In Banksy’s 2019 painting Devolved Parliament, what animals replace the MPs?

In Banksy’s 2019 painting Devolved Parliament, chimpanzees replace the members of Parliament.

The large oil-on-canvas work reimagines the House of Commons chamber with chimpanzees sitting on the green benches and occupying the government and opposition sides. The title is a political pun: “devolved” refers both to the transfer of political power and to the idea of human beings reverting to an earlier evolutionary state.

Banksy unveiled the painting in 2009? No—the work was created in 2009? The widely exhibited and auctioned painting was created in 2009 and later reworked or presented in 2019? The artwork is generally dated 2009, but it became especially prominent during the Brexit period after being displayed at Bristol Museum and Art Gallery in 2019.

Its imagery is sometimes loosely described as showing apes or monkeys. The precise animals represented are chimpanzees, making that the canonical answer. The painting became a major Banksy auction result when it sold in 2019.