Keir Mather becomes youngest MP in Commons after Labour’s historic Selby win

The Labour party has won its biggest ever byelection victory by overturning a 20,000-vote Conservative majority in Selby and Ainsty, sending a 25-year-old to parliament.

Keir Mather will become the 'baby of the house' as the youngest MP in the Commons. In his victory speech, he said that 'thousands of votes were in Labour’s box for the very first time' and declared: 'In this campaign we have rewritten the rules on where Labour can win.'

Mather, a former researcher for the shadow health secretary, Wes Streeting, and who was named after the first leader of the Labour party, Keir Hardie, won by 4,161 votes.

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[Gavinius]

Haha. The mannequin was the true voice there! 😂

[tomi]

That's a 25 year old? doesn't look a day over 18

[Bungle-UK]

Another clone MP who went from studying politics at Oxford to work for an MP….what does he know about ‘working people’?

[finfog]

He was prepped for this since he was 12.

[johnj]

Selby's previous MP seemingly had little contact with the constituents. A classic case of abandonment of any chance of re-election if ever there was one. It'll be interesting to see if ANY moves to restore Selby industries and employment prospects can return with a new MP.

[dragonfly]

Apparently Keir Mather was a former Parliamentary Researcher for Wes Streeting. Sounds like Keir Mather has been picked up by a pair of tweezers and dropped in. A case of not what you know but who you know?.

[rusaliagumerovachingizhan]

What a handsome young men and well spoken one too, wish him all the best. MashaAllah wa TabaraqAllah.

[Prasutagucaster]

So far Selby and surrounding villages are now already suffering. Crazy decisions. Charging twice for waste bin collections great example. The boy is ineffective

[connorberry]

He’s reading his script that could be said by anyone

[lal]

Well done Selby; they have elected a boy-scout. No late night Parliamentary sittings as he has to be in by 10:00 😂😂

[tiptester]

Keir should challenge Rishi to 1v1 on nobuild. If Rishi loses he needs to call a General Election.

[monkey]

Needs to be careful walking off the stage. Might trip over his umbilical cord.

[wulfsorenson]

This is wonderful news 🎉. I hope he brings in as many young climate refugees as possible to house on the green belt, takes us back into the EU and finally over turns that racist referendum. This stale, pale country is still too racist and needs more rights for lgbtq, women and POC.

[FortoFight]

It's depressing that I'm also 25 and I'm working in my room doing a job I hate lol

[peterwillson]

He looks about 10 years younger than he is😂

[markandresen]

And some chumps call Corbyn a Tory enabler. THIS is what a Tory enabler actually looks and sounds like.

[runwithme]

Simply not possible to have the required experience for role as an MP.

[arserobinson]

25 and Labour, offers something much different to all the USELESS aging Tory politicians.

[LiberalismcelebratesDeath]

OMG this is so great! As a tolerant, empathetic and feminine liberal minded progressive, i hope that he will serve the LGBT and minorities well and will bring in new people from around the world to enrich our stale and boring people.