56th Parliament of the United Kingdom Maiden speeches

18 May 2015 - 3 May 2017

State opening: 27 May 2015

Dissolution proclamation in London Gazette issue 61920.

Wikidata ID: Q21084473

Brendan O'Hara made their maiden speech on 27 May 2015, as the Scottish National Party member for Argyll and Bute.

Stephen Gethins made their maiden speech on 27 May 2015, as the Scottish National Party member for North East Fife.

Keir Starmer made their maiden speech on 28 May 2015, as the Labour member for Holborn and St Pancras.

Ian Blackford made their maiden speech on 28 May 2015, as the Scottish National Party member for Ross, Skye and Lochaber.

Peter Dowd made their maiden speech on 28 May 2015, as the Labour member for Bootle.

Craig MacKinlay made their maiden speech on 28 May 2015, as the Conservative member for South Thanet.

Nick Thomas-Symonds made their maiden speech on 28 May 2015, as the Labour member for Torfaen.

Joanna Cherry made their maiden speech on 28 May 2015, as the Scottish National Party member for Edinburgh South West.

Tommy Sheppard made their maiden speech on 28 May 2015, as the Scottish National Party member for Edinburgh East.

Jess Phillips made their maiden speech on 28 May 2015, as the Labour member for Birmingham, Yardley.

Scott Mann made their maiden speech on 1 June 2015, as the Conservative member for North Cornwall.

Gavin Robinson made their maiden speech on 1 June 2015, as the Democratic Unionist Party member for Belfast East.

James Heappey made their maiden speech on 1 June 2015, as the Conservative member for Wells.

Julie Cooper made their maiden speech on 1 June 2015, as the Labour member for Burnley.

Anne-Marie Trevelyan made their maiden speech on 1 June 2015, as the Conservative member for Berwick-upon-Tweed.

Mike Wood made their maiden speech on 1 June 2015, as the Conservative member for Dudley South.

Conor McGinn made their maiden speech on 1 June 2015, as the Labour member for St Helens North.

Danny Kinahan made their maiden speech on 1 June 2015, as the Ulster Unionist Party member for South Antrim.

Suella Fernandes made their maiden speech on 1 June 2015, as the Conservative member for Fareham.

Patrick Grady made their maiden speech on 1 June 2015, as the Scottish National Party member for Glasgow North.

Melanie Onn made their maiden speech on 1 June 2015, as the Labour member for Great Grimsby.

Rebecca Pow made their maiden speech on 1 June 2015, as the Conservative member for Taunton Deane.

Flick Drummond made their maiden speech on 1 June 2015, as the Conservative member for Portsmouth South.

Johnny Mercer made their maiden speech on 1 June 2015, as the Conservative member for Plymouth, Moor View.

Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh made their maiden speech on 1 June 2015, as the Scottish National Party member for Ochil and South Perthshire.

Catherine Smith made their maiden speech on 1 June 2015, as the Labour member for Lancaster and Fleetwood.

Maria Caulfield made their maiden speech on 1 June 2015, as the Conservative member for Lewes.

Rachael Maskell made their maiden speech on 2 June 2015, as the Labour / Co-operative Party member for York Central.

Philippa Whitford made their maiden speech on 2 June 2015, as the Scottish National Party member for Central Ayrshire.

Alex Chalk made their maiden speech on 2 June 2015, as the Conservative member for Cheltenham.

Helen Whately made their maiden speech on 2 June 2015, as the Conservative member for Faversham and Mid Kent.

Will Quince made their maiden speech on 2 June 2015, as the Conservative member for Colchester.

Colleen Fletcher made their maiden speech on 2 June 2015, as the Labour member for Coventry North East.

Ruth Cadbury made their maiden speech on 2 June 2015, as the Labour member for Brentford and Isleworth.

Lucy Allan made their maiden speech on 2 June 2015, as the Conservative member for Telford.

