Research Briefing
House of Commons trends: Women on select committees
After the 2019 General Election, 71 women were appointed to select committees, out of 222 places.
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House of Commons trends: Attendance at Prime Minister’s Questions
Tony Blair has had the highest attendance rate of any Prime Minister since 1979.
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House of Commons trends: What are the most popular MP names?
John and Margaret have been the most popular names for MPs since 1979.
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House of Commons trends: The age of MPs
How has the average age of MPs changed, depending on gender or party?
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House of Commons trends: E-petitions
As of the 2019 General Election, there had been nearly 23 million unique signatures since the formation of the e-petitions site.
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House of Commons trends: Paper petitions
Early signs suggest that the 2019-21 session is not following recent trends - there’s been an average of just 0.75 paper petitions per sitting day.
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House of Commons trends: Urgent Questions
There's been a sharp rise in the number of UQs allowed per sitting day since 2009.
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House of Commons trends: Women on select committees
After the 2019 General Election, 71 women were appointed to select committees, out of 222 places.
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House of Commons trends: How many women candidates become MPs?
Out of 63,621 candidates since 1918 - 8,780 have been women.
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Proxy voting in the House of Commons
This Insight looks at how the pilot proxy voting scheme worked and the Procedure Committee recommendations for it to be made permanent.
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Research Briefing
Coronavirus timeline: How the Commons virtually went virtual
This Insight explores the key changes to parliamentary procedures caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Coronavirus timeline: How the Commons virtually went virtual
This Insight explores the key changes to parliamentary procedures caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Research Briefing
MPs in Parliament: Breakdown of activities by gender and party
This Insight analyses the data to highlight patterns in the parliamentary activities of female and male, and government and opposition MPs.
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MPs in Parliament: Breakdown of activities by gender and party
This Insight analyses the data to highlight patterns in the parliamentary activities of female and male, and government and opposition MPs.
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Research Briefing
Written Parliamentary Questions: The June peak
This Insight explores written parliamentary questions tabled in June, the highest monthly figure in the last 10 years.
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