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MCP server · Code & DevOps

io.github.cyanheads/uk-parliament-mcp-server

Search UK Parliament bills, members, votes, Hansard, written questions, and committees.

Checks passed
14 / 22

0 failed · 8 not measured

Median response
1298 ms

Median of successful probes over 7 days

30-day uptime
Not measured

Share of countable probes over 30 days, including daily rollups. Auth challenges are excluded.

Discovered tools
9

Tool definitions returned by this server

Independent monitoring

Health & checks

Status history

Outdated check

Last connection measurement is over 24 hours old. Current availability is unknown.

Last checked
Check summary by test group
Test areaPassedFailedUnmeasured
ConnectionCan a client connect and discover tools?
500
Reliability & speedDoes it respond consistently and quickly?
004
Access & authenticationWhat is required to use this server?
102
Tool qualityAre the tool definitions usable by an agent?
400
Publisher identityCan the publisher be traced to its source?
402

Unmeasured means there is not enough evidence to decide. How these checks work

Inspect individual checks 22 recorded

Core

  • Pass
    Reachable

    Latest probe returned HTTP 200 in 1298 ms.

  • Pass
    Valid handshake

    protocolVersion 2025-11-25, serverInfo.name uk-parliament-mcp-server.

  • Pass
    Lists tools

    tools/list returned 9 tools.

  • Pass
    Current protocol

    Negotiated 2025-11-25. The bar is 2025-06-18 or newer.

  • Pass
    HTTPS

    The endpoint URL is https.

Performance

  • Not measured
    Fast (p50)

    Median latency 1298 ms over 1 samples in 7 days. The bar is 1000 ms. Need at least 5 samples.

  • Not measured
    Consistent (p95)

    95th percentile 1298 ms over 1 samples in 7 days. The bar is 3000 ms. Need at least 20 samples.

  • Not measured
    Reliable (uptime)

    1 of 1 attempts returned a tool list in 30 days (100%). The bar is 99%. Need at least 30 samples.

  • Not measured
    Stable tool list

    Fewer than two successful probes in 30 days, so tool-list stability is not measured.

Access

  • Pass
    Open access

    tools/list succeeded with no credential, and the record declares none.

  • Not measured
    Standard auth

    Auth is not required, so the OAuth metadata check does not apply.

  • Not measured
    Free tier cited

    No publisher quote has been checked.

Tools

  • Pass
    Tools described

    Every tool description is at least 20 characters.

  • Pass
    Valid input schemas

    Every inputSchema is a JSON Schema object.

  • Pass
    Parameters documented

    104 of 104 parameters have a description (100%). The bar is 80%.

  • Pass
    Safety hints

    Every tool sets readOnlyHint or destructiveHint.

Publisher

  • Pass
    Verified namespace

    Listed in the Official MCP Registry.

  • Not measured
    Website matches publisher

    This namespace is not a reverse domain, so the website comparison does not apply.

  • Pass
    Source repo linked

    A repository URL is on file.

  • Pass
    Repo owner matches

    The GitHub repository owner matches the namespace login.

  • Pass
    Recently updated

    Updated 2026-10-26T03:48:05.620908Z, within 180 days.

  • Not measured
    Open-source licence

    The GitHub licence lookup has not returned an OSI result yet.

Start using io.github.cyanheads/uk-parliament-mcp-server

Connect to this server

Choose your client, copy the configuration, then enable the server in your client’s MCP settings.

Run this command in your terminal, then restart Claude Code.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http io-github-cyanheads-uk-parliament-mcp-server https://uk-parliament.caseyjhand.com/mcp

Capabilities

Tools 9

ukparl_get_bill

Retrieve a Westminster bill overview or select stages, stage, publications, amendments, amendment, motions or motion. Stage/amendment/motion selections require the bill-specific billStageId from section=stages; singular amendment/motion also require itemId from their parent collection. Use amendmentId for amendment retrieval and motion.id for motions. Filter only the amendments collection by amendmentNumber, decision or sponsoring memberId. Collection selectors paginate whole records. Overview leaves publications unchecked; select publications to discover actual supplied legislation.gov.uk statute links. Follow contentCursor with the original selection to reconstruct oversized records.

