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'''Baby of the House''' is the unofficial title given to the youngest member of a [[parliament|parliamentary house]]. The term is most often applied to members of the British [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|parliament]] from which the term originated.<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/research/briefing-papers/SN06399/-of-the-house-house-of-commons-background-paper of the House: House of Commons Background Paper – Commons Library Standard Note] from UK Parliament, accessed on 1 January 2015.</ref> The title is named after the [[Father of the House]], which is given to the ''longest serving'' member of the British and other parliaments.


'''Baby of the House''' is the unofficial title given to the youngest member of a [[parliament|parliamentary house]]. The term is most often applied to members of the British [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|parliament]], from which the term originated.<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/research/briefing-papers/SN06399/-of-the-house-house-of-commons-background-paper of the House: House of Commons Background Paper – Commons Library Standard Note] from UK Parliament, accessed on 1 January 2015.</ref> The title is named after the [[Father of the House]], which is given to the ''longest-serving'' member of the British and other parliaments.
==United Kingdom==
Becoming the Baby of the House is regarded as something of an achievement despite the lack of any special treatment that comes with the title. However, some MPs who have held the position for a considerable period – [[Matthew Taylor (Liberal politician)|Matthew Taylor]] was the Baby of the House for over ten years – have found it somewhat embarrassing, as it may suggest that they have a lack of experience, although many holders of the title have gone on to enjoy long and distinguished parliamentary careers.

At the turn of the twenty-first century (August 1999 to September 2001), all three of the leaders of the main political parties had been the youngest MPs in their party when they began their political careers ([[William Hague]], [[Tony Blair]], [[Charles Kennedy]]).

Of those whose ages can be verified, the youngest MP since the [[Reform Act 1832|Reform Act of 1832]]<ref>Prior to 1832 minors could be elected; precise information on those MPs is often unclear.</ref> is [[Mhairi Black]], elected in 2015 aged 20 years 237 days.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/may/08/snp-mhairi-black-20-labour-student-mp|title=Mhairi Black: the 20-year-old who beat a Labour heavyweight|first1=Ewen|last1=MacAskill|first2=Rebecca|last2=Ratcliffe|date=8 May 2015|access-date=6 January 2018|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref> The [[age of candidacy]] for Parliament was lowered from 21 to 18 by the [[Electoral Administration Act 2006|Electoral Administration Act of 2006]]. [[William Pitt the Younger]] was elected at 21 and became Prime Minister two years later in 1783.

===List of Babies of the House of Commons===
{| class="sortable wikitable"
|-
!Elected !! Name !! Constituency !!class="unsortable"| <!-- Do NOT use colspan! It breaks sorting -->!! Party !! Age when elected
|-
|{{sort|1880|[[1880 Dungannon by-election|1880 (b)]]}} || {{sortname|James|Dickson|James Dickson (Irish politician)}} || [[Dungannon (UK Parliament constituency)|Dungannon]]
| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Party (UK)}}
|21
|-
|{{sort|1885|[[1885 United Kingdom general election|1885]]}} || {{sortname|Harry|Levy-Lawson|Harry Levy-Lawson, 1st Viscount Burnham}} || [[St Pancras West (UK Parliament constituency)|St Pancras West]]
| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Party (UK)}}
|22
|-
|{{sort|1888|[[1888 Chichester by-election|1888 (b)]]}} || {{sortname|Lord Walter|Gordon-Lennox|Lord Walter Gordon-Lennox}} || [[Chichester (UK Parliament constituency)|Chichester]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|22
|-
|{{sort|1890|[[1890 Mid Tipperary by-election|1890 (b)]]}} || {{sortname|Henry|Harrison|Henry Harrison (Irish politician)}} || [[Mid Tipperary (UK Parliament constituency)|Mid Tipperary]]
| {{Party name with colour|Irish Parliamentary Party}}
|22
|-
|{{sort|1891a|[[1891 West Derbyshire by-election|1891 (b)]]}} || {{sortname|Victor|Cavendish|Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire}} || [[West Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency)|West Derbyshire]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|23
|-
|{{sort|1891b|[[October 1891 Strand by-election|1891 (b)]]}}|| {{sortname|Frederick|Smith|Frederick Smith, 2nd Viscount Hambleden}} || [[Strand (UK Parliament constituency)|Strand]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|23
|-
|{{sort|1892|[[1892 United Kingdom general election|1892]]}} || {{sortname|Thomas Bartholomew|Curran}} || [[Kilkenny City (UK Parliament constituency)|Kilkenny City]]
| {{Party name with colour|Irish National Federation}}
|22
|-
|{{Sort|1895|[[1895 United Kingdom general election|1895]]}} || {{sortname|Viscount|Milton|William Wentworth-FitzWilliam, 7th Earl FitzWilliam}} || [[Wakefield (UK Parliament constituency)|Wakefield]]
| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Unionist Party}}
|22
|-
|{{sort|1898a|[[1898 Marylebone West by-election|1898 (b)]]}} || {{sortname|Sir Samuel|Scott, Bt|Sir Samuel Scott, 6th Baronet}} || [[Marylebone West (UK Parliament constituency)|Marylebone West]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|24
|-
|{{sort|1898b|[[1898 West Down by-election|1898 (b)]]}} || {{sortname|Arthur|Hill|Arthur Hill (politician)}} || [[West Down (UK Parliament constituency)|West Down]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|24
|-
|{{sort|1900|[[1900 United Kingdom general election|1900]]}} || {{sortname|Richard|Rigg|Richard Rigg (British politician)}} || [[Appleby (UK Parliament constituency)|Appleby]]
| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Party (UK)}}
|23
|-
|{{sort|1904|[[1904 Horsham by-election|1904 (b)]]}} || {{sortname|Viscount|Turnour|Edward Turnour, 6th Earl Winterton}} || [[Horsham (UK Parliament constituency)|Horsham]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|21
|-
|{{sort|1906|[[1906 United Kingdom general election|1906]]}} || {{sortname|Lord|Wodehouse|John Wodehouse, 3rd Earl of Kimberley}} || [[Mid Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)|Mid Norfolk]]
| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Party (UK)}}
|22
|-
|{{sort|1910a|[[January 1910 United Kingdom general election|1910]]}} || {{sortname|Charles Thomas|Mills}} || [[Uxbridge (UK Parliament constituency)|Uxbridge]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|22
|-
|{{sort|1910b|[[December 1910 United Kingdom general election|1910]]}} || {{sortname|Viscount|Wolmer|Roundell Palmer, 3rd Earl of Selborne}} || [[Newton (UK Parliament constituency)|Newton]]
| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Party (UK)}}
|23
|-
|{{sort|1912|[[1912 Hythe by-election|1912 (b)]]}} || {{sortname|Sir Philip|Sassoon, Bt|Sir Philip Sassoon, 3rd Baronet}} || [[Hythe (UK Parliament constituency)|Hythe]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|23
|-
|{{sort|1915|[[1915 North Tipperary by-election|1915 (b)]]}} || {{sortname|John|Esmonde|Sir John Esmonde, 14th Baronet}} || [[North Tipperary (UK Parliament constituency)|North Tipperary]]
| {{Party name with colour|Irish Parliamentary Party}}
|21
|-
|{{sort|1916|[[1916 North Louth by-election|1916 (b)]]}} || {{sortname|Patrick|Whitty}} || [[North Louth (UK Parliament constituency)|North Louth]]
| {{Party name with colour|Irish Parliamentary Party}}
|21
|-
|{{sort|1917|[[1917 Liverpool Abercromby by-election|1917 (b)]]}} || {{sortname|Lord|Stanley|Edward Stanley, Lord Stanley (1894–1938)}} || [[Liverpool Abercromby (UK Parliament constituency)|Liverpool Abercromby]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|22
|-
|{{sort|1918|[[1918 United Kingdom general election|1918]]}}<ref>[[Joseph Sweeney (Irish politician)|Joseph Sweeney]] did not take his seat; the youngest MP actually sitting in the House of Commons was [[Oswald Mosley]] (Conservative, aged 22)</ref> || {{sortname|Joseph|Sweeney|Joseph Sweeney (Irish politician)}} || [[West Donegal (UK Parliament constituency)|West Donegal]]
| {{Party name with colour|Sinn Féin}}
|21
|-
|{{Sort|1919|[[1919 Isle of Thanet by-election|1919 (b)]]}} || {{sortname|Esmond|Harmsworth|Esmond Harmsworth, 2nd Viscount Rothermere}} || [[Isle of Thanet (UK Parliament constituency)|Isle of Thanet]]
| {{Party name with colour|Coalition Conservative}}
|21
|-
|{{sort|1922|[[1922 United Kingdom general election|1922]]}} || {{sortname|Arthur|Evans|Arthur Evans (politician)}} || [[Leicester East (UK Parliament constituency)|Leicester East]]
| {{Party name with colour|National Liberal Party (UK, 1922)}}
|24
|-
|{{sort|1923|[[1923 United Kingdom general election|1923]]}} || {{sortname|Charles|Rhys|Charles Rhys, 8th Baron Dynevor }} || [[Romford (UK Parliament constituency)|Romford]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|24
|-
|{{sort|1924|[[1924 United Kingdom general election|1924]]}} || {{sortname|Hugh|Lucas-Tooth}} || [[Isle of Ely (UK Parliament constituency)|Isle of Ely]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|21
|-
|{{sort|1929a|[[1929 North Lanarkshire by-election|1929 (b)]]}} || {{sortname|Jennie|Lee|Jennie Lee, Baroness Lee of Asheridge}} || [[Lanarkshire (UK Parliament constituency)|North Lanarkshire]]
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|24
|-
|{{sort|1929b|[[1929 United Kingdom general election|1929]]}} || {{sortname|Frank|Owen|Frank Owen (politician)}} || [[Hereford (UK Parliament constituency)|Hereford]]
| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Party (UK)}}
|23
|-
|{{sort|1931|[[1931 United Kingdom general election|1931]]}} || {{sortname|Roland|Robinson|Roland Robinson, 1st Baron Martonmere}} || [[Widnes (UK Parliament constituency)|Widnes]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|24
|-
|{{sort|1933|[[1933 Rutland and Stamford by-election|1933 (b)]]}} || {{sortname|Lord|Willoughby de Eresby|James Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 3rd Earl of Ancaster}} || [[Rutland and Stamford (UK Parliament constituency)|Rutland and Stamford]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|25
|-
|{{sort|1935a|[[1935 Eastbourne by-election|1935 (b)]]}} || {{sortname|Charles|Taylor|Charles Taylor (MP for Eastbourne)}} || [[Eastbourne (UK Parliament constituency)|Eastbourne]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|24
|-
|{{sort|1935b|[[1935 United Kingdom general election|1935]]}} || {{sortname|Malcolm|Macmillan}} || [[Western Isles (UK Parliament constituency)|Western Isles]]
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|22
|-
|{{sort|1940|[[1940 Kettering by-election|1940 (b)]]}} || {{sortname|John|Profumo}} || [[Kettering (UK Parliament constituency)|Kettering]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|25
|-
|{{sort|1941|[[1941 Berwick-upon-Tweed by-election|1941 (b)]]}} || {{sortname|George Charles|Grey}} || [[Berwick-upon-Tweed (UK Parliament constituency)|Berwick-upon-Tweed]]
| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Party (UK)}}
|22
|-
|{{sort|1944|1944}}<ref name="again">Became the youngest MP for a second time, on the death of the previous youngest MP</ref> || {{sortname|John|Profumo}} || [[Kettering (UK Parliament constituency)|Kettering]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|29
|-
|{{sort|1945a|[[1945 Chelmsford by-election|1945 (b)]]}} || {{sortname|Ernest|Millington}} || [[Chelmsford (UK Parliament constituency)|Chelmsford]]
| {{Party name with colour|Common Wealth Party}}
|29
|-
|{{sort|1945b|[[1945 United Kingdom general election|1945]]}} || {{sortname|Edward|Carson|Edward Carson (Conservative politician)}} || [[Isle of Thanet (UK Parliament constituency)|Isle of Thanet]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|25
|-
|{{sort|1948|[[1948 Southwark Central by-election|1948 (b)]]}} || {{sortname|Roy|Jenkins}} || [[Southwark Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Southwark Central]]
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|27
|-
|{{sort|1950a|[[1950 United Kingdom general election|1950]]}} || {{sortname|Peter|Baker|Peter Baker (British politician)}} || [[South Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)|South Norfolk]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|28
|-
|{{sort|1950b|[[1950 Bristol South East by-election|1950 (b)]]}}<ref>[[Tony Benn]] was first elected at the [[1950 Bristol South East by-election|Bristol South East by-election, 1950]], aged 25, the day after Thomas Teevan, who was aged 23, but Benn took the oath the day before Teevan, and so was Baby of the House for a single day</ref> || {{sortname|Tony|Benn}} || [[Bristol South East (UK Parliament constituency)|Bristol South East]]
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|25
|-
|{{sort|1950c|[[1950 Belfast West by-election|1950 (b)]]}} || {{sortname|Thomas|Teevan|Thomas Teevan (Unionist politician)}} || [[Belfast West (UK Parliament constituency)|Belfast West]]
| {{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}}
|23
|-
|{{sort|1951|[[1951 United Kingdom general election|1951]]}}<ref>[[Tony Benn]] became the youngest MP again after the 1951 general election, on the defeat of Teevan</ref> || {{sortname|Tony|Benn}} || [[Bristol South East (UK Parliament constituency)|Bristol South East]]
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|26
|-
|{{sort|1954a|[[1954 Bournemouth West by-election|1954 (b)]]}} || {{sortname|John|Eden|John Eden, Baron Eden of Winton}} || [[Bournemouth West (UK Parliament constituency)|Bournemouth West]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|28
|-
|{{sort|1954b|[[1954 Liverpool West Derby by-election|1954 (b)]]}} || {{sortname|John|Woollam|John Woollam (politician)}} || [[Liverpool West Derby (UK Parliament constituency)|Liverpool West Derby]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|27
|-
|{{sort|1955a|[[1955 United Kingdom general election|1955]]}}<ref name="abs">Elected on an [[abstentionism|abstentionist]] ticket, [[Philip Clarke (politician)|Philip Clarke]] did not take his seat. [[Peter Michael Kirk|Peter Kirk]] was first elected at the 1955 general election, when he became the youngest MP to take his seat, but only became the youngest MP with the disqualification of [[Philip Clarke (politician)|Philip Clarke]] later in the year</ref> || {{sortname|Philip|Clarke|dab=politician}} || [[Fermanagh and South Tyrone (UK Parliament constituency)|Fermanagh and South Tyrone]]
| {{Party name with colour|Sinn Féin}}
|21
|-
|{{sort|1955b|1955}}<ref name="abs" /> || {{sortname|Peter|Kirk|Peter Michael Kirk}} || [[Gravesend (UK Parliament constituency)|Gravesend]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|27
|-
|{{sort|1956|[[1956 Gainsborough by-election|1956 (b)]]}} || {{sortname|Marcus|Kimball|Marcus Kimball, Baron Kimball}} || [[Gainsborough (UK Parliament constituency)|Gainsborough]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|27
|-
|{{sort|1957|[[1957 Bristol West by-election|1957 (b)]]}} || {{sortname|Robert|Cooke|Robert Cooke (Conservative politician)}} || [[Bristol West (UK Parliament constituency)|Bristol West]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|26
|-
|{{sort|1958a|[[1958 Morecambe and Lonsdale by-election|1958 (b)]]}}<ref>Basil de Ferranti was the youngest MP for 15 days between his taking his seat after the [[1958 Morecambe and Lonsdale by-election]] and Patrick Wolrige-Gordon taking his seat after the [[1958 East Aberdeenshire by-election|East Aberdeenshire by-election, 1958]]
</ref> || {{sortname|Basil|de Ferranti}} || [[Morecambe and Lonsdale (UK Parliament constituency)|Morecambe and Lonsdale]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|28
|-
|{{sort|1958b|[[1958 East Aberdeenshire by-election|1958 (b)]]}} || {{sortname|Patrick|Wolrige-Gordon}} || [[East Aberdeenshire (UK Parliament constituency)|East Aberdeenshire]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|23
|-
|{{sort|1959|[[1959 Southend West by-election|1959 (b)]]}} || {{sortname|Paul|Channon|Paul Channon, Baron Kelvedon}} || [[Southend West (UK Parliament constituency)|Southend West]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|23
|-
|{{sort|1964|[[1964 United Kingdom general election|1964]]}} || {{sortname|Teddy|Taylor}} || [[Glasgow Cathcart (UK Parliament constituency)|Glasgow Cathcart]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|27
|-
|{{sort|1965|[[1965 Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles by-election|1965 (b)]]}} || {{sortname|David|Steel}} || [[Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles (UK Parliament constituency)|Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles]]
| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Party (UK)}}
|26
|-
|{{sort|1966|[[1966 United Kingdom general election|1966]]}} || {{sortname|John|Ryan|John Ryan (UK politician)|John Ryan}} || [[Uxbridge (UK Parliament constituency)|Uxbridge]]
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|25
|-
|{{sort|1967|[[1967 Nuneaton by-election|1967 (b)]]}} || {{sortname|Les|Huckfield}} || [[Nuneaton (UK Parliament constituency)|Nuneaton]]
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|24
|-
|{{sort|1969|[[1969 Mid Ulster by-election|1969 (b)]]}} || {{sortname|Bernadette|Devlin}} || [[Mid Ulster (UK Parliament constituency)|Mid Ulster]]
| {{Party name with colour|Unity (Northern Ireland)}}
|21
|-
|{{sort|1974a|[[February 1974 United Kingdom general election|February 1974]]}} || {{sortname|Dafydd|Elis Thomas}} || [[Merioneth (UK Parliament constituency)|Merioneth]]
| {{Party name with colour|Plaid Cymru}}
|27
|-
|{{sort|1974b|[[October 1974 United Kingdom general election|October 1974]]}} || {{sortname|Hélène|Hayman|Helene Hayman, Baroness Hayman}} || [[Welwyn and Hatfield (UK Parliament constituency)|Welwyn and Hatfield]]
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|25
|-
|{{sort|1977|[[1977 Birmingham Stechford by-election|1977 (b)]]}} || {{sortname|Andrew|MacKay}} || [[Birmingham Stechford (UK Parliament constituency)|Birmingham Stechford]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|27
|-
|{{sort|1979a|[[1979 Liverpool Edge Hill by-election|1979 (b)]]}} || {{sortname|David|Alton|David Alton, Baron Alton of Liverpool}} || [[Liverpool Edge Hill (UK Parliament constituency)|Liverpool Edge Hill]]
| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Party (UK)}}
|28
|-
|{{sort|1979b|[[1979 United Kingdom general election|1979]]}} || {{sortname|Stephen|Dorrell}} || [[Loughborough (UK Parliament constituency)|Loughborough]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|27
|-
|{{sort|1981a|[[April 1981 Fermanagh and South Tyrone by-election|1981 (b)]]}}<ref name="abs2">Elected on an [[abstentionism|abstentionist]] ticket, Bobby Sands and [[Owen Carron]] did not take their seats; [[Stephen Dorrell]] remained the youngest MP actually sitting in the House of Commons</ref> || {{sortname|Bobby|Sands}} || [[Fermanagh and South Tyrone (UK Parliament constituency)|Fermanagh and South Tyrone]]
| {{Party name with colour|Anti H-Block}}
|27
|-
|{{sort|1981b|1981}}<ref name="again" /> || {{sortname|Stephen|Dorrell}} || [[Loughborough (UK Parliament constituency)|Loughborough]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|29
|-
|{{sort|1981c|[[August 1981 Fermanagh and South Tyrone by-election|1981 (b)]]}}<ref name="abs2" /> || {{sortname|Owen|Carron}} || [[Fermanagh and South Tyrone (UK Parliament constituency)|Fermanagh and South Tyrone]]
| {{Party name with colour|Anti H-Block}}
|28
|-
|{{sort|1983|[[1983 United Kingdom general election|1983]]}} || {{sortname|Charles|Kennedy}} || [[Ross, Cromarty and Skye (UK Parliament constituency)|Ross, Cromarty and Skye]]
| {{Party name with colour|Social Democratic Party (UK)}}
|23
|-
|{{sort|1987|[[1987 Truro by-election|1987 (b)]]}} || {{sortname|Matthew|Taylor|Matthew Taylor (Liberal politician)}} || [[Truro (UK Parliament constituency)|Truro]]
| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Party (UK)}}
|24
|-
|{{sort|1997|[[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997]]}}<ref>Although several sources claim [[Claire Ward]] was the youngest MP during this period, she was 50 days older than [[Chris Leslie (politician)|Chris Leslie]]</ref> || {{sortname|Chris|Leslie|Chris Leslie (politician)}} || [[Shipley (UK Parliament constituency)|Shipley]]
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|24
|-
|{{sort|2000|[[2000 Tottenham by-election|2000 (b)]]}} || {{sortname|David|Lammy}} || [[Tottenham (UK Parliament constituency)|Tottenham]]
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|27
|-
|{{sort|2003| [[2003 Brent East by-election|2003 (b)]]}} || {{sortname|Sarah|Teather}} || [[Brent East (UK Parliament constituency)|Brent East]]
| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}
|29
|-
|{{sort|2005| [[2005 United Kingdom general election|2005]]}} || {{sortname|Jo|Swinson}} || [[East Dunbartonshire (UK Parliament constituency)|East Dunbartonshire]]
| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}
|25
|-
| {{sort|2009|[[2009 Norwich North by-election|2009 (b)]]}} || {{sortname|Chloe|Smith}} || [[Norwich North (UK Parliament constituency)|Norwich North]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|27
|-
| {{sort|2010|[[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010]]}} || {{sortname|Pamela|Nash|}} || [[Airdrie and Shotts (UK Parliament constituency)|Airdrie and Shotts]]
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|25
|-
| {{sort|2015|[[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015]]}} || {{sortname|Mhairi|Black|}} || [[Paisley and Renfrewshire South (UK Parliament constituency)|Paisley and Renfrewshire South]]
| {{Party name with colour|Scottish National Party}}
|20
|-
| {{sort|2019|[[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019]]}} || {{sortname|Nadia Whittome|}} || [[Nottingham East (UK Parliament constituency)|Nottingham East]]
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|23
|}

===Youngest member of the House of Lords===
The title 'Baby of the House' is not used in the House of Lords, though the youngest member is recorded on the House website.<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/about/faqs/house-of-lords-faqs/lords-members/ Parliament.UK – House of Lords FAQS – Membership and principal office holders] at parliament.uk</ref> The youngest member of the House is [[Jasset Ormsby-Gore, 7th Baron Harlech|Lord Harlech]] (born 1 July 1986), a [[hereditary peer]] who was elected at a by-election under the [[House of Lords Act 1999]] in July 2021 aged 35.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.parliament.uk/globalassets/documents/lords-communications/by-elections/hereditary-peers-by-election-result-elton.pdf|title=Conservative hereditary peers' by-election, July 2021: result|date=15 July 2021|accessdate=15 July 2021}}</ref>
The youngest life peer and youngest woman in the House is [[Joanna Penn, Baroness Penn|Baroness Penn]] (born 1985) who was created a [[life peer]] in October 2019 at the age of 34.<ref>[http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/LLN-2020-0050/LLN-2020-0050.pdf Parliament.UK – House of Lords in 2020: Profile of Membership] at parliament.uk</ref>

Standing Orders state that "No Lord under the age of one and twenty years shall be permitted to sit in the House". When most members of the Lords were hereditary peers, a peer who had inherited his or her peerage(s) while under age was entitled to take a seat on the day before his or her 21st birthday. In theory, such a hereditary peer could still be [[List of elected hereditary peers under the House of Lords Act 1999|elected to sit in the House]] at that age; in practice, the youngest hereditary peer to have been elected was [[Valerian Freyberg, 3rd Baron Freyberg|Lord Freyberg]] (born 15 December 1970), who was elected in October 1999 at the age of 28.
Hereditary peer [[Rupert Mitford, 6th Baron Redesdale|Lord Redesdale]] (born 18 July 1967) was created a life peer on 18 April 2000 at the age of 32, becoming the youngest ever life peer, to enable him to continue to sit after the removal of the majority of hereditary peers.

===List of youngest members of the Scottish Parliament===
This is a list of youngest members of the [[Scottish Parliament]] created in 1999.

