User:Robin S. Taylor/List of British MPs by seniority

This page is a list of current members of the British House of Commons by decreasing order of continuous service, determined by the time and date at which they were first sworn in. This list doubles as a line of succession for the designation Father of the House.

45th Parliament (1970-1974)[edit]

Name		Portrait	Date of Election	Date of Oath/Affirmation	Political party	Constituency
	The Right Honourable Ken Clarke CH QC		18 June 1970	20 June 1970 ^[1]	Conservative	Rushcliffe
	Dennis Skinner		18 June 1970	1 July 1970 (2pm) ^[2]	Labour	Bolsover

47th Parliament (1974-1979)[edit]

Name		Portrait	Date of Election	Date of Oath/Affirmation	Political party	Constituency
	Sir Peter Bottomley		26 June 1975	1 July 1975 ^[3]	Conservative	Woolwich West (1975-1983) Eltham (1983-1997) Worthing West (1997-present)
	Geoffrey Robinson		4 March 1976	9 March 1976 ^[4]	Labour	Coventry North West

48th Parliament (1979-1983)[edit]

	Date of Election	Date of Oath/Affirmation	Political party	Constituency
Barry Sheerman	4 May 1979	10 May 1979 ^[5]	Labour	Huddersfield East (1979-1983) Huddersfield (1983-)
The Right Honourable Frank Field DL	4 May 1979	10 May 1979 ^[6]	Labour	Birkenhead
The Right Honourable Harriet Harman QC	28 October 1982	4 November 1982 ^[7]	Labour	Camberwell & Peckham

49th Parliament (1983-1987)[edit]

	Date of Election	Date of Oath/Affirmation	Political party	Constituency
The Right Honourable Sir Kevin Barron	9 June 1983	16 June 1983 ^[8]	Labour	Rother Valley
Sir Edward Leigh	9 June 1983	16 June 1983 ^[9]	Conservative	Gainsborough & Horncastle (1983-1997) Gainsborough (1997-present)
The Right Honourable Nick Brown	9 June 1983	16 June 1983 ^[10]	Labour	Newcastle upon Tyne East
The Right Honourable Jeremy Corbyn	9 June 1983	16 June 1983 ^[11]	Labour	Islington North
Sir David Amess	9 June 1983	16 June 1983 ^[12]	Conservative	Basildon (1983-1997) Southend West (1997-present)
Sir Roger Gale	9 June 1983	16 June 1983 ^[13]	Conservative	North Thanet
The Right Honourable Sir Nicholas Soames	9 June 1983	16 June 1983 ^[14]	Conservative	Crawley (1983-1997) Mid Sussex (1997-present)
The Right Honourable Dame Margaret Beckett DBE	9 June 1983	21 June 1983 ^[15]	Labour	Derby South
Sir Bill Cash	3 May 1984	4 May 1984 ^[16]	Conservative	Stafford (1984-1997) Stone (1997-present)
The Right Honourable Ann Clwyd	3 May 1984	4 May 1984 ^[17]	Labour	Cynon Valley
The Right Honourable Sir Patrick McLoughlin	8 May 1986	13 May 1986 ^[18]	Conservative	West Derbyshire (1986-2010) Derbyshire Dales (2010-present)
The Right Honourable George Howarth	13 November 1986	18 November 1986 ^[19]	Labour	Knowsley North (1986-1997) Knowsley North & Sefton East (1997-2010) Knowsley (2010-present)

50th Parliament (1987-1992)[edit]

	Date of Election	Date of Oath/Affirmation	Political party	Constituency
The Right Honourable Doctor John Redwood	11 June 1987	18 June 1987 ^[20]	Conservative	Wokingham
The Right Honourable Keith Vaz	11 June 1987	18 June 1987 ^[21]	Labour	Leicester East
Paul Flynn	11 June 1987	18 June 1987 ^[22]	Labour	Newport West
The Right Honourable Diane Abbott	11 June 1987	24 June 1987 ^[23]	Labour	Hackney North & Stoke Newington
The Right Honourable David Davis	11 June 1987	????	Conservative	Haltemprice & Howden
Kate Hoey	15 June 1989	20 June 1989 ^[24]	Labour	Vauxhall

