List of United Kingdom MPs by seniority (2019–present)
This is the list of United Kingdom MPs by seniority, 2019–present. The Members of Parliament (MPs), who were elected in the 2019 general election, are ranked by the beginning of their terms in office in the House of Commons.
Criteria
The seniority criteria used in this article are derived from how the Father of the House is selected. They are not laid down in Standing Orders but arise from the customary practice of the House of Commons. The modern custom is that the Father of the House is the MP who has the longest continuous service. If two or more members were first elected in the same General Election (or at by-elections held on the same day), then priority is given to the one who was sworn in first. The order of swearing in is recorded in Hansard, the official record of proceedings.
When a member has had broken service, that does not affect his or her seniority (for the purpose of qualifying as the Father of the House) which is based on the latest period of continuous service.
The Sinn Féin members, who abstain from taking their seats at Westminster, have never been sworn in. They are ranked (in this list) after all other members who have taken their seats. Between themselves, they are ranked by the first date of the election, for the current period of continuous service. If they are equal on that criterion, then they are ranked in alphabetical order by surname.
Summary of Members elected by party
Affiliation | Members | ||
---|---|---|---|
Elected[1] | Current | ||
Conservative[lower-alpha 1] | 365 | 365 | |
Labour[lower-alpha 2] | 202 | 200 | |
SNP | 48 | 47 | |
Liberal Democrats | 11 | 11 | |
DUP | 8 | 8 | |
Sinn Féin | 7 | 7 | |
Plaid Cymru | 4 | 3 | |
SDLP | 2 | 2 | |
Green | 1 | 1 | |
Alliance | 1 | 1 | |
Speaker | 1 | 1 | |
Independent | 0 | 4 | |
Total | 650 | ||
Voting total[lower-alpha 3] | 639 | ||
Government majority[lower-alpha 4] | 85 | 85 |
For full details of changes during the current Parliament, see Defections and suspensions and By-elections.
List
This article assigns a numerical rank to each of the 650 members elected in the 2019 general election. Other members, who were not the first person declared elected to a seat but who joined the House during the Parliament, are not assigned a number. Members named in italics are no longer sitting.
See also
Notes
- Government of the United Kingdom.
- Labour, as the largest party not in government, takes the role of Official Opposition. The Co-operative Party is represented in the House of Commons by 26 Labour MPs sitting with the Labour and Co-operative designation.[2]
- Sinn Féin (7) abstain, i.e. they do not take their seats in the House of Commons;[3] the Speaker and 3 Deputy Speakers (2 Conservative and 1 Labour) have only a tie-breaking vote constrained by conventions.[4]
- This is the number of voting government MPs (Elected: 365, Current: 364) less the sum of all other voting MPs (Elected: 276, Current: 277).[3]
References
- "Results of the 2019 General Election". BBC News. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
- "About the Party". Co-operative Party. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
- Kelly, Conor (19 August 2019). "Understanding Sinn Féin's Abstention from the UK Parliament". E-International Relations. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
- Boothroyd, David. "House of Commons: Tied Divisions". United Kingdom Election Results. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
- "Members Sworn". Hansard. Hansard Digitisation Project. 10 May 1979. Retrieved 17 Nov 2011. (Sheerman to Field in order sworn)
- http://data.parliament.uk/membersdataplatform/services/mnis/members/query/House=Commons%7CIsEligible=true/
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- "Members Sworn". Hansard. Hansard Digitisation Project. 21 June 1983. Retrieved 17 Nov 2011. (Beckett sworn)
- "New Members". Hansard. Hansard Digitisation Project. 8 May 1984. Retrieved 17 Nov 2011. (Cash and Clwyd in order sworn). Link is broken, but click on 8 May 1984 (on the top left of the error page) and then NEW MEMBERS c736 on the index list, to get access to the required information.
- http://data.parliament.uk/membersdataplatform/services/mnis/members/query/House=Commons%7CIsEligible=true/
- "Members Sworn". Hansard. Hansard Digitisation Project. 18 June 1987. Retrieved 19 Nov 2011. (Redwood to Abbott in order sworn)
- "Members Sworn". Hansard. Hansard Digitisation Project. 24 June 1987. Retrieved 19 Nov 2011. (Abbott sworn)
- "Members Sworn". Hansard. Hansard Digitisation Project. 28 April 1992. Retrieved 19 Nov 2011. (Cunningham to Gillan in order sworn)
- "Members Sworn". Hansard. Hansard Digitisation Project. 29 April 1992. Retrieved 19 Nov 2011. (Jenkin to Godsiff in order sworn)
- "New Members". Hansard. Hansard Digitisation Project. 14 June 1994. Retrieved 20 Nov 2011. (Hodge to Timms in order sworn) Link is broken, but click on 14 June 1994 (on the top left of the error page) and then NEW MEMBERS c517 on the index list, to get access to the required information.
