The education profile of the House of Commons has been changed notably with the influx of 98 new MPs.
A briefing from social mobility charity the Sutton Trust shows that 51 per cent of MPs now have a comprehensive school background – a rise from 43 per cent in 2015.
And the number of privately educated MPs has fallen from 32 per cent in 2015 to 29 per cent now – although this is still much higher than the national average of around seven per cent.
Of the 98 new MPs, two-thirds went to a comprehensive school while one-fifth were educated at a private school.
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