The Mirror have surveyed 160 MPs (proportions undisclosed) and found that our lot have the greatest yen to don dancing shoes and spangles and go on Strictly Come Dancing. 25% of the Lib Dems said they’d like to be asked to appear on the show, followed by 19% of Conservatives and just 11% of Labour MPs.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, younger MPs and female MPs were more likely to want to take part. But here’s a telling snippet: so were MPs with a lower majority – 23% of those with a majority of less than 10% would welcome Brucie’s call with open arms, as opposed 10% for those with a majority above 30%.
The results put me in mind of the last random party rankings to grace these virtual pages, on the more august subject of mathematics. The think tank Reform issued a short test at all three party conferences, and the averages scores across the parties were as follows:
Lib Dems 83%
Conservatives 71%
Labour 65%
There’s a pattern here (of, er, two results – look, it’s Christmas, ok?) – Lib Dems are the bright spark keenies, Labour are the glum dunces and the Tories? Six out of ten from everyone except the generous Bruno, I’d say.
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I wonder whether MPs with bigger majorities are more likely to be older men. Anyone done the stats?
Interesting, feel free to do them and write it up for LDV ;-). I imagine they are – on the basis that big majorities often follow from the same person being years in the seat ergo they’ll be older. And because long-standing MPs date from a time when there were fewer women MPs, they’ll be more likely to be men.