# Baby of the House

Baby of the House is the unofficial title given to the youngest member of a parliamentary house. The term is most often applied to members of the British parliament, from which the term originated. The title is named after the Father of the House, which is given to the longest-serving member of the British and other parliaments.

## Australia

In Australia the term is rarely used. Most MPs and senators are elected only in their thirties and later, but some prominent MPs have been elected rather early in life, including Prime Ministers Harold Holt, Malcolm Fraser and Paul Keating, the latter two of whom were both elected at age 25, in 1955 and 1969 respectively. The youngest Baby of the House was Wyatt Roy: he was elected at age 20 in 2010, being the youngest person ever to be elected to an Australian parliament.
As of 2022, the current Baby of the House is the Member for Brisbane Stephen Bates (age 32). Senator Fatima Payman is the youngest member of the Senate.

## Azerbaijan

in the 2020 Azerbaijani parliamentary election, Sabina Khasayeva was the youngest MP elected, at the age of 27.

## Canada

The youngest-ever elected member of the House of Commons of Canada is Pierre-Luc Dusseault, who was elected at the age of 19 years and 11 months in 2011. Dusseault is the youngest MP in Canadian history. In the past this distinction has been held by MPs such as Sean O'Sullivan, Pierre Poilievre, Claude-André Lachance and Lorne Nystrom.
The youngest current MP is Eric Melillo, a member of the Conservative Party of Canada, representing the riding of Kenora, Ontario; born in 1998, elected at 21 years of age. The youngest member of the Senate of Canada is Patrick Brazeau of Repentigny, Quebec; born 1974, appointed at 34 years of age.

### List of babies of the House of Commons of Canada

| Elected | Name | Riding | Party | Age when elected |
| 1968 | Lorne Nystrom | Yorkton—Melville | New Democratic | 22 years, 60 days |
| 1972 | Sean O'Sullivan | Hamilton—Wentworth | Progressive Conservative | 20 years, 303 days |
| 1974 | Claude-André Lachance | Lafontaine | Liberal | 20 years, 94 days |
| 2004 | Pierre Poilievre | Nepean—Carleton | Conservative | 25 years, 25 days |
| 2011 | Pierre-Luc Dusseault | Sherbrooke | New Democratic | 19 years, 336 days |
| 2019 | Eric Melillo | Kenora | Conservative | 21 years, 206 days |

## Finland

| Entered | Name | Born | Party | Note |
| 1970 | Paavo Väyrynen | 1946 | Centre Party | |
| 1972 | Erkki Liikanen | 1950 | Social Democratic Party of Finland | |
| 1979 | Pekka Starast | 1956 | Social Democratic Party of Finland | died in 2011 |
| 1983 | Sirpa Pietikäinen | 1959 | National Coalition Party | |
| 1991 | Minna Karhunen | 1967 | National Coalition Party | |
| 1994 | Kirsi Piha | 1967 | National Coalition Party | |
| 1995 | Säde Tahvanainen | 1972 | Social Democratic Party of Finland | |
| 1999 | Petri Neittaanmäki | 1975 | Centre Party | |
| 2003 | Satu Taiveaho | 1976 | Social Democratic Party of Finland | |
| 2004 | Oras Tynkkynen | 1977 | Green League | |
| 2007 | Tuomo Puumala | 1982 | Centre Party | |
| 2011 | Olli Immonen | 1986 | Finns Party | |
| 2015 | Ilmari Nurminen | 1991 | Social Democratic Party of Finland | |
| 2019 | Iiris Suomela | 1994 | Green League | |
| 2023 | Olga Oinas-Panuma | 1999 | Centre Party | |

## France
### List of youngest members of the French Parliament

This is a list of youngest members of the French parliament at the time of their election.
| Elected | Name | Department | Age |
| 1789 | Mathieu de Montmorency-Laval | Yvelines | 22 |
| 1791 | Edme Bonnerot [fr] | Yonne | 24 |
| 1815 | Claude-René Bacot de Romand [fr] | Indre-et-Loire | 22 |
| 2012 | Marion Maréchal-Le Pen | Vaucluse | 22 |
| 2017 | Ludovic Pajot | Pas-de-Calais | 23 |
| 2022 | Tematai Le Gayic | French Polynesia | 21 |
| 2024 | Flavien Termet | Ardennes | 22 |

## Germany

In Germany the term is rarely used. Emilia Fester was the youngest MP elected in the 2021 federal election at the age of 23.
Emily Vontz became the youngest MP in 2023, at the age of 22.
In 2022, Pascal Leddin became the youngest member of the Landtag of Lower Saxony. In 2022, Jasper Balke became the youngest member of the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein.

## Grenada

Kerryne James was elected in the 2022 Grenadian general election at the age of 24, becoming the country's youngest ever legislator.

