© 2020 – 2023 AEA3 WEB | AEAƎ United Kingdom News
AEA3 WEB | AEAƎ United Kingdom News
News

MPs in safe seats are most likely to have second jobs

Research casts doubt on Boris Johnson’s assertion that voters unhappy with their MP moonlighting could just vote them out

MPs in safe seats are far more likely to have taken up second jobs than their colleagues in marginal constituencies, according to new analysis that has led to renewed calls for reforms to Britain’s voting system.

In findings that undermine Boris Johnson’s suggestion that voters who disapprove of their MP’s outside work can simply unseat them at an election, the research found that more than three in five of the 103 MPs with second jobs had majorities of more than 10,000 votes. Some 87% had majorities of more than 3,000 votes.

Continue reading…

Related posts

Priti Patel accuses senior Tory MP of breaking Covid rules

AEA3

‘Wagatha Christie’ trial: verdict due in Vardy v Rooney libel case

AEA3

Rare UK seabirds put at risk by ‘alarming loophole’, say campaigners

AEA3

Pin It on Pinterest

Share This