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Election question

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Mustardandchickensandwiches · 05/05/2023 20:25

If my local council is now a majority different party to my elected MP, how can they continue to be my MP?

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Toomanylatenightprogs · 05/05/2023 20:28

Council members are different to MPs.
Councillors only act on local issues in the council they’re elected to. They sit on committees like planning. You can contact them if you have problems with local roads, fly tipping, that sort of thing.
Your MP represents their constituency in the House of Commons.

Toomanylatenightprogs · 05/05/2023 20:31

Posted too soon.
So yesterday you voted for a local councillor ( or maybe 2) Say your local council has 10councillors — 6 Labour, 2 Tory, 1 Lib Dem, 1 independent then overall the council is Labour. Your MP can be of another party and that may or may not change in a by-election or General Election.

Mustardandchickensandwiches · 05/05/2023 20:44

Oh, so the MP isn't like, the chairperson of the council then? How does that work then? Shouldn't they be working together?

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