## Hong Kong

In Hong Kong the term is rarely used. The current baby of the Legislative Council is Joephy Chan, who was elected in the 2021 Legislative Council election.
From 1991 to 2016 the youngest elected member was James To, who ran for the first Legislative Council direct election in 1991 at the age of 28. His record ceased in 2016, when the youngest-ever elected member Nathan Law and the youngest-ever elected female member Yau Wai-ching were both elected in the 2016 election at the ages of 23 and 25 respectively; they were both disqualified over the oath-taking controversy between 2016 and 2017. He was replaced by Ho Kai-ming, who was the fourth-youngest member when he was elected in 2016. He was later replaced by Au Nok-hin, who was elected in the 2018 by-election, but was unseated in 2019. The title went back to Ho, who subsequently resigned in May 2020 for joining the government and was replaced by Cheng Chung-tai, who was the fifth youngest member in 2016, until he himself got disqualified in August 2021. The title eventually returned to Steven Ho who was elected as the youngest member in 2012.
| Duration | Name | Date of birth | Constituency | Party | Elected | Start age |
| 1 October 1991 – 1 July 1998 | James To | (1963-03-11)11 March 1963 | Kowloon Southwest GC | United Democrats | 1991 | 28 years, 6 months |
| 1 July 1998 – 1 October 2008 | Bernard Chan | (1965-01-11)11 January 1965 | Insurance FC | Nonpartisan | 1998 | 33 years, 5 months |
| 1 October 2008 – 1 October 2012 | Chan Hak-kan | (1976-04-24)24 April 1976 | New Territories East GC | DAB | 2008 | 32 years, 5 months |
| 1 October 2012 – 29 February 2016 | Steven Ho | (1979-11-30)30 November 1979 | Agriculture and Fisheries FC | DAB | 2012 | 32 years, 10 months |
| 29 February 2016 – 1 October 2016 | Alvin Yeung | (1981-06-05)5 June 1981 | New Territories East GC | Civic | 2016 (b) | 34 years, 8 months |
| 1 October 2016 – 14 July 2017 | Nathan Law | (1993-07-13)13 July 1993 | Hong Kong Island GC | Demosisto | 2016 | 23 years, 2 months |
| 14 July 2017 – 21 March 2018 | Ho Kai-ming | (1985-01-06)6 January 1985 | Labour FC | FTU | 2016 | 32 years, 6 months |
| 21 March 2018 – 17 December 2019 | Au Nok-hin | (1987-06-18)18 June 1987 | Hong Kong Island GC | Independent | 2018 (b) | 30 years, 9 months |
| 17 December 2019 – 31 May 2020 | Ho Kai-ming | (1985-01-06)6 January 1985 | Labour FC | FTU | 2016 | 34 years, 11 months |
| 31 May 2020 – 26 August 2021 | Cheng Chung-tai | (1983-11-05)5 November 1983 | New Territories West GC | Civic Passion | 2016 | 36 years, 6 months |
| 26 August 2021 – 31 December 2021 | Steven Ho | (1979-11-30)30 November 1979 | Agriculture and Fisheries FC | DAB | 2012 | 41 years, 8 months |
| 1 January 2022 – Present | Joephy Chan | (1990-12-01)1 December 1990 | New Territories South West GC | FTU | 2021 | 31 years, 1 month |
[ (b) – by-election]

## Hungary

The youngest-ever elected member of the National Assembly is Ilona Burka, who became MP at the age of 19 years, 5 months and 13 days on 12 May 1971, following the 1971 parliamentary election.
| Member | Party | Date |
| Károly Wirth | NYKP | 1939–1944 |
| András Kis | MKP | 1944–1945 |
| András Hegedüs | MKP | 1945 |
| István B. Rácz | FKGP | 1945–1947 |
| János Gosztonyi | NPP | 1947–1949 |
| Etel Kurlik | MDP | 1949–1953 |
| Mária Inklovics | MDP MSZMP | 1953–1957 |
| Margit Kaptur | MSZMP | 1957–1958 |
| Jusztina Csarnai | MSZMP | 1958–1963 |
| István Ollári | MSZMP | 1963–1967 |
| István Bartha | MSZMP | 1967–1971 |
| Ilona Burka | MSZMP | 1971–1975 |
| Valéria Czégai | MSZMP | 1975–1980 |
| Ibolya Kovács | MSZMP | 1980–1985 |
| Márta Danka | MSZMP | 1985–1989 |
| Edit Bödő-Rózsa | Ind. | 1989–1990 |
| Edit Bödő-Rózsa | SZDSZ | 1989–1990 |
| Béla Glattfelder | Fidesz | 1990–1993 |
| Róbert Répássy | Fidesz | 1993–1994 |
| László Botka | MSZP | 1994–1998 |
| János Zuschlag | MSZP | 1998–2002 |
| Péter Szijjártó | Fidesz | 2002–2006 |
| László Nagy | MSZP | 2006–2010 |
| Dóra Dúró | Jobbik | 2010–2018 |
| Péter Ungár | LMP | 2018–2022 |
| Miklós Hajnal | Momentum | 2022–present |

## India

| Elected | Name | Constituency | Party | Age when elected |
| 1984 | Prakash Chandra Yadav | Barh | INC | 25 years, 3 months |
| 1989 | Nakul Nayak | Phulbani | JD | 26 years, 8 months |
| 1991 | Dipika Chikhlia | Vadodara | BJP | 26 years, 2 months |
| 1996 | Nihal Chand Chauhan | Ganganagar | BJP | 25 years, 4 months |
| 1998 | Yogi Adityanath | Gorakhpur | BJP | 25 years, 8 months |
| 2000 (b) | Akhilesh Yadav | Kannauj | SP | 26 years, 7 months |
| 2004 (b) | Dharmendra Yadav | Mainpuri | SP | 25 years, 8 months |
| 2009 | Muhammed Hamdulla Sayeed | Lakshadweep | INC | 27 years, 0 months |
| 2014 | Dushyant Chautala | Hisar | INLD | 26 years, 1 month |
| 2019 | Chandrani Murmu | Keonjhar | BJD | 25 years, 11 months |
| 2024 | Pushpendra Saroj | Kaushambi | SP | 25 years, 3 months |
[(b) – by-election]

## Iran

    Source:
| Elected | Member | Affiliation | Age when elected |
| 2012 | Mohammad Hassannejad | Independent | 31 |
| 2016 | Fatemeh Hosseini | List of Hope | 30 |
| 2020 | Rouhollah Nejabat | Independent | 31 |

## Ireland

In Ireland the term is rarely used, as TDs normally enter the Dáil after a political career in local government, usually only in their thirties and later. The current baby of the Dáil is the Labour TD Eoghan Kenny (Cork North-Central), who was 24 years and 10 months old when elected in November 2024.
The youngest TD of all time was William J. Murphy, elected age 21 years 29 days; the youngest female TD was Kathleen O'Connor, 21 years 7 months.

