UK Parliament Lords Votes API

Name: UK Parliament Lords Votes API API
Brand: UK Parliament Lords Votes API
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For Agents

Query House of Lords division votes, member voting records, and party breakdowns for legislative and political analysis.

Use for: I need to see how Peers voted on a Lords division, Find all divisions a Peer voted in, Get party breakdown for Lords votes, Track Lords voting patterns by party

Not supported: Does not include Commons votes (use Commons Votes API), Bill metadata (use Bills API), or member biographies — use only for Lords division voting records.

Connect the UK Parliament Lords Votes API to your agent

Jentic One is a self-hosted execution layer for AI agents. It lets your agent call the UK Parliament Lords Votes API, or any other public or private API you need. You set the rules, the agent never sees your credentials, and every call is logged.

Install Jentic One Beta (Self-Hosted)

Jentic One Host machine

# On the machine that will host your Jentic One instance:
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jentic/jentic-one/main/tools/install.sh | sh

Agent machine

# On the machine where your agent runs (keep this separate from the instance):
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jentic/jentic-one/main/tools/install.sh | sh
jentic register       # connects your agent to your Jentic One instance

Jentic One is in public beta. The setup above keeps your agent separate from the instance, which is what you want before using real credentials: an agent running as the same OS user as Jentic One can read its stored keys directly. Just evaluating? A single local install is fine to start. See the secure deployment guide for the tiers.

Capabilities

What an agent can do with UK Parliament Lords Votes API API.

Search divisions by date range, member ID, division number, search term, total votes cast, or majority size

Retrieve division details including title, date, Content/Not Content counts, tellers, member lists, and remote voting periods

Query voting records for a specific member (Peer) across divisions with filters

Get divisions grouped by party showing vote counts per party for Content and Not Content

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UK Parliament Lords Votes API provides access to House of Lords division voting records including Content/Not Content vote outcomes, member voting records, teller information, remote voting details, and party breakdowns. The API enables searching divisions by date range, member, division number, or keywords with filters for vote counts and majority size, retrieving individual division details with full member vote lists and teller counts, querying member voting history across divisions, obtaining divisions grouped by party vote counts, and counting total results for pagination. Public and unauthenticated access.

Use Cases

Patterns agents use UK Parliament Lords Votes API API for, with concrete tasks.

★ Peer Voting Record Analysis

Political researchers and transparency organizations track how Peers vote. GET /data/Divisions/membervoting?MemberId={id} returns all divisions a Peer participated in with their vote (Content/Not Content) and teller status. Filter by date range or search term. Useful for accountability and understanding Lords influence on legislation.

GET /data/Divisions/membervoting?MemberId={memberId}&StartDate={YYYY-MM-DD} to retrieve a Peer's votes in a date range.

Lords Division Outcome Tracking

News organizations and civic tech projects track Lords division outcomes. GET /data/Divisions/search returns divisions matching criteria including filters for TotalVotesCast and Majority thresholds. GET /data/Divisions/{divisionId} retrieves full details including Contents, NotContents, tellers, and whether the division was government win. Combine with /groupedbyparty for party discipline analysis.

GET /data/Divisions/search?SearchTerm={keyword}&StartDate={date} to find divisions, then GET /data/Divisions/{divisionId} for full vote breakdown including teller and member counts.

Party Whip Analysis in the Lords

Analysts study party discipline and crossbench voting by comparing party-grouped votes. GET /data/Divisions/groupedbyparty returns divisions with contentCount and notContentCount aggregated by party. Identify rebellions and crossbench influence by comparing individual member votes against party majority positions.

GET /data/Divisions/groupedbyparty?SearchTerm={keyword} to see party-level vote counts, then cross-reference with individual member votes to spot rebels and crossbench patterns.

Key Endpoints

4 endpoints — uk parliament lords votes api provides access to house of lords division voting records including content/not content vote outcomes, member voting records, teller information, remote voting details, and party breakdowns.

METHOD

PATH

DESCRIPTION

GET

/data/Divisions/search

Search divisions by filters including vote counts and majority

GET

/data/Divisions/{divisionId}

Get division details with full member votes and teller information

GET

/data/Divisions/membervoting

Get voting records for a member (Peer)

GET

/data/Divisions/groupedbyparty

Get divisions with party vote breakdowns

GET

/data/Divisions/search

Search divisions by filters including vote counts and majority

GET

/data/Divisions/{divisionId}

Get division details with full member votes and teller information

GET

/data/Divisions/membervoting

Get voting records for a member (Peer)

GET

/data/Divisions/groupedbyparty

Get divisions with party vote breakdowns

Why though Jentic?

Three things that make agents converge on Jentic-routed access.

Credential isolation

No credentials required — the Lords Votes API is public.

Intent-based discovery

Agents search by intent such as 'peer voting record' or 'lords division votes' and Jentic returns matching endpoints with schemas.

Time to first call

Direct integration: 1 day. Through Jentic: under 1 hour.

Related APIs

Alternatives and complements available in the Jentic catalogue.

Complementary

UK Parliament Bills API

Bills API tracks Bill lifecycle while Lords Votes shows how Peers voted on those Bills and amendments.

Use Bills API to find Bills and amendments, Lords Votes to see how Peers voted on them.

Complementary

Commons Votes API

Commons Votes covers House of Commons divisions while Lords Votes covers House of Lords divisions.

Use Commons Votes for MP voting in the Commons and Lords Votes for Peer voting in the Lords.

FAQs

Specific to using UK Parliament Lords Votes API API through Jentic.

Does the Lords Votes API require authentication?

No. The API is public and open for research and civic use without authentication or API keys.

Can I track how a specific Peer voted across all divisions?

Yes. GET /data/Divisions/membervoting?MemberId={id} returns all divisions the Peer participated in with their vote. Filter by date range or search term.

What is the difference between authoritative counts and member counts?

Authoritative counts are the official counts — teller counts when tellers are present, or member counts when there are no tellers. The API returns both tellerContentCount/tellerNotContentCount and memberContentCount/memberNotContentCount for transparency.