Hundreds of newly elected lawmakers trooped excitedly into Parliament after the UK's transformative election brought a Labour government to power. The halls of the labyrinthine building echoed with excited chatter of the 650 members of the House of Commons - 335 of them arriving for the first time. That compares to 140 new lawmakers after the last election in 2019. The new House of Commons includes the largest number of women ever elected - 263, some 40% of the total - and the most lawmakers of color, at 90. The youngest new lawmaker is Labour’s Sam Carling, 22. He is one of 412 Labour legislators elected last week who will cram onto green benches on the government side of the House of Commons. Opposite them will be a shrunken contingent of 121 Conservatives, a vastly increased number of Liberal Democrats, 72 strong, and a smattering of representatives from other parties including the environmentalist Green Party and the anti-immigration Reform UK.
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