getMPs: Get information about Members of Parliament

In conjugateprior/twfy: Drive the API for TheyWorkForYou

Description

Get information about Members of Parliament

Usage

getMPs(date = NULL, party = NULL, search = NULL)

Arguments

date	Date for which the MP list is constructed
party	Restrict to MPs in this party
search	A search string

Value

a data.frame with columns

• member_id Member identifier

• person_id Person identifier

• name MP's first names then family name

• party Party

• constituency Constituency represented

• office NULL if no offices held, or a list with one element: a data.frame with column headings:

  • dept The committee or commission name

  • position Role, e.g. Member,

  • from_date Date tenure in office began

  • to_date Date tenure in office ended, or 9999-12-31 if still in office

or an empty list if parliament is dissolved.

conjugateprior/twfy documentation built on May 11, 2019, 4:16 p.m.