List of military veterans in British politics

This is a list of currently serving members House of Commons, House of Lords, Scottish Parliament, National Assembly for Wales, Northern Ireland Assembly, Police and Crime Commissioner and UK members of the European Parliament who are Military veterans.

House of Commons

Name	Constituency	Party		Service & Branch	Rank	Notes
Sir Gerald Howarth	Aldershot		Conservative	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (1968 - 1988)	Acting Pilot Officer
Sir Tony Baldry	Banbury		Conservative	Sussex Yeomanry (1971 - 1 April 1990)	Colonel
Dan Jarvis MBE	Barnsley Central		Labour	Parachute Regiment (9 July 1994 - 3 March 2011)	Major
John Baron	Basildon and Billericay		Conservative	The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (1984 – 1987)	Captain
Bob Stewart	Beckenham		Conservative	Cheshire Regiment (25 July 1969 - 1 February 1996)	Colonel	He was awarded the DSO in 1993
The Rt. Hon Gregory Barker	Bexhill and Battle		Conservative	Honourable Artillery Company (1989–94)
Joe Benton	Bootle		Labour	Royal Air Force (1955 - 1958)
David Tredinnick	Bosworth		Conservative	Grenadier Guards (1968 – 1971)	Lieutenant
Tobias Ellwood	Bournemouth East		Conservative	Royal Green Jackets (1991 – 1996)	Lieutenant Colonel
Ian Liddell-Grainger	Bridgwater and West Somerset		Conservative	Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (1980 – 1997)	Major
Julian Brazier	Canterbury		Conservative	Special Air Service (1972 – 1985)	Captain	He was awarded the TD in 1993
The Rt. Hon Iain Duncan Smith	Chingford and Woodford Green		Conservative	Scots Guards (1975 – 1981)	Captain
Jason McCartney	Colne Valley		Conservative	Royal Air Force (1988 – 1997)	Flight Lieutenant
The Rt. Hon Richard Ottaway	Croydon South		Conservative	Royal Navy (1961 – 1970)	Lieutenant Commander
The Rt. Hon Hugo Swire	East Devon		Conservative	Grenadier Guards (1980 – 1983)	Captain
Gregory Campbell	East Londonderry		DUP	Ulster Defence Regiment (1981 – 1985)
Eric Joyce	Falkirk		Independent	Royal Army Educational Corps (7 October 1981 – 12 March 1999)	Major	Former Labour Party MP. Joyce was suspended from the Labour party in 2012 after he was arrested on suspicion of assault, and on 12 March 2012, having pleaded guilty, officially resigned from the party.
The Rt. Hon Hugh Robertson	Faversham and Mid Kent		Conservative	Life Guards (1982 – 1995)	Major
Jack Lopresti	Filton and Bradley Stoke		Conservative	Royal Gloucestershire Hussars (2007 – present)	Corporal
Sir Edward Leigh	Gainsborough		Conservative	Honourable Artillery Company
Adam Holloway	Gravesham		Conservative	Grenadier Guards (1991 – 1997)	Captain
The Rt. Hon David Davis	Haltemprice and Howden		Conservative	Artists Rifles (1966 – 1967)
Mike Penning	Hemel Hempstead		Conservative	Grenadier Guards (1974 – 1980)	Corporal
Kris Hopkins	Keighley		Conservative	Duke of Wellington's Regiment	Private
Philip Hollobone	Kettering		Conservative	Parachute Regiment (1989 – 1997)	Corporal
