New MPs head to Parliament for first day

8 July 2024

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New Labour MP for Bournemouth East Tom Hayes (centre) caught the train to London along with fellow Labour MPs Darren Paffey, who won Southampton Itchen, and Satvir Kaur, the new MP for Southampton Test. On X, Mr Hayes said: "We’re off to Parliament for our first day!"
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Poole's first Labour MP, Neil Duncan-Jordan waiting at the town's railway station. "The journey to parliament begins," he said on X before catching his train.
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It was an early start for Bicester and Woodstock's new Lib Dem MP Callum Miller. Catching his train to London, he posted on X that he was "impatient to get started".
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The first Labour MP to represent Oxford North, Sean Woodcock, was eager to get to work on Monday morning. He won the seat previously held by Victoria Prentis, the attorney general in Rishi Sunak’s government.
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Winchester's new Liberal Democrat MP Danny Chambers changed out of his vet's scrubs for his new job at Westminster.
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Newly-elected Portsmouth North MP Amanda Martin captured the grandeur of the Palace of Westminster, days after defeating the former Leader of the House, Penny Mordaunt.
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Bracknell's new Labour MP Peter Swallow has been shown round the House of Parliament during his induction
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Labour's Olivia Bailey said she was "excited to get to work" as she headed to London after winning the Reading West and Mid Berkshire seat from the Conservatives.
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The Lib Dems' Charlie Maynard caught the train to London as the new MP for Witney, having taken the seat once held by former prime minister David Cameron.

The new intake of MPs from the south of England have been making their way to Westminster to start work.

Thursday's election saw Labour and the Lib Dems make big gains at the expense of the Conservatives in constituencies across the region.

The MPs have been having their inductions and setting up their offices at Westminster ahead of the first parliamentary business on Tuesday.

As they headed to London, many took to social media to mark their first day in their new jobs.

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