constituency_results_tidy
                        constituency_results_tidy
date_tidy               A function that makes date variables returned
                        from the API datable, ie by converting them to
                        POSIXct. Does the same thing for datetimes.
mnis                    mnis: Easy Downloading Capabilities for the
                        Member Name Information Service
mnis_additional         A series of basic function for the API lookup.
                        Each function accepts a member's ID and returns
                        information; if no ID is given basic
                        information on all members of both houses is
                        returned.
mnis_all_members        Returns a tibble with information on al members
                        of both houses or a given house.
mnis_all_reference      Returns a list of 39 tibbles, with the name and
                        data returned from each respective reference
                        function.
mnis_base               A generic function for the MNIS API lookup. The
                        function requests data in JSON format, but the
                        type of object, and all URLs, paths and
                        parameters are user-defined. 'mnis_base' does
                        not include the option to tidy variable names
                        and data types, but the 'mnis_tidy' function
                        can be called on the data returned from the
                        API.
mnis_bom                Strip out BOM from JSON data
mnis_constituency_results
                        Returns a single object containing a list with
                        details of the constituency and a tibble with
                        election results. For constituency IDs, see
                        'ref_constituencies'.
mnis_department         Request data on the holders of cabinet/shadow
                        cabinet positions. Request specific departments
                        by department ID (see 'mnis_reference' for the
                        'ref_department' function to retrieve
                        departmental IDs).
mnis_eligible           Returns all members who are able to sit in
                        either house, or who are currently ineligible
                        to sit. Members ineligible to sit include but
                        are not necessarily limited to former MPs,
                        members of the judiciary, who are recused from
                        House of Lords duties.
mnis_extra              A wrapper for 'mnis_additional' functions.
mnis_full_biog          Requests all available biographical information
                        for a given member, and returns it in the form
                        of a tibble.
mnis_general_election_results
                        Returns an object containing list with details
                        of the search parameter and a tibble with
                        election results. Accepts queries on location
                        type and name, and the start and end date to
                        return general elections between. The API does
                        not contain data for Norther Ireland.
mnis_joined_between     Function returns all members who took their
                        seats in the house between two given dates.
mnis_lords_type         Calls the API to return a tibble with details
                        on the number of Lords and their affiliations.
mnis_member_date        Returns a tibble with a member's status on a
                        given date.
mnis_mps_on_date        A tibble with information on all MPs who were
                        members of the House of Commons on the date
                        specificed (if only date1 is included as a
                        parameter), or on or between the two dates if
                        both date1 and date2 are specified.
mnis_party_state        A tibble with information on the numbers and
                        gender of MPs, by party, for the given date.
mnis_peers_on_date      A tibble with information on all peers who were
                        members of the House of Commons on the date
                        specificed (if only date1 is included as a
                        parameter), or on or between the two dates if
                        both date1 and date2 are specified.
mnis_reference          A series of 39 functions that return tibbles of
                        reference data. This data is useful for
                        providing parameters for other function calls.
                        The functions do not accept any arguments aside
                        from the 'tidy' argument, which defaults to
                        TRUE.
mnis_tidy               Functions to tidy up the variable names
                        returned from the API, and turn dates and
                        datetimes to POSIXct.
tidy_bom                A function to strip Byte Order Marks (BOM) out
                        of JSON data returned from the API.
