Board Quote by Adam Rickitt

When it comes to topping the 'least popular' lists, MPs have form. Typically, we're pipped to the post only by bankers and traffic wardens.

— Caroline Lucas

There is a real diversity of talent and background on the A list so as to better reflect our society in all walks. There…

— Adam Rickitt

The fact that I'm a Tory who hasn't worked at a university - at least, not since I taught at Cambridge in 1990 -…

— Toby Young

We want a broad pipeline of people coming through, we want to have a huge variety of people who are applying to become Conservative…

— Kemi Badenoch

“The British general election of 2010 returned only three MPs to the Commons who described their professions as “science or research” (compared with thirty-eight barristers).”

— John Micklethwait

I have a list as long as my arm but I find those lists sort of self-defeating because you start to name and then…

— Cillian Murphy

When I was deputy chairman I could travel from Glasgow to Edinburgh without leaving Tory land. In a two-week period I covered every constituency…

— Jeffrey Archer

That's the trouble with honorable mentions: they let everyone know you applied and didn't win.

— Nancy Mairs

A power of recall that depended solely on the electorate and was not subject to unnecessary hurdles of Parliamentary procedures would show trust in…

— Jacob Rees-Mogg

I enjoyed Parliament being a proper elected MP.

— Tan Cheng Bock

I was elected to Parliament as a Conservative three times, most recently in 2017.

— Nick Boles

I mean getting into parliament was quite an achievement in itself and then I have to pinch myself at the thought of actually running…

— Angela Rayner