If you have written to your MP, have they replied?

I did get thoughtful and considered reply from my MP. It wasn't the answer I had hoped for but he did reply.

I have emailed both my current and previous MP (both same party) on my concerns for assylum for Afghans who worked for the British army in their country. We are a military constituency, the HQ of the Army Bomb Disposal Unit is staioned here.

Neither MP bothered to reply to me. I got the automatic reply saying they would reply within a fortnight, but nothing happened.

My 6 year old GS is very interested in Big Ben at the moment. He looked into visiting times online and it says that there is an age limit, and he was too young. He decided to write to our local Tory MP asking why. She replied, explaining why, and said if he contacted her later that year she would arrange for him to visit the Houses of Parliament. Unfortunately that was just before Covid arrived so DGS has not been able to arrange the visit.

Yes , mine does and the replies are full and considered.

?not your MP though Ana ( although I suppose it could be)

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Yes, I emailed our local Tory MP and got a helpful response the same day. I was very impressed

Same here, I have emailed him twice, a quick response so very pleased.

I've had dealings with our local MP and with one in another constituency. Both were on behalf of vulnerable family members.
One mp was tory and one Labour. Both replied personally and got assistants to deal with the matters raised.
Excellent response and outcomes. I couldn't fault either of them.

Yes I have emailed on a couple of occasions and always had a reply.

On the one occasion, we were visited at home by our MP.

The MP in question was very vocal in the needs of our county.
He also lives locally.

However at the last election he retired and we now have female MP who does not live in the constituency (somewhere down south) and does not have the same understanding of the area and have not seen hide nor hair of her since she was elected.

Yes, I emailed our local Tory MP and got a helpful response the same day. I was very impressed

Mine has always replied (2 different ones) but the replies are long and generic and generally require me to ask the same questions again in a "reply". All replies are bland and tell me things that everyone should know. The nuance in what I'm saying is always totally lost on them. The replies are full of platitudes and invariably make me cross.

I have taken to saying things like "I won't bore you with the arguments for doing x as I know you will have heard them before" and then just flagging up one thing. If they have more than one question/idea at a time they can't cope.

I don't know why I bother as this is a safe Tory seat and they obviously don't need my vote. From the dozens of letters I've written, I've never properly had an answer to anything.

My husband wrote a pretty angry email recently and got no reply.

We have written to our MP Owen Paterson on two separate occasions and both times he has replied.

Yes when I last contacted her, she’s subsequently been replaced, the new one is very active and communicative on local Facebook sites.

Our (Tory) MP always replied and was extremely helpful when disabled Ds1 had a problem. I spotted her in Sainsburys and thanked her for her help. She remembered his name and where he lived. I was very impressed.

Yes, I’ve written to our MP once and received a reply. A long standing Labour MP.

Should have added mines Tory and I get a generic acknowledgment to say it’s been received but no answer from him

I have and he doesn’t

Mine always replies. I don't email that often and when you do it goes to his pa but he always lets you know he has it and a reply comes through eventually. He is in the cabinet so pretty busy.

I haven’t contacted mine for a while, but I usually do so by email and he replies within a day.

I can’t speak highly enough of him as a constituent MP.

He does his work without bias or favour. Works incredibly hard and appears trustworthy and a man of great integrity.

You don’t get many like that.

Yes, Matt Hancock replied but it was generic and supported the government line.

Every single time and promptly.

Yes, over the years I have written to my Mp when I needed something sorted out.....I write to them at the House of Commons London... always get an acknowledgement then in time a copy of the letter he has sent to the dept I wanted help with and there reponse... Got £60 back from BT after they refused to cough up what they owed me.
last year I contacted by email .about a dental problem and the 111 service lack of help......he contacted NHS England who then contacted me.......different MP over the years but always done what they are there for.

Yes once. To Marcus Jones, Tory MP for Nuneaton.

I made my email as short as possible. I asked him to please not support the moves to take away the £20 a week from Universal Credit recipients and gave my reasons.

I was surprised to receive a reply within days. It was generic (I can't be the only constituent who's bothered about this) and made no comment on my reasons.

I doubt he wrote it but would have had to approve it.

At least it shows his Aides are efficient.

Mine a Tory, but never answers. I receive an email confirming it’s been received, but then no response on my query. Infuriating.

Yes on three occasions. Yes a Tory MP. Answered fully, one I didn’t agree with, but there you go, she answered.

I emailed Nicola Sturgeon about the vaccination programme. Received a generic response back and no action happened.

I also emailed my own MSP. He was v good.