Talk:List of United Kingdom MPs by seniority (2015–2017)

Separate lists
After this year's general election, but before this list was created, I left a message on the talk page of the 'List of United Kingdom MPs by seniority, 2010–15' article. It's still available to read.

Basically, I was questioning whether it was right to keep that old list, even though a new one would be coming in. I tried to raise my concerns before this article was created.

Although this article was created, I still have concerns about having two separate lists.

I put forward the option of having one list with the title 'List of current United Kingdom MPs by seniority'.

In any case, I would suggest that the current title of this article needs changing, as we cannot technically presume that the next general election will be in 2020. Red v  Blue  19:17, 8 October 2015 (UTC)

I'm not sure if this is still being considered, but I like the idea of there being one list for MP's by seniority, as it would make it a lot easier. When I do a google search, the 2010-2015 one actually comes up so it can be quite hard to find, and putting everything on one list would be less confusing. (Z2a (talk) 20:49, 6 May 2016 (UTC))


 * I have taken the view that a historic list is of some value. I do not feel like drafting lists for earlier Parliaments, but the equivalent US Congress lists cover most, if not all, of the historic Congresses. --Gary J (talk) 11:51, 9 May 2016 (UTC)

Sourcing?
Nice as this list is, can we get proper sourcing? The concept of seniority is a US one; the sole area where it has relevance in the UK is in relation to the Father of the House. Because of this the lower ends are often not clear - in particular nobody was ever terribly sure if an MP resigning & being re-elected in a mid-term by-election resets their place in the list, not least because such an MP has never reached the Fathership. Sure you can pull out the order in which they've been sworn in but where is the significance? Timrollpickering (talk) 16:35, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
 * I take your point about the uncertainty of the effect of mid term by-elections. In the days when politicians had to be re-elected after being appointed to ministerial office, this did not seem to affect the qualification to be Father of the House. For example Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman was considered to be Father of the House when he was Prime Minister, which he would not have been if his brief ministerial re-election absences from the Commons had re-set his place on the list of those qualified to be Father of the House. However in compiling the list, I took the view that a resignation to seek re-election in the modern era did have an effect on the place in the list. The modern practice on who is Father of the House seems more rigid than it was before ministerial re-elections ended. Legislative seniority is more a US than a UK concept, but given there are some official criteria to determine it for some purposes the creation of the list has some value. --Gary J (talk) 11:44, 9 May 2016 (UTC)
 * I take the opposite view: see Talk:List of United Kingdom MPs by seniority 2010–2015, which I posted before reading this talk page. The process for determining the Father of the House has been the same since 1898, and ministerial by-elections were only abolished in 1926. Opera hat (talk) 21:36, 8 June 2019 (UTC)

Gill Furnis and Christopher Elmore
Please can someone add Gill Furnis and Christopher Elmore onto the list, who were elected in by-elections in Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough and Ogmore respectively. I know they don't count towards the seniority until the next parliament starts, if they get elected but still they should be added to the list, like Jim Mcmahon has been.

I would do it myself but I don't want to mess the page up trying as it looks a little bit complicated to me! (Z2a (talk) 20:48, 6 May 2016 (UTC))


 * I am waiting to see the order of the new MPs being sworn in, before updating the list. --Gary J (talk) 11:45, 9 May 2016 (UTC)

Date of Birth's being Added
This May be a long process as it can't be done all at once but if anyone wants to help, that would be great. 118.93.37.65 (talk) 20:21, 27 January 2017 (UTC)

David Winnick
I am not sure why for David Winnick it says 'again against the national trend'. The 'again' does not seem to be needed. Dunarc (talk) 22:55, 23 May 2018 (UTC)

Making the list sortable
Many lists on Wikipedia are sortable, so that one could order the list by alternate columns. Bit of work, I expect, but I just thought I would mention it as it would be quite useful. Jontel (talk) 09:30, 29 September 2019 (UTC)