Your MP/Councillor

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Would you recognise your MP/councillor if you passed him/her in the street?

At the last local election there was someone outside asking who I had voted for, I asked back who she was and she replied the local ward councillor...

Nope, no idea. I did when it was Alastair Darling though. 😊

MP yes - she’s only a backbencher, so not high profile, I’ve never seen her on tv or anything. But I saw her face on enough posters and flyers during the election that I would recognise her.

Ours seems to enjoy photo opportunities, so yes.

He caught me trespassing a while back.

Mp yes as I've seen her on TV (backbencher but got involved in some high profile politics last year). Always in the local paper.
Councillors yes ones the mum of dc2 friend. One landed on my doorstep last year and I gave him quite the grilling so I'd remember him. The third one probably not. I see him on the leaflets but not taken notice of him.

My MP is always out & about in the constituency I marvel at his energy know him quite well as did a lot of canvassing in the run up to the election, one councillor lives on my road & the other two are very local any of the other councillors I wouldn’t know.

I would recognise one of my ward councillors as she has been really helpful when the council were taking months to paint a disabled space outside my house, I also follow her on Facebook.

I would also recognise my MP as I went to a focus group he ran. He is also constantly on social media.

Yes. MP has been in post for ever and is actively involved in some issues locally to me. Whether or not I agree with his politics, he's very engaged on behalf of his constituents. Same for local Councillor.

My local councillor, yes. They are very active in the community and actually pretty useful. MP though, no idea at all.

MP: yes. I'm interested in politics anyway so I've always been able to name and recognise my MP, but even more so this time because my seat was a marginal that changed hands at the last election, so we got sent tonnes of literature with her photo on.

Councillor: yes, her kid was in the same class as mine at primary school so I recognised her name in the campaign literature, and have bumped into her/said hello a few times since she was elected. But tbh I also would have recognised the elderly fella who was my councillor before her.

I would have in the past, but we have recently had a new MP and new councillor, so I wouldn't now.

Yes, I have met all three and two of them (Green and Labour) know me by name too. One is a slippery careerist, the other has been more visible and effective in the past 18 months than his predecessor and the other two councillors have been in years

Yes. He's the only one who ever came knocking in 30 years living here. And he was a parent at the school I worked at. Knew the previous one too as she loved a photo op.

Maybe not if I literally passed her in the street but I do know her name and what she looks like yes, so would recognise her in the right context!

Yes to both. My MP is probably the most high profile female MP in government at the moment (and until recently would see her frequently in the constituency and running at parkrun). Our locals councillors are very good too, one in particular, and would recognise them.

MP yes. He’s a member of the front bench. Never seen him in the street, however

Mine is Ed Miliband. So, unfortunately, yes.

Councillor yes because they are very local and it's a rural area. They are always putting out leaflets with their pictures on telling us what wonderful stuff they've done. Not a fan.

MP also yes because he's a local man who has lived in the town all his life and worked in another capacity before going into politics. He's a Labour MP and I think I'd probably vote for him even if I wasn't keen on Labour because he's a back bencher who works hard for local issues.

Yes, he is the leader of our Unitary Council (and I am interested). No to the MP as I didn't vote for him. But I did recently stop and chat to the bloke I did vote for when I saw him out and about.

I've had quite a few correspondences with my MP over the years. and would easily pick them out of a line up. I also had replies from their predecessor, but they were always thinly veiled attempts to have a photo opportunity.

The only reply I have ever had from a local (Tory) councillor was to say "What do you expect with a Labour council ?". That's out of (checks) 20 letters in 22 years.

Yes, MP lives in our village, used to be excellent local councillor, which is why I voted for her.

Current borough councillor I know personally (we were in the same babysitting circle).

Yes, because I have met my MP many times. And I know all three of ́my ward because I am married to one of them!

Not sure I’d recognize him but I have contacted our local councillor about parking issues. He was excellent. Responded to my email within 5 mins and sorted the problem. He’s a LibDem. My MP is a Minister and I know what he looks like, but I’m generally rubbish with faces do I doubt I’d recognise him if he walked past.

my local MP stays two doors down from me, so I do recognise her
in Scotland so we have multi member council wards, and I recognise one out of my three local councillors (who helped sort out a bin issue a couple of summers back)

MP, yes. Councillors, no, with one or two exceptions.

I was a borough councillor for 6 years, generally a lot of my constituents knew who I was and would chat when we passed in the street. It's a town, around 50k people, and I represented the urban centre. I was representing the Lib Dems, and we always put out newsletters every 6 weeks, I also did ward walks at least once a fortnight, and I attended a lot of community events as well as being a parish councillor and trustee on several community group boards. My party encouraged us to be out there as much as possible, but Labour and Conservatives would only put out a newsletter at election time.