Saffron Walden | St George | Seaham | Sedgefield | Selby and Ainsty | Sheffield | Sheffield Brightside | Sheffield Hillsborough | Sidcup | Solihull | South Colchester and Maldon | South Durham | South East Essex | South East Lancashire | South Essex | South Hampshire | South Lancashire | South Nottinghamshire | South Tyrone | South West Lancashire | South West Surrey | Southend-on-Sea | Southwark | Stamford | Stirling Burghs | Stockbridge | Stoke-upon-Trent | Stowmarket | Strand | Streatham | Stretford | Sudbury.
Saffron Walden
Member of Parliament for Saffron Walden
Sir Alan Gordon Barraclough Haselhurst
Date of birth/date of death:
Born June 23 1937. Died June 1 2026.
Titles:
Received a life peerage as Baron Haselhurst, of Saffron Walden in the County of Essex, June 22 2018.2
Honours:
Created a Knight Bachelor, July 19 1995.3
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Lord Haselhurst.” Accessed June 3, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/43/career.
[2] “No. 62338,” The London Gazette, June 28 2018, 11484, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/62338/page/11484.
[3] “No. 54287,” The London Gazette, January 12 1996, 571, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/54287/page/571.
Conservative Party
July 7 1977 – May 3 2017
Olukemi Olufunto Adegoke “Kemi” Badenoch
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 2 1980.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Mrs Kemi Badenoch.” Accessed April 9, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4597/career.
Conservative Party
June 8 2017 – July 4 2024
St George
Member of Parliament for Tower Hamlets, St George
Charles Thomson Ritchie
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 19 1838; d. January 9 1906.
Conservative Party
1885 – 1892
Member of Parliament for St George
William Wedgwood Benn
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 10 1877; d. November 17 1960.
Liberal Party
1906 – 1918
Seaham
Member of Parliament for Seaham
James Ramsay MacDonald
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 12 1866; d. November 9 1937.
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Ramsay MacDonald,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 21 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-ramsay-macdonald/index.html.
Labour Party (1929 – 1931); National Labour Party (1931 – 1935)
May 30 1929 – October 25 1935
Emanuel “Manny” Shinwell
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 18 1884; d. May 8 1986.
Titles:
Received a life peerage as Baron Shinwell, of Easington in the County of Durham, June 29 1970.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Emanuel Shinwell,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed May 13 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-emanuel-shinwell/index.html.
[2] “No. 45134,” The London Gazette, June 23 1970, 6943, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/45134/page/6943.
Labour Party
November 14 1935 – February 23 1950
Sedgefield
Member of Parliament for Sedgefield
Anthony Charles Lynton “Tony” Blair
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 6 1953.
Honours:
Appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Garter, January 1 2022.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Tony Blair.” Accessed April 20, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/512/career.
[2] “No. 63581,” The London Gazette, January 10 2022, 214, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/63581/page/214.
Labour Party
June 9 1983 – June 27 2007
Selby and Ainsty
List of Members of Parliament for Selby and Ainsty
Name
Political Party
Dates in Office
Nigel Adams
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 30 1966.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Nigel Adams.” Accessed May 14, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4057/career.
Conservative Party
May 6 2010 – June 12 2023
Sheffield
Member of Parliament for Sheffield
John Arthur Roebuck
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 28 1802; d. November 30 1879.
Independent
1849 – 1868
Anthony John Mundella
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 28 1825; d. July 21 1897.
Liberal Party
1868 – 1885
John Arthur Roebuck
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 28 1802; d. November 30 1879.
Independent
1874 – 1879
Sheffield Brightside
Member of Parliament for Sheffield Brightside
Anthony John Mundella
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 28 1825; d. July 21 1897.
Liberal Party
1885 – 1897
Arthur Augustus William Harry Ponsonby
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 16 1871; d. March 23 1946.
Labour Party
1922 – 1930
Sheffield Hillsborough
Member of Parliament for Sheffield Hillsborough
Angela Christine Smith
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 16 1961.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Angela Smith.” Accessed May 13, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1564/career.
Labour Party
May 5 2005 – May 6 2010
Sidcup
Member of Parliament for Sidcup
Edward Richard George “Ted” Heath
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 9 1916; d. July 17 2005.
Honours:
Appointed Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter, April 23 1992.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Sir Edward Heath.” Accessed April 20, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/195/career.
[2] “No. 52903,” The London Gazette, April 24 1992, 7175, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/52903/page/7175.
Conservative Party
February 28 1974 – June 9 1983
Solihull
Member of Parliament for Solihull
Name
Political Party
Dates in Office
John Mark Taylor
Date of birth/date of death:
Born August 19 1941. Died May 28 2017.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for John D Taylor.” Accessed May 16, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/313/career.
Conservative Party
June 9 1983 – April 11 2005
Lorely Jane Burt
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 10 1954.
