[Setenza]

This is one of the best web sites I've seen for a long time. Type in your postcode and then see how your local MP is performing. Track their attendance and how they voted. Check registered interests and submitted expenses.

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/

You voted the bugger in, now see what they are doing for you

[Singh400]

Oooo nice thanks!

[johntheexpat]

Check up on your MP here:
He/she is a self-serving, over opinionated, egotistical, arrogant s-o-b who will use/abuse his/her position for self aggrandissment self enrichment and nepotism. He/she will use their position to curry favour with the rich and powerful and will drop their constituents at a moments notice when they are offered a well paid job only on the basis of who they know in Government rather than their total lack of ability to do anything useful.
There, that saved you clicking the link above.

[Fusewire]

Originally Posted by johntheexpat

Check up on your MP here:
He/she is a self-serving, over opinionated, egotistical, arrogant s-o-b who will use/abuse his/her position for self aggrandissment self enrichment and nepotism. He/she will use their position to curry favour with the rich and powerful and will drop their constituents at a moments notice when they are offered a well paid job only on the basis of who they know in Government rather than their total lack of ability to do anything useful.
There, that saved you clicking the link above.

Yes but...

The link XOD provided though goes into much more detail on exactly how they have shafted us and how much it has cost us for the privilige.

Also there is a picture of our MP on the site...so I least I know what she looks like now, as that was the first time I have seen her !

[PoochJD]

Hi,

Xusia - Thanks for the link!

This is my MP's current status - and it's not good!
- Has never voted on a transparent Parliament.
- Moderately against introducing a smoking ban.
- Very strongly for introducing ID cards.
- Moderately for introducing student top-up fees.
- Moderately for Labour's anti-terrorism laws.
- Very strongly for the Iraq war.
- Strongly against investigating the Iraq war.
- A mixture of for and against the fox hunting ban.
- Has spoken in 7 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 10 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 68% of votes in parliament — below average amongst MPs.

Sounds a complete t*ss*r to me, (so no change there then)!

Anyone else care to list what there local MP is like, and see if we can maybe find the most useless of the lot?! Maybe we could have a sort of AV Forums "hitlist".


Pooch

[Ed Selley]

Actually despite looking a little like Alan B'Stard in his heyday, mine has turned up reasonably often, asked some interesting questions and is vehermently opposed to ID cards. Still, he's new from the last election so I imagine it will take him a bit longer to become a waste of blood and organs.

[Fusewire]

Here's mine, how do they get away with it ??

Has never voted on a transparent Parliament.

Moderately for introducing a smoking ban.

Moderately against introducing ID cards.

Strongly against introducing foundation hospitals.

Strongly against introducing student top-up fees.

Moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws.

Very strongly for the Iraq war.

Very strongly for investigating the Iraq war.

Moderately against the fox hunting ban.

Strongly against equal gay rights.

Has spoken in 18 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.

Has received answers to 931 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.

Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to 73% – 100% of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2005, according to polling data — well above average amongst MPs.

Has voted in 60% of votes in parliament — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip) (Nice to know I'm well represented in parliment when key issues are voted on!!!)

And for all that is cost us £122,616 in expences

If it were any other job than an MP you would have been fired a long time ago.

[Pat_C]

Originally Posted by PoochJD

- A mixture of for and against the fox hunting ban.

It must be that clarity of principles that makes them more suitable to be MPs than the rest of us.

[Jenn]

Haha, beat that for a *******

Moderately against a transparent Parliament.
Very strongly for introducing a smoking ban.
Very strongly for introducing ID cards.
Very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws.
Very strongly against investigating the Iraq war

Basically he's all for the government doing all sorts of stuff without having to answer to the people and for the people being allowed to do what they're told only. Long live freedom !

Has spoken in 30 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year
Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to 20% – 54% of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2005, according to polling data — well below average amongst MPs.
Has voted in 85% of votes in parliament — well above average amongst MPs.

And all that for £145k expenses

cool!

[Decadence]

Yeah Pooch, yours sounds rubbish! What I want to know is that there is a company called Flying Lion Ltd which seems to pay for an awful lot of air transport...but when you Google them you get absolutely no information about them. Who are they?

[DanH]

Great link! Cheers.

Although what i found out about my MP isnt quite so great:

# Moderately against a transparent Parliament.
# Moderately for introducing a smoking ban.
# Strongly for introducing ID cards.
# Very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals.
# Strongly for introducing student top-up fees.
# Strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws.
# Very strongly for the Iraq war.
# Very strongly against investigating the Iraq war.
# Very strongly for the fox hunting ban.
# Very strongly for equal gay rights.

and..........

