MPs to get an 80-day summer break
Press Review 20 May 2005
Geoff Hoon has announced that MPs will have an 80-day summer holiday this year.
Women and minorities increase Commons representation
News Article 11 May 2005
A more diverse range of MPs is being sworn in at the House of Commons.
Advisers and spinners head for Westminster
News Article 6 May 2005
A raft of advisers and spin doctors have been elected to parliament.
Election creates new political dynasties
News Article 6 May 2005
Family politics has won the day in the general election with the creation of several new dynasties.
Women MPs hit record high
Press Review 6 May 2005
The number of women MPs is expected to reach a record level of around 136, up from 119.
New warning on lack of women MPs
Press Review 27 April 2005
A report from the Fawcett Society has found that about half of this election's voters will not have the chance to elect a woman MP on polling day.
Main parties 'have no women standing in half of seats'
News Article 27 April 2005
A new study has found that women remain under-represented on ballot papers for the general election.
Labour defector returns to fold
News Article 6 April 2005
Floor-crossing MP Paul Marsden has decided to rejoin the Labour Party.
Study reveals MPs' stress levels
Press Review 1 April 2005
MPs are subjected to "absurdly high demands, often feel stressed and do not feel in control of their daily work", according to research by Ashley Weinberg of Salford University.
MP ejected for accusing minister
News Article 24 March 2005
Tory MP Laurence Robertson was thrown out of the Commons chamber on Thursday for refusing to withdraw his accusation that a government minister had misled the Commons.
Bell backs independent MP group
Press Review 24 March 2005
A new group aiming to support independent parliamentary candidates is being backed by Martin Bell and Richard Taylor.
Sayeed to quit over ill-health
Press Review 15 March 2005
Jonathan Sayeed, the Conservative MP who only just survived an attempt to deselect him over allegations that he had profited from private tours of Parliament, announced his resignation yesterday.
Boateng to quit as MP and minister
News Article 14 March 2005
Treasury chief secretary Paul Boateng has announced he is to stand down from parliament at the general election.
MP's late night offer revealed
Press Review 14 March 2005
A drunk Labour MP offered to pay a female colleague for sex during last week's all night debate on anti-terrorism laws, it has been claimed.
Blairites head for the Lords
Press Review 3 March 2005
A string of retiring Blairite Labour MPs are in line for peerages, the Independent reports today.
