Websites for Members of Parliament (MPs)
by Rob Mason ~ June 30th, 2008 Filed under: MP.
The British Computer Society (BCS) is running a competition for the Best MP website. So with this in mind I thought I’d do some browsing to check the quality of MP websites here in Gloucestershire. Over the coming weeks I’ll run a series of short articles summarising my findings. These aren’t personal slurs or criticisms, just genuine constructive feedback.
Design, engagement and accessibility
Using the BCS’ three judging categories of design, engagement and accessibility, I’ve run a series or tests for the MPs for Gloucestershire:
- Martin Horwood Lib Dem for Cheltenham
- Geoffrey Clifton-Brown Conservative for the Cotswolds
- Mark Harper Conservative for the Forest of Dean
- Parmjit Dhanda Labour for Gloucester
- David Elliot Drew Labour for Stroud
- Laurence Robertson Conservative for Tewkesbury (my local MP)
Last year’s winners
As a comparison here’s last year’s winners to show what the BCS think constitutes a good website. I must say they got it spot on with Derek Wyatt’s site. Good looking, detailed, easy to use and even has it’s own sub-site dedicated to videos of Derek’s appearances in Parliament and around his constituency.
Watch this pace
So keep you eyes peeled for the results of my findings over the next few weeks.
Inspired by Stephen’s post.
