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Longest Serving MPs in the UK Parliament

All current MPs ranked by the start of their current continuous Commons membership, earliest first. MPs first returned at the same general election share a start date and are shown as joint-ranked; the single most senior member, the House's 'Father of the House', set by order of swearing-in, is badged.

Showing 276-300 of 650 MPs

# MP Date joined
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Photograph of Taiwo Owatemi Taiwo Owatemi Labour 6.8 yrs
12 Dec 2019
222=
Photograph of Wendy Chamberlain Wendy Chamberlain Liberal Democrat 6.8 yrs
12 Dec 2019
222=
Photograph of Zarah Sultana Zarah Sultana Your Party 6.8 yrs
12 Dec 2019
279
Photograph of Sarah Green Sarah Green Liberal Democrat 5.3 yrs
17 Jun 2021
280
Photograph of Kim Leadbeater Kim Leadbeater Labour 5.3 yrs
1 Jul 2021
281
Photograph of Mr Louie French Mr Louie French Conservative 4.9 yrs
2 Dec 2021
282
Photograph of Helen Morgan Helen Morgan Liberal Democrat 4.8 yrs
16 Dec 2021
283
Photograph of Paulette Hamilton Paulette Hamilton Labour 4.6 yrs
3 Mar 2022
284=
Photograph of Richard Foord Richard Foord Liberal Democrat 4.3 yrs
23 Jun 2022
284=
Photograph of Simon Lightwood Simon Lightwood Labour (Co-op) 4.3 yrs
23 Jun 2022
286
Photograph of Samantha Dixon Samantha Dixon Labour 3.9 yrs
1 Dec 2022
287
Photograph of Andrew Western Andrew Western Labour 3.8 yrs
15 Dec 2022
288
Photograph of Ashley Dalton Ashley Dalton Labour 3.7 yrs
9 Feb 2023
289=
Photograph of Keir Mather Keir Mather Labour 3.2 yrs
20 Jul 2023
289=
Photograph of Sarah Dyke Sarah Dyke Liberal Democrat 3.2 yrs
20 Jul 2023
291
Photograph of Michael Shanks Michael Shanks Labour 3.0 yrs
5 Oct 2023
292=
Photograph of Alistair Strathern Alistair Strathern Labour 3.0 yrs
19 Oct 2023
292=
Photograph of Sarah Edwards Sarah Edwards Labour 3.0 yrs
19 Oct 2023
294=
Photograph of Damien Egan Damien Egan Labour 2.7 yrs
15 Feb 2024
294=
Photograph of Gen Kitchen Gen Kitchen Labour 2.7 yrs
15 Feb 2024
296
Photograph of Chris Webb Chris Webb Labour 2.5 yrs
2 May 2024
297=
Photograph of Abtisam Mohamed Abtisam Mohamed Labour 2.3 yrs
4 Jul 2024
297=
Photograph of Adam Dance Adam Dance Liberal Democrat 2.3 yrs
4 Jul 2024
297=
Photograph of Adam Jogee Adam Jogee Labour 2.3 yrs
4 Jul 2024
297=
Photograph of Adam Thompson Adam Thompson Labour 2.3 yrs
4 Jul 2024
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API

FAQs

How is this ranking calculated?

All current MPs ranked by the start of their current continuous Commons membership, earliest first. MPs first returned at the same general election share a start date and are shown as joint-ranked; the single most senior member, the House's 'Father of the House', set by order of swearing-in, is badged.

Where does the data come from?

Rankings use official UK Parliament data, the Commons Votes API for voting and the Members API for MP details. Some measures are locally derived analysis by Ayes and Noes and are labelled as such; see the methodology on the statistics overview.

How often is it updated?

The ranking reflects the most recent data import. It refreshes as new divisions and member data are imported.

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