How to address an mp in a letter?

Question

Does anyone know the correct way to address an mp in a letter.

Answer 1

Addressing your MP:

Address the letter using their name followed by ‘MP’. Then simply begin the letter 'Dear' followed by their name only. Example: Joe Bloggs MP. Dear Mr Bloggs

If your MP is a member of the Cabinet or Shadow Cabinet their name should be prefixed ‘Rt Hon’ . You should still begins letters to these MPs with Dear followed by their name only. Example: Rt Hon Joe Bloggs MP. Dear Mr Bloggs

When you write to your MP or your MEP you are entitled to a response. If you do not get one you should follow the matter up.

Go for it! When I was a kid my mum wrote to Maggie Thatcher and got a personal handwritten reply (as opposed to the usual standard nonsense letters).

Answer 2

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The position of minister (politics) or plain MP warrants no specific title. Just write "Dear Sir" or Dear Mr. Whoever" they're just people really as well as public servants whatever you might think, so treat them as such. "Dear Parasite" does fulfil a comedy streak in me though.

Answer 3

I wrote a mail to the next failure and tax baron Cameron the other day and although he did not reply personally it was full over the usual bilge thank you for your concerns then an explantation as to why the people of the UK have to shoulder as much tax as possible on their airfares.
So in my opinion if you send an MP a letter its just treated as junk mail by them so do not waste your time, just bump all the con artists at the next election and go for a party that keeps us out of europe encourages free enterprise to lower emmissions with tax breaks and does not rob us of every penny we own for crack pot political schemes

Answer 4

Unless you have been in regular correspondence or have met them, you would use, for example:

Dear Mr Blair,

If you have had previous contact, and think it is appropriate you could start, for example:

Dear Tony,

Isn't it a sad reflection on modern attitudes that there are so many offensive and inappropriate answers on here.

Answer 5

Any way you like. The general accepted way is to write their title and last name ("Dear Mr. Thingy") just as you would for anyone else.

Me and my friend have been known to write serious letters to our MP in coloured crayon, though, so you probably don't want to listen to us. Our MP is David Davis so we feel this is justified.

Answer 6

Just say dear Sir, They are no better than us. We employ them.

Answer 7

Dear Sir, or Dear Madam would do. It would be OK to use their title if they had one, but if not, Dear Mr. Blair would be OK.

Answer 8

Dear Moron is a good one.

Answer 9

by name???!!!

Dear Mr Tony Blair, i think your an idiot but don't let that scottish one take over or we'll all vote conservative.

Yours sincerely

Answer 10

ethier dear sir/madam or mr/mrs whoever but remember to end your letter yours sincerley because you dont no them