An MP has revealed he was forced to deliver his own daughter on his living room floor after his wife gave birth more quickly than expected.

Conor McGinn, 32, was shoved into the role of midwife when wife Kate went into labour on Friday evening.

He delivered baby girl Neasa Constance after a "crash course in midwifery over the phone with a 999 call-handler".

The Labour MP for St Helens North announced the birth on his Facebook page, adding that "mum and baby are doing very well".

He said: "Dad is only slightly traumatised after delivering the baby on the living room floor when she decided to arrive a bit quicker than expected...


"So quickly in fact that she beat the ambulance to it, meaning I had to have a crash course in midwifery over the phone with a 999 call-handler!

"Those 'Labour delivers all year round' leaflets will take on a new meaning in St Helens...

"Neasa is healthy and content and we feel very lucky and happy to have her."

The couple married in 2009 and already have a son.

Mr McGinn, who was elected in 2015, was a Labour whip before standing down earlier this month following the controversial sacking of chief whip Dame Rosie Winterton in Jeremy Corbyn's reshuffle.