Service

Longest-serving MPs

The MPs with the longest continuous service in the House of Commons.

#	Member	Party	Constituency	MP since	Continuous service
1	Jeremy Corbyn	Your Party	Islington North	9 Jun 1983	43 years, 1 month
2	Sir Edward Leigh	Conservative	Gainsborough	9 Jun 1983	43 years, 1 month
3	Sir Roger Gale	Conservative	Herne Bay and Sandwich	9 Jun 1983	43 years, 1 month
4	Ms Diane Abbott	Independent	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	11 Jun 1987	39 years, 1 month
5	Dame Angela Eagle	Labour	Wallasey	9 Apr 1992	34 years, 3 months
6	Mr Clive Betts	Labour	Sheffield South East	9 Apr 1992	34 years, 3 months
7	Sir Bernard Jenkin	Conservative	Harwich and North Essex	9 Apr 1992	34 years, 3 months
8	Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown	Conservative	North Cotswolds	9 Apr 1992	34 years, 3 months
9	Sir Iain Duncan Smith	Conservative	Chingford and Woodford Green	9 Apr 1992	34 years, 3 months
10	Sir John Whittingdale	Conservative	Maldon	9 Apr 1992	34 years, 3 months
11	Sir Stephen Timms	Labour	East Ham	9 Jun 1994	32 years, 1 month
12	Jon Trickett	Labour	Normanton and Hemsworth	1 Feb 1996	30 years, 5 months
13	Barry Gardiner	Labour	Brent West	1 May 1997	29 years, 2 months
14	Clive Efford	Labour	Eltham and Chislehurst	1 May 1997	29 years, 2 months
15	Dame Siobhain McDonagh	Labour	Mitcham and Morden	1 May 1997	29 years, 2 months
16	Derek Twigg	Labour	Widnes and Halewood	1 May 1997	29 years, 2 months
17	Fabian Hamilton	Labour	Leeds North East	1 May 1997	29 years, 2 months
18	Gareth Thomas	Labour (Co-op)	Harrow West	1 May 1997	29 years, 2 months
19	Graham Stringer	Labour	Blackley and Middleton South	1 May 1997	29 years, 2 months
20	John Healey	Labour	Rawmarsh and Conisbrough	1 May 1997	29 years, 2 months
21	John McDonnell	Labour	Hayes and Harlington	1 May 1997	29 years, 2 months
22	Maria Eagle	Labour	Liverpool Garston	1 May 1997	29 years, 2 months
23	Sir Alan Campbell	Labour	Tynemouth	1 May 1997	29 years, 2 months
24	Sir Christopher Chope	Conservative	Christchurch	1 May 1997	29 years, 2 months
25	Sir Desmond Swayne	Conservative	New Forest West	1 May 1997	29 years, 2 months
26	Sir John Hayes	Conservative	South Holland and The Deepings	1 May 1997	29 years, 2 months
27	Sir Julian Lewis	Conservative	New Forest East	1 May 1997	29 years, 2 months
28	Sir Lindsay Hoyle	Speaker	Chorley	1 May 1997	29 years, 2 months
29	Yvette Cooper	Labour	Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley	1 May 1997	29 years, 2 months
30	Hilary Benn	Labour	Leeds South	10 Jun 1999	27 years, 1 month
31	Mr David Lammy	Labour	Tottenham	22 Jun 2000	26 years, 1 month
32	Sir Mark Hendrick	Labour (Co-op)	Preston	23 Nov 2000	25 years, 8 months
33	Andrew Rosindell	Reform UK	Romford	7 Jun 2001	25 years, 1 month
34	Chris Bryant	Labour	Rhondda and Ogmore	7 Jun 2001	25 years, 1 month
35	Dr Andrew Murrison	Conservative	South West Wiltshire	7 Jun 2001	25 years, 1 month
36	Mr Alistair Carmichael	Liberal Democrat	Orkney and Shetland	7 Jun 2001	25 years, 1 month
37	Mr Gregory Campbell	Democratic Unionist Party	East Londonderry	7 Jun 2001	25 years, 1 month
38	Mr Mark Francois	Conservative	Rayleigh and Wickford	7 Jun 2001	25 years, 1 month
39	Pete Wishart	Scottish National Party	Perth and Kinross-shire	7 Jun 2001	25 years, 1 month
40	Sir Andrew Mitchell	Conservative	Sutton Coldfield	7 Jun 2001	25 years, 1 month
41	Sir Mark Tami	Labour	Alyn and Deeside	7 Jun 2001	25 years, 1 month
42	Liam Byrne	Labour	Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North	15 Jul 2004	22 years
43	Andy Slaughter	Labour	Hammersmith and Chiswick	5 May 2005	21 years, 2 months
44	Dame Diana Johnson	Labour	Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham	5 May 2005	21 years, 2 months
45	Dame Meg Hillier	Labour (Co-op)	Hackney South and Shoreditch	5 May 2005	21 years, 2 months
46	Dame Nia Griffith	Labour	Llanelli	5 May 2005	21 years, 2 months
47	David Mundell	Conservative	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale	5 May 2005	21 years, 2 months
48	Ed Miliband	Labour	Doncaster North	5 May 2005	21 years, 2 months
49	Emily Thornberry	Labour	Islington South and Finsbury	5 May 2005	21 years, 2 months
50	Graham Stuart	Conservative	Beverley and Holderness	5 May 2005	21 years, 2 months