Caroline Ansell made their maiden speech on 2 June 2015, as the Conservative member for Eastbourne.

Mims Davies made their maiden speech on 2 June 2015, as the Conservative member for Eastleigh.

Kate Osamor made their maiden speech on 2 June 2015, as the Labour / Co-operative Party member for Edmonton.

Angela Rayner made their maiden speech on 2 June 2015, as the Labour member for Ashton-under-Lyne.

Natalie McGarry made their maiden speech on 2 June 2015, as the Scottish National Party member for Glasgow East.

Christina Rees made their maiden speech on 2 June 2015, as the Labour member for Neath.

James Davies made their maiden speech on 2 June 2015, as the Conservative member for Vale of Clwyd.

Kit Malthouse made their maiden speech on 2 June 2015, as the Conservative member for North West Hampshire.

Gerald Jones made their maiden speech on 2 June 2015, as the Labour member for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney.

Angela Crawley made their maiden speech on 2 June 2015, as the Scottish National Party member for Lanark and Hamilton East.

Thangam Debbonaire made their maiden speech on 2 June 2015, as the Labour member for Bristol West.

Steve Double made their maiden speech on 3 June 2015, as the Conservative member for St Austell and Newquay.

Peter Kyle made their maiden speech on 3 June 2015, as the Labour member for Hove.

James Cartlidge made their maiden speech on 3 June 2015, as the Conservative member for South Suffolk.

Byron Davies made their maiden speech on 3 June 2015, as the Conservative member for Gower.

Julian Knight made their maiden speech on 3 June 2015, as the Conservative member for Solihull.

Craig Williams made their maiden speech on 3 June 2015, as the Conservative member for Cardiff North.

Stephen Kinnock made their maiden speech on 3 June 2015, as the Labour member for Aberavon.

Kirsty Blackman made their maiden speech on 3 June 2015, as the Scottish National Party member for Aberdeen North.

Wendy Morton made their maiden speech on 3 June 2015, as the Conservative member for Aldridge-Brownhills.

Helen Hayes made their maiden speech on 3 June 2015, as the Labour member for Dulwich and West Norwood.

Ranil Jayawardena made their maiden speech on 3 June 2015, as the Conservative member for North East Hampshire.

Michelle Thomson made their maiden speech on 3 June 2015, as the Scottish National Party member for Edinburgh West.

Anna Turley made their maiden speech on 3 June 2015, as the Labour / Co-operative Party member for Redcar.

Jo Cox made their maiden speech on 3 June 2015, as the Labour member for Batley and Spen.

Marcus Fysh made their maiden speech on 4 June 2015, as the Conservative member for Yeovil.

Simon Hoare made their maiden speech on 4 June 2015, as the Conservative member for North Dorset.

Nigel Huddleston made their maiden speech on 4 June 2015, as the Conservative member for Mid Worcestershire.

Lucy Frazer made their maiden speech on 4 June 2015, as the Conservative member for South East Cambridgeshire.

Roger Mullin made their maiden speech on 4 June 2015, as the Scottish National Party member for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath.

Amanda Milling made their maiden speech on 4 June 2015, as the Conservative member for Cannock Chase.

Jeremy Quin made their maiden speech on 4 June 2015, as the Conservative member for Horsham.

Louise Haigh made their maiden speech on 4 June 2015, as the Labour member for Sheffield, Heeley.

Christopher Stephens made their maiden speech on 4 June 2015, as the Scottish National Party member for Glasgow South West.

Jo Stevens made their maiden speech on 4 June 2015, as the Labour member for Cardiff Central.

Edward Argar made their maiden speech on 4 June 2015, as the Conservative member for Charnwood.

Matthew Pennycook made their maiden speech on 4 June 2015, as the Labour member for Greenwich and Woolwich.

Huw Merriman made their maiden speech on 4 June 2015, as the Conservative member for Bexhill and Battle.