### List of babies of the Dáil

| Elected | Name | Constituency | Party | Age |
| 1918 | Joseph Sweeney | West Donegal | Sinn Féin | 21 |
| 1927 | Timothy Quill | Cork North | Labour | 26 |
| 1937 | A. P. Byrne | Dublin North-West | Independent | 24 |
| 1943 | Oliver J. Flanagan | Laois–Offaly | Monetary Reform | 23 |
| 1948 | Neil Blaney | Donegal East | Fianna Fáil | 26 |
| 1949 | William J. Murphy | Cork West | Labour | 21 |
| 1951 | Declan Costello | Dublin North-West | Fine Gael | 24 |
| 1956 | Kathleen O'Connor | Kerry North | Clann na Poblachta | 21 |
| 1957 | Brigid Hogan | Galway South | Fine Gael | 24 |
| 1958 | Anthony Millar | Galway South | Fianna Fáil | 23 |
| 1961 | Lorcan Allen | Wexford | Fianna Fáil | 21 |
| 1965 | Des Foley | Dublin County | Fianna Fáil | 24 |
| 1969 | John Bruton | Meath | Fine Gael | 22 |
| 1975 | Máire Geoghegan-Quinn | Galway West | Fianna Fáil | 24 |
| 1975 | Enda Kenny | Mayo West | Fine Gael | 24 |
| 1977 | Síle de Valera | Dublin County Mid | Fianna Fáil | 23 |
| 1979 | Myra Barry | Cork North-East | Fine Gael | 22 |
| 1981 | Ivan Yates | Wexford | Fine Gael | 21 |
| 1984 | Brian Cowen | Laois–Offaly | Fianna Fáil | 24 |
| 1987 | Mary Coughlan | Donegal South-West | Fianna Fáil | 21 |
| 1995 | Mildred Fox | Wicklow | Independent | 24 |
| 1997 | Denis Naughten | Longford–Roscommon | Fine Gael | 24 |
| 2002 | Damien English | Meath | Fine Gael | 24 |
| 2007 | Lucinda Creighton | Dublin South-East | Fine Gael | 27 |
| 2011 | Simon Harris | Wicklow | Fine Gael | 24 |
| 2016 | Jack Chambers | Dublin West | Fianna Fáil | 25 |
| 2020 | James O'Connor | Cork East | Fianna Fáil | 22 |
| 2024 | Eoghan Kenny | Cork North-Central | Labour | 24 |

### Baby of Seanad Éireann

| Elected | Name | Panel | Party | Age |
| 2011 | Kathryn Reilly | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Sinn Féin | 22 |
| 2016 | Fintan Warfield | Cultural and Educational Panel | Sinn Féin | 24 |

## Israel

In Israel the term is seldom used. The youngest member of the current Knesset is Yitzhak Wasserlauf of Otzma Yehudit, elected in 2022 aged 30.
The youngest member of the Knesset ever is Moshe Nissim, elected in 1959 aged 24.

## Italy

The youngest member of the Chamber of Deputies ever is Enzo Lattuca (PD), elected in 2013, aged 25 years, 1 month, and 6 days.
| Elected | Name | Party | Date of birth | Age |
| 1948 | Francesco Pignatone | DC | 30 March 1923 | 25 years, 39 days |
| 1953 | Fabio De Felice | MSI | 13 July 1927 | 25 years, 347 days |
| 1958 | Riccardo Misasi | DC | 14 July 1932 | 25 years, 333 days |
| 1963 | Luigi Berlinguer | PCI | 25 July 1932 | 30 years, 295 days |
| 1967 | Giuseppe Antonio Bottaro | PCI | 21 October 1933 | 33 years, 138 days |
| 1968 | Carlo Sangalli | DC | 31 August 1937 | 30 years, 279 days |
| 1972 | Giuseppa Mendola | PCI | 4 December 1945 | 26 years, 173 days |
| 1976 | Paolo Allegra | PCI | 2 December 1950 | 25 years, 216 days |
| 1979 | Anna Maria Castelli Migali | PCI | 5 October 1951 | 27 years, 258 days |
| 1979 | Michl Ebner | SVP | 20 September 1952 | 26 years, 363 days |
| 1983 | Giovanni Negri | PR | 16 May 1957 | 26 years, 57 days |
| 1987 | Cristina Bevilacqua | PCI | 9 March 1962 | 25 years, 115 days |
| 1992 | Elisabetta Bertotti | LN | 8 December 1966 | 25 years, 137 days |
| 1994 | Sebastiano Fogliato | LN | 28 September 1967 | 26 years, 199 days |
| 1996 | Franca Gambato | LN | 31 August 1969 | 26 years, 252 days |
| 2001 | Chiara Moroni | NPSI | 23 October 1974 | 26 years, 219 days |
| 2006 | Arturo Scotto | DS | 15 May 1978 | 27 years, 348 days |
| 2008 | Annagrazia Calabria | PdL | 6 May 1982 | 25 years, 359 days |
| 2013 | Enzo Lattuca | PD | 9 February 1988 | 25 years, 34 days |
| 2018 | Angela Raffa | M5S | 26 January 1993 | 25 years, 56 days |
| 2022 | Rachele Scarpa | PD | 29 January 1997 | 25 years, 257 days |

## Kenya

| MP | Age | Party | Constituency | Election | Parliament |
| John Paul Mwirigi | 23 | UDA | Igembe South | 2017 | 12th Parliament |

## Malawi

The youngest MP in Malawi was Angela Zachepa, who was voted in as MP at age 21.

