Talk:Member of parliament/Archive 1

List of British MPs
How about a List of British MPs? I'm thinking past and present, so it would be a huge list, but we have a list of people after all... Any thoughts? I'd say there should be a master list of all MPs, lists of MPs for each constituency, and lists of MPs by when they were elected (already started by some). Yes, it is a massive project! --Sam 11:43, 12 January 2004 (UTC)
 * It seems the category system would be the best way to create this list. --Sam Francis — Preceding undated comment added 19:27, 6 August 2004 (UTC)

I agree there is lots of interesting missing UK history here, let alone elsewhere. What about the history of Women MPs for example? As recently as 1851 the idea was considered humour but when was the first? 1920 or so? How long after women got the vote? --BozMo|talk 11:53, 25 January 2005 (UTC)

Non-British MPs
Aren't the Canadian MP's still MP's... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.64.217.52 (talk) 15:44, 22 April 2004 (UTC)


 * This article seems not to be complete. Why don't we add Swedisch, Finnish, French,Dutch, etc. MP's. Why can't a MP be elected through proportional representation. I would say that this article doesn't make any sense. Gangulf 12:21, 5 August 2004 (UTC)

Feel free to make the necessary additions and changes. --Sam Francis 19:26, 6 August 2004 (UTC)

UK MPs Term Limit
It's not correct, is it, that MPs terms are limited to five years? The length of a parliament is limited to five years, I agree, but if a dissolution wasn't called after five years, MPs would remain MPs? Dupont Circle 18:35, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * No, parliament are automatically disolve after 5 years if it's not requested before that. From Parliament of the United Kingdom - Each Parliament, after a number of sessions, comes to an end, either by the command of the Sovereign or by effluxion of time, the former being more common in modern times. ... Originally, there was no fixed limit on the length of a Parliament, but the Triennial Act 1694 set the maximum duration at three years. As the frequent elections were deemed inconvenient, the Septennial Act 1716 extended the maximum duration to seven years, but the Parliament Act 1911 reduced it to five years. During the Second World War, the term was temporarily extended to ten years by Acts of Parliament. Since the end of the war in 1945, however, the maximum term has remained five years. -- KTC 00:14, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * An MP's term is limited to five years. There is no limit, however, on how many terms an MP may serve. - Cafemusique 01:19, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * So the law doesn't say that MP's term are limited to five years. The law says that parliaments can only last five years and that MPs cease to be MPs when parliament is dissolved or expires Dupont Circle 06:48, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)

What about India?
I don't know anything about it but doesn't India have MPs much like the UK does? --Feitclub 22:00, Apr 15, 2005 (UTC)

Addressing an MP
It would be good to have some information here on how to properly address an MP of a particular parliamentary body in written correspondence. US senators are usually addressed as "Senator such-and-such", representatives as "Congress / / so-and-so"; I'd like to know how to address an MP. Maybe it's just "Mr/Mrs/Ms"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ledelste (talk • contribs) 22:23, 25 April 2005 (UTC)


 * That's how it works in my country, yes. Sometimes, in print, they get the letters "MP" added after their names if it's not clear from the context, but they're generally just "Mr. Smith", and so forth. I can't speak for other countries, but I believe it's much the same. -- Vardion 01:37, 4 May 2005 (UTC)


 * In the Commonwealth of Nations, if they are members of the Privy Council their names are prefixed by The Right Honourable (Rt. Hon.) in formal contexts but that is unrelated to being an MP. In the UK Parliament, MPs address each other as "the (Right) Honourable member (for [constituency])" (without their names), but only The Right Honorable (for privy councillors) as opposed to The Honorable is ever used in front of their names.
 * Joe Llywelyn Griffith Blakesley talk contrib 23:49, 23 July 2006 (UTC)