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🧵What will the new MPs be doing today? If you missed the 1st part of our guide to MPs induction check out yesterday’s thread. (It’s been viewed by over 1m people so don’t miss out! buff.ly/4cQyyxB). But today’s the day they elect the Speaker - so be sure to read on👇 1/

What do the UK general election results mean for the UK Union? Here's some of my observations in my latest piece written for Centre on Constitutional Change Read here: centreonconstitutionalchange.ac.uk/news-and-opini…

This is such a fantastic thread on how Parliament gets up and running again post-election. Definitely worth reading about processes, practices and procedures - and some surprising key facts!

The House of Commons is sitting now starting with the election of the Speaker.

Wholeheartedly agree (shock) and hope this will be more reflected on research about parliaments and parliamentarians

House of Lords investigative & scrutiny #SelectCommittees have been reappointed this afternoon ⬇️

University staff watching public sector workers getting a pay rise

Deputy Speaker announces the timetable for election of select committee chairs and chair of Backbench Business Committee - nominations close 4pm on Monday 9 September. Elections on Wednesday 11 September.

I suppose quite timely that this week I’ve been focusing on this paper…

🚨Career update!🚨 From September I will be a postdoc researcher on the SPARK project, based in Politics & IR The University of Edinburgh. I will examine the Spanish and Catalan parliaments via 3 policy areas, so please get in touch if interested! Project info: marcgeddes.uk/spark

We will be supporting no fewer than 10 panels at the #ecprgc24 next week! Check out the full details of our section panels here: ecpr.eu/Events/Event/S…

🪑 BLOG - Select committee chair elections: what do the results show? Marc Geddes & @Stephen_R_Bates dive into the data: • How competitive were the elections? • How are women and minorities represented? • What role did parliamentary experience play? buff.ly/3Bk6bKA