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HOC: The History of the TSR House of Commons

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TSR Model Parliament was started in 2005 following the 2005 General Election in the UK. In the run up to that election a series of political parties had been set up on the forums. These parties fought each other for the votes of the forum members be writing and debating statements on topical issues. This culminated in an election on the forum, which was held to coincide with the real election, held in early May. These elections results were used for the make up of the First TSR Parliament.

Further elections were held in December 2005 for the Second TSR Parliament, May 2006 for the Third TSR Parliament, November 2006 for the Fourth TSR Parliament, May 2007 for the Fifth TSR Parliament, December 2007 for the Sixth TSR Parliament and June 2008 for the Seventh TSR Parliament.


Contents

History

Forming of the Parliament - The House of Commons

The First TSR Parliament

The results of TSR General Election in 2005 were used to form the seat allocations for the First TSR Parliament.

The results: (Political party - Percentage of the votes)

  • BNP - 0.34
  • Conservatives - 21.55
  • Green - 7.91
  • Labour - 26.77
  • Liberal Democrats - 32.66
  • MRLP - 9.43
  • SNP - 0.51
  • UKIP - 0.84

The Second TSR Parliament

The election for the Second TSR Parliament were held during November 2005. Due to inactivity this election lost UKIP. RESPECT were a new party standing for the first time. It was the first election to involve independents (Carl and William1986).

The results are outlined below:

(Political party - Percentage of votes - Percentage points change - Number of seats)

  • BNP - 5.48 - (+5.14) -
  • Conservatives - 23.97 - (+2.42) -
  • Green - 5.48 - (-2.43) -
  • Labour - 17.47 - (-9.3) - 9
  • Liberal Democrats - 25 - (-3.45) -
  • MRLP - 11.30 - (+1.87) -
  • SNP - 0.34 - (-0.17) -
  • Carl - 6.85 - (+6.85) - 1
  • William1986 - 1.05 - (+1.05) - 0
  • RESPECT - 3.08 - (+3.08) -

The Third TSR Parliament

The election for the Third TSR Parliament took place during April and May 2006. The SNP were missing from this election, as was the independent William1986. The Libertarians were a new party. The initial election was scrapped over administrative errors and calls of cheating. The election was re-run and the results were as follows:

(Political party - Percentage of votes - Percentage points change - Number of seats)

  • BNP - 3.61 - (-1.87) -
  • Carl (Independent) - 4.92 - (-1.93) - 1
  • Conservatives - 25.25 - (+1.28) -
  • Green - 6.89 - (+1.41) -
  • Labour - 21.97 - (+4.5) - 12
  • Liberal Democrats - 14.43 - (-10.57) -
  • Libertarian - 5.57 - (+5.57) -
  • MRLP - 14.43 - (+3.13) -
  • RESPECT - 2.95 - (-0.13) -

The Fourth TSR Parliament

The election for the Fourth TSR Parliament was held during November 2006. Several parties were missing from this election: the Greens, BNP and RESPECT. The Socialists were added to the list however. The results were as follows:

(Political party - Percentage of votes - Percentage points change - Number of seats)

  • Carl (Independent) - 5.49 - (+0.57) - 1
  • Conservatives - 16.03 - (-9.22) - 8 (none taken up - all 8 seats forfeited for this Parliament)
  • Labour - 17.30 - (-4.67) - 9
  • Liberal Democrats - 20.68 - (+5.25) - 11 (only 7 taken up - 4 seats forfeited for this Parliament)
  • Libertarian - 7.17 - (+1.6) - 4
  • MRLP - 23.63 - (+9.2) - 12
  • Socialist - 9.70 - (+9.70) - 5

The Fifth TSR Parliament

The election for the Fifth TSR Parliament was held during May 2007. The Conservatives did not take part and there were no new entrants.

(Political party - Percentage of votes - Percentage points change - Number of seats)

  • Carl (Independent) - 9.33 - (+3.84) - 1
  • Labour - 19.11 - (+1.81) - 10
  • Liberal Democrats - 15.11 - (-5.57) - 8
  • Libertarian - 14.22 - (+7.05) - 8
  • MRLP - 31.11 - (+7.48) - 17
  • Socialist - 11.11 - (+1.41) - 6


The Sixth TSR Parliament

The election for the Sixth TSR Parliament took place in December 2007 with voting between the 8th and the 21st. The independent Carl was a noted absence in this election. It also saw the reintroduction of a new Conservative party.

