Insight
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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Research Briefing
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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Insight
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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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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Insight
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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Research Briefing
General election results from 1918 to 2019
This dataset presents UK general election results by constituency from 1918 onwards. It draws on several sources, described below, which may contain errors. For each constituency, the dataset includes the number of votes and vote share for different political parties, as well as the electorate and turnout. Turnout was calculated as valid votes divided by the electorate.
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Research Briefing
By-elections in the 2017 Parliament
This Commons Library Briefing Paper sets out results of the by-elections held in the 2017 Parliament. There were five by-elections in the two year Parliament, details can be found in the report. Full details are presented in the associated PDF but an overview of the recent by-election results are shown below.
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Research Briefing
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill 2017-19: Commons consideration of Lords amendments
The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill has completed its passage through the House of Lords and is now awaiting Commons consideration of Lords amendments. This paper summarises amendments to the Bill during its passage through Parliament and provides information about procedures for Commons consideration of Lords amendments.
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Research Briefing
Local Elections 2018
This briefing paper contains detailed results and analysis of the 2018 Local Elections, held on 3 May. It provides election results by party & local authority, as well as analysis of estimated national equivalent vote share, party affiliation of councillors, historic council control, and more.
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Research Briefing
Local elections 2018: the numbers
Tomorrow, local elections are being held in 32 London boroughs, 30 metropolitan districts, 17 unitary authorities and 67 district councils across England. There will be five council mayors elected in Hackney, Lewisham, Newham, Tower Hamlets and Watford as well as a metro mayor election for the new Sheffield City region. What happened in 2017? Directly
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Research Briefing
Members of the House of Commons since 1979
Since the 1979 General Election, there have been 2,128 people elected to the House of Commons. Of these, 403 have been women and 1,725 have been men. This publication lists all Members of the House of Commons starting from the 1979 General Election which took place on the 3 May. It is a new edition of our 2010 publication.
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Research Briefing
Prison Statistics, England and Wales
This paper provides background statistics on prisons in England and Wales ahead of the Backbench Business debate on a motion on prison reform and safety (Robert Niell MP) on 7 December 2017.
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Research Briefing
Select Committees: Membership by gender
As we entered the conference recess, the select committee makeup had begun to take shape… What proportion of select committees members are female, how does this compare to the result of the General Election and how are women represented among committee chairs? MPs nominated to sit on select committees The chairs of 28 select committees
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Total results (page 2 of 4)