Packed schedule is what being an MP is all about

A lot of people ask me what a typical day of an MP involves, so I thought I would share a day from diary last week to give you an idea of what being an MP is all about.
High Peak MP Robert Largan is a busy manHigh Peak MP Robert Largan is a busy man
High Peak MP Robert Largan is a busy man

My day began at 6.30am at home with breakfast and catching up on emails.

My first appointment of the day was a 9.30am meeting with Len Tildsley, the principal of Buxton & Leek College, to discuss further education, then on to Chapel Station at 11am to meet the Friends of Chapel Station who raised a number of concerns with me about the ticket machine and the road leading up to the station.

At midday I was in Furness Vale to visit a constituent whose home keeps getting flooded.

I will be doing everything I can to try and get the problem sorted urgently.

Next up at 1pm was a meeting with the chairman and chief executive of the Peak District National Park Authority where I raised several specific local cases on behalf of residents and we discussed improving public transport, the Mottram Bypass issue and the need for a traffic solution for Tintwistle too.

From there it was straight to another meeting at 2pm with Greg Broadhurst the local chairman of the Motor Neurone Disease Association to discuss their Act to Adapt campaign.

Following a 15-minute lunch break in Whaley Bridge, it was one to a visit to Goyt Valley House in New Mills at 3pm to see the refurbishment requirements of the care home.

What struck me most was one relative telling me how the care home had completely changed his family’s life for the better.

The staff are amazing and work so hard for the residents they care for.

At 4.30pm it was back to Furness Vale and to Yeardsley Lane Field to meet with local group COGS, who are trying to raise funds for changing rooms.

From there is was back to the office at 5.30pm to spend time writing letters to constituents before heading to the Yorkshire Bridge Inn in the Hope Valley at 7.30pm for a two-hour Q&A session with local farmers.

Finally, at 10pm, I got home to cook dinner for my partner Beth and then it was off to bed as I had a surgery in Buxton first thing in the morning.