(Political party - Percentage of votes - Percentage points change - Number of seats)

  • TSR Conservative Party - 19.21 - (+19.21 new party) - 10
  • TSR Labour Party - 22.66 - (+3.55) - 11
  • Libertarian Party - 11.82 - (-2.40) - 6
  • Liberal Democrats - 17.24 - (+2.13) - 9
  • Monster Raving Loony Party - 18.23 (-12.88) - 9
  • Socialist Party - 10.84 - (-0.27) - 5


The Seventh TSR Parliament

The election for the Seventh TSR Parliament took place in June 2007 with voting between the 25th of May and the 6th of June. The independent this was the first election where the independent daniel_williams gained a seat

(Political party - Percentage of votes - Percentage points change - Number of seats)

  • TSR Conservative Party - 23.58 - (+4.37) - 13
  • TSR Labour Party - 14.63 - (-8.03) - 8
  • Libertarian Party - 5.67 - (-6.15) - 6
  • Liberal Democrats - 24.18 - (+6.95) - 13
  • Monster Raving Loony Party - 12.54 (-5.69) - 6
  • Socialist Party - 11.34 - (+0.5) - 6
  • daniel_williams - 2.99 - (+2.99 new candidate) - 1
  • Spoilt Ballot - 5.07 - (+5.07 new addition)

A House of Lords?

At the very beginning of forming the Parliament a House of Lords was considered to go along side the elected House of Commons. Initially no role for such a House was figured out and essentially there was probably not enough activity to have one either, so the ideas was scrapped, leaving the House of Lords in the TSR Parliament to be an invisible group which did nothing but agree with what the House of Commons said.

In February 2007, Roger Kirk brought up the idea of a House of Lords again. He suggested the House could a place for selected people who are no longer MPs/Speaker could go. The reasons for having it were put forward as follows:

  • as a way to acknowledge the contribution to the Parliament those people who no longer have a formal position made
  • to make those who have an understanding of the Parliament and it's rules stand out to newbies (as they often don't take a large role anymore) from those who have never been in the Parliament before.
  • to create a 'who's who' of some of the most influential or committed people in the Parliament.

The idea was discussed and opinion gauged by a vote and was indefinitely put on hold.

The Speaker

Speakers of TSR House of Commons

  • Vienna (May 05 - June 05)
  • Dexnell (June 05 - November 06)
  • Beekeeper (November 05 - March 06)
  • deej2 (March 06 - September 06)
  • bikerx23 (September 06 - February 07)
  • Nightowl (February 07 - September 07).
  • daniel_williams (September 07- April 08)
  • Alasdair (April 08 - Present)

The Political Parties

A large number of political parties and independents have taken part in the Parliament in varying degrees since it's founding.

TSR BNP

The BNP ran in the first few TSR Elections. However over time many of their members were banned from TSR for serious rule breaking and their activity dropped. The party was eventually deleted due to inactivity.

TSR Conservative Party

The Conservatives ran in the first few elections, regularly winning a large number of MPs. The party then failed to fill any of its allocated seats after one election, shortly after the party became totally inactive and was disbanded. They Conservatives were subsequently missing from elections until the December 2007 election where the Conservative party came back in to existence, coming second with 10 seats. The resignation of one member in January 2008 reduced this total to 9.

What have they succeeded in so far

Since reforming with entirely new members in December 2007 The Conservative Party has achieved the following:

  • Repealed ASBOs
  • Initiated the first ever cross party consultation, this time on road safety with special attention on cyclists
  • Introduced legislation to protect civil liberties of terror suspects while also giving police freedom to operate

What have they failed in so far

To date the following proposed Bills have failed:

TSR Green Party

The Green Party ran in the first TSR election and won MPs. They proposed some of the early bills in the first Parliament, but have since faded and been disbanded.

One of their MPs was !Laxy!, who could also have been their leader.

TSR Labour Party

TSR Labour Party have been around since the start up of the Parliament and have taken part in every election, always winning seats. They currently have 11 MPs.

Leaders

Deputy Leaders

  • BananaManUK (June 2005 - January 2006)
  • Roger Kirk (January 2006) - in position for no more than a week before becoming Party Leader
  • martynwilliams (January 2006 - January 2007)
  • Nightowl (January 2007 - February 2007) - in position for only a few weeks before becoming Speaker of the House of Commons
  • brimstone (February 2007 - January 2008)
  • Jangrafess (January 2008 - April 2008)
  • Nightowl (April 2008 - present)

MPs

Here is a list of MPs. It is organised in order they first became an MP and then alphabetically.

Chief Whips

Press Officers

What have they succeeded in so far?