51st Parliament (1992-1997)[edit]

	Date of Election	Date of Oath/Affirmation	Political party	Constituency
The Right Honourable Doctor Liam Fox	9 April 1992	28 April 1992 ^[25]	Conservative	Woodspring (1992-2010) North Somerset (2010-present)
The Right Honourable Sir Alan Duncan KCMG	9 April 1992	28 April 1992 (4:30pm)^[26]	Conservative	Rutland & Melton
The Right Honourable Iain Duncan Smith	9 April 1992	28 April 1992 (4:30pm)^[27]	Conservative	Chingford (1992-1997) Chingford & Woodford Green (1997-present)
The Right Honourable Angela Eagle	9 April 1992	29 April 1992^[28]	Labour	Wallasey
The Right Honourable Doctor David Lidington CBE	9 April 1992	????	Conservative	Aylesbury
The Right Honourable Dame Margaret Hodge DBE	9 June 1994	14 June 1994 ^[29]	Labour	Barking
The Right Honourable Stephen Timms	9 June 1994	14 June 1994 ^[30]	Labour	Newham North East
Jon Trickett	1 February 1996	6 February 1996 ^[31]	Labour	Hemsworth

52nd Parliament (1997-2001)[edit]

	Date of Election	Date of Oath/Affirmation	Political party	Constituency
The Right Honourable Ben Bradshaw	1 May 1997	8 May 1997 ^[32]	Labour	Exeter
The Right Honourable John McDonnell	1 May 1997	8 May 1997 ^[33]	Labour	Hayes & Harlington
Eleanor Laing	1 May 1997	8 May 1997 ^[34]	Conservative	Epping Forest
The Right Honourable Lindsay Hoyle	1 May 1997	9 May 1997 ^[35]	Labour	Chorley
The Right Honourable Philip Hammond	1 May 1997	9 May 1997 ^[36]	Conservative	Runnymede & Weybridge
The Right Honourable Tim Loughton FSA	1 May 1997	9 May 1997 ^[37]	Conservative	East Worthing & Shoreham
The Right Honourable Tom Brake	1 May 1997	9 May 1997 ^[38]	Liberal Democrat	Carshalton & Wallington
The Right Honourable Theresa May	1 May 1997	9 May 1997 ^[39]	Conservative	Maidenhead
The Right Honourable John Bercow	1 May 1997	9 May 1997 ^[40]	Conservative (1997-2009) Speaker (2009-present)	Buckingham
Barry Gardiner	1 May 1997	9 May 1997 (10:45am) ^[41]	Labour	Brent North
The Right Honourable Caroline Flint	1 May 1997	9 May 1997 (10:45am) ^[42]	Labour	Don Valley
The Right Honourable Damian Green	1 May 1997	13 May 1997 ^[43]	Conservative	Ashford
Chris Ruane	1 May 1997	13 May 1997 ^[44]	Labour	Vale of Clwyd
Maria Eagle	1 May 1997	13 May 1997 ^[45]	Labour	Liverpool Garston (1997-2010) Garston & Halewood (2010-present)
The Right Honourable Dame Rosie Winterton DBE	1 May 1997	13 May 1997 ^[46]	Labour	Doncaster Central
The Right Honourable Sir Oliver Letwin FRSA	1 May 1997	13 May 1997 ^[47]	Conservative	West Dorset
The Right Honourable Yvette Cooper	1 May 1997	13 May 1997 ^[48]	Labour	Pontefract & Castleford (1997-2010) Normanton, Pontefract & Castleford (2010-present)
Vernon Coaker	1 May 1997	13 May 1997 ^[49]	Labour	Gedling
Crispin Blunt	1 May 1997	13 May 1997 ^[50]	Conservative	Reigate
Derek Twigg	1 May 1997	13 May 1997 ^[51]	Labour	Halton
The Right Honourable Hilary Benn	9 May 1999	????	Labour	Leeds Central
The Right Honourable David Lammy FRSA	22 June 2000	27 June 2000 ^[52]	Labour	Tottenham
Mark Hendrick	23 November 2000	28 November 2000 ^[53]	Labour	Preston
Adrian Bailey	23 November 2000	28 November 2000 ^[54]	Labour	West Bromwich West

