Members of Parliament
Elected legislative officials
Members of Parliament are elected representatives who hold seats in a parliamentary legislature.
In the United Kingdom, MPs serve in the House of Commons; other Commonwealth nations use the title similarly.
The term typically refers to representatives in the lower or sole elected chamber: Three Members of Parliament crossed the floor to vote with the opposition.
- billAmount owed, written
- crossbenchersUnaligned parliamentary members
- crossing the floorSwitching legislative party affiliation
- lawmakerOne who drafts legislation
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
debate · question time · representative · safe seat · government · vote · backbenchers · sworn in · ridings · deputies · policy · House of Commons · session · Speaker of the House · royal assent · standing orders · prorogation · bicameral legislature
- Tynwald
Members of Parliamentconstituents
Parts of a whole
voters · ordinary citizens · subjects · monarch · the public
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