Study of Parliament Group
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The Study of Parliament Group aims to advance the study and public education of Parliament and other parliamentary institutions. RT ≠ endorsement
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🚨 New research in the @politicalquarterly.bsky.social from Dr @louisevthompson.bsky.social @uompols.bsky.social shows the House of Commons still works like it’s the 1950s — shutting smaller parties out and leaving millions of voters unheard.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:12 AM
🚨 New research in the @politicalquarterly.bsky.social from Dr @louisevthompson.bsky.social @uompols.bsky.social shows the House of Commons still works like it’s the 1950s — shutting smaller parties out and leaving millions of voters unheard.
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Chloe Mawson has been appointed the 66th Clerk of the Parliaments and is the first woman to take up the post.
The Clerk of the Parliaments is head of the House of Lords Administration and Chief Procedural Adviser to the House.
The Clerk of the Parliaments is head of the House of Lords Administration and Chief Procedural Adviser to the House.
November 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Chloe Mawson has been appointed the 66th Clerk of the Parliaments and is the first woman to take up the post.
The Clerk of the Parliaments is head of the House of Lords Administration and Chief Procedural Adviser to the House.
The Clerk of the Parliaments is head of the House of Lords Administration and Chief Procedural Adviser to the House.
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ON THE BLOG: The Modernisation Committee: revisiting past experience
The committee's new chair, Alan Campbell, might usefully study the committee’s 1997–2010 predecessor
Tom Fleming & @hannahkelly.bsky.social summarise the key findings from a new article reviewing the previous committee's record
The committee's new chair, Alan Campbell, might usefully study the committee’s 1997–2010 predecessor
Tom Fleming & @hannahkelly.bsky.social summarise the key findings from a new article reviewing the previous committee's record
The Modernisation Committee: revisiting past experience
September’s government reshuffle means that there is a new Leader of the Commons, and therefore a change to the leadership of the House’s Modernisation Committee. The new chair, Alan Campbell, might usefully study the committee’s 1997–2010 predecessor. In this post, Tom Fleming and Hannah Kelly summarise the key findings from a new article reviewing that earlier committee’s record.
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November 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
ON THE BLOG: The Modernisation Committee: revisiting past experience
The committee's new chair, Alan Campbell, might usefully study the committee’s 1997–2010 predecessor
Tom Fleming & @hannahkelly.bsky.social summarise the key findings from a new article reviewing the previous committee's record
The committee's new chair, Alan Campbell, might usefully study the committee’s 1997–2010 predecessor
Tom Fleming & @hannahkelly.bsky.social summarise the key findings from a new article reviewing the previous committee's record
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In Business Questions today, Jesse Norman said: 'since taking office last year, the present Prime Minister has increasingly misused his first engagements question'.
@ruxandrasrbn.bsky.social and Tom Fleming have crunched the numbers to find that Keir Starmer does use PMQs differently.
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@ruxandrasrbn.bsky.social and Tom Fleming have crunched the numbers to find that Keir Starmer does use PMQs differently.
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How has Keir Starmer changed Prime Minister’s Questions?
Since taking office, Keir Starmer has used his opening answer at Prime Minister’s Questions very differently from his predecessors. In this post, Ruxandra Serban and Tom Fleming explore how Starmer…
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October 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
In Business Questions today, Jesse Norman said: 'since taking office last year, the present Prime Minister has increasingly misused his first engagements question'.
@ruxandrasrbn.bsky.social and Tom Fleming have crunched the numbers to find that Keir Starmer does use PMQs differently.
Read more 👇
@ruxandrasrbn.bsky.social and Tom Fleming have crunched the numbers to find that Keir Starmer does use PMQs differently.
Read more 👇
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🚨 Job Opportunity! 🚨 Applications are now open for a new 2.5-year postdoc at @edinburghpir.bsky.social to examine how parliaments gather, analyse and use different types of knowledge - see the full job listing here: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Postdoctoral Research Fellow (SPARK)
We are looking for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with experience in the politics of the UK, Scottish, German or Bavarian parliaments to join the UKRI-funded research project, ‘Studying Parliaments an...
