# MP Lookup - UK Politics Decoded

> Search and analyse UK Members of Parliament by name, constituency, postcode or political party. Access parliamentary participation statistics, committee memberships, voting participation, parliamentary roles, constituency information and Hansard activity derived from official UK Parliament open data.

## Key pages

- All MPs: https://mps.ukpoliticsdecoded.uk/mps
- Constituencies: https://mps.ukpoliticsdecoded.uk/constituencies
- Committees: https://mps.ukpoliticsdecoded.uk/committees
- Political Parties: https://mps.ukpoliticsdecoded.uk/parties
- About, Methodology and Limitations: https://mps.ukpoliticsdecoded.uk/about

## What this site provides

- MP profiles
- Constituency profiles
- Committee information
- Parliamentary roles
- Ministerial appointments
- Voting participation statistics
- Committee attendance statistics
- Debate participation statistics
- Written and oral question statistics
- Hansard contribution summaries
- Parliamentary activity metrics

## MP pages

MP profile pages are available at:

https://mps.ukpoliticsdecoded.uk/mp/{name-slug}

Each profile may contain:

- Biography
- Constituency information
- Contact information
- Committee memberships
- Committee attendance
- Voting participation
- Parliamentary activity
- Hansard contributions
- Parliamentary timeline
- Ministerial and parliamentary roles

## Statistics

Statistics are calculated from official parliamentary data sources.

Metrics may include:

- Voting participation percentage
- Committee attendance percentage
- Debate contributions
- Written questions
- Oral questions
- Early Day Motions
- Bills sponsored
- Petitions presented
- Committee memberships

Statistics are calculated over a rolling seven-year window unless otherwise stated.

## Data

The full machine-readable dataset is published as JSON:

https://github.com/UKPoliticsDecoded/MP-Lookup-Parliamentary-Activity

The dataset includes:

- MPs
- Constituencies
- Committees
- Postcode mappings
- Boundary data
- Parliamentary activity statistics
- Voting participation data
- Committee attendance data

## Data Sources

Primary sources include:

- UK Parliament Members API
- UK Parliament Committees API
- UK Parliament Commons Votes API
- UK Parliament Hansard API
- ONS Open Geography data
- Postcodes.io

## Update Schedule

- Hourly: Hansard activity and participation statistics
- Daily: MPs, committees, memberships and roles
- Weekly: Validation and consistency checks
- Monthly: Postcodes and constituency boundaries

## Important Notes

This is an independent project operated by UK Politics Decoded.

It is not an official UK Parliament service.

Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.

Boundary data contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.