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 and during the 58th Parliament, 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 the House of Commons Journal, 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 in 2019[1] | Current[2] | Change | ||
Conservative | 365 | 349 | 16 | |
Labour[lower-alpha 1] | 202 | 198 | 4 | |
SNP | 48 | 43 | 5 | |
Liberal Democrats | 11 | 15 | 4 | |
DUP | 8 | 8 | ||
Sinn Féin | 7 | 7 | ||
Plaid Cymru | 4 | 3 | 1 | |
SDLP | 2 | 2 | ||
Alba | N/A[lower-alpha 2] | 2[lower-alpha 3] | 2 | |
Green | 1 | 1 | ||
Alliance | 1 | 1 | ||
Speaker | 1 | 1 | ||
Independent | 0 | 18[lower-alpha 4] | 18 | |
Total | 650 | 648 | 2 | |
Voting total[lower-alpha 5] | 639 | 636 | 3[lower-alpha 6] | |
Vacant | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Government majority | 87 | 56[lower-alpha 7] | 31 |
For full details of changes during the current Parliament, see By-elections and Defections, suspensions and resignations.
List
This article assigns a numerical rank to each of the members elected in the 2019 general election and subsequent by-elections, except for those who were elected but never sworn in, who are displayed at the bottom without a number. Members named in italics and shaded in pink are no longer sitting.
See also
Notes
- ↑ Includes MPs sponsored by the Co-operative Party, who are designated Labour and Co-operative.[3]
- ↑ At the time of the 2019 election this party did not exist.
- ↑ Both of the Alba Party's MPs were elected for the Scottish National Party (SNP) before leaving to join Alba in 2021.[4]
- ↑ Seven were elected as Conservative MPs at the 2019 General Election, including Andrew Bridgen, who defected to Reclaim in May 2023 but left the party in December 2023 and now sits as an Independent. The remaining eleven Independent MPs all come from the opposition benches.
- ↑ The seven members of Sinn Féin abstain, i.e. they do not take their seats in the House of Commons;[5] the Speaker and deputy speakers (currently three Conservative and one Labour) have only a tie-breaking vote constrained by conventions.[6]
- ↑ Deputy speaker Eleanor Laing (Con, Chair of Ways and Means) is on an extended leave of absence, and Roger Gale (Con) has been temporarily appointed as acting Chair of Ways and Means.
- ↑ Assuming the 7 MPs elected as Conservatives at the 2019 General Election and now sitting as independents vote with the government, the effective working majority is 70.
References
- ↑ "Election 2019: Results". BBC News. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
- ↑ "State of the parties". parliament.uk. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
- ↑ "About". Co-operative Party. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
- ↑ Webster, Laura (27 March 2021). "MP Kenny MacAskill quits SNP to join Alex Salmond's Alba Party". The National. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
- ↑ 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". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Hansard Digitisation Project. 10 May 1979. Retrieved 17 November 2011. (Sheerman to Field in order sworn)
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- ↑ "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 June 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2017. (Davey to Williams in order sworn)
- ↑ "Members Sworn". Hansard. Hansard. 15 June 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2017. (Ruane to Russell-Moyle in order sworn)
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- ↑ "Members Sworn". Hansard. Hansard. 17 December 2019. Retrieved 18 December 2019. (Fuller to Howell in order sworn)
- ↑ "Members Sworn". Hansard. Hansard. 18 December 2019. Retrieved 18 December 2019. (Everitt to Nicolson in order sworn)
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