List of United Kingdom MPs: A

Following is an incomplete list of past and present Members of Parliament (MPs) of the United Kingdom whose surnames begin with A. The dates in parentheses are the periods for which they were MPs. Linked years lead to articles about the election of that year

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Name Image Party First elected Constituency Notes
Charles Abbot Tory 1801 Helston (1801-1802)

Heytesbury (1802)

Woodstock (1802-1806)

Oxford University (1806-1817)

 Speaker of the House of Commons (1802–17)

Chief Secretary for Ireland (1801–02)

Also member of the Parliament of Great Britain

Later ennobled as Baron Colchester

Diane Abbott Labour 1987 Hackney North and Stoke Newington

(1987-present)

 Shadow Home Secretary (2016–20)

Shadow Health Secretary (2016)

Shadow International Development Secretary (2015-16)

Shadow Minister for Public Health (2010–13)

Sir William Abdy

7th Baronet of Felix Hall

 Independent 1817 Malmesbury (1817–1818)
Alexander Abercromby Independent 1817 Clackmannanshire (1817–1818)
George Abercromby Independent 1805 Edinburgh (1805–1806)

Clackmannanshire (1806–1807;1812–1815)

 Lord Lieutenant of Stirlingshire (1837–43)

Later ennobled as Baron Abercromby

George Ralph Abercromby Independent 1824 Clackmannanshire

(1824–1826;1830–1831)

Stirlingshire (1838–1841)

Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire

(1841–1842)

 Lord Lieutenant of Clackmannanshire (1840–52)

Later ennobled as Baron Abercromby

James Abercromby Whig 1807 Midhurst (1807–1812)

Calne (1812–1830)

Edinburgh (1832–1839)

 Speaker of the House of Commons

(1835–1839)

Master of the Mint (1834–1835)

Lord Chief Baron of the Court

of Exchequer (1830–1832)

Judge-Advocate-General (1827–1828)

Later ennobled as Baron Abercromby

Sir John Abercromby Independent 1815 Clackmannanshire (1815–1817)
Sir Robert Abercromby

5th Baronet of Birkenbog

 Independent 1812 Banffshire (1812–1818)
Sir Charles Abney-Hastings

2nd Baronet of Willesley Hall

 Tory 1826 Leicester (1826–1831) High Sheriff of Derbyshire (1825–1826)
William Abraham Liberal-Labour 1885 Rhondda (1885–1910) Treasurer of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain (1904–18)

President of the South Wales Miners' Federation (1898–12)

Labour Rhondda (1910-1918)

Rhondda West (1918–1918)

Debbie Abrahams Labour 2011 Oldham East and Saddleworth

(2011-present)

 Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary(2016-18)

Shadow Minister for Disabled People (2015-16)

Leo Abse Labour 1958 Pontypool (1958–1983)

Torfaen (1983–1987)
Archibald Acheson

2nd Earl of Gosford

 Tory 1801 County Armagh (1801–1807) Governor General of British North America (1835–37)

Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard (1934;1935)

Also Member of the Parliament of Ireland

Later ennobled as Baron Worlingham

Archibald Acheson

3rd Earl of Gosford

 Whig 1830 Armagh (1830–1847) Lord Lieutenant of Armagh (1864)

Later ennobled as Baron Acheson

Benjamin St John Ackers Conservative 1885 West Gloucestershire (1885–1885)
James Ackers Conservative 1841 Ludlow (1841–1847)
Thomas Ackroyd Liberal 1923 Manchester Moss Side (1923–1924)
Sir Arthur Dyke Acland

13th Baronet of Columb John

 Liberal 1885 Rotherham (1885–1899) President of the National Liberal Federation (1906–07)

Vice-President of the Committee on Education (1892–95)

Sir Charles Thomas Dyke Acland

12th Baronet of Columb John

 Liberal 1882 East Cornwall (1882–1885)

Launceston (1885–1892)

 President of the Churchmen's Union (1908–15)
Francis Dyke Acland

14th Baronet of Columb John

 Liberal 1906 Richmond (1906–1910)

