Parallel Parliament

Parallel Parliament is a UK parliamentary intelligence and bill-tracking service that monitors the progress of legislation through both Houses of Parliament in real time. It tracks readings, committee stages, amendments, and Royal Assent for every live bill, making it a resource used by journalists, lobbyists, lawyers, and civil society organisations monitoring specific legislative developments.

During the 2026 election cycle, Parallel Parliament has been the primary source cited for tracking the progress of the Representation of the People Bill through its Public Bill Committee stage, and for confirming its exclusion from the parliamentary wash-up list. Its real-time tracking of the bill's stall at the 9th Commons committee sitting and its absence from the four named wash-up bills became the definitive source for the story that the retrospective Cryptocurrency donation ban would not become law before 7 May.

The service is particularly relevant during compressed legislative periods such as wash-up, when bills move rapidly through remaining stages or fall entirely, and tracking exact stage and timing is commercially and politically significant.