Dods People is a comprehensive online service that provides you with unparalleled access to both the political representatives and public affairs professionals across the UK and European Union.
Whether you are want to email female MPs who sit on the Transport Select Committee, invite Labour and Lib Dem PPCs in the Midlands and Wales to an event, or simply discover who the key political representatives across all parliaments and assemblies are with a specific political interest, Dods People can help.
Dods People has been designed to provide you with control over the data. Each dynamic function ensuring you can quickly and intuitively access the information you require.
Whether you use the intelligent quick search, build a list of contacts based on your specific criteria using filters, navigate to an organisations structure, or simply read the background information on a future boundary changed constituency, Dods People provides you with the necessary tools.
People
With such a wide variety of information available, Dods People not only helps you find the individuals you are looking for it also helps you communicate, track and monitor your groups and favourite contacts.
The new filter options available allow you to refine your choices on a myriad of options, from Gender, Party and Roles, to COI regions, Committee memberships and other membership of bodies, Dods People gives you the power to build a list based on your exact requirements. Whether you are looking for all Female MPs in the North East, or all Government Whips, Male PPSs' or all Special Advisers, Dods People allows you to choose. Filter options are available across all our people datasets listed opposite.
Once you have refined your list, you have a number of options available using the new MyPeople functions. MyPeople allows you to group contacts, save filtered contacts, add notes, send emails and export. However you want to communicate, MyPeople will track, monitor and provide you with a comprehensive log of all activity undertaken.
Institutions
Covering the Houses of Parliament, all devolved institutions and the European Union, Dods People provides a comprehensive hierarchical breakdown of all the key bodies within each institution.
Once you have found the specific Select Committee or All-Party Group, the Shadow Labour Cabinet in the Scottish Parliament, or the Welsh NDPB you need, Dods People will display the people and their responsibilities giving you direct access to biographical information.
Furthermore, if you wish to group and contact these individuals, the MyPeople functionality provides a useful save contacts option, furthering the dynamic nature of the service.
Constituencies
With the general election looming large, Dods can offer the tools to ensure you are prepared.
Whether you are looking for on overview of the political history or social and economic issues affecting each existing constituency, or looking to see the impact of forthcoming boundary changes on the make-up of a constituency and the declared candidates, Dods People can guide you to the information quickly.
Through using the new filters that are available across the site, you are able to refine your search to pinpoint a the information you need, whether you are looking for the safest Conservative seat in the North West, or the most vulnerable Labour seat in Wales, you have the control to filter, modify and access and print the wealth of information available.
How do I interact with the information?
Dods People offer you an in-built contact management system called MyPeople.
MyPeople has been integrated across the site to ensure that you are always in control.
Saved filter searches - Whether you want to save the filter you have built ensuring you can return to it, MyPeople remembers to criteria you have built to enable you to quickly replicate you search. Use the customised search function to find MPs, Civil Servants and Public Affairs professionals, keep track of your activity and make immediate contact.
Groups - Once you have created your activated your preferred filters, MyPeople provides you with a Group option to save these people in a group for future reference. This allows you to add notes, email and export these contacts at any time.
Notes - MyPeople also provides a Add Notes section that allows you to add a note to an individual, a filtered search or a pre-saved Group. MyPeople provides the functionality to search within your Notes to find activity you undertook with a specific contact.
Email - MyPeople offer you a built in email module that enables you to email your selected contacts directly from Dods People. Each email you send allows you to personalise, add HTML content and attachments to suit your requirements. MyPeople also allows you to schedule email activity to be delivered when suits you.
Activity Log - All activity you undertake through MyPeople is recorded against the individual contact ensuring you are always aware of the contact and conversation you have had with each contact.
How can I access Dods People?
This is a subscriber only site, and you will require a username and password. To register for a free trial and demonstration, please click here.
To view a sample biography, please click here.