{| class="sortable wikitable" width="800px"
|-
!Elected !! Name !! Constituency/region !!class="unsortable"| <!-- Do NOT use colspan. It breaks sorting -->!! Party !! Age when elected
|-
|{{sort|1999|[[1999 Scottish Parliament election|1999]]}} || {{sortname|Duncan|Hamilton|Duncan Hamilton (politician)|Duncan&nbsp;Hamilton}} || [[Highlands and Islands (Scottish Parliament electoral region)|Highlands and Islands region]]
| {{Party name with colour|Scottish National Party}}
|25<ref>{{cite news|last1=McColm|first1=Euan|title=This time the SNP will get real|url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/euan-mccolm-this-time-the-snp-will-get-real-1-4385741|work=The Scotsman|date=8 March 2017|access-date=16 April 2018}}</ref>
|-
|{{sort|2003|[[2003 Scottish Parliament election|2003]]}} || {{sortname|Richard|Baker|Richard Baker (Scottish politician)|Richard Baker}} || [[North East Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)|North East Scotland region]]
| {{Party name with colour|Scottish Labour Party}}
|28
|-
|{{sort|2007|[[2007 Scottish Parliament election|2007]]}} || {{sortname|John|Lamont|John Lamont (Scottish politician)|John Lamont}} || [[Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire constituency]]
| {{Party name with colour|Scottish Conservatives}}
|31
|-
|{{sort|2011|[[2011 Scottish Parliament election|2011]]}} || {{sortname|Humza|Yousaf|Humza Yousaf}} || [[Glasgow (Scottish Parliament electoral region)|Glasgow region]]
| {{Party name with colour|Scottish National Party}}
|26
|-
|{{sort|2016|[[2016 Scottish Parliament election|2016]]}} || {{sortname|Ross|Greer|Ross Greer (politician)|Ross Greer}} || [[West Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)|West Scotland region]]
| {{Party name with colour|Scottish Green Party}}
|21
|-
|{{sort|2021|[[2021 Scottish Parliament election|2021]]}} || {{sortname|Emma|Roddick|Emma Roddick}} || [[Highlands and Islands (Scottish Parliament electoral region)|Highlands and Islands region]]
| {{Party name with colour|Scottish National Party}}
|23
|-
|}

===List of youngest members of the Senedd===
This is a list of youngest members of [[Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament]] created in 1999. From its creation in 1999 until May 2020, the Senedd was known as the '''National Assembly for Wales''' (Welsh: ''Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru'').

{| class="wikitable" width="800px"
|-
!Elected !! Name !! Constituency/region !!class="unsortable"| <!-- Do NOT use colspan. It breaks sorting -->!! Party !! DOB !! Age when elected
|-
||[[1999 National Assembly for Wales election|1999]] || [[Jonathan Morgan (politician)|Jonathan Morgan]] || [[South Wales Central (National Assembly for Wales constituency)|South Wales Central]]
| {{Party name with colour | Conservative Party (UK)}} || 19 March 1974 || 25
|-
||[[2003 National Assembly for Wales election|2003]] || [[Laura Ann Jones]] || [[South Wales East (National Assembly for Wales constituency)|South Wales East]]
| {{Party name with colour | Conservative Party (UK)}} || 21 February 1979 || 24
|-
||[[2007 National Assembly for Wales election|2007]] || [[Bethan Sayed|Bethan Jenkins]] || [[South Wales West (National Assembly for Wales constituency)|South Wales West]]
| {{Party name with colour | Plaid Cymru}} || 9 December 1981 || 25
|-
||[[2016 National Assembly for Wales election|2016]] || [[Steffan Lewis]] || [[South Wales East (National Assembly for Wales constituency)|South Wales East]]
| {{Party name with colour | Plaid Cymru}} || 30 May 1984 ||31
|-
||[[2018 Alyn and Deeside by-election|2018 (b)]] || [[Jack Sargeant (politician)|Jack Sargeant]] || [[Alyn and Deeside (Assembly constituency)|Alyn and Deeside]]
| {{Party name with colour|Welsh Labour Party}} || 1994 || 23<ref>{{cite news|first=Martin |last=Shipton |first2=Sarah |last2=Hodgson |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politics/sargeant-wins-alyn-deeside-election-14256231 |title=Jack Sargeant wins Alyn and Deeside by-election after his father's death |work=Wales Online |date=7 February 2018 |access-date= 8 February 2018 }}</ref>
|-
||[[2021 Senedd election|2021]] || [[Luke Fletcher (politician)|Luke Fletcher]] || [[South Wales West (National Assembly for Wales constituency)|South Wales West]]
| {{Party name with colour | Plaid Cymru}} || 1995/96 || 25<ref>{{cite web |last1=BBC News |title=Welsh Parliament election: Senedd members get to work |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-57054471 |access-date=10 May 2021}}</ref>
|}


==Australia==
==Australia==
In Australia the term is rarely used. Most MPs and senators are elected usually only in their thirties and later but some prominent MPs have been elected rather early in life including Prime Ministers [[Malcolm Fraser]] and [[Paul Keating]] who were both elected at age 25 in 1955 and 1969 respectively. The youngest Baby of the House was [[Wyatt Roy]]. He was elected at age 20 in 2010, being the youngest person ever to be elected to an Australian parliament.<ref name=wyattroy>{{cite news|title=Australia's youngest MP says future PM suggestion is 'ridiculous'|url=http://www.news.com.au/finance/work/leaders/australias-youngest-mp-says-future-pm-suggestion-is-ridiculous/news-story/765237a489cf93d6160838d7b00d62d2|access-date=20 November 2015|work=news.com.au|date=4 October 2015}}</ref>
In Australia the term is rarely used. Most MPs and senators are elected only in their thirties and later, but some prominent MPs have been elected rather early in life, including Prime Ministers [[Harold Holt]], [[Malcolm Fraser]] and [[Paul Keating]], the latter two of whom were both elected at age 25, in 1955 and 1969 respectively. The youngest Baby of the House was [[Wyatt Roy]]: he was elected at age 20 in 2010, being the youngest person ever to be elected to an Australian parliament.<ref name=wyattroy>{{cite news|title=Australia's youngest MP says future PM suggestion is 'ridiculous'|url=http://www.news.com.au/finance/work/leaders/australias-youngest-mp-says-future-pm-suggestion-is-ridiculous/news-story/765237a489cf93d6160838d7b00d62d2|access-date=20 November 2015|work=news.com.au|date=4 October 2015}}</ref>


The current Baby of the House is the Member for Herbert [[Phillip Thompson]] (age {{age|1988|05|07}}). The current Baby of the Senate is Senator [[Jordon Steele-John]] (age {{age|1994|10|14}}).<ref name="paterson">{{cite news|title=Jordon Steele-John, the 'political nerd' who is ringing the changes|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/nov/11/jordon-steele-john-the-political-nerd-who-is-ringing-the-changes|access-date=12 November 2017|work=The Guardian|date=11 November 2017}}</ref>
{{As of|2022}}, the current Baby of the House is the Member for Brisbane [[Stephen Bates]] (age {{age|1992|11|23}}). Senator [[Fatima Payman]] (age 27) is the youngest member of the Senate.


== Azerbaijan ==
== Azerbaijan ==
in the [[2020 Azerbaijani parliamentary election]], [[Sabina Khasayeva]] at the age of 27 was the youngest MP elected.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-08-20 |title=23-VIQR - Azərbaycan Respublikası Milli Məclisinin Regional məsələlər komitəsi üzvlərinin seçilməsi haqqında |url=http://e-qanun.az/framework/44760 |access-date=2021-01-25 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820124416/http://e-qanun.az/framework/44760 |archive-date=20 August 2020 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
in the [[2020 Azerbaijani parliamentary election]], [[Sabina Khasayeva]] was the youngest MP elected, at the age of 27.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-08-20 |title=23-VIQR - Azərbaycan Respublikası Milli Məclisinin Regional məsələlər komitəsi üzvlərinin seçilməsi haqqında |url=http://e-qanun.az/framework/44760 |access-date=2021-01-25 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820124416/http://e-qanun.az/framework/44760 |archive-date=20 August 2020 |url-status=dead}}</ref>


==Canada==
==Canada==


The youngest-ever elected member of the [[House of Commons of Canada]] is [[Pierre-Luc Dusseault]], who was elected at the age of 19 years and 11 months in [[2011 Canadian federal election|2011]]. Dusseault is the youngest MP in Canadian history.<ref>{{cite news |title=19-year-old sets record as youngest MP; NDPer planned summer job at golf course |first=Sidhartha |last=Banerjee |url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jUl1uDN-GKNu-YJoilCwUIlOokLQ?docId=6744237 |newspaper=[[The Canadian Press]] |date=4 May 2011}}</ref> In the past, MPs such as [[Sean O'Sullivan (priest)|Sean O'Sullivan]], [[Pierre Poilievre]], [[Andrew Scheer]], [[Claude-André Lachance]] and [[Lorne Nystrom]] have also held the distinction.
The youngest-ever elected member of the [[House of Commons of Canada]] is [[Pierre-Luc Dusseault]], who was elected at the age of 19 years and 11 months in [[2011 Canadian federal election|2011]]. Dusseault is the youngest MP in Canadian history.<ref>{{cite news |title=19-year-old sets record as youngest MP; NDPer planned summer job at golf course |first=Sidhartha |last=Banerjee |url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jUl1uDN-GKNu-YJoilCwUIlOokLQ?docId=6744237 |newspaper=[[The Canadian Press]] |date=4 May 2011}}{{dead link|date=June 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> In the past this distinction has been held by MPs such as [[Sean O'Sullivan (priest)|Sean O'Sullivan]], [[Pierre Poilievre]], [[Andrew Scheer]], [[Claude-André Lachance]] and [[Lorne Nystrom]].


[[Eric Melillo]] is the youngest current MP, representing the riding of [[Kenora (electoral district)]], Ontario, a member of the [[Conservative Party of Canada]]; born in 1998, elected at 21 years of age. The youngest member of the [[Senate of Canada]] is [[Patrick Brazeau]] of [[List of Quebec senators#Repentigny|Repentigny, Quebec]]; born 1974, appointed at 34 years of age.
The youngest current MP is [[Eric Melillo]], a member of the [[Conservative Party of Canada]], representing the riding of [[Kenora (federal electoral district)|Kenora]], Ontario; born in 1998, elected at 21 years of age. The youngest member of the [[Senate of Canada]] is [[Patrick Brazeau]] of [[List of Quebec senators#Repentigny|Repentigny, Quebec]]; born 1974, appointed at 34 years of age.


==Finland==
==Finland==
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|-
| [[2019 Finnish parliamentary election|2019]]|| {{sortname|Iiris|Suomela|Iiris Suomela}} || 1994 || [[Green League]] ||
| [[2019 Finnish parliamentary election|2019]]|| {{sortname|Iiris|Suomela|Iiris Suomela}} || 1994 || [[Green League]] ||
|-
| [[2023 Finnish parliamentary election|2023]]|| {{sortname|Olga|Oinas-Panuma|Olga Oinas-Panuma}} || 1999 || [[Centre Party (Finland)|Centre Party]] ||
|}
|}


==France==
==France==
[[File:Marion Maréchal(25614980787) (cropped).jpg|thumb|150px|Marion Maréchal-Le Pen, baby of the French [[National Assembly (France)|national assembly]].]]
The youngest [[Member of Parliament (France)|member]] of the French [[National Assembly (France)|national assembly]] ever is [[Marion Maréchal|Marion Maréchal-Le Pen]] ([[National Rally (France)|National Rally]]), elected in [[2012 French legislative election|2012]] aged 22.

===List of youngest members of the French Parliament===
===List of youngest members of the French Parliament===
This is a list of youngest [[Member of Parliament (France)|members]] of the [[National Assembly (France)|French parliament]].
This is a list of youngest [[Member of Parliament (France)|members]] of the [[National Assembly (France)|French parliament]] at the time of their election.


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|23
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|[[2022 French legislative election|2022]] || [[Tematai Le Gayic]] || [[French Polynesia]]
|21
|-
|[[2024 French legislative election|2024]] || [[Flavien Termet]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Age, gender, profession: Who are France's new members of Parliament? |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/les-decodeurs/article/2024/07/09/age-gender-profession-who-are-france-s-new-members-of-parliament_6678555_8.html |website=Le Monde.fr |access-date=20 July 2024 |language=en |date=9 July 2024}}</ref> || [[Ardennes (department)|Ardennes]]
|22
|}
|}


== Germany ==
== Germany ==
In Germany the term is rarely used. [[Emilia Fester]] was the youngest [[Member of the German Bundestag|MP]] elected in the [[2021 German federal election|2021 federal election]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Grünen-Politikerin Emilia Fester - Ersti-Woche im Bundestag|url=https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/gruenen-politikerin-emilia-fester-ersti-woche-im-bundestag.2165.de.html?dram:article_id=504519|access-date=2021-10-26|website=Deutschlandfunk Kultur|language=de-DE}}</ref>
In Germany the term is rarely used. [[Emilia Fester]] was the youngest [[Member of the German Bundestag|MP]] elected in the [[2021 German federal election|2021 federal election]] at the age of 23.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Grünen-Politikerin Emilia Fester - Ersti-Woche im Bundestag|url=https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/gruenen-politikerin-emilia-fester-ersti-woche-im-bundestag.2165.de.html?dram:article_id=504519|access-date=2021-10-26|website=Deutschlandfunk Kultur|language=de-DE}}</ref>

[[Emily Vontz]] became the youngest MP in 2023, at the age of 22.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Emily Vontz: "Laut sein für meine Generation" |url=https://www.zdf.de/uri/8d9f8a52-451f-44f7-8618-a6b5dae3a3e5 |access-date=2023-01-09 |website=ZDF |language=de}}</ref>

In 2022, [[Pascal Leddin]] became the youngest member of the [[Landtag of Lower Saxony]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-13 |title=Von FFF in den Landtag: Jüngster Abgeordneter ist 23 - WELT |url=https://www.welt.de/regionales/niedersachsen/article241552099/Von-FFF-in-den-Landtag-Juengster-Abgeordneter-ist-23.html |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=DIE WELT |language=de}}</ref>

== Grenada ==
[[Kerryne James]] was elected in the [[2022 Grenadian general election]] at the age of 24, becoming the country's youngest ever legislator.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2022-07-19 |title=Youngest elected representative in the history of Grenada - Kerryne Z. James |url=https://caribbeanamericanpassport.com/youngest-elected-representative-in-the-history-of-grenada-kerryne-z-james/ |access-date=2023-09-23 |website=Caribbean American Passport |language=en-US}}</ref>


==Hong Kong==
==Hong Kong==
[[File:再有4名香港民主派立法會議員被法庭取消資格13.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Nathan Law]], the youngest member of the [[Legislative Council of Hong Kong]], was elected at the age of 23.]]
[[File:再有4名香港民主派立法會議員被法庭取消資格13.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Nathan Law]], the youngest member of the [[Legislative Council of Hong Kong]], was elected at the age of 23.]]
In Hong Kong the term is rarely used. The current baby of the [[Legislative Council of Hong Kong|Legislative Council]] is [[Steven Ho Chun-yin|Steven Ho]] who was elected in the [[2012 Hong Kong legislative election|2012 Legislative Council election]] after all the younger members were either disqualified or resigned.
In Hong Kong the term is rarely used. The current baby of the [[Legislative Council of Hong Kong|Legislative Council]] is [[Joephy Chan]], who was elected in the [[2021 Hong Kong legislative election|2021 Legislative Council election]].


The youngest-ever elected member from 1991 to 2016 was [[James To]], who ran for the [[1991 Hong Kong legislative election|first Legislative Council direct election]] in 1991 at the age of 28. His record ceased in 2016, when the youngest-ever elected member [[Nathan Law]] and the youngest-ever elected female member [[Yau Wai-ching]], were both elected in the [[2016 Hong Kong legislative election|2016 election]] at the age of 23 and 25 respectively, were both disqualified over the [[Hong Kong Legislative Council oath-taking controversy|oath-taking controversy]] between 2016 and 2017. He was replaced by [[Ho Kai-ming (FTU)|Ho Kai-ming]], who was the fourth-youngest member when he was elected in 2016. He was later replaced by [[Au Nok-hin]] who was elected in the [[March 2018 Hong Kong by-elections|2018 by-election]] but was unseated in 2019. The title went back to Ho who subsequently resigned in May 2020 for joining the government and was replaced by [[Cheng Chung-tai]] who was the fifth youngest member in 2016, until himself got disqualified in August 2021. The title eventually returned to Steven Ho who was elected as the youngest member in 2012.
From 1991 to 2016 the youngest elected member was [[James To]], who ran for the [[1991 Hong Kong legislative election|first Legislative Council direct election]] in 1991 at the age of 28. His record ceased in 2016, when the youngest-ever elected member [[Nathan Law]] and the youngest-ever elected female member [[Yau Wai-ching]] were both elected in the [[2016 Hong Kong legislative election|2016 election]] at the ages of 23 and 25 respectively; they were both disqualified over the [[Hong Kong Legislative Council oath-taking controversy|oath-taking controversy]] between 2016 and 2017. He was replaced by [[Ho Kai-ming (FTU)|Ho Kai-ming]], who was the fourth-youngest member when he was elected in 2016. He was later replaced by [[Au Nok-hin]], who was elected in the [[March 2018 Hong Kong by-elections|2018 by-election]], but was unseated in 2019. The title went back to Ho, who subsequently resigned in May 2020 for joining the government and was replaced by [[Cheng Chung-tai]], who was the fifth youngest member in 2016, until he himself got disqualified in August 2021. The title eventually returned to Steven Ho who was elected as the youngest member in 2012.


