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The Working for an MP website is a resource for anyone working for a British Member of Parliament or with an interest in how Parliament works. You can read about the site’s history, or get in touch with suggestions or feedback, or find out about the help and advice available to staff from the House of Commons, including the IGCS Behaviour Code. It is also home to the UK’s largest listing of political jobs, at w4mpjobs.
Social
Follow us on Bluesky at w4mp.bsky.social. We can also be found on Facebook and remain as @w4mpsite on X/Twitter but don’t actively post there.
Latest News
- Meet the Director: Commons Library and POSTTime: 11:30 – 14:00Date: Tuesday 10 JuneLocation: Portcullis House Hub Members and Members’ staff are invited to drop-in to monthly ‘Meet the Director’ sessions in the Portcullis House Hub. Directors from key House Administration teams that provide services to Members will be available…
- Meet the Director: Research and InformationTime: 11:30 – 14:00Date: Tuesday 10 June 2025Location: Portcullis House Hub Directors from key House Administration teams that provide services to Members will be available to answer your questions, listen to your feedback, or if you just want to learn more about…
- Library Talk: Tackling violence against women and girlsPresented by the National Audit Office and the House of Commons Library. Time: 10:30-11:30Date: Thursday 5 June 2025Location: Online via Teams Over one in four women are estimated to be victims of sexual assault or attempted assault in their lifetime, and one…
- GMB Football Session – Tuesday 3 JuneTonight at 6pm GMB is holding another football session! All members are welcome to go to Lollard Street, Vauxhall, London, SE11 6PX for a kickabout. After the game finishes, members are heading to a local pub! If you would like to know…
- LWPSN Great Get TogetherThe LWPSN is proud to be part of this year’s parliamentary Great Get Together. The GGT happens up and down the country to remember Jo Cox, to show her famous phrase “We have far more in common than that which divides us”.…
- Speaker’s Conference on the security of MPs, candidates and electionsFirst Report of Session 2024–25 Speaker’s Conference on the security of MPs, candidates and elections has published its first report of session 2024-25, laying out the evidence, conclusions and recommendations from the first phase of its work. You can read the full…
w4mp and ParliNet
ParliNet, available to those with a parliamentary login, contains everything you need to stay connected to the parliamentary community. Use it to find information like catering menus, events, contact numbers, and the latest news. If you find any links on w4mp to the old intranet, please let us know.
To access the hotlines on Parlinet you can follow this direct link. To search the document use the SharePoint search box by typing CTRL-F / CMD-F.
Are you OK?
Are you OK? How are you coping? Do you need to talk to someone?
An MP’s office can be a busy and stressful environment at the best of times, and over the past few weeks, staff have been under a lot of extra pressure.
The work we do can put a strain on our mental health and wellbeing, and we can often feel isolated. If you are finding it difficult to cope, or just need someone to talk to, or somewhere to offload, please remember that help is available.
The Wellness Working Group offers lots of useful information advice and you can access their hub here: https://hopuk.sharepoint.com/sites/hct-wellbeinghub
Please ring the helpline and talk to someone. It’s what it’s there for.
Health Assured provides an independent support service to MPs’ staff, it is completely confidential, free and can be accessed 24/7 by phone, online portal and app. You can access support for any issue you are struggling with, it doesn’t have to be work related. Look here for further information, their helpline number and a link to access the service: https://hopuk.sharepoint.com/sites/hct-wellbeinghub/SitePages/What-suport-is-there-.aspx
What we do at w4mp
Read a welcome to the site from Sir Lindsay Hoyle, Speaker of the House of Commons
Archived guides can be found on the w4mp archive. They should not be relied on as expressions of current practice.
Our humourous alt.guides can be found on alt.w4mp.org, along with an archive of Hoby cartoons.
“The MPs’ assistants and researchers walk at twice the pace of everyone else and their eyes burn twice as fiercely” John Crace, The Guardian, 14 May 2015
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