How did Labour get my ex-directory number?

[Deleted User]

Sorry if this is the wrong forum but perhaps someone will know how a political party's constituency office can obtain my ex-directory number to ask me to vote for their party.
(If there is a more appropriate forum, please redirect me!)

angryparcel

why not ask them where they got your number.
If you are ex directory then it is not just the fact they got your number, but where did they get it from as that is where you need to address

[Deleted User]

You probably provided your ex directory number (voluntarily) to another organisation that sold your information on..

Are you really that concerned? Just vote according to your conscience. There are far worse cold calls than political parties canvassing votes!

Annel

It was just out of interest. I never give our number to any organisation apart from our phone provider and bank!

I couldn't ask where the caller got the number as I just happened to pick up a voicemail - we very rarely use our landline.

naedanger

Annel wrote: »

It was just out of interest. I never give our number to any organisation apart from our phone provider and bank!

I couldn't ask where the caller got the number as I just happened to pick up a voicemail - we very rarely use our landline.

You could still write and ask them. (In your position I would also be curious to know.) That said I suspect you won't get a satisfactory answer.

NCC-1701

Abrielle wrote: »

Sorry if this is the wrong forum but perhaps someone will know how a political party's constituency office can obtain my ex-directory number to ask me to vote for their party.
(If there is a more appropriate forum, please redirect me!)

Annel wrote: »

It was just out of interest. I never give our number to any organisation apart from our phone provider and bank!

I couldn't ask where the caller got the number as I just happened to pick up a voicemail - we very rarely use our landline.

Two different MSE accounts?

bris

NCC-1701 wrote: »

Two different MSE accounts?

There are plenty trolls on this site with multiple accounts, this one is trying to discredit labour on the eve of the election, obviously forgot what account to use in that reply.

Hermione_Granger

bris wrote: »

There are plenty trolls on this site with multiple accounts, this one is trying to discredit labour on the eve of the election, obviously forgot what account to use in that reply.

How did you come to the conclusion that asking how someone obtained an ex-directory number is trying to discredit them?
Surely if they wanted to do that, all they would have to write is something along the lines of "I received a call from the labour party asking me to vote for them and when I said I wasn't going to, they became very abusive"

[Deleted User]

Who cares???

marliepanda

If you can't even keep your log ins straight ( or remember the password if that excuse crops up) then how on earth can your recollection of who you gave your number out be accurate also

angryparcel

Hermione_Granger wrote: »

How did you come to the conclusion that asking how someone obtained an ex-directory number is trying to discredit them?
Surely if they wanted to do that, all they would have to write is something along the lines of "I received a call from the labour party asking me to vote for them and when I said I wasn't going to, they became very abusive"

read post 6. and look at the names for both quotes