Current MPs related to other current or former Members of Parliament

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This PIL lists Members of Parliament who, as of September 2013, have family members who are also current or former Members. This list contains all those currently known to the Commons Library. In-laws are not included and relationships more than four generations back are not noted. Due to the difficulties in documenting relationships of this nature, the Library cannot guarantee that this list is definitive. We are always happy to hear of any additions or amendments to the list. Please email papers@parliament.uk with any comments. Note: Subsequent honours or peerages are not reflected in this list

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Current Members related to other current or former Members

Name of current MP James Arbuthnot (Con) Wanstead and Woodford 1987-97; North East Hampshire 1997 Ed Balls (Lab) Normanton 2005-2010; Morley and Outwood 2010 relation son of Relative John Arbuthnot (Con) Dover 1950-64

husband of

Yvette Cooper (Lab) Pontefract and Castleford 1997-2010; Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford 2010 -

Sir Alan Beith (Liberal; LD) Berwick-upon-Tweed 1973 -

husband of

Diana Maddock (LD) Christchurch 1993-97

Hilary Benn (Lab) Leeds Central 1999 -

son of

Tony Benn (Lab) Bristol South East 1950-61, 1963-83; Chesterfield 1984-2001 William Wedgwood Benn (Liberal; Lab) Tower Hamlets St George's 1906-18; Leith 1918-27; Aberdeen North 1928-31; Gorton 1937-42

grandson of

great-grandson of

Daniel Holmes (Nat Lib) Govan 1911-18 Sir John Benn (Liberal) Tower Hamlets 1892-95; Devonport 1904-10

great-grandson of

Richard Benyon (Con) Newbury 2005 -

son of

William Benyon (Con) Buckingham 1970-83; Milton Kenyes 1983-92 Emanuel Shinwell CH (Lab) Linlithgowshire 1922-24; Linlithgowshire 1928-31; Durham 1935-50; Easington 1950-70

Luciana Berger (Lab/Co-op) Liverpool, Wavertree 2010 -

great-niece of

Nick Boles (Con) Grantham and Stamford 2010 -

great-nephew

Dennis Boles (Con) Wells 1939-51

Peter Bottomley (Con) Woolwich West 1975-83; Eltham 1983-97; Worthing West 1997 -

husband of

Virginia Bottomley (Con) South West Surrey 1984-2005

uncle of

Kitty Ussher (Lab) Burnley 2005-2010

David Cameron (Con) Witney 2001 -

great-grandson of

Sir William Mount (Con) Newbury 1900-06; Newbury 1910-22

Name of current MP William Cash (Con) Stafford 1984-97; Stone 1997-

relation

Relative

great-grandson of John John Bright (Liberal) Bright's cousin Durham 1843-47; Manchester 1847-57; Birmingham 1857-89 grandson of Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con) Bury St. Edmunds 1945-50

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con) Cirencester and Tewkesbury 1992-97; Cotswolds 1997-2010; The Cotswolds 2010 -

great-nephew of

Douglas Clifton-Brown (Con) Speaker Hexham 1918-23, 1924-51

great-nephew of

Howard Clifton-Brown (Con) Newbury 1922-23, 1924-45 Col James Clifton Brown (Liberal) Horsham 1876-80

great-great-nephew of

Yvette Cooper (Lab) Pontefract and Castleford 19972010; Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford 2010 John Cryer (Lab) Hornchurch 1997-2005; Leyton and Wanstead 2010 -

wife of

Ed Balls (Lab) Normanton 2005-2010; Morley and Outwood 2010 -

son of

Ann Cryer (Lab) Keighley 1997-2010

son of

Bob Cryer (Lab) Keighley 1974-83; Bradford South 1987-94

Alistair Darling (Lab) Edinburgh Central 1983-2005; Edinburgh South West 2005 Frank Doran (Lab) Aberdeen North 1987-1992; Aberdeen Central 1997-2005; Aberdeen North 2005 -

