diff --git a/app/main/views/send.py b/app/main/views/send.py
index 72d0166ee..f8bcd1451 100644
--- a/app/main/views/send.py
+++ b/app/main/views/send.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ from app.main.forms import (
     SetSenderForm,
     get_placeholder_form_instance,
 )
-from app.models.contact_list import ContactList, ContactLists
+from app.models.contact_list import ContactList, ContactListsAlphabetical
 from app.models.user import Users
 from app.s3_client.s3_csv_client import (
     s3download,
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ def choose_from_contact_list(service_id, template_id):
     )
     return render_template(
         'views/send-contact-list.html',
-        contact_lists=ContactLists(
+        contact_lists=ContactListsAlphabetical(
             current_service.id,
             template_type=template.template_type,
         ),
diff --git a/app/models/contact_list.py b/app/models/contact_list.py
index ca14bcbdc..2d7e685bf 100644
--- a/app/models/contact_list.py
+++ b/app/models/contact_list.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from functools import partial
 from os import path
 
 from flask import abort, current_app
@@ -130,10 +131,23 @@ class ContactLists(ModelList):
 
     client_method = contact_list_api_client.get_contact_lists
     model = ContactList
+    sort_function = partial(
+        sorted,
+        key=lambda item: item['created_at'],
+        reverse=True,
+    )
 
     def __init__(self, service_id, template_type=None):
         super().__init__(service_id)
-        self.items = [
+        self.items = self.sort_function([
             item for item in self.items
             if template_type in {item['template_type'], None}
-        ]
+        ])
+
+
+class ContactListsAlphabetical(ContactLists):
+
+    sort_function = partial(
+        sorted,
+        key=lambda item: item['original_file_name'].lower(),
+    )
diff --git a/tests/app/main/views/test_uploads.py b/tests/app/main/views/test_uploads.py
index a3bc2f1ab..555cb1662 100644
--- a/tests/app/main/views/test_uploads.py
+++ b/tests/app/main/views/test_uploads.py
@@ -717,7 +717,6 @@ def test_uploads_page_shows_scheduled_jobs(
 def test_uploads_page_shows_contact_lists_first(
     mocker,
     client_request,
-    fake_uuid,
     mock_get_no_uploads,
     mock_get_jobs,
     mock_get_contact_lists,
@@ -730,16 +729,16 @@ def test_uploads_page_shows_contact_lists_first(
         (
             'File Status'
         ),
-        (
-            'EmergencyContactList.xls '
-            'Uploaded 13 March at 10:59am '
-            '100 saved email addresses'
-        ),
         (
             'phone number list.csv '
             'Uploaded 13 March at 1:00pm '
             '123 saved phone numbers'
         ),
+        (
+            'EmergencyContactList.xls '
+            'Uploaded 13 March at 10:59am '
+            '100 saved email addresses'
+        ),
         (
             'even_later.csv '
             'Sending 1 January 2016 at 11:09pm '
@@ -754,7 +753,7 @@ def test_uploads_page_shows_contact_lists_first(
     assert page.select_one('.file-list-filename-large')['href'] == url_for(
         'main.contact_list',
         service_id=SERVICE_ONE_ID,
-        contact_list_id=fake_uuid,
+        contact_list_id='d7b0bd1a-d1c7-4621-be5c-3c1b4278a2ad',
     )