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Does your local MP deserve re-election?

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  • markharding557
    markharding557 Posts: 3,116 Forumite
    No my local mp joan walley is bone idle
  • jamespmg44
    jamespmg44 Posts: 130 Forumite
    My local MP is Tommy McAvoy who "employs" half his family. I've never seen him do anything worthwhile around the area so no, he doesn't deserver to be re-elected.

    That said, living where I do, Labour could probably stick up a monkey for election and they'd get in...
  • Puddleglum
    Puddleglum Posts: 851 Forumite
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    My mp is David Heathcote Amory who has a fantastic garden, well tended with lots of well rotted horse manure. He has appologised for being a naughty boy and would like his constituents to vote him back in.
    It is really close between Conservative and Lib Dems here and if the 600 or so people who voted Labour in the last election had voted Lib Dem Mr HA would have had to pay for his own compost. There were queues to vote all day at our local polling station then so it will be really interesting to see what happens this time.
    "A thousand candles can be lit from a single candle without shortening the life of that candle."

    I still am Puddleglum - phew!
  • stingey
    stingey Posts: 131 Forumite
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    Mines got the public to pay for tax advice. (And I should say repaid the amount). Apart from that keeps his head down, very rarely, if ever has voted against the party line. Seems to be a yes man. He's in a very safe Labour seat, so I don't see him out of a job in May.

    A good job? Don't really know to be honest. We've got so many up here, Councillors, MSPs MEPs and an MP. I don't know what it is he's done for the area.
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  • Gorgeous_George
    Gorgeous_George Posts: 7,964 Forumite
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    Puddleglum wrote: »
    My mp is David Heathcote Amory who has a fantastic garden, well tended with lots of well rotted horse manure. He has appologised for being a naughty boy and would like his constituents to vote him back in.
    It is really close between Conservative and Lib Dems here and if the 600 or so people who voted Labour in the last election had voted Lib Dem Mr HA would have had to pay for his own compost. There were queues to vote all day at our local polling station then so it will be really interesting to see what happens this time.


    Woo hoo!

    Result! Well done Wells.

    GG
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  • lemonjelly
    lemonjelly Posts: 8,014 Forumite
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    Not my local MP, but near to me. This made me very happy....
    http://news.uk.msn.com/politics/general-election-2010/news/articles.aspx?cp-documentid=153302913
    It's getting harder & harder to keep the government in the manner to which they have become accustomed.
  • lostinrates
    lostinrates Posts: 55,283 Forumite
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    Have to say, I was a little disgusted Heathcote Amory didn't bow out gracefully and let someone ''clean'' stand.
  • kennyboy66_2
    kennyboy66_2 Posts: 2,598 Forumite
    lostinrates wrote: »
    Have to say, I was a little disgusted Heathcote Amory didn't bow out gracefully and let someone ''clean'' stand.

    An MP who resigns rather than loses his seat or stands down at the election, forfeits a nice 1 year pay off.
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  • lostinrates
    lostinrates Posts: 55,283 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    kennyboy66 wrote: »
    An MP who resigns rather than loses his seat or stands down at the election, forfeits a nice 1 year pay off.


    that's ok.....he could have just spent his year gardening ;). Anyone who resigns loses their income...but we used to have some sense of honour.

    ANyway....its done now.
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