Because 3/4 of the public don't:

 

Interviews with 1,128 people found that 22% of people could name their own MP, compared with 38% in 2011.

 

The report suggests many people were "disenchanted" with politics, with the proportion saying they would not vote doubling from 10% in 2011 to 20%.

 

The public's self-declared likelihood to vote is the lowest recorded since the audit series began 10 years ago.

 

Despite the prominence of the eurozone crisis and the debate on the UK's EU membership, 57% of people did not correctly identify the fact that Britons elect members to the European Parliament.

 

The report from the Hansard Society - a charity which aims to strengthen parliamentary democracy and encourage greater public involvement in politics - also suggests that 33% of people believed peers were elected.

 

My MP is Nigel Dodds of the DUP, but given the lack of work he's done for the area, you might as well elect a pot plant instead. Or a member of Sinn Fein.

Put me down too for the Rt. Hon. Plant Pot MP please, for I do know who my MP is and am exceedingly displeased by the reminder.

My MP lives right near me, she's a Tory and I've seen her driving her car before. :lol: :drama:

 

I know where the Liberal Democrat candidate is in my area as well, only because their house was the only one in our area that was decorated with Liberal Democrat signs. :P

Rt. Hon. Sir Menzies Campbell MP of the Liberal Democrats is my MP. Roderick Campbell of the Scottish National Party is my Constituency MSP.

 

^_^

My MP is Conor Burns, one of the persistent EU rebels. I don't agree with him on most things (he is a Tory after all) but, for the first time in my life, I actually have a decent constituency MP. I still won't vote for him though.

Ronnie Campbell (boo, hiss, spit) is my MP.

Mr. Graham Brady, chair of the 1922 Committee at home - safe to say I don't agree with him on anything. Saying that, given that at uni it's Clegg then I don't know who I'd rather have a conversation with.

At home, John Cryer for Labour and at Uni, Edward Davey for the Liberal Democrats

 

Had to google that, oops.

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Keith Simpson, Conservative for Broadland. Used to be Mid-Norfolk but for some reason they created the new constituency of Broadland.

 

Believe he usually speaks on defence issues if I recall correctly.

Keith Simpson, Conservative for Broadland.

 

That sounds like you're calling for duty. :lol:

At home I have Sheryll Murray for Conservatives, at Uni Ben Bradshaw for Labour. I prefer it at uni, I think - although I honestly don't know that much about Murray's policies.

At home I have Sheryll Murray for Conservatives, at Uni Ben Bradshaw for Labour. I prefer it at uni, I think - although I honestly don't know that much about Murray's policies.

Ben Bradshaw's win in 1997 was particularly satisfying as his Tory opponent was a dreadful homophobe and Bradshaw became one of the first MPs to be openly gay before they were elected.

 

Sheryll Murray is one of only two MPs mentioned so far about whom I know precisely nothing.

I bumped into Ben Bradshaw at Exeter Central train station once! He seemed like a pleasant man. :D

I bumped into Ben Bradshaw at Exeter Central train station once! He seemed like a pleasant man. :D

I met his 1997 Tory opponent once. He was not a pleasant man :no:

Jeremy Hunt :mellow: :mellow: :mellow:

Jeremy Hunt :mellow: :mellow: :mellow:

My brother shares your misfortune :(

It used to be Libdem Annette Brooks, who I have time for, she replies to public questions/complaints politely and with sympathy. Sadly we got re-boundaried last election and it's now an unhelpful unsympathetic chinless rich party-line tow-er who's name I fortunately forget as often as possible.

Anne Begg, Labour MP for Aberdeen South

 

I'm disappointed but not too surprised by the fact less than one in four people know who their MP is. I'm sick of the "disenchanted" excuse - people have been apathetic for far too long.

Francie Molloy though until recently it was Martin McGuinness.

 

As with most others I can't say I'm surprised that so few people are aware of who their MP is.

It used to be Libdem Annette Brooks, who I have time for, she replies to public questions/complaints politely and with sympathy. Sadly we got re-boundaried last election and it's now an unhelpful unsympathetic chinless rich party-line tow-er who's name I fortunately forget as often as possible.

I know Annette. I helped in her first campaign in Mid Dorset and North Poole.

 

Are you now in Poole constituency? That would be Robert Syms who used to be my MP until they moved the boundaries. I met him once and was not impressed. He is just another typical MP with a safe seat.