The Rt. Hon Jeffrey Donaldson	Lagan Valley		DUP	Ulster Defence Regiment (1981 – 1985)
The Rt. Hon Sir Peter Tapsell	Louth and Horncastle		Conservative	Royal Sussex Regiment (1948 - 1950)	Subaltern
The Rt. Hon Nicholas Soames	Mid Sussex		Conservative	11th Hussars (1967 – 1972)	Lieutenant	Equerry to HRH The Prince of Wales (1970-1972)
Mark Lancaster	Milton Keynes North		Conservative	Royal Engineers (1988–present)	Lieutenant Colonel	He was awarded the Territorial Decoration (TD) in 2002 and the Volunteer Reserves Service Medal (VRSM) in 2012.
David Davies	Monmouth		Conservative	Royal Artillery (1988 – 1989)	Gunner
The Rt. Hon Desmond Swayne	New Forest West		Conservative	Royal Mercian and Lancastrian Yeomanry (1987 – present)	Major	He was awarded the Territorial Decoration (TD) in 2000
Patrick Mercer OBE	Newark		Independent	Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment (8 March 1975 – 1 September 1999)	Colonel	Former Conservative MP, Mercer resigned the Conservative Party whip on 31 May 2013 after an investigation by the BBC's Panorama programme regarding allegations of paid lobbying without registering, and stated he will not stand in the 2015 general election.
Richard Benyon	Newbury		Conservative	Royal Green Jackets (1980 - 1985)
Dr. Julian Lewis	New Forest East		Conservative	Royal Naval Reserve (1979 - 1982)	Seaman
Stephen Barclay	North East Cambridgeshire		Conservative	Royal Regiment of Fusiliers	Lieutenant
Bill Wiggin	North Herefordshire		Conservative	Royal Welch Fusiliers	Lieutenant
Dan Byles FRGS	North Warwickshire		Conservative	Royal Army Medical Corps (1996 – 2005)	Major
Andrew Bridgen	North West Leicestershire		Conservative	Royal Marines	Lieutenant
James Gray	North Wiltshire		Conservative	Honourable Artillery Company (1977–84)
Rory Stewart OBE	Penrith and The Border		Conservative	Black Watch (2 November 1991 - 2 April 1992)	Lieutenant
The Rt. Hon Mark Francois	Rayleigh and Wickford		Conservative	Royal Anglian Regiment (1985 - 1991)	Lieutenant
Crispin Blunt	Reigate		Conservative	13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) (1979 - 1990)	Captain
Stephen Phillips QC	Sleaford and North Hykeham		Conservative	14th/20th King's Hussars and The Guards
Richard Drax	South Dorset		Conservative	Coldstream Guard (1978 - 1987)	Captain
The Rt. Hon Andrew Robathan	South Leicestershire		Conservative	Special Air Service (6 October 1974 - 27 August 1989)	Major
Andrew Selous	South West Bedfordshire		Conservative	Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (1981 - 1994)	Major
Dr. Andrew Murrison	South West Wiltshire		Conservative	Royal Navy (1989–present)	Surgeon Commander
The Rt. Hon Andrew Mitchell	Sutton Coldfield		Conservative	Royal Navy (February 1975 - 9 February 1977)	Lieutenant
Steve Baker	Wycombe		Conservative	Royal Air Force (1989 - 1999)	Flight Lieutenant.
Ben Wallace	Wyre and Preston North		Conservative	Scots Guards (1991 - 1998)	Captain

