- Andrea Jenkyns will bring her son into Parliament to vote on new Brexit Bill
- Her six-month-old son Clifford will be put in a cot in her Westminster office when she goes to the chamber to cast her vote
- The Morley and Outwood MP has cut her materity leave short to give the EU Withdrawal Bill a greater chance of being successfully voted through
A Tory MP will bring her newborn baby to the Commons today so she can vote for Britain to leave the EU.
Andrea Jenkyns, whose son Clifford was born in March, will come to Parliament to help secure the passage of the EU Withdrawal Bill.
The Morley and Outwood MP will put him in a cot in her Westminster office and then go to vote, the Sunday Times reported.
Tory MP Andrea Jenkyns will bring her newborn baby to the Commons today so she can vote for Britain to leave the EU
She has cut short her maternity leave to cast her ballot in favour of the Bill. Party whips have called MPs back to ensure the critical Bill passes despite the government’s slim majority.
‘After the general election, it looked unlikely I would get any leave. I finally got permission to take this month off, but was told I would need to come in and vote on the bill,’ she said.
‘I’ll put Clifford in a cot in my office while I wait for the balloting, which is expected to go on into the early hours. He’s a really good baby, but I can’t say it’s not exhausting.’
The child’s father is Conservative MP Jack Lopresti. In 2015 The father of three was forced to confess the affair to his wife of 23 years after the pair were seen holding hands at a railway station.
Her son Clifford was dressed in Conservative blue during the general election campaign
The MP for Morley and Outwood has cut short her maternity leave so that she can vote in the Commons so that Britain to leave the EU