Westminster Radar for journalists

About the site

Short description

Westminster Radar brings together official public records about MPs, including votes, written questions, spoken contributions and declared interests. It links summaries to their original sources and shows changes between published registers. The independent site is currently an owner-private beta. Its coverage reflects records that have been indexed and validated; it does not measure constituency casework.

Long description

Westminster Radar is an independent way to explore official public records about Members of Parliament. Readers can look up an MP or constituency and follow links to Commons divisions, Hansard contributions, written questions, committee work, declarations of interests, published office costs and Electoral Commission records where available. Dated register updates compare complete imported editions, so a change can be traced to the underlying publication. Every record provides its source or an explanation of its limits. The site separates current MPs from former members and keeps historical activity linked to the person who performed it. Data coverage varies by source and period; a missing record does not establish that an MP took no action. Declared interests are presented neutrally and are not evidence of misconduct, influence or causation. Westminster Radar is independent of UK Parliament and political parties. It is currently an owner-private beta, so these materials describe the service under development rather than a publicly available product. The About page and methodology explain its scope.