Historic Saltaire is known as the home of its founder's splendid architectural legacies as well as many of David Hockney's pictures.

Others know the model village as a centre for hi-tech businesses such as Pace and Filtronic.

But now the village, population less than 4,000, is laying claim to what is thought to be an unusual feat by providing a home to no fewer than three serving parliamentarians.

Salt himself was elected to the House of Commons in 1859 and today - 125 years after his death - Labour MEP for Yorkshire and Humber Richard Corbett, Labour's Shipley MP Chris Leslie and Liberal Democrat defence spokesman in the Lords Lord Wallace of Saltaire live in homes once occupied by his mill workers.

The contingent means the people of Saltaire are represented on three different levels - the House of Commons, House of Lords and European Parliament - by people living in their midst.

Now visitors are being informed of the amazing coincidence in a new leaflet, Saltaire: A Village of Parliamentarians and printed by Mr Corbett, available from Saltaire Tourist Information Centre.

Mr Corbett, who has a terrace house in William Henry Street, said: "The idea came up when I was doing an official opening in the village and someone said 'isn't it remarkable that so many parliamentarians live in such a small village?'.

"I said we should do a leaflet and it's taken off from there - Saltaire's a place that's full of surprises and interesting things and the leaflet's just drawing attention to this extra dimension.

"It's perhaps unique for members of three different parliamentary bodies to all live within a few streets of each other in a place of Saltaire's size.''

Mr Leslie, who has lived in a former mill worker's cottage in Whitlam Street since 1995, said: "Titus Salt was an MP and the district generally has quite a history of high profile parliamentarians so I feel quite fortunate to be considered part of that.

"For me it's just nice to have a home here because it's such a great place to live but it's a happy coincidence that all three main parliamentary chambers are represented by people living here and means if anyone has a particular issue they want raising, they're only a few hundred yards from the people who can take it further.''