More vegans grace the back benches than you might think, and aren’t necessarily members of the Green Party.
Al Gore
Former Vice President and environmentalist Al Gore went vegan in 2013.
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton, the 42nd President of the United States between 1993 and 2001, is vegan.
Chris Williamson
Former Labour MP Chris Williamson has been vegan since 1976!
Christina Rees
Christina Rees is vegan and is the Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Vegetarianism and Veganism.
Darren Jones
Darren Jones is a vegan Labour MP and vice chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Vegetarianism and Veganism.
Eric Adams
Eric Adams is the first ever vegan mayor of New York City.
Jeremy Corbyn
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.
Kerry McCarthy
Labour MP Kerry McCarthy is a Labour politician and an outspoken vegan.
Thangam Debbonaire
A vegetarian since her teens, Thangam Debbonaire went vegan in 2017 while at Bristol Vegfest.
