Statistics

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 26-50 of 649 MPs

# MP Date joined
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Photograph of Sir John Hayes Sir John Hayes
1 May 1997
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Photograph of Sir Julian Lewis Sir Julian Lewis
1 May 1997
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Photograph of Sir Lindsay Hoyle Sir Lindsay Hoyle
1 May 1997
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Photograph of Yvette Cooper Yvette Cooper
1 May 1997
30
Photograph of Hilary Benn Hilary Benn
10 Jun 1999
31
Photograph of Mr David Lammy Mr David Lammy
22 Jun 2000
32
Photograph of Sir Mark Hendrick Sir Mark Hendrick
23 Nov 2000
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Photograph of Andrew Rosindell Andrew Rosindell
7 Jun 2001
33=
Photograph of Chris Bryant Chris Bryant
7 Jun 2001
33=
Photograph of Dr Andrew Murrison Dr Andrew Murrison
7 Jun 2001
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Photograph of Mr Alistair Carmichael Mr Alistair Carmichael
7 Jun 2001
33=
Photograph of Mr Gregory Campbell Mr Gregory Campbell
7 Jun 2001
33=
Photograph of Mr Mark Francois Mr Mark Francois
7 Jun 2001
33=
Photograph of Pete Wishart Pete Wishart
7 Jun 2001
33=
Photograph of Sir Andrew Mitchell Sir Andrew Mitchell
7 Jun 2001
33=
Photograph of Sir Mark Tami Sir Mark Tami
7 Jun 2001
42
Photograph of Liam Byrne Liam Byrne
15 Jul 2004
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Photograph of Andy Slaughter Andy Slaughter
5 May 2005
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Photograph of Dame Diana Johnson Dame Diana Johnson
5 May 2005
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Photograph of Dame Meg Hillier Dame Meg Hillier
5 May 2005
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Photograph of Dame Nia Griffith Dame Nia Griffith
5 May 2005
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Photograph of David Mundell David Mundell
5 May 2005
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Photograph of Ed Miliband Ed Miliband
5 May 2005
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Photograph of Emily Thornberry Emily Thornberry
5 May 2005
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Photograph of Graham Stuart Graham Stuart
5 May 2005
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.