Longest-Serving UK MPs

Which UK MPs have been in Parliament the longest? Ranked by continuous start date.

Top 100

In Parliament since

  1. 1

    Sir Roger Gale

    ConservativeHerne Bay and Sandwich

    Jun 1983

  2. 2

    Sir Edward Leigh

    ConservativeGainsborough

    Jun 1983

  3. 3

    Jeremy Corbyn

    Your PartyIslington North

    Jun 1983

  4. 4

    Ms Diane Abbott

    LabourHackney North and Stoke Newington

    Jun 1987

  5. 5

    Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

    ConservativeNorth Cotswolds

    Apr 1992

  6. 6

    Sir Iain Duncan Smith

    ConservativeChingford and Woodford Green

    Apr 1992

  7. 7

    Mr Clive Betts

    LabourSheffield South East

    Apr 1992

  8. 8

    Dame Angela Eagle

    LabourWallasey

    Apr 1992

  9. 9

    Sir Bernard Jenkin

    ConservativeHarwich and North Essex

    Apr 1992

  10. 10

    Sir John Whittingdale

    ConservativeMaldon

    Apr 1992

  11. 11

    Sir Stephen Timms

    LabourEast Ham

    Jun 1994

  12. 12

    Jon Trickett

    LabourNormanton and Hemsworth

    Feb 1996

  13. 13

    Sir Christopher Chope

    ConservativeChristchurch

    May 1997

  14. 14

    Graham Stringer

    LabourBlackley and Middleton South

    May 1997

  15. 15

    Sir Lindsay Hoyle

    SpeakerChorley

    May 1997

  16. 16

    Sir Desmond Swayne

    ConservativeNew Forest West

    May 1997

  17. 17

    Derek Twigg

    LabourWidnes and Halewood

    May 1997

  18. 18

    Sir John Hayes

    ConservativeSouth Holland and The Deepings

    May 1997

  19. 19

    Sir Julian Lewis

    ConservativeNew Forest East

    May 1997

  20. 20

    John McDonnell

    LabourHayes and Harlington

    May 1997

  21. 21

    John Healey

    LabourRawmarsh and Conisbrough

    May 1997

  22. 22

    Barry Gardiner

    LabourBrent West

    May 1997

  23. 23

    Clive Efford

    LabourEltham and Chislehurst

    May 1997

  24. 24

    Maria Eagle

    LabourLiverpool Garston

    May 1997

  25. 25

    Sir Alan Campbell

    LabourTynemouth

    May 1997

  26. 26

    Gareth Thomas

    Labour (Co-op)Harrow West

    May 1997

  27. 27

    Fabian Hamilton

    LabourLeeds North East

    May 1997

  28. 28

    Yvette Cooper

    LabourPontefract, Castleford and Knottingley

    May 1997

  29. 29

    Dame Siobhain McDonagh

    LabourMitcham and Morden

    May 1997

  30. 30

    Hilary Benn

    LabourLeeds South

    Jun 1999

  31. 31

    Mr David Lammy

    LabourTottenham

    Jun 2000

  32. 32

    Sir Mark Hendrick

    Labour (Co-op)Preston

    Nov 2000

  33. 33

    Chris Bryant

    LabourRhondda and Ogmore

    Jun 2001

  34. 34

    Sir Mark Tami

    LabourAlyn and Deeside

    Jun 2001

  35. 35

    Andrew Rosindell

    Reform UKRomford

    Jun 2001

  36. 36

    Dr Andrew Murrison

    ConservativeSouth West Wiltshire

    Jun 2001

  37. 37

    Mr Gregory Campbell

    Democratic Unionist PartyEast Londonderry

    Jun 2001

  38. 38

    Sir Andrew Mitchell

    ConservativeSutton Coldfield

    Jun 2001

  39. 39

    Pete Wishart

    Scottish National PartyPerth and Kinross-shire

    Jun 2001

  40. 40

    Mr Mark Francois

    ConservativeRayleigh and Wickford

    Jun 2001

  41. 41

    Mr Alistair Carmichael

    Liberal DemocratOrkney and Shetland

    Jun 2001

  42. 42

    Liam Byrne

    LabourBirmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North

    Jul 2004

  43. 43

    Sammy Wilson

    Democratic Unionist PartyEast Antrim

    May 2005

  44. 44

    Sir Jeremy Wright

    ConservativeKenilworth and Southam

    May 2005

  45. 45

    Dame Diana Johnson

    LabourKingston upon Hull North and Cottingham

    May 2005

  46. 46

    David Mundell

    ConservativeDumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale

    May 2005

  47. 47

    Sir Geoffrey Cox

    ConservativeTorridge and Tavistock

    May 2005

  48. 48

    Tim Farron

    Liberal DemocratWestmorland and Lonsdale

    May 2005

  49. 49

    Ed Miliband

    LabourDoncaster North

    May 2005

