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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor

‘You’ve got nothing to lose’: Labour’s ‘bonus MPs’ aim to make their mark after surprise wins

Neil Duncan-Jordan at Poole harbour
Neil Duncan-Jordan at Poole harbour in his constituency. Photograph: Peter Flude/The Guardian

Neil Duncan-Jordan’s new parliamentary office is at the top of a steep staircase in a maze of corridors just behind the speaker’s house, with a sweeping view of the Thames. The space is decorated with mod posters and jazz vinyls; he has Miles Davis playing on the record player.

“I want it to be me,” he said, gesturing around the room. “Because this place isn’t me, is it? Working-class people didn’t come here very often in the past. Now there’s many more of us and we bring our traditions. Somehow you’ve got to try and make this part of you.”

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