## Malaysia

In Malaysia, the term is very rarely used. Most MPs are directly elected and Senators are appointed or indirectly elected, usually in their middle age, but a few were elected as an MP at a very young age, including former Prime Minister and former Pekan MP Najib Razak, who was elected at 22 years and 6 months in 1976. The youngest ever elected is Batu MP Prabakaran Parameswaran, who was elected at the age of 22 years and 3 months in 2018. The present Baby of the House is Sungai Petani MP Mohammed Taufiq Johari, who was elected in 2022. Mohammed Taufiq is a month younger than Prabakaran. Any citizen 18 years of age or older can become a candidate and be directly elected to the Dewan Rakyat as an MP and State Legislative Assemblies as an MLA, while any citizen 30 years of age or older can be appointed or indirectly elected to the Dewan Negara as a Senator.

## Marshall Islands

In the 2019 general election, Kitlang Kabua became the youngest person ever elected to the Nitijeļā.

## New Zealand

The term "Baby of the House" is rarely used in New Zealand. The current Baby of the House is Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke of Te Pāti Māori, who was elected on 14 October 2023 aged 21. Maipi-Clarke succeeded Chlöe Swarbrick of the Green Party, who was elected on 24 September 2017 aged 23.
Youngest MPs in the New Zealand House of Representatives :
| Name | Elected from | Party | Date of birth | Became baby | Age |
| James Stuart-Wortley | Christchurch Country | Independent | 16 January 1833 | 1 October 1853 | 20 years, 258 days |
| Augustus White | Akaroa | Independent | 1839 | 13 February 1861 | 22 |
| Robert Campbell | Oamaru | Independent | 8 January 1843 | 6 April 1866 | 23 years, 88 days |
| Ralph Richardson | Suburbs of Nelson | Independent | 1848 | 23 January 1871 | 22 |
| William Pearson | Ashley | Independent | 1854 | 9 December 1881 | 27 |
| Arthur Rhodes | Gladstone | Independent | 20 March 1859 | 26 September 1887 | 28 years, 190 days |
| Jackson Palmer | Waitemata | Independent Liberal | 1867 | 5 December 1890 | 23 |
| Patrick O'Regan | Inangahua | Liberal | 6 February 1869 | 20 December 1893 | 24 years, 317 days |
| Thomas Wilford | Wellington Suburbs | Liberal | 20 June 1870 | 4 December 1896 | 26 years, 167 days |
| Harry Bedford | City of Dunedin | Liberal | 31 August 1877 | 25 November 1902 | 25 years, 86 days |
| Francis Fisher | Wellington Central | Liberal | 22 December 1877 | 6 December 1905 | 27 years, 349 days |
| Tom Seddon | Westland | Liberal | 2 July 1884 | 13 July 1906 | 22 years, 11 days |
| John A. Lee | Auckland East | Labour | 31 October 1891 | 7 December 1922 | 31 years, 37 days |
| George Black | Motueka | United | 21 November 1903 | 14 November 1928 | 24 years, 359 days |
| Keith Holyoake | Motueka | Reform | 11 February 1904 | 1 December 1932 | 28 years, 294 days |
| Terry McCombs | Lyttelton | Labour | 5 September 1905 | 24 July 1935 | 29 years, 322 days |
| Ormond Wilson | Rangitikei | Labour | 18 November 1907 | 27 November 1935 | 28 years, 9 days |
| Joseph Cotterill | Wanganui | Labour | 26 September 1905 | 15 October 1938 | 33 years, 19 days |
| Tapihana Paraire Paikea | Northern Maori | Labour | 26 January 1920 | 24 September 1943 | 23 years, 241 days |
| Warren Freer | Mt Albert | Labour | 27 December 1920 | 24 September 1947 | 26 years, 271 days |
| Jim Edwards | Napier | Labour | 24 February 1927 | 13 November 1954 | 27 years, 262 days |
| Basil Arthur | Timaru | Labour | 18 September 1928 | 21 July 1962 | 33 years, 306 days |
| Brian MacDonell | Dunedin Central | Labour | 19 May 1935 | 30 November 1963 | 28 years, 195 days |
| Jonathan Hunt | New Lynn | Labour | 2 December 1938 | 26 November 1966 | 27 years, 359 days |
| Murray Rose | Otago Central | National | 14 December 1939 | 29 November 1969 | 29 years, 350 days |
| Mike Moore | Eden | Labour | 28 January 1949 | 25 November 1972 | 23 years, 302 days |
| Marilyn Waring | Raglan | National | 7 October 1952 | 29 November 1975 | 23 years, 53 days |
| Simon Upton | Waikato | National | 7 February 1958 | 28 November 1981 | 23 years, 294 days |
| Nick Smith | Tasman | National | 24 December 1964 | 27 October 1990 | 25 years, 307 days |
| Nanaia Mahuta | List | Labour | 21 August 1970 | 12 October 1996 | 26 years, 52 days |
| Darren Hughes | Ōtaki | Labour | 3 April 1978 | 27 July 2002 | 24 years, 115 days |
| Jacinda Ardern | List | Labour | 26 July 1980 | 8 November 2008 | 28 years, 105 days |
| Gareth Hughes | List | Green | 31 October 1981 | 11 February 2010 | 28 years, 103 days |
| Jami-Lee Ross | Botany | National | 10 December 1985 | 5 March 2011 | 25 years, 85 days |
| Todd Barclay | Clutha-Southland | National | 8 June 1990 | 20 September 2014 | 24 years, 104 days |
| Chlöe Swarbrick | List | Green | 26 June 1994 | 23 September 2017 | 23 years, 89 days |
| Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke | Hauraki-Waikato | Te Pāti Māori | September 2002 | 14 October 2023 | 21 years, 18 days |