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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|-
| 1 July 1998 – 1 October 2008 || [[Bernard Charnwut Chan|Bernard Chan]] || {{Birth date|df=yes|1965|1|11}} || [[Insurance (constituency)|Insurance]] [[Functional constituency (Hong Kong)|FC]]
| 1 July 1998 – 1 October 2008 || [[Bernard Charnwut Chan|Bernard Chan]] || {{Birth date|df=yes|1965|1|11}} || [[Insurance (constituency)|Insurance]] [[Functional constituency (Hong Kong)|FC]]
| {{Party name with colour|Nonpartisan}} || [[1998 Hong Kong legislative election|1998]] || {{age in years and months |1965|1|11 |1998|7|1}}
| {{Party name with colour|Nonpartisan politician}} || [[1998 Hong Kong legislative election|1998]] || {{age in years and months |1965|1|11 |1998|7|1}}
|-
|-
| 1 October 2008 – 1 October 2012 || [[Chan Hak-kan]] || {{Birth date|df=yes|1976|4|24}} || [[New Territories East (1998 constituency)|New Territories East]] [[geographical constituency|GC]]
| 1 October 2008 – 1 October 2012 || [[Chan Hak-kan]] || {{Birth date|df=yes|1976|4|24}} || [[New Territories East (1998 constituency)|New Territories East]] [[geographical constituency|GC]]
| {{Party name with colour|DABHK}} || [[2008 Hong Kong legislative election|2008]] || {{age in years and months |1976|4|24 |2008|10|1}}
| {{Party name with colour|DABHK}} || [[2008 Hong Kong legislative election|2008]] || {{age in years and months |1976|4|24 |2008|10|1}}
|-
|-
| 1 October 2012 – 29 February 2016 || [[Steven Ho (politician)|Steven Ho]] || {{Birth date|df=yes|1979|11|30}} || {{nowrap|[[Agriculture and Fisheries (constituency)|Agriculture and Fisheries]] [[Functional constituency (Hong Kong)|FC]]}}
| 1 October 2012 – 29 February 2016 || [[Steven Ho (politician)|Steven Ho]] || {{Birth date|df=yes|1979|11|30}} || {{nowrap|[[Agriculture and Fisheries (constituency)|Agriculture and Fisheries]] [[Functional constituency (Hong Kong)|FC]]}}
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| {{Party name with colour|Civic Passion}} || [[2016 Hong Kong legislative election|2016]] || {{age in years and months |1983|11|5 |2020|5|31}}
| {{Party name with colour|Civic Passion}} || [[2016 Hong Kong legislative election|2016]] || {{age in years and months |1983|11|5 |2020|5|31}}
|-
|-
| 26 August 2021 – present || [[Steven Ho (politician)|Steven Ho]] || {{Birth date|df=yes|1979|11|30}} || {{nowrap|[[Agriculture and Fisheries (constituency)|Agriculture and Fisheries]] [[Functional constituency (Hong Kong)|FC]]}}
| 26 August 2021 – 31 December 2021 || [[Steven Ho (politician)|Steven Ho]] || {{Birth date|df=yes|1979|11|30}} || {{nowrap|[[Agriculture and Fisheries (constituency)|Agriculture and Fisheries]] [[Functional constituency (Hong Kong)|FC]]}}
| {{Party name with colour|DABHK}} || [[2012 Hong Kong legislative election|2012]] || {{age in years and months |1979|11|30 |2021|8|26}}
| {{Party name with colour|DABHK}} || [[2012 Hong Kong legislative election|2012]] || {{age in years and months |1979|11|30 |2021|8|26}}
|-
| 1 January 2022 – Present || [[Joephy Chan]] || {{Birth date|df=yes|1990|12|1}} || {{nowrap|[[New Territories South West (2021 constituency)|New Territories South West]] [[geographical constituency|GC]]}}
| {{Party name with colour|HKFTU}} || [[2021 Hong Kong legislative election|2021]] || {{age in years and months |1990|12|1 |2022|1|1}}
|-
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|}
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! Date
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|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nazi Party}}" |
| style="color:inherit;background-color:{{party color|Nazi Party}}" |
| Károly Wirth
| Károly Wirth
| [[Arrow Cross Party|NYKP]]
| [[Arrow Cross Party|NYKP]]
| 1939–1944
| 1939–1944
|-
|-
| style="background:Red;"|
| style="color:inherit;background:Red;"|
| András Kis
| András Kis
| [[Hungarian Communist Party|MKP]]
| [[Hungarian Communist Party|MKP]]
| 1944–1945
| 1944–1945
|-
|-
| style="background:Red;"|
| style="color:inherit;background:Red;"|
| [[András Hegedüs]]
| [[András Hegedüs]]
| [[Hungarian Communist Party|MKP]]
| [[Hungarian Communist Party|MKP]]
| 1945
| 1945
|-
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party}}" |
| style="color:inherit;background-color:{{party color|Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party}}" |
| István B. Rácz
| István B. Rácz
| [[Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party|FKGP]]
| [[Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party|FKGP]]
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| 1947–1949
| 1947–1949
|-
|-
| style="background:Red;"|
| style="color:inherit;background:Red;"|
| Etel Kurlik
| Etel Kurlik
| [[Hungarian Working People's Party|MDP]]
| [[Hungarian Working People's Party|MDP]]
| 1949–1953
| 1949–1953
|-
|-
| style="background:Red;"|
| style="color:inherit;background:Red;"|
| Mária Inklovics
| Mária Inklovics
| [[Hungarian Working People's Party|MDP]]<br />[[Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party|MSZMP]]
| [[Hungarian Working People's Party|MDP]]<br />[[Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party|MSZMP]]
| 1953–1957
| 1953–1957
|-
|-
| style="background:Red;"|
| style="color:inherit;background:Red;"|
| Margit Kaptur
| Margit Kaptur
| [[Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party|MSZMP]]
| [[Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party|MSZMP]]
| 1957–1958
| 1957–1958
|-
|-
| style="background:Red;"|
| style="color:inherit;background:Red;"|
| Jusztina Csarnai
| Jusztina Csarnai
| [[Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party|MSZMP]]
| [[Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party|MSZMP]]
| 1958–1963
| 1958–1963
|-
|-
| style="background:Red;"|
| style="color:inherit;background:Red;"|
| István Ollári
| István Ollári
| [[Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party|MSZMP]]
| [[Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party|MSZMP]]
| 1963–1967
| 1963–1967
|-
|-
| style="background:Red;"|
| style="color:inherit;background:Red;"|
| István Bartha
| István Bartha
| [[Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party|MSZMP]]
| [[Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party|MSZMP]]
| 1967–1971
| 1967–1971
|-
|-
| style="background:Red;"|
| style="color:inherit;background:Red;"|
| Ilona Burka
| Ilona Burka
| [[Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party|MSZMP]]
| [[Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party|MSZMP]]
| 1971–1975
| 1971–1975
|-
|-
| style="background:Red;"|
| style="color:inherit;background:Red;"|
| Valéria Czégai
| Valéria Czégai
| [[Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party|MSZMP]]
| [[Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party|MSZMP]]
| 1975–1980
| 1975–1980
|-
|-
| style="background:Red;"|
| style="color:inherit;background:Red;"|
| Ibolya Kovács
| Ibolya Kovács
| [[Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party|MSZMP]]
| [[Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party|MSZMP]]
| 1980–1985
| 1980–1985
|-
|-
| style="background:Red;"|
| style="color:inherit;background:Red;"|
| Márta Danka
| Márta Danka
| [[Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party|MSZMP]]
| [[Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party|MSZMP]]
| 1985–1989
| 1985–1989
|-
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Independent (politician)}}" |
| style="color:inherit;background-color:{{party color|Independent (politician)}}" |
| rowspan=2 | Edit Bödő-Rózsa
| rowspan=2 | Edit Bödő-Rózsa
| [[Independent (politics)|Ind.]]
| [[Independent (politics)|Ind.]]
| rowspan=2 | 1989–1990
| rowspan=2 | 1989–1990
|-
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Alliance of Free Democrats}}" |
| style="color:inherit;background-color:{{party color|Alliance of Free Democrats}}" |
| [[Alliance of Free Democrats|SZDSZ]]
| [[Alliance of Free Democrats|SZDSZ]]
|-
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Fidesz}}" |
| style="color:inherit;background-color:{{party color|Fidesz}}" |
| [[Béla Glattfelder]]
| [[Béla Glattfelder]]
| [[Fidesz]]
| [[Fidesz]]
| 1990–1993
| 1990–1993
|-
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Fidesz}}" |
| style="color:inherit;background-color:{{party color|Fidesz}}" |
| [[Róbert Répássy]]
| [[Róbert Répássy]]
| [[Fidesz]]
| [[Fidesz]]
| 1993–1994
| 1993–1994
|-
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Hungarian Socialist Party}}" |
| style="color:inherit;background-color:{{party color|Hungarian Socialist Party}}" |
| [[László Botka]]
| [[László Botka]]
| [[Hungarian Socialist Party|MSZP]]
| [[Hungarian Socialist Party|MSZP]]
| 1994–1998
| 1994–1998
|-
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Hungarian Socialist Party}}" |
| style="color:inherit;background-color:{{party color|Hungarian Socialist Party}}" |
| János Zuschlag
| János Zuschlag
| [[Hungarian Socialist Party|MSZP]]
| [[Hungarian Socialist Party|MSZP]]
| 1998–2002
| 1998–2002
|-
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Fidesz}}" |
| style="color:inherit;background-color:{{party color|Fidesz}}" |
| [[Péter Szijjártó]]
| [[Péter Szijjártó]]
| [[Fidesz]]
| [[Fidesz]]
| 2002–2006
| 2002–2006
|-
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Hungarian Socialist Party}}" |
| style="color:inherit;background-color:{{party color|Hungarian Socialist Party}}" |
| László Nagy
| László Nagy
| [[Hungarian Socialist Party|MSZP]]
| [[Hungarian Socialist Party|MSZP]]
| 2006–2010
| 2006–2010
|-
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Jobbik}}" |
| style="color:inherit;background-color:{{party color|Jobbik}}" |
| [[Dóra Dúró]]
| [[Dóra Dúró]]
| [[Jobbik]]
| [[Jobbik]]
| 2010–2018
| 2010–2018
|-
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Politics Can Be Different}}" |
| style="color:inherit;background-color:{{party color|Politics Can Be Different}}" |
| [[Péter Ungár]]
| [[Péter Ungár]]
| [[Politics Can Be Different|LMP]]
| [[Politics Can Be Different|LMP]]
| 2018–2022
| 2018–2022
|-
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Momentum Movement}}" |
| style="color:inherit;background-color:{{party color|Momentum Movement}}" |
| [[Dávid Bedő]]
| [[Miklós Hajnal]]
| [[Momentum Movement|Momentum]]
| [[Momentum Movement|Momentum]]
| 2022–''present''
| 2022–''present''
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!Elected !! Name !! Constituency !!class="unsortable"| <!-- Do NOT use colspan. It breaks sorting -->!! Party !! Age when elected
!Elected !! Name !! Constituency !!class="unsortable"| <!-- Do NOT use colspan. It breaks sorting -->!! Party !! Age when elected
|-
|-
|{{sort|1984|[[1984 Indian general election|1984]]}} || {{sortname|Prakash Chandra|Yadav|Prakash Chandra Yadav}} ||[[Barh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Barh]]
|{{sort|1984|[[1984 Indian general election|1984]]}} || {{sortname|Prakash Chandra|Yadav|Prakash Chandra Yadav}} ||[[Barh Lok Sabha constituency|Barh]]
| {{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| {{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
|25 years, 3 months<ref>{{cite web |url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/3116.htm |title=Members' Bioprofile - Prakash Chandra |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=Parliament of India - Lok Sabha |access-date=27 November 2020}}</ref>
|25 years, 3 months<ref>{{cite web |url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/3116.htm |title=Members' Bioprofile - Prakash Chandra |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=Parliament of India - Lok Sabha |access-date=27 November 2020}}</ref>
|-
|-
|{{sort|1989|[[1989 Indian general election|1989]]}} || {{sortname|Nakul|Nayak|Nakul Nayak}} ||[[Phulbani (Lok Sabha constituency)|Phulbani]]
|{{sort|1989|[[1989 Indian general election|1989]]}} || {{sortname|Nakul|Nayak|Nakul Nayak}} ||[[Phulbani Lok Sabha constituency|Phulbani]]
| {{Party name with colour|Janata Dal}}
| {{Party name with colour|Janata Dal}}
|26 years, 8 months<ref>{{cite web |url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/3350.htm |title=Members' Bioprofile - Nakul Nayak |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=Parliament of India - Lok Sabha |access-date=27 November 2020}}</ref>
|26 years, 8 months<ref>{{cite web |url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/3350.htm |title=Members' Bioprofile - Nakul Nayak |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=Parliament of India - Lok Sabha |access-date=27 November 2020}}</ref>
|-
|-
|{{sort|1991|[[1991 Indian general election|1991]]}} || {{sortname|Dipika|Chikhlia|Dipika Chikhlia}} ||[[Vadodara (Lok Sabha constituency)|Vadodara]]
|{{sort|1991|[[1991 Indian general election|1991]]}} || {{sortname|Dipika|Chikhlia|Dipika Chikhlia}} ||[[Vadodara Lok Sabha constituency|Vadodara]]
| {{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| {{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|26 years, 2 months<ref>{{cite web |url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/3622.htm |title=Members' Bioprofile - Smt. Dipika Topiwala |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=Parliament of India - Lok Sabha |access-date=27 November 2020}}</ref>
|26 years, 2 months<ref>{{cite web |url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/3622.htm |title=Members' Bioprofile - Smt. Dipika Topiwala |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=Parliament of India - Lok Sabha |access-date=27 November 2020}}</ref>
|-
|-
|{{sort|1996|[[1996 Indian general election|1996]]}} || {{sortname|Nihal Chand|Chauhan|Nihalchand}} ||[[Ganganagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ganganagar]]
|{{sort|1996|[[1996 Indian general election|1996]]}} || {{sortname|Nihal Chand|Chauhan|Nihalchand}} ||[[Ganganagar Lok Sabha constituency|Ganganagar]]
| {{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| {{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|25 years, 4 months<ref>{{cite web |url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=95&lastls=17 |title=Members' Bioprofile |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=Parliament of India - Lok Sabha |access-date=27 November 2020}}</ref>
|25 years, 4 months<ref>{{cite web |url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=95&lastls=17 |title=Members' Bioprofile |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=Parliament of India - Lok Sabha |access-date=27 November 2020}}</ref>
|-
|-
|{{sort|1998|[[1998 Indian general election|1998]]}} || {{sortname|Yogi|Adityanath|Yogi Adityanath}} ||[[Gorakhpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Gorakhpur]]
|{{sort|1998|[[1998 Indian general election|1998]]}} || {{sortname|Yogi|Adityanath|Yogi Adityanath}} ||[[Gorakhpur Lok Sabha constituency|Gorakhpur]]
| {{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| {{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|25 years, 8 months<ref>{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Parliament of India - Twelfth Lok Sabha: Who's Who (1999) |url=https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/782475/1/publications_whoswho_english_12_1999.pdf |location=New Delhi |publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat |page=1219 |date=1999 }}</ref>
|25 years, 8 months<ref>{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Parliament of India - Twelfth Lok Sabha: Who's Who (1999) |url=https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/782475/1/publications_whoswho_english_12_1999.pdf |location=New Delhi |publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat |page=1219 |date=1999 }}</ref>
|-
|-
|{{sort|2000 (b) || {{sortname|Akhilesh|Yadav|Akhilesh Yadav}} ||[[Kannauj (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kannauj]]
|{{sort|2000|[[2000 elections in India|2000 (b)]]}} || {{sortname|Akhilesh|Yadav|Akhilesh Yadav}} ||[[Kannauj Lok Sabha constituency|Kannauj]]
| {{Party name with colour|Samajwadi Party}}
| {{Party name with colour|Samajwadi Party}}
|26 years, 7 months<ref>{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Parliament of India - Thirteenth Lok Sabha: Who's Who (2000) |url=https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/782476/1/publications_whoswho_english_13_2000.pdf |location=New Delhi |publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat |page=1253 |date=2000 }}</ref>
|26 years, 7 months<ref>{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Parliament of India - Thirteenth Lok Sabha: Who's Who (2000) |url=https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/782476/1/publications_whoswho_english_13_2000.pdf |location=New Delhi |publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat |page=1253 |date=2000 }}</ref>
|-
|-
|{{sort|2004 (b)|| {{sortname|Dharmendra|Yadav|Dharmendra Yadav}} ||[[Mainpuri (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mainpuri]]
|{{sort|2004|[[2004 elections in India|2004 (b)]]}}|| {{sortname|Dharmendra|Yadav|Dharmendra Yadav}} ||[[Mainpuri Lok Sabha constituency|Mainpuri]]
| {{Party name with colour|Samajwadi Party}}
| {{Party name with colour|Samajwadi Party}}
|25 years, 8 months<ref>{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Parliament of India - Fourteenth Lok Sabha: Who's Who (2005) |url=https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/782484/1/publications_whoswho_english_14_2005.pdf |location=New Delhi |publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat |page=1309 |date=2005 }}</ref>
|25 years, 8 months<ref>{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Parliament of India - Fourteenth Lok Sabha: Who's Who (2005) |url=https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/782484/1/publications_whoswho_english_14_2005.pdf |location=New Delhi |publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat |page=1309 |date=2005 }}</ref>
|-
|-
|{{sort|2009|[[2009 Indian general election|2009]]}} || {{sortname|Muhammed Hamdulla|Sayeed|Muhammed Hamdulla Sayeed}} ||[[Lakshadweep (Lok Sabha constituency)|Lakshadweep]]
|{{sort|2009|[[2009 Indian general election|2009]]}} || {{sortname|Muhammed Hamdulla|Sayeed|Muhammed Hamdulla Sayeed}} ||[[Lakshadweep Lok Sabha constituency|Lakshadweep]]
| {{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| {{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
|27 years, 0 months<ref>{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Parliament of India - Fifteenth Lok Sabha: Who's Who (2011) |url=https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/764091/1/publication_whoswho_eng_15_2011.pdf |location=New Delhi |publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat |page=1333 |date=2011 }}</ref>
|27 years, 0 months<ref>{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Parliament of India - Fifteenth Lok Sabha: Who's Who (2011) |url=https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/764091/1/publication_whoswho_eng_15_2011.pdf |location=New Delhi |publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat |page=1333 |date=2011 }}</ref>
|-
|-
|{{sort|2014|[[2014 Indian general election|2014]]}} || {{sortname|Dushyant|Chautala|Dushyant Chautala}} ||[[Hisar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hisar]]
|{{sort|2014|[[2014 Indian general election|2014]]}} || {{sortname|Dushyant|Chautala|Dushyant Chautala}} ||[[Hisar Lok Sabha constituency|Hisar]]
| {{Party name with colour|Indian National Lok Dal}}
| {{Party name with colour|Indian National Lok Dal}}
|26 years, 1 month<ref>{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Parliament of India - Sixteenth Lok Sabha: Who's Who (2016) |url=https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/789224/1/publications_whoswho_books_16_2016.pdf |location=New Delhi |publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat |page=1391 |date=2016 }}</ref>
|26 years, 1 month<ref>{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Parliament of India - Sixteenth Lok Sabha: Who's Who (2016) |url=https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/789224/1/publications_whoswho_books_16_2016.pdf |location=New Delhi |publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat |page=1391 |date=2016 }}</ref>
|-
|-
|{{sort|2019|[[2019 Indian general election|2019]]}} || {{sortname|Chandrani|Murmu|Chandrani Murmu}} ||[[Keonjhar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Keonjhar]]
|{{sort|2019|[[2019 Indian general election|2019]]}} || {{sortname|Chandrani|Murmu|Chandrani Murmu}} ||[[Keonjhar Lok Sabha constituency|Keonjhar]]
| {{Party name with colour|Biju Janata Dal}}
| {{Party name with colour|Biju Janata Dal}}
|25 years, 11 months
|25 years, 11 months
|-
|{{sort|2024|[[2024 Indian general election|2024]]}} || {{sortname|Pushpendra|Saroj|Pushpendra Saroj}} ||[[Kaushambi Lok Sabha constituency|Kaushambi]]
| {{Party name with colour|Samajwadi Party}}
|25 years, 3 months
|-
|-
|}
|}


[ (b) – by-election]
[(b) – by-election]


==Iran==
==Iran==
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|-
| [[2012 Iranian legislative election|2012]]
| [[2012 Iranian legislative election|2012]]
| style="background:White;"|
| style="color:inherit;background:White;"|
| [[Mohammad Hassannejad]]
| [[Mohammad Hassannejad]]
| Independent
| Independent
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|-
|-
| [[2016 Iranian legislative election|2016]]
| [[2016 Iranian legislative election|2016]]
| style="background:#3cb8c2;"|
| style="color:inherit;background:#3cb8c2;"|
| [[Fatemeh Hosseini]]
| [[Fatemeh Hosseini]]
| [[List of Hope]]
| [[List of Hope]]
| 30
| 30
|-
| [[2020 Iranian legislative election|2020]]
| style="color:inherit;background:White;"|
| [[Rouhollah Nejabat]]
| Independent
| 31
|}
|}


==Ireland==
==Ireland==
In the [[Republic of Ireland]] the term is rarely used, as [[Teachta Dála|TD]]s normally enter the Dáil after a political career in local government, usually only in their thirties and later. The current baby of the [[Dáil Éireann|Dáil]] is the [[Fianna Fáil]] deputy [[James O'Connor (Cork politician)|James O'Connor]] ([[Cork East (Dáil constituency)|Cork East]]), who was 22 years and 7 months old when [[2020 Irish general election|elected in February 2020]].
In the [[Republic of Ireland]] the term is rarely used, as [[Teachta Dála|TD]]s normally enter the Dáil after a political career in local government, usually only in their thirties and later. The current baby of the [[Dáil Éireann|Dáil]] is the [[Labour Party (Ireland)|Labour]] TD [[Eoghan Kenny]] ([[Cork North-Central (Dáil constituency)|Cork North-Central]]), who was 24 years and 10 months old when [[2024 Irish general election|elected in November 2024]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2024/12/07/seven-lawyers-six-teachers-a-theatre-manager-an-undertaker-whos-who-in-the-34th-dail/|title=Seven lawyers, six teachers, a theatre manager, an undertaker ... who’s who in the 34th Dáil?|work=[[The Irish Times]]|date=7 December 2024|access-date=9 December 2024}}</ref>


The youngest TD of all time was [[William J. Murphy (Labour politician)|William J. Murphy]], elected age 21 years 29 days; the youngest female TD was [[Kathleen O'Connor (politician)|Kathleen O'Connor]], 21 years 7 months.
The youngest TD of all time was [[William J. Murphy (Labour politician)|William J. Murphy]], elected age 21 years 29 days; the youngest female TD was [[Kathleen O'Connor (politician)|Kathleen O'Connor]], 21 years 7 months.


===List of Babies of the Dáil===
===List of babies of the Dáil===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
|-
! Elected
!Elected !! Name !! Constituency !! class="unsortable"| <!-- Do NOT use colspan. It breaks sorting --> !! Party !! Age
! Name
! Constituency
! class="unsortable"| <!-- Do NOT use colspan. It breaks sorting -->
! Party
! Age
|-
|-
|[[1918 Irish general election|1918]] || {{sortname|Joseph|Sweeney|Joseph Sweeney (Irish politician)}}<ref>Joseph Sweeney did not take his seat in the House of Commons but sat in the [[First Dáil]]</ref> ||[[West Donegal (UK Parliament constituency)|West Donegal]]
| [[1918 Irish general election|1918]]
| {{sortname|Joseph|Sweeney|Joseph Sweeney (Irish politician)}}<ref>Joseph Sweeney did not take his seat in the House of Commons but sat in the [[First Dáil]]</ref>
| [[West Donegal (UK Parliament constituency)|West Donegal]]
| {{Party name with colour|Sinn Féin}}
| {{Party name with color|Sinn Féin}}
|21
| 21
<!-- Missing from 1923 to June 1927 -->
<!-- Missing from 1923 to June 1927 -->
|-
|-
|[[June 1927 Irish general election|1927]] || {{sortname|Timothy|Quill}} ||[[Cork North (Dáil constituency)|Cork North]]
| [[June 1927 Irish general election|1927]]
| {{sortname|Timothy|Quill}}
| [[Cork North (Dáil constituency)|Cork North]]
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (Ireland)}}
| {{Party name with color|Labour Party (Ireland)}}
|26
| 26
<!-- Missing from Sep. 1927 to 1943 -->
<!-- Missing from Sep. 1927 to 1937 -->
|-
|-
|[[1943 Irish general election|1943]] || {{sortname|Oliver J.|Flanagan}} || [[Laois–Offaly (Dáil constituency)|Laois–Offaly]]
| [[1937 Irish general election|1937]]
| {{sortname|A. P.|Byrne}}
| {{Party name with colour|Fine Gael}}
| [[Dublin North-West (Dáil constituency)|Dublin North-West]]
|23
| {{Party name with color|Independent politician (Ireland)}}
| 24
|-
|-
| [[1943 Irish general election|1943]]
|1948 || {{sortname|Neil|Blaney}} || [[Donegal East (Dáil constituency)|Donegal East]]
| {{sortname|Oliver J.|Flanagan}}
| {{Party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}
| [[Laois–Offaly (Dáil constituency)|Laois–Offaly]]
|26
| {{Party name with color|Irish Monetary Reform Association}}
| 23
|-
|-
| 1948
|1949 || {{sortname|William J.|Murphy|William J. Murphy (Labour politician)}} || [[Cork West (Dáil constituency)|Cork West]]
| {{sortname|Neil|Blaney}}
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (Ireland)}}
| [[Donegal East (Dáil constituency)|Donegal East]]
|21
| {{Party name with color|Fianna Fáil}}
| 26
|-
|-
| 1949
|[[1951 Irish general election|1951]] || {{sortname|Declan|Costello}} || [[Dublin North-West (Dáil constituency)|Dublin North-West]]
| {{sortname|William J.|Murphy|William J. Murphy (Labour politician)}}
| {{Party name with colour|Fine Gael}}
| [[Cork West (Dáil constituency)|Cork West]]
|24
| {{Party name with color|Labour Party (Ireland)}}
| 21
|-
|-
| [[1951 Irish general election|1951]]
|1956 || {{sortname|Kathleen|O'Connor|Kathleen O'Connor (politician)}} || [[Kerry North (Dáil constituency)|Kerry North]]
| {{sortname|Declan|Costello}}
| {{Party name with colour|Clann na Poblachta}}
| [[Dublin North-West (Dáil constituency)|Dublin North-West]]
|21
| {{Party name with color|Fine Gael}}
| 24
|-
|-
| 1956
|[[1957 Irish general election|1957]] || {{sortname|Brigid|Hogan|Brigid Hogan-O'Higgins}} || [[Galway South (Dáil constituency)|Galway South]]
| {{sortname|Kathleen|O'Connor|Kathleen O'Connor (politician)}}
| {{Party name with colour|Fine Gael}}
| [[Kerry North (Dáil constituency)|Kerry North]]
|24
| {{Party name with color|Clann na Poblachta}}
| 21
|-
|-
| [[1957 Irish general election|1957]]
|1958 || {{sortname|Anthony|Millar}} || [[Galway South (Dáil constituency)|Galway South]]
| {{sortname|Brigid|Hogan|Brigid Hogan-O'Higgins}}
| {{Party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}
| [[Galway South (Dáil constituency)|Galway South]]
|23
| {{Party name with color|Fine Gael}}
| 24
|-
|-
| 1958
|[[1961 Irish general election|1961]] || {{sortname|Lorcan|Allen}} || [[Wexford (Dáil constituency)|Wexford]]
| {{sortname|Anthony|Millar}}
| {{Party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}
| [[Galway South (Dáil constituency)|Galway South]]
|21
| {{Party name with color|Fianna Fáil}}
| 23
|-
|-
|[[1965 Irish general election|1965]] || {{sortname|Des|Foley}} || [[Dublin County (Dáil constituency)|Dublin County]]
| [[1961 Irish general election|1961]]
| {{sortname|Lorcan|Allen}}
| {{Party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}
| [[Wexford (Dáil constituency)|Wexford]]
|24
| {{Party name with color|Fianna Fáil}}
| 21
|-
|-
|[[1969 Irish general election|1969]] || {{sortname|John|Bruton}} || [[Meath (Dáil constituency)|Meath]]
| [[1965 Irish general election|1965]]
| {{sortname|Des|Foley}}
| {{Party name with colour|Fine Gael}}
| [[Dublin County (Dáil constituency)|Dublin County]]
|22
| {{Party name with color|Fianna Fáil}}
| 24
|-
|-
| [[1969 Irish general election|1969]]
|1975 || {{sortname|Máire|Geoghegan-Quinn}} || [[Galway West (Dáil constituency)|Galway West]]
| {{sortname|John|Bruton}}
| {{Party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}
| [[Meath (Dáil constituency)|Meath]]
|24
| {{Party name with color|Fine Gael}}
| 22
|-
|-
| 1975
|1975 || {{sortname|Enda|Kenny}} || [[Mayo West (Dáil constituency)|Mayo West]]
| {{sortname|Máire|Geoghegan-Quinn}}
| {{Party name with colour|Fine Gael}}
| [[Galway West (Dáil constituency)|Galway West]]
|24
| {{Party name with color|Fianna Fáil}}
| 24
|-
|-
| 1975
|[[1977 Irish general election|1977]] || {{sortname|Síle|de Valera}} || [[Dublin County Mid (Dáil constituency)|Dublin County Mid]]
| {{sortname|Enda|Kenny}}
| {{Party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}
| [[Mayo West (Dáil constituency)|Mayo West]]
|23
| {{Party name with color|Fine Gael}}
| 24
|-
|-
| [[1977 Irish general election|1977]]
|1979 || {{sortname|Myra|Barry}} || [[Cork North-East (Dáil constituency)|Cork North-East]]
| {{sortname|Síle|de Valera}}
| {{Party name with colour|Fine Gael}}
| [[Dublin County Mid (Dáil constituency)|Dublin County Mid]]
|22
| {{Party name with color|Fianna Fáil}}
| 23
|-
|-
| 1979
|[[1981 Irish general election|1981]] || {{sortname|Ivan|Yates}} || [[Wexford (Dáil constituency)|Wexford]]
| {{sortname|Myra|Barry}}
| {{Party name with colour|Fine Gael}}
| [[Cork North-East (Dáil constituency)|Cork North-East]]
|21
| {{Party name with color|Fine Gael}}
| 22
|-
|-
| [[1981 Irish general election|1981]]
|1984 || {{sortname|Brian|Cowen}} || [[Laois–Offaly (Dáil constituency)|Laois–Offaly]]
| {{sortname|Ivan|Yates}}
| {{Party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}
| [[Wexford (Dáil constituency)|Wexford]]
|24
| {{Party name with color|Fine Gael}}
| 21
|-
|-
| 1984
|[[1987 Irish general election|1987]] || {{sortname|Mary|Coughlan|Mary Coughlan (politician)}} || [[Donegal South-West (Dáil constituency)|Donegal South-West]]
| {{sortname|Brian|Cowen}}
| {{Party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}
| [[Laois–Offaly (Dáil constituency)|Laois–Offaly]]
|21
| {{Party name with color|Fianna Fáil}}
| 24
|-
|-
| [[1987 Irish general election|1987]]
|1995 || {{sortname|Mildred|Fox}} || [[Wicklow (Dáil constituency)|Wicklow]]
| {{Party name with colour|Independent politician}}
| {{sortname|Mary|Coughlan|Mary Coughlan (politician)}}
| [[Donegal South-West (Dáil constituency)|Donegal South-West]]
|24
| {{Party name with color|Fianna Fáil}}
| 21
|-
|-
| 1995
|[[1997 Irish general election|1997]] || {{sortname|Denis|Naughten}} || [[Longford–Roscommon (Dáil constituency)|Longford–Roscommon]]
| {{sortname|Mildred|Fox}}
| {{Party name with colour|Fine Gael}}
| [[Wicklow (Dáil constituency)|Wicklow]]
|24
| {{Party name with color|Independent politician (Ireland)}}
| 24
|-
|-
|[[2002 Irish general election|2002]] || {{sortname|Damien|English}} || [[Meath (Dáil constituency)|Meath]]
| [[1997 Irish general election|1997]]
| {{sortname|Denis|Naughten}}
| {{Party name with colour|Fine Gael}}
| [[Longford–Roscommon (Dáil constituency)|Longford–Roscommon]]
|24
| {{Party name with color|Fine Gael}}
| 24
|-
|-
|[[2007 Irish general election|2007]] || {{sortname|Lucinda|Creighton}} || [[Dublin South-East (Dáil constituency)|Dublin South-East]]
| [[2002 Irish general election|2002]]
| {{sortname|Damien|English}}
| {{Party name with colour|Fine Gael}}
| [[Meath (Dáil constituency)|Meath]]
|27
| {{Party name with color|Fine Gael}}
| 24
|-
|-
|[[2011 Irish general election|2011]] || {{sortname|Simon|Harris|Simon Harris (politician)}} || [[Wicklow (Dáil constituency)|Wicklow]]
| [[2007 Irish general election|2007]]
| {{sortname|Lucinda|Creighton}}
| {{Party name with colour|Fine Gael}}
| [[Dublin South-East (Dáil constituency)|Dublin South-East]]
|24
| {{Party name with color|Fine Gael}}
| 27
|-
|-
| [[2011 Irish general election|2011]]
|[[2016 Irish general election|2016]] || {{sortname|Jack|Chambers|Jack Chambers (politician)}} || [[Dublin West (Dáil constituency)|Dublin West]]
| {{sortname|Simon|Harris}}
| {{Party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}
| [[Wicklow (Dáil constituency)|Wicklow]]
|25
| {{Party name with color|Fine Gael}}
| 24
|-
|-
| [[2016 Irish general election|2016]]
|[[2020 Irish general election|2020]] || {{sortname|James|O'Connor|James O'Connor (Cork politician)}} || [[Cork East (Dáil constituency)|Cork East]]
| {{sortname|Jack|Chambers|Jack Chambers (politician)}}
| {{Party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}
| [[Dublin West (Dáil constituency)|Dublin West]]
|22
| {{Party name with color|Fianna Fáil}}
| 25
|-
| [[2020 Irish general election|2020]]
| {{sortname|James|O'Connor|James O'Connor (Cork politician)}}
| [[Cork East (Dáil constituency)|Cork East]]
| {{Party name with color|Fianna Fáil}}
| 22
|-
| [[2024 Irish general election|2024]]
| {{sortname|Eoghan|Kenny|Eoghan Kenny}}
| [[Cork North-Central (Dáil constituency)|Cork North-Central]]
| {{Party name with color|Labour Party (Ireland)}}
| 24
|}
|}


===Baby of Seanad Éireann===
===Baby of Seanad Éireann===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
The youngest senator in [[Seanad Éireann]] is [[Fintan Warfield]] who was elected as a senator at the age of 24.
|-

! Elected
The youngest ever senator was [[Kathryn Reilly]], who was 22 when elected in 2011.<ref>{{cite news |last1=O'Regan |first1=Michael |title=SF woman (22) is youngest ever Senator |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/sf-woman-22-is-youngest-ever-senator-1.585303 |access-date=21 July 2020 |work=The Irish Times |date=30 April 2011}}</ref>
! Name
! Panel
! class="unsortable"| <!-- Do NOT use colspan. It breaks sorting -->
! Party
! Age
|-
<!-- Missing from 1922 to 2011 -->
| [[24th Seanad|2011]]
| {{sortname|Kathryn|Reilly}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=O'Regan |first1=Michael |title=SF woman (22) is youngest ever Senator |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/sf-woman-22-is-youngest-ever-senator-1.585303 |access-date=21 July 2020 |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=30 April 2011}}</ref>
| [[Industrial and Commercial Panel]]
| {{Party name with color|Sinn Féin}}
| 22
|-
| [[25th Seanad|2016]]
| {{sortname|Fintan|Warfield}}
| [[Cultural and Educational Panel]]
| {{Party name with color|Sinn Féin}}
| 24
|}


==Israel==
==Israel==
In Israel the term is seldom used. The youngest member of the [[List of members of the twenty-fourth Knesset|current]] [[Knesset]] is [[Shirley Pinto]] of [[Yamina]] elected in 2021 aged 32.
In Israel the term is seldom used. The youngest member of the [[List of members of the twenty-fifth Knesset|current]] [[Knesset]] is [[Yitzhak Wasserlauf]] of [[Otzma Yehudit]], elected in [[2022 Israeli legislative election|2022]] aged 30.


