Labour MP Conor McGinn 'delivered baby daughter on living room floor'

Northern Ireland-born McGinn was elected MP for St Helens in 2015 Credit: PA

Labour MP Conor McGinn has revealed that he delivered his own daughter on the living room floor after his wife gave birth sooner than expected.

The MP for St Helens North announced the birth of baby daughter Neasa Constance McGinn in a post on Facebook, adding that both mum and baby were "doing very well".

However, he said that he was "slightly traumatised" after he had to deliver Neasa "on the living room floor" because she had arrived "a bit quicker than expected ... so quickly in fact that she beat the ambulance to it".

As a result, he said, he "had to have a crash course in midwifery over the phone with a 999 call handler".

Northern Ireland-born McGinn was elected in 2015.

He 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.