Life behind the lens for politicians

MPs are used to appearing in front of the camera but it is their talent behind the lens that is tested in a new exhibition.

More than 200 images, ranging from war-torn Afghanistan to English woodlands, are being displayed for a parliamentary photography competition.

Among the MPs and peers who have entered the contest are former Chancellor Lord Healey and Nato secretary general Lord Robertson.

The photographs will be on show inside Parliament between 15 April and 5 May.

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A New Forest coppice, captured by Tory MP Peter Luff

Labour MP Ian Lucas' photo of the sea at Bamburgh

The entries of Andrew Miller (left) and David Wilshire

Fabian Hamilton's view of ground zero in New York

Cambridgeshire sunset by Tory MP Tim Loughton