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As of 2024, Sir Patrick Duffy is the oldest living former MP (born 17 June 1920, age 104 years, 197 days). [14] Jill Knight (9 July 1923 – 6 April 2022) was the longest-lived female former MP, aged 98 years, 271 days. As of 2024 Elizabeth Shields is the oldest living female former MP (born 27 February 1928, age 96 years, 308 days).
He was the member of parliament for Colne Valley from 1963 to 1966, and for Sheffield Attercliffe from 1970 to 1992. [1] Duffy was also a Minister of the Navy in the 1970s, and president of the NATO Assembly in the 1980s. Following the death of Ronald Atkins on 30 December 2020, Duffy became Britain's oldest surviving former MP. [2]
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 ...
When Morgan Morgan-Giles died on 4 May 2013, Freeman became the oldest surviving former MP. He was the last survivor of those elected to Parliament in 1945. Following the death of Tony Benn on 14 March 2014, he was also the last surviving member of the 1950 parliament and the last surviving MP under King George VI.
This is a list of parliaments of England from the reign of King Henry III, when the Curia Regis developed into a body known as Parliament, until the creation of the Parliament of Great Britain in 1707. For later parliaments, see the List of parliaments of Great Britain. For the history of the English Parliament, see Parliament of England.
Oldest MP elected in the 2019 election. Chair of the European Scrutiny Committee: 011 The Rt Hon Sir George Howarth: Lab Knowsley: 13 Nov 1986: Elected at the 1986 Knowsley North by-election. 50th Parliament (elected: 11 June 1987, first met: 17 June 1987, dissolved: 16 March 1992) [17] [18] 012 The Rt Hon Sir John Redwood: Con Wokingham
The oldest recorded parliament still in existence is the Althing, the ruling legislative body of Iceland. It was founded in 930 and originally consisted of 39 local chieftains. Abolished in 1800, it was restored by Denmark in 1843. The oldest continuous parliament is the Tynwald of the Isle of Man.
This is a list of the parliaments of the United Kingdom, of Great Britain and of England from 1660 to the present day, with the duration of each parliament. The NP number is the number counting forward from the creation of the United Kingdom in 1801 and Great Britain in 1707.