[Margaret Pilkington]

No Gayle if it had not been included in the poll, then I would have suggested in my post........for all the reasons that I have posted in that post.
Having said that I think you have to take the person into consideration too.......some people are not old at Seventy, and some are old fogeys at 30.........mental attitude to age has to be a factor.
And while mental agility does deteriorate with age, I know some folk who are past 80 and nothing gets past them.

I also think that physical energy is required to be a good representative........I know that being an MP isn't on a par with being a brick layer, but all that travelling and constituency work must be tiring.