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hands up if you think more than 10% of MP's are in it to help the people of their consituency

in fact i would be almost certain that during the vetting process done by the parties if a prospective MP said he wanted to help the people who voted him / her in, they'd be turfed out on their ears

the political party just wants yes men / women who will, after kicking up a small fuss, vote for whatever the leader says they should vote for

sheep, the lot of them, and not very nice sheep at that

This is exacerbated by parties 'parachuting in' favoured candidates to safe seats. I'm pretty certain Peter Mandelson had minimal connection to the people of Hartlepool.