PSA Political Thought Specialist Group @psapolthought.bsky.social Political Thought specialist group of the UK Political Studies Association. Convenors: Simon Choat & Michael Keary. Become a member: https://www.psa.ac.uk/specialist-groups/political-thought
Mohesh Balnath @moheshbalnath.bsky.social Enseignant-chercheur contractuel en droit public. Docteur qualifié MCF. Parliamentary archive maniac
Danny Schindler @danschindler.bsky.social Director @iparl.bsky.social | parliaments & parties & opposition & constitutions | dad of three | police inspector off duty
https://www.iparl.de/team/dr-danny-schindler/
Ruth Dixon @ruth-dixon.bsky.social Retired from the University of Oxford. Co-author with Christopher Hood of 'A Government that Worked Better and Cost Less?' OUP 2015.
Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social I research and write about politics, public policy, public opinion, polls, elections, geography, place, trust. I run on espresso.
Andrew Russell @prfandrwrssll.bsky.social Professor of Pols & ex Head University of Liverpool. ex-Poliblogmanc. Pols, parlm, elections, Roma in Europe. Coventry City & England cricket. Seldom succinct. Views own.
Patrick Theiner @patricktheiner.bsky.social I teach political science and IR at the University of Edinburgh @uoe-sps.bsky.social. Interested in everything, friend of all animals. 'Great dad' -my dogs. 'Excellent at D&D' -my players. 'Falls far short of adequate' -my cat.
@diggorybailey.bsky.social @diggorybailey.bsky.social Legislative drafter.
Ben Shave @ben-shave.bsky.social I work at the House of Commons. Currently: Education Committee. Previously: Science, Innovation and Technology, Public Accounts and Brexit committees.
Apart from that, I'm mostly being a dad and cycling. My views.
Jonny Mood - National Audit Office @jonnymood.bsky.social Director at National Audit Office (https://bsky.app/profile/nao.org.uk) leading value for money work in justice sector. Improving public services through insights into public spending, performance, delivery, with interests in strategy and knowledge sharing
Toby S. James @tobysjames.bsky.social Professor of Politics & Policy, @UEA
Electoral Integrity Project co-Director
Policy Studies Editor: @policy-studies.bsky.social
Researching and teaching on: democracy, electoral integrity, political science.
https://tobysjames.com
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Secretariat @cpa-secretariat.bsky.social The CPA is an international community of around 180 Commonwealth Parliaments and Legislatures working together to deepen the Commonwealth’s commitment to the highest standards of democratic governance.
https://www.cpahq.org/
Dr Sean Haughey @drseanhaughey.bsky.social Senior Lecturer at @irishinstitute.bsky.social, University of Liverpool. Interested in parliaments, power-sharing & institutional reform. 
Ben Worthy @benworthy.bsky.social 
Alexander Horne @legalmusings.bsky.social Barrister. Commentator. Visiting Prof @ Durham University. Former parliamentary lawyer & special adviser UK Parliament (JCHR, EU, Women & Equalities; International Agreements). Musings on law, politics & restaurants . Personal views.
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Lord Norton of Louth @lordnortonlouth.bsky.social Professor of Government, University of Hull. Devoted to the study of the Constitution, Parliament, and the Conservative Party.
Political Studies Association @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social The home of Political Studies since 1950. We advance, support & promote the global study of Politics & International Relations. psa.ac.uk
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IPU Parliament @ipuparliament.bsky.social Follow us as we empower #parliaments and #MPs to promote #peace, #democracy, and sustainable development as the global organization of national #parliaments.
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mark d jarvis @markdjarvis.bsky.social Books: Democratizing the Constitution; Modernizing Government Accountability; From NPM to NPG.
Awards: Donner and Smiley book prizes
PhD: UVic
Certified chainsaw operator
Assorted cantankerousness
University of Leeds - School of Law @lawatleeds.bsky.social The School of Law @universityofleeds.bsky.social is one of the leading law schools in the UK and has been providing instruction in law since its inception in 1899.
Paolo Sandro @paolosandro.bsky.social Associate Professor of Public Law and Legal Theory @lawatleeds.bsky.social, author of 'The Making of Constitutional Democracy: From Creation to Application of Law' (Hart 2022), Open Access at
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4562656#
Martyn Atkins @martynpatrick.bsky.social Former House of Commons Clerk. (Very) amateur choral singer. Lapsed late mediaevalist. Slow horse.
Gareth Williams @cdf27.bsky.social Parliaments, devolution and gardening. Plus a bit of sport - Cardiff Rugby, Cardiff City and the Buffalo Bills. Almost enjoy FPL. Partial to a coffee.
Cymru.