53rd Parliament (2001-2005)[edit]

	Date of Election	Date of Oath/Affirmation	Political party	Constituency
The Right Honourable Nigel Dodds OBE	7 June 2001	14 June 2001 ^[55]	Democratic Unionist	Belfast North
The Right Honourable Chris Grayling	7 June 2001	14 June 2001 ^[56]	Conservative	Epsom & Ewell
Tom Watson	7 June 2001	14 June 2001 ^[57]	Labour	West Bromwich East
The Right Honourable Norman Lamb	7 June 2001	19 June 2001 ^[58]	Liberal Democrat	North Norfolk
Chris Bryant	7 June 2001	19 June 2001 ^[59]	Labour	Rhondda
Pete Wishart	7 June 2001	19 June 2001 ^[60]	Scottish National	Tayside North (2001-2005) Perth & North Perthshire (2005-present)
The Right Honourable Alistair Carmichael	7 June 2001	???	Liberal Democrat	Orkney & Shetland
The Right Honourable Liam Byrne	15 July 2004	20 July 2004 ^[61]	Labour	Birmingham Hodge Hill

54th Parliament (2005-2010)[edit]

	Date of Election	Date of Oath/Affirmation	Political party	Constituency
Bob Neill	29 June 2006	????	Conservative	Bromley & Chislehurst
Virendra Sharma	19 July 2007	????	Labour	Ealing Southall
Phil Wilson	19 July 2007	????	Labour	Sedgefield
John Howell	26 June 2008	????	Conservative	Henley
Chloe Smith	23 July 2009	????	Conservative	Norwich North

55th Parliament (2010-2015)[edit]

	Date of Election	Date of Oath/Affirmation	Political party	Constituency
Debbie Abrahams	13 January 2011	18 January 2011 ^[62]	Labour	Oldham East & Saddleworth
Major Dan Jarvis MBE	3 March 2011	8 March 2011 ^[63]	Labour	Barnsley Central
Jon Ashworth	5 May 2011	9 May 2011 ^[64]	Labour	Leicester South
Seema Malhotra	15 December 2011	19 December 2011 ^[65]	Labour	Feltham & Heston
Stephen Doughty	15 November 2012	19 November 2012 ^[66]	Labour	Cardiff South & Penarth
Lucy Powell	15 November 2012	20 November 2012 ^[67]	Labour	Manchester Central
Sarah Champion	29 November 2012	3 December 2012 ^[68]	Labour	Rotherham
Andy McDonald	29 November 2012	3 December 2012 ^[69]	Labour	Middlesbrough
Steve Reed OBE	29 November 2012	3 December 2012 ^[70]	Labour	Croydon North
Emma Lewell-Buck	2 May 2013	8 May 2013 ^[71]	Labour	South Shields
Mike Kane	13 February 2014	24 February 2014 ^[72]	Labour	Wythenshawe & Sale East
Robert Jenrick	5 June 2014	11 June 2014^[73]	Conservative	Newark
Liz McInnes	9 October 2014	13 October 2014^[74]	Labour	Heywood & Middleton

56th Parliament (2015-2017)[edit]

	Date of Election	Date of Oath/Affirmation	Political party	Constituency
Jim McMahon	3 December 2015	????	Labour	Oldham West & Royton
Gill Furniss	5 May 2016	9 May 2016 ^[75]	Labour	Sheffield Brightside & Hillsborough
Chris Elmore	5 May 2016	9 May 2016 ^[76]	Labour	Ogmore
Doctor Rosena Allin-Khan	16 June 2016	27 June 2016 ^[77]	Labour	Tooting
Tracy Brabin	20 October 2016	24 October 2016 ^[78]	Labour	Batley & Spen
Robert Courts	20 October 2016	24 October 2016 ^[79]	Conservative	Witney
Doctor Caroline Johnson	8 December 2016	24 October 2016 ^[80]	Conservative	Sleaford & North Hykeham
Gareth Snell	23 February 2017	27 February 2017 ^[81]	Labour	Stoke-on-Trent Central
Trudy Harrison	23 February 2017	1 March 2017 ^[82]	Conservative	Copeland

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