North West Cornwall (1910–1922)

Tiverton (1923–1924)

North Cornwall (1932–1939)

 Parliamentary Secretary to the Board

of Agriculture and Fisheries (1915-16)

Financial Secretary to the Treasury (1915)

Under-Secretary of State

for Foreign Affairs (1911-15)

Financial Secretary to the War Office (1908-10;1911)

Richard Acland

15th Baronet of Columb John

 Liberal 1935 Barnstaple (1935–1942) Chairman of the Common Wealth Party (1942-43;1944-45)
Common Wealth Barnstaple (1942–1945)
Labour Gravesend (1947–1955)
Sir Thomas Dyke Acland

10th Baronet of Columb John

 Tory 1812 Devon (1812–1818;1820–1831)
Conservative North Devon (1837–1857)
Sir Thomas Dyke Acland

11th Baronet of Columb John

 Conservative 1837 West Somerset (1837–1847)
Liberal Devonshire North (1865–1885)

Wellington (1885–1886)
Sir Gilbert Acland-Troyte Conservative 1924 Tiverton (1924–1945)
William a'Court

1st Baronet of Heytesbury

 Tory 1806 Heytesbury (1806–1807) Also Member of Parliament of Great Britain
Charles Ashe A'Court-Repington Tory 1820 Heytesbury (1820–1820)
Edward Henry A'Court-Repington Tory 1820 Heytesbury (1820–1832)
Conservative Tamworth (1837–1847)
William Acton Irish Conservative 1841 Wicklow (1841–1848)
Sir Robert Adair Whig 1801 Appleby (1801–1802)

Camelford (1802–1812)

 British Ambassador to Belgium (1831–35)

British Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire (1808–09)

British Minister to Austria (1806–07)

Also a Member of the Parliament of Great Britain

Sir Charles Adam Independent 1831 Kinross-shire (1831–1832)

Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire (1832–1841)

 Lord Lieutenant of Kinross-shire (1839–1853)

First Naval Lord (1834;1841-44;1846-47)

Whig
William Adam Independent 1806 Kincardineshire (1806–1812) Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall (1806–15)

Attorney-General of the Duchy of Cornwall (1805–16)

Solicitor-General of the Duchy of Cornwall (1802–05)

Treasurer of the Ordnance (1780–82;1783)

Also Member of the Parliament of Great Britain

William Augustus Adam Conservative 1910 Woolwich (1910–1910)
Sir William Patrick Adam Liberal 1859 Clackmannan and Kinross (1859–1880) Governor of Madras (1880–81)

Paymaster-General (1873–74)

First Commissioner of Works (1873-74;1880)

Lord of the Treasury (1865–66;1868-73)

Allen Adams Labour 1979 Paisley (1979–1983)

Paisley North (1983–1990)
Charles Adams Tory 1801 Weymouth and Melcombe Regis (1801-1812)
David Adams Labour 1922 Newcastle-upon-Tyne West (1922–1923)

Consett (1935–1943)
Gerry Adams Sinn Féin 1983 Belfast West (1983–1992;1997–2011) President of Sinn Féin in the Dáil Éireann (2011–18)

President of Sinn Féin (1983–2018)

Vice President of Sinn Féin (1978–83)

Also Member of the Northern Ireland Forum, Northern Ireland Assembly, Northern Ireland Assembly (1982) and the Dáil Éireann

Irene Adams Labour 1990 Paisley North (1990–2005) Later ennobled Baroness Adams of Craigielea
James Adams Independent 1801 Bramber (1801–1802)

Harwich (1803–1806;1807)

 Also a Member of the Parliament of Great Britain
Richard Adams Labour 1945 Balham and Tooting (1945–1950)Wandsworth Central (1950–1955) Lord Commissioner of the Treasury (1949-51)
Vyvyan Adams Conservative 1931 Leeds West (1931–1945)
William Adams Independent 1801 Plympton Erle (1801–1801) Died in office

Also a Member of the Parliament of Great Britain

Tory Totnes (1801–1811)
William Thomas Adams Labour Co-operative 1945 Hammersmith South (1945–1949) Died in office
Jennie Adamson Labour 1938 Dartford (1938–1945)

