UK Parliament Members Scraper (Commons & Lords)

Extract current and historical Members of the UK Parliament from the official Members API (members-api.parliament.uk). Returns names, party, constituency, House, gender, membership dates, and profile photos. Filter by House (Commons or Lords), party, name, or post code — the API can map any UK post code to its current Commons MP.

Features

• Official UK Parliament Members API — no scraping of HTML.
• Filter by House (Commons / Lords), name substring, post code, party.
• Current members only (default) or full historical list.
• Pagination handled automatically.
• Returns 600+ Commons MPs and 800+ Lords peers.

Output fields

Field	Description
memberId	Unique Parliament ID
nameDisplayAs / nameFullTitle	Display name + honorifics
gender	Member gender
party / partyAbbreviation	Current party
house	Commons or Lords
constituency	Commons constituency (Lords = null)
membershipStart / membershipEndDate	Tenure
membershipStatus	Active / Former
thumbnailUrl	Member portrait
profileUrl	Official profile page

Tutorial — How to scrape UK MPs

1. (Optional) Set Name to search (e.g., 'Starmer').
2. (Optional) Choose House: Commons (lower) or Lords (upper).
3. (Optional) Enter a Post Code like SW1A 0AA to find that constituency's current MP.
4. (Optional) Set Party: 'Labour', 'Conservative', 'Liberal Democrat', etc.
5. Toggle Current Members Only off to include historical members.
6. Run — results stream to dataset.

Pricing

Per-result. Lightweight API, runs cost a fraction of a cent.

Use cases

• Government affairs / public affairs — build up-to-date MP contact and party lists.
• Journalism — quickly pull all MPs from a party or in a region.
• Civic tech — map post codes to MPs for constituent-engagement apps.
• Research — analyze party composition and membership change over time.

FAQ

Q: Is this official? Yes — the Members API is published by the UK Parliament.

Q: Does it include email addresses? No — emails require a separate Contact endpoint and are subject to Parliament's published contact rules.

Q: How fresh is the data? Real-time — sourced live from members-api.parliament.uk.

Legal

Data is published by the UK Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence. This Actor uses official, public endpoints.