  • Increasing vocational education (Vocational Education Act 2006)
  • Sidelining funds to prop-up state pensions (Pension Shortfall Act 2006)
  • Introduced Saint Day Bank Holidays (Bank Holiday Act 2006)
  • Repealed the Correct Language Act 2006
  • Reformed the Organ Donor Register (Organ Register Reform Act 2006)
  • Reformed Bus Services (Regulation of Buses Act 2007)
  • Reassessed Income Tax (The Tax Act 2007)
  • Introduced the Plastic Bag Levy (Plastic Bag Levy Act 2007)
  • Reformed Dentist provisions in England and Wales (Dentistry Act 2007)
  • Changed the way that Languages are taught in the UK (The Teaching of Modern Foreign Languages in State Schools Act 2007)
  • Taken a step towards improving the provisions of renewable fuel in the UK (The Funding for renewable energy Act 2007)
  • Stopped the UK from extraditing prisoners to countries where they could potentially face the death penalty (International Enforcement of Human Rights Bill 2008)
  • Introduced health warnings to alcohol products to try and tackle the issue of binge drinking (The alcohol health warning bill 2008)

What have they failed in so far?

  • Increasing child care provision in workplaces (Child Care Bill 2006)
  • Banning smoking in public places (Public Smoking Ban Bill 2006) - similar bill submitted and passed by Carl.
  • Scrapping the general publication of National End of Key Stage tests.

TSR Liberal Democrat Party

The Liberal Democrats have run in every TSR Election, at times being the largest Party.

Previous leaders include 2 + 2 = 5, NDGAARONDI and Jamie.

TSR Libertarian Party

The TSR Libertarian Party was formed just before the the third general election in early 2006. In that election, the party won 3 seats. In the most recent election, that number has increased to four.

Leaders

  • Beekeeper (April 2006 - September 2006)
  • DanGrover (September 2006 - September 2007)
  • RJA (September 2007- Present)

Deputy Leaders

  • RJA (January 2007 - September 2007)

MPs

"Chief Whipping Jew"

What have they succeeded in so far?

  • Repealed the Identity Cards Act
  • Repealed the Inheritance Tax
  • Repealed the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act
  • Repealed the Racial and Religious Hatred Act
  • Introduced a Container Deposit Law
  • Reverted the London 2012 logo to its original form

What have they failed in so far?

  • Failed to repeal Education Maintenance Allowance
  • Failed to eliminate faith schools.
  • Failed to introduce a system of education vouchers.
  • Failed to introduce a flat rate of council tax.

TSR Monster Raving Loony Party

  • The MRLP currently form part of the TSR Government in Coalition with Labour.

Leaders

Acaila (Prehistoric times - Present)

Deputy Leaders

Nefarious (November 2006 - Present)

Legislative Successes

The MRLP have:

  • Enforced the use of correct language in the commons
  • Improved the national anthem
  • Completed the first stages of their endeavour to end hat injustice once and for all
  • Taken steps to increase interest in politics via the medium of stand up comedy
  • Brought an end to the disastrous flooding of summer 2007
  • Completely abolished crime

Legislative failures

The word failure has no meaning to the MRLP nor does the more politically correct term “differently successful” As yet all MRLP Legislation has passed.

TSR RESPECT

RESPECT were around during most of 2006 but have since become inactive and have been deleted.

TSR SNP

The SNP ran in the First Election for TSR Parliament, but failed to win any seats.

TSR Socialist Party

The Socialist Party were formed towards the end of the Third Parliament and first fought at the election for the Fourth Parliament. They were successful in winning 5 seats at their first try and 6 at their second. The Socialist Party voted not to have a Chief Whip.

Party Administrator

This was a new position brought in after the departure of Alasdair, so that the Socialist Party did not have to have a Leader figure.

Past General-Secretaries

  • Thud (November 2006 - September 2007)
  • Alasdair (September 2007 - April 2008)

Present MPs

Past MPs

  • HagerVor (December 2006 - Summer 2007)
  • jmu2108 (December 2006 - Summer 2007)
  • Thud (December 2006 - October 2007)
  • Tw!stEd (December 2006 - Summer 2007)
  • ukebert (October 2007 - March 2008)
  • Fantasma
  • _ÆNIMA_
  • Jim-ie

Leglislation Proposed

The Socialist Party has:

  • Campaigned for the disestablishment of the Church of England
  • Campaigned for a fairer system of Corporation Tax
  • Campaigned for the formation of the British Republic
  • Campaigned for the right to be treated as Human Beings irrespective of sexuality
  • Campaigned for recognition of the horrors of the Holocaust
  • Campaigned for greater cooperation within Europe
  • Campaigned for a cleaner environment
  • Campaigned for fairer detention
  • Campaigned for the protection of vulnerable young people

TSR UKIP

UKIP took part in the election for the First TSR Parliament. They were subseqently very inactive and have been deleted from the system.

Independents

There have been 2 Independent candidates in the history of TSR Parliament.

Carl surfaced during the first Parliament and successfully ran as an Independent in the second, third, fourth and fifth elections. He has not come forward to run in the Sixth General Election.

William1986 ran in the second TSR election. He failed to achieve the required 2% of the votes to win a seat.

Other useful links

Other Links

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