great-nephew of

Sir William Darling (SUP) Edinburgh South 1945-57

husband of

Dame Joan Ruddock (Lab) Lewisham Deptford 1987 -

Richard Drax (Con) South Dorset 2010 Caroline Dinnage (Con) Gosport 2010 -

great-grandson of

John Plunkett (Con) Thornbury 1886-92 Mark Lancaster (Con) North East Milton Keynes 2005-10; Milton Keynes North 2010 Harriet Harman (Lab) Peckham 1982-1997; Camberwell and Peckham 1997-2010; Camberwell and Peckham (rev) 2010Philip Dunne (Con) Stalybridge and Hyde 1935-37 Edward Dunne (National Liberal) Walsall 1906-10

wife of

Jack Dromey (Lab) Birmingham, Erdington 2010 -

husband of

Philip Dunne (Con) Ludlow 2005 -

grandson of

great-grandson of

Name of current MP Angela Eagle (Lab) Wallasey 1992 -

relation sister of

Relative Maria Eagle (Lab) Liverpool Garston 1997-2010; Garston and Halewood 2010 Angela Eagle (Lab) Wallasey 1992 -

Maria Eagle (Lab) Liverpool Garston 1997-2010; Garston and Halewood 2010 -

sister of

Zac Goldsmith (Con) Richmond Park 2010 -

grandson of

Major Frank Goldsmith (Con) Stowmarket, Suffolk 1910-1918 Robin Vane-Tempest-Stewart (Unionist) (8th Marquis of Londonderry) County Down 1931-45 Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart (Con) (7th Marquis of Londonderry) Maidstone 1906-15

grandson of

great-grandson of

Dominic Grieve (Con) Beaconsfield 1997 Ben Gummer (Con) Ipswich 2010 -

son of

Percy Grieve (Con) Solihull 1964-83 John Gummer (Con) Lewisham West 1970-74; Eye 1979-83; Suffolk Coastal 1983-2010 Jack Dromey (Lab) Birmingham, Erdington 2010-

son of

Harriet Harman QC (Lab) Peckham 1982-1997; Camberwell and Peckham 1997-2010; Camberwell and Peckham (rev) 2010 -

wife of

great-great-niece

Joseph Chamberlain Birmingham 1876-85; Birmingham West 1885-1914 Richard Chamberlain Islington West 1885-92

great-great-niece

Lindsay Hoyle (Lab) Chorley 1997 -

son of

Doug Hoyle (Lab) Nelson and Colne 1974-79; Warrington 1981-83; Warrington North 1983-97 Jo Swinson (LD) East Dumbartonshire 2005 Douglas Hurd (Con) Mid Oxfordshire 1974-83; Witney 1983-97 Sir Anthony Hurd (Con) Newbury 1945-64 Sir Percy Hurd (Con) Frome 1918-23; Devizes 1924-45

Duncan Hames (LD) Chippenham 2010 Nick Hurd (Con) Ruislip-Northwood 2005-2010; Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner 2010-

husband of

son of

grandson of

great-grandson of

Name of current MP Huw Irranca-Davies (Lab) Ogmore 2002-2010; Ogmore (rev) 2010Bernard Jenkin (Con) Colchester North 1992-97; North Essex 1997 Jo Johnson (Con) Orpington 2010 Mark Lancaster (Con) North East Milton Keynes 2005-10; Milton Keynes North 2010 Fiona Mactaggart (Lab) Slough 1997 -

relation nephew of

Relative Ifor Davies (Lab) Gower 1959-82

son of

Patrick Jenkin (Con) Wanstead and Woodford 1964-87

brother of

Boris Johnson (Con) Henley 2001-08 Caroline Dinnage (Con) Gosport 2010 -

husband of

granddaughter of

Sir Herbert Williams (Con) Reading 1924-29; Croydon South 1932-45; Croydon East 1950-54 Sir Angus Maude (Con) Ealing South 1950-58; Stratford-on-Avon 1963-83 David Miliband (Lab) South Shields 2001-13 Sir David Mitchell (Con) Basingstoke 1964-83; North West Hampshire 1983-97 Frank Byers (Liberal) North Dorset 1945-50

