There are now ten MPs in the House of Commons who were born after 1995, up from just two before the election. Among them is Sam Carling, MP for North West Cambridgeshire, who at 22 is the youngest MP: the baby of the house. He is joined by others including 24-year-old Josh Dean, MP for Hertford and Stortford, and Euan Stainbank, MP for Falkirk, also 24.
The presence of these young MPs in the House of Commons has important implications because young people tend to be poorly represented in political institutions.
It has long been the norm that politics, both in the UK and across developed democracies, is dominated by older generations. And while the lack of representation of other demographics, such as women and ethnic minorities, has received a lot of justified attention, the under-representation of youth has not received as much notice.
