PSA ParliamentsAfter over ten years as Speaker, John Bercow has announced his intention to stand down at the end of October. As for who will replace him, that is unclear and will be decided by an election amongst MPs, several of whom have already declared their candidacy. But how does that election work? Mark Bennister offers a guide to the process.
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Aristotle Kallis, Keele University, places the recent prorogation of the UK Parliament in historical context.
Stephen Holden Bates (University of Birmingham), Mark Goodwin (Coventry University) and Steve McKay (University of Lincoln) discuss opening up their select committee data archive for open access research.
Ben Worthy discusses his new Leverhulme research project on parliamentary data.