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September 30, 2025 at 12:50 PM
🚨 Job Opportunity! 🚨 Applications are now open for a new 2.5-year postdoc at @edinburghpir.bsky.social to examine how parliaments gather, analyse and use different types of knowledge - see the full job listing here: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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ON THE BLOG: Prime Minister's Question Period in the Canadian House of Commons: Lessons in parliamentary reform
@ruxandrasrbn.bsky.social explains how Canada's experiment with a Prime Minister's Question Period procedure between 2017 and 2025 worked and how it differed from the traditional model.
@ruxandrasrbn.bsky.social explains how Canada's experiment with a Prime Minister's Question Period procedure between 2017 and 2025 worked and how it differed from the traditional model.
Prime Minister's Question Period in the Canadian House of Commons: Lessons in parliamentary reform
Between 2017 and 2025, the Canadian House of Commons operated a Prime Minister’s Question Period procedure, introduced by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. In a new published article summarised here, Ruxandra Serban explores how this procedure worked, and how it differed from the traditional Question Period model.
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October 8, 2025 at 8:55 AM
ON THE BLOG: Prime Minister's Question Period in the Canadian House of Commons: Lessons in parliamentary reform
@ruxandrasrbn.bsky.social explains how Canada's experiment with a Prime Minister's Question Period procedure between 2017 and 2025 worked and how it differed from the traditional model.
@ruxandrasrbn.bsky.social explains how Canada's experiment with a Prime Minister's Question Period procedure between 2017 and 2025 worked and how it differed from the traditional model.
A huge thank you to Professor Sir John Curtice for delivering last night’s Michael Ryle Lecture on the theme of “Can Britain’s Two Party System Survive?” 👏
September 18, 2025 at 11:32 AM
A huge thank you to Professor Sir John Curtice for delivering last night’s Michael Ryle Lecture on the theme of “Can Britain’s Two Party System Survive?” 👏
This evening Professor Sir John Curtice will deliver the 12th Annual Michael Ryle Memorial Lecture, on the theme of ‘Can Britain’s Two-Party System Survive?’
September 17, 2025 at 9:00 AM
This evening Professor Sir John Curtice will deliver the 12th Annual Michael Ryle Memorial Lecture, on the theme of ‘Can Britain’s Two-Party System Survive?’
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A sad week for @studyofparl.bsky.social with the death of two distinguished members who were also both kind and principled - Sir Roger Sands, former Clerk of the House of Commons and Professor Michael Rush of Exeter University. We will miss them greatly
August 31, 2025 at 5:13 AM
A sad week for @studyofparl.bsky.social with the death of two distinguished members who were also both kind and principled - Sir Roger Sands, former Clerk of the House of Commons and Professor Michael Rush of Exeter University. We will miss them greatly
It is with deep sadness that we announce the recent passing of two esteemed former Chairs of the SPG – Professor Michael Rush (Exeter University) and Sir Roger Sands (former Clerk of the House of Commons).
We will miss them, and our thoughts are with their families.
We will miss them, and our thoughts are with their families.
September 8, 2025 at 3:41 PM
It is with deep sadness that we announce the recent passing of two esteemed former Chairs of the SPG – Professor Michael Rush (Exeter University) and Sir Roger Sands (former Clerk of the House of Commons).
We will miss them, and our thoughts are with their families.
We will miss them, and our thoughts are with their families.
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'What we need are limits on the number of people who go in, not just removing people who are there.'
Our Director and House of Lords expert, Meg Russell, discusses new plans to introduce a mandatory requirement age and participation requirement in the House of Lords on @lbc.co.uk.
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Our Director and House of Lords expert, Meg Russell, discusses new plans to introduce a mandatory requirement age and participation requirement in the House of Lords on @lbc.co.uk.
Listen 👇
Meg Russell reacts to a House of Lords retirement age and emphasises its size problem on LBC News
The Director of the Constitution Unit, Professor Meg Russell, appeared on LBC News with Steve Holden to discuss government plans to introduce a retirement age in the House of Lords on 26 August 2025.…
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August 26, 2025 at 12:06 PM
'What we need are limits on the number of people who go in, not just removing people who are there.'
Our Director and House of Lords expert, Meg Russell, discusses new plans to introduce a mandatory requirement age and participation requirement in the House of Lords on @lbc.co.uk.
