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Engaging politicians - Stella Creasy MP
The document discusses public engagement and political sentiment, revealing that only 41% of people are certain to vote in an immediate general election, with dissatisfaction towards MPs at a high. While 63% feel a duty to act on political decisions, only 50% engaged in political activities recently, although 78% would consider participating if motivated. The text highlights various political issues and mobilization efforts, suggesting a need for better collaboration and accessibility in political engagement.
Engaging politicians - Stella Creasy MP
- 1. Control, Alt(ernatives) Delete?Rebooting the Campaign to Change the World.... Stella Creasy MP
- 2. At 32% therehas been no change in the number of people who believe that if people ‘like me’ get involved, they can change the way the country is run Only 41% now say that in the event of an immediate general election they would be certain to vote compared to 48% who said the same last year Only 23% are satisfied with the way that MPs generally are doing their job and only 34% say the same about their own local MP 63% of the public say that if they are dissatisfied with political decisions they have a duty to do something about it Hansard Audit of Political Engagement 2013
- 3. Only half thepublic (50%) have undertaken at least one of a list of 13 political activities in the last year • 27% report voting in an election • 20% have donated money to a charity or campaign organisation • Fewer than one in 10 people have created or signed either an e-petition (9%) or paper petition (8%) or contacted an elected representative (8%). However, 78% of the public claim they would be prepared to do one or more of a list of 13 political activities if they felt strongly about an issue. The activities people are most likely to say they would do in the future are vote (42%) and contact an elected representative (41%)
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- 9. And now ontwitter and facebook….
- 10. Signals and Noise: March27 to April 3 2014 • Provide cancer education in schools • Government not listening to teachers opinions • Please back surveillance reform • Justice on our roads APPG • Barclays Bank • Stand up for Education • Help Keep Cruelty History – please register your details in support of the Hunting Act • Threat to the 2004 Hunting Act • End the arms trade with Israel • Please push forward the bill to ban wild animals in circuses • Planned changes to copyright law • Your chance to repeal the gagging law • Why it is important to repeal the gagging law • Please repeal the gagging law • This shouldn’t be controversial • Take action now
- 11. Your and myworst nightmare……..
- 13. Many into one…. •1,700 new pieces of personal casework in last year • 250 pieces of housing casework alone • On average 140 live personal cases per week • 2,500 pieces of policy casework already handled – another 2,167 to process! • Consumer Rights legislation • Approx 2,500 emails per week • 5.5 members of staff- no unpaid staff • Organised 300 volunteers in the 7days4stow project • 5,000 recipients of weekly e-newsletter • National sharkstoppers campaign • Circular firing up squad • Spoken in 34 debates, tabled 37 questions and voted in 80% of all divisions
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- 16. a customer complaintsdesk....? • Specialise – don’t scattergun ! • Collaborate- don’t alienate so involve us in planning not just execution.... • Don’t brief us- we can read! • Ask more, not less - choices not just concerns • Make it easy to engage- send us the mailing list! • Do your homework – know what we can and can’t do e.g. EDMs, PMBs, local councils... • Work with each other- don’t ask us to pick between badgers, the NHS and bees!