‘The most wholesome thing about this election’: Labour MP Stella Creasy melts hearts on social media after giving election victory speech holding her baby daughter Hettie just two weeks after giving birth
- Stella Creasy cradled her two-week-old daughter Hettie after her re-election win
- Labour MP won Walthamstow seat by a landslide in general election on Thursday
- New mother was praised on social media as a ‘queen’ and a ‘rock solid legend’
- Creasy was first MP to be given maternity leave with ‘locum’ MP providing cover
Stella Creasy has been praised on social media after she was re-elected as MP for Walthamstow while cradling her newborn daughter Hettie in a sling.
The Labour politician, who won her seat by a landslide in Thursday’s general election, held her newborn as she made a speech at Waltham Forest Town Hall after her victory became clear early yesterday morning.
She was also seen cradling Hettie, who she welcomed two weeks earlier with her partner Dan Fox, in a live interview with Sky News anchor Dermot Murnaghan.
Stella Creasy has been praised on social media after she was re-elected as MP for Walthamstow while cradling her newborn daughter Hettie in a sling
Stella Creasy with her daughter Hettie after she regained her seat at the count on Thursday (Pictured with Conservatives candidate Shade Adoh and the Brexit Party’s Paul Campbell)
Speaking to Sky News after her win, she said: [Hettie] started heckling me during my acceptance speech, but she’s two weeks old, so I couldn’t really leave her at home’.
Numerous social media users have since taken to Twitter to praise the ‘brilliant’ new mother, who is the first minister to be granted maternity leave.
‘Trying to look for something positive on what has been a very bleak night’, said one user. ‘Great to see Stella Creasy being interviewed with her two-week-old baby, having been re-elected as an MP’.
Another added: ‘Stella Creasy’s baby is the most wholesome thing I’m going to see this evening’.
Numerous social media users have since taken to Twitter to praise the ‘brilliant’ new mother, who is the first minister to be granted maternity leave
Creasy carries her baby daughter as she celebrates winning a seat in Britain’s general election in Waltham Forest Town Hall
‘Watching Stella Creasy being interviewed wearing her two-week-old daughter,’ said a third. ‘What a mother’.
Others congratulated the politician, who has been the MP for Walthamstow since 2010, for her impressive ‘female multi-tasking’.
‘Stella Creasy attended the Walthamstow result, gave her re-election speech and spoke to the news channels while cradling her newborn daughter’, said one user.
‘Female multi-taking or what?! Well done’.
Another told Creasy, 42, to ‘enjoy the rest of the maternity leave’ after she was voted back into parliament with 35,784 votes.
Others congratulated the politician, who has been the MP for Walthamstow since 2010, for her impressive ‘female multi-tasking’
One user even dubbed the Labour MP a ‘queen’ and a ‘rock solid legend’ for caring for Hettie while waiting for the election result
‘Stella Creasy is so cute with her newborn’, said another, who posted on social media shortly after the election result was aired.
One user even dubbed the Labour MP a ‘queen’ and a ‘rock solid legend’ for caring for Hettie while waiting for the election result.
Earlier this year, Creasy revealed she was expecting her first child with her partner Dan Fox after previously suffering two miscarriages.
She has since become the first member of parliament to be granted maternity leave, with ‘locum’ minister providing cover in her absence.
She advertised for the £50,000 pro-rata post when she was 30 weeks pregnant with her first child in October. The ‘locum’ was set to cover her absence for seven months, starting in November.