House of Lords

Name	Constituency	Party		Service & Branch	Rank	Notes
Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington			Conservative	Grenadier Guards (1939 - 1945)	Major	He was awarded the MC in 1945
Robert Lindsay, 29th Earl of Crawford			Conservative	Grenadier Guards (1945 - 1949)	Lieutenant
Euan Geddes, 3rd Baron Geddes			Conservative	Royal Naval Reserve	Lieutenant Commander
John Eccles, 2nd Viscount Eccles			Conservative	King's Royal Rifle Corps	Lieutenant
Simon Arthur, 4th Baron Glenarthur			Conservative	The Royal Hussars (1976 - 1980)	Major
John Astor, 3rd Baron Astor of Hever			Conservative	Life Guards (1966 - 1970)	Lieutenant
Robin Bridgeman, 3rd Viscount Bridgeman			Conservative	Royal Greenjackets (1950 - 1953)	Lieutenant
Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu			Conservative	Grenadier Guards
Robin Dixon, 3rd Baron Glentoran			Conservative	Grenadier Guards (1954 - 1966)	Major
Roger Swinfen Eady, 3rd Baron Swinfen			Conservative	The Royal Scots	Lieutenant
Malcolm Mitchell-Thomson, 3rd Baron Selsdon			Conservative	Royal Navy (1956 - 1958)	Sub-Lieutenant
Arthur Gore, 9th Earl of Arran			Conservative	Grenadier Guards	Lieutenant
Robin Cayzer, 3rd Baron Rotherwick			Conservative	Royal Green Jackets (1972 - 1980)	Captain
Rupert Ponsonby, 7th Baron de Mauley			Conservative	Royal Wessex Yeomanry (1976 - 2005)	Lieutenant Colonel	He was awarded the TD in 1988
Hugh Trenchard, 3rd Viscount Trenchard			Conservative	Household Cavalry (1973 - 1983)	Captain
Charles Cathcart, 7th Earl Cathcart			Conservative	Scots Guards (1973 - 1975)	Lieutenant
Thomas Ashton, 4th Baron Ashton of Hyde			Conservative	Royal Wessex Yeomanry	Lieutenant
Michael Allenby, 3rd Viscount Allenby			Independent	Royal Yeomanry (1953 - 1977)	Lieutenant Colonel
William Lloyd George, 3rd Viscount Tenby			Independent	Royal Welch Fusiliers	Captain
John Slim, 2nd Viscount Slim			Independent	Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (1944 - 1972)	Colonel
Alan Brooke, 3rd Viscount Brookeborough			Independent	Royal Irish Rangers (1971 - 1997)	Colonel
Raymond Jolliffe, 5th Baron Hylton			Independent	Coldstream Guards (1951 - 1952)
Edward Baldwin, 4th Earl Baldwin of Bewdley			Independent	British Army (1956 - 1958)
John Wilson, 2nd Baron Moran			Independent	Royal Naval Reserve (1943 - 1945)	Sub-Lieutenant
Merlin Hay, 24th Earl of Erroll			Independent	Atholl Highlanders (1974 - 1997)	Colonel
Eric Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury			Liberal Democrat	Welsh Guards	Lieutenant
Patrick Boyle, 10th Earl of Glasgow			Liberal Democrat	Royal Naval Reserve (1960 - 1963)	Sub-Lieutenant
Nicolas Rea, 3rd Baron Rea			Labour	Suffolk Regiment (1946 - 1948)	Sergeant
James Erskine, 14th Earl of Mar			Liberal Democrat	Royal Auxiliary Air Force (1979 – 1986)	Flying Officer
Julian Grenfell, 3rd Baron Grenfell			Labour	King's Royal Rifle Corps (1952 – 1964)	Captain
Alun Gwynne Jones, Baron Chalfont			Independent	British Army (1940 - 1960)	Lieutenant Colonel	He was awarded the MC in 1957
Simon Mackay, Baron Tanlaw			Independent	9th/12th Royal Lancers (1952 - 1954)	Lieutenant
Asa Briggs, Baron Briggs			Independent	Intelligence Corps (1942 - 1945)
John McCluskey, Baron McCluskey			Independent	Royal Air Force (1953 - 1955)
Jeremy Hutchinson, Baron Hutchinson of Lullington			Liberal Democrat	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (1939 - 1945)	Lieutenant
Jean Barker, Baroness Trumpington			Conservative	Women's Land Army & Naval Intelligence (1939 - 1945)
Alan Campbell, Baron Campbell of Alloway			Conservative	Royal Artillery (1940 - 1945)	Lieutenant
John Eden, Baron Eden of Winton			Conservative	Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) (1939 - 1945)	Lieutenant
Nigel Vinson, Baron Vinson			Conservative	Queen's Royal Regiment (1948 - 1950)	Lieutenant
Marcus Kimball, Baron Kimball			Conservative	Leicestershire Yeomanry	Captain
Charles Williams, Baron Williams of Elvel			Labour	King's Royal Rifle Corps (1942 – 1985)	Subaltern
Edwin Bramall, Baron Bramall			Independent	British Army (1942 - 1985)	Field Marshal	He was awarded the MC in 1945 and served as Chief of the Defence Staff from 1982 - 1985.
Philip Knights, Baron Knights			Independent	Royal Air Force (1943 - 1955)
James Prior, Baron Prior			Conservative	Royal Norfolk Regiment	Captain
Patrick Jenkin, Baron Jenkin of Roding			Conservative	Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders (1945 - 1948)	Captain