## Philippines

In the Congress of the Philippines, the term "Baby of the House" is rarely used; the term "Benjamin" of the chamber is used instead. Special treatment is not given to the youngest member of either chamber. However, by tradition, the youngest member of the chamber usually administers the oath of office to their incoming leader (i.e. President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives).
The minimum age for being a member of the House of Representatives is 25 years old, while for the Senate it is 35, as stipulated in the 1987 Constitution of the Philippines. In 1933, Benigno Aquino, Sr. became senator at the age of 33; the Jones Law, which created the Senate, had prescribed the minimum age of 30.
The current Benjamin of the House is Representative Jaime Cojuangco of the 1st District of Tarlac. Meanwhile, Senator Mark Villar has been the youngest Senator since 2022.

### List of youngest members of the Philippine House of Representatives

| Entered | Name | Party | District | Date of Birth | Assumed Office | Age | Note |
| 1987 | Gerardo A. Roxas Jr. | Liberal | Capiz–1st | 21 October 1960 | 30 June 1987 | 26 years, 252 days | |
| 1992 | Ralph Recto | LDP | Batangas–4th | 11 January 1964 | 30 June 1992 | 28 years, 171 days | |
| 1995 | Mike Defensor | Liberal | Quezon City–3rd | 30 June 1969 | 30 June 1995 | 26 years, 0 days | |
| 1998 | Alan Peter Cayetano | Lakas | Pateros–Taguig | 28 October 1970 | 30 June 1998 | 27 years, 245 days | |
| 2001 | Felix William Fuentebella | NPC | Camarines Sur–3rd | 5 February 1975 | 30 June 2001 | 26 years, 145 days | |
| 2002 | Joel Villanueva | CIBAC | Partylist | 2 August 1975 | 6 February 2002 | 26 years, 188 days | |
| 2004 | Joel Villanueva | CIBAC | Partylist | 2 August 1975 | 20 June 2004 | 28 years, 333 days | |
| 2007 | Sharee Ann Tan | Lakas | Samar–2nd | 11 May 1982 | 30 June 2007 | 25 years, 50 days | |
| 2010 | Abigail Faye Ferriol-Pascual | Kalinga | Partylist | 21 September 1984 | 30 June 2010 | 25 years, 282 days | sworn in Feliciano Belmonte as Speaker |
| 2013 | Xavier Jesus Romualdo | Liberal | Camiguin | 5 December 1986 | 30 June 2013 | 26 years, 207 days | sworn in Feliciano Belmonte as Speaker |
| 2016 | Dennis Laogan | Ang Kabuhayan | Partylist | 1 September 1990 | 30 June 2016 | 25 years, 303 days | sworn in Pantaleon Alvarez and Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as Speaker |
| 2019 | Braeden John Biron | Nacionalista | Iloilo–4th | 10 January 1994 | 30 June 2019 | 25 years, 171 days | sworn in Alan Peter Cayetano as Speaker |
| 2022 | Jaime Cojuangco | NPC | Tarlac–1st | 12 April 1997 | 30 June 2022 | 25 years, 79 days | sworn in Martin Romualdez as Speaker |

### List of youngest members of the Philippine Senate

| Congress | Name | Party | Date of Birth | Age When Elected | From | To |
| 8th | Joey Lina | UNIDO | 22 December 1951 | 35 years, 190 days | 30 June 1987 | 30 June 1992 |
| 9th, 10th | Nikki Coseteng | NPC | 18 December 1952 | 39 years, 195 days | 30 June 1992 | 30 June 1998 |
| 11th | Loren Legarda | Lakas | 28 January 1960 | 38 years, 153 days | 30 June 1998 | 30 June 2001 |
| 12th | Ralph Recto | Nacionalista | 11 January 1964 | 37 years, 170 days | 30 June 2001 | 30 June 2004 |
| 13th | Bong Revilla | Lakas | 25 September 1966 | 37 years, 279 days | 30 June 2004 | 30 June 2007 |
| 14th, 15th | Antonio Trillanes | Nacionalista | 6 August 1971 | 35 years, 327 days | 30 June 2007 | 30 June 2013 |
| 16th | Bam Aquino | Liberal | 9 May 1977 | 36 years, 52 days | 30 June 2013 | 30 June 2016 |
| 17th, 18th | Manny Pacquiao | PCM | 17 December 1978 | 37 years, 196 days | 30 June 2016 | 30 June 2022 |
| 19th | Mark Villar | Nacionalista | 14 August 1978 | 43 years, 320 days | 30 June 2022 | present |

