Live: New MPs sworn into House of Commons following general election

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16 күн бұрын

Watch live as new MPs are sworn into the House of Commons on Tuesday 9 July, following the general election.
There will be 411 MPs representing Labour thanks to their landslide win, while the Conservatives form the opposition with 121 seats.
The Liberal Democrats take 72 seats in the Commons, with the SNP on nine, Reform UK on five and the Green Party on four.
Once sworn in, Labour’s Diane Abbott will earn the symbolic title Mother of the House.
The moniker is given to the female MP with the longest continuous service.
Ms Abbott, 70, was first elected in June 1987 - becoming the first black woman elected to the House of Commons.
Some believed that her ally, Jeremy Corbyn, would become Father of the House.
But Sir Edward Leigh, 73, Conservative MP for Gainsborough, pipped him to the title, as he was sworn in moments before Mr Corbyn after the June 1983 election.
Elsewhere, the youngest MP is believed to be Sam Carling, 22, the new Labour MP for North West Cambridgeshire.
He narrowly won the seat, with Conservative candidate Shailesh Vara just 39 votes behind.
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@firdausbj1 15 күн бұрын

They need to build a bigger house

@Haroldthecheeseman 14 күн бұрын

they really should've years ago, like after the Commons was destroyed in ww2, Churchill had the choice to make the commons larger...

@Iazzaboyce 14 күн бұрын

Or pay less useless MPs to do not very much.

@rajdeepsharma4430 13 күн бұрын

They should watch india parliament far better than this

@user-jk6ed9ux1t 13 күн бұрын

They tend to admire the older things

@Dimultica 14 күн бұрын

Has anyone got a timestamp for Nigel Farage being sworn in?

@user-nm6vl1nw2s 14 күн бұрын

Didnt see it happen myself. Will probably be today

@fritzhenning1 13 күн бұрын

Go to parliament TV

@jared4walsh 12 күн бұрын

I think he was late cus a recount.

@christopherstone4069 14 күн бұрын

Instead of swearing allegiance to king charles. Why not swear to uphold their manifestos ?

@abdulvalimahomed5496 14 күн бұрын

Where was Corbyn and the Independents?

@xanderlithgo2604 14 күн бұрын

corbyn at 2:39:27

@abdulvalimahomed5496 14 күн бұрын

@@xanderlithgo2604 Thank you :0)

@ceebee23 15 күн бұрын

Like a rowdy school assembly ....

@tyreecekenyon4399 14 күн бұрын

Nigel farage brought me here after years of listening to someone political but who also spoke love how people call it “common sense” it’s not it’s choosing words wisely funny though I wouldn’t of been here if he didn’t lead me to be here

@maalogaoteote157 11 күн бұрын

2:39:32 Jeremy Corbyn Affirmation

@fritzhenning1 13 күн бұрын

Have to ask whether it is really necessary, efficient and value-for-money to have three days of swearing in when it could all be over in 5 minutes. And before you yell 'tradition', that's a £million pounds of your and my taxes which could be used for (say) papering Bunter's walls in No. 10.

@ST-gd4go 3 минут бұрын

Ed davey 30:08:24 Dan Norris 40:00:21

@ryanmoss8732 13 күн бұрын

2:56:07 This shouldn't be allowed.

@ruairi5433 13 күн бұрын

bigot

@thedumbassrat5197 12 күн бұрын

Well it is so cry a river

@adrian_baker 10 күн бұрын

I liked it. She has her priorities straight.

@benlewis-jones6719 14 күн бұрын

Anyone know when nigel swore

@anicetune 14 күн бұрын

I was looking for that too. I must have watched dozens of nobodies get sworn in, but no Nigel.

@theregolfer9721 14 күн бұрын

@@anicetuneDid you not listen while watching? Members are sworn in order: Speaker, Father and Mother, Cabinet, Shadow Cabinet, Ministers, Shadow Ministers, 2010 electees, 2015, 2017, 2019, then 2024. It will likely be late tomorrow or Thursday.

@joelino890 13 күн бұрын

He was at the end I think

@LinusWelt 14 күн бұрын

Where was Herr Farage?👍

@traceynorton642 14 күн бұрын

Will they all catch covid😊

@Pendragon1122 15 күн бұрын

Selling England by the pound

@jefkwo 12 күн бұрын

2:38:40 did they just give her the King James Bible instead?

