Asked about the criticisms of his age, Keir Mathers mother said: “It’s rubbish, it’s ageist, Joe Biden is too old, Keir is too young' How a politics nerd who door-knocked MPs at 16 became new 'baby of the House' ⬇️
On one side was her party’s leader, Sir Keir Starmer, grey-haired and beaming after seeing LabourOn the other, the baby-faced Keir Mather, aged just 25-years-old and now the youngest MP in the UK after winning the “true blue” seat of Selby and Ainsty in North Yorkshire.lead in the opinion pollsSir Keir said the result was proof that voters want “change, away from the chaos, away from those rising bills, the crumbling public services” and that Labour would “deliver.
The Conservatives have painted the defeat as a case of Tory voters staying at home and they would appear to have some evidence – turnout was just 44.8 per cent, more than 20,000 fewer votes than were cast at the general election in 2019.Mr Mather’s campaign team set up an office in a prominent position on Selby’s high street and the Pearsons described being “bombarded” with leaflets and door knocks in recent weeks.
“I’m really pleased with the result,” she said. “I moved into the area about 15 years ago and I didn’t realise how strong the Conservatives are. So it’s quite a change.
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