[OC] 59th Parliament of UK: All 650 MPs. Reflects April 2026 seat counts, but many Scott and Welsh members are collapsed into Labour, or some missclassification of independent members.
by im4lwaysthinking
[OC] 59th Parliament of UK: All 650 MPs. Reflects April 2026 seat counts, but many Scott and Welsh members are collapsed into Labour, or some missclassification of independent members.
by im4lwaysthinking
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Source: [https://humansmap.com/person/Q126063447-member-of-the-59th-parliament-of-the-united-kingdom?lb_tab=persons](https://humansmap.com/person/Q126063447-member-of-the-59th-parliament-of-the-united-kingdom?lb_tab=persons)
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Tools: Vue + Cytoscape.js
Source: Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons
Why have such similar shades for the parties? Why not use stripes or other patterns to make them easier to distinguish?
Data really is not beautiful. Using the party colours is a nice idea, but in practice it’s virtually impossible to distinguish between Plaid Cymru, Greens, and SDLP; between Labour and Welsh Labour; or between the Tories and Scottish Conservatives.
As noted it also misclassifies Jeremy Corbyn, Rosie Duffield, Zahra Sultana, and Diane Abbot as Labour when they are independents. Probably some others too those just stood out.
It’s also, so far as I can tell, totally unordered and not searchable which makes finding a specific MP a nightmare (even if you know their appearance and party).
I don’t think it’s helpful to include Scottish and Welsh versions of each party as seperate entities. Such divisions don’t really matter in Westminster, they don’t organise as seperate groups and there is little to no difference between a Welsh Labour MP and an English Labour MP (for example).
We even have some of the bizarre results like Stephen Kinnock being a care minister for England while representing a Welsh constituency.