Jonathan Reynolds MP Articles

Wow. That went fast. Despite feeling like we’re still the new boys and girls and liable to be removed from the building at any notice, the 2010 intake have now clocked up over a year of parliamentary experience. Much has changed over the last year.

Colleagues, the press, my constituents – wherever I go it’s the question I am asked most. Like speculation over a celebrity marriage, we’re all wondering if the coalition will go the full five years or if it will all end in tears much before then.

New MP Jonathan Reynolds shares more early impressions: catching the Speaker’s eye for his maiden speech, government MPs shaking their heads at David Cameron, and Vince Cable close to tears

New MP Jonathan Reynolds walks us through his early impressions of parliament, the litany of rules (where you can and can’t sit in the tearoom) and a boisterous first Labour meeting