Is the UK's youngest MP experienced enough for Parliament?

Age is just a number for the UK's youngest MP, Sam Carling.
But at just 22 years old, many have been wondering whether the new "Baby of the House" is experienced enough for Parliament.
The North West Cambridgeshire MP actually believes his youth is an advantage in politics, and insists he's just as qualified as his older colleagues, some of whom are more than three times his age.
Political social media reporter Lewis Denison interviewed the Gen Z MP to learn what it's like to be Parliament's youngest MP, with one of the smallest majorities.
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[@richardbrown7437]

Just what parliament needs. A career politician with no experience of a real life career

[@cooliodee9033]

Most of them are this anyhow

[@SCFCSteff]

size of that lads cranium

[@Toodyslexicforyou]

Bro really is mega mind 😂

[@khalilusman]

I guess he's headed in the right direction

[@bv3bv334]

😂

[@robertat3650]

Lmao 😂

[@_.august4243]

headed in the left direction really

[@michaelgriffiths5723]

I think we need actual 'diversity' in parliament rather than just diversity of skin colour

[@stormyprawn]

Well here you have it. He brings diversity of age, which is sorely needed in a parliament where the average age in 2019 was 51.

[@michaelgriffiths5723]

@@stormyprawn yes, agreed

[@_.august4243]

I think he also identifies as lgbtq, which is good for diversity too

[@michaelgriffiths5723]

@_.august4243 I think we need to be careful. The LGBT community is well over represented in the House of Commons. Around 3% of the UK identify as LGBT but around 10% of MPs do. I'm talking about real diversity. People from poor schools, poor backgrounds, ex laboures factory workers etc. Be they black, white, gay or straight. Around 50% of the UK is working class, in my opinion, this is the most underrated group on politics.

[@dave90mckeague]

Yes. Look what happened when you had a bunch of "experienced" Tory MPs. We had 14 years of awful governing

[@sandie157]

Don't forget the deprivation of New Labour and ministers like Ed Miliband before the Tories,who decimated public health and social programs in this country . No one gets good marks

[@csharpe5787]

All experienced, most of them were career politicians at that point?

[@jakkuwolfinsomnia8058]

Let’s hope the youngest MP has more integrity than most MP’s

[@andrewjones-productions]

I think the question posed in the title of the video has already been answered by Sam Carling's constituents. They clearly feel that he isn't too young and must have convinced enough people that he is up to the job. Good luck to him and I hope he works hard for his constituents.

[@hunter98764]

Except the vast majority of people vote tribally for the party, NOT the candidate. There's very few MPs who have their own personal following amongst voters. In the last election I can only think of Corbyn and possibly Farage who could claim to be capable of winning without a serious party machine behind them. Would Mr Carling win as an independent? I highly doubt it.

[@pawpals01]

​@@hunter98764Theresa May was also one with a lot of a personal vote

[@OneGuyPolitics]

@@hunter98764Farage wouldn’t have got in if it wasn’t for Reform. He’s proven that 7 times

[@azillliasmith2734]

@@OneGuyPoliticswell he is in now.....

[@CR-og5ho]

Embarrassing for them frankly.

[@lw6791]

feel bad for his mum when he was born cause his head is so large

[@user-vc1hm5vs4l]

22 years old on 80k a year.. good lad😂

[@JoshNunnyt]

He'll be on the pull at Ministry in a few weeks 😂

[@sprgeorge333]

Woah... what is he thinking about!?

[@Firebrand55]

Sam...remember the old adage....' one of the principal qualifications for a would-be MP, is that the applicant know little about what he is expected to do...' You can only ascend!

[@gerardo8av]

Certainly he is. Fishi Sunak was Prime Minister and its only skill was to fog a mirror. This lad, on the other hand, looks sharp, appears intelligent, has a convincing discourse, and he is eager to work.

[@FerdiSchwarz]

Pitt the Younger was chancellor at 23, PM at 24, and history generally looks upon him favourably. The guy is clearly bright and cares about the country, which is frankly refreshing. Far rather him than some more "experienced" Tory who hands out contracts to his old industry buddies...

[@evocharles9649]

Good luck young man from the Caribbean,my advice england comes first but do it in an honest way and don't be spoiled by the other fake mpppppppp s work hard be humble, honest and most of all do what you were elected to do and your future will be bright

[@bl00dhoney]

Megamind

[@AC-tn9hg]

Master brain

[@ShrewBarrymore]

The Leader..

[@_.august4243]

he actually did 5 a levels 😂

[@DylanRoberts7]

If he's 18 years old then he's plenty old enough. The real question should be 'are some of our politicians too old?'

[@LunarEcho87]

Most likely more experienced than someone who's been making powerpoints for 10 years at a big four consultancy firm..... Good luck to him, I got my commerical pilots license at 19 and faced the question of my youth being a bar to my comptency by older people often.

[@user-lo5kj8im5d]

Good luck to him

[@markrutlidge5427]

Pitt the elder was 21 when he entered politics and became pm aged 24.

[@Tickity-Boo]

The Younger (& he was 24).

