getPerson: Get information about a person

In twfy: Drive the API for TheyWorkForYou

Description

Get information about a person

Usage

getPerson(id)

Arguments

id	A person identifier

Value

a data.frame with rows representing the person's spells in the whatever legislative body they are members of, with columns

• member_id Member identifier for each spell in the Assembly

• house 1: House of Commons, 2: House of Lords, 3: Legislative Assembly (NI), 4: Scottish Parliament

• constituency Constituency represented

• party Party (in that spell)

• entered_house Date MP entered Parliament

• left_house Date MP left Parliament, or 9999-12-31 if still in place

• entered_reason Reason MP entered, e.g. general_election

• left_reason Reason MP left, e.g. general_election_standing

• person_id Person identifier

• lastupdate When TheyWorkForYou last updated this information

• title Title, if any

• given_name First name

• family_name Family name

• full_name First name and family name

twfy documentation built on May 2, 2019, 4:16 a.m.