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member of parliament

Members of parliament represent their political party's interests in parliaments. They perform legislative duties, developing and proposing new laws, and communicate with government officials to assess current issues and government operations. They oversee the implementation of laws and policies and function as government representatives to the public to ensure transparency.

member of parliament members of parliament represent their political party's interests in parliaments. They perform legislative duties, developing and proposing new laws, and communicate with government officials to assess current issues and government operations. The role shows moderate AI exposure (0.50 on a 0-1 scale) — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. The most in-demand skills for the role include government policy implementation, legislation procedure, good governance, rhetoric, constitutional law.

AI exposure
5.0/10
automation risk

Pay in India (occupation group)

Average monthly earnings of salaried employees in the occupation group “Managers” in India, from the Government of India's Periodic Labour Force Survey (January–December 2025). It covers everyone in this group, not only member of parliament, and it is not US pay converted to rupees.

Urban India
₹55,360 a month
Rural India
₹31,701 a month
All India
₹50,408 a month

Source: MoSPI (Government of India), Periodic Labour Force Survey Annual Report 2025, Table 51 — average wage/salary earnings of regular wage/salaried employees, NCO-2015 division 1. Official India data gives one average per occupation group: there are no official India figures for single careers, experience levels or cities. Read the report

Top skills

government policy implementation legislation procedure good governance rhetoric constitutional law EU law ensure information transparency present legislation proposition analyse legislation prepare legislation proposition

What you'd actually do

  • Analyze and understand the local and national implications of proposed legislation.
  • Appoint nominees to leadership posts, or approve such appointments.
  • Confer with colleagues to formulate positions and strategies pertaining to pending issues.
  • Debate the merits of proposals and bill amendments during floor sessions, following the appropriate rules of procedure.
  • Develop expertise in subject matters related to committee assignments.
  • Hear testimony from constituents, representatives of interest groups, board and commission members, and others with an interest in bills or issues under consideration.

Tools & technology you'd use

Microsoft Office software hot Adobe Acrobat hot Cisco Webex hot Microsoft Access hot Microsoft Excel hot Microsoft Outlook hot Microsoft SharePoint hot Microsoft SQL Server hot Microsoft Visual Basic hot Microsoft Word hot Structured query language SQL hot Adobe FrameMaker

Frequently asked questions

What does member of parliament do?

Members of parliament represent their political party's interests in parliaments. They perform legislative duties, developing and proposing new laws, and communicate with government officials to assess current issues and government operations. They oversee the implementation of laws and policies and function as government representatives to the public to ensure transparency.

What skills does member of parliament need?

The most in-demand skills for this role include government policy implementation, legislation procedure, good governance, rhetoric, constitutional law, EU law. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.

Will AI replace member of parliament?

Our AI-durability model gives member of parliament a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.

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