A Mobile Phone in One Hand and Erskine May in the Other: The European Research Group’s Parliamentary Revolution

IF 1.3 3区社会学 Q2 POLITICAL SCIENCE

Parliamentary Affairs Pub Date : 2021-03-02 DOI:10.1093/PA/GSAB004

C. Murray, M. A. Armstrong

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Abstract

It has become axiomatic that backbench Members of Parliament (MPs) at Westminster have limited the capacity for independent action under the burdens of constituency business and whipped votes. Even the limited avenues available for such MPs to shine, such as select committees, are often illusory because parliamentarians have little time to prepare the materials or brief themselves on any but the highest profile witnesses. The political parties have benefitted from this state of affairs; docile MPs make for reliable votes. The rise of the European Research Group (ERG) as a parliamentary force disrupts this narrative. Galvanised by single-issue opposition to the UK’s involvement in ‘Europe’, encompassing both the European Union (EU) and the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), the Group successfully exploited the balance of power in the Commons during the 2017–2019 Parliamentary Session. This article analyses the methods by which the Group’s members magnified their influence over Brexit debates.

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一只手拿手机，另一只手拿厄斯金·梅:欧洲研究小组的议会革命

不言自明的是，威斯敏斯特的后座议员在选区事务和选票的负担下限制了独立行动的能力。即使是这些议员发光发热的有限途径，如特别委员会，也往往是虚幻的，因为议员们几乎没有时间准备材料或向除最知名的证人之外的任何人介绍情况。各政党从这种状况中受益；顺从的议员会获得可靠的选票。欧洲研究小组（ERG）作为议会力量的崛起打乱了这种说法。由于单一问题反对英国参与“欧洲”，包括欧盟（EU）和欧洲人权公约（ECHR），该集团在2017-2019年议会会议期间成功利用了下议院的权力平衡。本文分析了该集团成员扩大其对英国脱欧辩论影响的方法。

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Parliamentary Affairs POLITICAL SCIENCE-

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3.00

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8.30%

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期刊介绍： Parliamentary Affairs is an established, peer-reviewed academic quarterly covering all the aspects of government and politics directly or indirectly connected with Parliament and parliamentary systems in Britain and throughout the world. The journal is published in partnership with the Hansard Society. The Society was created to promote parliamentary democracy throughout the world, a theme which is reflected in the pages of Parliamentary Affairs.