Listen 👇
Our Director and House of Lords expert, Meg Russell, discusses new plans to introduce a mandatory requirement age and participation requirement in the House of Lords on @lbc.co.uk.
Listen 👇
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It was great to talk about all things PMQs with @ruthfox.bsky.social and @darcyxtip.bsky.social on @hansardsociety.bsky.social Parliament Matters!
We discuss why France and Canada have experimented with PMQs, and why it may be time to retire the ‘engagements’ question.
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We discuss why France and Canada have experimented with PMQs, and why it may be time to retire the ‘engagements’ question.
youtu.be/OtpApR3fNQE?...
Prime Minister's Questions: Westminster's weekly gladiatorial combat
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August 29, 2025 at 9:03 AM
It was great to talk about all things PMQs with @ruthfox.bsky.social and @darcyxtip.bsky.social on @hansardsociety.bsky.social Parliament Matters!
We discuss why France and Canada have experimented with PMQs, and why it may be time to retire the ‘engagements’ question.
youtu.be/OtpApR3fNQE?...
We discuss why France and Canada have experimented with PMQs, and why it may be time to retire the ‘engagements’ question.
youtu.be/OtpApR3fNQE?...
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🎉 PSA Parliaments Annual Conference on 28 Nov @york.ac.uk 🎉
📣 Call for Papers is now live! Submit your abstract here: bit.ly/4o879gP
✏️Our ECR methods workshop will also take place on 27 Nov! Apply here: bit.ly/3J4uQXk
💻 Check out our website for more details: psaparliaments.org/annual-confe...
📣 Call for Papers is now live! Submit your abstract here: bit.ly/4o879gP
✏️Our ECR methods workshop will also take place on 27 Nov! Apply here: bit.ly/3J4uQXk
💻 Check out our website for more details: psaparliaments.org/annual-confe...
July 28, 2025 at 4:48 PM
🎉 PSA Parliaments Annual Conference on 28 Nov @york.ac.uk 🎉
📣 Call for Papers is now live! Submit your abstract here: bit.ly/4o879gP
✏️Our ECR methods workshop will also take place on 27 Nov! Apply here: bit.ly/3J4uQXk
💻 Check out our website for more details: psaparliaments.org/annual-confe...
📣 Call for Papers is now live! Submit your abstract here: bit.ly/4o879gP
✏️Our ECR methods workshop will also take place on 27 Nov! Apply here: bit.ly/3J4uQXk
💻 Check out our website for more details: psaparliaments.org/annual-confe...
On the 10th July we gathered in Cardiff Bay to discuss the challenges and opportunities arising from Senedd reform and how the benefits of increasing the membership of the Senedd can be realised. Huge thanks to our speakers, panellists and attendees
July 21, 2025 at 2:06 PM
On the 10th July we gathered in Cardiff Bay to discuss the challenges and opportunities arising from Senedd reform and how the benefits of increasing the membership of the Senedd can be realised. Huge thanks to our speakers, panellists and attendees
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One cancelled train three delayed trains and four trains later I eventually got home yesterday for 22:30, but really enjoyed being part of the first @studyofparl.bsky.social Welsh gathering to discuss what's to come with the Seventh Senedd. And such a stunning bay in Cardiff.
July 11, 2025 at 8:31 AM
One cancelled train three delayed trains and four trains later I eventually got home yesterday for 22:30, but really enjoyed being part of the first @studyofparl.bsky.social Welsh gathering to discuss what's to come with the Seventh Senedd. And such a stunning bay in Cardiff.
Ahead of report stage beginning on the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill, @conunitucl.bsky.social has commissioned polling on House of Lords reform. There’s overwhelming support for the government to go further in reforming the second chamber👇
We have new opinion polling on House of Lords reform!
There is overwhelming public support to go beyond the government's current plans to remove hereditary peers (due to be debated in the Lords on Wednesday), including to limit prime ministerial appointments and cap the chamber's size.
A thread 👇
There is overwhelming public support to go beyond the government's current plans to remove hereditary peers (due to be debated in the Lords on Wednesday), including to limit prime ministerial appointments and cap the chamber's size.