# Has spoken in 11 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
# Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
# Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to 71% – 91% of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2005, according to polling data — above average amongst MPs.
# Has voted in 76% of votes in parliament — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
# People have made 11 comments on this MP's speeches — well above average amongst MPs.

So she's a bloody oxygen thieving cow but hey, she's above average for voting and answering questions.

[Fusewire]

Flying Lion Ltd which seems to pay for an awful lot of air transport...but when you Google them you get absolutely no information about them. Who are they?

Probobaly a Slush fund

Or an early retirement plan.

[Jenn]

Originally Posted by Decadence

Yeah Pooch, yours sounds rubbish! What I want to know is that there is a company called Flying Lion Ltd which seems to pay for an awful lot of air transport...but when you Google them you get absolutely no information about them. Who are they?

There isn't a Flying Lion Ltd registered in England

[Decadence]

yeah, who are they?

[Singh400]

Meh, hasn't done too badly...

• Very strongly against a transparent Parliament.
• Very strongly for introducing a smoking ban.
• Very strongly for introducing ID cards.
• Very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals.
• Strongly for introducing student top-up fees.
• Very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws.
• Very strongly for the Iraq war.
• Very strongly against investigating the Iraq war.
• Very strongly for the fox hunting ban.
• Very strongly for equal gay rights.

and...

• Has spoken in 50 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 18 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 1 select committee.
• Responsiveness to messages sent via WriteToThem.com in 2005: WriteToThem had possibly bad contact details for this MP.
• Has voted in 95% of votes in parliament — well above average amongst MPs.
• People have made 8 comments on this MP's speeches — above average amongst MPs.
• This MP's speeches are understandable to an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 34 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Adrian Bailey speaks. (Done)
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 119 times in debates — average amongst MPs.

[Moosh]

Cheers for the link! I've written to mine asking why parlianment and other MPs should be exempt from the Freedom of Information Act.

# Very strongly against a transparent Parliament.
# A mixture of for and against introducing a smoking ban.
# Moderately for introducing ID cards.
# Very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals.
# Strongly for introducing student top-up fees.
# Very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws.
# Very strongly for the Iraq war.
# Very strongly against investigating the Iraq war.
# Very strongly for the fox hunting ban.
# Strongly for equal gay rights.

Not suprising - Assistant Whip, HM Treasury

Cheers
Moosh

[Adam Shaw]

Ha Ha!

Mines great, always votes, agrees with me, and spends bugger-all!

I'll go and vote for him again!

[IronGiant]

# Very strongly for a transparent Parliament.
# Moderately for introducing a smoking ban.
# Very strongly against introducing ID cards.
# Very strongly against introducing foundation hospitals.
# Strongly against introducing student top-up fees.
# Very strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws.
# Very strongly against the Iraq war.
# Strongly for investigating the Iraq war.
# Moderately against the fox hunting ban.
# Very strongly for equal gay rights.

Spot the Lib Dem MP

[johnscarlet]

Originally Posted by Decadence

yeah, who are they?

Registered in Bermuda , I believe

[Jenn]

Originally Posted by johnscarlet

Registered in Bermuda , I believe

Nothing like spending the tax payers' money abroad, that's how to make a country grow

[gadget boy]

Nice one.

Also nice is the absence of the standard "Does not apply in Northern Ireland" clause which we see on the bottom of soooooo many car / house insurance ads, Google Maps (insufficient detail), mortgage deals etc...

I now know what my MP look like plus they are going to be covering the Assembly. Neat.

[Geege]

Here is my local MP, Andrew Tyrie for Chichester

How Andrew Tyrie voted on key issues since 2001:

Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
Very strongly against introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
Strongly against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
Strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
Strongly against introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
Strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
Moderately for the Iraq war. votes, speeches
Strongly for investigating the Iraq war. votes, speeches
Very strongly against the fox hunting ban. votes, speeches
Moderately against equal gay rights.

Typical torrie then

[The Dude]

This is it? since 2001??

Graham Stuart - Conservative MP for Beverley & Holderness

• Has never voted on a transparent Parliament.
• Very strongly against introducing a smoking ban.
• Very strongly against introducing ID cards.
• Moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws.
• Very strongly for investigating the Iraq war

Majority: 2,580 votes. — 549th out of 642 MPs.

[Adam Shaw]

Whose got the biggest majority?

Mines got 12,500, anyone got better?

like MP top trumps!

[lynx]

Hardest parliamentry work this guy does is draw his salary and expenses.Nice knowing our taxes are spent wisely (not singled him out in particular, as there are others of a similar mindset)...
http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/mp.php?...play=everyvote