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Current United Kingdom MPs by seniority

The list is calculated by year of which MPs was first elected, and then by the order in which they took their oath.

45th Parliament elected: 18 June 1970, first met: 29 June 1970

All elected at the General Election

1 and Father of the House Sir Gerald Kaufman Labour Manchester Gorton
2 Kenneth Clarke Conservative Rushcliffe
3 Dennis Skinner Labour Bolsover

47th Parliament elected: 10 October 1974, first met: 22 October 1974

4 Sir Peter Bottomley Conservative Worthing West elected 26 June 1975
5 Geoffrey Robinson Labour Coventry North West elected 4 March 1976
6 Sir Alan Haslehurst Conservative Saffron Walden elected 7 July 1977

48th Parliament elected: 3 May 1979, first met: 9 May 1979

7 David Winnick Labour Walsall North elected 3 May 1979
8 Barry Sheerman Labour Huddersfield elected 3 May 1979
9 Frank Field Labour Birkenhead elected 3 May 1979
10 Harriet Harman Labour Camberwell & Peckham elected 28 October 1982