hansard (version 0.3.4)

commons_divisions: commons_divisions

Description

Imports data on House of Commons divisions

Usage

commons_divisions(comsDivType = c("all", "date", "aye", "no", "voteSummary", "voteFull", "session", "uinSummary", "uinFull"))

Arguments

comsDivType

The type of data you want, allows the arguments 'all', 'date', 'aye', 'no', 'voteSummary', 'voteFull', 'uinSummary', 'uinFull' and 'session'. Defaults to 'all'.

all

Returns a data frame with all available divisions.

date

Requests a date in yyyy-mm-dd format and returns a data frame with all available divisions on that date.

aye

Returns a data frame with all divisions where a given MP voted aye.

no

Returns a data frame with all divisions where a given MP voted no.

voteSummary

Requests a division ID, and returns a summary of results of that division in a data frame.

voteFull

Requests a division ID, and returns a data frame with details on how each individual member voted.

uinSummary

Requests a division UIN and returns a data frame with a summary of results of that division.

uinFull

Requests a division UIN and returns a data frame with the full results of that division.

session

Requests a session in yyyy/yy format (e.g. 2016/17) and returns a data frame with all divisions in that session.

Examples

## Not run: 
# x <- commons_divisions('all')
# 
# x <- commons_divisions('date')
# 
# x <- commons_divisions('no')
# 
# x <- commons_divisions('aye')
# 
# x <- commons_divisions('voteSummary')
# 
# x <- commons_divisions('voteFull')
# 
# x <- commons_divisions('session')
# 
# x <- commons_divisions('uinSummary')
# 
# x <- commons_divisions('uinFull')
# ## End(Not run)