Father of the House
Britishnoun
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As the longest-serving female and male MPs in Parliament, Abbott and Sir Edward hold the titles of Mother and Father of the House.
From BBC • Nov. 20, 2024
Mr Sheerman is the longest-serving Labour MP and the second-longest continuous serving MP in the House of Commons, behind Father of the House Sir Peter Bottomley.
From BBC • Dec. 5, 2021
Among the Tories banished on Tuesday night was Ken Clarke, a seventy-nine-year-old former Chancellor and Home Secretary, who is known as the Father of the House, because he is the country’s longest-serving M.P.
From The New Yorker • Sep. 6, 2019
Conservative MP who served for over 50 years under nine Conservative leaders and became Father of the House.
From BBC • Dec. 29, 2018
Had he stood again in Page 141 1895, and been again successful, he would have been "Father of the House."
From Prime Ministers and Some Others A Book of Reminiscences by Russell, George William Erskine
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