[@markrutlidge5427]

@@Tickity-Boo sorry, will correct

[@Tickity-Boo]

​@@markrutlidge5427(further) immortalised in Black Adder 🙂

[@Tickity-Boo]

I remembered it from Black Adder!

[@GeldardtheGrey]

Is Sir Edward Leigh, for example, the Father of the House, experienced enough to understand modern young people? What does he know about what young people think or what their concerns are? Parliament needs to have a wide range of ages and worldviews representing the demographics of the country. This young man is entirely experienced as a representative of younger voters' concerns and I wish him well.

[@azillliasmith2734]

He should Represent the voters in his constituency young and old I would hope......best thing is to wait and see how he does .....he must have a bit of money backing him up though....but good to him....

[@wenterinfaer1656]

I wouldn't vote for a guy that looks live Beavis.

[@gee3883]

I wouldn't want to take him shopping for a crash helmet.

[@slackojonathan]

After watching this, I could do with a pint.

[@fenlandwildlifeclips]

Can he relate to people with struggles?

[@isntitj]

Can old MPs relate to people with struggled?

[@fenlandwildlifeclips]

@@isntitj 100% with you there: my MP hasn't got a clue & he isn't young. I have asked him to intervene wuth a complex NHS issue though & I'm not convinced someone so young would be able to relate at all.

[@joshjwillway1545]

@@fenlandwildlifeclips We shall see, all we can do is hope

[@azillliasmith2734]

@@fenlandwildlifeclipsthis guy will have family he loves parents and grandparents so maybe he has insight and compassion for everyone .....and hopefully he is to young to have been spoilt by greed👍🏻👍🏻

[@fenlandwildlifeclips]

@@azillliasmith2734 Sometimes the youngest people are the greediest. Everyone has a family, that doesn't mean everyone has empathy.

[@alexkidnotlive]

why danny aarons a journalist now

[@PodOfHeat]

Beavis has certainly pulled himself together

[@gee3883]

lol

[@gamewithadam7235]

I wasn't the only one.

[@travis9062856]

Taxation a d duties without representation is tyranny. If he’s old enough to pay taxes be conscripted during times of war and treated as an adult in court he’s old enough to vote and be voted for into office

[@zool8139]

He looks like Rumpelstiltskin, bring me my angry wig! 😂

[@stevesmith2812]

We definitely need younger people in politics to make Parliament more representative of society. For me, his age isn't an issue. He's educated and coherent. That isn't true of some MPs more than twice his age.

[@evocharles9649]

Please please delever in your area

[@gillianr6659]

University leaver, with a science background? Ok explain please...Why do we need gmo crops for warm weather, the hottest day was 34 that's no warmer than any average summer!? They grow crops in far hotter countries with no gmo help! Stop messing with our food!

[@carmen6465]

I hope he loves his country and the British people!

[@GF_MF]

It's good to have all ages represent the public in Parliament, however, more senior roles like a Prime minister, or cabinet minister should be older and wiser.

[@shivster]

yes. because that's gone very well

[@clivejungle6999]

The Uniparty is all the same, you could make a 13 year old MP and he will be just as great at doing what he is told.

[@robertjohnsontaylor3187]

I neither know nor care if he is insufficient experience I just wish him all the best for the future and joins the Reform party

[@csharpe5787]

Apparently not even enough to understand which tie to wear which jacket.

[@sovietunionjack1505]

Give the whole lot over to kids, they've read the internet and know it all. There is no arguing with them after they've been through 3 to 4 years of activist training center brainwashing ...or 'University' if you prefer. "Experience" give me a f'ing break.

[@toxy3580]

OK boomer

[@sovietunionjack1505]

@@toxy3580 No boomer here I'm afraid. And age means life experience which by default means respect is already earned by walking the path of this life longer & means I've experienced more of its hazards and difficulties. Youth should listen and learn from those older so they can avoid the same hazards and difficulties, unless of course, they already know it all and want to take the risk?

[@saraneuss4089]

Yes he is

[@frankesposito2182]

Let me guess your a rich kid from Grasemere in the Lake district !!!

[@brettryan5612]

So when someone raises a concern of experience, you pretend you don't know what they're talking about by saying "what do you mean by experience" perhaps the experience of where pretending to misunderstand them leads, I'd suggest, at a minimum.

[@michaelkeeley8594]

as long as he can listen to his constituents concerns and be good at representing them he is good enough for parliament considering a lot of MPs do not

[@Tango-_-]

Absolutely! Great chapy

[@andrewbass6837]

I think he should succeed Keir Starman as PM I'm sure he will do a better job

[@Archivus23]

He sounds like he's trying to put on a posh accent, yet failing horribly at it.

[@_.august4243]

he’s from Durham but I think he went to private school

[@faizalcader6478]

No.

[@Pl15604]

Question is whether he is psychopathic enough to survive

[@jennychurchill2716]

I like him. Let's hope he moves more and more to the centre as he matures.

[@_Tp___]

Why would you hope that?

[@jennychurchill2716]

@@_Tp___ socialism never works .

[@FKProds]

Which far left ideas did he express?

