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 1-25 of 649 MPs

# MP Date joined
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Photograph of Sir Edward Leigh Sir Edward Leigh Father of the House
9 Jun 1983
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Photograph of Jeremy Corbyn Jeremy Corbyn
9 Jun 1983
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Photograph of Sir Roger Gale Sir Roger Gale
9 Jun 1983
4
Photograph of Ms Diane Abbott Ms Diane Abbott Mother of the House
11 Jun 1987
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Photograph of Dame Angela Eagle Dame Angela Eagle
9 Apr 1992
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Photograph of Mr Clive Betts Mr Clive Betts
9 Apr 1992
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Photograph of Sir Bernard Jenkin Sir Bernard Jenkin
9 Apr 1992
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Photograph of Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
9 Apr 1992
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Photograph of Sir Iain Duncan Smith Sir Iain Duncan Smith
9 Apr 1992
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Photograph of Sir John Whittingdale Sir John Whittingdale
9 Apr 1992
11
Photograph of Sir Stephen Timms Sir Stephen Timms
9 Jun 1994
12
Photograph of Jon Trickett Jon Trickett
1 Feb 1996
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Photograph of Barry Gardiner Barry Gardiner
1 May 1997
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Photograph of Clive Efford Clive Efford
1 May 1997
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Photograph of Dame Siobhain McDonagh Dame Siobhain McDonagh
1 May 1997
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Photograph of Derek Twigg Derek Twigg
1 May 1997
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Photograph of Fabian Hamilton Fabian Hamilton
1 May 1997
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Photograph of Gareth Thomas Gareth Thomas
1 May 1997
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Photograph of Graham Stringer Graham Stringer
1 May 1997
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Photograph of John Healey John Healey
1 May 1997
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Photograph of John McDonnell John McDonnell
1 May 1997
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Photograph of Maria Eagle Maria Eagle
1 May 1997
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Photograph of Sir Alan Campbell Sir Alan Campbell
1 May 1997
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Photograph of Sir Christopher Chope Sir Christopher Chope
1 May 1997
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Photograph of Sir Desmond Swayne Sir Desmond Swayne
1 May 1997
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.