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** TheyWorkForYou – now with (almost) all new MPs
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Most seats have now declared a winner (with a few recounts ongoing) and the Labour Party has won a large majority in Parliament. That means a change in government and big changes to what happens in Parliament in the next few years.


** Understanding your new MP
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New MPs ([link removed]) have been added to TheyWorkForYou ([link removed]) – you can find yours using the postcode search on the homepage ([link removed]) .

With so many new MPs many of these pages are empty (for the moment). To get an alert when your new/returning MP has spoken, voted, or received a written answer: enter your postcode here ([link removed]) .

If you’re interested in learning more about the weeks ahead, the Hansard Society have published a guide ([link removed]) of how the start of the new Parliament will work.


** Understanding who represents you
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Over the next few weeks, we will be adding MPs’ contact details into WriteToThem ([link removed]) where you can also see details of your local councillors and representatives in the UK’s devolved Parliaments.

We want to help people navigate this complicated system and are writing a series of guides to help individuals and campaigns ask the right questions in the right places.

The first guide is up now: Who Represents Me ([link removed]) – explaining what all the UK’s different parliaments, governments and councils do.


** Understanding your new constituency
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For this election, the boundaries of many constituencies have changed ([link removed]) . In some cases the change is small, but others represent big shifts in the kinds of people and places who live within the constituency.

The Local Intelligence Hub ([link removed]) , which we’ve made with the Climate Coalition, has a range of information and stats about your new constituency. Check out the data for your constituency! We’ll be adding lots more in the following months.

We’re also publishing a big list of constituencies ([link removed]) , and the overlap with local authorities and the old constituencies. If you need to update data about what constituencies a list of postcodes are within, we’ve made a quick tool ([link removed]) where you can paste a list of GB postcodes into the browser, and then copy the new constituencies out.

For more complex conversions, have a look at MapIt ([link removed]) , which can convert coordinates and postcodes into a wide range of administrative geographies.


** What happens next
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As MPs get settled, we will be picking up our work on WhoFundsThem ([link removed]) , working with a group of volunteers to produce summaries of MPs’ registers of members interest, adding context and clarity to improve the transparency and understanding of MPs’ financial interests.

For more details on this, and our other plans, stay tuned for future emails ([link removed]) .


** Support TheyWorkForYou and our work
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And here’s the bit where we ask for money.

TheyWorkForYou and WriteToThem are run by mySociety ([link removed]) , a small UK charity.

We’re a very efficient operation and do a lot with a small team: at the moment TheyWorkForYou, which is used by millions of people every year, is run with the equivalent of about two people.

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We want to see a transparent, resilient democracy, with equal access to information, representation and voice for citizens.

If you believe in this vision please donate today ([link removed]) to enable greater transparency and accountability of the next government.

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