pv99tompall {pinktoe}R Documentation

Permutation vector from MP lists in 99 into the mpall3 database

Description

In 1999 a selection of MPs signed Early Day Motions and hence turn up in databases that record which MPs signed in a given year. The lists that record MPs signing records implicitly define an "index position" for those MPs in those records. To link these MPs to the global mpall3 database this vector gives the index into mpall3 from their implicity index position.

Usage

data(pv99tompall)

Format

A permutation vector containing 549 integers each one identifying an MP and their position within the mpall3 database.

Source

Nason, G.P. (2001) Early Day Motions: exploring backbench opinion during 1997-2000. Technical Report 01:11, Department of Mathematics, University of Bristol.

Examples

data(pv99tompall)
data(mpall3)
data(mpinc99)
#
# In the mpincdf object (which records EDM signings) Irene Adams is MP number 2. Let's check this
#
dimnames(mpinc99)[[1]][1:5]
#[1] "Abbott/Diane"      "Adams/Irene"       "Ainger/Nick"      
#[4] "Ainsworth/Peter"   "Alexander/Douglas"
#
# What number is she in the mpall3 database?
#
pv99tompall[2]
# [1] 3
#
# She is the third MP in this structure. (You see possibly number 1 or 2 in mpall3 did not sign anything
# in 1999.
#
# Let's check
#
mpall3$mpn[3]
#[1] Adams, Irene
#670 Levels: Abbott, Miss Diane Adams, Gerry# Adams, Irene ... Young, Rt Hon Sir George Bt
#
# Yep, that's her!

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