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The aptly named Short Parliament of England was the shortest parliament to sit in any of the United Kingdom’s constituent countries. It sat for just three weeks from 13 April until 5 May 1640. The shortest Parliament of the United Kingdom was the 3rd Parliament elected at the 1806 election. It sat for 138 days from 15 December 1806 until 27 ...
This is the list of United Kingdom MPs by seniority, 2024–present.The Members of Parliament (MPs), who were elected in the 2024 general election and during the 59th Parliament, are ranked by the beginning of their terms in office in the House of Commons.
Since regular parliamentary government was established by the start of the UK Parliament, contenders for longest span of continuous service include the four brothers Sir Robert Peel (also twice prime minister), William Yates Peel, Jonathan Peel and Edmund Peel, with a span of 59 years from Robert's by-election return on 15 April 1809 as MP for ...
Longest serving Black MP in the House of Commons. Former Shadow Home Secretary. Labour Party whip was suspended in April 2023, but restored June 2024. 51st Parliament (elected: 9 April 1992, first met: 27 April 1992, dissolved: 8 April 1997) [19] [20] [21] 015 The Rt Hon Sir Liam Fox: Con North Somerset: 9 Apr 1992
The longest possible duration of a Parliament is currently five years; prior to the Parliament Act 1911, it was seven years. All period of six years or more between general elections are listed: 9 years, 7 months and 21 days: 1935 – 1945 8 years: December 1910 – 1918 6 years: 1820 – 1826 6 years: 1841 – 1847
While the term was in common parlance in the 19th and early 20th centuries, it has become rarer, except in official and academic uses. [1] Both Australia and Canada have inherited the term and continue to use it. It is perhaps in more common use in those countries, which both have official catalogues of their respective ministries, whereas ...
Robert Beatson, A Chronological Register of Both Houses of the British Parliament, from the Union in 1708, to the Third Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in 1807: From the Union in 1708, to the Third Parliament Of the United Kingdom Of Great Britain and Ireland in 1807, Volume 1, printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme by J. Chalmers & Co., 1807; Chronological ...
Until his death on 23 March 2015, former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew was the longest-serving Member of Parliament (Tanjong Pagar) and thus the Father of the House. [31] As of April 2015 [update] , emeritus Senior Minister and former Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong later became Father of the House, as the longest-serving MP ( Marine Parade ). [ 31 ]