Civil Network OPORA continues tracking activities of MPs, elected in single-mandate majoritarian districts. In 2017, we monitor 88 MPs, compared to 36 in 2015 and 105 in 2016.

Analysis of their activities is based on two key indicators: law-making in the parliament and activeness in electoral district. We create a monthly rating of 88 MPs, graded by 100 point scale on 23 activeness criteria (100 is the best). More information about the methodology is here.

In February 2017, the sixth session of the Verkhovna Rada has started. The Parliament had 12 plenary sessions in February and voted on 358 initiatives. Besides that, the schedule included a week for committees (13-17) and two days for constituencies (27-28 February).

However, according to OPORA's assessment, MPs preferred the session hall and parliamentary committees to activities in constituencies. The average attendance during the votings exceeded 80%, what means the discipline is quite high. However, attendance of non faction MPs was quite low. Thus, Eduard Matviichuk didn't participate in any voting at all; Dmytro Yarosh participated in 6% of votings, Kostiantyn Zhevaho – in 7% of votings.

MP Vasyl Guliaiev (parliamentary Group “Vidrodzhennia Party”), who was elected in Odesa oblast, was the most active in his election district. Thus, public consultants have noticed 12 public events where he had participated. One third of MPs, however, were completely inactive in constituencies. One third of MPs didn't receive the voters personally. Besides that, the schedule of public reception was often not in line with the schedule established by the Verkhovna Rada. Roman Matsola (Faction of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc party), elected in Khmelnytsk oblast, had the biggest number of citizen reception days (11).  

As of February, non-faction MP Andrii Derkach has the biggest number of citizen reception offices in his election district (Sumy oblast), while Maksym Burbak (Faction of the People's Front political party) has the biggest number of citizen reception offices outside his election district (Chernivtsi oblast).

Monitored MPs rarely did cooperate with local authorities to fulfill their duties. Only one third of MPs participated in collegial meetings of local self-government bodies in February. The most active were Roman Matsola (Faction of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc party) and non-faction MP Andrii Denysenko.

Majoritarian MPs, for their part, actively used parliamentary inquiries. Andrii Shynkovych from the Petro Poroshenko Bloc faction submitted the largest number of inquiries – 8. Around 20% of monitored MPs didn't submit any parliamentary inquiry this month. The biggest number of inquiries concerning constituency issues submitted Andrii Shynkovych from the Petro Poroshenko Bloc faction (6). According to the analysis conducted by OPORA's civic consultants, most of parliamentary inquiries concerned national issues, but not the issues of constituencies. The absolute majority of draft laws, registered by MPs in February 2017, also refer to national issues. Only one fourth of the bills contain propositions, related to election programs of MPs.

Based on the analysis of shorthands of plenary sessions, OPORA has identified MPs, who gave the biggest number of speeches in the session hall. However, only meaningful speeches were taken into consideration. Thus, MP Maksym Burbak from the People's Front political party's faction used this instrument the most often. Over 2/3 of MPs didn't participate in discussions on agenda items in February.

Reporting of MPs before the voters is also on a low level. In February, only 15 MPs made a comprehensive public reporting, which included publication of MP's report. 32 MPs reported partially – they informed the voters through social networks. All the others MPs didn't report beofre the voters in February.

Roman Matsola from the the Petro Poroshenko Bloc party's faction (Khmelnytsk oblast) was the activeness leader in February 2017. Besides that, he is also the most active MP in regard to constituency activities. Andrii Shynkovych (Faction of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc party) from Khmelnytsk oblast is the most active MP in the Parliament.

Constituency and parliamentary activeness rating for February 2017:

