WHETHER you voted or not, your member of parliament is there to serve you.

Once you live in the constituency, the MP is your political representative and you have the right to make certain demands of him/her.

Although, quite arguably, some people expect too much from their MPs, in the Jamaican context their roles are unclear – particularly since they have no known job descriptions. Over the next few months, the Sunday Observer will be visiting all 60 constituencies and asking Jamaicans to rate their MPs in our “We are Jamaicans” series.

Dear Mr Smith,

After lengthy discussions with the people in your constituency, the following four issues emerged as the most pressing:

1. Residents of several communities in the constituency are calling for the dilapidated roads to be fixed.

2. Residents throughout the constituency say they do not have ready access to you since you have no set constituency office hours.

3. Residents want you to have the necessary repairs effected to the Alexandria market so vendors can ply their trade in comfort.

4. Residents throughout the constituency say there are no skills training facilities in the area.

Yours sincerely,

Ingrid Brown

(Sunday Observer senior staff reporter)

Rate your MP

0/10

EVADNEY HOGART, HOUSEWIFE, LINCOLN

Me no see nothing weh him doing cause look at how the road bad.

4/10

ANCELL MCHUGH, CABINET MAKER, GREEN HILL

I hardly see him so I not sure what he is doing.

1/10

WINSTON PARKE,

UNEMPLOYED, COLLODEN

I am not PNP or JLP. The person who come and fit the issue that is who I am with and I don’t see what this MP doing.

5/10

SIMEON HARRIS, PLUMBER, SCARBOROUGH

We need to see that man more because we hardly ever see him.

0/10

MAXINE WHITE, LABOURER, LINTON PARK

Me explain me situation to him about the house and him promise fi help but all now…

1/10

PATRICIA SCARLETT,

LABOURER, GLASGOW

Him no treat we good in the community.