The UK Parliament still has the highest LGBT+ representation in the world (UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor)

The UK has elected a record number of LGBTQ people to Parliament, election guru Professor Andrew Reynolds reports.

45 out LGBTQ MPs were elected on June 8, a net gain of six.

The 45 represent 7% of the new House of Commons and is the highest level of representation ever in Britain and the world, representing a rise from 2015.

19 CONSERVATIVE (6%)

19 LABOUR (7%)

7 SNP (20%)

There are eight new LGBTQ faces in parliament. All men. Five Labour, three Tories.

Dan CARDEN – Liverpool Walton LAB

Gerard KILLEN – Rutherglen & Hamilton West LAB

Sandy MARTIN – Ipswich LAB

Luke POLLARD – Plymouth, Sutton LAB

Lloyd RUSSELL-MOYLE – Brighton Kemptown LAB

Damien MOORE – Southport CON

Lee ROWLEY – Derbyshire North East CON

Ross THOMSON – Aberdeen South CON

Two incumbent LGBTQ MPs were ousted: John Nicolson of the SNP in East Dunbartonshire and Tory Ben Howlett in Bath.

As in 2015 out LGBTQ candidates again look to have outpolled their straight colleagues. The Tories only made eight gains outside of Scotland and two of them were by LGBTQ Tory candidates. LGBTQ SNP MPs were more likely to hold their seats than their straight colleagues. LGBTQ Labour made four gains.

31 of the MPs are from England, 10 from Scotland, and 4 from Wales. Scotland continues to lead the way in the inclusion of LGBTQ voices in politics at 17%.

The 45 MPs do not reflect the diversity of the UK LGBTQ community. There are 36 men and 9 women – all are white. None are transgender.

Conservative (19)

Stuart ANDREW – Pudsey

Crispin BLUNT – Reigate

Nick BOLES – Grantham & Stamford

Conor BURNS – Bournemouth West

Alan DUNCAN – Rutland & Melton

Nigel EVANS – Ribble Valley

Mike FREER – Finchley & Golders Green

Nick GIBB – Bognor Regis & Littlehampton

Justine GREENING – Putney

Nick HERBERT – Arundel & South Down

Margot JAMES – Stourbridge

Daniel KAWCZYNSKI – Shrewsbury & Atcham

Mark MENZIES – Fylde

Damien MOORE* – Southport

David MUNDELL – Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale

Lee ROWLEY* – Derbyshire North East

Iain STEWART – Milton Keynes South

Ross THOMSON* – Aberdeen South

William WRAGG – Hazel Grove

Labour (19)

Angela EAGLE – Wallasey

Clive BETTS – Sheffield South East

Nick BROWN – Newcastle upon Tyne East

Ben BRADSHAW – Exeter

Chris BRYANT – Rhondda

Dan CARDEN* – Liverpool Walton

Stephen DOUGHTY – Cardiff South & Penarth

Nia GRIFFITH – Llanelli

Gerald JONES – Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney

Gerard KILLEN* – Rutherglen & Hamiton West

Peter KYLE – Hove

Gordon MARSDEN – Blackpool South

Sandy MARTIN* – Ipswich

Luke POLLARD* – Plymouth, Sutton

Steve REED – Croydon North

Lloyd RUSSELL-MOYLE* – Brighton Kemptown

Cat SMITH – Lancaster & Fleetwood

Wes STREETING – Ilford North

Stephen TWIGG – Liverpool West Derby

Scottish National Party (8)

Hannah BARDELL – Livingston

Mhairi BLACK – Paisley & Renfrewshire South

Joanna CHERRY – Edinburgh South West

Angela CRAWLEY – Lanark & Hamilton East

Martin DOCHERTY – West Dunbartonshire

Stuart McDONALD – Cumbernauld, Kilsyth & Kirkintilloch

Stewart McDONALD – Glasgow South

2015 – 39 – 17 CON: 14 LAB: 8 SNP

2017 – 45 – 19 CON: 19 LAB: 7 SNP

The LGBT Representation and Rights Research Initiative at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is the first academic program focused exclusively on the link between the representation of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and the legal and political rights afforded to those groups.

Andrew Reynolds is Professor of Political Science at UNC Chapel Hill. He tweets at@AndyReynoldsUNC.