A thread 👇
June 30, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Ahead of report stage beginning on the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill, @conunitucl.bsky.social has commissioned polling on House of Lords reform. There’s overwhelming support for the government to go further in reforming the second chamber👇
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📢📢📢 CfP: What is a Parliament?
***Hurry! Deadline is this Friday!***
Interdisciplinary workshop on 19th September 2025 in London.
Full details below.
Kindly sponsored by Birkbeck, the University of Birmingham and
@psa-parliaments.bsky.social
Please apply and/or spread the word!
***Hurry! Deadline is this Friday!***
Interdisciplinary workshop on 19th September 2025 in London.
Full details below.
Kindly sponsored by Birkbeck, the University of Birmingham and
@psa-parliaments.bsky.social
Please apply and/or spread the word!
June 30, 2025 at 9:50 AM
📢📢📢 CfP: What is a Parliament?
***Hurry! Deadline is this Friday!***
Interdisciplinary workshop on 19th September 2025 in London.
Full details below.
Kindly sponsored by Birkbeck, the University of Birmingham and
@psa-parliaments.bsky.social
Please apply and/or spread the word!
***Hurry! Deadline is this Friday!***
Interdisciplinary workshop on 19th September 2025 in London.
Full details below.
Kindly sponsored by Birkbeck, the University of Birmingham and
@psa-parliaments.bsky.social
Please apply and/or spread the word!
Coming up next week. Do sign up via the @conunitucl.bsky.social website👇
Our free, online conference is taking place next week!
Our House of Commons reform panel features @catsmithmp.bsky.social, @wendychambld.bsky.social and @drhannahwhite.bsky.social. What are the priorities for changing how the Commons works?
Sign up 👉 www.ucl.ac.uk/constitution....
Our House of Commons reform panel features @catsmithmp.bsky.social, @wendychambld.bsky.social and @drhannahwhite.bsky.social. What are the priorities for changing how the Commons works?
Sign up 👉 www.ucl.ac.uk/constitution....
June 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Coming up next week. Do sign up via the @conunitucl.bsky.social website👇
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📢EVENT📢 Realising Senedd Reform
Join us for a discussion of the challenges and opportunities arising from Senedd Reform ahead of the 2026 election.
📅 Thursday 10th July
📍Pierhead Building, Cardiff Bay
Register on our website: studyofparliamentgroup.org/2025/05/22/e...
Join us for a discussion of the challenges and opportunities arising from Senedd Reform ahead of the 2026 election.
📅 Thursday 10th July
📍Pierhead Building, Cardiff Bay
Register on our website: studyofparliamentgroup.org/2025/05/22/e...
May 23, 2025 at 8:59 AM
📢EVENT📢 Realising Senedd Reform
Join us for a discussion of the challenges and opportunities arising from Senedd Reform ahead of the 2026 election.
📅 Thursday 10th July
📍Pierhead Building, Cardiff Bay
Register on our website: studyofparliamentgroup.org/2025/05/22/e...
Join us for a discussion of the challenges and opportunities arising from Senedd Reform ahead of the 2026 election.
📅 Thursday 10th July
📍Pierhead Building, Cardiff Bay
Register on our website: studyofparliamentgroup.org/2025/05/22/e...
📢EVENT📢 Realising Senedd Reform
Join us for a discussion of the challenges and opportunities arising from Senedd Reform ahead of the 2026 election.
📅 Thursday 10th July
📍Pierhead Building, Cardiff Bay
Register on our website: studyofparliamentgroup.org/2025/05/22/e...
Join us for a discussion of the challenges and opportunities arising from Senedd Reform ahead of the 2026 election.
📅 Thursday 10th July
📍Pierhead Building, Cardiff Bay
Register on our website: studyofparliamentgroup.org/2025/05/22/e...
May 23, 2025 at 8:59 AM
📢EVENT📢 Realising Senedd Reform
Join us for a discussion of the challenges and opportunities arising from Senedd Reform ahead of the 2026 election.
📅 Thursday 10th July
📍Pierhead Building, Cardiff Bay
Register on our website: studyofparliamentgroup.org/2025/05/22/e...
