More vegans grace the back benches than you might think, and aren’t necessarily members of the Green Party.
Bill Clinton
- Vegan
Bill Clinton, the 42nd President of the United States between 1993 and 2001, is vegan.
Christina Rees
- Vegan
Christina Rees is vegan and is the Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Vegetarianism and Veganism.
Darren Jones
- Vegan
Darren Jones is a vegan Labour MP and vice chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Vegetarianism and Veganism.
Henry Smith
- Vegetarian
Henry Smith is the Member of Parliament for Crawley and a vegetarian since his teens. Animal welfare has always been top of his agenda.
Jeremy Corbyn
- Vegetarian
Jeremy Corbyn became vegetarian at age 20. He is strongly opposed to vivisection, foie gras production and importation, fur farming, hunting, the badger cull and wild animals in circuses.
Thangam Debbonaire
- Vegan
A vegetarian since her teens, Thangam Debbonaire went vegan in 2017 while at Bristol Vegfest.