Jeffrey Sterling, Baron Sterling of Plaistow			Conservative	Royal Naval Reserve	Rear Admiral
Norman Macfarlane, Baron Macfarlane of Bearsden			Conservative	Royal Artillery (1945 - 1947)
David Craig, Baron Craig of Radley			Independent	Royal Air Force (1951 – 1991)	Marshal of the Royal Air Force	He served as Chief of the Defence Staff from 1988 - 1991.
Brian Rix, Baron Rix			Independent	Royal Air Force (1939 - 1945)
Denis Healey, Baron Healey			Labour	Royal Engineers (1940 – 1945)	Major
Cecil Parkinson, Baron Parkinson			Conservative	Royal Air Force (1940 - 1945)	Sergeant
Geoffrey Howe, Baron Howe of Aberavon			Conservative	Royal Corps of Signals	Lieutenant
Nigel Lawson, Baron Lawson of Blaby			Conservative	Royal Navy	Lieutenant
John Moore, Baron Moore of Lower Marsh			Conservative	Royal Sussex Regiment (1955 - 1957)
Norman Tebbit, Lord Tebbit			Conservative	Royal Air Force
Derek Barber, Baron Barber of Tewkesbury			Independent	World War II (1939 - 1945)
Robert Dixon-Smith, Baron Dixon-Smith			Conservative	1st King's Dragoon Guards (1956 - 1957)	Lieutenant
David Nickson, Baron Nickson			Independent	Coldstream Guards (1949 - 1954)	Lieutenant
David Hope, Baron Hope of Craighead			Independent	Seaforth Highlanders (1957 – 59)	Lieutenant
Richard Vincent, Baron Vincent of Coleshill			Independent	British Army (1951 - 1992)	Field Marshal	He was awarded the DSO in 1972 and served as Chief of the Defence Staff from 1991 - 1992.
James Molyneaux, Baron Molyneaux of Killead			UUP	Royal Air Force (1941 - 1947)	Flying Officer
Kenneth Baker, Baron Baker of Dorking			Conservative	British Army	Lieutenant
Peter Inge, Baron Inge			Independent	British Army (1956 - 1997)	Field Marshal	He served as Chief of the Defence Staff from 1994 - 1997.
Robin Renwick, Baron Renwick of Clifton			Independent	British Army (1956 - 1958)
Garfield Davies, Baron Davies of Coity			Labour	Royal Air Force (1956 – 1958)
Michael Sandberg, Baron Sandberg			Liberal Democrat	1st King's Dragoon Guards (1945 - 1949)	Lieutenant
Tony Christopher, Baron Christopher			Labour	Royal Air Force (1944 – 1948)
David Brookman, Baron Brookman			Labour	Royal Air Force (1955 – 1957)
David Williamson, Baron Williamson of Horton			Independent	Royal Signals (1956 - 1958)
Peter Imbert, Baron Imbert			Independent	Royal Air Force
Robert Fellowes, Baron Fellowes			Independent	Scots Guards (1960 - 1963)	Lieutenant
Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank			Independent	Royal Air Force (1953)
Richard Luce, Baron Luce			Conservative	British Army (1955 - 1957)
Claus Moser, Baron Moser			Independent	Royal Air Force (1943 - 1946)
Charles Guthrie, Baron Guthrie of Craigiebank			Independent	British Army (1959 - 2001)	Field Marshal	He served as Chief of the Defence Staff from 1997 - 2001.
Tom King, Baron King of Bridgwater			Conservative	King's African Rifles	Lieutenant
Paddy Ashdown, Baron Ashdown			Liberal Democrat	Special Boat Service (1959 – 1972)	Captain
Michael Heseltine, Baron Heseltine			Conservative	Welsh Guards (1959)	Lieutenant
Ken Maginnis, Baron Maginnis of Drumglass			Independent	Ulster Defence Regiment (1971 - 1981)	Major
Michael Boyce, Baron Boyce			Independent	Royal Navy (1961 - 2003)	Admiral	He served as Chief of the Defence Staff from 2001 - 2003.
David Ramsbotham, Baron Ramsbotham			Independent	British Army (1953 – 1993)	General
Clive Soley, Baron Soley			Labour	Royal Air Force (1959 – 1961)
Brian Cotter, Baron Cotter			Liberal Democrat	British Army
John Burnett, Baron Burnett			Liberal Democrat	Royal Marines	Commando
Richard Harries, Baron Harries of Pentregarth			Independent	Royal Corps of Signals (16 December 1955 - 12 September 1958)	Lieutenant
Michael Walker, Baron Walker of Aldringham			Independent	British Army (1966 – 2006)	General	He served as Chief of the Defence Staff from 2003 - 2006.
Alan West, Baron West of Spithead			Labour	Royal Navy (1965 – 2006)	Admiral	He was awarded the DSC in 1983 and served as First Sea Lord from 2002 - 2006.
Richard Harries, Baron Harries of Pentregarth			Independent	Royal Navy (1964 - 2 July 1975)	Lieutenant
Richard Dannatt, Baron Dannatt			Conservative	British Army (1971 – 2009)	General	He was awarded the MC in 1972 and served as Chief of the General Staff from 2006 - 2009.
Jock Stirrup, Baron Stirrup			Independent	Royal Air Force (1968 – 2011)	Air Chief Marshal	He served as Chief of the Defence Staff from 2006 - 2010.

