Introduction
Data and methods
Data
Political party | N | Left or Right-wing |
---|---|---|
Conservative | 315 | Right |
Labour | 252 | Left |
Scottish National Party | 35 | Left |
Independent | 11 | 10 Left, 1 Right |
Liberal Democrat | 11 | Left |
Democratic Unionist Party | 10 | Right |
Plaid Cymru | 4 | Left |
Green Party | 1 | Left |
Total | 639 |
Methods
Cosine similarity
Party and ideology similarities
Party and ideology-adjusted voting similarities
Network representation
Eigenvector centrality
Results
Party and ideology-adjusted voting similarity matrices
Network projection: 8-party case
Network projection: 2-ideology case
Eigenvector centrality
MP | Party (as of Apr 2019) | Ideology (inferred from party) | Eigenvector centrality |
---|---|---|---|
1. Lady Hermon** | Independent | Left | 1.0 |
2. Mr Kenneth Clarke* | Conservative | Right | 1.0 |
3. Frank Field* | Independent | Left | 0.99 |
4. Graham Stringer* | Labour | Left | 0.98 |
5. Kate Hoey* | Labour | Left | 0.98 |
6. Kelvin Hopkins* | Independent | Left | 0.97 |
7. Anna Soubry* | Conservative | Right | 0.96 |
8. Dr Sarah Wollaston* | Conservative | Right | 0.92 |
9. Heidi Allen* | Conservative | Right | 0.91 |
10. Mr Ronnie Campbell | Labour | Left | 0.91 |
Mean centrality | 0.16 | ||
Median centrality | 0.14 | ||
Number of MPs | 639 |
Validation: how MPs voted on BoJo’s Brexit deal
MP | Party (as of Apr 2019) | Party’s vote expectation (for/against Brexit bill) | MP voted* |
---|---|---|---|
Lady Hermon | Independent | For | Against |
Mr Kenneth Clarke | Conservative | For | Against |
Frank Field | Independent | Against | For |
Graham Stringer | Labour | Against | Against |
Kate Hoey | Labour | Against | For |
Kelvin Hopkins | Independent | Against | For |
Anna Soubry | Conservative | For | Against |
Dr Sarah Wollaston | Conservative | For | Against |
Heidi Allen | Conservative | For | Against |
Mr Ronnie Campbell | Labour | Against | – |