The youngest member of the [[Knesset]] ever is [[Moshe Nissim]], elected in 1959 aged 24.
The youngest member of the [[Knesset]] ever is [[Moshe Nissim]], elected in 1959 aged 24.


==Italy==
==Italy==
[[File:Enzo Lattuca daticamera.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Enzo Lattuca]], baby of the Italian Chamber of Deputies (2013–2018) and youngest deputy ever.]][[File:Angela_Raffa_daticamera_2018.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Angela Raffa]], baby of the Italian Chamber of Deputies (since 2018).]]
[[File:Enzo Lattuca daticamera.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Enzo Lattuca]], baby of the Italian Chamber of Deputies (2013–2018) and youngest deputy ever.]]
[[File:Rachele Scarpa XIX.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Rachele Scarpa]], current baby of the Italian Chamber of Deputies.]]
The youngest member of the [[Italian Chamber of Deputies|Chamber of Deputies]] ever is [[Enzo Lattuca]] ([[Democratic Party (Italy)|PD]]), elected in [[2013 Italian general election|2013]], aged 25 years, 1 month, and 6 days. The youngest woman ever elected to the Chamber of Deputies is [[Angela Raffa]] ([[Five Star Movement|M5S]]), elected in [[2018 Italian general election|2018]], aged 25 years, 1 month, and 25 days.
The youngest member of the [[Italian Chamber of Deputies|Chamber of Deputies]] ever is [[Enzo Lattuca]] ([[Democratic Party (Italy)|PD]]), elected in [[2013 Italian general election|2013]], aged 25 years, 1 month, and 6 days.


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
!Elected !! Name !! colspan=2|Party !! Age
!Elected !! Name !! colspan=2|Party !! Date of birth !! Age
|-
|-
|[[1948 Italian general election|1948]] || [[Francesco Pignatone]]|| style="background-color:#87CEFA;" | || [[Christian Democracy (Italy)|DC]] || 25
|[[1948 Italian general election|1948]] || [[Francesco Pignatone]]|| style="background-color:#87CEFA;" | || [[Christian Democracy (Italy)|DC]] || 30 March 1923 || {{formatnum:{{ayd|1923|3|30|1948|5|8}}}}
|-
|-
|[[1953 Italian general election|1953]] || [[Fabio De Felice]]|| style="background-color:#000000;" | || [[Italian Social Movement|MSI]] || 25
|[[1953 Italian general election|1953]] || [[Fabio De Felice]]|| style="background-color:#000000;" | || [[Italian Social Movement|MSI]] || 13 July 1927|| {{formatnum:{{ayd|1927|7|13|1953|6|25}}}}
|-
|-
|[[1958 Italian general election|1958]] || [[Riccardo Misasi]]|| style="background-color:#87CEFA;" | || DC || 25
|[[1958 Italian general election|1958]] || [[Riccardo Misasi]]|| style="background-color:#87CEFA;" | || DC || 14 July 1932 || {{formatnum:{{ayd|1932|07|14|1958|6|12}}}}
|-
|-
|[[1963 Italian general election|1963]] || [[Luigi Berlinguer]] || style="background-color:#C72F35;"| || [[Italian Communist Party|PCI]] || 30
|[[1963 Italian general election|1963]] || [[Luigi Berlinguer]] || style="background-color:#C72F35;"| || [[Italian Communist Party|PCI]] || 25 July 1932 || {{formatnum:{{ayd|1932|7|25|1963|5|16}}}}
|-
|-
| 1967 || [[Giuseppe Antonio Bottaro]]|| style="background-color:#C72F35;" | || PCI || 33
|''1967'' || [[Giuseppe Antonio Bottaro]]|| style="background-color:#C72F35;" | || PCI || 21 October 1933 || {{formatnum:{{ayd|1933|10|21|1967|3|8}}}}
|-
|-
|[[1968 Italian general election|1968]] || [[Carlo Sangalli]]|| style="background-color:#87CEFA;" | || DC || 30
|[[1968 Italian general election|1968]] || [[Carlo Sangalli]]|| style="background-color:#87CEFA;" | || DC || 31 August 1937 || {{formatnum:{{ayd|1937|8|31|1968|6|5}}}}
|-
|-
|[[1972 Italian general election|1972]] || [[Giuseppa Mendola]]|| style="background-color:#C72F35;" | || PCI || 26
|[[1972 Italian general election|1972]] || [[Giuseppa Mendola]]|| style="background-color:#C72F35;" | || PCI || 4 December 1945 || {{formatnum:{{ayd|1945|12|4|1972|5|25}}}}
|-
|-
|[[1976 Italian general election|1976]] || [[Paolo Allegra]]|| style="background-color:#C72F35;" | || PCI || 25
|[[1976 Italian general election|1976]] || [[Paolo Allegra]]|| style="background-color:#C72F35;" | || PCI || 2 December 1950 || {{formatnum:{{ayd|1950|12|2|1976|7|5}}}}
|-
|-
|[[1979 Italian general election|1979]] || [[Anna Maria Castelli Migali]]|| style="background-color:#C72F35;" | ||PCI || 27
|[[1979 Italian general election|1979]] || [[Anna Maria Castelli Migali]]|| style="background-color:#C72F35;" | ||PCI || 5 October 1951 || {{formatnum:{{ayd|1951|10|5|1979|6|20}}}}
|-
|-
| 1979 || [[Michl Ebner]] || style="background-color:#000000;"| || [[South Tyrolean People's Party|SVP]] || 26
|''1979'' || [[Michl Ebner]] || style="background-color:#000000;"| || [[South Tyrolean People's Party|SVP]] || 20 September 1952 || {{formatnum:{{ayd|1952|9|20|1979|9|18}}}}
|-
|-
|[[1983 Italian general election|1983]] || [[Giovanni Negri]]|| style="background-color:#FFA500;" | || [[Radical Party (Italy)|PR]] || 26
|[[1983 Italian general election|1983]] || [[Giovanni Negri]]|| style="background-color:#FFA500;" | || [[Radical Party (Italy)|PR]] || 16 May 1957 || {{formatnum:{{ayd|1957|05|16|1983|7|12}}}}
|-
|-
| 1984 || [[Pier Ferdinando Casini]] || style="background-color:#87CEFA;"| || DC || 28
|[[1987 Italian general election|1987]] || [[Cristina Bevilacqua]]|| style="background-color:#C72F35;" | || PCI || 9 March 1962 || {{formatnum:{{ayd|1962|03|9|1987|7|2}}}}
|-
|-
|[[1987 Italian general election|1987]] || [[Cristina Bevilacqua]]|| style="background-color:#C72F35;" | || PCI || 25
|[[1992 Italian general election|1992]] || [[Elisabetta Bertotti]]|| style="background-color:#008000;" | || [[Lega Nord|LN]] || 8 December 1966 || {{formatnum:{{ayd|1966|12|8|1992|4|23}}}}
|-
|-
|[[1992 Italian general election|1992]] || [[Elisabetta Bertotti]]|| style="background-color:#008000;" | || [[Lega Nord|LN]] || 25
|[[1994 Italian general election|1994]] || [[Sebastiano Fogliato]]|| style="background-color:#008000;" | || LN || 28 September 1967 || {{formatnum:{{ayd|1967|09|28|1994|4|15}}}}
|-
|-
|[[1994 Italian general election|1994]] || [[Sebastiano Fogliato]]|| style="background-color:#008000;" | || LN || 26
|[[1996 Italian general election|1996]] || [[Franca Gambato]]|| style="background-color:#008000;" | || LN || 31 August 1969 || {{formatnum:{{ayd|1969|8|31|1996|5|9}}}}
|-
|-
|[[1996 Italian general election|1996]] || [[Franca Gambato]]|| style="background-color:#008000;" | || LN || 26
|[[2001 Italian general election|2001]] || [[Chiara Moroni]] || style="background-color:#FA8072;"| || [[New Italian Socialist Party|NPSI]] || 23 October 1974 || {{formatnum:{{ayd|1974|10|23|2001|5|30}}}}
|-
|-
|[[2001 Italian general election|2001]] || [[Chiara Moroni]] || style="background-color:#FA8072;"| || [[New Italian Socialist Party|NPSI]] || 26
|[[2006 Italian general election|2006]] || [[Arturo Scotto]] || style="background-color:#EF1C27;"| || [[Democrats of the Left|DS]] || 15 May 1978 || {{formatnum:{{ayd|1978|5|15|2006|4|28}}}}
|-
|-
|[[2006 Italian general election|2006]] || [[Arturo Scotto]] || style="background-color:#EF1C27;"| || [[Democrats of the Left|DS]] || 27
|[[2008 Italian general election|2008]] || [[Annagrazia Calabria]] || style="background-color:#0087DC;"| || [[The People of Freedom|PdL]] || 6 May 1982 || {{formatnum:{{ayd|1982|05|6|2008|4|29}}}}
|-
|-
|[[2008 Italian general election|2008]] || [[Annagrazia Calabria]] || style="background-color:#0087DC;"| || [[The People of Freedom|PdL]] || 26
|[[2013 Italian general election|2013]] || [[Enzo Lattuca]] || style="background-color:#EF1C27;"| || [[Democratic Party (Italy)|PD]] || 9 February 1988 || {{formatnum:{{ayd|1988|02|9|2013|3|15}}}}
|-
|-
|[[2013 Italian general election|2013]] || [[Enzo Lattuca]] || style="background-color:#EF1C27;"| || [[Democratic Party (Italy)|PD]] || 25
|[[2018 Italian general election|2018]] || [[Angela Raffa]]|| style="background-color:#FFEB3B;" | || [[Five Star Movement|M5S]] || 26 January 1993 || {{formatnum:{{ayd|1993|01|26|2018|3|23}}}}
|-
|-
|[[2018 Italian general election|2018]] || [[Angela Raffa]]|| style="background-color:#FFEB3B;" | || [[Five Star Movement|M5S]] || 25
|-
|-
|[[2022 Italian general election|2022]] || [[Rachele Scarpa]]|| style="background-color:#EF1C27;" | || PD || 29 January 1997 || {{formatnum:{{ayd|1997|01|29|2022|10|13}}}}
|}
{{Clear}}

== Kenya ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!MP
!Age
!Party
!Constituency
!Election
!Parliament
|-
|[[John Paul Mwirigi]]<ref name="2R">{{cite web |author=Rene Otinga |date=16 September 2017 |title=Pleasant surprise: Uhuru donates brand new Toyota Prado to 'broke' 23-year-old MP as he promised |url=https://www.tuko.co.ke/252092-pleasant-surprise-uhuru-donates-brand-toyota-prado-broke-23-year-mp-promised.html#252092 |access-date=28 November 2018 |publisher=TUKO Kenya |location=Nairobi |archive-date=28 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181128210743/https://www.tuko.co.ke/252092-pleasant-surprise-uhuru-donates-brand-toyota-prado-broke-23-year-mp-promised.html#252092 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|23
|[[United Democratic Alliance (Kenya)|UDA]]
|[[Igembe South Constituency|Igembe South]]
|[[2017 Kenyan general election|2017]]
|[[12th Parliament of Kenya|12th Parliament]]
|}
|}
{{-}}


==Malawi==
==Malawi==
The youngest MP in Malawi was [[Angela Zachepa]] who was voted in as MP at age 21.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.malawivoice.com/entertainment/atupele-muluzi-to-engage-former-youngest-parliamentarian-angella-zachepa/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2012-11-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100701115050/http://www.malawivoice.com/entertainment/atupele-muluzi-to-engage-former-youngest-parliamentarian-angella-zachepa/ |archive-date=1 July 2010 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
The youngest MP in Malawi was [[Angela Zachepa]], who was voted in as MP at age 21.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.malawivoice.com/entertainment/atupele-muluzi-to-engage-former-youngest-parliamentarian-angella-zachepa/ |title=Atupele Muluzi to engage former youngest parliamentarian, Angella Zachepa &#124; Malawi Voice |access-date=2012-11-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100701115050/http://www.malawivoice.com/entertainment/atupele-muluzi-to-engage-former-youngest-parliamentarian-angella-zachepa/ |archive-date=1 July 2010 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>


==Malaysia==
==Malaysia==
In Malaysia the term is rarely used. Most MPs and senators are elected usually only in their thirties and later but some prominent MPs have been elected rather early in life including former Prime Minister [[Najib Razak]] who was elected at 22 years and 6 months in age in 1976. The youngest-ever elected member of the Dewan Rakyat is [[Prabakaran Parameswaran]], who was elected at the age of 22 years and 3 months in 2018. Prabakaran is the youngest MP in Malaysian history and currently serving as well.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.malaymail.com/s/1630312/malaysias-youngest-mp-prabakaran-joins-pkr|title=Malaysia's youngest MP Prabakaran joins PKR|newspaper=[[Malay Mail]]|date=13 May 2018|access-date=2018-08-06}}</ref>
In [[Malaysia]], the term is very rarely used. Most MPs are directly elected and Senators are appointed or indirectly elected, usually in their middle age, but a few were elected as an MP at a very young age, including former [[Prime Minister of Malaysia|Prime Minister]] and former [[Pekan (federal constituency)|Pekan]] MP [[Najib Razak]], who was elected at 22 years and 6 months in 1976. The youngest ever elected is [[Batu (federal constituency)|Batu]] MP [[Prabakaran Parameswaran]], who was elected at the age of 22 years and 3 months in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.malaymail.com/s/1630312/malaysias-youngest-mp-prabakaran-joins-pkr|title=Malaysia's youngest MP Prabakaran joins PKR|newspaper=[[Malay Mail]]|date=13 May 2018|access-date=2018-08-06}}</ref> The present Baby of the House is [[Sungai Petani (federal constituency)|Sungai Petani]] MP [[Mohammed Taufiq Johari]], who was elected in 2022. Mohammed Taufiq is a month younger than Prabakaran. Any citizen 18 years of age or older can become a candidate and be directly elected to the [[Dewan Rakyat]] as an MP and [[State Legislative Assemblies of Malaysia|State Legislative Assemblies]] as an MLA,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spr.gov.my/ms/pilihan-raya/penjalanan-pilihan-raya/calon|title=Penjalanan Pilihan Raya: Calon|publisher=[[Election Commission of Malaysia]]|access-date=2018-08-06|archive-date=23 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180423033816/http://www.spr.gov.my/ms/pilihan-raya/penjalanan-pilihan-raya/calon|url-status=dead}}</ref> while any citizen 30 years of age or older can be appointed or indirectly elected to the [[Dewan Negara]] as a Senator.

In [[Malaysia]], any citizen 21 years of age or older can become a candidate and be elected to the [[Dewan Rakyat]] and [[Dewan Undangan Negeri]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spr.gov.my/ms/pilihan-raya/penjalanan-pilihan-raya/calon|title=Penjalanan Pilihan Raya: Calon|publisher=[[Election Commission of Malaysia]]|access-date=2018-08-06|archive-date=23 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180423033816/http://www.spr.gov.my/ms/pilihan-raya/penjalanan-pilihan-raya/calon|url-status=dead}}</ref> Minimum age for the [[Dewan Negara|Senator]] is 30 by constitution.


== Marshall Islands ==
== Marshall Islands ==
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==New Zealand==
==New Zealand==
[[File:Chlöe Swarbrick headshot.jpg|thumb|Swarbrick in 2017]]
[[File:Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke (cropped half-shot).jpg|thumb|Maipi-Clarke in 2024]]
The term "Baby of the House" is rarely used in New Zealand. The current Baby of the House is [[Chlöe Swarbrick]] of the [[Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand|Green Party]], who was elected on [[2017 New Zealand general election|24 September 2017]] aged 23.<ref>{{cite news|title=Chloe Swarbrick, 23, set to become NZ's youngest MP in 42 years|url= http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=11925745 |access-date=24 September 2017|work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=23 September 2017}}</ref> Swarbrick succeeded [[Todd Barclay]] of the [[New Zealand National Party|National Party]], who had been elected at the 2014 general election at age 24.<ref name="Stuff profile">{{cite news| url= http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/9988402/Who-is-Nationals-Todd-Barclay |title=Who is National's Todd Barclay? |work=[[Stuff.co.nz]] |date=29 April 2014 |access-date=21 September 2014 |first=Hamish |last=Rutherford}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Election 2014: Southland decides |url= http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/10524729/Election-2014-Southland-decides |access-date=26 September 2014 |work=[[The Southland Times]] |date=20 September 2014}}</ref>{{update inline|?=yes|date=December 2020}}
The term "Baby of the House" is rarely used in New Zealand. The current Baby of the House is [[Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke]] of [[Te Pāti Māori]], who was elected on [[2023 New Zealand general election|14 October 2023]] aged 21.<ref>{{cite news |title=Nanaia Mahuta unseated by 21-year-old newcomer Hana Maipi-Clarke |url=https://www.1news.co.nz/2023/10/14/nanaia-mahuta-unseated-by-21-year-old-newcomer-hana-maipi-clarke/ |access-date=18 November 2023 |work=1 News |date=14 October 2023 |language=en}}</ref> Maipi-Clarke succeeded [[Chlöe Swarbrick]] of the [[Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand|Green Party]], who was elected on [[2017 New Zealand general election|24 September 2017]] aged 23.<ref>{{cite news|title=Chloe Swarbrick, 23, set to become NZ's youngest MP in 42 years|url= http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=11925745 |access-date=24 September 2017|work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=23 September 2017}}</ref>


{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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| {{Party name with colour|Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand}}
| {{Party name with colour|Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand}}
| {{dts|1994|06|26|format=dmy}} || {{dts|2017|09|23|format=dmy}} || {{formatnum:{{ayd|1994|06|26|2017|09|23}}}}
| {{dts|1994|06|26|format=dmy}} || {{dts|2017|09|23|format=dmy}} || {{formatnum:{{ayd|1994|06|26|2017|09|23}}}}
|-
| {{sortname|Hana-Rawhiti|Maipi-Clarke}} || {{NZ electorate link|Hauraki-Waikato}}
| {{Party name with colour|Te Pāti Māori}}
| {{dts|2002|09|format=dmy}} || {{dts|2023|10|14|format=dmy}} || {{formatnum:{{ayd|2002|09|26|2023|10|14}}}}
|}
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In the [[Congress of the Philippines]], the term "Baby of the House" is rarely used; the term "Benjamin" of the chamber is used instead.<ref name=":2" /> Special treatment is not given to the youngest member of either chamber. However, by tradition, the youngest member of the chamber usually administers the oath of office to their incoming leader (i.e. [[President of the Senate of the Philippines|President of the Senate]] and [[Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines|Speaker of the House of Representatives]]).
In the [[Congress of the Philippines]], the term "Baby of the House" is rarely used; the term "Benjamin" of the chamber is used instead.<ref name=":2" /> Special treatment is not given to the youngest member of either chamber. However, by tradition, the youngest member of the chamber usually administers the oath of office to their incoming leader (i.e. [[President of the Senate of the Philippines|President of the Senate]] and [[Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines|Speaker of the House of Representatives]]).


The minimum age for being a member of the [[House of Representatives of the Philippines|House of Representatives]] is 25 years old, while for the [[Senate of the Philippines|Senate]], it is 35, as stipulated in the 1987 [[Constitution of the Philippines]]. In 1933, [[Benigno Aquino, Sr.]] became senator at the age of 33;<ref>{{cite news|title=FAST FACTS: Trivia on the Philippine Senate|url=https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/iq/149332-trivia-philippine-senate|access-date=10 February 2018|work=Rappler|date=2016-10-16|language=en}}</ref> the [[Jones Law (Philippines)|Jones Law]], which created the Senate, had prescribed the minimum age of 30.
The minimum age for being a member of the [[House of Representatives of the Philippines|House of Representatives]] is 25 years old, while for the [[Senate of the Philippines|Senate]] it is 35, as stipulated in the 1987 [[Constitution of the Philippines]]. In 1933, [[Benigno Aquino, Sr.]] became senator at the age of 33;<ref>{{cite news|title=FAST FACTS: Trivia on the Philippine Senate|url=https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/iq/149332-trivia-philippine-senate|access-date=10 February 2018|work=Rappler|date=2016-10-16|language=en}}</ref> the [[Jones Law (Philippines)|Jones Law]], which created the Senate, had prescribed the minimum age of 30.


