In 2019, just 65 of the United Kingdom's 650 Members of Parliament were non-white, 41 of which were members of the Labour Party, 22 were in the ruling Conservative party, and two non-white MPs were members of the Liberal Democrats.
Number of Black and minority Members of Parliament in the United Kingdom from 1987 to 2019, by political party
The source adds the following information: "There is no official data on ethnicity of MPs. As an individual’s ethnicity is self-defined, it is hard to obtain reliable data on MPs’ ethnicity in the absence such data being compiled officially, particularly historically. It is generally stated that the first non-white MPs since 1945 were elected in 1987, when four Labour MPs were from a non-white background"
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House of Commons. (February 15, 2022). Number of Black and minority Members of Parliament in the United Kingdom from 1987 to 2019, by political party [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 13, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1123206/non-white-mps-in-uk-parliament-by-political-party/
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House of Commons. (2022). Number of Black and minority Members of Parliament in the United Kingdom from 1987 to 2019, by political party. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 13, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1123206/non-white-mps-in-uk-parliament-by-political-party/
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House of Commons, Number of Black and minority Members of Parliament in the United Kingdom from 1987 to 2019, by political party Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1123206/non-white-mps-in-uk-parliament-by-political-party/ (last visited September 13, 2024)
Number of Black and minority Members of Parliament in the United Kingdom from 1987 to 2019, by political party [Graph], House of Commons, February 15, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1123206/non-white-mps-in-uk-parliament-by-political-party/
