| GEORGEGALLOWAY | Controversial politician first elected as a Labour MP for Glasgow Hillhead at the 1987 general election |
| ESTHER | ___ McVey, Conservative politician first elected as an MP in 2010, and an ex-GMTV presenter (6) |
| REDWEDGE | A collective of musicians who attempted to engage young people with politics in the period leading up to the 1987 general election |
| DEBORAHKERR | Actress from Hillhead who won a Golden Globe for her role in 'The King and I' (7,4) |
| DISRAELI | Benjamin ___, prime minister first elected as an MP for Maidstone in 1837 |
| OLDHAM | Northern English constituency to which Winston Churchill was first elected as MP in 1900 (6) |
| KILROY | Daytime chat show from 1986-2004, host later elected as a UKIP MEP (6) |
| COOPTED | Elected as a member |
| DEESCALATE | Wind down, when elected as a mistake (2,8) |
| MOLE | A breakwater; a spy; a mammal, known collectively as a labour, with a dark-taupe coat of velvet-like fur; or, a chilli-and-chocolate sauce (4) |
| EAGLE | Angela, Labour politician first elected to the House of Commons in 1992 (5) |
| TRYGVELIE | Norwegian Labour politician elected as the first Secretary General of the United Nations in 1946 (6,3) |
| SHAPPS | Grant ****** , Conservative politician first elected to the House of Commons in 2005 (6) |
| ANGELAEAGLE | MP for Wallasey since 1992 whose twin sister Maria is also a Labour MP |
| FARAGE | Surname of Nigel, the controversial politician who took part in I'm A Celeb in 2023 (6) |
| ALABAMA | Where to pick cotton as a labour for a master (7) |
| KAMPUCHEA | At the weekend, teetotaller rings Unionist politician first for revolutionary in old part of Asia (9 |
| HALFON | Robert ****** , Conservative politician first elected to Parliament in 2010 (6) |
| REESMOGG | Jacob, Conservative politician, first elected to Parliament in 2010 (4,4) |
| HOUCHEN | Ben, politician first elected Mayor of Tees Valley in 2017 (7) |