The current ''Benjamin of the House'' is Representative Braeden John Biron of the [[Legislative districts of Iloilo#4th District|4th District of Iloilo]]. Meanwhile, Senator Manny Pacquiao has been the youngest Senator since 2016.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title=18th Congress, by the numbers|url=http://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/iq/234302-numbers-composition-18th-congress-philippines|last=Bueza|first=Michael|website=Rappler|language=en|access-date=2020-05-14}}</ref>
The current ''Benjamin of the House'' is Representative Jaime Cojuangco of the [[Tarlac's 1st congressional district|1st District of Tarlac]]. Meanwhile, Senator Mark Villar has been the youngest Senator since 2022.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title=18th Congress, by the numbers|url=http://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/iq/234302-numbers-composition-18th-congress-philippines|last=Bueza|first=Michael|website=Rappler|date=2 July 2019 |language=en|access-date=2020-05-14}}</ref>


=== List of youngest members of the Philippine House of Representatives ===
=== List of youngest members of the Philippine House of Representatives ===
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!District
!District
!Date of Birth
!Date of Birth
!Assumed Office
!Election Day
!Age
!Age on Election Day
!Note
!Note
!Ref
!Ref
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|[[Capiz's 1st congressional district|Capiz–1st]]
|[[Capiz's 1st congressional district|Capiz–1st]]
|{{dts|1960|10|21|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|1960|10|21|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|1987|05|11|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|1987|06|30|format=dmy}}
|{{formatnum:{{ayd|1960|10|21|1987|05|11}}}}
|{{formatnum:{{ayd|1960|10|21|1987|06|30}}}}
|
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|
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|[[Legislative districts of Batangas#1987–2016 2|Batangas–4th]]
|[[Legislative districts of Batangas#1987–2016 2|Batangas–4th]]
|{{dts|1964|1|11|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|1964|1|11|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|1992|05|11|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|1992|06|30|format=dmy}}
|{{formatnum:{{ayd|1964|1|11|1992|05|11}}}}
|{{formatnum:{{ayd|1964|1|11|1992|06|30}}}}
|
|
|<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=GMA News Research: More young reps in but oldies still rule|url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/51309/news/specialreports/gma-news-research-more-young-reps-in-but-oldies-still-rule/|website=GMA News Online|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-14}}</ref>
|<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=GMA News Research: More young reps in but oldies still rule|url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/51309/news/specialreports/gma-news-research-more-young-reps-in-but-oldies-still-rule/|website=GMA News Online|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-14}}</ref>
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|[[Legislative districts of Quezon City#3rd District|Quezon City–3rd]]
|[[Legislative districts of Quezon City#3rd District|Quezon City–3rd]]
|{{dts|1969|6|30|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|1969|6|30|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|1995|05|8|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|1995|06|30|format=dmy}}
|{{formatnum:{{ayd|1969|6|30|1995|05|8}}}}
|{{formatnum:{{ayd|1969|6|30|1995|06|30}}}}
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|<ref name=":1" />
|<ref name=":1" />
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|[[Legislative district of Pateros–Taguig|Pateros–Taguig]]
|[[Legislative district of Pateros–Taguig|Pateros–Taguig]]
|{{dts|1970|10|28|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|1970|10|28|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|1998|05|11|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|1998|06|30|format=dmy}}
|{{formatnum:{{ayd|1970|10|28|1998|05|11}}}}
|{{formatnum:{{ayd|1970|10|28|1998|06|30}}}}
|
|
|<ref name=":1" />
|<ref name=":1" />
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|[[Legislative districts of Camarines Sur#1987–2010 3|Camarines Sur–3rd]]
|[[Legislative districts of Camarines Sur#1987–2010 3|Camarines Sur–3rd]]
|{{dts|1975|02|5|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|1975|02|5|format=dmy}}
| rowspan="2" |{{dts|2001|05|14|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|2001|06|30|format=dmy}}
|{{formatnum:{{ayd|1975|02|5|2001|05|14}}}}
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|<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=New Solon takes office with much fanfare|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vFo1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=kiUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2050,2469624|last=Labog-Javellana|first=Juliet|date=2002-02-07|website=news.google.com|access-date=2020-05-14}}</ref>
|<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=New Solon takes office with much fanfare|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vFo1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=kiUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2050,2469624|last=Labog-Javellana|first=Juliet|date=2002-02-07|website=[[Google News]]|access-date=2020-05-14}}</ref>
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|[[2001 Philippine House of Representatives elections|2002]]
|[[2001 Philippine House of Representatives elections|2002]]
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|[[2007 Philippine House of Representatives elections|2007]]
|[[2007 Philippine House of Representatives elections|2007]]
|Sharee Ann Tan
|[[Sharee Ann Tan]]
| {{Party name with colour|Lakas–CMD}}
| {{Party name with colour|Lakas–CMD}}
|[[Legislative districts of Samar#2nd District|Samar–2nd]]
|[[Legislative districts of Samar#2nd District|Samar–2nd]]
|{{dts|1982|05|11|format=dmy}}
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|[[2010 Philippine House of Representatives elections|2010]]
|[[2010 Philippine House of Representatives elections|2010]]
|Abigail Faye Ferriol-Pascual
|Abigail Faye Ferriol-Pascual
|bgcolor=#F71882|&nbsp;
|
|Kalinga
|Kalinga
|Partylist
|Partylist
|{{dts|1984|09|21|format=dmy}}
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|{{formatnum:{{ayd|1984|09|21|2010|05|10}}}}
|{{formatnum:{{ayd|1984|09|21|2010|06|30}}}}
|sworn-in [[Feliciano Belmonte]] as Speaker<ref>{{Cite web|title=House of Representatives Press Releases|url=http://www.congress.gov.ph/press/|website=www.congress.gov.ph|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-14}}</ref>
|sworn in [[Feliciano Belmonte]] as Speaker<ref>{{Cite web|title=House of Representatives Press Releases|url=http://www.congress.gov.ph/press/|website=House of Representatives|location=Philippines|access-date=2020-05-14}}</ref>
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=PressReader.com - Your favorite newspapers and magazines.|url=https://www.pressreader.com/philippines/sunstar-cebu/20130520/281831461258366|website=www.pressreader.com|access-date=2020-05-14}}</ref>
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pressreader.com/philippines/sunstar-cebu/20130520/281831461258366 |title=Youngest in the House |via=PressReader |date=2013-05-20 |access-date=2020-05-14}}</ref>
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|[[2013 Philippine House of Representatives elections|2013]]
|[[2013 Philippine House of Representatives elections|2013]]
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|[[Legislative district of Camiguin|Camiguin]]
|[[Legislative district of Camiguin|Camiguin]]
|{{dts|1986|12|5|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|1986|12|5|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|2013|05|13|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|2013|06|30|format=dmy}}
|{{formatnum:{{ayd|1986|12|5|2013|05|13}}}}
|{{formatnum:{{ayd|1986|12|5|2013|06|30}}}}
|sworn-in [[Feliciano Belmonte Jr.|Feliciano Belmonte]] as Speaker<ref>{{Cite web|title=House re-elects Belmonte in overwhelming vote|url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/449859/house-re-elects-belmonte-as-speaker|last=Boncocan|first=Karen|website=newsinfo.inquirer.net|language=en|access-date=2020-05-14}}</ref>
|sworn in [[Feliciano Belmonte Jr.|Feliciano Belmonte]] as Speaker<ref>{{Cite web|title=House re-elects Belmonte in overwhelming vote|url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/449859/house-re-elects-belmonte-as-speaker|last=Boncocan|first=Karen|website=newsinfo.inquirer.net|date=22 July 2013 |language=en|access-date=2020-05-14}}</ref>
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rep. XJ Romualdo ng Camiguin, pinakabatang kongresista sa bansa|url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/video/investigativedocumentaries/172348/rep-xj-romualdo-ng-camiguin-pinakabatang-kongresista-sa-bansa/video//|website=GMA News Online|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-14}}</ref>
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rep. XJ Romualdo ng Camiguin, pinakabatang kongresista sa bansa|url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/video/investigativedocumentaries/172348/rep-xj-romualdo-ng-camiguin-pinakabatang-kongresista-sa-bansa/video//|website=GMA News Online|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-14}}</ref>
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|Partylist
|{{dts|1990|09|01|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|1990|09|01|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|2016|05|9|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|2016|06|30|format=dmy}}
|{{formatnum:{{ayd|1990|09|01|2016|05|09}}}}
|{{formatnum:{{ayd|1990|09|01|2016|06|30}}}}
|sworn-in [[Pantaleon Alvarez]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Duterte ally Pantaleon Alvarez elected as Speaker of 17th Congress|url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/574966/news/nation/duterte-ally-pantaleon-alvarez-elected-as-speaker-of-17th-congress/|website=GMA News Online|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-14}}</ref> and [[Gloria Macapagal Arroyo|Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Backed by 184 lawmakers, Gloria Arroyo takes oath as Speaker|url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1013538/its-official-gloria-macapagal-arroyo-elected-as-house-speaker|last=Nonato|first=Gabriel Pabico Lalu, Pathricia Ann V. Roxas, Vince F.|website=newsinfo.inquirer.net|language=en|access-date=2020-05-14}}</ref> as Speaker
|sworn in [[Pantaleon Alvarez]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Duterte ally Pantaleon Alvarez elected as Speaker of 17th Congress|url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/574966/news/nation/duterte-ally-pantaleon-alvarez-elected-as-speaker-of-17th-congress/|website=GMA News Online|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-14}}</ref> and [[Gloria Macapagal Arroyo|Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Backed by 184 lawmakers, Gloria Arroyo takes oath as Speaker|url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1013538/its-official-gloria-macapagal-arroyo-elected-as-house-speaker|last=Nonato|first=Gabriel Pabico Lalu, Pathricia Ann V. Roxas, Vince F.|website=newsinfo.inquirer.net|date=24 July 2018 |language=en|access-date=2020-05-14}}</ref> as Speaker
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=By the numbers: 17th Congress|url=http://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/iq/140715-17th-congress-philippines-composition-numbers|last=Bueza|first=Michael|website=Rappler|language=en|access-date=2020-05-14}}</ref>
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=By the numbers: 17th Congress|url=http://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/iq/140715-17th-congress-philippines-composition-numbers|last=Bueza|first=Michael|website=Rappler|date=24 July 2016 |language=en|access-date=2020-05-14}}</ref>
|-
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|[[2019 Philippine House of Representatives elections|2019]]
|[[2019 Philippine House of Representatives elections|2019]]
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|[[Legislative districts of Iloilo#4th District|Iloilo–4th]]
|[[Legislative districts of Iloilo#4th District|Iloilo–4th]]
|{{dts|1994|01|10|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|1994|01|10|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|2019|05|13|format=dmy}}
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|{{formatnum:{{ayd|1994|01|10|2019|05|13}}}}
|{{formatnum:{{ayd|1994|01|10|2019|06|30}}}}
|sworn-in [[Alan Peter Cayetano]] as Speaker
|sworn in [[Alan Peter Cayetano]] as Speaker
|<ref name=":3" />
|<ref name=":3" />
|-
|[[2022 Philippine House of Representatives elections|2022]]
|Jaime Cojuangco
| {{Party name with colour|Nationalist People's Coalition}}
|[[Legislative districts of Tarlac#1st District|Tarlac–1st]]
|{{dts|1997|04|12|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|2022|06|30|format=dmy}}
|{{formatnum:{{ayd|1997|04|12|2022|06|30}}}}
|sworn in [[Martin Romualdez]] as Speaker
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ravela |first=Gillaine |date=2022-07-28 |title=Why Cojuangco scion administered new House speaker's oath |url=https://interaksyon.philstar.com/politics-issues/2022/07/28/223295/jaime-cojuangco-scion-house-speaker-oath/ |access-date=2024-12-08 |website=Interaksyon |language=en-US}}</ref>
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| {{party name with colour|United Nationalist Democratic Organization}}
| {{party name with colour|United Nationalist Democratic Organization}}
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| {{party name with colour|Nationalist People's Coalition}}
| {{party name with colour|Nationalist People's Coalition}}
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|{{dts|1952|12|18|format=dmy}}
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|39
|{{dts|1992|06|30|format=dmy}}
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| {{party name with colour|Lakas–CMD}}
| {{party name with colour|Lakas–CMD}}
|{{dts|1960|1|28|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|1960|1|28|format=dmy}}
|{{formatnum:{{ayd|1960|1|28|1998|06|30}}}}
|38
|{{dts|1998|06|30|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|1998|06|30|format=dmy}}
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| {{party name with colour|Nacionalista Party}}
| {{party name with colour|Nacionalista Party}}
|{{dts|1964|1|11|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|1964|1|11|format=dmy}}
|{{formatnum:{{ayd|1964|1|11|2001|06|30}}}}
|37
|{{dts|2001|06|30|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|2001|06|30|format=dmy}}
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|{{dts|2004|06|30|format=dmy}}
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| {{party name with colour|Lakas–CMD}}
| {{party name with colour|Lakas–CMD}}
|{{dts|1966|9|25|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|1966|9|25|format=dmy}}
|{{formatnum:{{ayd|1966|9|25|2004|06|30}}}}
|37
|{{dts|2004|06|30|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|2004|06|30|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|2007|06|30|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|2007|06|30|format=dmy}}
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| {{party name with colour|Nacionalista Party}}
| {{party name with colour|Nacionalista Party}}
|{{dts|1971|8|6|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|1971|8|6|format=dmy}}
|{{formatnum:{{ayd|1971|08|07|2007|06|30}}}}
|35
|{{dts|2007|06|30|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|2007|06|30|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|2013|06|30|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|2013|06|30|format=dmy}}
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| {{party name with colour|Liberal Party (Philippines)}}
| {{party name with colour|Liberal Party (Philippines)}}
|{{dts|1977|5|9|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|1977|5|9|format=dmy}}
|{{formatnum:{{ayd|1977|5|9|2013|06|30}}}}
|36
|{{dts|2013|06|30|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|2013|06|30|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|2016|06|30|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|2016|06|30|format=dmy}}
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| {{party name with colour|People's Champ Movement}}
| {{party name with colour|People's Champ Movement}}
|{{dts|1978|12|17|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|1978|12|17|format=dmy}}
|{{formatnum:{{ayd|1978|12|17|2016|06|30}}}}
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|{{dts|2016|06|30|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|2016|06|30|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|2022|06|30|format=dmy}}
|present
|-
|[[19th Congress of the Philippines|19th]]
|[[Mark Villar]]
| {{party name with colour|Nacionalista Party}}
|{{dts|1978|08|14|format=dmy}}
|{{formatnum:{{ayd|1978|08|14|2022|06|30}}}}
|{{dts|2022|06|30|format=dmy}}
|present
|}
|}


== Russia ==
== Russia ==
{| class="wikitable"
The youngest member of the [[8th State Duma]] is [[Georgy Arapov]] from the [[New People (political party)|New People]] party.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Чем богаты депутаты|url=https://www.rbc.ru/newspaper/2021/10/11/616024329a7947387b2ab485|access-date=2022-02-02|website=Газета РБК}}</ref>
|-
!Elected !! Name !! colspan=2|Party !! Age when elected
|-
|[[1993 Russian legislative election|1993]] || {{ill|Aleksey Zuev|lt=Aleksey Zuev|ru|Зуев, Алексей Алексеевич (депутат)}} || style="background-color:#4488CC;" | || [[Liberal Democratic Party of Russia|LDPR]] || 23
|-
|[[1995 Russian legislative election|1995]] || [[Darya Mitina]] || style="background-color:#CC1111;" | || [[Communist Party of the Russian Federation|CPRF]] || 22
|-
|[[1999 Russian legislative election|1999]] || {{ill|Vladislav Dyomin|lt=Vladislav Dyomin|ru|Дёмин, Владислав Анатольевич}}|| style="background-color:#4488CC;" | || [[Liberal Democratic Party of Russia|LDPR]] || 25
|-
|[[2003 Russian legislative election|2003]] || {{ill|Pavel Semjonov|lt=Pavel Semjonov|ru|Семёнов, Павел Владимирович}} || style="background-color:#003399;" | || [[United Russia]] || 27
|-
|[[2007 Russian legislative election|2007]] || [[Robert Schlegel]] || style="background-color:#003399;" | || [[United Russia]] || 23
|-
|[[2016 Russian legislative election|2016]] || [[Vasily Vlasov]] || style="background-color:#4488CC;" | || [[Liberal Democratic Party of Russia|LDPR]] || 21
|-
|[[2021 Russian legislative election|2021]] || [[Georgy Arapov]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Чем богаты депутаты|url=https://www.rbc.ru/newspaper/2021/10/11/616024329a7947387b2ab485|access-date=2022-02-02|website=Газета РБК}}</ref>|| style="background-color:#47c2c0;" | || [[New People (political party)|New People]] || 22
|-
|}


==Singapore==
==Singapore==
The current youngest MP in the Singapore Parliament is [[Nadia Ahmad Samdin]], who was elected in 2020 at the age of 30.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Yip |first1=Christy |title=GE2020: Age is no issue, says PAP's youngest candidate Nadia Samdin |url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/ge2020-age-no-issue-pap-youngest-new-candidate-nadia-samdin-944321 |website=CNA |access-date=20 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Auto |first1=Hermes |title=PAP's Tin Pei Ling will defend MacPherson single-seat ward in coming general election {{!}} The Straits Times |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/politics/paps-tin-pei-ling-will-defend-macpherson-single-seat-ward-in-coming-general-election |access-date=23 February 2022 |work=Straits Times |date=21 August 2015 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="blay" /> The youngest MP ever elected in Singapore is [[Lim Chin Siong]], who was elected in the [[1955 Singaporean general election|1955 general election]] at the age of 22.<ref name="blay">{{cite news |last1=Lay |first1=Belmont |title=Sengkang GRC MP-elect Raeesah Khan, 26, set to be youngest MP in modern S'pore |url=https://mothership.sg/2020/07/raeesah-khan-youngest-mp/ |access-date=23 February 2022 |work=[[Mothership (website)|Mothership]] |date=11 July 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

The current youngest MP in Singapore's parliament is [[Nadia Ahmad Samdin]], who was elected at age 30 in 2020.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Yip |first1=Christy |title=GE2020: Age is no issue, says PAP’s youngest candidate Nadia Samdin |url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/ge2020-age-no-issue-pap-youngest-new-candidate-nadia-samdin-944321 |website=CNA |access-date=20 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Auto |first1=Hermes |title=PAP's Tin Pei Ling will defend MacPherson single-seat ward in coming general election {{!}} The Straits Times |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/politics/paps-tin-pei-ling-will-defend-macpherson-single-seat-ward-in-coming-general-election |access-date=23 February 2022 |work=Straits Times |date=21 August 2015 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="blay" /> The youngest MP ever elected in Singapore is [[Lim Chin Siong]], who was elected at the age of 22 in the [[1955 Singaporean general election|1955 election]].<ref name="blay">{{cite news |last1=Lay |first1=Belmont |title=Sengkang GRC MP-elect Raeesah Khan, 26, set to be youngest MP in modern S'pore |url=https://mothership.sg/2020/07/raeesah-khan-youngest-mp/ |access-date=23 February 2022 |work=[[Mothership (website)|Mothership]] |date=11 July 2020 |language=en}}</ref>


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
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|[[2020 Singaporean general election|2020]] || [[Raeesah Khan]]|| style="background-color:#93B3D4;" | || [[Workers' Party (Singapore)|WP]] || 26
|[[2020 Singaporean general election|2020]] || [[Raeesah Khan]]|| style="background-color:#93B3D4;" | || [[Workers' Party (Singapore)|WP]] || 26
|-
|-
|2022 || [[Nadia Ahmad Samdin]]|| style="background-color:#00259B;" | || [[People's Action Party|PAP]] || 30
|2020 || [[Nadia Ahmad Samdin]]|| style="background-color:#00259B;" | || [[People's Action Party|PAP]] || 30
|-
|-
|}
|}


==South Africa==
==South Africa==
The current, since 2017, titleholder is [[Hlomela Bucwa]] of the [[Democratic Alliance (South Africa)|Democratic Alliance]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shaban |first1=Abdur Rahman Alfa |title=South Africa's youngest MP dazzles as she delivers her first address |url=https://www.africanews.com/2017/02/22/south-africa-s-youngest-mp-dazzles-as-she-delivers-her-first-address/ |access-date=25 February 2022 |work=[[Africanews]] |date=22 February 2017 |language=en}}</ref>
The current titleholder, since 2017, is [[Hlomela Bucwa]] of the [[Democratic Alliance (South Africa)|Democratic Alliance]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shaban |first1=Abdur Rahman Alfa |title=South Africa's youngest MP dazzles as she delivers her first address |url=https://www.africanews.com/2017/02/22/south-africa-s-youngest-mp-dazzles-as-she-delivers-her-first-address/ |access-date=25 February 2022 |work=[[Africanews]] |date=22 February 2017 |language=en}}</ref>


==Sweden==
==Sweden==
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|{{sort|2002|[[2002 Swedish general election|2002]]}} || {{sortname|Gustav|Fridolin|Gustav Fridolin}} || [[Stockholm Municipality]]
|{{sort|2002|[[2002 Swedish general election|2002]]}} || {{sortname|Gustav|Fridolin|Gustav Fridolin}} || [[Stockholm Municipality]]
| {{Party name with colour|Green Party (Sweden)}}
| {{Party name with colour|Green Party (Sweden)}}
|19||[[Minister for Education (Sweden)|Minister for Education]], 2014–present
|19||[[Green Party (Sweden)|Spokesperson of the Green Party]], 2011–2019<br />[[Minister for Education (Sweden)|Minister for Education]], 2014–2019
|-
|-
|{{sort|2006|[[2006 Swedish general election|2006]]}} || {{sortname|Annie|Lööf|Annie Lööf}} || [[Jönköping County]]
|{{sort|2006|[[2006 Swedish general election|2006]]}} || {{sortname|Annie|Lööf|Annie Lööf}} || [[Jönköping County]]
| {{Party name with colour|Centre Party (Sweden)}}
| {{Party name with colour|Centre Party (Sweden)}}
|23|| [[Ministry of Enterprise (Sweden)|Minister for Enterprise]], 2011–2014
|23|| [[Centre Party (Sweden)|Leader of the Centre Party]], 2011–2023<br />[[Ministry of Enterprise (Sweden)|Minister for Enterprise]], 2011–2014
|-
|-
|{{sort|2010|[[2010 Swedish general election|2010]]}} || {{sortname|Anton|Abele|Anton Abele}} || [[Stockholm Municipality]]
|{{sort|2010|[[2010 Swedish general election|2010]]}} || {{sortname|Anton|Abele|Anton Abele}} || [[Stockholm Municipality]]
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| 2015|| {{sortname|Jesper|Skalberg Karlsson|Jesper Skalberg Karlsson}} || [[Gotland County]]
| 2015|| {{sortname|Jesper|Skalberg Karlsson|Jesper Skalberg Karlsson}} || [[Gotland County]]
| {{Party name with colour|Moderate Party}}
| {{Party name with colour|Moderate Party}}
|21 || Replaced [[Gustaf Hoffstedt]] on 19 January 2015
|21 || Replaced [[Gustaf Hoffstedt]] on 19 January 2015 when Hoffstedt resigned his seat.
|-
|-
|{{sort|2018|[[2018 Swedish general election|2018]]}} ||{{sortname|Ebba|Hermansson|Ebba Hermansson}} || [[Skåne County]]
|{{sort|2018|[[2018 Swedish general election|2018]]}} ||{{sortname|Ebba|Hermansson|Ebba Hermansson}} || [[Skåne County]]
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|22 ||
|22 ||
|-
|-
|{{sort|2021 ||{{sortname|Axel|Hallberg|Axel Hallberg}} || [[Skåne County]]
|{{sort|21 September 2021 ||{{sortname|Axel|Hallberg|Axel Hallberg}} || [[Skåne County]]
| {{Party name with colour|Green Party (Sweden)}}
| {{Party name with colour|Green Party (Sweden)}}
|22 || Replaced [[Emma Berginger]] on 20 September 2021 during her leave of absence
|22 || Replaced [[Emma Berginger]] on 20 September 2021 during her leave of absence
|-
|{{sort|19 May 2022 ||{{sortname|Tobias|Andersson|Tobias Andersson (politician)}}|| [[Västra Götaland County East (Riksdag constituency)|Västra Götaland County East]]
| {{Party name with colour|Sweden Democrats}}
|26 || When [[Emma Berginger]] returned from her leave of absence on 19 May 2022, Axel Hallberg automatically left the Parliament. Since [[Ebba Hermansson]], the previous Baby of the House, had resigned her seat in December 2021, the new Baby of the House became Tobias Andersson at the age of 26.
|-
|{{sort|26 September 2022 ||{{sortname|Aida|Birinxhiku|Aida Birinxhiku}}<ref name="Aida Birinxhiku is the youngest MP">[https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/val-2022/aida-birinxhiku-s-23-ar--yngsta-riksdagsledamoten/ Aida Birinxhiku is the youngest MP] 2022-09-25 (in Swedish)</ref> || [[Halland County (Riksdag constituency)|Halland County]]
| {{Party name with colour|Swedish Social Democratic Party}}
|23 || Aida Birinxhiku become the youngest member of the Parliament following the [[2022 Swedish general election|2022 general election]].
|-
|{{sort|18 January 2023 ||{{sortname|Daniel|Lönn|Daniel Lönn}}<ref>[https://www.altinget.se/nyttomnamn/21-aaring-blir-yngst-i-riksdagen 21-åring blir yngst i riksdagen] 2023-01-17 (in Swedish)</ref> || [[Dalarna County (Riksdag constituency)|Dalarna County]]
| {{Party name with colour|Sweden Democrats}}
|21 || Replaced [[Sara Gille]] from 18 January 2023 during her leave of absence. This happened since [[Rasmus Giertz]], who had up to then replaced Sara Gille, became an ordinary member of the Parliament following [[Mats Nordberg]]'s death.
|-
|{{sort|31 March 2023 ||{{sortname|Aida|Birinxhiku|Aida Birinxhiku}}<ref name="Aida Birinxhiku is the youngest MP"/> || [[Halland County (Riksdag constituency)|Halland County]]
| {{Party name with colour|Swedish Social Democratic Party}}
|23 || Aida Birinxhiku regained her position as the youngest member of the Parliament after Sara Gille returned from her leave of absence, thus ending Daniel Lönns time in Parliament.
|-
|{{sort|28 August 2023 ||{{sortname|Jonathan|Svensson|Jonathan Svensson}}<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bohlin |first1=Albin |title=Han blir yngst i kammaren |url=https://www.altinget.se/artikel/han-blir-yngst-i-kammaren |website=Altinget.se |access-date=22 July 2024 |date=29 February 2024}}</ref> || [[Västra Götaland County North (Riksdag constituency)|Västra Götaland County North]]
| {{Party name with colour|Swedish Social Democratic Party}}
|23 || Jonathan Svensson became the youngest member of the Parliament when [[Paula Holmqvist]] went on leave of absence in August 2023 and finally succeeded her on 4 March 2024, when she resigned her seat.
|}
|}