## Russia

| Elected | Name | Party | Age when elected |
| 1993 | Aleksey Zuev [ru] | LDPR | 23 |
| 1995 | Darya Mitina | CPRF | 22 |
| 1999 | Vladislav Dyomin [ru] | LDPR | 25 |
| 2003 | Pavel Semjonov [ru] | United Russia | 27 |
| 2007 | Robert Schlegel | United Russia | 23 |
| 2016 | Vasily Vlasov | LDPR | 21 |
| 2021 | Georgy Arapov | New People | 22 |

## Singapore

The current youngest MP in the Singapore Parliament is Nadia Ahmad Samdin, who was elected in 2020 at the age of 30. The youngest MP ever elected in Singapore is Lim Chin Siong, who was elected in the 1955 general election at the age of 22.
| Elected | Name | Party | Age |
| 1955 | Lim Chin Siong | PAP | 22 |
| 1976 | Tan Soo Khoon | PAP | 27 |
| 2011 | Tin Pei Ling | PAP | 27 |
| 2020 | Raeesah Khan | WP | 26 |
| 2020 | Nadia Ahmad Samdin | PAP | 30 |

## South Africa

The current titleholder, since 2017, is Hlomela Bucwa of the Democratic Alliance.

## Spain

Ada Santana Aguilera (born 1998) is the youngest member of the 15th Congress of Deputies.

## Sweden

| Entered | Name | Constituency | Party | Age | Note |
| 2002 | Gustav Fridolin | Stockholm Municipality | Green | 19 | Spokesperson of the Green Party, 2011–2019 Minister for Education, 2014–2019 |
| 2006 | Annie Lööf | Jönköping County | Centre | 23 | Leader of the Centre Party, 2011–2023 Minister for Enterprise, 2011–2014 |
| 2010 | Anton Abele | Stockholm Municipality | Moderate | 18 | |
| 2014 | Dennis Dioukarev | Jönköping County | Sweden Democrats | 21 | |
| 2015 | Jesper Skalberg Karlsson | Gotland County | Moderate | 21 | Replaced Gustaf Hoffstedt on 19 January 2015 when Hoffstedt resigned his seat. |
| 2018 | Ebba Hermansson | Skåne County | Sweden Democrats | 22 | |
| 21 September 2021 | Axel Hallberg | Skåne County | Green | 22 | Replaced Emma Berginger on 20 September 2021 during her leave of absence |
| 19 May 2022 | Tobias Andersson | Västra Götaland County East | Sweden Democrats | 26 | When Emma Berginger returned from her leave of absence on 19 May 2022, Axel Hallberg automatically left the Parliament. Since Ebba Hermansson, the previous Baby of the House, had resigned her seat in December 2021, the new Baby of the House became Tobias Andersson at the age of 26. |
| 26 September 2022 | Aida Birinxhiku | Halland County | Social Democrats | 23 | Aida Birinxhiku become the youngest member of the Parliament following the 2022 general election. |
| 18 January 2023 | Daniel Lönn | Dalarna County | Sweden Democrats | 21 | Replaced Sara Gille from 18 January 2023 during her leave of absence. This happened since Rasmus Giertz, who had up to then replaced Sara Gille, became an ordinary member of the Parliament following Mats Nordberg's death. |
| 31 March 2023 | Aida Birinxhiku | Halland County | Social Democrats | 23 | Aida Birinxhiku regained her position as the youngest member of the Parliament after Sara Gille returned from her leave of absence, thus ending Daniel Lönns time in Parliament. |
| 28 August 2023 | Jonathan Svensson | Västra Götaland County North | Social Democrats | 23 | Jonathan Svensson became the youngest member of the Parliament when Paula Holmqvist went on leave of absence in August 2023 and finally succeeded her on 4 March 2024, when she resigned her seat. |
The current Baby of the House is Jonathan Svensson. The youngest person ever to be elected MP to a Swedish parliament is Anton Abele, who was only aged 18 when elected in September 2010. Current record holder for the world's youngest-ever elected MP is Anton Abele, who at 18 years was elected to the Swedish Parliament for his activism against street violence.

## Turkey

Rümeysa Kadak (born 16 May 1996) is the youngest MP in the history of Republic of Turkey.

## Trinidad and Tobago

Saddam Hosein is the baby of the house of the 12th Republican Parliament.

## Uganda

At 19 years old, Proscovia Alengot Oromait was the world's youngest MP and youngest ever MP in Africa when elected in 2011. Oromait is a member of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) in Uganda and was a representative of Usuk County until 2016. She was succeeded as the youngest member of parliament in Uganda by Hellen Auma Wandera.

## United Kingdom

Becoming the Baby of the House of Commons is regarded as something of an achievement, despite the lack of any special treatment that comes with the title. However, some MPs who have held the position for a considerable period – Matthew Taylor was the Baby of the House for over ten years – have found it somewhat embarrassing, as it may suggest that they have a lack of experience, although many holders of the title have gone on to enjoy long and distinguished parliamentary careers.
From August 1999 to September 2001, all three of the leaders of the main political parties – Tony Blair, William Hague and Charles Kennedy – had been the youngest MPs in their party when they began their political careers, though only Kennedy had been Baby of the House.
Of those whose ages can be verified, the youngest MP since the Reform Act 1832 is Mhairi Black, elected in 2015 aged 20 years 237 days. The age of candidacy for Parliament was lowered from 21 to 18 by the Electoral Administration Act 2006. William Pitt the Younger was elected at 21 and became Prime Minister two years later in 1783. There were younger MPs in earlier centuries: Christopher Monck was elected as MP for Devon in 1667 aged 13; when his father died three years later and Monck became Duke of Albemarle, he could not then take his seat in the House of Lords until aged 21.
Owen Carron directly replaced Bobby Sands as both MP for Fermanagh South Tyrone and Baby of the House after Sands' death on hunger strike, but neither ever took his seat. George Charles Grey is the only other Baby of the House to die while in post, in World War Two.

