9.2 million users accessed our UK sites in 2014
32.6m
Pages
viewed
411,022
Transactions
made
That’s one MP looked up, one street problem reported, one FOI request sent, or one representative written to, each minute—every minute—every day for the whole year.
171,163
Messages sent
via WriteToThem
The postmen should be pleased – that’s 312 sacks of mail they didn’t have to carry.
Most responsive MP:
Caroline Nokes
Romsey and Southampton North
Least responsive MP:
Alan Meale
Mansfield
According to our running survey of 58,573 WriteToThem users, 2–3 weeks after contacting their MP.
139,048
Reports made to
councils via FixMyStreet
…about everything from potholes and dangerous pavements, to dog fouling and broken streetlights.
49,277
Information requests sent
through WhatDoTheyKnow
…including: the fee charged by Phillip Schofield to open a fundraiser: £0.00p.
Each request has an average of 20 readers. That Phillip Schofield one had 25,280.
By publishing requests, the site saves time for citizens and money for councils.
But we can’t help everyone
Inter-galactic species covered by the Freedom of Information Act: zero. Yeah, sorry, Klingons.
Happy birthday to TheyWorkForYou
Ten years old in 2014!
For a special treat, we analysed 1,085 votes going back to 2010
So now when you look up your MP on TheyWorkForYou, you can see how they voted on key topics.
We also looked at how many written answers actually answer the question posed
And, in advance of the Scottish referendum
We asked what difference Scottish MPs have made to the results of votes.