The current Baby of the House is [[Axel Hallberg]] (entered in September 2021 at the age of 22). The youngest person ever to be elected MP to a Swedish parliament is [[Anton Abele]] who was only aged 18 when elected in September 2010.<ref>[http://www.thelocal.se/29620/20101014/ Anton, 18, to be youngest ever Swedish MP – The Local<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101015211520/http://www.thelocal.se/29620/20101014/ |date=15 October 2010 }}</ref>
The current Baby of the House is [[Jonathan Svensson]]. The youngest person ever to be elected MP to a Swedish parliament is [[Anton Abele]], who was only aged 18 when elected in September 2010.<ref>[http://www.thelocal.se/29620/20101014/ Anton, 18, to be youngest ever Swedish MP – The Local<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101015211520/http://www.thelocal.se/29620/20101014/ |date=15 October 2010 }}</ref>
Current record holder for the world's youngest-ever elected MP is Anton Abele, who was at 18 years elected to the Swedish Parliament for his activism against street violence.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.futureworldpress.com/2012/10/05/ugandan-teenager-becomes-youngest-mp-in-africa/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-06-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130620212753/http://www.futureworldpress.com/2012/10/05/ugandan-teenager-becomes-youngest-mp-in-africa/ |archive-date=20 June 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
Current record holder for the world's youngest-ever elected MP is [[Anton Abele]], who at 18 years was elected to the Swedish Parliament for his activism against street violence.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.futureworldpress.com/2012/10/05/ugandan-teenager-becomes-youngest-mp-in-africa/ |title=FutureWorld » Ugandan teenager becomes youngest MP in Africa |access-date=2013-06-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130620212753/http://www.futureworldpress.com/2012/10/05/ugandan-teenager-becomes-youngest-mp-in-africa/ |archive-date=20 June 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

== Turkey ==
[[Rümeysa Kadak]] (born 16 May 1996) is the youngest MP in the history of Republic of Turkey.<ref>{{Cite web |title=TÜRKİYE BÜYÜK MİLLET MECLİSİ |url=https://www5.tbmm.gov.tr//develop/owa/milletvekillerimiz_sd.bilgi?p_donem=27&p_sicil=7595 |access-date=2022-09-23 |website=www5.tbmm.gov.tr}}</ref>

== Trinidad and Tobago ==
[[Saddam Hosein]] is the baby of the house of the [[12th Republican Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago|12th Republican Parliament]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Saddam Hosein Biography |url=https://www.ttparliament.org/members/member/saddam-hosein/ |website=Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago}}</ref>


==Uganda==
==Uganda==


At 19 years old, [[Alengot Oromait|Proscovia Alengot Oromait]] was the world's youngest MP and youngest ever MP in Africa when elected in 2011.<ref>{{cite news |title=Uganda scraps anti-porn 'miniskirt' law |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210817-uganda-scraps-anti-porn-miniskirt-law |access-date=25 February 2022 |work=France 24 |date=17 August 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Nunoo |first1=Ama |title=At 19, this Ugandan woman became Africa's youngest lawmaker |url=https://face2faceafrica.com/article/at-19-this-ugandan-woman-became-africas-youngest-lawmaker |access-date=25 February 2022 |work=Face2Face Africa |date=9 September 2020 |language=en}}</ref> Oromait is a member of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) in Uganda and was a representative of Usuk County until 2016.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Adeyemo |first1=Adeola |title=Here Comes Africa’s Youngest Parliamentarian! 19 Year-Old Proscovia Alengot Oromait Wins a Parliamentary Seat in Ugandan Elections & Makes History |url=https://www.bellanaija.com/2012/09/here-comes-africas-youngest-parliamentarian-19-year-old-proscovia-alengot-oromait-wins-a-seat-in-ugandan-elections-makes-history/ |access-date=25 February 2022 |work=BellaNaija |date=20 September 2012}}</ref> She was succeeded by [[Hellen Auma Wandera]] as the youngest member of parliament in Uganda.<ref>{{cite news |title=Fish vendor now Uganda’s youngest serving MP |url=https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/news/east-africa-news/fish-vendor-now-uganda-s-youngest-serving-mp-3407262 |access-date=25 February 2022 |work=The Citizen |date=20 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
At 19 years old, [[Alengot Oromait|Proscovia Alengot Oromait]] was the world's youngest MP and youngest ever MP in Africa when elected in 2011.<ref>{{cite news |title=Uganda scraps anti-porn 'miniskirt' law |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210817-uganda-scraps-anti-porn-miniskirt-law |access-date=25 February 2022 |work=France 24 |date=17 August 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Nunoo |first1=Ama |title=At 19, this Ugandan woman became Africa's youngest lawmaker |url=https://face2faceafrica.com/article/at-19-this-ugandan-woman-became-africas-youngest-lawmaker |access-date=25 February 2022 |work=Face2Face Africa |date=9 September 2020 |language=en}}</ref> Oromait is a member of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) in Uganda and was a representative of Usuk County until 2016.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Adeyemo |first1=Adeola |title=Here Comes Africa's Youngest Parliamentarian! 19 Year-Old Proscovia Alengot Oromait Wins a Parliamentary Seat in Ugandan Elections & Makes History |url=https://www.bellanaija.com/2012/09/here-comes-africas-youngest-parliamentarian-19-year-old-proscovia-alengot-oromait-wins-a-seat-in-ugandan-elections-makes-history/ |access-date=25 February 2022 |work=BellaNaija |date=20 September 2012}}</ref> She was succeeded as the youngest member of parliament in Uganda by [[Hellen Auma Wandera]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Fish vendor now Uganda's youngest serving MP |url=https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/news/east-africa-news/fish-vendor-now-uganda-s-youngest-serving-mp-3407262 |access-date=25 February 2022 |work=The Citizen |date=20 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

==United Kingdom==
Becoming the Baby of the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] is regarded as something of an achievement, despite the lack of any special treatment that comes with the title. However, some MPs who have held the position for a considerable period – [[Matthew Taylor, Baron Taylor of Goss Moor|Matthew Taylor]] was the Baby of the House for over ten years – have found it somewhat embarrassing, as it may suggest that they have a lack of experience, although many holders of the title have gone on to enjoy long and distinguished parliamentary careers.

From August 1999 to September 2001, all three of the leaders of the main political parties – [[Tony Blair]], [[William Hague]] and [[Charles Kennedy]] – had been the youngest MPs in their party when they began their political careers, though only Kennedy had been Baby of the House.

Of those whose ages can be verified, the youngest MP since the [[Reform Act 1832]]<ref>Prior to 1832 minors could be elected; precise information on those MPs is often unclear.</ref> is [[Mhairi Black]], elected in 2015 aged 20 years 237 days.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/may/08/snp-mhairi-black-20-labour-student-mp|title=Mhairi Black: the 20-year-old who beat a Labour heavyweight|first1=Ewen|last1=MacAskill|first2=Rebecca|last2=Ratcliffe|date=8 May 2015|access-date=6 January 2018|work=The Guardian}}</ref> The [[age of candidacy]] for Parliament was lowered from 21 to 18 by the [[Electoral Administration Act 2006]]. [[William Pitt the Younger]] was elected at 21 and became Prime Minister two years later in 1783. There were younger MPs in earlier centuries: [[Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle|Christopher Monck]] was elected as MP for Devon in 1667 aged 13; when his father died three years later and Monck became Duke of Albemarle, he could not then take his seat in the House of Lords until aged 21.<ref>{{Cite web |title=I. The Composition of the House {{!}} History of Parliament Online |url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/survey/i-composition-house |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=www.historyofparliamentonline.org}}</ref>

[[Owen Carron]] directly replaced [[Bobby Sands]] as both MP for [[Fermanagh and South Tyrone (UK Parliament constituency)|Fermanagh South Tyrone]] and Baby of the House after Sands' death on [[hunger strike]], but neither ever took his seat.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/10/newsid_2453000/2453183.stm |title=1981: Hunger striker elected MP |access-date=23 July 2023|work=BBC News}}</ref> [[George Charles Grey]] is the only other Baby of the House to die while in post, in World War Two.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36757/page/4817 |title=Whitehall, October 17, 1944 |website=The Gazette |publisher=The Gazette |access-date=3 July 2023}}</ref>

===List of babies of the House of Commons===

In the following table, "(b)" denotes an MP elected at a by-election.

{| class="sortable wikitable"
|-
!Elected !! Name !! Constituency !!class="unsortable"| <!-- Do NOT use colspan! It breaks sorting -->!! Party !! Age when elected
|-
|{{sort|1880|[[1880 Dungannon by-election|1880 (b)]]}} || {{sortname|James|Dickson|James Dickson (Irish politician)}} || [[Dungannon (UK Parliament constituency)|Dungannon]]
| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Party (UK)}}
|21
|-
|{{sort|1885|[[1885 United Kingdom general election|1885]]}} || {{sortname|Harry|Levy-Lawson|Harry Levy-Lawson, 1st Viscount Burnham}} || [[St Pancras West (UK Parliament constituency)|St Pancras West]]
| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Party (UK)}}
|22
|-
|{{sort|1888|[[1888 Chichester by-election|1888 (b)]]}} || {{sortname|Lord Walter|Gordon-Lennox|Lord Walter Gordon-Lennox}} || [[Chichester (UK Parliament constituency)|Chichester]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|22
|-
|{{sort|1890|[[1890 Mid Tipperary by-election|1890 (b)]]}} || {{sortname|Henry|Harrison|Henry Harrison (Irish politician)}} || [[Mid Tipperary (UK Parliament constituency)|Mid Tipperary]]
| {{Party name with colour|Irish Parliamentary Party}}
|22
|-
|{{sort|1891a|[[1891 West Derbyshire by-election|1891 (b)]]}} || {{sortname|Victor|Cavendish|Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire}} || [[West Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency)|West Derbyshire]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|23
|-
|{{sort|1891b|[[October 1891 Strand by-election|1891 (b)]]}}|| {{sortname|Frederick|Smith|Frederick Smith, 2nd Viscount Hambleden}} || [[Strand (UK Parliament constituency)|Strand]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|23
|-
|{{sort|1892|[[1892 United Kingdom general election|1892]]}} || {{sortname|Thomas Bartholomew|Curran}} || [[Kilkenny City (UK Parliament constituency)|Kilkenny City]]
| {{Party name with colour|Irish National Federation}}
|22
|-
|{{Sort|1895|[[1895 United Kingdom general election|1895]]}} || {{sortname|Viscount|Milton|William Wentworth-FitzWilliam, 7th Earl FitzWilliam}} || [[Wakefield (UK Parliament constituency)|Wakefield]]
| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Unionist Party}}
|22
|-
|{{sort|1898a|[[1898 Marylebone West by-election|1898 (b)]]}} || {{sortname|Sir Samuel|Scott, Bt|Sir Samuel Scott, 6th Baronet}} || [[Marylebone West (UK Parliament constituency)|Marylebone West]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|24
|-
|{{sort|1898b|[[1898 West Down by-election|1898 (b)]]}} || {{sortname|Arthur|Hill|Arthur Hill (politician)}} || [[West Down (UK Parliament constituency)|West Down]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|24
|-
|{{sort|1900|[[1900 United Kingdom general election|1900]]}} || {{sortname|Richard|Rigg|Richard Rigg (British politician)}} || [[Appleby (UK Parliament constituency)|Appleby]]
| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Party (UK)}}
|23
|-
|{{sort|1904|[[1904 Horsham by-election|1904 (b)]]}} || {{sortname|Viscount|Turnour|Edward Turnour, 6th Earl Winterton}} || [[Horsham (UK Parliament constituency)|Horsham]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|21
|-
|{{sort|1906|[[1906 United Kingdom general election|1906]]}} || {{sortname|Lord|Wodehouse|John Wodehouse, 3rd Earl of Kimberley}} || [[Mid Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)|Mid Norfolk]]
| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Party (UK)}}
|22
|-
|{{sort|1910a|[[January 1910 United Kingdom general election|Jan 1910]]}} || {{sortname|Charles Thomas|Mills}} || [[Uxbridge (UK Parliament constituency)|Uxbridge]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|22
|-
|{{sort|1910b|[[December 1910 United Kingdom general election|Dec 1910]]}} || {{sortname|Viscount|Wolmer|Roundell Palmer, 3rd Earl of Selborne}} || [[Newton (UK Parliament constituency)|Newton]]
| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Party (UK)}}
|23
|-
|{{sort|1912|[[1912 Hythe by-election|1912 (b)]]}} || {{sortname|Sir Philip|Sassoon, Bt|Sir Philip Sassoon, 3rd Baronet}} || [[Hythe (UK Parliament constituency)|Hythe]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|23
|-
|{{sort|1915|[[1915 North Tipperary by-election|1915 (b)]]}} || {{sortname|John|Esmonde|Sir John Esmonde, 14th Baronet}} || [[North Tipperary (UK Parliament constituency)|North Tipperary]]
| {{Party name with colour|Irish Parliamentary Party}}
|21
|-
|{{sort|1916|[[1916 North Louth by-election|1916 (b)]]}} || {{sortname|Patrick|Whitty}} || [[North Louth (UK Parliament constituency)|North Louth]]
| {{Party name with colour|Irish Parliamentary Party}}
|21
|-
|{{sort|1917|[[1917 Liverpool Abercromby by-election|1917 (b)]]}} || {{sortname|Lord|Stanley|Edward Stanley, Lord Stanley (1894–1938)}} || [[Liverpool Abercromby (UK Parliament constituency)|Liverpool Abercromby]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|22
|-
|{{sort|1918|[[1918 United Kingdom general election|1918]]}}<ref>[[Joseph Sweeney (Irish politician)|Joseph Sweeney]] did not take his seat; the youngest MP actually sitting in the House of Commons was [[Oswald Mosley]] (Conservative, aged 22)</ref> || {{sortname|Joseph|Sweeney|Joseph Sweeney (Irish politician)}} || [[West Donegal (UK Parliament constituency)|West Donegal]]
| {{Party name with colour|Sinn Féin}}
|21
|-
|{{Sort|1919|[[1919 Isle of Thanet by-election|1919 (b)]]}} || {{sortname|Esmond|Harmsworth|Esmond Harmsworth, 2nd Viscount Rothermere}} || [[Isle of Thanet (UK Parliament constituency)|Isle of Thanet]]
| {{Party name with colour|Coalition Conservative}}
|21
|-
|{{sort|1922|[[1922 United Kingdom general election|1922]]}} || {{sortname|Arthur|Evans|Arthur Evans (politician)}} || [[Leicester East (UK Parliament constituency)|Leicester East]]
| {{Party name with colour|National Liberal Party (UK, 1922)}}
|24
|-
|{{sort|1923|[[1923 United Kingdom general election|1923]]}} || {{sortname|Charles|Rhys|Charles Rhys, 8th Baron Dynevor }} || [[Romford (UK Parliament constituency)|Romford]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|24
|-
|{{sort|1924|[[1924 United Kingdom general election|1924]]}} || {{sortname|Hugh|Lucas-Tooth}} || [[Isle of Ely (UK Parliament constituency)|Isle of Ely]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|21
|-
|{{sort|1929a|[[1929 North Lanarkshire by-election|1929 (b)]]}} || {{sortname|Jennie|Lee|Jennie Lee, Baroness Lee of Asheridge}} || [[Lanarkshire (UK Parliament constituency)|North Lanarkshire]]
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|24
|-
|{{sort|1929b|[[1929 United Kingdom general election|1929]]}} || {{sortname|Frank|Owen|Frank Owen (politician)}} || [[Hereford (UK Parliament constituency)|Hereford]]
| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Party (UK)}}
|23
|-
|{{sort|1931|[[1931 United Kingdom general election|1931]]}} || {{sortname|Roland|Robinson|Roland Robinson, 1st Baron Martonmere}} || [[Widnes (UK Parliament constituency)|Widnes]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|24
|-
|{{sort|1933|[[1933 Rutland and Stamford by-election|1933 (b)]]}} || {{sortname|Lord|Willoughby de Eresby|James Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 3rd Earl of Ancaster}} || [[Rutland and Stamford (UK Parliament constituency)|Rutland and Stamford]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|25
|-
|{{sort|1935a|[[1935 Eastbourne by-election|1935 (b)]]}} || {{sortname|Charles|Taylor|Charles Taylor (MP for Eastbourne)}} || [[Eastbourne (UK Parliament constituency)|Eastbourne]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|24
|-
|{{sort|1935b|[[1935 United Kingdom general election|1935]]}} || {{sortname|Malcolm|Macmillan}} || [[Western Isles (UK Parliament constituency)|Western Isles]]
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|22
|-
|{{sort|1940|[[1940 Kettering by-election|1940 (b)]]}} || {{sortname|John|Profumo}} || [[Kettering (UK Parliament constituency)|Kettering]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|25
|-
|{{sort|1941|[[1941 Berwick-upon-Tweed by-election|1941 (b)]]}} || {{sortname|George Charles|Grey}} || [[Berwick-upon-Tweed (UK Parliament constituency)|Berwick-upon-Tweed]]
| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Party (UK)}}
|22
|-
|{{sort|1944|1944}}<ref name="again">Became the youngest MP for a second time, on the death of the previous youngest MP</ref> || {{sortname|John|Profumo}} || [[Kettering (UK Parliament constituency)|Kettering]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|29
|-
|{{sort|1945a|[[1945 Chelmsford by-election|1945 (b)]]}} || {{sortname|Ernest|Millington}} || [[Chelmsford (UK Parliament constituency)|Chelmsford]]
| {{Party name with colour|Common Wealth Party}}
|29
|-
|{{sort|1945b|[[1945 United Kingdom general election|1945]]}} || {{sortname|Edward|Carson|Edward Carson (Conservative politician)}} || [[Isle of Thanet (UK Parliament constituency)|Isle of Thanet]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|25
|-
|{{sort|1948|[[1948 Southwark Central by-election|1948 (b)]]}} || {{sortname|Roy|Jenkins}} || [[Southwark Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Southwark Central]]
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|27
|-
|{{sort|1950a|[[1950 United Kingdom general election|1950]]}} || {{sortname|Peter|Baker|Peter Baker (British politician)}} || [[South Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)|South Norfolk]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|28
|-
|{{sort|1950b|[[1950 Bristol South East by-election|1950 (b)]]}}<ref>[[Tony Benn]] was first elected at the [[1950 Bristol South East by-election]], aged 25, the day after Thomas Teevan, who was aged 23, but Benn took the oath the day before Teevan, and so was Baby of the House for a single day</ref> || {{sortname|Tony|Benn}} || [[Bristol South East (UK Parliament constituency)|Bristol South East]]
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|25
|-
|{{sort|1950c|[[1950 Belfast West by-election|1950 (b)]]}} || {{sortname|Thomas|Teevan|Thomas Teevan (Unionist politician)}} || [[Belfast West (UK Parliament constituency)|Belfast West]]
| {{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}}
|23
|-
|{{sort|1951|[[1951 United Kingdom general election|1951]]}}<ref>[[Tony Benn]] became the youngest MP again after the 1951 general election, on the defeat of Teevan</ref> || {{sortname|Tony|Benn}} || [[Bristol South East (UK Parliament constituency)|Bristol South East]]
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|26
|-
|{{sort|1954a|[[1954 Bournemouth West by-election|1954 (b)]]}} || {{sortname|John|Eden|John Eden, Baron Eden of Winton}} || [[Bournemouth West (UK Parliament constituency)|Bournemouth West]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|28
|-
|{{sort|1954b|[[1954 Liverpool West Derby by-election|1954 (b)]]}} || {{sortname|John|Woollam|John Woollam (politician)}} || [[Liverpool West Derby (UK Parliament constituency)|Liverpool West Derby]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|27
|-
|{{sort|1955a|[[1955 United Kingdom general election|1955]]}}<ref name="abs">Elected on an [[abstentionism|abstentionist]] ticket, [[Philip Clarke (politician)|Philip Clarke]] did not take his seat. [[Peter Michael Kirk|Peter Kirk]] was first elected at the 1955 general election, when he became the youngest MP to take his seat, but only became the youngest MP with the disqualification of Clarke later in the year</ref> || {{sortname|Philip|Clarke|dab=politician}} || [[Fermanagh and South Tyrone (UK Parliament constituency)|Fermanagh and South Tyrone]]
| {{Party name with colour|Sinn Féin}}
|21
|-
|{{sort|1955b|1955}}<ref name="abs" /> || {{sortname|Peter|Kirk|Peter Michael Kirk}} || [[Gravesend (UK Parliament constituency)|Gravesend]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|27
|-
|{{sort|1956|[[1956 Gainsborough by-election|1956 (b)]]}} || {{sortname|Marcus|Kimball|Marcus Kimball, Baron Kimball}} || [[Gainsborough (UK Parliament constituency)|Gainsborough]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|27
|-
|{{sort|1957|[[1957 Bristol West by-election|1957 (b)]]}} || {{sortname|Robert|Cooke|Robert Cooke (Conservative politician)}} || [[Bristol West (UK Parliament constituency)|Bristol West]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|26
|-
|{{sort|1958a|[[1958 Morecambe and Lonsdale by-election|1958 (b)]]}}<ref>Basil de Ferranti was the youngest MP for 15 days between his taking his seat after the [[1958 Morecambe and Lonsdale by-election]] and Patrick Wolrige-Gordon taking his seat after the [[1958 East Aberdeenshire by-election]]
</ref> || {{sortname|Basil|de Ferranti}} || [[Morecambe and Lonsdale (UK Parliament constituency)|Morecambe and Lonsdale]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|28
|-
|{{sort|1958b|[[1958 East Aberdeenshire by-election|1958 (b)]]}} || {{sortname|Patrick|Wolrige-Gordon}} || [[East Aberdeenshire (UK Parliament constituency)|East Aberdeenshire]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|23
|-
|{{sort|1959|[[1959 Southend West by-election|1959 (b)]]}} || {{sortname|Paul|Channon|Paul Channon, Baron Kelvedon}} || [[Southend West (UK Parliament constituency)|Southend West]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|23
|-
|{{sort|1964|[[1964 United Kingdom general election|1964]]}} || {{sortname|Teddy|Taylor}} || [[Glasgow Cathcart (UK Parliament constituency)|Glasgow Cathcart]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|27
|-
|{{sort|1965|[[1965 Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles by-election|1965 (b)]]}} || {{sortname|David|Steel}} || [[Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles (UK Parliament constituency)|Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles]]
| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Party (UK)}}
|26
|-
|{{sort|1966|[[1966 United Kingdom general election|1966]]}} || {{sortname|John|Ryan|John Ryan (UK politician)|John Ryan}} || [[Uxbridge (UK Parliament constituency)|Uxbridge]]
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|25
|-
|{{sort|1967|[[1967 Nuneaton by-election|1967 (b)]]}} || {{sortname|Les|Huckfield}} || [[Nuneaton (UK Parliament constituency)|Nuneaton]]
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|24
|-
|{{sort|1969|[[1969 Mid Ulster by-election|1969 (b)]]}} || {{sortname|Bernadette|Devlin}} || [[Mid Ulster (UK Parliament constituency)|Mid Ulster]]
| {{Party name with colour|Unity (Northern Ireland)}}
|21
|-
|{{sort|1974a|[[February 1974 United Kingdom general election|Feb 1974]]}} || {{sortname|Dafydd|Elis Thomas}} || [[Merioneth (UK Parliament constituency)|Merioneth]]
| {{Party name with colour|Plaid Cymru}}
|27
|-
|{{sort|1974b|[[October 1974 United Kingdom general election|Oct 1974]]}} || {{sortname|Hélène|Hayman|Helene Hayman, Baroness Hayman}} || [[Welwyn and Hatfield (UK Parliament constituency)|Welwyn and Hatfield]]
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|25
|-
|{{sort|1977|[[1977 Birmingham Stechford by-election|1977 (b)]]}} || {{sortname|Andrew|MacKay}} || [[Birmingham Stechford (UK Parliament constituency)|Birmingham Stechford]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|27
|-
|{{sort|1979a|[[1979 Liverpool Edge Hill by-election|1979 (b)]]}} || {{sortname|David|Alton|David Alton}} || [[Liverpool Edge Hill (UK Parliament constituency)|Liverpool Edge Hill]]
| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Party (UK)}}
|28
|-
|{{sort|1979b|[[1979 United Kingdom general election|1979]]}} || {{sortname|Stephen|Dorrell}} || [[Loughborough (UK Parliament constituency)|Loughborough]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|27
|-
|{{sort|1981a|[[April 1981 Fermanagh and South Tyrone by-election|1981 (b)]]}}<ref name="abs2">Elected on an [[abstentionism|abstentionist]] ticket, Bobby Sands and [[Owen Carron]] did not take their seats; [[Stephen Dorrell]] remained the youngest MP actually sitting in the House of Commons</ref> || {{sortname|Bobby|Sands}} || [[Fermanagh and South Tyrone (UK Parliament constituency)|Fermanagh and South Tyrone]]
| {{Party name with colour|Anti H-Block}}
|27
|-
|{{sort|1981b|1981}}<ref name="again" /> || {{sortname|Stephen|Dorrell}} || [[Loughborough (UK Parliament constituency)|Loughborough]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|29
|-
|{{sort|1981c|[[August 1981 Fermanagh and South Tyrone by-election|1981 (b)]]}}<ref name="abs2" /> || {{sortname|Owen|Carron}} || [[Fermanagh and South Tyrone (UK Parliament constituency)|Fermanagh and South Tyrone]]
| {{Party name with colour|Anti H-Block}}
|28
|-
|{{sort|1983|[[1983 United Kingdom general election|1983]]}} || {{sortname|Charles|Kennedy}} || [[Ross, Cromarty and Skye (UK Parliament constituency)|Ross, Cromarty and Skye]]
| {{Party name with colour|Social Democratic Party (UK)}}
|23
|-
|{{sort|1987|[[1987 Truro by-election|1987 (b)]]}} || {{sortname|Matthew|Taylor|Matthew Taylor, Baron Taylor of Goss Moor}} || [[Truro (UK Parliament constituency)|Truro]]
| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Party (UK)}}
|24
|-
|{{sort|1997|[[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997]]}}<ref>Although several sources claim [[Claire Ward]] was the youngest MP during this period, she was 50 days older than [[Chris Leslie]]</ref> || {{sortname|Chris|Leslie|Chris Leslie}} || [[Shipley (UK Parliament constituency)|Shipley]]
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|24
|-
|{{sort|2000|[[2000 Tottenham by-election|2000 (b)]]}} || {{sortname|David|Lammy}} || [[Tottenham (UK Parliament constituency)|Tottenham]]
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|27
|-
|{{sort|2003| [[2003 Brent East by-election|2003 (b)]]}} || {{sortname|Sarah|Teather}} || [[Brent East (UK Parliament constituency)|Brent East]]
| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}
|29
|-
|{{sort|2005| [[2005 United Kingdom general election|2005]]}} || {{sortname|Jo|Swinson}} || [[East Dunbartonshire (UK Parliament constituency)|East Dunbartonshire]]
| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}
|25
|-
| {{sort|2009|[[2009 Norwich North by-election|2009 (b)]]}} || {{sortname|Chloe|Smith}} || [[Norwich North (UK Parliament constituency)|Norwich North]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|27
|-
| {{sort|2010|[[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010]]}} || {{sortname|Pamela|Nash|}} || [[Airdrie and Shotts (UK Parliament constituency)|Airdrie and Shotts]]
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|25
|-
| {{sort|2015|[[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015]]}} || {{sortname|Mhairi|Black|}} || [[Paisley and Renfrewshire South (UK Parliament constituency)|Paisley and Renfrewshire South]]
| {{Party name with colour|Scottish National Party}}
|20
|-
| {{sort|2019|[[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019]]}} || {{sortname|Nadia Whittome|}} || [[Nottingham East (UK Parliament constituency)|Nottingham East]]
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|23
|-
| {{sort|2023|[[2023 Selby and Ainsty by-election|2023 (b)]]}}|| {{sortname|Keir|Mather}} || [[Selby and Ainsty (UK Parliament constituency)|Selby and Ainsty]]
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|25
|-
| {{sort|2024|[[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024]]}}|| {{sortname|Sam|Carling}} || [[North West Cambridgeshire (UK Parliament constituency)|North West Cambridgeshire]]
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|22
|-
|}

===Youngest member of the House of Lords===
The title 'Baby of the House' is not used in the House of Lords, though the youngest member is recorded on the House website.<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/about/faqs/house-of-lords-faqs/lords-members/ Parliament.UK – House of Lords FAQS – Membership and principal office holders] at parliament.uk</ref> {{As of|March 2024}}, the youngest member of the House is [[Carmen Smith, Baroness Smith of Llanfaes|Baroness Smith of Llanfaes]] (born 15 May 1996), who was created a [[life peer]] at the age of 27, becoming the youngest-ever life peer.

