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Becoming the Baby of the House is regarded as something of an achievement, and for example, Jeffrey Archer falsely claimed to have been the youngest MP at the time of his election. However, some MPs who have held the position for a considerable period — Matthew Taylor was the Baby of the House for over ten years — have found it somewhat embarrassing, as it may suggest that they have a lack of experience, although a perusal of the list shows that many babies in fact went on to enjoy long, significant and distinguished parliamentary careers. From August 1999 to September 2001, all three of the leaders of the main political parties had been the youngest MPs in the party when they began their political career (William Hague, Tony Blair, Charles Kennedy). Jeffrey Howard Archer, Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare (born 15 April 1940) is an English author and former politician. ... Matthew Taylor Matthew Owen John Taylor (born 3 January 1963) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ... William Jefferson Hague (born March 26, 1961) is a British politician, the Member of Parliament for Richmond, North Yorkshire, former leader of the Conservative Party, and current Shadow Foreign Secretary. ... For other people of the same name, see Tony Blair (disambiguation) Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953)[1] is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, Leader of the UK Labour Party, and Member of the UK Parliament... Rt. ...

Of those whose age can be verified, the youngest MP since the Reform Act 1832^[1] was Esmond Harmsworth, elected on 15 November 1919 from Isle of Thanet aged 21 years 170 days. The youngest female MP was Bernadette Devlin, elected on 17 April 1969 from Mid Ulster aged 21 years 359 days. The Representation of the People Act 1832, commonly known as the Reform Act 1832, was an Act of Parliament that introduced wide-ranging changes to the electoral system of the United Kingdom. ... Esmond Cecil Harmsworth, 2nd Viscount Rothermere (May 29, 1898 – July 12, 1978) was a British Conservative politician and press magnate. ... November 15 is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 46 days remaining. ... Year 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... Isle of Thanet was a constituency which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885, until it was abolished for the February 1974 general election. ... A mural by the Bogside Artists in Derrys Bogside, depicting Devlin Josephine Bernadette Devlin McAliskey (born April 23, 1947, in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, to a Catholic nationalist family), also known as Bernadette Devlin and Bernadette McAliskey, is a Northern Ireland republican political activist. ... April 17 is the 107th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (108th in leap years). ... For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ... Mid Ulster is a Parliamentary Constituency in the House of Commons and also an Assembly constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly. ...

The oldest Baby at first election in modern times is Sarah Teather elected in 2003 aged 29 years 109 days. Sarah Teather Sarah Louise Teather (born 1 June 1974, London) is a British politician who is the Member of Parliament for Brent East. ...

List of Babies of the House of Commons

^b by-election.

¹ Joseph Aloysius Sweeney did not take his seat; the youngest MP actually sitting in the House of Commons was Oswald Mosley (Conservative, aged 22)

² Became the youngest MP for a second time, on the death of the previous youngest MP.

³ Tony Benn was first elected at the Bristol South East by-election, 1950, aged 25, but only became the youngest MP from the 1951 general election, on the defeat of Teevan.

⁴ Elected on an abstentionist ticket, Philip Clarke did not take his seat. Peter Kirk was first elected at the 1955 general election, when he became the youngest MP to take his seat, but only became the youngest MP with the disqualification of Philip Clarke later in the year.

⁵ Elected on an abstentionist ticket, Bobby Sands and Owen Carron did not take their seats; Stephen Dorrell remained the youngest MP actually sitting in the House of Commons.

⁶ Although several sources claim Claire Ward was the youngest MP during this period, she was 50 days older than Christopher Leslie.

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Australia

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See also

• Father of the House

Father of the House is a term that has by tradition been unofficially bestowed on certain members of some national legislatures, most notably the House of Commons in the United Kingdom. ...

Notes

References

• Youngest Members of Parliament