Oblast MP Faction Assessment of law-making efforts (/100) Parliamentary activities rating Assessment of constituency efforts (/100) Constituency activeness rating Total grade Place in rating
Khmelnytskyi Roman Matsola Faction of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc party 94.67 2 100.00 1 96.27 1
Chernivtsi Ivan Rybak Faction of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc party 93.50 3 77.78 2 88.78 2
Khmelnytskyi Andrii Shynkovych Faction of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc party 100.00 1 59.26 13 87.78 3
Lviv Mykhailo Bondar Faction of the People's Front political party 91.11 4 74.07 4 86.00 4
Chernivtsi Maksym Burbak Faction of the People's Front political party 80.63 15 77.78 2 79.77 5
Poltava Oleh Kulinich Group “Vidrodzhennia Party” 82.99 9 66.67 7 78.09 6
Poltava Yurii Bublyk Unaffiliated 81.41 13 62.96 9 75.88 7
Volyn Iryna Konstankevych Unaffiliated 82.07 10 59.26 13 75.23 8
Odesa Vasyl Huliaiev Group “Vidrodzhennia Party” 73.09 27 74.07 4 73.39 9
Lviv Taras Batenko Unaffiliated 77.31 22 62.96 9 73.01 10
Chernivtsi Hryhorii Timish Faction of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc party 77.81 19 59.26 13 72.24 11
Volyn Ihor Lapin Faction of the People's Front political party 87.01 6 37.04 33 72.02 12
Ivano-Frankivsk Yurii Solovei Faction of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc party 84.92 7 40.74 31 71.66 13
Khmelnytskyi Serhii Melnyk Faction of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc party 81.49 11 44.44 25 70.38 14
Lviv Dmytro Dobrodomov Unaffiliated 79.68 16 48.15 22 70.22 15
Kharkiv Anatolii Denysenko Unaffiliated 91.10 5 18.52 70 69.32 16
Dnipropetrovsk Yakiv Bezbakh Unaffiliated 83.08 8 37.04 33 69.27 17
Poltava Konstiantyn Ishcheikin Faction of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc party 71.34 29 62.96 9 68.82 18
Dnipropetrovsk Andrii Shypko Group “Vidrodzhennia Party” 81.33 14 37.04 33 68.04 19
Khmelnytskyi Volodymyr Melnychenko Faction of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc party 79.41 17 37.04 33 66.70 20
Odesa Anton Kisse Group “Vidrodzhennia Party” 77.78 20 40.74 31 66.67 21
Ivano-Frankivsk Yurii Derevianko Unaffiliated 79.16 18 37.04 33 66.52 22
Cherkasy Vladyslav Holub Faction of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc party 73.72 26 48.15 22 66.05 23
Sumy Vladyslav Bukhariev Faction of the All-Ukrainian Union Batkivshchyna political party 77.72 21 37.04 33 65.51 24
Kirovohrad Kostiantyn Yarynych Faction of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc party 70.57 35 51.85 19 64.96 25
Khmelnytskyi Oleksandr Hereha Unaffiliated 81.46 12 25.93 61 64.80 26
Poltava Andrii Reka Faction of the People's Front political party 66.59 40 59.26 13 64.39 27
Dnipropetrovsk Andrii Halchenko Faction of the Opposition Bloc political party 74.46 25 37.04 33 63.23 28
Dnipropetrovsk Tetiana Rychkova Faction of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc party 69.43 37 48.15 22 63.05 29
Khmelnytskyi Serhii Labaziuk Volia Narodu Group 76.51 23 29.63 50 62.45 30
Ivano-Frankivsk Anatolii Dyriv Faction of the People's Front political party 63.86 49 55.56 18 61.37 31
Sumy Oleksandr Suhoniako Faction of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc party 58.72 59 66.67 7 61.10 32
Mykolaiv Oleksandr Livik Faction of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc party 72.76 28 33.33 44 60.93 33
Mykolaiv Oleksandr Zholobetskyi Faction of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc party 64.15 48 51.85 19 60.46 34
Kharkiv Oleksandr Feldman Volia Narodu Group 71.21 30 33.33 44 59.85 35
Kharkiv Oleksandr Kirsh Faction of the People's Front political party 75.85 24 22.22 65 59.76 36
Mykolaiv Andrii Vadaturskyi Faction of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc party 55.09 64 70.37 6 59.68 37
Chernivtsi Mykola Fedoruk Faction of the People's Front political party 70.75 34 33.33 44 59.53 38
Dnipropetrovsk Artur Martovytskyi Faction of the Opposition Bloc political party 65.00 44 44.44 25 58.83 39
Dnipropetrovsk Valentyn Didych Unaffiliated 71.00 32 29.63 50 58.59 40
Sumy Oleh Medunytsia Faction of the People's Front political party 67.00 39 37.04 33 58.01 41
Poltava Serhii Kaplin Faction of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc party 70.93 33 25.93 61 57.43 42