@maalogaoteote157 11 күн бұрын

@jefkwo Perhaps she must have forgotten to give her the "Jerusalem Bible" (blue book the MPs sworn in) which is a text that is of the Catholic Faith

@jefkwo 15 сағат бұрын

@@maalogaoteote157 the literacy of the staff is sorely lacking

@glowstoneunknown 13 күн бұрын

Any Sinn Féin member time stamps?

@BobSmith-s7j 13 күн бұрын

Sinn Féin don't participate, so they won't appear in this video. I don't have a timestamp but when the SDLP leader came up he made a comment about doing it under protest.

@glowstoneunknown 13 күн бұрын

@@BobSmith-s7j hmm I thought they might still have to swear in, but I guess not, interesting, thanks

@BobSmith-s7j 13 күн бұрын

@@glowstoneunknown They would have to swear in (or affirm) if they wanted to take their seats, but they boycott the whole thing. So you'll never see a Sinn Féin MP in the Commons or on a committee, and they don't get paid.

@Heretican 15 күн бұрын

Based Nigel

@williambartlett7483 15 күн бұрын

I agree, dint see him swear in though, is there a time stamp?

@user-nm6vl1nw2s 15 күн бұрын

Probably wont be till tomorrow since hes a new MP.

@williambartlett7483 15 күн бұрын

@@user-nm6vl1nw2s oh ok thanks

@antiv 15 күн бұрын

The stench in that room lol…

@monkeyboy8424 15 күн бұрын

So sad that many of Sunak's old rat pack won't be swearing in - boohoo boohoo.

@KakashiH318 12 күн бұрын

40 percent took the affirmation over swearing to God. Worrying.

@Dr.Oppenheimer-Style 14 күн бұрын

3:17:19 INDIA NUMBER 1!!

@blakekaveny 12 күн бұрын

Why do they do it one at a time. They could what we do in the US swear everybody all at once

@ArukahGarden 15 күн бұрын

We have a Godly government may Christ give you wisdom to lead.

@glenpovey1297 15 күн бұрын

My God! Just think what all those goons cost the UK taxpayer!... 6 million a year in salaries alone! and that doesn't include the employer's national insurance, free pensions, free food and booze and the cost of running the building (utility bills and policing). And what do the UK public get for all that? Sod all... apart from, maybe, a good laugh... certainly, from here in Asia, where I retired in 2013 after working for 33 years in bankrupt, shithole Britain, the news from the UK is far more comical than any of my favourite, old British comedies from the 60s and 70s...

@user-nm6vl1nw2s 15 күн бұрын

Parliament costs less than 0.1% of the total budget for government.

@user-nm6vl1nw2s 15 күн бұрын

That includes the whole estate. Which is several buildings. The bills, the food. The staffing of the parliament.

@davetighe 15 күн бұрын

Be nice to see the islamic members settling in and getting along with everyone for the cameras

@peeps0i 15 күн бұрын

And what do you achieve making such a bigoted dumb statement?

@NayimKay 15 күн бұрын

Can you explain your problem with Islam?

@LinusWelt 14 күн бұрын

@@NayimKayIncompatible in Deutschland.

@davetighe 14 күн бұрын

@@LinusWelt Incompatible outside of Islamic countries.

@blakekaveny 14 күн бұрын

@@davetigheincompatible how

@joelino890 13 күн бұрын

Should not be allowed to swear on the quran- we are a Christian country not a Muslim country

@fizanadnan2 13 күн бұрын

a christian country that allows gay marriage and teaches kids they can identify as anything and where barely anyone goes to church anymore yeah very christian

@mgigachad3170 13 күн бұрын

Well I mean what about Hindu scripture Hindus don't even say it in English

@blakekaveny 12 күн бұрын

So you’re ok with discrimination

@corinneoconnor8253 12 күн бұрын

Tolerance... none of us our clones. Indeed, there are British people who are muslims and muslims who converted to christianity. In this respect the UK has been tolerant for centuries, they respect cultural differences as long as its laws are respected.