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More vegans grace the back benches than you might think, and aren’t necessarily members of the Green Party.

  • Al Gore

    Al Gore

    Former Vice President and environmentalist Al Gore went vegan in 2013.

  • Bill Clinton

    Bill Clinton

    Bill Clinton, the 42nd President of the United States between 1993 and 2001, is vegan.

  • Chris Williamson

    Chris Williamson

    Former Labour MP Chris Williamson has been vegan since 1976!

  • Christina Rees

    Christina Rees

    Christina Rees is vegan and is the Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Vegetarianism and Veganism.

  • Darren Jones

    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

    Eric Adams is the first ever vegan mayor of New York City.

  • Jeremy Corbyn

    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

    Kerry McCarthy

    Labour MP Kerry McCarthy is a Labour politician and an outspoken vegan.

  • Thangam Debbonaire

    Thangam Debbonaire

    A vegetarian since her teens, Thangam Debbonaire went vegan in 2017 while at Bristol Vegfest.