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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)

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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)

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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)

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Name Portrait 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)

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Name Portrait 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)

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Name Portrait 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)

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Name Portrait 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)

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Name Portrait 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)

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Name Portrait 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)

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Name Portrait 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)

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Name Portrait 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)

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Name Portrait 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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