MHoC Awards

MHoC Awards 	MHoC Awards
Category 	Awards Ceremony
Takes Place 	Once per term
Run By 	Speaker of the Commons
Current Number of Awards Available	7
The MHoC Awards are a termly event that take place to commemorate the qualities that certain members displayed in the previous parliamentary term. They typically take place a couple weeks into a new term and the whole process takes approximately 9 days.
When the Speaker first notifies the House that the MHoC Awards will be taking place, they will typically remind the members of the different award categories and that anyone can be nominated for an award but a few rules apply:
*A member can only nominate one person for a particular award.
*Only members who meaningfully begun to take part in the MHoC in the previous term can be nominated for the Newbie Award.
*A member cannot nominate themself for an award.
*Nominations must be sent by private message to the Speaker.
Each term Jacob E holds the unofficial Alternative MHoC Awards to award members with joke awards based on the events of the previous term.
== History ==
The first set of of MHoC Awards was set up in December 2009 by the then-Speaker DayneD89 to honour members in the House for having particular qualities in that year. They were nicknamed the 'TSR HoC Oscars'. Members posted in the thread which member they wanted to nominate for each category. For the MHoC Awards for 2011, the Speaker asked members to send them their nominations by private message instead. There were no MHoC Awards for 2013.
The MHoC Awards were brought back in October 2014 by then-Speaker Faland. However, the format had been changed so that instead of awarding members for the last year, it would be for the last parliamentary term. Since these awards for the 19th Parliamentary Term took place, the MHoC Awards have become a regular fixture in the MHoC calendar. At the Awards for the 20th Parliament, for the first time, the awards were voted on in the Division Lobby.
== Award Winners ==
There are currently 7 categories that make up the MHoC Awards. They are: Debater of the Parliament, Newbie of the Parliament, Most Welcoming Member, Wittiest Member, Best Item, Drunkard of the Parliament, Most likely to become an MP and the Speaker's Award. There is also a decennial award called Member of the Decade. There are 3 awards that are now defunct. They are: the Member of the Year, Most Knowledgeable Member and the Award for Best Motion. As well as the awards that are given out as part of the MHoC Awards, Member of the Month contests have also been held intermittently in the MHoC's history, however, these are not currently in operation.
==== Debater of the Parliament ====
This award is for the member whose sheer wit and dazzling persuasion have left people in absolute awe.
Winner 	Year/Parliament that the Award is for
Adorno 	2009
Adorno 	2010
jesusandtequila 	2011
Faland 	2012
Cryptographic 	19th Parliament
RayApparently 	20th Parliament
Jacob EJammy Duel 	21st Parliament
TheDefiniteArticle 	22nd Parliament
RayApparently 	23rd Parliament
RayApparentlyTheDefiniteArticle	24th Parliament
TheDefiniteArticle 	25th Parliament
LPK 	26th Parliament
ns_2 	27th Parliament
SoggyCabbages 	28th Parliament
Baron of Sealand 	29th Parliament
Saracen's Fez 	30th Parliament
Rakas21LPK 	31st Parliament
==== Newbie of the Parliament ====
This award is for a member who, though unheard of six months ago, has made the best impression since then. It has also been known as the 'Most Impressive New Arrival' and 'Best Newcomer'.
Winner 	Year/Parliament that the Award is for
Kolya 	2009
simonrinsley 	2010
Wilzman 	2011
Mazzini 	2012
clh_hilary 	19th Parliament
CescaD96 (Airmed) 	20th Parliament
thehistorybore 	21st Parliament
Quamquam123 	22nd Parliament
CheeseIsVegCoffeeGeekSoggyCabbages	23rd Parliament
ConceitedCount BezukhovSaunders16	24th Parliament
CatusStarbright 	25th Parliament
WobblyBovine 	26th Parliament
London090 	27th Parliament
The Mogg 	28th Parliament
shadowdweller 	29th Parliament
SnowMiku 	30th Parliament
Theloniouss 	31st Parliament
==== Award for Best Legislation ====
This award is for a showstopping tract of legalese that made people go all weak at the knees. It was previously known as 'Bill of the Year'. The award was renamed to the Best Item in the 30th Parliament Awards.