Paul Silk @paulsilk.bsky.social Former parliamentary official. Devolution, parliaments, the constitution, rural Wales, Ukraine, amateur theology, and incompetent language-learning
Edward Wood @edwardwood.bsky.social Parliamentary research expert. Previously at UK House of Commons Library, now retired. Acting chair Fio theatre co, Cardiff. Husband, father.
Emma Crewe @emmacrewe.bsky.social Anthropologist researcher of Parliaments at SOAS University of London. Chair, Study of Parliament Group. Posting about anthropolitics
Ben Warwick @btcwarwick.bsky.social Reader in Human Rights Law at Birmingham Law School. Research on #HumanRights law; especially economic and social rights & institutions.
https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/law/warwick-ben
Chris Monaghan @chrisjmonaghan.bsky.social Principal Lecturer in Law. Researches in constitutional law, impeachment, Chagos, and accountability.
Lord Speaker @lordspeaker.parliament.uk Michael Forsyth - Lord Forsyth of Drumlean - 5th Lord Speaker of the House of Lords since February 2026.
https://www.parliament.uk/business/lords/lord-speaker/
Marc Bernstein @marcbernstein261.bsky.social MSc Politics & BA (Hons) Politics, Philosophy & History Birkbeck University of London, Civil Servant From & live in London Uk. politics History & intl affairs, Culture, Jewish life, Soccer. Also on here to make friends. Straight Single & Jewish
Francesca Feo @francescafeo.bsky.social Political scientist interested in gender & LGBTI+ policies, parliaments, populism, Italian politics. I work as a postdoctoral fellow at UiB, for @gendersuccess.bsky.social. 
Owain Roberts @bobsley.bsky.social Clerc Seneddol. Cymro. Tad. Geek.
Mouli Banerjee @pandapoliticus.bsky.social Early Career Fellow and PhD in politics @ Uni of Warwick. Democracy, Constitutions, legislatures, narratives, political parties, South Asia, Global South.
Books, Poetry, Blogs @ poetrydigressing.com, co-founder@ kasbachronicles.wordpress.com
David A Alexander @drdaalexander.bsky.social Political Scientist. Research Affiliate in the School of Social & Political Sciences at the University of Glasgow. Research interests include legislative systems, disability in politics and learning/teaching innovations. Also art, history and quiz enjoyer
Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social Associate editor and columnist @financialtimes.com. Post too often about culture, public policy, management, politics, nerd stuff, Arsenal the champions, wosoc. Wow! (center) Try my UK politics newsletter for free here: www.ft.com/tryinsidepolitics
Giacomo Benedetto @gbenedetto.bsky.social European politics
FRSA
#T1D
Academic posts at @jeanmonnetrhul.bsky.social
Sophie E. Hill @sophieehill.bsky.social PoliSci PhD student @ Harvard / 🇬🇧🏳️🌈 / Creator of MyLittleCrony.com
Signal: @sehill.11
Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos @dimitrakopoulos.bsky.social Professor; new Jean #Monnet Chair in Democratic Governance in the EU @ #Panteion University in #Athens | #EU institutions, other European stuff in 🇬🇧🇬🇷🇫🇷🇩🇪 | Own views https://shorturl.at/P8nak
Also on @jmchairpanteion.bsky.social
Marvin Stecker @marvins.bsky.social I do research somewhere between political communication, computational methods and culture and identity.
PhD student, Computational Communication Science Lab & Department of Government
University of Vienna
www.marvinstecker.com
Leigh Ingham MP @leighinghammp.bsky.social Labour MP for Stafford, Eccleshall, and the villages. For casework, email leigh.ingham.mp@parliament.uk.
Promoted by Stafford Labour Party on behalf of Leigh Ingham, both at 1a Cheshire House, Hurricane Way, Stafford, ST16 1GZ.
Rowan Hall @rowaninlondon.bsky.social Communications and Partnerships Manager at @conunitucl.bsky.social and @gcdc-ucl.bsky.social | All views are my own
Dr Lisa Berry-Waite @lisaberrywaite.bsky.social Historian of women & politics, Modern Parliament Records Specialist at The National Archives, and Blog Editor for the Women’s History Network. Views my own
lisaberrywaite.com
Parliamentary History Journal @parlhistjournal.bsky.social We publish peer-reviewed research covering the history of parliamentary institutions in Britain and Ireland from the Middle Ages to the Twentieth Century, and the legislatures of British colonies before independence.
Matt Steilen @mattsteilen.bsky.social Law professor. Legal history, constitutional law. PhD in philosophy. Forthcoming book on the origins of the English parliament, Routledge.
Neil Matthews @ntmatthews.bsky.social Politics lecturer, University of Bristol. Belfast-raised.
Radical Centrist @procedurepols.bsky.social Parliamentary procedure geek. No partisan debate. Also Star Trek, police procedurals, sci-fi, baseball (Jays), Wrexham AFC, and tennis. I retweet out of interest, not necessarily agreement. Will usually follow-back, but not if you have a blank profile.
