Surgery (politics) - Wikipedia

A political surgery, constituency surgery, constituency clinic, mobile office or sometimes advice surgery, in British and Irish politics, is a series of ... Surgery(politics) FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch One-on-oneconsultationwherepoliticiansmeetwiththeirconstituents MPDavidMundellholdingadrop-insurgeryatthePeeblesAgriculturalShow Apoliticalsurgery,constituencysurgery,constituencyclinic,mobileofficeorsometimesadvicesurgery,inBritishandIrishpolitics,isaseriesofone-to-onemeetingsthataMemberofParliament(MP),TeachtaDála(TD)orotherpoliticalofficeholdermayhavewiththeirconstituents.[1]Atasurgery,constituentsmayraiseissuesofconcernorrequestassistanceinregardtolocalornationalgovernmentmatters,inthesamemannerthatapersonmaydirectlyconsultamedicalgeneralpractitioner(GP)intheirsurgery(a"surgery"beingthetermfortheGP'sworkplace,a"doctor'soffice"inAmericanparlance).[2]Oftentheconstituent'sissuewillbefollowedupbyacaseworkerorassistant.Surgerymeetingsareusuallyconfidentialincontrasttotownhallmeetings,whichareopentomanypeopleatthesametime. ItisuptoeachMPtodecidewhethertheyhaveanysurgeriesatallandifso,howmanyandinwhatlocations.MPsoftenuselocalpartyoffices,churchhallsorroomsinpublichousesasthevenues,withanumberofsurgeriespossiblybeingheldatdifferentlocationsaroundaconstituency.SurgeriesaretraditionallyheldonFridaysoratweekendswhenMPshavereturnedfromsittingsofparliamentinWestminster.SomeMPs'surgeriesare"appointmentonly",[3]some"drop-in",[4]andothersamix.[5]AnMPwithalargeconstituencywillsometimesholdsurgeriesinawiderangeoflocationsduringthesummerrecess.[6] Asanopportunityforthepublictomeetdirectlywithpoliticians,surgerieshavebeennotedasasignificantsecurityrisk.ThreeMPshavebeenmurderedatsurgeries–RobertBradfordin1981,JoCoxin2016andDavidAmessin2021–andStephenTimmsandNigelJonessurvivedattacks(Jones'sassistantAndrewPenningtondied).SecurityforMPsduringsurgeriesandinconstituencyofficeswasincreasedafterthekillingofCox.[7][8] IntheRepublicofIreland,clinics/surgeriesareanevenmoreimportantsourceofpublicityandcontactforTeachtaíDála(TDs)andotherrepresentatives,asunderthePR-STVsystemthereareveryfewtrulysafeseats.[9][10]OnepaperpublishedbyQueen'sUniversityBelfast'sInstituteofIrishStudiesstates Clinics,forinstance,appeartoepitomizepersonalisticpolitics—individualsareaskingpoliticiansforpersonalassistance,and,astheyreceiveit,theybecomeclientsofthepoliticianandvoteaccordingly.Theevidenceisotherwise.Votersmaketheroundsofallthepoliticians,tryingtoplayoneoffagainsttheother.Eveniftheyarehelped,thereisnocertaintythattheywillvoteforthepoliticianatthenextelection.Politiciansareallwellawarethatclinicsareaverymixedblessingindeed;themajorreasongivenforholdingclinicsistheirpublicityvalue.Itisimportantthatvotersinanareafeeltheyaregettingsomeattentionfromthepolitician;withoutit,theymightdecidetotransfertheirvotestoapoliticianwhodemonstratesgreaterconcernforthearea.Thus,theclinicsarepartofthegeneralstrategyofmaximizingareputationinthelocalcommunity,ratherthanameansofobtainingthesupportofspecificindividuals.[10]ThetermmobileofficehasbeenusedinAustralianpolitics[11]andinAmericanpolitics.[12][13] Seealso[edit] Townhallmeeting Meet-the-PeopleSessions References[edit] ^"Ted'snewmobileofficetohitthestreets|TedO'Brien".www.tedobrien.com.au.Retrieved2018-03-27. ^"Surgeries".ParliamentoftheUnitedKingdom.Retrieved14June2016. ^"Surgeries".JulianSmithMP.Retrieved17June2016. ^"AdviceSurgeries".HilaryBennMP.Retrieved17June2016. ^"SurgeryDates".GregMulhollandMP.Retrieved17June2016. ^"SummerTour".TimFarronMP.Retrieved17June2016. ^Glaze,Ben(15October2021)."TragicDavidAmessraisedalarmoverattacksonMPsafter'barbaric'JoCoxmurder".DailyMirror.Retrieved16October2021. ^"SirDavidAmesskilling:NottheendofMPsmeetingpublic,saysPritiPatel".BBCNews.16October2021.Retrieved16October2021. ^robinhanan(14February2011)."The'clinicsystem'andpoliticalreform". ^ab"PersonalismandBrokerageinDublinPolitics". ^"LocalNews|FisherElectorate|AndrewWallaceMP".www.andrewwallacemp.com.au.Retrieved2019-12-30.{{citeweb}}:CS1maint:url-status(link) ^OfficeofCongressmanAntonioDelgado[@repdelgado](March7,2020)."MystaffisholdingmobileofficehoursthisMondayinRensselaerandUlsterCounties"(Tweet)–viaTwitter. ^OfficeofCongressmanJakeLaTurner[@RepLaTurner](May25,2021)."IamexcitedtoannounceourJunestaffmobileofficehoursschedule"(Tweet)–viaTwitter. 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