Conservative MPs Jack Lopresti and Andrea Jenkyns got married just before Christmas – their son was their ring bearer (Picture: Daily Mail)

Tory MPs Andrea Jenkyns and Jack Lopresti have revealed they have nicknamed their son Brexit Clifford – because he was born when Article 50 was triggered in Parliament.

Clifford, who is now nine months old, was named after the MP for Morley and Outwood Andrea’s father.

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She spoke of her delight following their wedding on December 22 at which Clifford was their ring bearer.

The pair, who hit the headlines when they began their relationship as an affair, married at an intimate ceremony in the Palace of Westminster’s 13th century St Mary Undercroft chapel.


The two Brexiteers first met at a baseball game during a parliamentary delegation to Washington DC in 2015, the same year Andrea won her seat over then Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls.

Andrea Jenkyns went into parliament with Clifford ‘Brexit’ to vote on Article 50

Clifford, pictured with his mum, is now nine months old

The ceremony was attended by 70 of the couple’s family and friends, the service led by Speaker’s Chaplain the Reverend Rose Hudson-Wilkin, followed by reception on the Parliamentary estate.



Andrea said: ‘I am absolutely delighted to have married Jack here and was lucky enough to have our son, Clifford, as ring bearer.

‘I would like to thank my mother Valerie for walking me down the aisle today and for her love and support.

‘My father Clifford, whom my son is named after, died six years ago and my thoughts and prayers were with him.

‘Baby Clifford was nicknamed “Brexit Clifford” when he was born on the day Article 50 was triggered in Parliament.’

His birth was announced to the Commons Chamber to much merriment and was congratulated by the Speaker and the Prime Minister.

Mr Loprest, has represented his defence and aerospace constituency of Filton and Bradley Stoke since 2010.

A former army reservist who served in Afghanistan, he suffered a health scare in 2013 when he was diagnosed with cancer.

He said: ‘I’d like to thank everyone for attending the ceremony, especially my daughter Sophie, who gave one of the readings, my best man Tim Bowles, and Andrea’s older sister Deborah, matron of honour.’

The couple are honeymooning in Venice before returning to their duties in the New Year.