Using online tools, I compared, quizzed and made an informed decision about an election candidate: in 20 minutes
Yesterday, as I was using the internet to prepare for a meeting, I quickly diverted to compare my election candidates and fire off an email to one asking his voting preferences. Twenty minutes later he replied.
My MP is standing down, so I used TheyWorkForYou to see how her successor had voted on particular issues in Parliament. I didn’t like what I saw, so I used YourNextMP to contact the other potential candidate who I might be willing to vote for.
The message ran:
I’m as yet undecided who to vote for in the General Election. I would therefore very much like to know how you would have voted on the following issues:
[list of issues that have been debated in Parliament and that I'm interested in]
A simple ‘for’, ‘against’ or ‘abstain’ will do, but please give your personal view and not simply the party line.
Twenty minutes later I had an email with those issues listed and, next to each one, his voting preference.
I was very impressed. And I liked what I saw. And if he wins the seat I shall keep an eye on him using TheyWorkForYou, The Public Whip and YourNextMP.
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