A NEW wave of Tory MPs have been dubbed Boris’s babies as a staggering 109 new members head to Westminster.
An ex-dolphin trainer, NHS worker and a tattooed gamer who lost her dad when she was just 13 are among the fresh faces who will now join Mr Johnson’s majority government.
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Here, we take a look at some of the new MPs brought into government in the landslide Tory victory.
DEHENNA DAVISON
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Dehenna was the poster girl for Boris Johnson’s campaign on Labour’s heartland and became the first Tory MP for Bishop Auckland as the Conservatives broke down the Red Wall.
The 26-year-old opened up during her campaign about how her “very clear sense of justice” had been formed by the death of her dad when she was just 13.
Dad Dominic was killed by a single blow to the head in the pub.
Recounting the trauma, she said: “I can still picture it. I can tell you what the colour the walls were and everything,
“[The doctors] stopped and I went to see my dad’s body, which is not something you expect to do at such a young age.”
The former computer game shop worker then went on to study politics and worked as an aide to Jacob Rees-Mogg.
This year was her third bid to be a MP with the young woman saying she just wanted to “get things done”.
With a Harry Potter tattoo and a working-class Sheffield upbringing, Davison, calls herself Dehenna #GetBrexitDone Davison on Twitter.
Celebrating the win, she took to social media with a photo of her parents, saying: “I did it for them.
“Mum, thank you for always supporting me, whatever life has thrown at you. Dad, thank you for teaching me what it is to be a Davison. Nannan, thank you for inspiring me to be the best version of myself.”
SARA BRITCLIFFE
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Sara Britcliffe is just 24 – the youngest of the new Conservatives to gain a seat after the Tories swept to victory.
She will now become the “Baby of the House of Commons” – a title given to Britain’s youngest MP.
The new MP turned Hyndburn blue after taking the seat from Labour’s Graham Jones.
Her father Peter had tried twice to win the seat from Labour.
FAY JONES
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Fay Jones took the seat of Fay Jones Brecon & Radnorshire after winning the seat with a majority of 7,131.
She has previously worked as an assistant to an MEP in Brussels.
SARAH ATHERTON
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Sarah Atherton will represent Wrexham after turning the seat blue in the landslide Tory win.
She became the first female Conservative MP in Wales after taking the Labour stronghold.
Ms Atherton won the seat, previously held by Labour since 1931, with a majority of more than 2,000.
VIRGINIA CROSBIE
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Virginia Crosbie won the Ynys Mon seat on the isle of Anglesey.
The former dolphin trainer won the seat with a majority of almost 2,000 from Labour.
She said: “It’s a real privilege to represent this beautiful constituency and community, the people have really welcomed myself and my family and I’m really honoured.”
IAN LEVY
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Ian Levy, the new Tory MP for the Blyth Valley, came from a background of working in mental health support.
He became tearful as he thanked his family and Mr Johnson – taking the seat for the Tories for the first time since 1935.
He said: “I would like to thank the people of Blyth Valley. If the people of Blyth Valley hadn’t voted, I wouldn’t be here tonight.
“Finally I would like to thank my wife Maureen, my children Andrew and Alice. And I would like to thank Boris.
“I’m going to be on that train on Monday, I’m going to London, we’re going to get Brexit done.
“We are going to build a strong economy for the UK and do that together.”
CLAIRE COUTINHO
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Claire Coutinho took East Surrey after incumbent Sam Gyimah defected to the Lib Dems.
She comfortably held the seat for the Tories.
JONATHAN GULLIS
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Jonathan Gullis will take on the role of politician after working as a secondary school teacher.
He will now be the MP for Stoke-on-Trent North.
He said: “I’m absolutely over the moon to even have had the shot for Stoke-on-Trent North, from a young age all I’ve wanted to do is make a difference in people’s lives.”
In a speech to congratulate activists at CCHQ Boris said the country had given him a “stonking mandate” and the Tories had created a political “earthquake”.
Meanwhile, Mr Corbyn said he will step down as Labour boss before the next election after failing to win a second poll in a row – and taking the party to its worst result in 40 years.
But he refused to say when that would happen, and insisted the party had to have a period of “reflection”.
