Father of the House

The Father of the House, known as the Mother of the House when held by a woman, is a title given to the member(s) with the longest service as an MP (note, the qualification is not continual service since any discontinuities caused by being banned or not being an MP for whatever reason does not inhibit one's claim to the title). If the Father(s) of the House retire(s) from MP service, the title is reassigned to the next longest serving MP.
== List of Fathers of the House ==
Until the eighth general election in November 2008, NDGAARONDI and Acaila remained the only members from the first parliament in May 2005. Following the departure of NDGAARONDI, Acaila became the first Father of the House as the longest serving MP in the House. Since her there have been 6 other Fathers of the House to date with the current one being Life_peer.
Member 	Party	Party 	Took the title	Surrendered the title	MP Tenure
Acaila 	 	Monster Raving Loony 	May 2008 	May 2009 	May 2005 – May 2009
Robinson999 	 	Labour 	May 2009 	May 2011 	December 2007 – May 2011
Thunder_Chunky 	 	Liberal Democrat 	May 2011 	April 2012 	May 2009 – April 2012
 TheCrackInTime (formerly aaran-j)	 	Libertarian (formerly Independent, Conservative)	April 2012 	November 2012 	May 2010 – November 2012
StatusRed (formerly xXedixXx) 	 	Labour 	November 2012 	June 2014 	May 2010 – June 2014
toronto353 	 	Liberal (formerly UKIP) 	June 2014 	April 2017 	November 2010 – April 2017
Life_peer 	 	Conservative 	June 2014 	incumbent 	November 2010 – present
Category:MHoC