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23 hours ago · In the 2017 general election, 52 ethnic minority MPs were elected, including 32 Labour MPs, 19 Conservatives and one Liberal Democrat, according to think tank British Future [14] and the House of Commons Library. [4] [15] In the 2019 general election, this figure rose to 66, with 23 Conservative, 41 Labour and two Liberal Democrat non-white MPs.
23 hours ago · Shapurji Saklatvala, Battersea North, 1922 and 1924; Diane Abbott, first ethnic minority woman to win, Hackney North and Stoke Newington, 1987; First general election victors from specific religions. When the UK Parliament was established in 1801, non-Anglicans were prevented from taking their seats as MPs under the Test Act 1672.
