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A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house.
In India, the term Member of Parliament refers to the Sansad or the Indian Parliament chambers of the Lok Sabha or the Rajya Sabha MPs to the Lok Sabha are elected popularly by constentuencies in the Indian states and union territories, while MPs to the Rajya Sabha are elected by State legislatures.
MPs in the House of Commons are elected in general elections and by-elections to represent constituencies by the first-past-the-post system of election, and remain MPs until Parliament is dissolved (parliaments can last up to five years).
A Member of Parliament, also known as an MP is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house, or House of Commons.
The British Parliament is divided into the House of Commons and the House of Lords and it is often assumed that an MP is a member of Commons, but they can be a member of either house.
MPs in the House of Commons are elected for a period of five years or until Parliament is dissolved.
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There are 69 electorate (constituency) MPs, 7 of whom are elected by Maori who have chosen to vote in special Maori electorates.
House of Commons and the House of Lords; though it is often assumed that an MP is a member of Commons, they can be a member of either or both houses.
MPs in the House of Commons are elected in
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The British Parliament is divided into the House of Commons and the House of Lords; though it is often assumed that an MP is a member of Commons, they can be a member of either house.
Nonetheless, the letters "MP" are appended as a post-nominal to an individual's name only if that person is a member of the House of Commons; that House currently has 659 members.
MPs in the House of Commons are elected and remain MPs until Parliament is dissolved (parliaments can last up to five years).
Following is a (currently incomplete) list of past and present Members of Parliament of the United Kingdom in alphabetical order.
Note that on the dissolution of parliament for a General Election that all MPs lose that title until such point as they win it back in the election (or lose).
BritishMPs joined the outcry after a leaked Pentagon report revealed contingency plans to use nuclear weapons against China, Russia, Iran, Iraq, North Korea, Syria and Libya.
British politicians said the strategy threatened the stability of the NATO alliance.
In Britain, MPs said the sensational disclosures threatened the stability of the Western alliance.
MORE than 100 MPs have sided with the growing Left-wing opposition to the prospect of British troops being used in a war between the United States and Iraq.
At least two Labour MPs have said privately that they would resign the whip and sit as independents if Britain was drawn into war.
The list of signatories to a motion expressing "deep unease" about Mr Blair's apparent willingness to support a military strike had reached 107 yesterday morning, with more expected to be added during the day.
BritishMPs condemn murder of Venezuelan prosecutor Danilo Anderson
This means that MPs can still add their name to it (at the moment of writing, 7 have done so).
You can check whether your MP has signed or not (http://edm.ais.co.uk/weblink/html/motion.html/ref=127), and then ask them to do so if they have not already.
There is also a list in alphabetic order of MPs' names.
The use of email by MPs seems to be increasing, and in the absence of an email address you might try an address of the form: [surname][first initial]@parliament.uk.
If your MP has a website or an email address that is not listed here, please email me with the details.
LONDON (Reuters) - A British parliamentary committee has criticized the government for granting arms-related export licenses to Indonesia and Eritrea, saying it had brushed aside concern over human rights and economic development.
British arms exports to Indonesia have been condemned by human rights groups who say they help the Jakarta government's occupation of East Timor.
The wideranging report called on the government to outlaw bribing of foreign public officials by British firms and to set an example in the campaign against child soldiers by ending the deployment of soldiers in the British army under 18 years of age.
How do you feel about all these British who are having themself, but espcially their children..
Well, if I recall correctly, I'm thinking of This Horizon program which had a long interview with an architect as well as people who study these sorts of disasters to see what changes can be made to building designs in future.
Im just wondering if the "I'm not x but..." mantra has come about as a response to political correctness, as a handy verbal opt-out that can be used as a way to deflect criticism (in a similar way to ending statements with "no offense!"), or whether it's a seperate thing.
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VHeadline.com - BritishMPs condemn murder of Venezuelan prosecutor Danilo Anderson
The left wing Labour Member of the UK Parliament, John McDonnell has tabled an Early Day Motion condemning the murder of Danilo Anderson, the Venezuelan prosecutor investigating the April 2002 military coup against President Chavez Frias.
MP John McDonnell has been a vocal supporter and collaborator of the Hands Off Venezuela campaign from the very beginning.
It should be noted that MPs email addresses seem to be in a period of flux - some have their own private addresses, some have constituency-based addresses, and some are linked to the Parliamentary server.
Members of the Scottish Parliament, and the Welsh National Assembly, listed by constituency/region, including election results and, where known, the email address and website address for each MP revolts.co.uk a source for academic analysis of backbench behaviour in Britain
Encyclopaedia of British History: Parliamentary legislation passed by Parliament between 1700 and 1930.
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icehousebooks (list: British Politics)(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
BUTLER, D.E. The British General Election of 1964, Macmillan, London, 1965.
VINCENT, JOHN The Formation of the British Liberal Party 1857-68, Penguin, Middlesex, 1972.
GOLLAN, JOHN Youth in British Industry : A Survey of Labour Conditions To-day, Victor Gollancz, London, 1937.
The motion comes after another motion also moved by John McDonnell on November 17th (EDM 854), which also condemned US interference in Venezuela and its efforts to remove the democratically elected president Hugo Chavez.
On the House of Commons web site you can see the full text of the November 17 th motion and the list of thirty-two MPs who signed: EDM 854
You can check whether your MP has signed or not (http://edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/EDMDetails.aspx?EDMID=126), and then ask them to do so if they have not already.
Bush's Nuclear Madness: Horror at Dubya's Secret Attack Plan on 7 Countries
President Bush faced world anger last night over America's seven-nation nuclear hit list.
This report must be ringing alarms throughout NATO" The Pentagon document, known as the Nuclear Posture Review, was leaked as the US lobbied Britain to join an invasion of Iraq.