Published By UK Parliament
Issued over 8 years ago
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A Member of Parliament (MP) is elected by a particular area or constituency in the United Kingdom to represent them in the House of Commons. Once elected an MP represents all the people in his or her constituency and can ask government ministers questions, speak about issues in the House of Commons and consider and propose new laws. Use this dataset: * If you want to find information on Members of Parliament. Our [Members' Names Data Platform](http://data.parliament.uk/membersdataplatform/default.aspx) provides a powerful set of APIs and tools for querying Member data.