Bexley (1945–1946)

 Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Pensions (1945–46)

Chair of the Labour Party (1935–36)

William Adamson Labour 1910 West Fife (1910–1931) Secretary for Scotland (1924;1929-31)

Leader of the Labour Party (1917–1921)

Treasurer of the Scottish Miners' Federation(1914–1922)

General Secretary of the Fife and Kinross Miners' Association (1908–1917)

William Murdoch Adamson Labour 1922 Cannock (1922–1931;1935–1945) Lord Commissioner of the Treasury (1941-44)
Henry Addington

1st Viscount Sidmouth

 Tory 1801 Devizes (1801–1805) Home Secretary (1812–22)

Lord Privy Seal (1806)

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1801–04)

First Lord of the Treasury (1801–04)

Chancellor of the Exchequer (1801–04)

Leader of the House of Commons (1801)

Lord President of the Council (1805;1806-07;1812)

Speaker of the House of Commons (1789–1801)

Also Member of the Parliament of Great Britain

Later ennobled as Viscount Sidmouth

John Hiley Addington Tory 1801 Wendover (1801–1802)

Bossiney (1802–1803)

Harwich (1803–1818)

 Under-Secretary of State for Home Affairs (1812–18)

Paymaster of the Forces (1803–04)

Secretary to the Treasury (1801–02)

Also Member of the Parliament of Great Britain

William Addington

3rd Viscount Sidmouth

 Tory 1863 Devizes (1863–1864) Later ennobled as Viscount Sidmouth
Christopher Addison

1st Viscount Addison

 Liberal 1910 Hoxton (1910 – 1918) Lord President of the Council (1951)

Paymaster General (1948–49)

Lord Privy Seal (1947–51)

Leader of the House of Lords (1945–51)

Dominion Affairs Secretary (1945–47)

Minister of Agriculture (1930–31)

Minister without portfolio (1921)

Later ennobled as Baron Addison and Viscount Addison

Coalition Liberal Shoreditch (1918–1922)
Labour Swindon (1929–1931;1934–1935)
Henry John Adeane Whig 1830 Cambridgeshire (1830-1832)
Sir Ryland Adkins Liberal 1906 Middleton (1906–1918)

Middleton and Prestwich (1918–1923)
Robert Adley Conservative 1970 Bristol North East

(1970–1974)

Christchurch and Lymington (1974–1983)

Christchurch

(1983–1993)

 Chair of the Transport Select Committee (1992–93)
Bim Afolami Conservative 2017 Hitchin and Harpenden (2017–present)
Adam Afriyie Conservative 2005 Windsor (2005–present)
Emanuel Felix Agar Tory 1807 Sudbury (1807–1812)
George Agar-Ellis Independent 1818 Heytesbury (1818–1820) First Commissioner of Woods and Forests (1830–31)

Later ennobled as Baron Dover

Whig Seaford (1820–1826)

Ludgershall (1826–1830) Okehampton (1830–1831)

Thomas Agar-Robartes Whig 1847 Cornwall East (1847–1859) Later ennobled as Baron Robartes
Liberal Cornwall East (1859–1868)
Thomas Agar-Robartes,

6th Viscount Clifden

 Liberal 1880 Cornwall East (1880–1882) Lord-Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire (1906–1915)

Later ennobled as Baron Robartes

Thomas Agar-Robartes Liberal 1906 Bodmin (1906-1906)

St Austell (1908–1915)

 Died in office
Sir James Agg-Gardner Conservative 1874 Cheltenham ( 1874 –1880; 1885–1895; 1900–1906; 1911–1928) Died in office
Sir Andrew Agnew

7th Baronet of Lochnaw

 Whig 1830 Wigtownshire (1830–1837)
Sir Andrew Agnew

8th Baronet of Lochnaw

 Whig 1856 Wigtownshire (1856–1868)
Liberal Wigtownshire (1859–1868)
Sir Andrew Agnew

