Michael Cashman

The Lord Cashman
Official portrait, 2022
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
28 October 2014
Life peerage
Member of the European Parliament
for West Midlands
In office
10 June 1999 – 26 May 2014
Personal details
Born (1950-12-17) 17 December 1950 (age 73)
Limehouse, London, England
Political partyNon-affiliated (May 2019–January 2022, since June 2024)
Other political
affiliations
Labour
ProfessionActor

Colin Michael Maurice Cashman, Baron Cashman, CBE (born 17 December 1950) is a British actor, dancer, politician, and LGBT rights activist.[1] A member of the Labour Party, he served as a Member of the European Parliament for the West Midlands from 1999 to 2014. He has been a member of the House of Lords since 2014.[2] He is a patron of Humanists UK.[3]

  1. ^ "LGBT+ community must support trans people to end 'unforgivable' discrimination says actor Michael Cashman". itv.com. 24 August 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Karren Brady and Sir Stuart Rose among new life peers". BBC. 8 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Michael Cashman, Rebecca Wragg Sykes, and Roger Hutton join Humanists UK as new patrons". Humanists UK. Retrieved 27 March 2024.