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testing the member query api
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| library(xml2) | |
| members <- read_xml("http://data.parliament.uk/membersdataplatform/services/mnis/members/query/membership=all|house=Commons") | |
| start_dates <- xml_text(xml_find_all(xml_find_all(members, "Member"),"HouseStartDate")) | |
| start_dates <- as.Date(start_dates) | |
| table(start_dates > as.Date("1945-01-01")) |
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