GRANTHAM & Stamford MP Gareth Davies
(my local MP) received more than 600 emails from constituents complaining about the actions
of government chief advisor Dominic Cummings.
In a reply on Friday (29 May) sent to all the
correspondents revealed that only a few of them had supported prime minister
Boris Johnson’s stance to keep his advisor in post.
But the MP declined to say what his own
position was on the crisis that engulfed the government the weekend before.
“I have received well over 600 emails from
constituents containing a variety views, stories and opinions,” he wrote.
“Given the volume of correspondence I have
not written a personalised response to each and every one but I reiterate that
your email has been read.
“Rest assured that these are views which
will certainly be shared in specific discussions with the government.”
Mr Davies (36) admitted in his letter there has
been a lot of anger regarding Mr Cummings and the decision he took to travel to
Durham with his family at the height of the COVID-19 lockdown in the UK.
Across the country the furore over the
chief advisor’s breach of his own rules prompted tens of thousands of voters to
flood their MPs’ inboxes.
According to figures collected by The
Guardian newspaper, the average number of emails received on the matter by
Conservative MPs was 590.
And several MPs in marginal seats said
they had received more than 1,000 emails about the case, in some cases dwarfing
their majority.
“As a relatively new MP, I hope that
constituents can see that I have sought be a very active constituency
representative,” added Mr Davies.
“It is in this vein, that I commit to
ensuring that your views are heard at the highest levels of government.”
