More maidens over

As of 10.45 this morning, we're up to 49 new MPs who've made their maiden speech.

In the latest tranche are: Robert Halfon, Con (Harlow); Duncan Hames, Lib Dem (Chippenham); Gavin Shuker, Lab (Luton South); Dr Sarah Wollaston, Con (Totnes); Emma Reynolds, Lab (Wolverhampton North East); Chuka Umunna, Lab (Streatham); Paul Maynard, Con (Blackpool North & Cleveleys); Cathy Jamieson, Lab (Kilmarnock & Loudoun); Neil Carmichael, Con (Stroud); Luciana Berger, Lab (Liverpool Wavertree); David Ward, Lib Dem (Bradford East); Lisa Nandy, Lab (Wigan); Heather Wheeler, Con (South Derbyshire); Paul Blomfield, Lab (Sheffield Central); Chris Pincher, Con (Tamworth); Valerie Vaz, Lab (Walsall South); Simon Wright, Lib Dem (Norwich South); Stella Creasy, Lab (Walthamstow); Gordon Henderson, Con (Sittingbourne and Sheppey); Owen Smith, Lab (Pontypridd); Charlotte Leslie, Con (Bristol NW).

UPDATE: And more.

Mark Garnier, Con (Wyre Forest); Simon Kirby, Con (Brighton Kemptown); Alison McGovern, Lab (Wirral South); Julian Sturdy, Con (York Outer); Julie Elliott, Lab (Sunderland Central); Bill Esterson, Lab (Sefton Central); Mike Weatherley, Con (Hove); Grahame Morris, Lab (Easington); Gareth Johnson, Con (Dartford).

As business is about to start in the Commons on Tuesday, we're now up to 76 maiden speakers. The latest additions are:

Brandon Lewis, Con (Great Yarmouth); Jenny Chapman, Lab (Darlington); Margot James, Con (Stourbridge); Bob Blackman, Con (Harrow East); Tristram Hunt, Lab (Stoke-on-Trent Central); Dominic Raab, Con (Esher and Walton); Ian Swales, Lib Dem (Redcar); Bridget Phillipson, Lab (Houghton and Sunderland S); Nicola Blackwood, Con (Oxford W and Abingdon); Fiona O'Donnell, Lab (East Lothian); Michael Ellis, Con (Northampton North); Robert Buckland, Con (South Swindon); Margaret Curran, Lab (Glasgow East); Nigel Mills, Con (Amber Valley); Michael McCann, Lab (East Kilbride ); Guy Opperman, Con (Hexham); Gemma Doyle, Lab (West Dumbartonshire).

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