9 newly elected MP's in South Yorkshire & North Derbyshire to be sworn in at Westminster
It's as Parliament is set to resume later today
9 newly elected Labour MP's in South Yorkshire & North Derbyshire will head down to the House of Commons for the first time today.
Parliament is set to 'reconvene' later in Westminster - with MP's set to be sworn in - to officially start the first 100 days of Sir Keir Starmer's new Labour government.
Amongst those who will be going down to Westminster for the first time are the new Bolsover MP Natalie Fleet - who helped labour gain the seat from the Tories, as well as the likes of the new Doncaster East & Isle of Axholme MP Lee Pitcher - who narrowly secured more votes than former Conservative MP Nick Fletcher.
Jon Dean is a lecturer in Politics at Sheffield Hallam Uni - He's been telling why it's important for Labour not to waste any time in getting things done:
"What we now see in British politics is quite a lot of fracture.
"People are willing to vote for lots of different parties that better articulate their views.
"This can result in more votes for protest parties and smaller parties, so while Labour have won South Yorkshire & North Derbyshire in the short term, it doesn't always guarantee that they'll have these seats.
"The Labour party will be judged locally on how well they're able to bring investment and improvement to public services, as well as better paying, quality jobs to South Yorkshire & North Derbyshire over the next few years."
Meanwhile, all of the Metro Mayors across the country will meet with the Prime Minister today at Downing Street.
Labour's Claire Ward was elected as the East Midlands' first-ever Mayor 2 months ago.
She's confident North Derbyshire towns like Chesterfield will benefit from the new structure of the government:
"I certainly expect that the commitments that we've seen from the Prime Minister, and from the Labour party to devolution will mean that we'll get more powers and more funding in due course.
"We need to grow our local economy, and as a result of being able to do that, it'll mean better jobs.
"High paid, highly skilled jobs, but we also need to tackle these shortages through the skills, education and training opportunities that are already available."