HearFromYourMP The easy way for MPs to contact constituents

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HearFromYourMP was a mySociety project, running from 2005 to 2015. It provided an easy way for constituents to sign up to hear from their MPs, and a simple online forum for discussion.

HearFromYourMP used the power of numbers to encourage MPs to communicate with their constituents. If a user entered their details, they were added to a queue of other people in their constituency. When enough had signed up, their MP was sent an email saying, “25 of your constituents would like to hear what you’re up to. Hit reply to let them know”.

If they didn’t reply, nothing happened, until the MP got a further email saying there were now 50, then 75, 100, 150 — until it was nonsensical not to reply and start talking.

The aim was to engage, gently, with those people who have never written to a politician before, coaxing them into a slow but personal relationship with their representatives.

And it worked. Over the site’s lifetime, over 230,000 people signed up to receive messages from their MPs, across all 650 UK constituencies.

Why have we closed this site?

HearFromYourMP was one of several access-to-democracy sites conceived and run by mySociety, many of which continue to flourish. In 2015, with regret, we made the tough decision to turn our focus to running our core sites and providing support to international partners. Read more

Would you like to run HearFromYourMP yourself?

We believe there may still be a need for a site like HearFromYourMP. If you’re at all interested in taking it over and running it, get in touch and we’ll tell you what’s involved.