This is the full briefing on our series on House of Commons trends. It looks at statistics on the working and procedures of the House of Commons. It looks at the composition of the Commons, the Parliamentary mechanisms, time spent on different types of business and staffing among other things.
Tony Blair has had the highest attendance rate of any Prime Minister since 1979.
John and Margaret have been the most popular names for MPs since 1979.
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How has the average age of MPs changed, depending on gender or party?
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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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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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There's been a sharp rise in the number of UQs allowed per sitting day since 2009.
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After the 2019 General Election, 71 women were appointed to select committees, out of 222 places.
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Out of 63,621 candidates since 1918 - 8,780 have been women.