9th Baronet of Lochnaw

 Liberal Unionist 1900 Edinburgh South (1900–1906)
Sir George Agnew

2nd Baronet of Great Stanhope Street

 Liberal 1906 Salford West (1906–1918)
Sir Peter Agnew

1st Baronet of Clendry

 Conservative 1931 Camborne (1931–1950)

South Worcestershire(1955–1966)

Sir William Agnew

1st Baronet of Great Stanhope Street

 Liberal 1880 South East Lancashire (1880–1885)

Stretford (1885–1886)
Imran Ahmad-Khan Conservative 2019 Wakefield (2019–present)
Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh SNP 2015 Ochil and South Perthshire (2015–2017) SNP Spokesperson for International Trade (2015–2017)
Nick Ainger Labour 1992 Pembrokeshire (1992–1997)

Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire (1997–2010)

 Lord Commissioner of the Treasury (2001-2005)
Sir Robert Ainslie

1st Baronet of Great Torrington

 Independent 1801 Milborne Port (1801–1802) British Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire (1775–93)

Also Member of the Parliament of Great Britain

Robert Sharpe Ainslie Independent 1802 Mitchell (1802-1806)
William Ainsley Labour 1955 North West Durham (1955–1964)
Bob Ainsworth Labour 1992 Coventry North East (1992–2015) Shadow Defence Secretary (2010)

Defence Secretary (2009–10)

Minister for the Armed Forces (2007–09)

Government Deputy Chief Whip (2003-07)

Lord Commissioner of the Treasury (1997-2001)

Peter Ainsworth Conservative 1992 East Surrey (1992–2010) Shadow Environment Secretary (2001-02;2005-9)

Shadow Culture, Media and Sport Secretary(1998-2001)

Peter Ainsworth Whig 1835 Bolton (1835–1847)
Sir John Aird

1st Baronet of London

 Conservative 1887 Paddington North (1887–1906)
Craigie Aitchison Labour 1929 Kilmarnock (1929–1931) Lord Justice Clerk (1933–1941)

Lord Advocate (1929–1933)

National Labour Kilmarnock (1931-1933)
Jonathan Aitken Conservative 1974 Thanet East (1974–1983)

South Thanet (1983–1997)

 Chief Secretary to the Treasury (1994–1995)

Minister for Defence Procurement (1992–1994)

Sir Max Aitken

1st Baronet of Cherkley

 Conservative 1910 Ashton under Lyne (1910–1916) Lord Privy Seal (1943–45)

Minister of War Production (1942)

Minister of Supply (1941–42)

Minister of Aircraft Production (1940–41)

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1918)

Minister of Information (1918)

Later ennobled as Baron Beaverbrook

Sir Max Aitken

2nd Baronet of Cherkley

 Conservative 1945 Holborn (1945–1950) Later ennobled as Baron Beaverbrook
Nickie Aiken Conservative 2019 Cities of London and Westminster (2019–present) Leader of Westminster City Council (2017-20)
Sir William Aitken Conservative 1950 Bury St Edmunds (1950–1964)
Aretas Akers-Douglas Conservative 1880 East Kent (1880–1885)

St Augustine's (1885–1911)

 Home Secretary (1902–05)

First Commissioner of Works (1895–1902)

Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (1885–86;1886–92)

Later ennobled as Viscount Chilston

Sir Irving Albery Conservative 1924 Gravesend (1924–1945)
Austen Albu Labour 1948 Edmonton (1948–1974) Minister for Economic Affairs (1965–67)

Chairman of the Fabian Society (1953–54)

Thomas Alcock Independent 1826 Newton (1826–1830) High Sheriff of Surrey (1837)
Whig Ludlow (1839–1840)

East Surrey (1847–1859)

Liberal East Surrey (1859–1865)
William Congreve Alcock Tory 1801 Waterford City (1801–1803) Also Member of the Parliament of Ireland
Sir Percy Alden Liberal 1906 Tottenham (1906–1918)
Labour Tottenham South (1923–1924)
Peter Aldous Conservative 2010 Waveney (2010–present)
John Aldridge Conservative 1868 Horsham (1868–1869)
A. V. Alexander Labour Co-operative 1922 Sheffield Hillsborough (1922–1931;1935–1950) Leader of the Labour Party in the House of Lords (1955–64)