### List of babies of the House of Commons

In the following table, "(b)" denotes an MP elected at a by-election.
| Elected | Name | Constituency | Party | Age when elected |
| 1880 (b) | James Dickson | Dungannon | Liberal | 21 |
| 1885 | Harry Levy-Lawson | St Pancras West | Liberal | 22 |
| 1888 (b) | Lord Walter Gordon-Lennox | Chichester | Conservative | 22 |
| 1890 (b) | Henry Harrison | Mid Tipperary | Irish Parliamentary | 22 |
| 1891 (b) | Victor Cavendish | West Derbyshire | Conservative | 23 |
| 1891 (b) | Frederick Smith | Strand | Conservative | 23 |
| 1892 | Thomas Bartholomew Curran | Kilkenny City | Irish National Federation | 22 |
| 1895 | Viscount Milton | Wakefield | Liberal Unionist | 22 |
| 1898 (b) | Sir Samuel Scott, Bt | Marylebone West | Conservative | 24 |
| 1898 (b) | Arthur Hill | West Down | Conservative | 24 |
| 1900 | Richard Rigg | Appleby | Liberal | 23 |
| 1904 (b) | Viscount Turnour | Horsham | Conservative | 21 |
| 1906 | Lord Wodehouse | Mid Norfolk | Liberal | 22 |
| Jan 1910 | Charles Thomas Mills | Uxbridge | Conservative | 22 |
| Dec 1910 | Viscount Wolmer | Newton | Liberal | 23 |
| 1912 (b) | Sir Philip Sassoon, Bt | Hythe | Conservative | 23 |
| 1915 (b) | John Esmonde | North Tipperary | Irish Parliamentary | 21 |
| 1916 (b) | Patrick Whitty | North Louth | Irish Parliamentary | 21 |
| 1917 (b) | Lord Stanley | Liverpool Abercromby | Conservative | 22 |
| 1918 | Joseph Sweeney | West Donegal | Sinn Féin | 21 |
| 1919 (b) | Esmond Harmsworth | Isle of Thanet | Coalition Conservative | 21 |
| 1922 | Arthur Evans | Leicester East | National Liberal | 24 |
| 1923 | Charles Rhys | Romford | Conservative | 24 |
| 1924 | Hugh Lucas-Tooth | Isle of Ely | Conservative | 21 |
| 1929 (b) | Jennie Lee | North Lanarkshire | Labour | 24 |
| 1929 | Frank Owen | Hereford | Liberal | 23 |
| 1931 | Roland Robinson | Widnes | Conservative | 24 |
| 1933 (b) | Lord Willoughby de Eresby | Rutland and Stamford | Conservative | 25 |
| 1935 (b) | Charles Taylor | Eastbourne | Conservative | 24 |
| 1935 | Malcolm Macmillan | Western Isles | Labour | 22 |
| 1940 (b) | John Profumo | Kettering | Conservative | 25 |
| 1941 (b) | George Charles Grey | Berwick-upon-Tweed | Liberal | 22 |
| 1944 | John Profumo | Kettering | Conservative | 29 |
| 1945 (b) | Ernest Millington | Chelmsford | Common Wealth | 29 |
| 1945 | Edward Carson | Isle of Thanet | Conservative | 25 |
| 1948 (b) | Roy Jenkins | Southwark Central | Labour | 27 |
| 1950 | Peter Baker | South Norfolk | Conservative | 28 |
| 1950 (b) | Tony Benn | Bristol South East | Labour | 25 |
| 1950 (b) | Thomas Teevan | Belfast West | UUP | 23 |
| 1951 | Tony Benn | Bristol South East | Labour | 26 |
| 1954 (b) | John Eden | Bournemouth West | Conservative | 28 |
| 1954 (b) | John Woollam | Liverpool West Derby | Conservative | 27 |
| 1955 | Philip Clarke | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | Sinn Féin | 21 |
| 1955 | Peter Kirk | Gravesend | Conservative | 27 |
| 1956 (b) | Marcus Kimball | Gainsborough | Conservative | 27 |
| 1957 (b) | Robert Cooke | Bristol West | Conservative | 26 |
| 1958 (b) | Basil de Ferranti | Morecambe and Lonsdale | Conservative | 28 |
| 1958 (b) | Patrick Wolrige-Gordon | East Aberdeenshire | Conservative | 23 |
| 1959 (b) | Paul Channon | Southend West | Conservative | 23 |
| 1964 | Teddy Taylor | Glasgow Cathcart | Conservative | 27 |
| 1965 (b) | David Steel | Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles | Liberal | 26 |
| 1966 | John Ryan | Uxbridge | Labour | 25 |
| 1967 (b) | Les Huckfield | Nuneaton | Labour | 24 |
| 1969 (b) | Bernadette Devlin | Mid Ulster | Unity | 21 |
| Feb 1974 | Dafydd Elis Thomas | Merioneth | Plaid Cymru | 27 |
| Oct 1974 | Hélène Hayman | Welwyn and Hatfield | Labour | 25 |
| 1977 (b) | Andrew MacKay | Birmingham Stechford | Conservative | 27 |
| 1979 (b) | David Alton | Liverpool Edge Hill | Liberal | 28 |
| 1979 | Stephen Dorrell | Loughborough | Conservative | 27 |
| 1981 (b) | Bobby Sands | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | Anti H-Block | 27 |
| 1981 | Stephen Dorrell | Loughborough | Conservative | 29 |
| 1981 (b) | Owen Carron | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | Anti H-Block | 28 |
| 1983 | Charles Kennedy | Ross, Cromarty and Skye | SDP | 23 |
| 1987 (b) | Matthew Taylor | Truro | Liberal | 24 |
| 1997 | Chris Leslie | Shipley | Labour | 24 |
| 2000 (b) | David Lammy | Tottenham | Labour | 27 |
| 2003 (b) | Sarah Teather | Brent East | Liberal Democrats | 29 |
| 2005 | Jo Swinson | East Dunbartonshire | Liberal Democrats | 25 |
| 2009 (b) | Chloe Smith | Norwich North | Conservative | 27 |
| 2010 | Pamela Nash | Airdrie and Shotts | Labour | 25 |
| 2015 | Mhairi Black | Paisley and Renfrewshire South | SNP | 20 |
| 2019 | Nadia Whittome | Nottingham East | Labour | 23 |
| 2023 (b) | Keir Mather | Selby and Ainsty | Labour | 25 |
| 2024 | Sam Carling | North West Cambridgeshire | Labour | 22 |

