Overall, of the 650 MPs returned to the House of Commons following last week’s general election, a record 63% were educated at comprehensive school. Within the ruling Labour Party, this figure rises to 73%.
Meanwhile, just 23% of the 650 MPs were educated at private school (including 46% of Conservatives and 15% of Labour) – a significant decrease on previous Parliaments – while 13% of all MPs attended a grammar school.
The analysis has been carried out by the social mobilty charity the Sutton Trust.
Overall, 88% of the British population were educated at comprehensive school while 7% went to private school.
However, the charity points out that a majority of the House of Commons continue to attend a “narrow range of universities”, with 55% having attended Russell Group universities, including 1 in 5 who went to Oxford or Cambridge.
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