Labour politicians

Diane Abbott

1953-
Labour politician; MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Sitter in 5 portraits

Leo Abse

1917-2008
Lawyer, writer and Labour politician; MP for Pontypool and Torfaen
Sitter in 11 portraits

William Adamson

1863-1936
Politician, Chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party and Secretary of State for Scotland
Sitter in 14 portraits

Albert Victor Alexander, Earl Alexander of Hillsborough

1885-1965
Labour and Co-operative politician, First Lord of the Admiralty and Minister of Defence
Sitter in 31 portraits

Douglas Garven Alexander

1967-
Politician; MP and Shadow Foreign Secretary
Sitter in 1 portrait

Frederick Montague, 1st Baron Amwell of Islington

1876-1966
Labour politician; MP for Islington
Sitter in 15 portraits

Janet Anderson

1949-2023
Labour politician; MP for Rossendale and Darwen
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Norman Angell

1872-1967
Peace campaigner and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize; journalist; author; lecturer; Labour politician; MP for Bradford North
Sitter in 20 portraits

Jack Ashley, Baron Ashley of Stoke

1922-2012
Labour politician; MP for Stoke-on-Trent
Sitter in 2 portraits

Norman Atkinson

1923-2013
Labour Politician
Sitter in 2 portraits

Humphrey Cooper Attewell

1894-1972
Labour politician; MP for Harborough
Sitter in 7 portraits

Clement Attlee

1883-1967
Prime Minister
Sitter in 49 portraits

Christopher Sebastian Bravery Attlee

1915-1987
Prospective Labour candidate; nephew of 1st Earl Attlee
Sitter in 4 portraits

Walter Henry Ayles

1879-1953
Conscientious objector and Labour politician; MP for Bristol North, Southall and Hayes and Harlington
Sitter in 9 portraits

Barbara Ayrton-Gould

1888-1950
Labour politician; MP for Hendon North
Sitter in 5 portraits

Alice Martha Bacon, Baroness Bacon of Leeds and Normanton

1909-1993
Labour politician; MP for Leeds
Sitter in 16 portraits

John Baker

1867-1939
Politician; pioneer of the Political Labour Movement
Sitter in 2 portraits

George Nicoll Barnes

1859-1940
Trade unionist and Labour politician; MP for Glasgow
Sitter in 15 portraits

John Rose Battley

1880-1952
Governing Director, Battley Bros. Ltd and Labour politician; MP for Clapham
Sitter in 6 portraits

Hubert Beaumont

1883-1948
Labour politician; MP for Batley and Morley
Sitter in 1 portrait

John Warburton Beckett

1894-1964
Journalist and Labour politician; MP for Gateshead and Peckham
Sitter associated with 2 portraits

Dame Margaret Mary Beckett (née Jackson)

1943-
Labour politician; Foreign Secretary and MP for Derby South and Lincoln
Sitter in 1 portrait

Hilary Benn

1953-
Politician; Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
Sitter in 1 portrait

Tony Benn

1925-2014
Politician; Chairman of the Labour Party
Sitter in 26 portraits

William Bennett

1873-1937
Labour politician; MP for South Battersea
Sitter in 1 portrait

Aneurin Bevan

1897-1960
Editor of 'Tribune' and Labour politician; MP for Ebbw Vale and Minister of Health; husband of Jennie Lee
Sitter associated with 34 portraits

Ernest Bevin

1881-1951
General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers Union and Labour politician; MP for Wandsworth Central and Woolwich East
Sitter associated with 59 portraits

Joseph Binns

1900-1975
Consulting engineer and Labour politician; MP for Gillingham
Sitter in 4 portraits

Alma Lillian Birk, Baroness Birk of Regent's Park

1917-1996
Journalist, lecturer and Labour politician; Minister of State in the Privy Council Office
Sitter in 3 portraits

