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LIVE: Hundreds of New UK Lawmakers Gather to be Sworn in | UK Parliament LIVE | Keir Starmer | UK News LIVE | Speaker of the house is sworn in | CNBC TV18 Sir Edward Leigh, the Father of the House (the member with the longest continuous service who is not a minister), presides over the election of a UK Parliament Speaker. It comes after Britain's general election on July 4. The speaker of the House of Commons and new MPs are sworn into parliament after UK election. LONDON -- Hundreds of newly elected lawmakers trooped excitedly into Parliament on Tuesday after the U.K.’s transformative election brought a Labour government to power. The longest-serving lawmaker, known as the father or mother of the House, is sworn in first, followed by Prime Minister Keir Starmer and the Cabinet, senior members of the official opposition and then remaining lawmakers in order of their length of service. The halls of the labyrinthine building echoed with excited chatter as the 650 members of the House of Comm
