hansard (version 0.4.6)

members: Imports data on all current and former Members of Parliament including the Lords and the Commons

Description

Imports data on all current and former Members of Parliament including the Lords and the Commons

Imports data on all current and former MPs

Imports data on all current and former peers

Usage

members(ID = NULL, extra_args = NULL, tidy = TRUE,
  tidy_style = "snake_case")
commons_members(extra_args = NULL, tidy = TRUE, tidy_style = "snake_case")
lords_members(extra_args = NULL, tidy = TRUE, tidy_style = "snake_case")
lords_interests(peer_id = NULL, extra_args = NULL, tidy = TRUE,
  tidy_style = "snake_case")

Arguments

ID

The ID of a member of the House of Commons or the House of Lords. Defaults to NULL. If NULL, returns a tibble of all members. If not NULL, returns a tibble with basic information on that member.

extra_args

Additional parameters to pass to API. Defaults to NULL.

tidy

Fix the variable names in the tibble to remove special characters and superfluous text, and converts the variable names to a consistent style. Defaults to TRUE.

tidy_style

The style to convert variable names to, if tidy = TRUE. Accepts one of 'snake_case', 'camelCase' and 'period.case'. Defaults to 'snake_case'.

peer_id

The ID of a member of the House of lords. If NULL, returns a tibble with all listed financial interests for all members. Defaults to NULL.

Value

A tibble with data on members of the House of Commons and/or the House of Lords.

A tibble with details on the interests of peers in the House of Lords.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
x <- members(172)

x <- commons_members()

x <- lords_members()

x <- lords_interests(530)
# }