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The Parliament of England was the legislature of the Kingdom of England from the 13th century until 1707 when it was replaced by the Parliament of Great Britain. Parliament evolved from the great council of bishops and peers that advised the English monarch. Great councils were first called Parliaments during the reign of Henry III (r. 1216 ...
Members of Parliament are entitled to use the post-nominal initials MP. MPs are referred to as "honourable" as a courtesy only during debates in the House of Commons (e.g., "the honourable member for ..."), or if they are the children of peers below the rank of marquess ("the honourable [first name] [surname]").
This category is only for MPs from the Parliament of the United Kingdom, i.e., the Parliament at Westminster since 1801. Categories for other parliaments may be found at Category:British MPs. For members of the House of Lords, see Category:Members of the British House of Lords.
England is now part of the United Kingdom and is governed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom. See also devolved English parliament for unofficial proposals to create a new English parliament. See also the succeeding Category:Parliament of Great Britain
The reformed House of Lords should have 300 members of whom 240 are "Elected Members" and 60 appointed "Independent Members". Up to 12 Church of England archbishops and bishops may sit in the house as ex officio "Lords Spiritual". Elected Members will serve a single, non-renewable term of 15 years.
Probably the longest (though not continuous) all time span of service by brothers in the Commons, in the Parliament of England, was 85 years from 1562, when Sir Henry Knollys was elected MP for Reading, until the death in 1648 of his brother Sir Francis Knollys (above, aged reputedly 97) also representing Reading, although there were intervals ...
This is a list of parliaments of England from the reign of King Henry III, when the Curia Regis developed into a body known as Parliament, until the creation of the Parliament of Great Britain in 1707. For later parliaments, see the List of parliaments of Great Britain. For the history of the English Parliament, see Parliament of England.
NB This category is ONLY for MPs in the Parliament of the United Kingdom, i.e., the Parliament at Westminster since 1801. For English MPs from 1707 until the Act of Union 1800, see Category:Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies; Categories for other parliaments may be found at Category:British MPs