  50. 50

    Emily Thornberry

    LabourIslington South and Finsbury

    May 2005

  51. 51

    Mrs Sharon Hodgson

    LabourWashington and Gateshead South

    May 2005

  52. 52

    Graham Stuart

    ConservativeBeverley and Holderness

    May 2005

  53. 53

    Pat McFadden

    LabourWolverhampton South East

    May 2005

  54. 54

    Mark Pritchard

    ConservativeThe Wrekin

    May 2005

  55. 55

    Kerry McCarthy

    LabourBristol East

    May 2005

  56. 56

    Andy Slaughter

    LabourHammersmith and Chiswick

    May 2005

  57. 57

    Jessica Morden

    LabourNewport East

    May 2005

  58. 58

    Dame Meg Hillier

    Labour (Co-op)Hackney South and Shoreditch

    May 2005

  59. 59

    Dame Nia Griffith

    LabourLlanelli

    May 2005

  60. 60

    Sir Jeremy Hunt

    ConservativeGodalming and Ash

    May 2005

  61. 61

    David Davis

    ConservativeGoole and Pocklington

    Jul 2008

  62. 62

    Bill Esterson

    LabourSefton Central

    May 2010

  63. 63

    Mary Glindon

    LabourNewcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend

    May 2010

  64. 64

    Martin Vickers

    ConservativeBrigg and Immingham

    May 2010

  65. 65

    Alison McGovern

    LabourBirkenhead

    May 2010

  66. 66

    Dame Caroline Dinenage

    ConservativeGosport

    May 2010

  67. 67

    Jonathan Reynolds

    Labour (Co-op)Stalybridge and Hyde

    May 2010

  68. 68

    Sir Alec Shelbrooke

    ConservativeWetherby and Easingwold

    May 2010

  69. 69

    Sir Gavin Williamson

    ConservativeStone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge

    May 2010

  70. 70

    Dame Harriett Baldwin

    ConservativeWest Worcestershire

    May 2010

  71. 71

    Rachel Reeves

    LabourLeeds West and Pudsey

    May 2010

  72. 72

    Mr Toby Perkins

    LabourChesterfield

    May 2010

  73. 73

    Ian Murray

    LabourEdinburgh South

    May 2010

  74. 74

    Valerie Vaz

    LabourWalsall and Bloxwich

    May 2010

  75. 75

    Bob Blackman

    ConservativeHarrow East

    May 2010

  76. 76

    Jesse Norman

    ConservativeHereford and South Herefordshire

    May 2010

  77. 77

    Helen Grant

    ConservativeMaidstone and Malling

    May 2010

  78. 78

    Mark Garnier

    ConservativeWyre Forest

    May 2010

  79. 79

    Damian Hinds

    ConservativeEast Hampshire

    May 2010

  80. 80

    Priti Patel

    ConservativeWitham

    May 2010

  81. 81

    Steve Barclay

    ConservativeNorth East Cambridgeshire

    May 2010

  82. 82

    Ms Stella Creasy

    Labour (Co-op)Walthamstow

    May 2010

  83. 83

    Caroline Nokes

    ConservativeRomsey and Southampton North

    May 2010

  84. 84

    Sir Julian Smith

    ConservativeSkipton and Ripon

    May 2010

  85. 85

    Rebecca Harris

    ConservativeCastle Point

    May 2010

  86. 86

    Nick Smith

    LabourBlaenau Gwent and Rhymney

    May 2010

  87. 87

    Sir Mel Stride

    ConservativeCentral Devon

    May 2010

  88. 88

    George Freeman

    ConservativeMid Norfolk

    May 2010

  89. 89

    Bridget Phillipson

    LabourHoughton and Sunderland South

    May 2010

  90. 90

    Rushanara Ali

    LabourBethnal Green and Stepney

    May 2010

  91. 91

    John Glen

    ConservativeSalisbury

    May 2010

  92. 92

    Karl Turner

    IndependentKingston upon Hull East

    May 2010

  93. 93

    Ian Lavery

    LabourBlyth and Ashington

    May 2010

  94. 94

    Shabana Mahmood

    LabourBirmingham Ladywood

    May 2010

  95. 95

    Yasmin Qureshi

    LabourBolton South and Walkden

    May 2010

  96. 96

    Chris Evans

    Labour (Co-op)Caerphilly

    May 2010

  97. 97

    Dame Karen Bradley

    ConservativeStaffordshire Moorlands

    May 2010

  98. 98

    Stuart Andrew

    ConservativeDaventry

    May 2010

  99. 99

    Lisa Nandy

    LabourWigan

    May 2010

  100. 100

    Liz Kendall

    LabourLeicester West

    May 2010

Source: UK Parliament Members API, Commons Votes API and IPSA. Rankings are recalculated hourly.