[ofinterest]

Anyone can become an MP. But what qualifies them to become spokesperson for their constituents? What experience do they have to vote on critical national decisions?
Do people vote for the candidate or their political parties?

The question is should there be limits on who can be a politician?
There has been a significant rise in career politicians. How competent, useful, or involved are they?

The UK has an MP who is 22 Years Old; without career experience or proven record. this young man has a salary of £91,346, plus expenses, at the expense of the tax payers.
Some Politicians have been an MP since the 1980's. What impact have they had? What successes? How are they able to relate to the countries current situation and struggles if they have been protected for such?

[Decky]

Anyone can become an MP. But what qualifies them to become spokesperson for their constituents?

Winning their seat in a general election. Of course many seats are safe seats so being selected for the seat by the party is the real selection for many MPs with the actual election being a foregone conclusion. You know very well many voters vote based on just the party without ever paying much attention the person standing.

As for limits, I would say an adult citizen who lives in and pays tax in the country is fine, back in the day Bobby Sands ran (and won) from inside of a prison cell after all.

[ofinterest]

many voters vote based on just the party without ever paying much attention the person standing.

As for limits, I would say an adult citizen who lives in and pays tax in the country is fine, back in the day Bobby Sands ran (and won) from inside of a prison cell after all.

Exactly so, fully agree with you. Which is one reason I ask the question, should this be subject to change. I am genuinely curious on what peoples thoughts, and idea, are for improvement. Or do people believe the current method is the best choice we have?
I think there are a lot of ideas to explore, with pros and cons to said ideas.

A lowered basic wage with performance related bonus? For individual, department, etc?
Gated salary dependant on KPI?
A Sortition based on a candidate meeting certain criteria?

[Decky]

A lowered basic wage with performance related bonus? For individual, department, etc?
Gated salary dependant on KPI?
A Sortition based on a candidate meeting certain criteria?

Performance related bonuses and the salary dependant on KPI are both non starters for the same reason, how do you judge how well they have done? If a minister for housing put in a tax on second homes so high nobody could afford to have one or just seized the homes without compensation to make them council houses I would consider that to be great performance I imagine people with second homes (or people who imagine themselves on day owning a second home) would not.

What one person would mark as good performance another would think was the worst thing in the world so the first two are out based on that alone.

Sortation is (ironically) the best of your three ideas despite sortation being totally insane. You can't just conscript people into being MPs by drawing names out of a hat. Also what would those "certain criteria" be?

[ingliz]

@ofinterest

Why bother with requirements?

Under the English system of governance, it's an elective dictatorship and MPs are lobby fodder.