Tessa Ann Vosper Blackstone, Baroness Blackstone

1942-
Academic, university administrator, Labour politician and life peer
Sitter in 2 portraits

Tony Blair

1953-
Prime Minister
Sitter in 15 portraits

Hazel Anne Blears

1956-
Politician; MP for Salford and Eccles
Sitter in 1 portrait

David Blunkett

1947-
Labour politician; Home Secretary; MP for Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough
Sitter in 6 portraits

Paul Boateng

1951-
Labour politician; MP for Brent South
Sitter in 4 portraits

Betty Boothroyd, Baroness Boothroyd

1929-2023
Politician; Speaker of the House of Commons; life peer; Labour MP for West Bromwich
Sitter in 11 portraits

Arthur George Bottomley, Baron Bottomley

1907-1995
Labour politician; MP for Chatham
Sitter in 13 portraits

Ben Bradshaw

1960-
Politician; MP for Exeter and radio reporter
Sitter in 2 portraits

Valentine George Crittall, Baron Braintree

1884-1961
Justice of the Peace and politician; MP for Maldon
Sitter in 10 portraits

Sir Alfred Davies Devonsher Broughton

1902-1979
Physician and Labour politician; MP for Batley & Morley
Sitter in 4 portraits

Gordon Brown

1951-
Prime Minister
Sitter in 7 portraits

William John Brown

1894-1960
Union leader and Labour politician; MP for Wolverhampton West and Rugby
Sitter in 31 portraits

Sir Derwent Hall Caine

1891-1971
Actor, publisher; founder of 'Reader's Library' and Labour politician; MP for Liverpool Everton
Sitter in 4 portraits

James Callaghan

1912-2005
Prime Minister
Sitter in 22 portraits

Alastair John Campbell

1957-
Journalist, political aide and writer; Director of Communications and Strategy (1997-2003)
Sitter in 7 portraits

Barbara Anne Castle, Baroness Castle

1910-2002
Labour politician; MP for Blackburn and First Secretary of State
Sitter in 12 portraits

Shami Chakrabarti

1969-
Lawyer and human rights campaigner; director of Liberty; life peer
Sitter in 4 portraits

David George Clark, Baron Clark of Windermere

1939-
Politician; MP for Colne Valley and South Shields
Sitter in 1 portrait

Charles Rodway Clarke

1950-
Politician; Home Secretary
Sitter in 4 portraits

Samuel Clowes

1864-1928
Labour politician; MP for Stoke-on-Trent
Sitter in 2 portraits

Grace Mary Colman

1892-1971
Labour politician: MP for Tynemouth
Sitter in 1 portrait

Robin Cook

1946-2005
Politician; Foreign Secretary
Sitter in 3 portraits

Yvette Cooper

1969-
Labour politician; MP for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford and Shadow Home Secretary
Sitter in 2 portraits

Jeremy Corbyn

1949-
Labour politician; MP for Islington North and Leader of the Labour Party
Sitter in 4 portraits

Will Crooks

1852-1921
Trade unionist, member of the Fabian Society and Labour politician; MP for Woolwich
Sitter associated with 13 portraits

(Charles) Anthony Raven Crosland

1918-1977
Politician and writer
Sitter in 24 portraits

Richard Crossman

1907-1974
Labour politician, diarist and editor of the New Statesman
Sitter in 13 portraits

Alice Cullen (née McLaughlin)

1891-1969
Labour politician; MP for Glasgow Gorbals
Sitter in 1 portrait

George Dallas

1878-1961
Justice of the Peace and politician; Chair of the Labour Party and MP for Wellingborough
Sitter in 2 portraits

(Edward) Hugh John Neale Dalton, Baron Dalton

1887-1962
Labour politician and economist
Sitter in 25 portraits

Sir Thomas Dalyell of the Binns, 11th Bt ('Tam Dalyell')

1932-2017
Labour politician; MP for West Lothian and Linlithgow
Sitter in 2 portraits