New Website Allows Comparison of MPs' Political Positions

Just how left or right-wing is your local MP? There was, until recently, no way to know for certain. Parliament’s own website can often be opaque, and voting records from third parties aren’t always entirely reliable.The website, which goes live on Tuesday, allows you to pick any parliamentarian and compare them to their own party, the whole Commons, or just one of their colleagues.

“The divisions here tend to have this “both ends against the middle” dynamic”, Hanretty explained. “So if you use the same methodologies that they use in the US, you end up with Jeremy Corbyn coming out as super-centrist because he often votes with Conservatives.” “It’s important to understand that it’s only a relative measurement”, said Hanretty. “It’s not like someone who has a score of 50 is perfectly centrist; it’s only with reference to the people in this Parliament,The website shows Caroline Lucas is the most left-wing MP economically and John Redwood the most right-wing

One Conservative MP, judged to be to the right of the median Tory, reacted poorly at first. “Eh…Given I’m about as dripping wet as it’s possible to be and still a Conservative, that feels so wrong”, he protested. “What exactly do they think I’m to the right on? I’ve no idea. I’m liberal on immigration, social issues, planning, Europe…”

Amusingly, another MP with a similar ranking had the same reaction, calling her ranking “fair” though she sees herself as “further to the left than that”, but doesn’t mind being seen as closer to the centre than she actually is. This will be music to the ears of Survation and Royal Holloway, who hope that this is only the beginning. They have already planned to make an updated ranking for the next Parliament – whenever it may come – and want to, “at some point, have a companion MRP to place constituencies on the left/right scale for economic issues”.

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