### Youngest member of the House of Lords

The title 'Baby of the House' is not used in the House of Lords, though the youngest member is recorded on the House website. As of March 2024, the youngest member of the House is Baroness Smith of Llanfaes (born 15 May 1996), who was created a life peer at the age of 27, becoming the youngest-ever life peer.
The youngest male member of the House is Lord Kempsell (born 8 May 1992), who was likewise created a life peer in July 2023 at the age of 31.
Standing Orders state that "No Lord under the age of one and twenty years shall be permitted to sit in the House". When most members of the Lords were hereditary peers, a peer who had inherited his or her peerage(s) while under age was entitled to take a seat on the day before his or her 21st birthday. In theory, such a hereditary peer could still be elected to sit in the House at that age; in practice, the youngest hereditary peer to have been elected was Lord Freyberg (born 15 December 1970), who was elected in October 1999 at the age of 28.

### List of youngest members of the Scottish Parliament

This is a list of youngest members of the Scottish Parliament created in 1999.
| Elected | Name | Constituency/region | Party | Age when elected |
| 1999 | Duncan Hamilton | Highlands and Islands region | SNP | 25 |
| 2003 | Richard Baker | North East Scotland region | Labour | 28 |
| 2007 | John Lamont | Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire constituency | Conservative | 31 |
| 2011 | Humza Yousaf | Glasgow region | SNP | 26 |
| 2016 | Ross Greer | West Scotland region | Scottish Green | 21 |
| 2021 | Emma Roddick | Highlands and Islands region | SNP | 23 |

### List of youngest members of the Senedd

This is a list of youngest members of the Senedd (Welsh Parliament), created in 1999. From its creation in 1999 until May 2020, the Senedd was known as the National Assembly for Wales (Welsh: Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru).
| Elected | Name | Constituency/region | Party | DOB | Age when elected |
| 1999 | Jonathan Morgan | South Wales Central | Conservative | 27 November 1974 | 24 |
| 2003 | Laura Ann Jones | South Wales East | Conservative | 21 February 1979 | 24 |
| 2007 | Bethan Jenkins | South Wales West | Plaid Cymru | 9 December 1981 | 25 |
| 2016 | Steffan Lewis | South Wales East | Plaid Cymru | 30 May 1984 | 31 |
| 2018 (b) | Jack Sargeant | Alyn and Deeside | Labour | 1994 | 23 |
| 2021 | Luke Fletcher | South Wales West | Plaid Cymru | 1995/96 | 25 |

## United States

While the term is used in the Commonwealth Parliaments, Baby of the House or Senate is not in general contemporary use in the United States, nor does being the youngest member confer special treatment in either house of Congress.
Members of the US Congress tend to be older than parliamentarians elsewhere in the English-speaking world, a main factor being that the minimum ages for members of Congress is written into Article One of the United States Constitution, which forbids those under the age of 25 from serving in the House, and those under the age of 30 from serving in the Senate. Moreover, election to the federal Congress is expensive and requires extensive contacts and recognition across a very wide area. Individuals aiming to serve in the federal legislature generally seek election to the state legislature (state legislatures generally have lower minimum ages for entry) or other state office before seeking to serve in Washington.
In the 118th Congress, which began on 3 January 2023, the youngest member of the United States House of Representatives is Maxwell Frost, who was born on (1997-01-17) 17 January 1997 (age 28) and was first elected in 2022.
Currently the youngest US senator is Jon Ossoff, born on (1987-02-16) 16 February 1987 (age 38), and first elected to a full term in the Senate in the 2020–21 United States Senate election in Georgia.

## Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe is a commonwealth country where the term "baby of the house" isn't used, but young MPs are represented in the Parliament of Zimbabwe.
| MP | Party | Constituency | Age | Election | Parliament | Source |
| Joanah Mamombe | Movement for Democratic Change Alliance | Harare West | 25 | 2018 | 9th Parliament of Zimbabwe | |
| Takudzwa Ngadziore | Citizens Coalition for Change | Youth quota | 24 | 2023 | 10th Parliament of Zimbabwe | |