Members of Parliament

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legislator role political position public office

Members of Parliament are elected representatives who sit in the House of Commons to debate, make laws, and scrutinize the government on behalf of the public.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Member of Parliament 0
Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom 3
Independents in Parliament 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislator role ⓘ
political position ⓘ
public office ⓘ
abbreviation MP ⓘ
canBeRemovedBy disqualification under law ⓘ
losing re-election ⓘ
countrySpecificTo Australia ⓘ
People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ
surface form: Bangladesh

Canada ⓘ
India ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
Malaysia ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
Singapore ⓘ
United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
electedBy voters in a constituency ⓘ
electedTo House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
House of Commons of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
House of Representatives of Australia ⓘ
Lok Sabha ⓘ
surface form: Lok Sabha of India

lower house of parliament ⓘ
engagesIn constituency casework ⓘ
public outreach ⓘ
hasMainFunction debating public policy ⓘ
lawmaking ⓘ
representing constituents ⓘ
scrutinizing the government ⓘ
hasPluralForm Members of Parliament ⓘ
hasPower asking parliamentary questions ⓘ
proposing bills ⓘ
serving on committees ⓘ
voting on legislation ⓘ
isAccountableThrough elections ⓘ
isAccountableTo electorate ⓘ
mayBe independent politician ⓘ
mayBelongTo political party ⓘ
monitors public expenditure ⓘ
oversees executive branch ⓘ
participatesIn parliamentary debates ⓘ
votes of confidence ⓘ
represents electorate ⓘ
parliamentary constituency ⓘ
requires eligibility criteria set by electoral law ⓘ
termDefinedBy national law ⓘ
termLengthVariesBy country ⓘ
usedInSystem parliamentary democracy ⓘ
worksAt House of Commons chamber ⓘ
parliament building ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Father of the House of Commons → appliesToBody → Members of Parliament ⓘ
this entity surface form: Members of Parliament of the United Kingdom
Pride's Purge → benefited → Members of Parliament ⓘ
this entity surface form: Independents in Parliament
Boris → positionHeld → Members of Parliament ⓘ
subject surface form: Boris Johnson
this entity surface form: Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom
David Lidington → positionHeld → Members of Parliament ⓘ
this entity surface form: Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom
Steel → positionHeld → Members of Parliament ⓘ
subject surface form: David Steel
this entity surface form: Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom
House of Commons chamber → usedBy → Members of Parliament ⓘ