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1950–51)

Minister of Defence (1946–50)

Minister without Portfolio (1946)

First Lord of the Admiralty (1929–31;1940–45;1945–46)

Later ennobled as Viscount Alexander of Hillsborough and Earl Alexander of Hillsborough

Boyd Alexander Independent 1803 Clyde Burghs (1803-1806)
Sir Claud Alexander

1st Baronet of Ballochmyle

 Conservative 1874 Ayrshire South (1874–1885)
Sir Danny Alexander Scottish Liberal Democrat 2005 Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey (2005–2015) Chief Secretary to the Treasury (2010–15)

Secretary of State for Scotland (2010)

Douglas Alexander Labour 1997 Paisley South (1997–2005)

Paisley and Renfrewshire South (2005–2015)

 Shadow Foreign Secretary (2011–15)

Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary (2010–2011)

Shadow International Development Secretary (2010)

International Development Secretary (2007–10)

Secretary of State for Scotland (2006–07)

Transport Secretary (2006–07)

Minister for Europe (2005–06)

Minister for Trade (2004–05)

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (2003–04)

Heidi Alexander Labour 2010 Lewisham East (2010–2018) Deputy Mayor of London for Transport (2018-present)

Shadow Health Secretary (2015-16)

Henry Alexander Tory 1801 Londonderry City (1801–1802)

Old Sarum (1802–1806)

 Also Member of the Parliament of Ireland
Henry Alexander Tory 1826 Barnstaple (1826-1830)
James Alexander Tory 1812 Old Sarum (1812–1832)
James Alexander

2nd Viscount Alexander

 Conservative 1837 Tyrone (1837–1839) High Sheriff of Armagh (1836)

Later ennobled as Earl of Caledon

Josias du Pré Alexander Tory 1820 Old Sarum (1820–1828;1830– 1832)
Maurice Alexander National Liberal 1922 Southwark South East (1922–1923)
Richard Alexander Conservative 1979 Newark (1979–1997)
Rushanara Ali Labour 2010 Bethnal Green and Bow (2010–present) Shadow Further Education Minister (2013-14)

Shadow International Development Minister (2010-13)

Tahir Ali Labour 2019 Birmingham Hall Green (2019–present)
Michael Alison Conservative 1964 Barkston Ash (1964–1983)

Selby (1983–1997)

 Second Church Estates Commissioner (1987-97)

Minister for Employment (1981-83) Minister for Northern Ireland (1979-81)

Sir Alexander Allan

1st Baronet of Kingsgate

 Tory 1803 Berwick-upon-Tweed (1803–1806;1807–1820) Director of the East India Company (1814-17;1819-20)
George Allan Tory 1813 Durham (1813-1818)
Richard Allan Liberal Democrats 1997 Sheffield Hallam (1997–2005) Later ennobled as Baron Allan of Hallam
Lucy Allan Conservative 2015 Telford (2015–present)
Robert Allan Conservative 1951 Paddington South (1951–1966) Financial Secretary to the Admiralty (1958-1959)

Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister (1955-56)

James Allason Conservative 1959 Hemel Hempstead (1959–1974)
Rupert Allason Conservative 1987 Torbay (1987–1997)
Frank Allaun Labour 1955 Salford East (1955–1983) Chair of The Labour Party (1978–79)
Walter Alldritt Labour 1964 Liverpool Scotland (1964–1971) Regional Secretary of the National Union of General and Municipal Workers (1970-81)
Arthur Allen Labour 1945 Bosworth (1945–1959)
Charles Allen File:1910_Charles_Peter_Allen_MP.jpg Liberal 1900 Stroud (1900–1918)
Charles Allen File:CF-Egerton-Allen-AS.jpg Liberal 1892 Pembroke and Haverfordwest (1892-1895)
Henry George Allen Liberal 1880 Pembroke (1880–1885)

Pembroke and Haverfordwest (1885–1886)
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