Kevin Hollinrake made their maiden speech on 4 June 2015, as the Conservative member for Thirsk and Malton.

Hannah Bardell made their maiden speech on 8 June 2015, as the Scottish National Party member for Livingston.

Carolyn Harris made their maiden speech on 8 June 2015, as the Labour member for Swansea East.

Vicky Foxcroft made their maiden speech on 8 June 2015, as the Labour member for Lewisham, Deptford.

Douglas Chapman made their maiden speech on 8 June 2015, as the Scottish National Party member for Dunfermline and West Fife.

Karin Smyth made their maiden speech on 8 June 2015, as the Labour member for Bristol South.

Sue Hayman made their maiden speech on 8 June 2015, as the Labour member for Workington.

Daniel Zeichner made their maiden speech on 8 June 2015, as the Labour member for Cambridge.

Alberto Costa made their maiden speech on 8 June 2015, as the Conservative member for South Leicestershire.

Antoinette Sandbach made their maiden speech on 8 June 2015, as the Conservative member for Eddisbury.

Margaret Ferrier made their maiden speech on 8 June 2015, as the Scottish National Party member for Rutherglen and Hamilton West.

Callum McCaig made their maiden speech on 8 June 2015, as the Scottish National Party member for Aberdeen South.

Kirsten Oswald made their maiden speech on 8 June 2015, as the Scottish National Party member for East Renfrewshire.

Jeff Smith made their maiden speech on 8 June 2015, as the Labour member for Manchester, Withington.

Patricia Gibson made their maiden speech on 8 June 2015, as the Scottish National Party member for North Ayrshire and Arran.

Ruth Smeeth made their maiden speech on 8 June 2015, as the Labour member for Stoke-on-Trent North.

Drew Hendry made their maiden speech on 9 June 2015, as the Scottish National Party member for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey.

Matt Warman made their maiden speech on 9 June 2015, as the Conservative member for Boston and Skegness.

Justin Madders made their maiden speech on 9 June 2015, as the Labour member for Ellesmere Port and Neston.

Tom Elliott made their maiden speech on 9 June 2015, as the Ulster Unionist Party member for Fermanagh and South Tyrone.

Holly Lynch made their maiden speech on 9 June 2015, as the Labour member for Halifax.

Alan Mak made their maiden speech on 9 June 2015, as the Conservative member for Havant.

Peter Heaton-Jones made their maiden speech on 9 June 2015, as the Conservative member for North Devon.

Paul Scully made their maiden speech on 9 June 2015, as the Conservative member for Sutton and Cheam.

Kevin Foster made their maiden speech on 9 June 2015, as the Conservative member for Torbay.

Stewart McDonald made their maiden speech on 9 June 2015, as the Scottish National Party member for Glasgow South.

Wes Streeting made their maiden speech on 9 June 2015, as the Labour member for Ilford North.

Nusrat Ghani made their maiden speech on 9 June 2015, as the Conservative member for Wealden.

Clive Lewis made their maiden speech on 10 June 2015, as the Labour member for Norwich South.

Catherine West made their maiden speech on 10 June 2015, as the Labour member for Hornsey and Wood Green.

Tania Mathias made their maiden speech on 10 June 2015, as the Conservative member for Twickenham.

Chris Philp made their maiden speech on 10 June 2015, as the Conservative member for Croydon South.

Chris Matheson made their maiden speech on 10 June 2015, as the Labour member for City of Chester.

James Cleverly made their maiden speech on 10 June 2015, as the Conservative member for Braintree.

Richard Burgon made their maiden speech on 10 June 2015, as the Labour member for Leeds East.

Ben Howlett made their maiden speech on 11 June 2015, as the Conservative member for Bath.

Peter Grant made their maiden speech on 11 June 2015, as the Scottish National Party member for Glenrothes.

Tom Pursglove made their maiden speech on 11 June 2015, as the Conservative member for Corby.

Tom Tugendhat made their maiden speech on 11 June 2015, as the Conservative member for Tonbridge and Malling.

