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7 unusual facts about Baby of the House


Ernest Millington

At the by-election he overturned a Conservative majority of 16,624 to win by 6,431 votes, becoming the Baby of the House.

George Charles Grey

Between his election and his death, he was the youngest member of the House of Commons, having been elected at the age of 22 years 259 days.

Jami-Lee Ross

Upon his swearing into Parliament Ross became the youngest Member of Parliament, taking the title of Baby of the House from Gareth Hughes, a Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand List MP.

Les Huckfield

In 1967, at the age of 24, Huckfield was elected to parliament for the constituency of Nuneaton in a by-election following the resignation of Frank Cousins, becoming the youngest MP (the "Baby of the House").

Mid Ulster by-election, 1969

Devlin achieved a narrow victory, becoming at twenty-one years of age the youngest ever female MP.

Norwich North by-election, 2009

The winner of the by-election was Chloe Smith of the Conservative Party, who at 27 became the youngest member of the House of Commons, known as the Baby of the House.

Wyatt Roy

Baby of the House, an unofficial title given to the youngest member of a parliamentary house



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