# UK Data: UK MPs and elections

> UK MPs and constituencies: election results and history, Cabinet posts, party seat numbers

- name: uk.co.reliness/uk-parliament-people
- version: 1.5.0
- connection class: R0 (autonomous)
- trust: 82/100 flags: no-repository
- quality: 91/100 (strong)
- owner: not claimed
- descriptor: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/uk.co.reliness%2Fuk-parliament-people
- tools: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/uk.co.reliness%2Fuk-parliament-people/tools

**An agent can connect right now, no human step.** Remote endpoint, no authentication, reachable on the last probe.

## Connection (mcpServers)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "uk-parliament-people": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://ukdata.reliness.co.uk/mcp/uk-parliament-people",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ${UK_PARLIAMENT_PEOPLE_TOKEN}"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

Placeholders to fill: `${UK_PARLIAMENT_PEOPLE_TOKEN}`.

## Trust

- hygiene: 80
- liveness: 99
- freshness: 100
- provenance: 55
- drivers: +dns-namespace +website +reachable +uptime-96% +updated-7d-ago -no-repository
- Derived from observable signals (official registry feed and our own credential-free probes); no code audit performed.

## Quality 91/100 (strong)

### protocol: 75 (weight 25)

- warn `protocol.modern`: newest supported version is 2025-11-25; 2026-07-28 not supported, older versions are deprecated until 2027-07-28
- n/a `protocol.stateless`: only applies to 2026-07-28 servers
- pass `protocol.transport`: streamable HTTP
- n/a `protocol.list_ttl`: only applies to 2026-07-28 servers

### authorization: n/a (weight 15)

- n/a `auth.prm`, `auth.as_metadata`, `auth.cimd`: no remote uses OAuth
- n/a `auth.secret_in_url`: no templated URL

### tool hygiene: 100 (weight 30)

- pass `tools.descriptions`: every tool has a description
- pass `tools.description_length`: descriptions are concise
- pass `tools.schemas`: every tool has an object input schema
- pass `tools.annotations`: 8 of 8 tools declare readOnlyHint or destructiveHint
- pass `tools.directory_hints`: every tool declares readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint and openWorldHint
- pass `tools.token_cost`: about 1,567 tokens to load every tool
- pass `tools.api_dump`: tools are not a one-to-one API dump
- pass `tools.hidden_text`: no hidden text in tool names, descriptions, schemas or annotations

### stability: 100 (weight 15)

- pass `stability.changes`: no tool changes in 30 days
- pass `stability.rug_pull`: no tool changed its meaning under the same name
- pass `stability.new_links`: no tool change named a new site

### dependencies: n/a (weight 15)

- n/a `deps.known_vulns`, `deps.mcp_sdk_version`, `deps.resolvable`: no npm or PyPI package

- tools: 8, about 1,567 tokens to load them all
- tool set hash: ee38a164e045dffdc55191d42e819bd6
- badge: [![protogrid quality](https://protogrid.dev/badge/uk.co.reliness/uk-parliament-people.svg)](https://protogrid.dev/servers/uk.co.reliness/uk-parliament-people)
- Checks run on what our credential-free, read-only probes observe; tools are never called and no code audit is performed.

### Tool changes

_No tool definition changes recorded._

## Remotes

- https://ukdata.reliness.co.uk/mcp/uk-parliament-people (streamable-http, auth none, reachable true, uptime30d 0.96428573)

## Packages

_none_

## Tools (8)

- `cabinet_ministers`: Who holds each UK Cabinet and Cabinet-level post right now, Prime Minister first: the post, department, minister, party, seat and start date, from the UK Parliament Members API. A live answer for "who is the current Chancellor / Health Secretary?" after reshuffles. Optional q filters by post, department or name. Cabinet and Cabinet-level posts only (about 28: Prime Minister, Chancellor, Secretaries of State, Chief Whip, Leaders of both Houses, Attorney General and a few others); junior ministers, most Ministers of State and Parliamentary Under-Secretaries are not covered. (cost: 1 credit)
- `commons_party_seats`: How many seats each party holds in the House of Commons on a given date, with totals and the number of women MPs, from the UK Parliament Members API state of the parties. Answers "how many MPs does each party have?" after defections and by-elections. Shows the largest party's margin as simple arithmetic; it does not compute the official working majority. (cost: 1 credit)
- `constituency_election_result`: Latest election result for a UK parliamentary constituency: every candidate with party, votes and vote share, the winner, majority, electorate and turnout, from the UK Parliament Members API. Answers "who won in X and by how much?", including by-elections. Needs a constituency id (get one from constituency_search). Covers Westminster elections only, not local, mayoral or devolved elections. (cost: 1 credit)
- `constituency_search`: Find a UK parliamentary constituency by part of its name and get its id and current MP, from the UK Parliament Members API. This is the lookup step for the election result tools. It searches constituency names only; to go from a postcode to an MP use mp_lookup. (cost: 1 credit)
- `lords_party_composition`: How many members of the House of Lords each party or group has on a given date, including Crossbench peers, Bishops and non-affiliated members, from the UK Parliament Members API state of the parties. Useful for "how big is the Lords?" and Lords reform questions. Totals may differ slightly from Parliament's published figures depending on how members on leave are counted. (cost: 1 credit)
- `member_career_history`: An MP's or peer's career in Parliament: seats held, party changes, ministerial and shadow posts, other posts and select committee memberships, each with start and end dates, from the UK Parliament Members API. Answers "was X ever a minister?" or "what committees has X sat on?" for journalists, researchers and public affairs. Covers parliamentary roles only, not careers outside Parliament. (cost: 1 credit)
- `member_registered_interests`: An MP's or peer's declared financial interests by category: outside jobs and earnings, donations, gifts and hospitality, overseas visits, shareholdings and more, with payment details and registration dates, from the UK Parliament Members API. Answers "who pays or funds my MP?" for constituents, journalists and due diligence. Shows what members declared, unverified; ministers' interests published by the Cabinet Office are not included. (cost: 1 credit)
- `mp_contact_details`: Official contact details for an MP or peer: parliamentary and constituency office addresses, phone numbers, email, website and listed social media, as published by the UK Parliament Members API. Answers "how do I contact my MP?" for letter writers and constituents with casework. Needs a member id (from mp_lookup or constituency_search); former members usually have no details listed. (cost: 1 credit)
