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If your local mp won but the party that won the main election was different does your local mp control your area?
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∙ 11y ago
No; a Member of Parliament is elected to represent your area in the House of Commons. They speak out and cast votes on your behalf on the various laws and motions that are put forward by the Government, or by other MPs. They try to represent your local interests as bests they can, whilst still supporting the positions of their political party in Parliament (unless they don't have one). Additionally, Members of Parliament hold advice surgeries where they and there staff help local people with problems, usually issues involving local or national governments. So they have no power overyour area; they have authority on behalf of it.
Having said that, some Members of Parliament are very powerful in their local areas. Most MPs have a long history of activism in their political party, meaning there's a very good chance that they were well connected within the local and regional branches of their party and have influence with the leaders of their party in local government. As such, through their respect and position in their political party, Members of Parliament can exert a great deal of influence on local government decisions. So if you have a Labour MP and a Labour Council, your MP may well have a lot of influence with the Council leader.
This would not be official power however, and many MPs have little to no input in local decision making either formally or informally.
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