Ryan Swift @ryanswift93.bsky.social Research Fellow at IPPR North/IPPR - work on democracy, devolution, regional identity | PhD on the politics of Northernness
Louise Thompson @louisevthompson.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Politics @ Manchester uni, Co-editor of Parliamentary Affairs. Researching small parties and all things parliament.
David Anderson @bricksilk.bsky.social Lord Anderson of Ipswich KBE KC: barrister, cross-bench peer; HL Justice & Home Aff Cttee; Chair Inter Mediate, @uclei.bsky.social; Vis Prof KCL; ex-Indept Reviewer Terrorism, Prevent Commr, AFPS; history, nature, sea kayaking, Suffolk
Ruxandra Serban @ruxandrasrbn.bsky.social Lecturer in Politics and Qualitative Methods at Birkbeck, researching how things work in different parliaments. Co-Convener of PSA Parliaments | ruxandraserban.com
Rich Greenhill @richgreenhill.bsky.social https://x.com/RichGreenhill
@hansardsociety.bsky.social https://www.hansardsociety.org.uk/
Kit Kowol @kitkowol.bsky.social Recovering academic turned parliamentary clerk.
Author of Blue Jerusalem: British Conservatism, Winston Churchill and the Second World War.
Brisbane, Australia.
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/blue-jerusalem-9780198868491?cc=us&lang=en&
Arthur C. Clerk's Mysterious World @fantasticlife.bsky.social I make ontologies for the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. An odd job and not one I would have chosen for myself
ICHRPI @ichrpi.bsky.social The International Commission for the History of Representative & Parliamentary Institutions promotes parliamentary, constitutional, legal & political history
ICHRPI website: https://ichrpi.info
Journal website: https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/rper20
The Georgian Lords @georgianlords.bsky.social The History of Parliament's House of Lords 1660-1832 section, researching the history of the Lords, Parliament and society across the 'long 18th century'.
https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/
https://historyofparliament.com/the-georgian-lords/
Phil Gorman @philbgorman.bsky.social Librarian. Parliamentary data person. Taxonomist, but only just. Tinkering in Python.
Aileen Walker @aileenwalker.bsky.social Politics, parliaments, citizen engagement, news, arts and culture. Former Director of Public Engagement at UK Parliament. Glaswegian. 
Finn Baker @finnbaker.bsky.social Former research assistant @instituteforgov
Marc Geddes @marcgeddes.uk Political scientist mostly based at the University of Edinburgh and sometimes found at the Institute for Parliamentary Research in Berlin.
Andy Russell @andyrussell.bsky.social Climate impacts and policy at Queen Mary University of London, and Climate and Environment Thematic Research Lead at UK Parliament (ex of CCC, BEIS, Defra). Floods and coastal erosion. Adaptation policy. Maybe some HE thoughts and reflections on running.
Dr Kathryn Rix @kathrynrix.bsky.social Assistant Editor of the History of Parliament's House of Commons, 1832-1945 project. Cambridge/London.
Anya @anyaso.bsky.social A librarian. I work at / for the House of Commons Library.
Interested in how Parliament works and how Parliament makes its work available to you. Domain driven librarianship. Something along those lines.
Wary of pragmatists.
@wisht on instagram
Matthew Hamlyn @matthewhamlyn.bsky.social Ex-House of Commons official. Parliament, project delivery, heritage buildings, urban green spaces, food, travel, cats. Trustee at The Woodfield Project: www.thewoodfield.org Chair, Tooting Commons Management Advisory Committee tootingcommons.wordpress
Ben Yong @bymyong.bsky.social "Estimable" Sir Jonathan Jones KC
Associate Prof in Public Law, Durham Law School. Looks at how legislatures and govt works. https://www.durham.ac.uk/staff/benjamin-y-yong/
Mastodon: @bymyong@mstdn.social
Liam Laurence Smyth @liamls.bsky.social Part-time, semi-retired senior Clerk at the UK House of Commons.
Lotte Hargrave @lottehargrave.bsky.social Lecturer in Quantitative Political Science at The University of Manchester. Research gender, political behaviour, elections, and representation
https://www.lottehargrave.com/
Otherwise lover of:
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- Wild swimming 🌊
- Pub going 🍺
- Football ⚽️
Jennifer Davey @jhdavey.bsky.social Historian and Director of The History of Parliament (@histparl.bsky.social). On substack https://historyofparliament.substack.com/. Views are my own.
Diana Stirbu @dianastirbu.bsky.social Prof. Public Policy & Governance | Co-Director @LondonMet CARES | Parliaments | Participatory Governance & Democracy | Political Participation & Recruitment | Strategy
@ammygriff.bsky.social @ammygriff.bsky.social 
Cristina Leston-Bandeira @estrangeirada.bsky.social Parliaments and Public Engagement, with an obsession for petitions. Professor of Politics @ POLISatLeeds, Co-Director of its Centre for Democratic Politics and Deputy Chair of IPEN, the International Parliament Engagement Network.
