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List of electoral firsts in the United Kingdom

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1626: 1009: 717: 535:(1868–80). MacMurrough Kavanagh (who had been born with partially formed arms and legs) was given dispensation to be accompanied in the Commons Chamber by a servant who helped place him on the benches. 649: 632: 1395: 1383: 1068: 1056: 2443: 2490: 1678: 1651: 189: 2284: 1655: 989:, who is of Indian descent. 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. 966: 1438: 962: 1908: 1835: 1744: 785: 488: 1819: 64: 1287: 1106: 920: 1519: 1336: 737: 1731: 1708: 1455: 1301: 700: 683: 958: 2919: 2310: 1638: 1360: 1315: 1033: 1916: 1718: 1613: 1137: 978: 1498: 1266: 891: 602: 549: 137: 85: 1953: 2663: 1206: 528: 1391: 1064: 532: 994: 726: 592: 40: 29: 2060: 2909: 1756: 1387: 1060: 843: 622: 588: 124:
She was also the first non-Protestant woman elected to Parliament, having converted to Catholicism in 1917. She abstained from the House of Commons.
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This article lists notable achievements of women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities, and LGBT people in
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Due to the abstentionist policy of Sinn FĂ©in, Markievicz never took her seat in the House of Commons.
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Note: South Asians include those of Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan, Nepalese or Bangladeshi ancestry
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Counterflows to colonialism : Indian travellers and settlers in Britain, 1600-1857
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Javid, who is of Pakistani descent, was succeeded as Chancellor of the Exchequer by
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Rishi Sunak is the first person of colour to hold the office of prime minister
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from 2009 – 2014. Sinclaire stepped down shortly after coming out in 2013.
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List of the first LGBT holders of political offices in the United Kingdom
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Countess Markievicz, Sinn Féin MP for Dublin St Patrick's, 1918–22.
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from 1940 to 1958, before becoming a member of the House of Lords.
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Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
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until his death in 1884. Subsequent blind MPs have included
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First openly gay MP (and first openly gay Cabinet minister):
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Stella Isaacs, Marchioness of Reading, Baroness Swanborough
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First openly gay member of the Northern Ireland Assembly:
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Annie Llewelyn-Davies, Baroness Llewelyn-Davies of Hastoe
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Women granted the right to vote on the same terms as men
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Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
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First female Justice secretary and Lord High Chancellor
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from 1924 to 1929 then from 1931 to 1934, then MP for
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First South Asian Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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Index

British politics
Women over 30 granted the right to vote
1918
Women granted the right to vote on the same terms as men
1928
Countess Markievicz
Sinn FĂ©in
Dublin St Patrick's
Viscountess Astor
Conservative
Plymouth Sutton
Margaret Bondfield
Labour
Minister of Labour
Alice Cullen
Labour
Glasgow Gorbals
House of Lords
Stella Isaacs, Marchioness of Reading, Baroness Swanborough
Government Whip
Harriet Slater
Labour
Government Whip
Annie Llewelyn-Davies, Baroness Llewelyn-Davies of Hastoe
Margaret Thatcher
Conservative
Margaret Beckett
Labour
Jacqui Smith
Labour

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