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Research Briefing

The NATO Parliamentary Assembly and UK delegations

Thursday, 05 November, 2020

Since being formed in 1965, the NATO Parliamentary Assembly has provided a forum for parliamentarians from the NATO Member States to promote debate on key security challenges, facilitate mutual understanding and support national parliamentary oversight of defence matters. The Assembly also helps to strengthen the transatlantic relationship and provides many opportunities for North American and European parliamentarians to discuss their concerns, interests and differences.
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How do constituencies get their names?

Thursday, 05 November, 2020

In this Insight, we explain how and when constituency names are chosen, and the role of the public in the process.
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- Elections
- Parliament
- Voters
Research Briefing

House of Commons trends

Wednesday, 04 November, 2020

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.
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Coronavirus: MPs to vote on new lockdown

Tuesday, 03 November, 2020

MPs will also have a say on any restrictions after the 2 Dec deadline
- Insight
- Diseases
- Parliament
- Police
- Covid-19
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House of Commons trends: Attendance at Prime Minister’s Questions

Tuesday, 03 November, 2020

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?

Tuesday, 03 November, 2020

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

Tuesday, 03 November, 2020

How has the average age of MPs changed, depending on gender or party?
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House of Commons trends: E-petitions

Tuesday, 03 November, 2020

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

Tuesday, 03 November, 2020

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

Tuesday, 03 November, 2020

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

Tuesday, 03 November, 2020

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?

Friday, 30 October, 2020

Out of 63,621 candidates since 1918 - 8,780 have been women.
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Who were the first MPs from ethnic minority backgrounds?

Wednesday, 28 October, 2020

This Insight looks at ethnic minority representation in the House of Commons both historically and currently.
Research Briefing

Ethnic diversity in politics and public life

Friday, 23 October, 2020

In 2019 about 14.4% of the UK population was from a minority ethnic background. How is this reflected in politics and public life?
Research Briefing

Attendance of the Prime Minister at Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) since 1979

Monday, 19 October, 2020

This list notes the number of Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) attended by the Prime Minister since 1979.

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