Newly married MPs celebrate 'beautiful' wedding

Jeevun Sandher and Louise Jones, both Labour MPs, got married earlier this month

Two MPs have announced their marriage with a wedding that they said celebrated their "two different heritages".

Jeevun Sandher and Louise Jones, both Labour MPs, married this month, after Sandher popped the question when the two were at home last year.

Their engagement was revealed at the time in the Commons by the Leader of the House Lucy Powell.

Writing on Facebook, Jones, who is the MP for North East Derbyshire, said that she was "delighted" to share the news of their wedding.

Jones wrote: "Over August, I married my wonderful partner, Jeevun Sandher!

"We had a beautiful wedding that brought together traditions from our two different heritages which made it all the more special as we start the next chapter of our shared future."

Jones said she would be changing her last name to Sandher-Jones "to reflect our new family", which she added would soon be reflected in her social media handles.

Her parliamentary email, however, will remain the same "for the time being".

The two celebrated their wedding over a week in order to host events from both of their cultural traditions

The couple celebrated their wedding over a week-long period in order to fit in celebratory events from both of their cultural traditions.

They first met in January 2023, when Jones was running to become a councillor in Loughborough, where Sandher was also campaigning.

"The more I got to know her, the more there was to love," Sandher, who is MP for Loughborough, told the BBC last year.

He also spoke of how for both, their shared understanding of the demands of politics has been a cornerstone of their relationship.

"I think we understand each other's lives incredibly well," he said.

"If Louise was to say to me 'oh, look, we have to cut these plans because of this reason', I would completely understand - and vice-versa."

Sandher and Jones will not be the first married couple in the House of Commons.

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper served in Gordon Brown's cabinet alongside her husband Ed Balls, the former education secretary under Gordon Brown.

Ex-health secretary Baroness Virginia Bottomley and her husband Sir Peter Bottomley both served as Conservative MPs.