Liberal Democrats
2005 – 2015
South Colchester and Maldon
Member of Parliament for South Colchester and Maldon
John Wakeham
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 22 1932.
Conservative Party
1983 – 1992
John Flasby Lawrance Whittingdale
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 16 1959.
Conservative Party
1992 – 1997
South Durham
Member of Parliament for South Durham
Lord Harry George Vane
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 19 1803; d. August 21 1891.
Whig Party
1841 – 1859
South East Essex
Member of Parliament for South East Essex
Rupert Edward Cecil Lee Guiness
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 29 1874; d. September 14 1967.
Conservative Party
1912 – 1918
South East Lancashire
Member of Parliament for South East Lancashire
Algernon Fulke Egerton
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 31 1825; d. July 14 1891.
Conservative Party
1868 – 1880
South Essex
Member of Parliament for South Essex
Lord Eustace Brownlow Henry Gascoyne-Cecil
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 24 1834; d. July 3 1921.
Conservative Party
1865 – 1868
South Hampshire
Member of Parliament for South Hampshire
Sir George Thomas Staunton, 2nd Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 26 1781; d. August 10 1859.
Whig Party
1832 – 1835
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 20 1784; d. October 18 1865.
Titles:
Succeeded as the 3rd Viscount Palmerston in the Peerage of the Ireland, April 17 1802. (citation needed)
Honours:
Created a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, July 12 1856.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Viscount Palmerston,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 24 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/viscount-palmerston/index.html.
[2] “No. 21901,” The London Gazette, July 15 1856, 2451, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/21901/page/2451.
Whig Party
1832 – 1835
Henry Combe Compton
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1789; d. November 27 1866.
Conservative Party
1835 – 1857
John Willis Fleming
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 28 1781; d. September 1844.
Conservative Party
1835 – 1842
Lord Charles Wellesley
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 16 1808; d. October 9 1858.
Conservative Party
1842 – 1852
William Francis Cowper-Temple
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 13 1811; d. October 16 1888.
Liberal Party
1868 – 1880
South Lancashire
Member of Parliament for South Lancashire
Lord Francis Leveson-Gower
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 1 1800; d. February 18 1857.
Conservative Party
1835 – 1846
Algernon Fulke Egerton
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 31 1825; d. July 14 1891.
Conservative Party
1859 – 1868
William John Legh
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 19 1828; d. December 15 1898.
Conservative Party
1859 – 1865
Charles Turner
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 13 1803; d. October 15 1875.
Conservative Party
1861 – 1868
William Ewart Gladstone
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 29 1809; d. May 19 1898.
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “W.E. Gladstone,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 23 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-we-gladstone/index.html.
Liberal Party
July 24 1865 – November 7 1868
South Nottinghamshire
Member of Parliament for South Nottinghamshire
Henry Pelham Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, Earl of Lincoln
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 22 1811; d. October 18 1864.
Tory Party (1832 – 1834); Conservative Party (1834 – 1846)
1832 – 1846
South Tyrone
Member of Parliament for South Tyrone
William O’Brien
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 2 1852; d. February 25 1928.
Nationalist Party
1885 – 1886
South West Lancashire
Member of Parliament for South West Lancashire
Richard Assheton Cross
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 30 1823; d. January 8 1914.
Conservative Party
1868 – 1885
Charles Turner
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 13 1803; d. October 15 1875.
Conservative Party
1868 – 1875
South West Surrey
Member of Parliament for South West Surrey
Virginia Hilda Brunette Maxwell Bottomley
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 12 1948.
Conservative Party
1984 – 2005
Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 1 1966.
Honours:
Created a Knight Bachelor, April 11 2025.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Sir Jeremy Hunt.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1572/career.
[2] UK Government. “Resignation Honours List April 2025.” https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67f905f16812c7adcf513f44/Resignation_Honours_List_2025.pdf.
Conservative Party
May 5 2005 – July 4 2024
Southend-on-Sea
Member of Parliament for Southend
Rupert Edward Cecil Lee Guiness, Viscount Elveden
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 29 1874; d. September 14 1967.
Conservative Party
1918 – 1927
Southwark
Member of Parliament for Southwark
George Tierney
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 20 1761; d. January 25 1830.
Whig Party
1796 – 1806
Sir William Molesworth, 8th Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 23 1810; d. October 22 1855.
Radicals
1845 – 1855
Edward George Clarke
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 15 1841; d. April 26 1931.
Conservative Party
1880
Stamford
Member of Parliament for Stamford
John Proby, 1st Earl of Carysfort
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 12 1751; d. April 7 1828.
Whig Party
1790 – 1801
Evan Foulkes
Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1751; d. November 8 1825.
Tory Party
1807 – 1818
Charles Tennyson-d’Eyncourt
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 20 1784; d. July 21 1861.
Whig Party
1831 – 1832
Charles Cecil John Manners, Marquess of Granby
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 16 1815; d. March 3 1888.
Conservative Party
1837 – 1852
John Charles Herries
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 1778; d. April 24 1855.
