getMPs {twfy}

Get information about Members of Parliament

Description

Get information about Members of Parliament

Usage

getMPs(date = NULL, party = NULL, search = NULL)

Arguments

date

Date for which the MP list is constructed

party

Restrict to MPs in this party

search

A search string

Value

a data.frame with columns

• member_id Member identifier

• person_id Person identifier

• name MP's first names then family name

• party Party

• constituency Constituency represented

• office NULL if no offices held, or a list with one element: a data.frame with column headings:

  • dept The committee or commission name

  • position Role, e.g. Member,

  • from_date Date tenure in office began

  • to_date Date tenure in office ended, or 9999-12-31 if still in office

or an empty list if parliament is dissolved.