‘Too many Keirs!’: MPs elected in recent by-elections sworn in, including 25 year old Keir Mather

MPs elected in the selection of three by-elections held on 20th July have now been sworn in to the House of Commons.

After having the traditional conversation with new Labour MP Keir Mather, elected as the new represenative for Selby and Ainsty, speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle joked: “Too many Keirs!”.

At just 25 years old, Hull-born Mather is the “baby of the House”.

The others being formally sworn in were Liberal Democrat Sarah Dyke and Steve Tuckwell, who held the seat of Uxbridge and South Ruislip for the Conservatives after the resignation of former prime minister Boris Johnson.