The youngest male member of the House is [[Ross Kempsell, Baron Kempsell|Lord Kempsell]] (born 8 May 1992), who was likewise created a [[life peer]] in July 2023 at the age of 31.

Standing Orders state that "No Lord under the age of one and twenty years shall be permitted to sit in the House". When most members of the Lords were hereditary peers, a peer who had inherited his or her peerage(s) while under age was entitled to take a seat on the day before his or her 21st birthday. In theory, such a hereditary peer could still be [[List of excepted hereditary peers|elected to sit in the House]] at that age; in practice, the youngest hereditary peer to have been elected was [[Valerian Freyberg, 3rd Baron Freyberg|Lord Freyberg]] (born 15 December 1970), who was elected in October 1999 at the age of 28.

===List of youngest members of the Scottish Parliament===
This is a list of youngest members of the [[Scottish Parliament]] created in 1999.

{| class="sortable wikitable" width="800px"
|-
!Elected !! Name !! Constituency/region !!class="unsortable"| <!-- Do NOT use colspan. It breaks sorting -->!! Party !! Age when elected
|-
|{{sort|1999|[[1999 Scottish Parliament election|1999]]}} || {{sortname|Duncan|Hamilton|Duncan Hamilton (politician)|Duncan&nbsp;Hamilton}} || [[Highlands and Islands (Scottish Parliament electoral region)|Highlands and Islands region]]
| {{Party name with colour|Scottish National Party}}
|25<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/euan-mccolm-this-time-the-snp-will-get-real-1-4385741|title=This time the SNP will get real|last=McColm|first=Euan|date=8 March 2017|work=The Scotsman|access-date=16 April 2018}}</ref>
|-
|{{sort|2003|[[2003 Scottish Parliament election|2003]]}} || {{sortname|Richard|Baker|Richard Baker (Scottish politician)|Richard Baker}} || [[North East Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)|North East Scotland region]]
| {{Party name with colour|Scottish Labour}}
|28
|-
|{{sort|2007|[[2007 Scottish Parliament election|2007]]}} || {{sortname|John|Lamont|John Lamont}} || [[Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire constituency]]
| {{Party name with colour|Scottish Conservatives}}
|31
|-
|{{sort|2011|[[2011 Scottish Parliament election|2011]]}} || {{sortname|Humza|Yousaf|Humza Yousaf}} || [[Glasgow (Scottish Parliament electoral region)|Glasgow region]]
| {{Party name with colour|Scottish National Party}}
|26
|-
|{{sort|2016|[[2016 Scottish Parliament election|2016]]}} || {{sortname|Ross|Greer|Ross Greer}} || [[West Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)|West Scotland region]]
| {{Party name with colour|Scottish Greens}}
|21
|-
|{{sort|2021|[[2021 Scottish Parliament election|2021]]}} || {{sortname|Emma|Roddick|Emma Roddick}} || [[Highlands and Islands (Scottish Parliament electoral region)|Highlands and Islands region]]
| {{Party name with colour|Scottish National Party}}
|23
|-
|}

===List of youngest members of the Senedd===
This is a list of youngest members of the [[Senedd]] (Welsh Parliament), created in 1999. From its creation in 1999 until May 2020, the Senedd was known as the '''National Assembly for Wales''' (Welsh: ''Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru'').

{| class="wikitable" width="800px"
|-
!Elected !! Name !! Constituency/region !!class="unsortable"| <!-- Do NOT use colspan. It breaks sorting -->!! Party !! DOB !! Age when elected
|-
||[[1999 National Assembly for Wales election|1999]] || [[Jonathan Morgan (politician)|Jonathan Morgan]] || [[South Wales Central (Senedd electoral region)|South Wales Central]]
| {{Party name with colour | Conservative Party (UK)}} || 27 November 1974 || 24<ref>{{Cite news |last=Percival |first=Jenny |date=8 May 1999 |title=LABOUR WILTS IN THE VALLEYS AS PLAID CYMRU TAKES ROOT |work=The Scotman |pages=9}}</ref>
|-
||[[2003 National Assembly for Wales election|2003]] || [[Laura Ann Jones]] || [[South Wales East (Senedd electoral region)|South Wales East]]
| {{Party name with colour | Conservative Party (UK)}} || 21 February 1979 || 24
|-
||[[2007 National Assembly for Wales election|2007]] || [[Bethan Sayed|Bethan Jenkins]] || [[South Wales West (Senedd electoral region)|South Wales West]]
| {{Party name with colour | Plaid Cymru}} || 9 December 1981 || 25
|-
||[[2016 National Assembly for Wales election|2016]] || [[Steffan Lewis]] || [[South Wales East (Senedd electoral region)|South Wales East]]
| {{Party name with colour | Plaid Cymru}} || 30 May 1984 ||31
|-
||[[2018 Alyn and Deeside by-election|2018 (b)]] || [[Jack Sargeant (politician)|Jack Sargeant]] || [[Alyn and Deeside (Senedd constituency)|Alyn and Deeside]]
| {{Party name with colour|Welsh Labour Party}} || 1994 || 23<ref>{{cite news|first1=Martin |last1=Shipton |first2=Sarah |last2=Hodgson |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politics/sargeant-wins-alyn-deeside-election-14256231 |title=Jack Sargeant wins Alyn and Deeside by-election after his father's death |work=Wales Online |date=7 February 2018 |access-date= 8 February 2018 }}</ref>
|-
||[[2021 Senedd election|2021]] || [[Luke Fletcher (politician)|Luke Fletcher]] || [[South Wales West (Senedd electoral region)|South Wales West]]
| {{Party name with colour | Plaid Cymru}} || 1995/96 || 25<ref>{{cite news |last1=BBC News |title=Welsh Parliament election: Senedd members get to work |work=BBC News |date=10 May 2021 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-57054471 |access-date=10 May 2021}}</ref>
|}


==United States==
==United States==
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While the term is used in the Commonwealth Parliaments, Baby of the House or Senate is not in general contemporary use in the United States, nor does being the youngest member confer special treatment in either house of Congress.
While the term is used in the Commonwealth Parliaments, Baby of the House or Senate is not in general contemporary use in the United States, nor does being the youngest member confer special treatment in either house of Congress.


Members of the US Congress tend to be older than parliamentarians elsewhere in the English-speaking world, a main factor being that the minimum ages for members of Congress is written into [[Article One of the United States Constitution]], which forbids those under the age of 25 from serving in the House, and those under the age of 30 from serving in the Senate. Moreover, election to the federal Congress is expensive and requires extensive contacts and recognition across a very wide area. Individuals aiming to serve in the federal legislature generally seek election to the [[state legislature (United States)|state legislature]] (which generally have lower minimum ages for entry) or other state office before seeking to serve in Washington.
Members of the US Congress tend to be older than parliamentarians elsewhere in the English-speaking world, a main factor being that the minimum ages for members of Congress is written into [[Article One of the United States Constitution]], which forbids those under the age of 25 from serving in the House, and those under the age of 30 from serving in the Senate. Moreover, election to the federal Congress is expensive and requires extensive contacts and recognition across a very wide area. Individuals aiming to serve in the federal legislature generally seek election to the [[state legislature (United States)|state legislature]] (state legislatures generally have lower minimum ages for entry) or other state office before seeking to serve in Washington.


In the [[117th United States Congress|117th Congress]], which began on 3 January 2021, the youngest member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] is [[Madison Cawthorn]], who was born on {{birth date and age|df=yes|1995|8|1}}, and was first elected in 2020 three months after his 25th birthday. He replaced [[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez]], the youngest woman elected to the House in U.S. history.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/06/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-is-now-the-youngest-woman-elected-to-congress.html|title=29-year-old Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez makes history as the youngest woman ever elected to Congress|first=Abigail|last=Hess|date=7 November 2018|access-date=27 November 2018}}</ref>
In the [[118th United States Congress|118th Congress]], which began on 3 January 2023, the youngest member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] is [[Maxwell Frost]], who was born on {{birth date and age|df=yes|1997|1|17}} and was first elected in 2022.


Currently the youngest [[United States Senate|US Senator]] is [[Jon Ossoff]], born on {{birth date and age|df=yes|1987|2|16}}, and first elected to a full term in the Senate in the [[2020–21 United States Senate election in Georgia]].
Currently the youngest [[United States Senate|US senator]] is [[Jon Ossoff]], born on {{birth date and age|df=yes|1987|2|16}}, and first elected to a full term in the Senate in the [[2020–21 United States Senate election in Georgia]].

== Zimbabwe ==
Zimbabwe is a commonwealth country where the term "baby of the house" isn't used, but young MPs are represented in the [[Parliament of Zimbabwe]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-09-10 |title=Joana Mamombe: Meet the Zimbabwe Youngest Member of Parliament, Age 25 |url=https://howafrica.com/joana-mamombe-meet-the-zimbabwe-youngest-member-of-parliament-age-25/ |access-date=2023-11-17 |website=How Africa News |language=en-US}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!MP
!Party
!Constituency
!Age
!Election
!Parliament
!Source
|-
|[[Joanah Mamombe]]
|[[Movement for Democratic Change Alliance]]
|Harare West
|25
|[[2018 Zimbabwean general election|2018]]
|[[9th Parliament of Zimbabwe]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=tubei |first=george |date=2018-09-10 |title=Meet Zimbabwe’s youngest legislator, Joanah Mamombe who at 25 represents Harare West Constituency |url=https://africa.businessinsider.com/politics-meet-zimbabwes-youngest-legislator-joanah-mamombe-who-at-25-represents/w1slv0c |access-date=2023-11-17 |website=Business Insider Africa |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|[[Takudzwa Ngadziore]]
|[[Citizens Coalition for Change]]
|Youth quota
|24
|[[2023 Zimbabwean general election|2023]]
|[[10th Parliament of Zimbabwe]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ndoro |first=Nyashadzashe |date=1 November 2023 |title=Zimbabwe's youngest MP Takudzwa Ngadziore abducted by men armed with AK47s |url=https://nehandaradio.com/2023/11/01/zimbabwes-youngest-mp-takudzwa-ngadziore-abducted-by-men-armed-with-ak47s/ |access-date=15 November 2023 |website=Nehanda Radio}}</ref>
|}


==See also==
==See also==
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==References==
==References==
*[http://www.election.demon.co.uk/youngmp.html Youngest Members of Parliament] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991009071249/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/youngmp.html |date=9 October 1999 }}<!-- contains some factual errors -->
*[http://www.election.demon.co.uk/youngmp.html Youngest Members of Parliament] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991009071249/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/youngmp.html |date=9 October 1999 }} <!-- contains some factual errors -->


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[[Category:Members of the United States House of Representatives]]
[[Category:Members of the United States House of Representatives]]
[[Category:Parliament of New Zealand]]
[[Category:Parliament of New Zealand]]
[[Category:Lists of the youngest people]]
[[Category:Youth politics]]

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Baby of the House is the unofficial title given to the youngest member of a parliamentary house. The term is most often applied to members of the British parliament, from which the term originated.[1] The title is named after the Father of the House, which is given to the longest-serving member of the British and other parliaments.

Australia

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In Australia the term is rarely used. Most MPs and senators are elected only in their thirties and later, but some prominent MPs have been elected rather early in life, including Prime Ministers Harold Holt, Malcolm Fraser and Paul Keating, the latter two of whom were both elected at age 25, in 1955 and 1969 respectively. The youngest Baby of the House was Wyatt Roy: he was elected at age 20 in 2010, being the youngest person ever to be elected to an Australian parliament.[2]

As of 2022, the current Baby of the House is the Member for Brisbane Stephen Bates (age 32). Senator Fatima Payman (age 27) is the youngest member of the Senate.

Azerbaijan

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in the 2020 Azerbaijani parliamentary election, Sabina Khasayeva was the youngest MP elected, at the age of 27.[3]

Canada

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The youngest-ever elected member of the House of Commons of Canada is Pierre-Luc Dusseault, who was elected at the age of 19 years and 11 months in 2011. Dusseault is the youngest MP in Canadian history.[4] In the past this distinction has been held by MPs such as Sean O'Sullivan, Pierre Poilievre, Andrew Scheer, Claude-André Lachance and Lorne Nystrom.

The youngest current MP is Eric Melillo, a member of the Conservative Party of Canada, representing the riding of Kenora, Ontario; born in 1998, elected at 21 years of age. The youngest member of the Senate of Canada is Patrick Brazeau of Repentigny, Quebec; born 1974, appointed at 34 years of age.

Finland

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Entered Name Born Party Note
1970 Paavo Väyrynen 1946 Centre Party
1972 Erkki Liikanen 1950 Social Democratic Party of Finland
1979 Pekka Starast 1956 Social Democratic Party of Finland died in 2011
1983 Sirpa Pietikäinen 1959 National Coalition Party
1991 Minna Karhunen 1967 National Coalition Party
1994 Kirsi Piha 1967 National Coalition Party
1995 Säde Tahvanainen 1972 Social Democratic Party of Finland
1999 Petri Neittaanmäki 1975 Centre Party
2003 Satu Taiveaho 1976 Social Democratic Party of Finland
2004 Oras Tynkkynen 1977 Green League
2007 Tuomo Puumala 1982 Centre Party
2011 Olli Immonen 1986 Finns Party
2015 Ilmari Nurminen 1991 Social Democratic Party of Finland
2019 Iiris Suomela 1994 Green League
2023 Olga Oinas-Panuma 1999 Centre Party

France

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List of youngest members of the French Parliament

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This is a list of youngest members of the French parliament at the time of their election.

Elected Name Department Age
1789 Mathieu de Montmorency-Laval Yvelines 22
1791 Edme Bonnerot [fr] Yonne 24
1815 Claude-René Bacot de Romand [fr] Indre-et-Loire 22
2012 Marion Maréchal-Le Pen Vaucluse 22
2017 Ludovic Pajot Pas-de-Calais 23
2022 Tematai Le Gayic French Polynesia 21
2024 Flavien Termet[5] Ardennes 22

Germany

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In Germany the term is rarely used. Emilia Fester was the youngest MP elected in the 2021 federal election at the age of 23.[6]

Emily Vontz became the youngest MP in 2023, at the age of 22.[7]

In 2022, Pascal Leddin became the youngest member of the Landtag of Lower Saxony.[8]

Grenada

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Kerryne James was elected in the 2022 Grenadian general election at the age of 24, becoming the country's youngest ever legislator.[9]

Hong Kong

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Nathan Law, the youngest member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, was elected at the age of 23.

In Hong Kong the term is rarely used. The current baby of the Legislative Council is Joephy Chan, who was elected in the 2021 Legislative Council election.

From 1991 to 2016 the youngest elected member was James To, who ran for the first Legislative Council direct election in 1991 at the age of 28. His record ceased in 2016, when the youngest-ever elected member Nathan Law and the youngest-ever elected female member Yau Wai-ching were both elected in the 2016 election at the ages of 23 and 25 respectively; they were both disqualified over the oath-taking controversy between 2016 and 2017. He was replaced by Ho Kai-ming, who was the fourth-youngest member when he was elected in 2016. He was later replaced by Au Nok-hin, who was elected in the 2018 by-election, but was unseated in 2019. The title went back to Ho, who subsequently resigned in May 2020 for joining the government and was replaced by Cheng Chung-tai, who was the fifth youngest member in 2016, until he himself got disqualified in August 2021. The title eventually returned to Steven Ho who was elected as the youngest member in 2012.

Duration Name Date of birth Constituency Party Elected Start age
1 October 1991 – 1 July 1998 James To (1963-03-11)11 March 1963 Kowloon Southwest GC United Democrats 1991 28 years, 6 months
1 July 1998 – 1 October 2008 Bernard Chan (1965-01-11)11 January 1965 Insurance FC Nonpartisan 1998 33 years, 5 months
1 October 2008 – 1 October 2012 Chan Hak-kan (1976-04-24)24 April 1976 New Territories East GC DAB 2008 32 years, 5 months
1 October 2012 – 29 February 2016 Steven Ho (1979-11-30)30 November 1979 Agriculture and Fisheries FC DAB 2012 32 years, 10 months
29 February 2016 – 1 October 2016 Alvin Yeung (1981-06-05)5 June 1981 New Territories East GC Civic 2016 (b) 34 years, 8 months
1 October 2016 – 14 July 2017 Nathan Law (1993-07-13)13 July 1993 Hong Kong Island GC Demosisto 2016 23 years, 2 months
14 July 2017 – 21 March 2018 Ho Kai-ming (1985-01-06)6 January 1985 Labour FC FTU 2016 32 years, 6 months
21 March 2018 – 17 December 2019 Au Nok-hin (1987-06-18)18 June 1987 Hong Kong Island GC Independent 2018 (b) 30 years, 9 months
17 December 2019 – 31 May 2020 Ho Kai-ming (1985-01-06)6 January 1985 Labour FC FTU 2016 34 years, 11 months
31 May 2020 – 26 August 2021 Cheng Chung-tai (1983-11-05)5 November 1983 New Territories West GC Civic Passion 2016 36 years, 6 months
26 August 2021 – 31 December 2021 Steven Ho (1979-11-30)30 November 1979 Agriculture and Fisheries FC DAB 2012 41 years, 8 months
1 January 2022 – Present Joephy Chan (1990-12-01)1 December 1990 New Territories South West GC FTU 2021 31 years, 1 month

[ (b) – by-election]

Hungary

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The youngest-ever elected member of the National Assembly is Ilona Burka, who became MP at the age of 19 years, 5 months and 13 days on 12 May 1971, following the 1971 parliamentary election.

Member Party Date
Károly Wirth NYKP 1939–1944
András Kis MKP 1944–1945
András Hegedüs MKP 1945
István B. Rácz FKGP 1945–1947
János Gosztonyi NPP 1947–1949
Etel Kurlik MDP 1949–1953
Mária Inklovics MDP
MSZMP 		1953–1957
Margit Kaptur MSZMP 1957–1958
Jusztina Csarnai MSZMP 1958–1963
István Ollári MSZMP 1963–1967
István Bartha MSZMP 1967–1971
Ilona Burka MSZMP 1971–1975
Valéria Czégai MSZMP 1975–1980
Ibolya Kovács MSZMP 1980–1985
Márta Danka MSZMP 1985–1989
Edit Bödő-Rózsa Ind. 1989–1990
SZDSZ
Béla Glattfelder Fidesz 1990–1993
Róbert Répássy Fidesz 1993–1994
László Botka MSZP 1994–1998
János Zuschlag MSZP 1998–2002
Péter Szijjártó Fidesz 2002–2006
László Nagy MSZP 2006–2010
Dóra Dúró Jobbik 2010–2018
Péter Ungár LMP 2018–2022
Miklós Hajnal Momentum 2022–present

India

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Elected Name Constituency Party Age when elected
1984 Prakash Chandra Yadav Barh INC 25 years, 3 months[10]
1989 Nakul Nayak Phulbani JD 26 years, 8 months[11]
1991 Dipika Chikhlia Vadodara BJP 26 years, 2 months[12]
1996 Nihal Chand Chauhan Ganganagar BJP 25 years, 4 months[13]
1998 Yogi Adityanath Gorakhpur BJP 25 years, 8 months[14]
2000 (b) Akhilesh Yadav Kannauj SP 26 years, 7 months[15]
2004 (b) Dharmendra Yadav Mainpuri SP 25 years, 8 months[16]
2009 Muhammed Hamdulla Sayeed Lakshadweep INC 27 years, 0 months[17]
2014 Dushyant Chautala Hisar INLD 26 years, 1 month[18]
2019 Chandrani Murmu Keonjhar BJD 25 years, 11 months
2024 Pushpendra Saroj Kaushambi SP 25 years, 3 months

[(b) – by-election]

Iran

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Source:[19]
Elected Member Affiliation Age when elected
2012 Mohammad Hassannejad Independent 31
2016 Fatemeh Hosseini List of Hope 30
2020 Rouhollah Nejabat Independent 31

Ireland

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In the Republic of Ireland the term is rarely used, as TDs normally enter the Dáil after a political career in local government, usually only in their thirties and later. The current baby of the Dáil is the Labour TD Eoghan Kenny (Cork North-Central), who was 24 years and 10 months old when elected in November 2024.[20]

The youngest TD of all time was William J. Murphy, elected age 21 years 29 days; the youngest female TD was Kathleen O'Connor, 21 years 7 months.

List of babies of the Dáil

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Elected Name Constituency Party Age
1918 Joseph Sweeney[21] West Donegal Sinn Féin 21
1927 Timothy Quill Cork North Labour 26
1937 A. P. Byrne Dublin North-West Independent 24
1943 Oliver J. Flanagan Laois–Offaly Monetary Reform 23
1948 Neil Blaney Donegal East Fianna Fáil 26
1949 William J. Murphy Cork West Labour 21
1951 Declan Costello Dublin North-West Fine Gael 24
1956 Kathleen O'Connor Kerry North Clann na Poblachta 21
1957 Brigid Hogan Galway South Fine Gael 24
1958 Anthony Millar Galway South Fianna Fáil 23
1961 Lorcan Allen Wexford Fianna Fáil 21
1965 Des Foley Dublin County Fianna Fáil 24
1969 John Bruton Meath Fine Gael 22
1975 Máire Geoghegan-Quinn Galway West Fianna Fáil 24
1975 Enda Kenny Mayo West Fine Gael 24
1977 Síle de Valera Dublin County Mid Fianna Fáil 23
1979 Myra Barry Cork North-East Fine Gael 22
1981 Ivan Yates Wexford Fine Gael 21
1984 Brian Cowen Laois–Offaly Fianna Fáil 24
1987 Mary Coughlan Donegal South-West Fianna Fáil 21
1995 Mildred Fox Wicklow Independent 24
1997 Denis Naughten Longford–Roscommon Fine Gael 24
2002 Damien English Meath Fine Gael 24
2007 Lucinda Creighton Dublin South-East Fine Gael 27
2011 Simon Harris Wicklow Fine Gael 24
2016 Jack Chambers Dublin West Fianna Fáil 25
2020 James O'Connor Cork East Fianna Fáil 22
2024 Eoghan Kenny Cork North-Central Labour 24

Baby of Seanad Éireann

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Elected Name Panel Party Age
2011 Kathryn Reilly[22] Industrial and Commercial Panel Sinn Féin 22
2016 Fintan Warfield Cultural and Educational Panel Sinn Féin 24

Israel

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In Israel the term is seldom used. The youngest member of the current Knesset is Yitzhak Wasserlauf of Otzma Yehudit, elected in 2022 aged 30.