Francis Maude (Con) North Warwickshire 1983-92; Horsham 1997 Ed Miliband (Lab) Doncaster North 2005 Andrew Mitchell (Con) Gedling 1987-97; Sutton Coldfield 2001 Lisa Nandy (Lab) Wigan 2010 -

son of

brother of

son of

granddaughter of

Jesse Norman (Con) Hereford and South Herefordshire 2010-

great-grandson of

Sir Henry Norman (Liberal) Wolverhampton South 1900-10; Blackburn 1910-23 Ian Paisley (DUP) North Antrim 1970-85; North Antrim 1986-2010 Sir AP Herbert (Ind) Oxford University 1935-50 James Pawsey (Con) Rugby 1974-83; Rugby and Kenilworth 1983-97 Leon Brittan (Con) Cleveland and Whitby 1974-83; Richmond (Yorks) 1983-88

Ian Paisley (DUP) North Antrim 2010-

son of

Toby Perkins (Lab) Chesterfield 2010 Mark Pawsey (Con) Rugby 2010 -

great-grandson of

son of

Malcolm Rifkind (Con) Edinburgh Pentlands 1974-97; Kensington and Chelsea 2005-10; Kensington 2010 -

cousin of

Nick Raynsford (Lab) Fulham 1986-1987; Greenwich 1992-1997; Greenwich and Woolwich 1997 -

husband of

Alison Seabeck (Lab) Plymouth Devonport 2005

Name of current MP Dame Joan Ruddock (Lab) Lewisham, Deptford 1987 -

relation wife of

Relative Frank Doran (Lab) Aberdeen Central 1997-2005; Aberdeen North 1987-1992; Aberdeen North 2005 Duncan Sandys (Con) Norwood 1935-1945; Streatham 1950-1974 George John Sandys (Con) Wells 1910-1918

Laura Sandys (Con) South Thanet 2010 -

daughter of

granddaughter of

Andy Sawford (Lab) Corby 2010 Anas Sarwar (Lab) Glasgow Central 2010 -

son of

Phil Sawford (Lab) Kettering 1997 - 2005 Mohammad Sarwar (Lab) Glasgow Govan 1997-2005; Glasgow Central 2005-2010 Michael Ward (Lab) Peterborough 1974-79 Nick Raynsford (Lab) Fulham 1986-1987; Greenwich 1992-1997; Greenwich and Woolwich 1997 -

son of

Alison Seabeck (Lab) Plymouth Devonport 2005 -

daughter of

wife of

Sir Robert Smith (LD) West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine 1997Nicholas Soames (Con) Crawley 1983-97; Mid Sussex 1997 -

grandson of

Sir Robert Smith (Con) Aberdeenshire Central & Kincardine 1924-45 Christopher Soames (Con) Bedford 1950-66 Winston Churchill (Con) Stretford 1970-83; Davyhulme 1983-97 Randolph Churchill (Con) Preston 1940-45 Sir Winston Churchill (Con; Lib; Con) Oldham 1900-06; North West Manchester 1906-08; Dundee 1908-22; Epping 1924-45; Woodford 1945-64 Lord Randolph Churchill (Con) Woodstock 1874-1885; Paddington South 1885-94 Duncan Hames (LD) Chippenham 2010 Sir Archibald Sinclair (Liberal) Caithness and Sutherland 1922-45

son of

cousin of

nephew of

grandson of

great-grandson of

Jo Swinson (LD) East Dumbartonshire 2005 John Thurso (LD) Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross 2001 -

wife of

grandson of

Name of current MP Keith Vaz (Lab) Leicester East 1987-2010; Leicester East (rev) 2010 Valerie Vaz (Lab) Walsall South 2010 -

relation brother of

Relative Valerie Vaz (Lab) Walsall South 2010 -

sister of

Keith Vaz (Lab) Leicester East 1987-2010; Leicester East (rev) 2010 Christopher Chataway (Con) Lewisham North 1959-66; Chichester 1969-74 Peter Walker (Con) Worcester 1961-1992 Sir Jerry Wiggin (Con) Weston-super-Mare 1969-97

Charles Walker (Con) Broxbourne 2005 -

stepson of

Robin Walker (Con) Worcester 2010 Bill Wiggin (Con) Leominster 2001 -

son of

son of

Key: Con - Conservative DUP - Democratic Unionist Party Ind - Independent Lab - Labour LD - Liberal Democrat SUP - Scottish Unionist Party Sources: Dods People, Members' Database