[@innovationunboxingchannel7170]

Megamind already has lots of experience

[@skycloud4802]

A young person may not have the experience of an older politician, but they may bring in fresh new ideas. They may understand emerging technologies better, such as laws regarding AI and internet-based issues. They also may understand and relate to the issues affecting young people better. And finally, younger politicians may not have accrued as much wealth as older politicians, so might understand the plight of the poor a bit better

[@CR-og5ho]

Ridiculous comment, clearly none of this applies to this kid. Another product of nepotism.

[@sovietunionjack1505]

So when this kid is in a position that calls for decisions of life and death over thousands (1% unemployment increases suicides) ... You're happy he's at the helm with his life experience and understanding of foreign culture and you're at ease with his realisation that not all people think, act and value life like he does? Absolutely ridiculous.

[@gamewithadam7235]

Beavis and the Butthead. Sorry I had to say it.

[@5340robert]

Has he ever had a proper job like working in a supermarket, kitchen or call centre ?

[@tonyjeevar6565]

Did Rees Mogg? Johnson?

[@gee3883]

call center didn't have a big enough headset.

[@5340robert]

@tonyjeevar6565 They have sold alot of flannel and created heat through hot air in the past.

[@CMax2705]

@@gee3883 Bravo! 😂

[@oiphieubat2602]

Vietnam Republic still had youngest parliament members, now UK has😂, that is normal

[@samabrahams7687]

Ffs

[@grahamnancledra7036]

He's got to learn to speak more slowly and not gabble gabble gabble like Amal Rajan.

[@HistoricallyProven]

Stop the boats

[@DavidS-iy8bb]

Definitely old enough. Some people who have had real careers in business or science can bring a lot into politics. But most older politicians have had careers in political / advisory roles so they don't have any more real experience than Sam Carling. And having some youth in parliament to represent the opinions, sentiment and experience of the younger generation is a good thing.

[@AngloCelticChristian]

Let’s say Reform had a 30year old they would try to ruin him for having his views

[@SamEttleman]

Anyone that isn't moderate would get that, left and right

[@user-nu1vb7qi2y]

Congratulations 🎉

[@King_Alfred_849]

Heed like an Orange on a toothpick!!

[@evolassunglasses4673]

Ashes of civilisation.

[@rosemaryiyalekhuosaosawaru8666]

Congratulations

[@drama_channels_are_cringe]

Beavis?

[@nessah23]

Ah ah ,says it all

[@Nick-ei5yj]

Mullet

[@khalilusman]

He's aHEAD of his mates

[@jeanclaudejunior]

He's not as weird as reform UK voters and members

[@PatrickEdwardsEdwards-p6j]

Coz LABOUR has done a great job so far VOTE REFORM STOP THE BOATS STOP THE WOKE

[@jeanclaudejunior]

@@PatrickEdwardsEdwards-p6j that comment makes you even Weirder

[@jeanclaudejunior]

@@PatrickEdwardsEdwards-p6j I agree with Tim Walz and I am not ashamed of myself for the word "weird" referring to people like and I refuse to apologise for saying it

[@zoecass]

​@@PatrickEdwardsEdwards-p6j can you define wokeness?

[@jeanclaudejunior]

​@@zoecass@PatrickEdwardsEdwards-p6j is just too weird

[@StratsRUs]

Jeez

[@nanunanu8745]

Heid! Troosers!

[@DemosBrutus]

Where are hobbits from?

[@breefolf]

this kid is basically a conservative

[@BengeeMusic]

Literally 😂 just because he from a deprived area doesn't mean he don't live in a mansion 😂

[@khalilusman]

Is his head really that big?

[@PatrickEdwardsEdwards-p6j]

STOP THE BOATS STOP THE WOKE !! STOP TWO TIER POLICING !!

[@_Tp___]

I bet you're fun at parties

[@zoecass]

can you define wokeness?

[@PatrickEdwardsEdwards-p6j]

I AM ok 👌 but the night clubs are full of LEFTY WOKE PEOPLE and its very 😢

[@PatrickEdwardsEdwards-p6j]

CAN YOU ??? and Tp why take my comments down ???? THAT'S BEING WOKE !!

[@extraña_es_la_vida]

LoL

[@primaryesthethicinstincts4832]

Stay away drugs kid

[@barrybarry6592]

Badge voting could have been a sheep

[@joeds3775]

So young and yet more experience in the HOC than fartrage.... At least he has been to work...

[@notothe8915]

"I lived in a quite deprived rural area"... That's the first lie told by our baby MP, can't wait for many more to come! Well done, another rich kid pretending to be poor.

[@sandie157]

William Pitt the Younger was Prime Minister at 24! He is NOT too young to be an MP. He is more articulate and outward looking that nearly all MP's more than twice his age. He is certainly more mature than Boris Johnson and his ridiculous cronies. Most importantly he doesn't appear to be corrupt....yet. Hope he keeps flying right ! God bless him

[@Jesus420.69]

Any 22 year old interested in politics to would want to stand in a no hoper seat. This lad just stood at the right place at the right time, can’t blame him really

[@MrRodigan]

You need to ask that question to farage tice and 30p Lee

[@lokidedbeat1878]

heuy from the boys hahaha

[@richardduggan3714]

Good luck to him