Winner 	Year/Parliament that the Award is for
B203 - Education Reform Bill 2009 	2009
B308 - Free Oral for the Elderly Bill 2010 	2010
B360 - Marriages and Civil Partnerships Reform Bill 2011 	2011
B487 - Nuclear Weapon Abolition Bill 2012 	2012
B706 - Abolition of the Monarchy Bill 2014 	19th Parliament
B724 - Sovereign Wealth Fund Bill 2014 	20th Parliament
B783 - Business Development (BIB) Bill 2015 	21st Parliament
B876 - Divorce Bill 2015 	22nd Parliament
B1015 - Railways Bill 2016B1033 - Assisted Dying Bill 2016 	23rd Parliament
B1099 - Organ Donation Bill 2017 	24th Parliament
B1239 - Educational Indoctrination Bill 2017 	25th Parliament
B1313 - Educational Indoctrination Bill 2018 	26th Parliament
B1383 - Great Repeal Bill 2018 	27th Parliament
B1490 - Trade Union (Public Responsibility) Bill 2019 	28th Parliament
B1505 - Protection of Public Examinations Bill 2019 	29th Parliament
B1551 - Welfare of Commercial Laying Hens Bill 2020 	30th Parliament
VM621 - Cardiff Airport MotionB1588 - British Residency Bill	31st Parliament
==== Comedian of the Parliament ====
This award is for the wittiest member whose contributions always give the House a few lighter moments. The award was renamed to Wittiest Member in the 30th Parliament Awards.
Winner 	Parliament that the Award is for
KingStannis 	21st Parliament
hazzer1998 	22nd Parliament
Life_peer 	23rd Parliament
Jacob E 	24th Parliament
Life_peer 	25th Parliament
Life_peer 	26th Parliament
SoggyCabbages	27th Parliament
Andrew97 	28th Parliament
Andrew97 	29th Parliament
Andrew97 	30th Parliament
Andrew97 	31st Parliament
==== Drunkard of the Parliament ====
This award is for the MHoC's resident drink lover who can do a superb Eric Joyce impression. Until the introduction of the Comedian of the Parliament for the 21st Parliament awards, it also used to double up as the Comedian award. Despite previously being called the 'Biggest Drinker' award, the Drunkard of the Parliament award should not be confused with the Biggest Drinker title.
Winner 	Year/Parliament that the Award is for
DayneD89 	2009
ByronicHero 	2010
ByronicHero 	2011
tehFrance 	2012
barnetlad 	19th Parliament
Tanqueray91 	20th Parliament
Jammy Duel 	21st Parliament
Jammy Duel 	22nd Parliament
Tanqueray91 	23rd Parliament
Bornblue 	24th Parliament
hazzer1998 	25th Parliament
Tanqueray91 	26th Parliament
Tanqueray91 	27th Parliament
Rakas21 	28th Parliament
Andrew97 	29th Parliament
DSilva
None of the above	30th Parliament
Iñigo de Loyola	31st Parliament
==== Mr/Ms Congeniality ====
This award is for the nicest member of the House.
Winner 	Parliament that the Award is for
That Bearded Man	19th Parliament
Kittiara 	20th Parliament
Kittiara 	21st Parliament
RayApparently 	22nd Parliament
Quamquam123 	23rd Parliament
Quamquam123 	24th Parliament
TeeEff 	25th Parliament
DayneD89 	26th Parliament
CatusStarbright 	27th Parliament
Saracen's Fez
ns_2	28th Parliament
CatusStarbright 	29th Parliament
04MR17 	30th Parliament
Bailey14 	31st Parliament
==== The Speaker's Award ====
This is an honorary award for the member who's caught the Speaker's eye the most. This award has traditionally been given a different nickname for each Speaker since the 19th Parliament Awards: the order of Lenin under Faland, the Order of Gladstone under Birchington, the Order of Gaitskell under Saracen's Fez and the Order of Disraeli under Rakas21. The award was not given out in the MHoC Awards for the 22nd Parliament.
