List of University of East Anglia alumni
Name Class year Notability
Valerie Amos , Baroness Amos CH ARE , 1978 Leader of the House of Lords ( 2003-2007 )
Douglas Carswell BA , 1993 Independent Member of Parliament
Judith Chaplin OBE DipEcon Conservative Member of Parliament
Tony Colman MA , 2009 ; PhD , 2013 Labour Member of Parliament
Caroline Flint BA , 1983 Labour Member of Parliament and former Minister of State for Europe
Michael Heaver BA , 2011 Brexit Party Member of the European Parliament
Jon Owen Jones BSc , 1975 Labour Member of Parliament
Tess Kingham PGCE , 1987 Labour Member of Parliament
Rachael Maskell BSc , 1994 Labour Member of Parliament
Tim Bentinck , 12th Earl of Portland MBE BA , 1975 Crossbench Peer and actor
Murad Qureshi BA , 1987 Labour Member of the London Assembly
Adrian Ramsay BA , 2002 Deputy Leader of the Green Party
Rosalind Scott , Baroness Scott of Needham Market BA , 1999 Liberal Democrat Peer
Karin Smyth BA , 1988 Labour Member of Parliament
Ivor Stanbrook PhD , 1995 Conservative Member of Parliament
Thomas Galbraith , 2nd Baron Strathclyde CH BA , 1982 Leader of the House of Lords ( 2010-2013 )
David Thomas BA , 1993 Labour Member of the European Parliament
Adam Tomkins LLB , 1990 Conservative Member of the Scottish Parliament
Politics and government -- United Kingdom
This List of University of East Anglia alumni includes graduates and non-graduate former students of the University of East Anglia. The list includes one current monarch and former Prime Minister, two de facto heads of state, two former Leaders of the House of Lords, two further Members of the House of Lords, nine Members of the House of Commons, and 28 Cabinet Ministers from 23 foreign nations, including one Vice President, one Deputy Prime Minister, four Foreign Ministers, four Finance Ministers, one Defence Minister, six Education Ministers, two Health Ministers, two Interior Ministers, and a Central Bank Governor. The list also includes one Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine and President of the Royal Society, two Lasker Award winners, and a further eight Fellows of the Royal Society. Literary alumni include one Nobel laureate in Literature, three Man Booker Prize winners, 11 Costa Book Award (formerly Whitbread Award) winners, and three Caine Prize winners.