member of parliament
Holds legislative seat
A member of parliament is an elected representative who serves in a country's parliament—the legislative body that debates and passes laws.
The term applies broadly across parliamentary systems, though in Britain it specifically designates someone elected to the House of Commons: She's been a member of parliament for fifteen years.
Often abbreviated MP.
One who talks
- backbencherRank-and-file parliamentarian
- frontbencherSenior parliamentary figure
- crossbenchSeats for independents
- whipStrikes or aerates
shadow cabinet · minister · opposition · hansard · mace · dispatch box · question time · adjournment
Electoral district's voters
- advocatePublic cause supporter
- delegateEntrust authority to another
- ombudsmanPublic complaints investigator
- surgeryInvasive medical procedure
casework · constituent · petitioner · lobbying · interest · caucus · local · electoral district
Electoral district's voters
- candidatePerson seeking selection
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- ballotVoting document
- voterBallot-casting citizen
manifesto · polling · electorate · nomination · incumbent · majority · turnout · swing
Formal eloquent discourse
- rhetoricArt of persuasive language
- filibusterDelaying tactic through speech
- deliberationCareful weighing of choices
- rebuttalFormal response disputing claims
discourse · eloquence · intervention · point of order · maiden speech · address · floor · yield
speaker
One who talks
- backbencherRank-and-file parliamentarian
- frontbencherSenior parliamentary figure
- crossbenchSeats for independents
whip · shadow cabinet · minister · opposition · hansard · mace · dispatch box · question time · adjournment · recess
constituency
Electoral district's voters
- advocatePublic cause supporter
- delegateEntrust authority to another
- ombudsmanPublic complaints investigator
surgery · casework · constituent · petitioner · lobbying · interest · caucus · local · electoral district · riding
constituency
Electoral district's voters
voter · manifesto · polling · electorate · nomination · incumbent · majority · turnout · swing · canvassing
oratory
Formal eloquent discourse
- rhetoricArt of persuasive language
- filibusterDelaying tactic through speech
- deliberationCareful weighing of choices
rebuttal · discourse · eloquence · intervention · point of order · maiden speech · address · floor · yield · guillotine
bill
Amount owed, written
enactment · lawmaking · committee · reading · clause · provision · regulation · ordinance · assent · passage
- officialsofficial, officials, bailiff, bureaucrat, congressman
- legislatorslegislator, lawmaker, state senator, assemblyman, assemblywoman
- parliamentbills, votes, vote, debate, debates
- legislatureslegislature, senate, House of Commons, Senate, diet
member of parliamentordinary citizen
private citizen · constituent · commoner · voter · member of the public
member of parliamentjudge
One who decides
civil servant · bureaucrat · monarch · king · queen
member, members, membership, parliament, parliamentary, parliaments, remember, dismember, membrane