›

Which is more important your local MP or Westminster?

HugalHugal Shipmate
in Purgatory
My local MP is Conservative. He does a decent job but I don’t think Conservative Party ideas are good for the country and I don’t want a Conservative government so he will not get my vote.
Should people vote for the local MP based on what he does for the constituency or should the national government in Westminster be the main focus?

Comments

  • TurquoiseTasticTurquoiseTastic Kerygmania Host
    I think it is reasonable to take both into account. It is up to the individual voter to decide.
  • Martin54Martin54 Suspended
    Westminster interferes more and therefore is more important.
  • Bishops FingerBishops Finger Shipmate
    Martin54 wrote: »
    Westminster interferes more and therefore is more important.

    :lol:

    A valid POV, I think!
  • chrisstileschrisstiles Hell Host
    edited March 2024
    Hugal wrote: »
    Should people vote for the local MP based on what he does for the constituency or should the national government in Westminster be the main focus?

    Westminster should be the main focus because local government has limited room to manoeuvre and most MPs are reduced to glorified case workers (at best)
  • TelfordTelford Shipmate
    My Labour MP is a good lady who lives about a quarter of a mile away. I have never seen her. She is probably less relevant than my local councillors who are also all Labour. She will easily be elected again. Councils and governments are always more relevant.
  • Martin54Martin54 Suspended
    chrisstiles wrote: »
    Hugal wrote: »
    Should people vote for the local MP based on what he does for the constituency or should the national government in Westminster be the main focus?

    Westminster should be the main focus because local government has limited room to manoeuvre and most MPs are reduced to glorified case workers (at best)

    Then devolve.
  • TurquoiseTasticTurquoiseTastic Kerygmania Host
    chrisstiles wrote: »
    Hugal wrote: »
    Should people vote for the local MP based on what he does for the constituency or should the national government in Westminster be the main focus?

    Westminster should be the main focus because local government has limited room to manoeuvre and most MPs are reduced to glorified case workers (at best)

    A MP might do a lot more good as a glorified case worker than they do in bulking up or opposing a government majority in Parliament.
  • Raptor EyeRaptor Eye Shipmate
    If the local MP has a good track record of representing people in the community and getting things done which are important to them, and of having integrity, the people will vote them back in regardless of the party and of some political differences.

    I think it better to vote for a person rather than a party - simply ticking the box for the latter without having worked out who it is we are voting for allows in those we would prefer not to be governing our country.
Sign In or Register to comment.