The youngest member of the Knesset ever is Moshe Nissim, elected in 1959 aged 24.

Italy

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Enzo Lattuca, baby of the Italian Chamber of Deputies (2013–2018) and youngest deputy ever.
Rachele Scarpa, current baby of the Italian Chamber of Deputies.

The youngest member of the Chamber of Deputies ever is Enzo Lattuca (PD), elected in 2013, aged 25 years, 1 month, and 6 days.

Elected Name Party Date of birth Age
1948 Francesco Pignatone DC 30 March 1923 25 years, 39 days
1953 Fabio De Felice MSI 13 July 1927 25 years, 347 days
1958 Riccardo Misasi DC 14 July 1932 25 years, 333 days
1963 Luigi Berlinguer PCI 25 July 1932 30 years, 295 days
1967 Giuseppe Antonio Bottaro PCI 21 October 1933 33 years, 138 days
1968 Carlo Sangalli DC 31 August 1937 30 years, 279 days
1972 Giuseppa Mendola PCI 4 December 1945 26 years, 173 days
1976 Paolo Allegra PCI 2 December 1950 25 years, 216 days
1979 Anna Maria Castelli Migali PCI 5 October 1951 27 years, 258 days
1979 Michl Ebner SVP 20 September 1952 26 years, 363 days
1983 Giovanni Negri PR 16 May 1957 26 years, 57 days
1987 Cristina Bevilacqua PCI 9 March 1962 25 years, 115 days
1992 Elisabetta Bertotti LN 8 December 1966 25 years, 137 days
1994 Sebastiano Fogliato LN 28 September 1967 26 years, 199 days
1996 Franca Gambato LN 31 August 1969 26 years, 252 days
2001 Chiara Moroni NPSI 23 October 1974 26 years, 219 days
2006 Arturo Scotto DS 15 May 1978 27 years, 348 days
2008 Annagrazia Calabria PdL 6 May 1982 25 years, 359 days
2013 Enzo Lattuca PD 9 February 1988 25 years, 34 days
2018 Angela Raffa M5S 26 January 1993 25 years, 56 days
2022 Rachele Scarpa PD 29 January 1997 25 years, 257 days

Kenya

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MP Age Party Constituency Election Parliament
John Paul Mwirigi[23] 23 UDA Igembe South 2017 12th Parliament

Malawi

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The youngest MP in Malawi was Angela Zachepa, who was voted in as MP at age 21.[24]

Malaysia

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In Malaysia, the term is very rarely used. Most MPs are directly elected and Senators are appointed or indirectly elected, usually in their middle age, but a few were elected as an MP at a very young age, including former Prime Minister and former Pekan MP Najib Razak, who was elected at 22 years and 6 months in 1976. The youngest ever elected is Batu MP Prabakaran Parameswaran, who was elected at the age of 22 years and 3 months in 2018.[25] The present Baby of the House is Sungai Petani MP Mohammed Taufiq Johari, who was elected in 2022. Mohammed Taufiq is a month younger than Prabakaran. Any citizen 18 years of age or older can become a candidate and be directly elected to the Dewan Rakyat as an MP and State Legislative Assemblies as an MLA,[26] while any citizen 30 years of age or older can be appointed or indirectly elected to the Dewan Negara as a Senator.

Marshall Islands

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In the 2019 general election, Kitlang Kabua became the youngest person ever elected to the Nitijeļā.[27][28]

New Zealand

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Maipi-Clarke in 2024

The term "Baby of the House" is rarely used in New Zealand. The current Baby of the House is Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke of Te Pāti Māori, who was elected on 14 October 2023 aged 21.[29] Maipi-Clarke succeeded Chlöe Swarbrick of the Green Party, who was elected on 24 September 2017 aged 23.[30]

Youngest MPs in the New Zealand House of Representatives
Name Elected from Party Date of birth Became baby Age
James Stuart-Wortley Christchurch Country Independent 16 January 1833 1 October 1853 20 years, 258 days
Augustus White Akaroa Independent 1839 13 February 1861 22
Robert Campbell Oamaru Independent 8 January 1843 6 April 1866 23 years, 88 days
Ralph Richardson Suburbs of Nelson Independent 1848 23 January 1871 22
William Pearson Ashley Independent 1854 9 December 1881 27
Arthur Rhodes Gladstone Independent 20 March 1859 26 September 1887 28 years, 190 days
Jackson Palmer Waitemata Independent Liberal 1867 5 December 1890 23
Patrick O'Regan Inangahua Liberal 6 February 1869 20 December 1893 24 years, 317 days
Thomas Wilford Wellington Suburbs Liberal 20 June 1870 4 December 1896 26 years, 167 days
Harry Bedford City of Dunedin Liberal 31 August 1877 25 November 1902 25 years, 86 days
Francis Fisher Wellington Central Liberal 22 December 1877 6 December 1905 27 years, 349 days
Tom Seddon Westland Liberal 2 July 1884 13 July 1906 22 years, 11 days
John A. Lee Auckland East Labour 31 October 1891 7 December 1922 31 years, 37 days
George Black Motueka United 21 November 1903 14 November 1928 24 years, 359 days
Keith Holyoake Motueka Reform 11 February 1904 1 December 1932 28 years, 294 days
Terry McCombs Lyttelton Labour 5 September 1905 24 July 1935 29 years, 322 days
Ormond Wilson Rangitikei Labour 18 November 1907 27 November 1935 28 years, 9 days
Joseph Cotterill Wanganui Labour 26 September 1905 15 October 1938 33 years, 19 days
Tapihana Paraire Paikea Northern Maori Labour 26 January 1920 24 September 1943 23 years, 241 days
Warren Freer Mt Albert Labour 27 December 1920 24 September 1947 26 years, 271 days
Jim Edwards Napier Labour 24 February 1927 13 November 1954 27 years, 262 days
Basil Arthur Timaru Labour 18 September 1928 21 July 1962 33 years, 306 days
Brian MacDonell Dunedin Central Labour 19 May 1935 30 November 1963 28 years, 195 days
Jonathan Hunt New Lynn Labour 2 December 1938 26 November 1966 27 years, 359 days
Murray Rose Otago Central National 14 December 1939 29 November 1969 29 years, 350 days
Mike Moore Eden Labour 28 January 1949 25 November 1972 23 years, 302 days
Marilyn Waring Raglan National 7 October 1952 29 November 1975 23 years, 53 days
Simon Upton Waikato National 7 February 1958 28 November 1981 23 years, 294 days
Nick Smith Tasman National 24 December 1964 27 October 1990 25 years, 307 days
Nanaia Mahuta List Labour 21 August 1970 12 October 1996 26 years, 52 days
Darren Hughes Ōtaki Labour 3 April 1978 27 July 2002 24 years, 115 days
Jacinda Ardern List Labour 26 July 1980 8 November 2008 28 years, 105 days
Gareth Hughes List Green 31 October 1981 11 February 2010 28 years, 103 days
Jami-Lee Ross Botany National 10 December 1985 5 March 2011 25 years, 85 days
Todd Barclay Clutha-Southland National 8 June 1990 20 September 2014 24 years, 104 days
Chlöe Swarbrick List Green 26 June 1994 23 September 2017 23 years, 89 days
Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke Hauraki-Waikato Te Pāti Māori September 2002 14 October 2023 21 years, 18 days

Philippines

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In the Congress of the Philippines, the term "Baby of the House" is rarely used; the term "Benjamin" of the chamber is used instead.[31] Special treatment is not given to the youngest member of either chamber. However, by tradition, the youngest member of the chamber usually administers the oath of office to their incoming leader (i.e. President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives).

The minimum age for being a member of the House of Representatives is 25 years old, while for the Senate it is 35, as stipulated in the 1987 Constitution of the Philippines. In 1933, Benigno Aquino, Sr. became senator at the age of 33;[32] the Jones Law, which created the Senate, had prescribed the minimum age of 30.

The current Benjamin of the House is Representative Jaime Cojuangco of the 1st District of Tarlac. Meanwhile, Senator Mark Villar has been the youngest Senator since 2022.[33]

List of youngest members of the Philippine House of Representatives

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Entered Name Party District Date of Birth Assumed Office Age Note Ref
1987 Gerardo A. Roxas Jr. Liberal Capiz–1st 21 October 1960 30 June 1987 26 years, 252 days
1992 Ralph Recto LDP Batangas–4th 11 January 1964 30 June 1992 28 years, 171 days [34]
1995 Mike Defensor Liberal Quezon City–3rd 30 June 1969 30 June 1995 26 years, 0 days [34]
1998 Alan Peter Cayetano Lakas Pateros–Taguig 28 October 1970 30 June 1998 27 years, 245 days [34]
2001 Felix William Fuentebella NPC Camarines Sur–3rd 5 February 1975 30 June 2001 26 years, 145 days [31]
2002 Joel Villanueva CIBAC Partylist 2 August 1975 6 February 2002 26 years, 188 days [31]
2004 Joel Villanueva CIBAC Partylist 2 August 1975 20 June 2004 28 years, 333 days
2007 Sharee Ann Tan Lakas Samar–2nd 11 May 1982 30 June 2007 25 years, 50 days [34]
2010 Abigail Faye Ferriol-Pascual   Kalinga Partylist 21 September 1984 30 June 2010 25 years, 282 days sworn in Feliciano Belmonte as Speaker[35] [36]
2013 Xavier Jesus Romualdo Liberal Camiguin 5 December 1986 30 June 2013 26 years, 207 days sworn in Feliciano Belmonte as Speaker[37] [38]
2016 Dennis Laogan Ang Kabuhayan Partylist 1 September 1990 30 June 2016 25 years, 303 days sworn in Pantaleon Alvarez[39] and Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo[40] as Speaker [41]
2019 Braeden John Biron Nacionalista Iloilo–4th 10 January 1994 30 June 2019 25 years, 171 days sworn in Alan Peter Cayetano as Speaker [33]
2022 Jaime Cojuangco NPC Tarlac–1st 12 April 1997 30 June 2022 25 years, 79 days sworn in Martin Romualdez as Speaker [42]

List of youngest members of the Philippine Senate

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Congress Name Party Date of Birth Age When Elected From To
8th Joey Lina UNIDO 22 December 1951 35 years, 190 days 30 June 1987 30 June 1992
9th, 10th Nikki Coseteng NPC 18 December 1952 39 years, 195 days 30 June 1992 30 June 1998
11th Loren Legarda Lakas 28 January 1960 38 years, 153 days 30 June 1998 30 June 2001
12th Ralph Recto Nacionalista 11 January 1964 37 years, 170 days 30 June 2001 30 June 2004
13th Bong Revilla Lakas 25 September 1966 37 years, 279 days 30 June 2004 30 June 2007
14th, 15th Antonio Trillanes Nacionalista 6 August 1971 35 years, 327 days 30 June 2007 30 June 2013
16th Bam Aquino Liberal 9 May 1977 36 years, 52 days 30 June 2013 30 June 2016
17th, 18th Manny Pacquiao PCM 17 December 1978 37 years, 196 days 30 June 2016 30 June 2022
19th Mark Villar Nacionalista 14 August 1978 43 years, 320 days 30 June 2022 present

Russia

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Elected Name Party Age when elected
1993 Aleksey Zuev [ru] LDPR 23
1995 Darya Mitina CPRF 22
1999 Vladislav Dyomin [ru] LDPR 25
2003 Pavel Semjonov [ru] United Russia 27
2007 Robert Schlegel United Russia 23
2016 Vasily Vlasov LDPR 21
2021 Georgy Arapov[43] New People 22

Singapore

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The current youngest MP in the Singapore Parliament is Nadia Ahmad Samdin, who was elected in 2020 at the age of 30.[44][45][46] The youngest MP ever elected in Singapore is Lim Chin Siong, who was elected in the 1955 general election at the age of 22.[46]

Elected Name Party Age
1955 Lim Chin Siong PAP 22
1976 Tan Soo Khoon PAP 27
2011 Tin Pei Ling PAP 27
2020 Raeesah Khan WP 26
2020 Nadia Ahmad Samdin PAP 30

South Africa

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The current titleholder, since 2017, is Hlomela Bucwa of the Democratic Alliance.[47]

Sweden

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Entered Name Constituency Party Age Note
2002 Gustav Fridolin Stockholm Municipality Green 19 Spokesperson of the Green Party, 2011–2019
Minister for Education, 2014–2019
2006 Annie Lööf Jönköping County Centre 23 Leader of the Centre Party, 2011–2023
Minister for Enterprise, 2011–2014
2010 Anton Abele Stockholm Municipality Moderate 18
2014 Dennis Dioukarev Jönköping County Sweden Democrats 21
2015 Jesper Skalberg Karlsson Gotland County Moderate 21 Replaced Gustaf Hoffstedt on 19 January 2015 when Hoffstedt resigned his seat.
2018 Ebba Hermansson Skåne County Sweden Democrats 22
21 September 2021 Axel Hallberg Skåne County Green 22 Replaced Emma Berginger on 20 September 2021 during her leave of absence
19 May 2022 Tobias Andersson Västra Götaland County East Sweden Democrats 26 When Emma Berginger returned from her leave of absence on 19 May 2022, Axel Hallberg automatically left the Parliament. Since Ebba Hermansson, the previous Baby of the House, had resigned her seat in December 2021, the new Baby of the House became Tobias Andersson at the age of 26.
26 September 2022 Aida Birinxhiku[48] Halland County Social Democrats 23 Aida Birinxhiku become the youngest member of the Parliament following the 2022 general election.
18 January 2023 Daniel Lönn[49] Dalarna County Sweden Democrats 21 Replaced Sara Gille from 18 January 2023 during her leave of absence. This happened since Rasmus Giertz, who had up to then replaced Sara Gille, became an ordinary member of the Parliament following Mats Nordberg's death.
31 March 2023 Aida Birinxhiku[48] Halland County Social Democrats 23 Aida Birinxhiku regained her position as the youngest member of the Parliament after Sara Gille returned from her leave of absence, thus ending Daniel Lönns time in Parliament.
28 August 2023 Jonathan Svensson[50] Västra Götaland County North Social Democrats 23 Jonathan Svensson became the youngest member of the Parliament when Paula Holmqvist went on leave of absence in August 2023 and finally succeeded her on 4 March 2024, when she resigned her seat.

The current Baby of the House is Jonathan Svensson. The youngest person ever to be elected MP to a Swedish parliament is Anton Abele, who was only aged 18 when elected in September 2010.[51] Current record holder for the world's youngest-ever elected MP is Anton Abele, who at 18 years was elected to the Swedish Parliament for his activism against street violence.[52]

Turkey

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Rümeysa Kadak (born 16 May 1996) is the youngest MP in the history of Republic of Turkey.[53]

Trinidad and Tobago

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Saddam Hosein is the baby of the house of the 12th Republican Parliament.[54]

Uganda

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At 19 years old, Proscovia Alengot Oromait was the world's youngest MP and youngest ever MP in Africa when elected in 2011.[55][56] Oromait is a member of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) in Uganda and was a representative of Usuk County until 2016.[57] She was succeeded as the youngest member of parliament in Uganda by Hellen Auma Wandera.[58]

United Kingdom

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Becoming the Baby of the House of Commons is regarded as something of an achievement, despite the lack of any special treatment that comes with the title. However, some MPs who have held the position for a considerable period – Matthew Taylor was the Baby of the House for over ten years – have found it somewhat embarrassing, as it may suggest that they have a lack of experience, although many holders of the title have gone on to enjoy long and distinguished parliamentary careers.

From August 1999 to September 2001, all three of the leaders of the main political parties – Tony Blair, William Hague and Charles Kennedy – had been the youngest MPs in their party when they began their political careers, though only Kennedy had been Baby of the House.

Of those whose ages can be verified, the youngest MP since the Reform Act 1832[59] is Mhairi Black, elected in 2015 aged 20 years 237 days.[60] The age of candidacy for Parliament was lowered from 21 to 18 by the Electoral Administration Act 2006. William Pitt the Younger was elected at 21 and became Prime Minister two years later in 1783. There were younger MPs in earlier centuries: Christopher Monck was elected as MP for Devon in 1667 aged 13; when his father died three years later and Monck became Duke of Albemarle, he could not then take his seat in the House of Lords until aged 21.[61]

Owen Carron directly replaced Bobby Sands as both MP for Fermanagh South Tyrone and Baby of the House after Sands' death on hunger strike, but neither ever took his seat.[62] George Charles Grey is the only other Baby of the House to die while in post, in World War Two.[63]

List of babies of the House of Commons

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In the following table, "(b)" denotes an MP elected at a by-election.

Elected Name Constituency Party Age when elected
1880 (b) James Dickson Dungannon Liberal 21
1885 Harry Levy-Lawson St Pancras West Liberal 22
1888 (b) Lord Walter Gordon-Lennox Chichester Conservative 22
1890 (b) Henry Harrison Mid Tipperary Irish Parliamentary 22
1891 (b) Victor Cavendish West Derbyshire Conservative 23
1891 (b) Frederick Smith Strand Conservative 23
1892 Thomas Bartholomew Curran Kilkenny City Irish National Federation 22
1895 Viscount Milton Wakefield Liberal Unionist 22
1898 (b) Sir Samuel Scott, Bt Marylebone West Conservative 24
1898 (b) Arthur Hill West Down Conservative 24
1900 Richard Rigg Appleby Liberal 23
1904 (b) Viscount Turnour Horsham Conservative 21
1906 Lord Wodehouse Mid Norfolk Liberal 22
Jan 1910 Charles Thomas Mills Uxbridge Conservative 22
Dec 1910 Viscount Wolmer Newton Liberal 23
1912 (b) Sir Philip Sassoon, Bt Hythe Conservative 23
1915 (b) John Esmonde North Tipperary Irish Parliamentary 21
1916 (b) Patrick Whitty North Louth Irish Parliamentary 21
1917 (b) Lord Stanley Liverpool Abercromby Conservative 22
1918[64] Joseph Sweeney West Donegal Sinn Féin 21
1919 (b) Esmond Harmsworth Isle of Thanet Coalition Conservative 21
1922 Arthur Evans Leicester East National Liberal 24
1923 Charles Rhys Romford Conservative 24
1924 Hugh Lucas-Tooth Isle of Ely Conservative 21
1929 (b) Jennie Lee North Lanarkshire Labour 24
1929 Frank Owen Hereford Liberal 23
1931 Roland Robinson Widnes Conservative 24
1933 (b) Lord Willoughby de Eresby Rutland and Stamford Conservative 25
1935 (b) Charles Taylor Eastbourne Conservative 24
1935 Malcolm Macmillan Western Isles Labour 22
1940 (b) John Profumo Kettering Conservative 25
1941 (b) George Charles Grey Berwick-upon-Tweed Liberal 22
1944[65] John Profumo Kettering Conservative 29
1945 (b) Ernest Millington Chelmsford Common Wealth 29
1945 Edward Carson Isle of Thanet Conservative 25
1948 (b) Roy Jenkins Southwark Central Labour 27
1950 Peter Baker South Norfolk Conservative 28
1950 (b)[66] Tony Benn Bristol South East Labour 25
1950 (b) Thomas Teevan Belfast West UUP 23
1951[67] Tony Benn Bristol South East Labour 26
1954 (b) John Eden Bournemouth West Conservative 28
1954 (b) John Woollam Liverpool West Derby Conservative 27
1955[68] Philip Clarke Fermanagh and South Tyrone Sinn Féin 21
1955[68] Peter Kirk Gravesend Conservative 27
1956 (b) Marcus Kimball Gainsborough Conservative 27
1957 (b) Robert Cooke Bristol West Conservative 26
1958 (b)[69] Basil de Ferranti Morecambe and Lonsdale Conservative 28
1958 (b) Patrick Wolrige-Gordon East Aberdeenshire Conservative 23
1959 (b) Paul Channon Southend West Conservative 23
1964 Teddy Taylor Glasgow Cathcart Conservative 27
1965 (b) David Steel Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles Liberal 26
1966 John Ryan Uxbridge Labour 25
1967 (b) Les Huckfield Nuneaton Labour 24
1969 (b) Bernadette Devlin Mid Ulster Unity 21
Feb 1974 Dafydd Elis Thomas Merioneth Plaid Cymru 27
Oct 1974 Hélène Hayman Welwyn and Hatfield Labour 25
1977 (b) Andrew MacKay Birmingham Stechford Conservative 27
1979 (b) David Alton Liverpool Edge Hill Liberal 28
1979 Stephen Dorrell Loughborough Conservative 27
1981 (b)[70] Bobby Sands Fermanagh and South Tyrone Anti H-Block 27
1981[65] Stephen Dorrell Loughborough Conservative 29
1981 (b)[70] Owen Carron Fermanagh and South Tyrone Anti H-Block 28
1983 Charles Kennedy Ross, Cromarty and Skye SDP 23
1987 (b) Matthew Taylor Truro Liberal 24
1997[71] Chris Leslie Shipley Labour 24
2000 (b) David Lammy Tottenham Labour 27
2003 (b) Sarah Teather Brent East Liberal Democrats 29
2005 Jo Swinson East Dunbartonshire Liberal Democrats 25
2009 (b) Chloe Smith Norwich North Conservative 27
2010 Pamela Nash Airdrie and Shotts Labour 25
2015 Mhairi Black Paisley and Renfrewshire South SNP 20
2019 Nadia Whittome Nottingham East Labour 23
2023 (b) Keir Mather Selby and Ainsty Labour 25
2024 Sam Carling North West Cambridgeshire Labour 22

Youngest member of the House of Lords

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The title 'Baby of the House' is not used in the House of Lords, though the youngest member is recorded on the House website.[72] As of March 2024, the youngest member of the House is Baroness Smith of Llanfaes (born 15 May 1996), who was created a life peer at the age of 27, becoming the youngest-ever life peer.

The youngest male member of the House is Lord Kempsell (born 8 May 1992), who was likewise created a life peer in July 2023 at the age of 31.

Standing Orders state that "No Lord under the age of one and twenty years shall be permitted to sit in the House". When most members of the Lords were hereditary peers, a peer who had inherited his or her peerage(s) while under age was entitled to take a seat on the day before his or her 21st birthday. In theory, such a hereditary peer could still be elected to sit in the House at that age; in practice, the youngest hereditary peer to have been elected was Lord Freyberg (born 15 December 1970), who was elected in October 1999 at the age of 28.

List of youngest members of the Scottish Parliament

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This is a list of youngest members of the Scottish Parliament created in 1999.

Elected Name Constituency/region Party Age when elected
1999 Duncan Hamilton Highlands and Islands region SNP 25[73]
2003 Richard Baker North East Scotland region Labour 28
2007 John Lamont Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire constituency Conservative 31
2011 Humza Yousaf Glasgow region SNP 26
2016 Ross Greer West Scotland region Scottish Green 21
2021 Emma Roddick Highlands and Islands region SNP 23

List of youngest members of the Senedd

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This is a list of youngest members of the Senedd (Welsh Parliament), created in 1999. From its creation in 1999 until May 2020, the Senedd was known as the National Assembly for Wales (Welsh: Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru).

Elected Name Constituency/region Party DOB Age when elected
1999 Jonathan Morgan South Wales Central Conservative 27 November 1974 24[74]
2003 Laura Ann Jones South Wales East Conservative 21 February 1979 24
2007 Bethan Jenkins South Wales West Plaid Cymru 9 December 1981 25
2016 Steffan Lewis South Wales East Plaid Cymru 30 May 1984 31
2018 (b) Jack Sargeant Alyn and Deeside Labour 1994 23[75]
2021 Luke Fletcher South Wales West Plaid Cymru 1995/96 25[76]

United States

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Main article: List of youngest members of the United States Congress

While the term is used in the Commonwealth Parliaments, Baby of the House or Senate is not in general contemporary use in the United States, nor does being the youngest member confer special treatment in either house of Congress.

Members of the US Congress tend to be older than parliamentarians elsewhere in the English-speaking world, a main factor being that the minimum ages for members of Congress is written into Article One of the United States Constitution, which forbids those under the age of 25 from serving in the House, and those under the age of 30 from serving in the Senate. Moreover, election to the federal Congress is expensive and requires extensive contacts and recognition across a very wide area. Individuals aiming to serve in the federal legislature generally seek election to the state legislature (state legislatures generally have lower minimum ages for entry) or other state office before seeking to serve in Washington.

In the 118th Congress, which began on 3 January 2023, the youngest member of the United States House of Representatives is Maxwell Frost, who was born on (1997-01-17) 17 January 1997 (age 27) and was first elected in 2022.

Currently the youngest US senator is Jon Ossoff, born on (1987-02-16) 16 February 1987 (age 37), and first elected to a full term in the Senate in the 2020–21 United States Senate election in Georgia.

Zimbabwe

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Zimbabwe is a commonwealth country where the term "baby of the house" isn't used, but young MPs are represented in the Parliament of Zimbabwe.[77]

MP Party Constituency Age Election Parliament Source
Joanah Mamombe Movement for Democratic Change Alliance Harare West 25 2018 9th Parliament of Zimbabwe [78]
Takudzwa Ngadziore Citizens Coalition for Change Youth quota 24 2023 10th Parliament of Zimbabwe [79]

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