member of parliament
CEFR: B1
A representative elected by the voters of a constituency to serve in the legislative national parliament (abbreviated as 'MP' in the UK).
Synonyms
- legislator
- parliamentarian
- representative
Common Collocations
- local member of parliament
- elected member of parliament
- parliamentary debate
Example Sentence
The local member of parliament held a weekly constituency surgery to hear residents’ concerns regarding hospital waiting times.