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member of parliament

vr.tr.member-of-parliament · SOC.PER

Let an agent handle members of parliament by legislature, term, constituency, party and roles, and describe them neutrally and accurately.

Thing Registry Society, people and institutions

Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent handle members of parliament by legislature, term, constituency, party and roles, and describe them neutrally and accurately.

An elected member of a legislative body such as a parliament, national assembly or congress, representing a constituency or list, and taking part in lawmaking and oversight.

What it is for: Representing citizens and making laws.

It can be contact them, as a constituent; follow their votes and speeches; elect or not re-elect them; hold them to account through standards bodies.

Distinguishing features

Elected to a legislature

Represents a constituency or list

Serves a term

Has privileges and conduct duties

What it looks like

Known through official parliament pages, voting records and speeches.

How it is recognised

Official parliament member pages

Titles and post-nominals such as MP

Roles such as floor leader or majority leader

Related models

is a kind of - role

legislator

serves in - institution

parliament

belongs to - affiliation

political party

makes - laws

statute

In practice

Families and kinds

national parliament members

regional parliament members

party leaders and whips

committee chairs

Identifiers

parliament member id legislature-specific official records

Standards and regulation

Constitution and electoral law

Parliamentary codes of conduct and registers of interests

Parliamentary privilege

Failure modes and hazards

Out-of-date membership after elections

Partisan descriptions

Misquoting votes

Also called

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Membership Which legislature and term.

Membership is time-bound.

Legislature

Body and term.

Membership

Legislature and term.

  1. Which legislature and term? provenance
  2. Are they currently serving? boundary

Constituency

Who they represent.

Constituency

Constituency or list.

  1. Which constituency or list do they represent? provenance
  2. How were they elected? provenance
Affiliation and roles Party and posts.

Roles and party shape their work.

Party

Affiliation.

Party

Party affiliation.

  1. Which party or group do they belong to? provenance
  2. Has that changed? provenance

Roles

Committees and posts.

Roles

Posts held.

  1. Which committees or posts do they hold? provenance
  2. Since when? provenance
Record Votes and speeches.

Records must be quoted accurately.

Votes

Voting record.

Votes

Voting record.

  1. How did they vote on this, according to official records? provenance
  2. Were they absent? boundary

Speeches

Statements.

Statements

Official statements.

  1. What did they say, according to the official record? provenance
  2. Is the quote in context? boundary
Accountability Standards and contact.

Constituents can contact and hold them to account.

Contact

Official channels.

Contact

Contact routes.

  1. How can constituents contact them? action
  2. Which issues can they help with? definition

Standards

Interests and conduct.

Standards

Registers and complaints.

  1. What interests have they declared? provenance
  2. How are conduct complaints made? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should memberships be time-bound relations?
  • How should votes be linked?
  • How should agents present politicians neutrally?
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