how technology can help you monitor your mp’s performance - steve goodrich

Mid-term reviewHow technology can help you monitor your MP’s performance

Steve GoodrichSenior Research Officer

www.transparency.org.uk

Being an MP: Job Description


Responsibilities:• their constituents• Parliament• their political party

For example:• advising constituents on problems• representing the concerns of their constituents in Parliament• acting as a figurehead for the local community

https://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-information-office/fymp/yaympenglish.pdf



Organisational values


SelflessnessIntegrityObjectivityAccountabilityOpennessHonestyLeadership

Some basic metrics


https://www.theyworkforyou.com/



Key votes





Conflicts of interest


Register of Members Financial Interests

Parliament.uk

TheyWorkForYou

GitHub

MembersInterests

https://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/standards-and-financial-interests/parliamentary-commissioner-for-standards/registers-of-interests/register-of-members-financial-interests/

https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/10260/harriet_harman/camberwell_and_peckham#register

https://github.com/sparkd/mp-financial-interests

http://www.membersinterests.org.uk/

What else would be good?


https://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201617/cmselect/cmprivi/672/672.pdf

Don’t wait for the worst to happen…


http://search.electoralcommission.org.uk/?currentPage=0&rows=10&sort=AcceptedDate&order=desc&tab=1&et=pp&et=ppm&et=tp&et=perpar&et=rd&prePoll=false&postPoll=true&optCols=CampaigningName&optCols=AccountingUnitsAsCentralParty&optCols=IsSponsorship&optCols=RegulatedDoneeType&optCols=CompanyRegistrationNumber&optCols=Postcode&optCols=NatureOfDonation&optCols=PurposeOfVisit&optCols=DonationAction&optCols=ReportedDate&optCols=IsReportedPrePoll&optCols=ReportingPeriodName&optCols=IsBequest&optCols=IsAggregation

Almost a third of UK respondents thought ‘most’ or ‘all’ MPs were corrupt

Transparency International, Global Corruption Barometer 2016


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