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 101-125 of 649 MPs

# MP Date joined
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Photograph of Sir Mel Stride Sir Mel Stride
6 May 2010
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Photograph of Steve Barclay Steve Barclay
6 May 2010
62=
Photograph of Stuart Andrew Stuart Andrew
6 May 2010
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Photograph of Valerie Vaz Valerie Vaz
6 May 2010
62=
Photograph of Yasmin Qureshi Yasmin Qureshi
6 May 2010
106
Photograph of Debbie Abrahams Debbie Abrahams
13 Jan 2011
107
Photograph of Dan Jarvis Dan Jarvis
3 Mar 2011
108
Photograph of Paul Maskey Paul Maskey
9 Jun 2011
109
Photograph of Seema Malhotra Seema Malhotra
15 Dec 2011
110=
Photograph of Lucy Powell Lucy Powell
15 Nov 2012
110=
Photograph of Stephen Doughty Stephen Doughty
15 Nov 2012
112=
Photograph of Andy McDonald Andy McDonald
29 Nov 2012
112=
Photograph of Sarah Champion Sarah Champion
29 Nov 2012
112=
Photograph of Steve Reed Steve Reed
29 Nov 2012
115
Photograph of Emma Lewell Emma Lewell
2 May 2013
116
Photograph of Mike Kane Mike Kane
13 Feb 2014
117
Photograph of Robert Jenrick Robert Jenrick
5 Jun 2014
118=
Photograph of Alan Mak Alan Mak
7 May 2015
118=
Photograph of Alberto Costa Alberto Costa
7 May 2015
118=
Photograph of Angela Rayner Angela Rayner
7 May 2015
118=
Photograph of Brendan O'Hara Brendan O'Hara
7 May 2015
118=
Photograph of Carolyn Harris Carolyn Harris
7 May 2015
118=
Photograph of Cat Smith Cat Smith
7 May 2015
118=
Photograph of Catherine West Catherine West
7 May 2015
118=
Photograph of Chris Law Chris Law
7 May 2015
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.