Kiwi Ting @kiwiting.bsky.social Political Scientist | Formerly @lsegovernment.bsky.social @UniofReading | Parliamentary studies | Political career | 🇬🇧 & 🇭🇰 politics | Views are mine
Stephen Holden Bates @stephenholdenbates.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Political Science, Birmingham, UK.
Nathaniel Sablan @nathanielsablan.bsky.social PhD Student researching Select Committees in the House of Lords 🇬🇺🇬🇧
Would go to war for Ruben Neves 🐺
Victorian Commons @victoriancommons.bsky.social The History of Parliament's House of Commons 1832-1945 project, currently researching MPs, elections and parliamentary history between 1832 and 1868. Find more details on our website: https://victoriancommons.wordpress.com/
Rick Whitaker @rickwhitaker.bsky.social Professor of Politics at University of Leicester, UK. Research on legislatures. Reviews editor @govandopp.bsky.social. Views are my own.
Ian Bradshaw @ianbradshaw.bsky.social Exiled Lancastrian, House of Commons Clerk, slow cyclist, & long suffering Harlequins fan.
I'm not allowed to have opinions, except on books and rugby. 
Mark D’Arcy @darcyxtip.bsky.social Co-Presenter Parliament Matters podcast
https://www.hansardsociety.org.uk/news/parliament-matters-podcast
Ex BBC Parliamentary Correspondent - C Paul Evans @courtenayilbert.bsky.social Retired Clerk in House of Commons, continuing as a parliamentary nerd; Victorian by nature; books and buildings biggest passions. Lives in and cares about Wales.
Sarah Childs @profsarahchilds.bsky.social Professor of Politics & Gender
Author of Feminist Democratic Representation (2020) with Karen Celis, award winning book
Author of The Good Parliament Report
Expert in Gender Sensitive Parliaments 
Alexandra Meakin @ameakin.bsky.social Lecturer in British Politics & Programme Director BA Politics and Parliamentary Studies, @polisatleeds.bsky.social @universityofleeds.bsky.social Wrote PhD on the Restoration & Renewal of Palace of Westminster. Reposts ≠ endorsements
Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social Historian of modern Britain, singer and political nerd. Author of "Yes to Europe! The 1975 Referendum & Seventies Britain". "A jaw-dislocating page turner"(Andrew Marr). Deputy-director @mileendinstitute.bsky.social, Reader @QMHistory
Oonagh Gay @oonaghgay.bsky.social Retired House of Commons official and walking tour guide specialising in women and political history. Upcoming walks can be found at the following link. https://www.eventbrite.com/o/11054676824
@dlprior.bsky.social @dlprior.bsky.social Formerly Head of Public Services & Outreach at UK Parliamentary Archives. A Vice-President and trustee of @britrecs.bsky.social and a volunteer @cromwellmuseum.bsky.social. Researching Clive of India and the East India Company. Views my own.
Paul F Scott @paulfscott.bsky.social Constitutional law and national security law etc at the University of Glasgow
Jack Sheldon @jasheldon.bsky.social Work for House of Lords committees, supporting engagement with the EU and devolved legislatures. Previously policy analyst, PhD and academic researcher. Likely to be mainly lurking here.
Rebecca McKee @rebeccamckee.bsky.social Associate Director at @instituteforgovernment.org.uk working in our Ministers team with special interest in parliament, ministerial leadership, private office and (sometimes) public inquiries.
Former academic and citizens' assembly organiser 🫶
Matt Korris @mattkorris.bsky.social Clerk, House of Lords.
Hannah White @drhannahwhite.bsky.social CEO of the Institute for Government
Ruth Fox @ruthfox.bsky.social Director of the Hansard Society, working to make Parliament more effective.
🎧 Co-host of the Parliament Matters podcast | https://hansardsociety.start.page/
Daniel Gover @danielgover.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in British Politics, Queen Mary University of London. Researching parliaments and UK politics.
London, UK | https://www.qmul.ac.uk/politics/staff/profiles/goverdaniel.html
Institute for Government @instituteforgovernment.org.uk The UK’s leading independent think tank working to make government more effective.
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Tom Caygill @tomcaygill.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Politics, Nottingham Trent University 🎓 | Course Leader - BA (Hons) Politics | Parliament nerd 🤓 | Comms Officer @StudyofParl | Research parliamentary committees & law making 📚
UCL Constitution Unit @conunitucl.bsky.social The UK's leading research centre on constitutional change, covering parliament, government, democracy, elections and more.
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Hansard Society @hansardsociety.bsky.social The UK’s independent charity working to strengthen Parliament through expert insight into how it works, why it matters, and how it can be better.
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