- "Members Sworn". Hansard. Hansard Digitisation Project. 8 May 1997. Retrieved 23 Nov 2011. (Simpson to Pound in order sworn)
- "Members Sworn". Hansard. Hansard Digitisation Project. 9 May 1997. Retrieved 23 Nov 2011. (Hoyle to Swayne in order sworn)
- "Members Sworn". Hansard. Hansard Digitisation Project. 13 May 1997. Retrieved 23 Nov 2011. (Hamilton to Chope in order sworn)
- "New Members Taking the Oath". Hansard. Hansard Digitisation Project. 28 November 2000. Retrieved 20 Nov 2011. (Hendrick to Bailey in order sworn) Link is broken, but click on 28 November 2000 (on the top left of the error page) and then NEW MEMBERS TAKING THE OATH c831 on the index list, to get access to the required information.
- "Members Sworn". Hansard. Hansard Digitisation Project. 14 June 2001. Retrieved 24 Nov 2011. (Knight to Field in order sworn)
- "Members Sworn". Hansard. Hansard Digitisation Project. 15 June 2001. Retrieved 24 Nov 2011. (Bellingham sworn)
- "Members Sworn". Hansard. Hansard Digitisation Project. 19 June 2001. Retrieved 24 Nov 2011. (Farrelly to Wishart in order sworn)
- "Members Sworn". Hansard. Hansard Digitisation Project. 20 June 2001. Retrieved 24 Nov 2011. (Mitchell sworn)
- "Members Sworn". Hansard. Hansard Digitisation Project. 12 May 2005. Retrieved 26 Nov 2011. (Simpson to Hillier in order sworn)
- "Members Sworn". Hansard. Hansard Digitisation Project. 16 May 2005. Retrieved 26 Nov 2011. (Wilson to MacNeil in order sworn)
- "Members Sworn". Hansard. Hansard Digitisation Project. 17 May 2005. Retrieved 26 Nov 2011. (Cooper and Griffith in order sworn)
- "Members Sworn". Hansard. Hansard Digitisation Project. 23 July 2007. Retrieved 26 Nov 2011. (Sharma and Wilson in order sworn)
- "Members Sworn". Hansard. Hansard. 19 May 2010. Retrieved 3 Dec 2011. (Vaz to Rutley in order sworn)
- "Members Sworn". Hansard. Hansard. 20 May 2010. Retrieved 3 Dec 2011. (Turner to Pearce in order sworn)
- "Members Sworn". Hansard. Hansard. 24 May 2010. Retrieved 3 Dec 2011. (Berry to McGovern in order sworn)
- "New Members" (PDF). Hansard. Hansard. 19 October 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2015. (Doughty sworn)
- "New Members" (PDF). Hansard. Hansard. 20 October 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2015. (Powell sworn)
- "New Members" (PDF). Hansard. Hansard. 3 December 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2015. (Champion to Reed in order sworn)
- "New Members" (PDF). Hansard. Hansard. 13 October 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2015. (McInnes sworn)
- "Members Sworn" (PDF). Hansard. Hansard. 19 May 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2015. (Hoare to Onn in order sworn)
- "Members Sworn" (PDF). Hansard. Hansard. 20 May 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2015. (Ryan to Cadbury in order sworn)
- "Members Sworn" (PDF). Hansard. Hansard. 21 May 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2015. (Harris to Donelan in order sworn)
- "Members Sworn" (PDF). Hansard. Hansard. 26 May 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2015. (Newlands to Johnson in order sworn)
- "Members Sworn". Hansard. Hansard. 14 Jun 2017. Retrieved 14 Jun 2017. (Davey to Williams in order sworn)
- "Members Sworn". Hansard. Hansard. 15 Jun 2017. Retrieved 15 Jun 2017. (Ruane to Russell-Moyle in order sworn)
- "Members Sworn". Hansard. Hansard. 21 Jun 2017. Retrieved 21 Jun 2017. (Swinson to Coad in order sworn)
- "Members Sworn". Hansard. Hansard. 17 Dec 2019. Retrieved 18 Dec 2019. (Fuller to Howell in order sworn)
- "Members Sworn". Hansard. Hansard. 18 Dec 2019. Retrieved 18 Dec 2019. (Everitt to Nicolson in order sworn)
- "Members Sworn". Hansard. Hansard. 19 Dec 2019. Retrieved 19 Dec 2019. (Eastwood sworn)