Rishi Sunak made their maiden speech on 11 June 2015, as the Conservative member for Richmond (Yorks).

Seema Kennedy made their maiden speech on 11 June 2015, as the Conservative member for South Ribble.

Rupa Huq made their maiden speech on 11 June 2015, as the Labour member for Ealing Central and Acton.

George Kerevan made their maiden speech on 11 June 2015, as the Scottish National Party member for East Lothian.

Andrea Jenkyns made their maiden speech on 16 June 2015, as the Conservative member for Morley and Outwood.

Tulip Siddiq made their maiden speech on 16 June 2015, as the Labour member for Hampstead and Kilburn.

Oliver Dowden made their maiden speech on 17 June 2015, as the Conservative member for Hertsmere.

David Mackintosh made their maiden speech on 17 June 2015, as the Conservative member for Northampton South.

Alison Thewliss made their maiden speech on 17 June 2015, as the Scottish National Party member for Glasgow Central.

John Nicolson made their maiden speech on 17 June 2015, as the Scottish National Party member for East Dunbartonshire.

Harry Harpham made their maiden speech on 17 June 2015, as the Labour member for Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough.

Imran Hussain made their maiden speech on 17 June 2015, as the Labour member for Bradford East.

Amanda Solloway made their maiden speech on 17 June 2015, as the Conservative member for Derby North.

Carol Monaghan made their maiden speech on 22 June 2015, as the Scottish National Party member for Glasgow North West.

Liz Saville-Roberts made their maiden speech on 22 June 2015, as the Plaid Cymru member for Dwyfor Meirionnydd.

Alan Brown made their maiden speech on 22 June 2015, as the Scottish National Party member for Kilmarnock and Loudoun.

Michael Tomlinson made their maiden speech on 22 June 2015, as the Conservative member for Mid Dorset and North Poole.

Luke Hall made their maiden speech on 22 June 2015, as the Conservative member for Thornbury and Yate.

James Berry made their maiden speech on 22 June 2015, as the Conservative member for Kingston and Surbiton.

William Wragg made their maiden speech on 22 June 2015, as the Conservative member for Hazel Grove.

Richard Arkless made their maiden speech on 24 June 2015, as the Scottish National Party member for Dumfries and Galloway.

Deidre Brock made their maiden speech on 24 June 2015, as the Scottish National Party member for Edinburgh North and Leith.

Rebecca Long Bailey made their maiden speech on 24 June 2015, as the Labour member for Salford and Eccles.

Mary Robinson made their maiden speech on 24 June 2015, as the Conservative member for Cheadle.

Paula Sherriff made their maiden speech on 24 June 2015, as the Labour member for Dewsbury.

Victoria Prentis made their maiden speech on 25 June 2015, as the Conservative member for Banbury.

John McNally made their maiden speech on 25 June 2015, as the Scottish National Party member for Falkirk.

Kelly Tolhurst made their maiden speech on 25 June 2015, as the Conservative member for Rochester and Strood.

Owen Thompson made their maiden speech on 25 June 2015, as the Scottish National Party member for Midlothian.

Jo Churchill made their maiden speech on 1 July 2015, as the Conservative member for Bury St Edmunds.

Ronnie Cowan made their maiden speech on 1 July 2015, as the Scottish National Party member for Inverclyde.

Neil Coyle made their maiden speech on 1 July 2015, as the Labour member for Bermondsey and Old Southwark.

Steven Paterson made their maiden speech on 1 July 2015, as the Scottish National Party member for Stirling.

Chris Law made their maiden speech on 2 July 2015, as the Scottish National Party member for Dundee West.

Chris Green made their maiden speech on 2 July 2015, as the Conservative member for Bolton West.

Stuart Donaldson made their maiden speech on 2 July 2015, as the Scottish National Party member for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine.

Martin Docherty made their maiden speech on 7 July 2015, as the Scottish National Party member for West Dunbartonshire.

