Bottom Quote by Bernadette Devlin

In the cut-throat political system we have in the UK, you have to be prepared to put your head above the parapet and be…

— Jo Swinson

My function in life is not to be a politician in Parliament: it is to get something done.

— Bernadette Devlin

I reiterate that I am strongly committed to working with those on all sides of politics to improve how Parliament operates.

— Peter Slipper

The first years in Parliament I did nothing - nothing to any purpose. My own distinction was my darling object.

— William Wilberforce

I was elected by people voting Labour! The idea that you come to Parliament and the first thing you do is that you're hand…

— Dennis Skinner

Parliament was an institution of enormous standing when I was aspiring to go in. It isn't now.

— Ann Widdecombe

I worked as long in a fish and chip shop as I did in Parliament. I've had particular experiences in politics, but they're not…

— Jacinda Ardern

I've committed myself to serve my constituents in South Shields and I have committed myself to British politics.

— David Miliband

You are not electing your parliamentarian or your MP to the corridors of power. You are electing them to the corridors of responsibility.

— Prakash Raj

I am a man of parliament, a man of the people. I am not a representative of the executives.

— Martin Schulz

I promised to run the most open and transparent administration in Britain. That is why, with this brutally honest and unprecedented progress report, I…

— Boris Johnson

I won't have you electioneering on my doorstep. Every time you get in trouble in Parliament you run over here with your shirttail hanging…

— Lyndon B. Johnson