European Parliament

Name	Constituency	Party		Service & Branch	Rank	Notes
Geoffrey Van Orden	East of England		Conservative	Intelligence Corps (1964 - 1994)	Brigadier
Godfrey Bloom	Yorkshire and the Humber		UKIP	Territorial Army (30 years)		He was awarded the Territorial Decoration (TD) in 1984

Police and Crime Commissioner

Name	Constituency	Party		Service & Branch	Rank	Notes
Olly Martins	Bedfordshire Police		Labour	Territorial Army
Tony Hogg	Devon and Cornwall Police		Conservative	Royal Navy (1975 - 2000)	Commodore	He was awarded the Air Force Cross in 1978
Nick Alston	Essex Police		Conservative	Royal Navy	Commander	He was awarded the CBE in 1997
Sir Clive Loader	Leicestershire Constabulary		Conservative	Royal Air Force (1973 - 2009)	Air Chief Marshal	He was knighted as a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) whilst Commander-in-Chief Air Command, awarded the OBE, South Atlantic Medal, NATO Medal, General Service Medal, Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal and Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal
Kevin Hurley	Surrey Police		Independent	Royal Military Police (1971 -2011)	Major	Originally stood for the Conservative nomination but was unsuccessful
Anthony Stansfield	Thames Valley Police		Conservative	British Army	Brigadier
Christopher Salmon	Dyfed-Powys Police		Conservative	The Rifles (2003-2007)	Captain

London Assembly

Name	Constituency	Party		Service & Branch	Rank	Notes
James Cleverly	Bexley and Bromley		Conservative	Territorial Army (October 1991 – Present)	Major	He was awarded the Territorial Decoration (TD) in 2003

Scottish Parliament

Name	Constituency	Party		Service & Branch	Rank	Notes
Keith Brown	Clackmannanshire and Dunblane		SNP	Royal Marines (1980 – 1983)	Signaller
Ruth Davidson	Glasgow		Conservative	Territorial Army (2003 – 2006)	Signaller
Mark Griffin	Central Scotland		Labour	Territorial Army	Private
Hanzala Malik	Glasgow		Labour	Territorial Army	Private

See also

• British Army
• Royal Air Force
• Royal Navy
• Royal Marines
• Defence Select Committee