Naz Shah made their maiden speech on 7 July 2015, as the Labour member for Bradford West.

Corri Wilson made their maiden speech on 7 July 2015, as the Scottish National Party member for Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock.

Kate Hollern made their maiden speech on 7 July 2015, as the Labour member for Blackburn.

Victoria Atkins made their maiden speech on 8 July 2015, as the Conservative member for Louth and Horncastle.

Phil Boswell made their maiden speech on 8 July 2015, as the Scottish National Party member for Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill.

Paul Monaghan made their maiden speech on 9 July 2015, as the Scottish National Party member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross.

Craig Tracey made their maiden speech on 9 July 2015, as the Conservative member for North Warwickshire.

Marie Rimmer made their maiden speech on 9 July 2015, as the Labour member for St Helens South and Whiston.

Calum Kerr made their maiden speech on 9 July 2015, as the Scottish National Party member for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk.

Judith Cummins made their maiden speech on 9 July 2015, as the Labour member for Bradford South.

David Warburton made their maiden speech on 13 July 2015, as the Conservative member for Somerton and Frome.

Maggie Throup made their maiden speech on 13 July 2015, as the Conservative member for Erewash.

Stuart McDonald made their maiden speech on 13 July 2015, as the Scottish National Party member for Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East.

Royston Smith made their maiden speech on 13 July 2015, as the Conservative member for Southampton, Itchen.

Gavin Newlands made their maiden speech on 13 July 2015, as the Scottish National Party member for Paisley and Renfrewshire North.

Michelle Donelan made their maiden speech on 13 July 2015, as the Conservative member for Chippenham.

Margaret Greenwood made their maiden speech on 13 July 2015, as the Labour member for Wirral West.

Martyn Day made their maiden speech on 14 July 2015, as the Scottish National Party member for Linlithgow and East Falkirk.

Neil Gray made their maiden speech on 14 July 2015, as the Scottish National Party member for Airdrie and Shotts.

Chris Davies made their maiden speech on 14 July 2015, as the Conservative member for Brecon and Radnorshire.

Mhairi Black made their maiden speech on 14 July 2015, as the Scottish National Party member for Paisley and Renfrewshire South.

Victoria Borwick made their maiden speech on 14 July 2015, as the Conservative member for Kensington.

Anne McLaughlin made their maiden speech on 15 July 2015, as the Scottish National Party member for Glasgow North East.

Derek Thomas made their maiden speech on 15 July 2015, as the Conservative member for St Ives.

Lisa Cameron made their maiden speech on 16 July 2015, as the Scottish National Party member for East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow.

Marion Fellows made their maiden speech on 16 July 2015, as the Scottish National Party member for Motherwell and Wishaw.

Heidi Allen made their maiden speech on 20 October 2015, as the Conservative member for South Cambridgeshire.

Jim McMahon made their maiden speech on 19 January 2016, as the Labour / Co-operative Party member for Oldham West and Royton.

Gill Furniss made their maiden speech on 23 May 2016, as the Labour member for Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough.

Chris Elmore made their maiden speech on 24 May 2016, as the Labour member for Ogmore.

Rosena Allin-Khan made their maiden speech on 12 July 2016, as the Labour member for Tooting.

Tracy Brabin made their maiden speech on 2 November 2016, as the Labour member for Batley and Spen.

Robert Courts made their maiden speech on 30 November 2016, as the Conservative member for Witney.

Sarah Olney made their maiden speech on 19 December 2016, as the Liberal Democrat member for Richmond Park.

Caroline Johnson made their maiden speech on 1 February 2017, as the Conservative member for Sleaford and North Hykeham.

Gareth Snell made their maiden speech on 14 March 2017, as the Labour / Co-operative Party member for Stoke-on-Trent Central.

Trudy Harrison made their maiden speech on 25 April 2017, as the Conservative member for Copeland.