Conservative Party
1847 – 1853
Frederic Thesiger
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 25 1794; d. October 5 1878.
Conservative Party
1852 – 1858
Lord Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 3 1830; d. August 22 1903.
Titles:
Held the courtesy title Viscount Cranborne, June 1865 – April 12 1868. Succeeded as the 3rd Marquess of Salisbury in the Peerage of Great Britain, April 12 1868. (citations needed)
Honours:
Created a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, 1878 (citation needed).
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Lord Robert Cecil,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 23 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/lord-robert-cecil-1/index.html.
Conservative Party
August 22 1853 – April 12 1868
John Inglis, Lord Glencorse
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 21 1810; d. August 20 1891.
Conservative Party
1858
Sir Stafford Henry Northcote, 8th Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 27 1818; d. January 12 1887.
Conservative Party
1858 – 1866
Admiral Sir John Charles Dalrymple-Hay, 3rd Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 11 1821; d. January 28 1912.
Conservative Party
1866 – 1880
Charles John Chetwynd-Talbot, Viscount Ingestre
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 13 1830; d. May 11 1877.
Conservative Party
1868
Stirling Burghs
Member of Parliament for Stirling Burghs
Alexander Inglis Cochrane
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 23 1758; d. January 26 1832.
Non-Partisan
1800 – 1806
Archibald Primrose, Lord Dalmeny
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 2 1809; d. January 23 1851.
Whig Party
1832 – 1847
John Ramsay
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 15 1814; d. June 24 1892.
Liberal Party
1868
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 7 1836; d. April 22 1908.
Honours:
Created a Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, June 29 1895.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 23 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/sir-henry-campbell-bannerman/index.html.
[2] “No. 26639,” The London Gazette, July 2 1895, 3740, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/26639/page/3740.
Liberal Party
December 7 1868 – April 22 1908
Arthur Augustus William Harry Ponsonby
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 16 1871; d. March 23 1946.
Liberal Party
1908 – 1918
Stockbridge
Member of Parliament for Stockbridge
Richard Steele
Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1671; d. September 1 1729.
Whig Party
1713 – 1714
Charles Churchill
Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1720; d. 1812.
Non-Partisan
1741 – 1747
Joseph Foster Barham
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1759; d. September 28 1832.
Whig Party
1793 – 1799
Joseph Foster Barham
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1759; d. September 28 1832.
Whig Party
1802 – 1806
Joseph Foster Barham
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1759; d. September 28 1832.
Whig Party
1807 – 1822
John Foster Barham
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1799; d. May 22 1838.
Whig Party
1820 – 1826
Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 29 1799; d. October 23 1869.
Titles:
Held the courtesy title Lord Stanley, 1834 – 1851 (citation needed). Held the title Baron Stanley of Bickerstaffe by a writ of acceleration, 1844 – 18511. Succeeded as the 14th Earl of Derby, June 30 1851.1
Honours:
Created a Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, July 1 1859.2 Created a Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, June 30 1869.3
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Edward Stanley,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 24 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/hon-edward-stanley-3/index.html.
[2] “No. 22281,” The London Gazette, July 1 1859, 2549, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/22281/page/2549.
[3] “No. 7968,” The Edinburgh Gazette, July 2 1869, 794, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/7968/page/794.
Whig Party
1822 – 1826
General Thomas Grosvenor
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 30 1764; d. January 20 1851.
Whig Party
1826 – 1830
George Wilbraham
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 8 1779; d. January 24 1852.
Whig Party
1826 – 1831
John Foster Barham
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1799; d. May 22 1838.
Whig Party
1831 – 1832
Stratford Canning
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 4 1786; d. August 14 1880.
Tory Party
1831 – 1832
Stoke-upon-Trent
Member of Parliament for Stoke-upon-Trent
Sir Alexander James Beresford Beresford Hope
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 25 1820; d. October 20 1887.
Conservative Party
1865 – 1868
Stowmarket
Member of Parliament for Stowmarket
Ian Zachary Malcolm
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 3 1868; d. December 28 1944.
Conservative Party
1895 – 1906
Strand
Member of Parliament for Strand
William Henry Smith
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 24 1825; d. October 6 1891.
Conservative Party
1885 – 1891
Streatham
Member of Parliament for Streatham
Chuka Harrison Umunna
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 17 1978.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Chuka Umunna.” Accessed May 13, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4128/career.
Labour Party (2010 – 2019); Change UK (2019); Independent (2019)
May 6 2010 – November 6 2019
Stretford
Member of Parliament for Stretford
Charles Alfred Cripps
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 3 1852; d. June 30 1941.
Conservative Party
1901 – 1906
Sudbury
Member of Parliament for Sudbury
Michael Angelo Taylor
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1757; d. July 16 1834.
Whig Party
1832 – 1834
George Tomline
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 3 1813; d. August 25 1889.
Conservative Party
1840 – 1841