For the elector
You do not have to pay income tax to have a vote, or a right to the record. Pensioners, people on benefits, students and others who pay little or no income tax are still the people an MP or Mayor is hired to represent.
A public record of those we pay to represent us
An election is a hiring decision. This is the ongoing appraisal.
The Commons Account exists so voters can judge integrity and performance between elections — and so Members of Parliament and Regional Mayors can see the same evidence, under the same rules, that any paid professional would expect in a serious job.
Belief is yours. The record is not. We do not score the colour of a rosette; we score whether the person who won still does the job they asked to be hired for — for those who voted for them and those who did not. Why that distinction matters.
For the taxpayer
Public money still pays the salary, the office and the ministerial trip. That is a second claim, not a substitute for the franchise. Waste is not only an insult to people who filed a self-assessment.
For the elected
The same public file is readable by both groups. That is a chance to improve in public, like any other professional — not a popularity tax.
Watch first · about 95 seconds
Why this exists, and how the record is built
The film covers the gap between elections, how AI searches and integrates public data, the role weightings, the three pillars, regional mayors, and where to find the method pages.
Find a seat, then see the colour
Most people know a town, not a surname. Pick a constituency or a mayoral area. If that person is in the pilot, their marker switches from party colour to the RAG score. The rest stay greyed out on purpose.
See the method, not just the records
The pilot set of MPs and Mayors lives in the Records section. The front page points you there and to the method pages that explain the pillars, the weightings, and how public sources are used.