Join us for a discussion of the challenges and opportunities arising from Senedd Reform ahead of the 2026 election.
📅 Thursday 10th July
📍Pierhead Building, Cardiff Bay
Register on our website: studyofparliamentgroup.org/2025/05/22/e...
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📢📢📢 CfP: What is a Parliament?
Interdisciplinary workshop on 19th September 2025 in London.
Full details below.
Kindly sponsored by Birkbeck, the University of Birmingham and @psa-parliaments.bsky.social
Please apply and/or spread the word!
Interdisciplinary workshop on 19th September 2025 in London.
Full details below.
Kindly sponsored by Birkbeck, the University of Birmingham and @psa-parliaments.bsky.social
Please apply and/or spread the word!
May 22, 2025 at 2:52 PM
📢📢📢 CfP: What is a Parliament?
Interdisciplinary workshop on 19th September 2025 in London.
Full details below.
Kindly sponsored by Birkbeck, the University of Birmingham and @psa-parliaments.bsky.social
Please apply and/or spread the word!
Interdisciplinary workshop on 19th September 2025 in London.
Full details below.
Kindly sponsored by Birkbeck, the University of Birmingham and @psa-parliaments.bsky.social
Please apply and/or spread the word!
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Thanks to @walesgovernance.bsky.social and the Welsh branch of @studyofparl.bsky.social for letting me chat about parliamentary administration in the UK. Really appreciate the interest and the questions! Diolch!
May 22, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Thanks to @walesgovernance.bsky.social and the Welsh branch of @studyofparl.bsky.social for letting me chat about parliamentary administration in the UK. Really appreciate the interest and the questions! Diolch!
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And huge thanks to the @studyofparl.bsky.social for sponsoring our drinks reception. It was great to see so many SPG members there. We hope you all enjoyed it as much as we did 😊.
We had the most brilliant launch of Exploring Parliament this evening at the Institute for Government! Thank you to all the panellists, all the guests, and most of all to @instituteforgovernment.org.uk for hosting us, truly appreciated 🙏😊. V special also to have our own students attending 😊1/2:
May 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
And huge thanks to the @studyofparl.bsky.social for sponsoring our drinks reception. It was great to see so many SPG members there. We hope you all enjoyed it as much as we did 😊.
There is still time to sign up for online attendance ahead of this evening’s “Exploring Parliament” book launch 📚
Big day today! The launch of 'Exploring Parliament' - really looking forward to catch up with other authors and celebrate the book. Thank you to the @instituteforgovernment.org.uk for hosting us and to @studyofparl.bsky.social for sponsoring the launch. You can still register online👇:
TODAY | Book launch: 'Exploring Parliament'
Thursday 15 May, 17.30
Join us for this 'Exploring Parliament' launch to hear from an expert panel discussing how parliament works, who works there, and how this institution keeps evolving.
🔗Register:
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/book-l...
Thursday 15 May, 17.30
Join us for this 'Exploring Parliament' launch to hear from an expert panel discussing how parliament works, who works there, and how this institution keeps evolving.
🔗Register:
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/book-l...
May 15, 2025 at 9:46 AM
There is still time to sign up for online attendance ahead of this evening’s “Exploring Parliament” book launch 📚
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Big day today! The launch of 'Exploring Parliament' - really looking forward to catch up with other authors and celebrate the book. Thank you to the @instituteforgovernment.org.uk for hosting us and to @studyofparl.bsky.social for sponsoring the launch. You can still register online👇:
TODAY | Book launch: 'Exploring Parliament'
Thursday 15 May, 17.30
Join us for this 'Exploring Parliament' launch to hear from an expert panel discussing how parliament works, who works there, and how this institution keeps evolving.
🔗Register:
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/book-l...
Thursday 15 May, 17.30
Join us for this 'Exploring Parliament' launch to hear from an expert panel discussing how parliament works, who works there, and how this institution keeps evolving.
🔗Register:
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/book-l...
May 15, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Big day today! The launch of 'Exploring Parliament' - really looking forward to catch up with other authors and celebrate the book. Thank you to the @instituteforgovernment.org.uk for hosting us and to @studyofparl.bsky.social for sponsoring the launch. You can still register online👇: