's general election he stood down as MP for Bexhill and Battle and was appointed to the House of Lords.
Giles Heneage Radice,Baron Radice,was a British Labour Party politician and author. He served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1973 to 2001,representing part of County Durham,and then as a life peer in the House of Lords from 2001 until shortly before his death in 2022.
Ivor Seward Richard,Baron Richard,was a British Labour politician who served as a member of Parliament (MP) from 1964 until 1974. He was also a member of the European Commission and latterly sat as a life peer in the House of Lords.
Dawn Petula Butler is a British Labour Party politician who has been a Member of Parliament (MP) for Brent Central since 2015.
Ozwald Boateng,OBE is an English fashion designer,best known for his trademark twist on classic tailoring and bespoke styles.
Paul Myners,Baron Myners,was a British businessman and politician. In October 2008 he was elevated to the House of Lords as a life peer and was appointed City Minister in the Labour Government of Gordon Brown,serving until May 2010. As City Minister Myners was responsible for overseeing the financial services sector during the global financial crisis and its aftermath,including leading the controversial 2008 United Kingdom bank rescue package. Myners sat in the House of Lords as a Labour peer until 2014,resigning to become a non-affiliated member before joining the crossbench group in 2015.
Paul Rudd Drayson,Baron Drayson,is a British businessman,amateur racing driver and Labour politician. He was Minister of Science in the Department for Business,Innovation and Skills until May 2010,where he replaced Ian Pearson. In June 2009 he was additionally appointed as Minister of State for Strategic Defence Acquisition Reform at the Ministry of Defence. After losing his ministerial positions in the General Election 2010 he decided to devote himself totally towards his motorsports company Drayson Racing Technology. He is chairman and CEO of Drayson Technologies Ltd.
Michael Walton Bates,Baron Bates is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom serving in the House of Lords since 2008 having previously represented the constituency of Langbaurgh in the House of Commons from 1992 to 1997.
Kevin-Prince Boateng is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder or forward. Born in Germany,he played for the Ghana national team.
Peter Derek Truscott,Baron Truscott is a British petroleum and mining consultant,independent member of the House of Lords and writer. He was a Labour Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1994 to 1999 and was elevated to the peerage in 2004. He has written on Russia,defence and energy,and works with a variety of companies in the field of non-renewable resource extraction.
Terence George Boston,Baron Boston of Faversham,was a British Labour Party politician.
William David McKenzie,Baron McKenzie of Luton was a British Labour politician. Until the 2010 general election,he was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Work and Pensions and the Department for Communities and Local Government. He was also a partner at accounting firm Price Waterhouse.
Kwaku Boateng was a Ghanaian politician and barrister who was a state minister in the First Republic.
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 Union,and other British devolved assemblies and also Members of the non-elected House of Lords.
