List_of_military_veterans_in_British_politics

List of military veterans in British politics

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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 who are military veterans.

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Name	Constituency		Service & Branch	Years	Rank	Notes
Leo Docherty	Aldershot	Conservative	Scots Guards (2002 - 2006)	4	Captain
Dan Jarvis MBE	Barnsley Central	Labour	Parachute Regiment (9 July 1994 - 3 March 2011)	16	Major
John Baron	Basildon and Billericay	Conservative	The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (1984 – 1987)	3	Captain
Bob Stewart	Beckenham	Conservative	Cheshire Regiment (25 July 1969 - 1 February 1996)	27	Colonel	He was awarded the DSO in 1993
Chris Green	Bolton West	Conservative	Territorial Army
Tobias Ellwood	Bournemouth East	Conservative	Royal Green Jackets (1991 – 1996)	5	Captain
James Sunderland	Bracknell	Conservative	Royal Logistics Corps (1993 – 2019)	26	Colonel
James Cleverly	Braintree	Conservative	Royal Artillery (1991–present)	30	Lieutenant Colonel	He was awarded the Territorial Decoration (TD)
Ian Liddell-Grainger	Bridgwater and West Somerset	Conservative	Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (1980 – 1997)	17	Major
Darren Henry	Broxtowe	Conservative	Royal Air Force (Logistics officer - 26 years)	26	Squadron Leader
Simon Hart	Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire	Conservative	Royal Gloucestershire Hussars (five years)	5
Sir Iain Duncan Smith	Chingford and Woodford Green	Conservative	Scots Guards (1975 – 1981)	6	Lieutenant
Jason McCartney	Colne Valley	Conservative	Royal Air Force (1988 – 1997)	9	Flight Lieutenant
Gregory Campbell	East Londonderry	DUP	Ulster Defence Regiment (1981 – 1985)	4
Jack Lopresti	Filton and Bradley Stoke	Conservative	Territorial Army (2007 – present)	14	Corporal
Sir Edward Leigh	Gainsborough	Conservative	Honourable Artillery Company		Trooper^[1]
Adam Holloway	Gravesham	Conservative	Grenadier Guards (1991 – 1997)	6	Captain
David Davis	Haltemprice and Howden	Conservative	Artists Rifles (1966 – 1967)	1
Mike Penning	Hemel Hempstead	Conservative	Grenadier Guards (1974 – 1980)	6
Robert Seeley MBE	Isle of Wight	Conservative	UKSF (Reserve) (2008 - 2017)	9	Captain
Philip Hollobone	Kettering	Conservative	Parachute Regiment (1989 – 1997)	8	Corporal
Jeffrey Donaldson	Lagan Valley	DUP	Ulster Defence Regiment (1981 – 1985)	4
Flick Drummond	Meon Valley	Conservative	British Army Intelligence Corps
David Davies	Monmouth	Conservative	Royal Artillery (1988 – 1989)	1	Gunner
Desmond Swayne	New Forest West	Conservative	Royal Mercian and Lancastrian Yeomanry (1987 – present)	34	Major	He was awarded the Territorial Decoration (TD) in 2000
Dr. Julian Lewis	New Forest East	Conservative	Royal Naval Reserve (1979 - 1982)	3	Seaman
Steve Barclay	North East Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Royal Regiment of Fusiliers		Lieutenant
Bill Wiggin	North Herefordshire	Conservative	Royal Welch Fusiliers		Lieutenant
Andrew Bridgen	North West Leicestershire	Conservative	—	0	During Training Lieutenant	Underwent some training with the Royal Marines did not pass out
James Gray	North Wiltshire	Conservative	Honourable Artillery Company (1977–84)	7	Lance Corporal^[2]
Clive Lewis	Norwich South	Labour	Territorial Army (2000 - 2009)	9	Lieutenant	Fr^[3]
Johnny Mercer	Plymouth Moor View	Conservative	Royal Artillery (2002 - 2013)	11	Captain	^[3]
Penny Mordaunt	Portsmouth North	Conservative	Royal Naval Reserve (2010–2019)	11	Sub-lieutenant (honorary Captain)
Mark Francois	Rayleigh and Wickford	Conservative	Royal Anglian Regiment (1985 - 1991)	6	Lieutenant
Crispin Blunt	Reigate	Conservative	13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) (1979 - 1990)	11	Captain
Royston Smith	Southampton Itchen	Conservative	Royal Air Force (1980 - 1990)	10	Airman (Engineer)^[4]	^[3]
Richard Drax	South Dorset	Conservative	Coldstream Guards (1978 - 1987)	9	Captain
Andrew Selous	South West Bedfordshire	Conservative	Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (1981 - 1994)	13	Major
Dr. Andrew Murrison	South West Wiltshire	Conservative	Royal Navy (1989–present)	32	Surgeon Commander
Andrew Mitchell	Sutton Coldfield	Conservative	Royal Navy (February 1975 - 9 February 1977)	2	Lieutenant
Tom Tugendhat MBE	Tonbridge and Malling	Conservative	Educational and Training Services Branch of the Adjutant General's Corps (2000 - 2013)	13	Lieutenant Colonel
James Heappey	Wells	Conservative	Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment and then The Rifles (2004 - 2012)	8	Major
Andrew Bowie	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine	Conservative	Royal Navy (2007 - 2010)	3	Sub Lieutenant
Stuart Anderson	Wolverhampton South West	Conservative	Royal Green Jackets (1993 - 2001)	8
Sarah Atherton	Wrexham	Conservative	British Army Intelligence Corps
Steve Baker	Wycombe	Conservative	Royal Air Force (1989 - 1999)	10	Flight Lieutenant.^[5]
Ben Wallace	Wyre and Preston North	Conservative	Scots Guards (1991 - 1998)	7	Captain

