Francis Irving

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This article is about the British computer programmer and activist. For the British glider pilot, see Frank Irving.
Francis Irving
File:Scraperwiki - Francis Irving - Flickr - Knight Foundation.jpg
Francis Irving
Education Oxford University
Occupation Chief Executive Officer

Francis Irving is a 40-year-old[when?] British computer programmer, activist for freedom of information and CEO of ScraperWiki.[1][2] [3]

Francis Irving developed TortoiseCVS.[4]

He co-founded Public Whip with Julian Todd and became a developer of the affiliated TheyWorkForYou website,[5] a project which parses raw Hansard data to track how members vote in the UK Parliament. Initially risking prosecution for re-using the raw data which was under Crown copyright, the developers of Public Whip were later successful in getting permission to use it.[6] In 2004, Public Whip was recognised in the New Media awards.[7] In 2008, The Daily Telegraph rated TheyWorkforYou 41st in a list of the 101 most useful websites.[8] Irving together with Matthew Somerville wrote the code for FixMyStreet.[9]

Irving was also a senior developer of PledgeBank.[10] He collaborated again with Julian Todd to create 'The Straight Choice a website (later renamed 'Election Leaflets') that archives election leaflets.[11][12]

He was the Campaign Director of the Save Parliament campaign which opposed the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill.[13][14]

He was one of two people to suggest the winning idea of a site through which Freedom of Information Act requests could be made in a mySociety competition for ideas for public interest websites to build.[15] He was later to become the main developer of the site which was called WhatDoTheyKnow.[16] Francis has won seven New Statesman awards for websites he has worked on.[17]

Irving is currently CEO for ScraperWiki.[18]

References

  1. ↑ Francis Irving, Newswired.com
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ http://www.how-do.co.uk/north-west-media-news/north-west-publishing/scraperwiki-nets-$280,000-from-knight-foundation-2011062411352/
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ The Silent State, Heather Brooke p128
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ [1] Archived May 7, 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  9. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  10. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  11. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  12. ↑ http://www.thestraightchoice.org/about.php
  13. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  14. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  15. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  16. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  17. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  18. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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