Winner 	Reason 	Year/Parliament that the Award is for
Nothos 	For helping out the Deputy Speaker with both their role and personal matters. 	2009
Wednesday Bass 	For always posting in debates, having an excellent voting record and being an all round friendly member. 	2010
ByronicHeroTheCrackInTime 	ByronicHero for his contributions to the House and being a good source of entertainment and TheCrackInTime for stepping in to serve as Speaker when necessary and for his many helpful suggestions. 	2011
MetrobeansByronicHeroTheCrackInTime	Metrobeans for his work behind the scenes and being a 'great all round guy', ByonicHero also for his work behind the scenes for the House and TheCrackInTime for ensuring the House ran as smoothly as possible during his time as Speaker. 	2012
Jarred 	For serving as Speaker for 16 months, giving helpful advice and having 'superhuman patience' 	19th Parliament
RayApparentlyJacob E 	Both were active debaters and 'legislation machines' 	20th Parliament
Jammy DuelSaracen's Fez 	Both made significant efforts during the EU referendum campaign and helped to trigger a high-quality debate on both sides 	21st Parliament
Jacob E 	For the number of bills he submitted and for maintaining high levels of activity. 	23rd Parliament
CoffeeGeek 	In one term he rose from being relatively new to the MHoC to becoming leader of the Conservative Party and he was a prolific bill writer in that term too. 	24th Parliament
LifeIsFineJacob E 	LifeIsFine for providing crucial evidence that allowed the Speaker to prevent several events from happening that could have caused the House instability and Nigel for stopping a potential Green-Libertarian merger which the Speaker did not approve of. 	25th Parliament
Joep95 	For the sheer weight of number of items submitted for debate 	26th Parliament
Life_peer 	For driving through a government agenda in an otherwise very quiet term 	27th Parliament
Mr T 999 	Created a large amount of legislation during the term and was responsible for the majority of the impressive Libertarian total, he also managed, controversially, to bring people from outside MHoC to debate an item due to its nature. 	28th Parliament
04MR17 	For his performance at the start of the Parliament and keeping the coalition afloat that many people did not expect to survive. Also credited with his efforts to move activity back onto the site 	29th Parliament
Aph 	For his work in setting up a new party which was able to attract in members and then subsequently do well during the General Election. 	30th Parliament
Theloniouss 	For impressing as a newbie by getting stuck right in, and being a constant debater most weeks, to a point where many people actually forgot he was indeed a new member and believed he was an older one. Also credited for raising the bar for new members with his performance.	31st Parliament
==== Member of the Decade ====
As part of the 20th Parliament awards, then-Speaker Birchington introduced the Member of the Decade award. This award was given to the greatest member to grace the MHoC in it's first 10 years.
Winner 	Decade that the Award is for
Rakas21	2005 - 2015
==== Most likely to become a real life MP ====
This award was introduced in the awards for the 30th Parliament, along with some other minor changes. This award is given to the person which the house deems is most likely to be sitting on the real green benches in the future.
Winner 	Parliament that the Award is for
Saracen's Fez	30th Parliament
==== Member of the Year ====
Now defunct, this award recognised the best overall performance in the House. It was the only award introduced before the MHoC Awards were officially created. This award was renamed to the Member of the Term. It was abolished in 2012.
Winner 	Year/Parliament that the Award is for
daniel_williams	2008
DayneD89 	2009
Drogue 	2010
Metrobeans 	2011
Drogue 	13th Parliament
Morgsie 	14th Parliament
Faland 	16th Parliament
==== Most Knowledgeable Member ====
Now defunct, this award recognised the member with the most political know-how. This award was only given out in the MHoC Awards for 2009.
Winner	Year that the Award is for
Adorno	2009
==== Award for Best Motion ====
Now defunct, this award recognised the best motion produced. This award was only given out in the MHoC Awards for 2012.
Winner 	Year that the Award is for
M133 - International Ban of Antibiotics as Growth Promoters	2012
== External Links ==
* MHoC Member of the Year for 2008
* MHoC Award Winners for 2009
* MHoC Award Winners for 2010
* MHoC Award Winners for 2011
* MHoC Award Winners for 2012 
* MHoC Member of the Term for the 14th Parliament
* MHoC Award Winners for the 19th Parliament
* MHoC Award Winners for the 20th Parliament
* MHoC Award Winners for the 21st Parliament
* MHoC Award Winners for the 22nd Parliament
* MHoC Award Winners for the 23rd Parliament
* MHoC Award Winners for the 26th Parliament
* MHoC Award Winners for the 27th Parliament
* MHoC Award Winners for the 28th Parliament
* MHoC Award Winners for the 29th Parliament
* MHoC Award Winners for the 30th Parliament
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