Discovered
ukparl_get_committee

Find Westminster committees with mode=search, then use committeeId for detail, members, inquiries or publications. Inquiries returns every committee business type, labelled by isInquiry; use businessId with mode=inquiry for complete business detail or to filter publications. Use publicationId with mode=publication for complete report/publication metadata and source links. Use mode=evidence with businessId and evidenceType=written|oral to list evidence; mode=evidence_detail requires evidenceId and evidenceType in the same namespace. Memberships retain all role periods; personId is distinct from Members API memberId. No document downloads or text extraction. Follow cursors with unchanged filters; contentCursor retrieves oversized records losslessly. Typed entities retain sourcePath relationships to reconstruct nested source metadata.

Discovered
ukparl_get_member

Retrieve a member profile, roles, committee seats, official contact information, registered interests or recorded voting history. Roles without category lists available biography categories; select category to page whole periods. Interests and voting require an explicit House. Committee person IDs differ from member IDs. Voting uses native 20-row pages and reports recorded lobby and teller facts, without lifetime participation metrics. Follow collection cursors with unchanged selectors; use contentCursor to reconstruct oversized records.

Discovered
ukparl_lookup_reference

Resolve Parliament filter IDs and inspect source coverage before searching. Use identifiers for ID namespaces and required selectors, coverage for Hansard date limitations, or a named reference topic for filter IDs. Follow opaque collection cursors with the same filters; use contentCursor to reconstruct an oversized selected payload.

Discovered
ukparl_search_bills

Search Westminster bill summaries by title, current or originating House, session, sponsoring member, department, reference stage, bill type or status, with optional official ordering. Use ukparl_lookup_reference for stage/type/department IDs and ukparl_get_bill for complete selected records. Department IDs are distinct from answering-body IDs. inAmendableStage=true restricts to amendable stages; false is unrestricted. No session or date scope is inferred. Follow collection cursors with the same filters; use contentCursor to reconstruct an oversized item.

Discovered
ukparl_search_divisions

Search official Commons or Lords division summaries, or use detail, voters or party_totals with a divisionId from the same House. Search supports title/number text, member and inclusive division dates; member searches include memberVote with the recorded House-native lobby and teller flag. Detail preserves complete metadata and teller identities, with roster selectors for voters mode. Voters can filter exact source party labels and House-compatible lobbies. not_recorded means only the source list, never abstention. Party totals count listed non-tellers and tellers separately from official headline counts. Follow collection cursors with unchanged filters; reconstruct oversized content using contentCursor.

Discovered
ukparl_search_hansard

Search spoken Westminster Hansard contributions by topic, member, House, date or numeric debateSectionId. Returns full source contribution text where supplied, including HTML; previews are labelled summaries. Repeat with a returned debateSectionId to search that section, which does not establish an entire debate transcript. Historical completeness is not guaranteed, including the 2004–2006 website warning despite some API records. Use ukparl_lookup_reference topic=coverage for archive guidance. Follow collection cursors unchanged and contentCursor for lossless oversized contributions; retry timeouts with shorter date windows.

Discovered
ukparl_search_members

Find MPs and peers by name, location or constituency, party, House, and current or historical membership. currentOnly=false includes current and former members. asOf selects historical membership and accepts name only, without House, party or location filters. Search results preserve latest profile fields; retrieve sections with ukparl_get_member. Follow opaque cursors with unchanged filters and use contentCursor for oversized records.

Discovered
ukparl_search_questions

Search Westminster written questions and answer previews by text, exact UIN, asking or answering member, House, answering body, answer state and dates. An undated UIN returns candidates across sessions; narrow with tabling dates and retrieve mode=detail with a returned questionId for complete question and answer HTML, corrections and attachment links. A UIN is not a questionId and never determines House. Search includes all sessions and withdrawn questions. Follow collection cursors unchanged; use contentCursor for lossless oversized answers.

Discovered

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Probe history

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CheckedResultResponseTools
Connected1298 ms9