All of Britain’s MPs have been ranked from best to worst in a new survey by Change.org.
The People Power Index has been put together ahead of the upcoming General Election and ranks all of the country’s 650 MPs.
MPs are ranked on their availability to constituents, how much they actually participate in Parliament and whether they listen to the public or not.
The Change.org rankings reveal the top MPs and North Swindon’s Conservative MP Justin Tomlinson comes in second out of 650 with South Swindon’s Robert Buckland 399th.
A spokesperson for Change.org said: “We believe that democracy is more effective when the views and opinions of the public are encouraged and genuinely listed to by MPs.
“So we have judged the being a ‘good’ MP is about an MP’s openness and responsiveness to their constituents. That’s why we have created the People Power Index.”
To make the Index, Change.org used ten data sources which measure the following, in priority order
1.Your MP’s availability to their constituents. This looks at how your MP is available online (email and social media), offline (holding “surgeries” in your local area and a caseworker), and whether your MP is distracted by a second (or third) job.
2.Your MP’s participation in Parliament. This looks at your MP’s participation record for voting in Parliament, so that your constituency is counted when new laws are passed, and how often your MP raises issues from your constituency in Parliament
3.How an MP listens to the public. An MP’s top priority is their constituency, but they also have a responsibility to the wider general public to bring political attention to mass public campaigns and priority issues by discussing them in Parliament.
