The UK General Election on Thursday (4 July) looks set to bring a seismic shock to the representation of LGBTQ+ people in the House of Commons.
After decades of incremental gains, unusual parity between Tories and Labour, and a cross-party LGBTQ+ caucus that achieved significant policy advances, the new parliament will look entirely different.
Labour's cohort increased significantly over the course of the last parliament, while the Tory LGBTQ+ group first increased, then declined.
The Tory cohort will be decimated to no more than a handful of MPs - perhaps wiped out completely - while the Labour LGBTQ+ caucus could balloon to more than 40, possibly reaching as many as 49.
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