getMLA {twfy}

Get information on a Member of the Legislative Assembly (Northern Ireland)

Description

Get information on a Member of the Legislative Assembly (Northern Ireland)

Usage

getMLA(id = NULL, postcode = NULL, constituency = NULL,
  always_return = NULL)

Arguments

id

A MLA identifier

postcode

A postcode, which specifies a region represented by the MLA

constituency

Name of a constituency

always_return

whether to try to return an MP even if the seat is vacant or it before an election

Value

a data.frame with rows representing the MLA's spells in the Assembly and columns

• member_id Member identifier for each spell in the Assembly

• house 1: House of Commons, 2: House of Lords, 3: Legislative Assembly (NI), 4: Scottish Parliament

• constituency Constituency represented

• party Party

• entered_house Date MP entered Parliament

• left_house Date MP left Parliament, or 9999-12-31 if still in place

• entered_reason Reason MP entered, e.g. general_election

• left_reason Reason MP left, e.g. general_election_standing

• person_id Person identifier

• lastupdate When TheyWorkForYou last updated this information

• title Title, if any

• given_name First name

• family_name Family name

• full_name First name and family name

• url URL path relative to TheyWorkForYou's hostname

• image URL path to jpg relative to TheyWorkForYou's hostname

• image_height Image height in pixels

• image_width Image width in pixels