Today, we catch up with three newly-elected parliamentarians about their first terms. Adam is joined by Rosie Wrighting, Labour MP for Kettering, Ben Obese-Jecty, Conservative MP for Huntingdon and Pippa Heylings, Liberal Democrat MP for South Cambridgeshire. Adam finds out how their election campaigns went, what missteps they’ve made in Parliament so far and what really goes on behind the scenes in the House of Commons. You can now listen to Newscast on a smart speaker. If you want to listen, just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Newscast”. It works on most smart speakers. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Miranda Slade. The technical producer was Ben Andrews. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The editor is Sam Bonham.
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Hello, here is a quick pub quiz question for you.
After the UK general election, how many new MPs were elected to Parliament?
Okay, your time's up.
The answer is 335.
Well done.
If you actually didn't know that off by heart, that means you're a bigger geek than I am, because I've got it written down here from the House of Commons library.
Thank you.
Anyway, we thought we would get three of the newbies together to find out a bit more about them and to find out how their first few months in Paris Parliament on the front line of politics has been going, because maybe that will tell us something about just where we are as a country.
So that is what you are going to hear on this episode of Newscast as we sit down with three new MPs before they head back to their constituencies.
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