Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket

[batman]

I think Jim Allister, who had just turned 71 by election day, is the oldest this parliament, and one of the oldest ever.

[Harry Hayfield]

Sept 1, 2024 9:04:59 GMT The Bishop said:

Prinsley is aged 66, but still not the oldest Commons entrant at this election. Have definitive lists of the youngest/oldest new MPs been produced yet?

Father of the House is Sir Edward Leigh (Gainsborough) who is 74

[nyx]

Sept 1, 2024 9:04:59 GMT The Bishop said:

Prinsley is aged 66, but still not the oldest Commons entrant at this election. Have definitive lists of the youngest/oldest new MPs been produced yet?

Of those whose ages are known I think it's

Youngest:
Sam Carling (Lab, NW Cambs, 22)
Euan Stainbank (Lab, Falkirk, 24)
Josh Dean (Lab, Hertford, 24)
Joshua Reynolds (LD, Maidenhead, 25)

Carling and Stainbank, plus possibly Dean, have a birth year beginning with the digit "2".

Oldest:
Jim Allister (TUV, North Antrim, 71)
Peter Prinsley (Lab, Bury St Edmunds, 66)
Maureen Burke (Lab, Glasgow NE, 65)
Patricia Ferguson (Lab, Glasgow W, 65)

[greatkingrat]

Rupert Lowe is 66.

[john07]

Sept 1, 2024 11:44:32 GMT greatkingrat said:

Rupert Lowe is 66.

How old is Farage. He seems to get 5 years younger every election?

[carlton43]

Sept 4, 2024 23:52:45 GMT john07 said:

Sept 1, 2024 11:44:32 GMT greatkingrat said:

Rupert Lowe is 66.

How old is Farage. He seems to get 5 years younger every election?

I thought that for awhile he did not seem to age at all, but for me, he has appeared to age considerably over the past 5-years and now does not look that well for a mere 60-year old.

[batman]

The new member is one of a decent crop of new Jewish MPs (all Labour it seems), and is a member of Norwich Synagogue. That must be a small congregation, there are not many Jews in Norwich - and considerably fewer in this constituency!