Name		Service & Branch	Rank	Notes
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
Robin Bridgeman, 3rd Viscount Bridgeman	Conservative	Royal Green Jackets (1950 – 1953)	Lieutenant
Arthur Gore, 9th Earl of Arran	Conservative	Grenadier Guards	Lieutenant
Rupert Ponsonby, 7th Baron de Mauley	Conservative	Royal Wessex Yeomanry (1976 – 2005)	Lieutenant Colonel	TD (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
Alan Brooke, 3rd Viscount Brookeborough	Crossbench	17th/21st Lancers (1971 – 1977) Ulster Defence Regiment / Royal Irish Regiment (1977 – 1997)	Colonel
Merlin Hay, 24th Earl of Erroll	Crossbench	Atholl Highlanders (1974 – 1997)	Colonel
Patrick Boyle, 10th Earl of Glasgow	Liberal Democrats	Royal Naval Reserve (1960 – 1963)	Sub-Lieutenant
Jeffrey Sterling, Baron Sterling of Plaistow	Conservative	Royal Naval Reserve	Rear Admiral
David Hope, Baron Hope of Craighead	Crossbench	Seaforth Highlanders (1957 – 1959)	Lieutenant
Kenneth Baker, Baron Baker of Dorking	Conservative	British Army	Lieutenant
Tony Christopher, Baron Christopher	Labour	Royal Air Force (1944 – 1948)
Tom King, Baron King of Bridgwater	Conservative	King's African Rifles	Lieutenant
Michael Heseltine, Baron Heseltine	Non-affiliated	Welsh Guards (1959)	Lieutenant
Ken Maginnis, Baron Maginnis of Drumglass	Independent Ulster Unionist	Ulster Defence Regiment (1971 – 1981)	Major
John Burnett, Baron Burnett	Liberal Democrats	Royal Marines	Commando
Richard Harries, Baron Harries of Pentregarth	Crossbench	Royal Corps of Signals (1955 – 1958)	Lieutenant
Michael Walker, Baron Walker of Aldringham	Crossbench	British Army (1966 – 2006)	Field Marshal	Chief of the Defence Staff (2003 – 2006)
Alan West, Baron West of Spithead	Labour	Royal Navy (1965 – 2006)	Admiral	DSC (1983) First Sea Lord (2002 – 2006)
Robin Janvrin, Baron Janvrin	Crossbench	Royal Navy (1964 – 1975)	Lieutenant
Richard Dannatt, Baron Dannatt	Crossbench	British Army (1971 – 2009)	General	MC (1972) Chief of the General Staff (2006 – 2009)
Jock Stirrup, Baron Stirrup	Crossbench	Royal Air Force (1968 – 2011)	Marshal of the Royal Air Force	Chief of the Defence Staff (2006 – 2010)
John Boyle, 15th Earl of Cork	Crossbench	Royal Navy (1963 – 1978)	Lieutenant Commander
Mark Lancaster, Baron Lancaster of Kimbolton	Conservative	Royal Engineers (1988 – present)	Major General	TD (2002) VRSM (2012)
Andrew Robathan, Baron Robathan	Conservative	Coldstream Guards Special Air Service (1974 – 1989)	Major
Richard Benyon, Baron Benyon	Conservative	Royal Green Jackets (1980 – 1985)
Thomas Coke, 8th Earl of Leicester	Conservative	Scots Guards (1987 – 1991)
Ruth Davidson, Baroness Davidson of Lundin Links	Conservative	Territorial Army (2003 – 2006)	Signaller
David Hacking, 3rd Baron Hacking	Labour	Royal Naval Reserve (1954 – 1964)	Lieutenant
Clifton Wrottesley, 6th Baron Wrottesley	Conservative	Grenadier Guards	Captain
Nicholas Soames, Baron Soames of Fletching	Conservative	11th Hussars / Royal Hussars Regular Army Reserve (1970 – 1975)	2nd Lieutenant
Hugo Swire, Baron Swire	Conservative	Grenadier Guards (1980 – 1983)
Michael Hintze, Baron Hintze	Conservative	Australian Army	Captain
Stuart Peach, Baron Peach	Crossbench	Royal Air Force (1974 – 2022)	Air Chief Marshall	Chief of the Defence Staff (2016 – 2018) Chair of the NATO Military Committee (2018 – 2021)

Name	Police area		Service & Branch	Rank	Notes
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
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
Peter McCall	Cumbria Constabulary	Conservative	Royal Logistic Corps (1982-2015)	Colonel

Name	Constituency		Service & Branch	Rank	Notes
Keith Brown	Clackmannanshire and Dunblane	SNP	Royal Marines (1980 – 1983)	Marine
Mark Griffin	Central Scotland	Labour	Territorial Army	Private
Paul Sweeney	Glasgow	Labour	Royal Corps of Signals / Royal Regiment of Scotland (2006 – 2018) (Reserve)		Volunteer Reserves Service Medal

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