Mykolaiv Artem Illiuk Group “Vidrodzhennia Party” 65.75 43 37.04 33 57.14 43
Dnipropetrovsk Maksym Kuriachyi Faction of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc party 62.45 52 44.44 25 57.05 44
Cherkasy Valentyn Nychyporenko Group “Vidrodzhennia Party” 64.97 45 37.04 33 56.59 45
Kharkiv Valerii Pysarenko Group “Vidrodzhennia Party” 64.21 47 37.04 33 56.06 46
Sumy Ihor Molotok Volia Narodu Group 52.29 65 62.96 9 55.49 47
Poltava Yurii Shapovalov Group “Vidrodzhennia Party” 71.08 31 18.52 70 55.31 48
Kirovohrad Oles Dovhyi Volia Narodu Group 66.19 42 29.63 50 55.22 49
Ivano-Frankivsk Viktor Shevchenko Unaffiliated 64.22 46 33.33 44 54.96 50
Dnipropetrovsk Oleh Kryshyn Faction of the People's Front political party 58.77 58 44.44 25 54.47 51
Kharkiv Vitalii Khomutynnik Group “Vidrodzhennia Party” 69.61 36 14.81 75 53.17 52
Mykolaiv Borys Kozyr Faction of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc party 66.26 41 22.22 65 53.05 53
Dnipropetrovsk Dmytro Shpenov Faction of the Opposition Bloc political party 68.71 38 14.81 75 52.54 54
Dnipropetrovsk Ivan Kulichenko Faction of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc party 63.72 50 25.93 61 52.38 55
Volyn Ihor Huz Faction of the People's Front political party 55.31 63 44.44 25 52.05 56
Odesa Serhii Kivalov Faction of the Opposition Bloc political party 61.08 55 29.63 50 51.65 57
Odesa Oleksandr Urbanskyi Faction of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc party 59.91 56 29.63 50 50.83 58
Lviv Bohdan Matkivskyi Unaffiliated 46.57 72 59.26 13 50.38 59
Dnipropetrovsk Konstiantyn Pavlov Faction of the Opposition Bloc political party 59.18 57 29.63 50 50.32 60
Odesa Hennadii Chekita Faction of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc party 61.76 53 22.22 65 49.90 61
Dnipropetrovsk Kostiantyn Usov Faction of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc party 57.39 62 29.63 50 49.06 62
Kharkiv Volodymyr Mysyk Group “Vidrodzhennia Party” 63.61 51 11.11 80 47.86 63
Mykolaiv Arkadii Kornatskyi Faction of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc party 52.26 66 33.33 44 46.58 64
Dnipropetrovsk Vitalii Kuprii Unaffiliated 58.45 60 14.81 75 45.36 65
Sumy Mykola Lavryk Faction of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc party 61.17 54 7.41 86 45.04 66
Odesa Dmytro Holubov Faction of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc party 50.96 68 29.63 50 44.56 67
Volyn Serhii Martyniak Volia Narodu Group 57.42 61 11.11 80 43.53 68
Sumy Andrii Derkach Unaffiliated 42.14 76 44.44 25 42.83 69
Kirovohrad Anatolii Kuzmenko Faction of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc party 51.39 67 14.81 75 40.42 70
Volyn Stepan Ivakhiv Volia Narodu Group 48.49 69 18.52 70 39.50 71
Kirovohrad Stanislav Berezkin Group “Vidrodzhennia Party” 45.92 73 22.22 65 38.81 72
Odesa Oleksandr Presman Group “Vidrodzhennia Party” 43.39 75 25.93 61 38.15 73
Dnipropetrovsk Oleksandr Dubinin Unaffiliated 47.71 70 14.81 75 37.84 74
Cherkasy Hennadii Bobov Group “Vidrodzhennia Party” 39.69 78 29.63 50 36.67 75
Poltava Ruslan Bohdan Faction of the All-Ukrainian Union Batkivshchyna political party 46.97 71 11.11 80 36.21 76
Odesa Ivan Fursin Volia Narodu Group 38.75 80 29.63 50 36.02 77
Khmelnytskyi Viktor Bondar Group “Vidrodzhennia Party” 39.08 79 18.52 70 32.91 78
Cherkasy Volodymyr Zubyk Group “Vidrodzhennia Party” 42.13 77 11.11 80 32.82 79
Kirovohrad Mykhailo Poplavskyi Group “Vidrodzhennia Party” 45.90 74 0.00 87 32.13 80
Odesa Eduard Matviichuk Unaffiliated 33.00 84 29.63 50 31.99 81
Odesa Vitalii Barvinenko Group “Vidrodzhennia Party” 35.73 82 18.52 70 30.57 82
Kharkiv Dmytro Sviatash Group “Vidrodzhennia Party” 38.27 81 11.11 80 30.12 83
Dnipropetrovsk Andrii Denysenko Unaffiliated 16.57 86 51.85 19 27.16 84
Odesa Leonid Klimov Group “Vidrodzhennia Party” 33.24 83 0.00 87 23.27 85
Dnipropetrovsk Vadym Nesterenko Faction of the Opposition Bloc political party 21.69 85 11.11 80 18.51 86
Poltava Kostiantyn Zhevaho Unaffiliated 12.71 87 22.22 65 15.56 87
Dnipropetrovsk Dmytro Yarosh Unaffiliated 5.09 88 33.33 44 13.56 88

The material is prepared under USAID's Accountability, Responsibility, and Democratic Parliamentary Representation (RADA) Program, supported by the Eastern European Fund

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