This #RemembranceDay we are resharing Dr Kathryn Rix's #HistParl article summarising her efforts from 2014 to 2018 to commemorate the centenary of the deaths of those MPs and former MPs that died in the First World War. historyofparliament.com/2018/11/12/mps…

While Caroline Lucas is widely considered Britain’s first Green Member of Parliament, Cynog Dafis, the Plaid Cymru MP for Ceredigion from 1992 to 2000, could also plausibly claim this title. In a new article for #HistParl Alfie Steer explores how: historyofparliament.com/2024/11/11/cyn…

Great article from Alfie Steer on Dafis's really interesting career

This week we're talking about how MPs first got involved in politics - more often than not their interest starts very young indeed...

Really excited to be talking about Tales from the Green Benches with Alex and Matt Chorley on 5live later!

After a nine-year wait, #WolfHall series 2 premiered on Sunday. #DYK that many of the iconic figures portrayed in the BBC adaptation of Hilary Mantel's epic novels were also MPs? (1/4) 🧵

In our latest episode of our #podcast Tales from the Green Benches, Emma and Alex ask what makes MPs go that extra mile and pursue a career in politics. Often family and upbringing has a lot of influence! Find episode 2, 'Joining the Party', wherever you get your podcasts.

Another episode of Tales from the Green Benches out today! In this episode we talk selection - how parties chose who got onto the ballot paper

History of Parliament Trust has mined their archive of interviews to make this podcast on MPs' experiences of selection processes: m.youtube.com/watch?v=izGtQX…

There's so many fond memories of John Prescott in our #oralhistory archive. This is one of my favourites from Peter Snape, who worked in Prescott's shadow transport team for 10 years. He starts, inevitably, by talking about the infamous punch:

Our Tales from the Green Benches podcast subject this week is the whips office. This one was great fun to put together, looking at what goes on behind the scenes and during some important votes, e.g. Maastricht and the Iraq War

A few more years and it'll be time to update this post, a moment to remember from everyone who was there

In this week's episode of Tales from the Green Benches, #HistParl's podcast, we're looking at those who didn't fall into the stereotypical image of an MP- or who weren't necessarily in 'the club'. Listen to the episode, featuring this clip, wherever you get your podcasts!

In our episode of Tales from the Green Benches this week we're looking at historically under-represented MPs: those who weren't male, white and middle-class. You get a really different perspective on what parliament was like from these interviews.

This week's final (sob!) episode in Tales from the Green Benches looks at the impact the role of an MP has on their families and wider lives. I think it's the episode where we really put into perspective how hard it can be!

#OTD 1957 Anthony Eden resigned as Prime Minister, citing ill health, just two months after being forced to withdraw British troops from Suez. Find out how the Suez Crisis was viewed in the House of Commons in this blog from Emma Peplow: bit.ly/2rQA1iW

This was really fun to do, although bloody cold!

I think it might soon be time for an update of this piece, lots more interviews with interesting memories of the strike since I wrote this

It was a brilliant day, fantastic papers and really well organised

For the past few months our Head of Contemporary History Emma Peplow has been on Matt Chorley’s Radio 5live show every Thursday discussing the figures commemorated in Parliament Square. Here she shares some of what she has learned: historyofparliament.com/2025/04/24/sta…